StripThatFat is a new diet program that has grown popular very quickly. The lack of good, healthy and sustainable diet systems online may have something to do with this! Yes, there are popular diet systems online, like FatLoss4Idiots and TopSecretFatLoss, but unlike StripThatFat, these only amount to short-term solutions and do not give you a plan long-term or that is sustainable on a long-term basis. This is what is different about StripThatFat. Its goal is to help you to lose weight quickly, but it also aims to help you sustain your weight loss and maintain it for good.
The diet plan consists of 3 phases:
1. Rapid Weight Loss Phase
A 14-day diet with a custom created diet menu (5 meals a day) to lose weight quickly. This can also be repeated any number of times to lose weight fast.
2. Sustained Weight Loss Phase
This is a step-by-step dieting guide (plus simple rules) for reaching your desire weight within a reasonable time without affecting your health negatively.
3. Maintenance/Lifestyle Phase
This offers practical instructions to prevent you putting on weight after getting to your goal weight and making the diet a lifestyle change, not a short term solution.
This system allows you to lose weight quickly, like the other diet programs out there, but takes things one step further in helping you maintain your weight loss for good. On this point alone, you should choose this diet over the rest, especially when the price of others are of similar value, you could consider this product a bargain!
On top of generating a diet plan for you, StripThatFat’s ebook explains and teaches you about nutrition and why other popular diets do not work. So, you do learn about nutrition and not just blindly follow a diet-generating plan. This is important for long-term maintenance and will stop you being fooled by diet programs that have their own specialized foods, because you will know what you can eat to stay healthy without paying for a brand named food.
StripThatFat also has extra options you can purchase on top. You can add-on to your purchase Calworries Guide, Calorie Counting Worksheet and Living Life Healthy Guide.
Calworries Guide - This offers a 2nd foolproof diet program. It is a 15-page ebook which will help you to prepare your own diet menu without using the online generator. It also gives you some information about the calories you burn during exercise.
Calorie Counting Worksheet - This worksheet helps you to keep track of the calories you take in and the calories you burn.
Living Life Healthy Guide - 30 Healthy Recipes: You can actually enjoy the weight loss process with very tasty food during the diet by following step by step recipes.
We don’t really think these add-ons are necessary for losing weight, but if you feel you need to learn more about calories and you don’t think you will have the confidence by the end of the diet to prepare your own meals, then it is well worth the extra cost - which actually is only an extra $10. The more information you absorb the better, but of course though, you can continue to use the diet generator anyway until you are confident enough.
Conclusion
StripThatFat’s diet program is by far one of the best diet program available online.
It offers quick initial weight loss and long-term weight loss. It is about changing your lifestyle, as opposed to crash dieting. We have been very impressed with this product. It has done its homework and noticed the lack of sustainability in the already available diet programs online.
If you want a diet that is not only going to work now, but also in future - this is a diet you should seriously consider. It is a mini nutrition course, that aids you in generating for you meal plans, while you get to grips with the necessary information to maintain a healthy lifestyle - lifestyle being key to weight loss success.
StripThatFat costs $47 for basic ebook and diet generator and $57 with the add-on bonuses. A worthwhile investment for your health and future.
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Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle Review
Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle is a 340 page weight loss ebook written by natural bodybuilder Tom Venuto. It has been one of the top selling ebooks for many years. The sheer size of the ebook can be off putting for some – most other diet ebooks are formatted in a nice simple quick-to-read format making them more attractive to the eager individual who is wanting to shed pounds.
However, you shouldn’t be put off by its size. Unlike other ebooks, this book has no promises of amazing breakthroughs or secret methods you won’t get anyway else. It just has simple facts about weight loss – but isn’t a simple book in that it contains a lot of science and reality. Everything from nutrition to exercise to goal-setting and dedication is covered. You may find yourself skim reading to begin with – to get through it and get started. But eventually you may end up reading every detail this book has to offer.
Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle will completely educate you on the core nutrients - carbohydrates, protein, and fats. The book is about teaching you this so you will be able to make your own meal plans. You, however, are not just left with nutritional education, the book does offer sample meal plans in the appendix to get you started.
Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle is NOT a quick fix solution and doesn’t offer this like many other diets do. This can be seen as a negative about the book because most people want to lose quickly and sustain later (which is entirely possible). The program thus requires motivation and dedication.
Conclusion
Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle is a must read for anyone serious about weight loss. It is very important to become educated in nutrition if you are to maintain any weight loss you have on a long term basis. Knowing what you need to do will make things a lot easier for you and less stressful. Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle is one of the only ebooks that offers such in depth nutritional education. However, it isn’t just about nutrition – it helps you tremendously with exercise, motivation and setting realistic goals for yourself. You will not find another ebook that will offer so much.
This ebook willl give you a burst of enthusiasm and motivation because it may very well be the first time that weight loss seems actually do-able to you!
Low carb diets are everywhere. Everyone seems to be doing them and everyone is supposedly losing weight and feeling great. I don’t believe it for one second (especially the “feeling great” part).
I have scoured many resources and listened to many people try to convince me that a low carbohydrate diet can be healthy, yet the very same people trying to convince me of that are tired all the time, moody, struggle to make their days work out and struggle to stay on the diet (if you are struggling to stay on a diet then its not going to help you long term so why put your body and mind through it? Struggling to stay on a diet means something is wrong).
Many people do lose weight using low carb diets, that can’t be denied. However, Dr Michael Greger who wrote Atkins’ Facts, states that the only reason people lose weight this way is because they eat less calories.
Eating fewer calories may be a good thing if you are over consuming on calories but if you are eating a low carbohydrate diet and fewer calories, you will feel terrible.
I mean, if low carbohydrate diets are so great then why is it we are still struggling to lose weight? Why is it that 2 out of 3 Americans are either overweight or obese?
Just like most other diets available or putting in the limelight, low carb diets work well in the short term. In the long term they fail because you are either too tired, exhausted, moody or you have serious health issues.
When we don’t eat enough carbohydrates we rely on fat for fuel. This creates toxic by-products like acetone/ketones. The kidneys use minerals such as potassium and calcium to help rid the body of these toxins. So by going on a low-carb diet you urinate out essential minerals, which lead to low levels in our bodies. This can result in fatal cardiac arrhythmias. Ketosis (the process in which your body converts fats into energy) is a potentially life threatening condition and can also cause other problems due to the unnecessary stress put on the liver (resulting in potential liver damage).
When there are insufficient carbohydrates present to convert to sugar, the body will transform fat and protein into sugar, but at a higher cost: more time and energy spent on digestion with the creation of toxic residues.
Unpleasant side effects to low carb diets also include bad breath, constant cravings for sweets, irritability, constipation and low energy (As mentioned several times). Is it really worth the outcome of being slim for a short period of time when there are healthier, more long-term ways of losing weight?
A number of independent medical studies have also shown that a low carb, high protein diet can be dangerous to your health and even life threatening. This danger increases over time - so the longer you stay on it, the greater the risk.
Another problem with low carb diets is that they require people to eat an unnaturally high amount of protein every day, and generally high-fat protein as well.
The American Heart Association recommends getting 10 to 15 percent of your daily calories from protein. High protein diets overload the body by cramming their menus with meals that deliver 35 to 50 percent of the daily calorie intake as protein.
According to the John Hopkins Hospital, a leading medical research institution, high protein low carb diets cause the body to excrete calcium, and are associated with increased risk of heart disease and risk of kidney failure.
According to a University of Chicago study done in 2002, participants who were on a high protein low carb diet for a mere six weeks had a sharply elevated rate of calcium excretion, which leads to an increased risk of osteoporosis (thinning bones). They also had a high “acid load” in their blood streams, leading to an increased risk of kidney stones.
A study published by the American College of Nutrition found that the long-term use of the Atkins Diet would result in a 25 percent increase of blood cholesterol levels.
And - as if that’s not enough - the low carb diet tends to lead to constipation and other health problems associated with low fiber diets, because high fiber cereals, fruits and many vegetables are eliminated from the meal plans
People who stay on low fiber diets long term are also at increased risk of diverticulosis - a condition in which areas of the intestines weaken and bulge outward. This condition is virtually unheard of in societies that have diets rich in fiber.
