Myth 1:
Food eaten in the evening contributes more to weight gain. Wrong: What counts is the amount of calories you add up during the day, but the time of the day you consume those calories is of minor significance. If you were on low calories during the day you can afford a dinner without worries.

Myth 2:
To skip breakfast or lunch is good for staying slim or reducing weight. Wrong: This is a wrong assumption. Skipping breakfast will increase your cravings for food till lunch time and you will probably forget your goal for the day and eat a lot more than you should. The same applies to skipping lunch. If you still manage to stay away from all snacks and sweets during the afternoon but your hunger will be out of control latest at dinner time. Thus you will add more calories than you would with regular meals.

Myth 3:
Five meals instead of three are a better way to lose weight. Wrong: It makes no difference how many meals you have a day. Important is that you limit the total amount of calories. Eating less but more often shortens the time between each meals and makes you feel less hungry. But on the other hand, if you are having a hard time to resist eating more food than you should, you might be better off with three meals only. Less exposure to food means less temptations.

Myth 4:
The metabolism of people over 40 is slowing down, thus putting on weight is unavoidable. Wrong: True is that muscle mass gradually decreases with age if people do not exercise. As a result, increasing fat deposition develops a risk factor for your health. Regular exercise can help you to prevent that. Don’t take your advanced age as an excuse for gaining weight. It only takes more effort to keep up your exercise routine and maintain a healthy level of fitness.

Myth 5:
If exercising and working out in the gym keep you fit and slim, you don’t have to care about what you eat. Wrong: The number of calories being burnt during workout is mostly overestimated. To burn 300 calories one has to swim for 40 minutes. Remember, to lose weight you don’t only have to burn the calorie value of your daily food intake but also fat from your storage. That’s a hell of a task. One kilo of fat is equal to 7000 calories. To burn such an amount one will have to work out on his home trainer for 12 hours. This means, losing weight merely through exercise is hardly achievable. But it is important to maintain a regular exercise routine. It helps you to increase muscle mass which in return burns more calories. Besides this you will also feel a lot better. But there is no way around limiting your calorie intake. A combination of both will bring you a step closer to your goal.

One last word: Most weight loss efforts collapse quite quickly because people set unrealistic goals. Go for small steps, easy to achieve and a glitch once in a while is nothing bad. Just get back on track and never give up!

Myth #1: Only old women need cellulite treatment.

The first thing you should always remember is that old women or stout women are not the only ones with a cellulite condition. They are thus, not the only ones in need of a cellulite cure. Even young women, slim women, athletic women and some men have cellulite problems. Cellulite chooses no one and can strike at almost any time.

Young people are even more in need of a cure for cellulite. This frustrating condition can actually affect a young person’s self esteem and can hamper social interaction. You can just imagine how terrible it would be not being able to wear the right attire at the beach with your friends.

Myth #2: Liposuction is the most effective cellulite solution.

Some people seem to think that liposuction as a cellulite cure is only a matter of money. Just as long as you have the cash, you can effectively get rid of cellulite through liposuction. This may not always be the case. Candidates for cellulite liposuction are carefully screened. Not every person can undergo liposuction. Candidates should be healthy and close to their right weight. They should also have a more or less elastic skin. An inexperienced doctor who takes a risk on a bad candidate may make cellulite dimpling worse. A bad liposuction procedure can even result in complications like infections and even eventual death.

Myth #3: You can easily find quick fixes for cellulite.

It’s wrong to think that there’s an easy way to remove cellulite. Even a very effective cellulite cure would take some time to produce results. You would also have to regularly use a treatment if you want to get good results. With this in mind, you shouldn’t believe advertisements that tell you that there is a fast and easy way to get rid of cellulite. These ads are most likely referring to temporary masking solutions. These are not cures at all but cosmetics that can cover your problem to make it less obvious for a day or two.

Myth #4: All you need is a healthy diet and exercise to get rid of cellulite.

Proper exercise and good diet can help but it does not cure cellulite. Even athletes who strictly follow diet and exercise regimens may still have cellulite areas. It’s just that their cellulite isn’t that obvious with all those toned muscles.

Myth #5: Any cellulite product is as good as any other.

The market is packed with products that claim to solve your cellulite condition. Not all products however are genuine cellulite solutions. Be careful when you choose and buy a cellulite cure. You could get scammed. Pick one that has authentic natural cellulite-fighting ingredients. You might want to check the product’s reputation and track record first.

We’re going to take a little quiz. Don’t panic! You’ve crammed until 3:00am, you’ve had a mind-healthy breakfast, and you have your number 2 pencil. Ready? Set? Go!

