| You may have 10 pounds to lose and you're | | | | need for food. |
| just starting your fat loss program, or it | | | | |
| may be the last 10 pounds to lose from months | | | | 3. clean up your diet |
| or years of constant work. The last 10 pounds | | | | |
| are the easiest ones to lose and let me tell | | | | If everything is going well, you can take |
| you how. | | | | some time to finally clean up your diet. This |
| | | | means that the last 10 pounds to lose may |
| 1. The Power of the Mind | | | | require re-thinking your diet. Are you eating |
| | | | any condiments? Are you eating dairy |
| One critical thing when trying for the last | | | | products? Have you been eating low fat foods |
| 10 pounds to lose is the power of the mind. | | | | thinking they're healthy and designed to help |
| First of all, don't "try" to lose the last 10 | | | | you lose the last 10 pounds? |
| pounds, but rather do it. Know that it is | | | | |
| going to happen and expect it to happen. | | | | Here are some simple rules to help you clean |
| Simple enough to say, but it is true. When we | | | | up your diet: |
| get to the last 10 pounds to lose, we begin | | | | |
| to coast and ease up on our training and | | | | • How many names are listed on the |
| commitment, but I'm telling you to do exactly | | | | ingredients? The lower the number of items |
| the opposite. This is the time to push | | | | listed, the better it is for you. |
| forward and pick up speed, and be every more | | | | |
| diligent in your choices. You must know in | | | | • Can you remove condiments from your |
| your mind that the last 10 pounds to lose is | | | | diet for a short period of time? Eliminate |
| the easiest part of the journey. Use the | | | | ketchup (which I call tomato flavoured |
| power of your mind to visualize success and | | | | sugar), eliminate mayonnaise, get rid of |
| yourself not only standing at the finish line | | | | salad dressings. Eliminate soy sauce from |
| having successfully achieved your goal, but | | | | your rice. |
| even more so than that.. Visualize yourself | | | | |
| picking up speed and running through the | | | | • What are you drinking? At this point, |
| finish line. Your motto should be "there is | | | | your goal of 10 pounds to lose would include |
| nothing more powerful than a warrior running | | | | a very substantial change in fluids. An |
| through the finish line". Be a fat burning | | | | increase in water consumption and a removal |
| warrior. | | | | of all other fluids such as juices or other |
| | | | non-nutritional beverages will assist with |
| 2. Increase your metabolism | | | | the last 10 pounds to lose. |
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| The last 10 pounds to lose is as easy as | | | | 4. Wake up earlier means more time to burn |
| increasing your metabolism through exercise | | | | calories |
| and a change in eating habits. | | | | |
| | | | The longer you are awake, the longer your |
| Diet | | | | body is burning calories and the more time |
| | | | you have to ingest and burn the 5 or 6 meals |
| If you're not already eating 5 or 6 meals a | | | | required. Eating every 3 hours for 5 meals |
| day, then now is the time to change your | | | | requires starting at 6 am and eating last |
| eating strategy and the last 10 pounds to | | | | meal at 6 PM for example. For men, eating |
| lose will literally fall off your body. | | | | another meal at 9 pm. |
| Become a fat burning machine through diet by | | | | |
| rethinking how you look at food, snacks and | | | | The longer you are awake allows more time for |
| meals. Every time you eat, your body kicks | | | | exercise. Doing cardio first thing in the |
| into gear and works hard at digesting or | | | | morning before your first meal helps burn fat |
| burning up that meal to turn it into | | | | rather than any blood sugars. Make sure you |
| nutrients that your body can use for energy | | | | exercise before you eat. Then staying up |
| and healing while the rest is burnt off as | | | | later allows for an evening weight training |
| heat (in a process called thermogenics). | | | | workout, or a second cardio session. |
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| Exercise | | | | The last 10 pounds to lose might be as simple |
| | | | as spending more time awake. |
| If you have been on some sort of "last 10 | | | | |
| pounds to lose" program, it's likely included | | | | If you are really trying to lose the last 10 |
| exercise. You are probably doing cardio like | | | | pounds, remember that it should always be |
| crazy. Well, you should be. If you have not | | | | considered easy. If you tell yourself it's |
| been doing cardio, now is the time to start. | | | | easy and your mind knows that you think it's |
| If you have been, then now's the time to kick | | | | easy that it becomes easy. You are what you |
| it up a notch. The last 10 pounds to lose is | | | | think. What you focus on expands. Your mind |
| as easy as increasing your output. Doubling | | | | cannot tell the difference between what you |
| your cardio to 6 times per week, or if you've | | | | think is real and what is real, so know in |
| already been doing that, then do a second | | | | your heart and mind that the last 10 pounds |
| cardio session in the evening for a twice a | | | | to lose is easy. Clean up your diet, improve |
| day cardio workout. Wow, that will really | | | | what you drink for fluids, spend more time |
| kick things into gear. One caveat: if you | | | | awake and make sure you stay active. |
| increase your output of exercise, you may | | | | |
| also need to increase your calorie | | | | Trust me, the last 10 pounds is an easy thing |
| consumption a bit to match your bodies' new | | | | to accomplish. |