Yes, people do tend to lose some water weight right away on high protein low carb diets. But they also get fatigued, grouchy, and crave carbs constantly. And as we’ve just demonstrated, staying on those diets long term can be life threatening - AND as soon as you start eating normally again you will gain that water weight right back, at an alarming rate!
But here’s the good news: it is absolutely not necessary to risk your health with a high protein diet.
Eating a high carb is important to your health. For example, we all know that fruit is good for us. A typical item of fruit contains around 80-90% carbohydrates, 1-10% fats, 1-10% proteins. This should be evident enough to not risk your health.
I am forever seeing the question “What are some healthy snacks for someone trying to lose weight?”. I have even been asked this question time after time and always answer with the same thing time after time. Unfortunately many seem to be disappointed with the answer but I think this is more due to lack of understanding than not wanting to eat what I suggest.
The answer I give is very simple but is often overlooked because people see this food as insufficient or not filling. So what is it I suggest?
FRUIT!
We have had it drilled into us that it is important to have our 5-a-day. We have had it drilled into us that a fruit snack is something like 1 banana or 1 apple. This is exactly why people do not wish to turn to fruit for snacking purposes. It doesn’t fill us up, it doesn’t provide nutritional satisfaction or emotional comfort.
Fruit is, along with greens, packed full of essentially all the nutrients our body needs, but it is not calorie-dense, so in order to be fulfilled nutritionally we need to be eating much more than 1 banana or 1 apple. Fruit is also not heavy like other foods such as grains and meat, or packed full of addictive substances, so we do not get the emotional fulfilment many of us want from food from fruit. We may not even realize that we want emotional comfort from food. I didn’t realize how much I used food as an aid to emotional issues until I started becoming aware of my eating habits. I still now find it sometimes difficult, but I find comfort in my husband, distraction or exercise.
So how much fruit should we be eating? A lot! If you find yourself hungry, eat 5-6 apples or 5-6 bananas or even more than this (or less) depending on how you feel. Listen to your body and stop eating when you are satisfied. If you incorporate fruits (as well as greens) into your diet more and more, your cravings for unhealthy snacks will decrease and you will feel much better physically and emotionally.
If you are out on the run, and lugging 5 plus bits of fruit about seems a bit big annoyance, take some dates out or maybe some sun-dried fruits. Make sure though that if you take dried fruits out with you, you have plenty of water. Whereas if you have 5 apples, they will help keep you hydrated, you need to replace the water missing from dried fruits with drinking water.
The more fruit you eat the more you will learn to love it and the more you will miss it when you don’t have it. Fruit is very good for you - it will satisfy that sweet tooth for you much better than a chocolate bar or candy will and won’t leave you moody or tired.
There are lots of programs advocating the use of counting the calories you consume - some even have point systems. Although I don’t agree with such programs, as I believe we should listen to our bodies to determine *true hunger* over cravings or boredom, I think it can be useful to begin with to see a rough estimate of how many calories you need to eat as opposed to what you are eating. It can also be helpful if you are choosing to eat a high fruit/greens diet because it can be hard to get enough calories.
In order to determine the calories you need to consume, first take your ideal weight (not your current weight but the weight you want to get to) in pounds and times this by ten. This is your base need. So if you want to weight 130lbs then your base need would be 1300 calories. Add to this roughly 200-300 calories or maybe more depending on how active you are through the day. If you just sit at a desk all day you may not need anymore over 200. Then if you exercise that day add another 300-500 depending on intensity.
So for someone who wanted to be 130lbs (1300), had a fairly active day (300 calories) and had an intense work out (500 calories), this person would need to consume around 2100 calories that day.
This is a rough estimate and it isn’t strict. If you feel like eating more than you probably need to, if you feel that this is too much it may very well be. The best way to know whether you are hungry, truly hungry, is to try the fruit test. If you don’t want to eat fruit then it is probably a craving/emotion/boredom.
Try not to be strict with the calories but try to be more intune with your body and what it NEEDS. This will help you maintain your success at losing weight and will be much better in terms of not only being able to listen to your body effectively, but not having to keep a diary of how many calories you have had and if a food goes over them!