TRUE or FALSE?
1. People are obese and overweight only because they don’t engage in weight loss efforts and don’t have healthy eating habits.
2. Snacking is always a bad idea.
3. All fast food is bad.
4. All carbohydrates are bad.
5. Skipping one meal a day will reduce calorie intake and will promote weight loss.

Pencils down! Let’s check your answers:
1. False. Obesity isn’t always a behavioral issue. Although inactivity and poor eating habits are major contributors to obesity, there are many other elements that contribute to obesity. Behavioral changes, medical and scientific evaluation and intervention, hormone disorders (metabolic syndrome and thyroid disease) can contribute to obesity.

2. False. When you hear your stomach talking to you, listen to it! Snacking isn’t always wrong or a bad idea, it’s the food choices that are sometimes bad. Choose healthy foods such as carrots, apples, almonds, bananas, grapes, yogurt, celery stalks with peanut butter, and water.

3. False. The double cheeseburgers, French fries, sugary sodas, milkshakes, and hot apple pies aren’t the best choices. Crisp salads, fresh grilled chicken sandwiches, and cold and refreshing water are healthy choices that most fast food restaurants have on their menu today. Fast food has become part of the American way of living, there’s no escaping it! So, when you must go to a fast food restaurant, choose wisely.

4. False. Do you remember the childhood song, “One of these things is not like the other?” Well, one of these carbohydrates is not like the other! All carbohydrates aren’t equal. Sugar and white flour are very high in carbohydrates, so choose foods like beans, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables. These are the healthier carbohydrates that can actually help you, not hurt you like the sugary foods. Carbohydrates actually give you energy to exercise, so choose the healthiest breads and enjoy.

5. False. Your body’s metabolism is self-regulating and if you are not ingesting “fuel” (food) when your body wants it, your metabolism automatically slows down to protect and save its energy. The best answer is to eat smaller portions of healthy food more often.

Good job! 100%. I knew you could do it!

Weight loss myths are all around us! I’m glad you recognized the five common myths about obesity and weight loss above. That shows you’re abreast of the health scene.

When you take in more calories than your body burns, you store them as fat. You store more that half the fat in your body underneath your skin and over your muscles. Some people store fat primarily in their hips and are at low risk for heart attacks and diabetes, while others who store their fat primarily in their bellies are at increased risk for heart attacks and diabetes.

The “ab” exercises can strengthen sagging belly muscles, but they will not remove extra fat from your belly. The only way to lose fat from the place where you store most of your fat (whether it’s your belly or your hips) is to lose weight overall.

One study from Duke showed that lack of exercise causes excess fat to accumulate in your belly, and vigorous exercise can reduce belly fat in just a few weeks. You get rid of belly fat with any kind of vigorous exercise and a sensible weight loss diet.

Fad diets don’t work period – So if you believe any of the following you need to change your view to lose weight.

1. Skipping meals helps you lose weight.

No it does not! it makes you hungrier as it creates huger cravings and actually causes you to over eat. You need to eat 5 meals a day.

2. Your metabolism is slower at night.

Your metabolism doesn’t slow down at night.

This fad diet myth comes from the fact that most people eat a larger proportion of calories in the evening and if your metabolism slows down then when you sleep these calories will turn to fat!

As your metabolism is not slower at night, it makes no difference when you eat – it’s the overall calories consumed that cause the damage not the time of day their eaten that matters.

3. Carbohydrates cause weight gain.

This is perhaps the most common fad diet myth. This myth has been promoted by high-protein fad diets on the market.

Carbohydrates are your body’s premier source of fuel. The thing to keep in mind with cards is good and bad ones and eat the good ones is the

Replace carbs with high sugar content (simple carbs) i.e biscuits and sweets with complex carbs: Fruit, vegetables whole-grain brown rice and cereal.

Not eating carbs will make you sluggish and irritable.

4. Lose weight is hard and a chore.

Well many fad diets are! As they deprive you of foods you love, their therefore hard to stick with.

Fact is we were never designed to be on fad diets. Dieting is all about balance and you can include any foods you love, but if there sugary or fat foods then you just need to eat them in moderation.

5. Fat free foods that are calorie free.

That low-fat label is by no means a license to over indulge Many low-fat products are loaded with sugar to as a substitute for the missing fat, which means they are just as high in calories as the sugar is simply turned into fat!

6. No Snacks

If you have time to eat 5 meals a day you won’t probably want to snack, if it’s three times a day a quick snack is a good idea. At the end of the day, its total calories consumed in a day that counts not how you eat them.

