Lose Belly Fat With Ahmad

 

“My blood sugar drops after I go out for a drink, so I’m starving when I come home. What can I eat so I don’t eat everything?”

This question was asked by the the cosmetic queen Bobbi Brown. She is having a contest. Anyway I thought it was a good question to address.

What I would do would be the following:
Four hours before I went out I would enjoy a great meal. It would be borderline a cheat meal, but contain all the healthy essentials I need to not
have me in “Eat everything in sight mode” upon returning home. The meal would have to follow this protocol so that the hormones normally released during
drinking alcohol would not cause such effect to your body. It would have to be salty, sweet, and contain some fiber or multi-grain.

Choice 1.Planter Trail Mix Energy bars- consume 2-3 bars.

Choice 2.Multi-grain sandwich. It can contain your favorite low fat condiment and cheeses. Most important would have to be the protein.Sprinkle a little
extra-virgin olive oil on your lightly salted tomatoes.

Choice 3. Healthy Protein Smoothie and Multi-vitamin shake. On the day you plan to go out, save your multi-vitamins for the evening. If the vitamins are a powder supplement, even better. Sprinkle the multi-vitamin powder into your protein powder, fruits of your choice, low fat yogurt, and chopped ice. Blend and enjoy.
For the above choices make sure you hydrate on vitamin water, smart water, or Title replenishing drinks. Fill up on this.
Hope this helps your next night out.

Below is a message that I copied and pasted from my youtube page this Saturday afternoon.  Read it please to change your approach, if needed, towards working out.

BronsonLinda:

I found you on youtube and love your work outs (week one). I was wanting to know? You say don’t push it. stay at the low end of your heart rate if your weight is like 240+ and not use to working out. So my thing is I love to push it. It makes me fill good to work out harder I weigh 260lbs I’ve lost 67lbs just from changing my eatting habets now I’m starting to work out on top of that so why cant I push it?

My response:

Hi BronsonLinda thank you so much for noticing detail. I want to explain that I am ALL for PUSHING…ask my clients…I say pace yourself so that you don’t burn out…I see every year with all size bodies…fast starts and quick stops…I want you in this for the long term buddy. Feeling your intensity from your words…I know you will make it. Keep doing this and extra…consider your health as your business…your profit is youth and energy…so glad you’re on the team~ahmad

I would like to go a little further with this. In the above, she also mentioned working out in your heart rate zone. The most important thing first, is to make basic cardio a regular daily habit, before focusing on heart rate zones. I am learning that the VERY FIRST THING TO DO is create a good habit of exercise.

Before starting your workout Monday, try to find a smart reward daily for your hard work. It is smart to do this. Sometimes it might mean for the first few days of restarting, just do the minimum. Ease into your fitness….don’t belly flop, OK?

Keep me posted on how this approach helps your week one, of working out online with me. Working out to me means more than just the gym. Try and use it as a way to have your ‘you’ time. Use it as a mental planning time, or just self check-up time. Hope this helps…

For me I use music as one of the things that KEEP me in the gym. In my ipod I have songs that make me want to move. The best.

Hope the above helps,
ahmad

about author: Ahmad Baari is a Fitness Expert, joined by his online workout team, designed to help anyone reach their fitness goals. You can follow Ahmad on Twitter.com/makingthebest09

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Have you wondered

why certain times you are able to breeze through a gym workout, then at other times you have zero drive to finish the same workout? Well the changing of the levels of estrogen and progesterone during the month causes the lows and highs with your metabolism and muscle response to workout stimulus.

Try this to workout SMART around your monthly menstrual cycle:

DAY 1-12

During the first few days of your cycle you should focus on faster cardio session. Speed is the key. The high levels of estrogen in your bloodstream will make intense workouts feel easier. You will be able to go harder because of the increase in oxygen and blood flow to your muscles.

DAY 13-15

Right after ovulation has occurred, estrogen levels plummet, thus resulting in less oxygen to the muscles. The result is your mind and motivation to power through that tough cardio workout will slow down. This is where you need to have your workout buddy or support group on speed dial, or close to you. One side note: A recent Canadian study showed that during this window of time during the month many women are at a slightly higher risk for knee-ligament injuries.

DAY 16-28

During this second half of your cycle it is best that you focus on long distance training. You see the progesterone hormone, which triggers your body to store fat in case of pregnancy is super dominant in your blood at this time. To beat the bloating feeling and increase calorie burn, go a little longer with your cardio sessions, ok?

By the way, make sure to get a copy of the ebook. It has a great question and answer section, along with great new workout clips and 7 day meal plan for you to follow. It can be implemented in with the current cardio weekly clips on the youtube site.

You’re Almost There,
Ahmad

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EMAIL QUESTION OF THE DAY:

“If I want to lose 10-15 pounds, which should I keep track of: carbs, calories, or fat grams?”

Ahmad’s Answer:

Count calories is the smart way. The number of calories you eat, bottom line, witll determine whether you lose weight, gain weight, or stay the same.
Keep saturated fats under 2.5 g or zero, and zero trans fats in your foods. Sometimes tracking fat will make you overlook the total calories. For instance, a 44 ounce Big Gulp from the gas station has zero fat, but WAY too many calories for you.
And the thing about low carb diets, is that there are hardly any carbs in fried chicken or a greasy burger, but you could really over do it with calorie(energy) consumption.

Remember you must justify the calories or fuel you intake. You do not want it to be stored, you want it being used to help you stay alert and excited about your day. The quality of the carb, fat and protein all help with this youthful feeling. You want that feeling right?

Well if you need to figure out the quality of your calories/energy intake, then write the foods down (or remember them) and then go to :
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl

Keep track for a week and see how many good or bad calories you are consuming. DON’T GO COLD TURKEY ON YOUR CURRENT EATING PLAN…each day gradually decrease the bad calories, and replace them with more good.

Eat 85-90% of the time smart/good calories(fuel) and you will change your body. Be patient and make this fun. Watch your portion size, eat all sorts of healthy fuel, and you shouldn’t have to track anything too closely. Make it fun.

You’re Almost There,
Ahmad

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Did You Know?

Three studies — from researchers in Boston, Finland and the Netherlands — show that some good fat remains in adults, affecting metabolism and potentially offering a target to help people shed pounds.

The studies show this fat burns large amounts of energy and so it could be used as a target for a pill that would somehow rev up the fat.

All three research groups documented the presence and activity of the brown fat by examining tissue samples from some patients and using high-tech imaging that indicated how much sugar, and therefore calories, the fat burned.

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