However to begin with yes working out rough estimates can be helpful and you can see if you are doing well listening to your body or not. Useful sites to help you count calories are www.nutridiary.com and www.fitday.com. It is free to set up accounts with both.
Food cravings are one of the subtle, cultured forms of addiction and compulsive behavior that are very difficult to discern. It is pretty much acceptable to have an addiction when it comes to food. We all have them and we all treat people with this particular addiction (addiction to food) entirely different to someone who is addicted to alcohol or other drugs.
Whereas someone who craves alcohol would be encouraged to seek help, those of us who crave sugary snacks are often - if not all the time - encouraged to indulge in our addictions. And if we don’t indulge we will often hear the retort “Why deprive yourself?”
“One isn’t going to hurt your diet”.
Most foods that are craved have no nutritional benefit to you and can cause and contribute to a number of different health conditions like excess weight and diabetes. Why would you want to eat those foods other than for comfort and pleasure?
You wouldn’t! It is your addiction ot them that makes you eat them.
Food has the power to control you in this way. Sugar, salt and foods laced with fat are emotionally and physically addictive.
In order to rid yourself of these substances from your life, the first step is to admit there is a problem. This is one of the hardest things to do, especially when you think you are eating that sandwich out of hunger.
But cravings are a bent form of hunger and it is quite possible that you may have never felt what true hunger feels like. You are probably used to the hunger that gets your stomach growling, that makes you feel agitated and that results in you needing the food right then or there.
This is not hunger - it is addiction.
Addiction is anything that has become stronger than your willpower to change.
You can’t give up your coffee in the morning, because you need it to get through the day.
You sit mindlessly watching TV, dipping into a bag of chips even though you are not really hungry but bored.
You deserve a treat at the end of your busy day (can you really consider it a treat though?)
“One burger isn’t going to hurt”
Bread, sweets, coffee, meat, and salt among a million other foods, provide you with false needs and behavior patterns that are destructive to your well being and can have a greater authority in behavior than the natural desire to eat and drink. The salt, fat and crunch of junk food offer emotions of fulfillment that are lacking because of a spiritual vacuum - a feeling deep down inside that something is missing.
Emotional emptiness is the source of addiction in most cases - dependency on pleasure to temporarily numb our feelings of hopelessness is usually the root issue.
The sensations of hunger and thirst are homeostatic mechanisms, which help the body maintain optimum levels of energy, nutrients and water. When addictive foods are eaten repeatedly, the body adjusts homeostasis to be balanced with the food in the system. Over time the body will become dependent on that substance for homeostatic balance and its removal will cause withdrawal. The body cries out for the missing substance as just intense hunger cries for food.
Control has been established on the inside of you. Even if there is an intense desire to lose weight or a bad habit, there is often failure and discouragement.
So as stated you must admit the issue. Now, once you have admitted it and reached a decision that these cravings are not good for you and you DEFINITELY want to give them up for good, you need to COMPLETELY REFUSE to consider them for even a second longer from that moment on.
Once you know what you must avoid (sugar, chocolate, coffee whatever it is) and what you must do to improve your health, you should start observing and be attentive to the thoughts that pass through your mind. Just as soon as you become aware that you desire some chocolate or any other food which you have chosen not to eat anymore, as that very moment demiss it. Completely refuse to give it another second’s thought.
You must be alert here though because quickly the thought can arouse emotion in you and this can result in you becoming weak or unattentive to your decisions. You will find you start trying to rationalize having that desire food and get caught up in your feelings.
Don’t play with this desire! But don’t struggle with it. If you try to use willpower to force it out of the mind it will just accentuate it and make it stronger. You become frustrated and risk caving or you do cave. Just simply drop the thought from your attention - get on with a chore, distract yourself essentially. Give this other subject/activity your FULL attention and stay fully immersed in it until you have calmed down.
Emotions are much stronger than reason - we tend to rationalize the irrational when we are caught up in then and can talk ourselves into anything. This is dangerous, so don’t play with them just divert your attention.
This is one of the first and most crucial steps to being free - Your Fat Freedom is possible but you must have self-awareness if you want to be rid of cravings for good.