A quick snack can help you stop overeating and keep your energy levels high.

7. Fat is bad for you

Fats are part of the natural food chain of humans and we all need a certain amount of fat to healthy, but we need good ones.

Bad fats increase the risk for certain diseases and good fats lower the risk. The key is to make sure your eating the right fats.

Fats that are actually healthy are referred to as “essential fatty acids.” These fats are required for overall health and lower risk of heart disease.

The reason oily fish is so good is that the essential fatty acids contained actually help your body burn fat more efficiently and protect against disease. 8. Cholesterol is bad for you

Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is made by the liver, we all need some blood cholesterol as it’s used to build cells and form hormones.

There is good and bad cholesterol.

Saturated fats in foods such as meat, cheese, cream, butter help raise LDL (low density lipoprotein) ‘bad’ cholesterol.

This then delivers cholesterol to the arteries. HDL (high density lipoprotein) – or ‘good’ cholesterol – transports cholesterol away from the arteries and back to the liver. Simply avoid this group or eat in moderation

9. Dairy products make you fat.

Combined with calorie control, a dairy-rich diet can nearly double body-fat reduction and help you lose weight longer term

The reason is they contain the hormone calcitriol, which helps conserve calcium for stronger bones while sending a message to fat cells to convert less sugar to fat and burn more body fat.

10. There is a short cut way to lose weight

This is the myth promoted by all fad diets you can lose weight quickly and be healthy – No you cant. Our bodies are not designed to crash diet and fad diets sound easy but people end up being disappointed.

The only way to lose weight is to do it slowly, with a balanced diet.

Forget fad diets and lose weight the right way.

The problem is with so many different opinions on weight loss; you are left to wonder what works and what doesn’t. Weight loss experts have come up with a list of the top dieting myths to help you battle the belly bulge by arming you with some truths about eating right.

• Myth: Snacking Is Always a Bad Idea – The idea that you shouldn’t eat between meals is a myth. Enjoying a snack in between meals might actually help you eat less, and stave off the urge to overeat or binge later. Actually, experts recommend that you have five smaller meals a day, instead all in one sitting. One of the main reasons snacking has a bad rap is because of we choose to snack from vending machines packed with fattening chips, cookies, and candies. The good news is you can use snacking as a way to incorporate fruits and vegetables into your diet. If you tend to dive into a bag of chips when you’re hungry, try having an apple instead. Try to eat things you don’t normally have during mealtime.
• Myth: No More Fast Food – Maybe you shouldn’t choose the double cheeseburger with fries and a soda but you don’t have to abandon fast food all together in order to stick to your diet. Just try to make better choices when you pull up to the drive thru window. Many fast food chains are now offering a health food section to its menus. Have a salad as a starter or choose the grilled chicken over fried, breaded chicken.
• Myth: Carbs Are All Bad – All carbohydrates are not bad, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to the low-carb diets. All carbs are not the same. Avoid processed carbs that are often high in sugar and white flour but instead, enjoy beans, whole grains and don’t forget your fruits and vegetables, which provide a host of nutrients and fiber, are low in calories, and can help reduce the risks of several diseases. The body also uses carbs as its fuel to burn body fat, another great reason to keep bread on the menu.
• Myth: Certain Foods Make You Burn Calories – A calorie is a calorie, regardless of where it comes from. There are no foods that increase your metabolic rate or burns calories any faster than normal. Even if there were certain foods that did increase your metabolism, the amount would be too insignificant to make a difference. Eat foods with a high water and fiber content because they stay in your system longer and leaves you filling full longer, a plus for taking off the pounds.
• Myth: If You Eat and Exercise Consistently, You Will Never Gain Weight –The fact is, your metabolism will slow down as you get older. As a result, you need to either eat less or exercise more in order to avoid gaining weight. The biggest change usually occurs happens around turning 40. Your metabolism will continue to slow down more gradually over time, so always keep your food and exercise plan flexible.

There are many fat loss myths out there – some quite funny and others just plain silly. Below are two common myths that prevent people from realizing their weight-loss goals.

Myth #1: Abdominal and oblique exercises burn fat from the stomach and love handles.
Since so many people believe this myth, most all of the abdominal product’s infomercials claim to help you burn fat. While some fitness equipment and abdominal exercises will help firm and tone our abdominal areas, they will not get rid of the underlying fat. Performing aerobic exercises such as running or swimming, five times per week, thirty minutes per session will produce tremendous benefits if a healthy, low-calorie diet is followed.

Myth #2: Skipping meals will result in fat loss.
Skipping meals usually means a reduction in caloric intake and may result in weight loss, however skipping meals will not result in fat loss. Why? Because skipping meals hinders the bodyís fat-burning mechanism – the metabolism from working efficiently. You see our metabolisms work best when we are eating small, balanced meals often. This is why bodybuilders usually eat five to six small meals per day.

Anyone who is serious about losing stomach fat must know what works and what doesn’t. Below are a couple of tried and true fat loss facts.

Fact #1:
Exercising in the morning on an empty stomach is the best time to exercise in order to burn fat. For example, if you jog before breakfast, your body will be burning stored fat (the carbohydrates) you left there during the night. A study conducted in Europe a few years ago concluded that exercise in the morning before eating burns nearly three and a half times more fat than exercising in the evening! Obviously, exercising at any time during the day is better than not exercising at all.

Fact #2:
Fat-loss programs should include aerobic and weight training activity. People who combine both weight training and aerobic exercise achieve better results. The reason is quite simple. Aerobic activity increases the heart rate, resulting in an expenditure of calories and weight training increases our metabolic rate, enabling our bodies can burn calories all the time.

If getting rid of belly fat is your primary goal, develop a reasonable plan on how you would like to get started. Be sure that your strategy includes a healthy meal plan, weight training and aerobic activity. You’re not going to lose belly fat in just a few days, so stay positive and you’ll discover that it will get easier over time. Many people have realized their fat loss goals and you can too!

Myth- Skipping meals would make me thinner faster.

Fact- The fact is your body needs the energy and nutrients to exercise. Skipping meals would not help you much when it comes to weight loss. Rather stick to small nutritious meals which provide you with the right amount of calories for the day’s workout.

Myth- The more I exercise the more I lose.

Fact- Yes exercises do help in weight loss but you simply can not be in the gym all day long. After a while your body gets adapted to the exercises and would not witness much of a change for losing weight. Therefore it’s always good to get on the right weight loss plan with proper exercises and diets.

Myth- Diet pills are safe and effective.

Fact- The fact is that pills are not safe and effective till the time you have proper guidance from your doctor. They are not to be taken in the wrong manner and without proper professional help.

Myth- When you exercise you can eat whatever you want.

Fact- The main concern here is the amount of calories. You might eat whatever you want but your workouts might not be enough to burn the amount of calories and you might gain weight again. Therefore it’s good to have small high nutrition foods.

Myth- Weight lifting would bulk me up even more.

Fact- Not if you stick to appropriate weight and regular workouts. Rather keeping the weights light and doing regular routines can help you lose weight faster than ever.

Myth- I will never lose weight my metabolism is too slow.

Fact- You can lose weight if you follow the right path with proper weight loss plan and exercise on a regular basis. If still nothing works on you get guidance by a professional coach and see where you are going wrong. Weight loss is not as difficult as people make it sound. It can be very easy if you are determined to lose weight.

First of all I’ll give you a quick introduction to calorie shifting and the theory behind it; Calorie shifting is just what it sounds like, you shift calories or more correct you shift the type of calories. This leads to an increased production of fat burning hormones because once your body believes that your health are at risk it will start pumping out energy and this energy comes from the fat you have stored in all the wrong places. At the same time the diet will lower the insulin level which means that a lesser amount of new dietary fats will be stored.

The equation above has a negative answer and that is positive. You will use up lots of energy but you put in less and that mean fat reduction.

Ok, so what do you get when you order Fat Loss 4 Idiots?

Basically you get the menu generator. It is an online application where you get a list of 60 different kinds of foods and you should chose between 15 – 30 foods you like and the menu that isgenerated is based on your selection. This makes the diet easy to stick with since you don’t have to eat a full meal of cottage cheese. Another feature of this diet is the bonus days, every part o the diet lasts for eleven days and then you get three bonus days where you get to eat pretty much what you want to. So if you are looking forward to a great burger-meal or something eat this during the bonus period.

When you order this diet you get the option to buy an add-on called ‘Beyond Calories’ which basically is another diet that is easy to follow and doesn’t starve you. In the original calorie shifting diet you get to eat 4 times per day. Every meal should leave you just short of full. In ‘Beyond Calories’ you eat six times per day and shift calories like you do in the basic program but in a more powerful way.

Personally, I believe that Fat Loss 4 Idiots has a great diet and a healthy approach and that most people are likely to succeed with this diet. However there is a bit too little information about the theory of the diet and the site offers no support at all which I think is a bad thing. Also, always remember that it isn’t the diet alone that make you lose weight it is mostly yourself! If you are determined to lose weight and want a good diet, you probably have found what you are looking for.