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I got this in an email newsletter from Ironman Magazine. It offers an interesting variation on the normal advice and the reasons why:

Eliminate junk food--most of the time. Notice that we said to eliminate junk "most of the time." That's because allowing it once or twice a week will prevent over-the-top binges. And besides, a loose-eating day, with a higher-calorie jolt, prevents your metabolism from slowing down, so it's a good thing.

Also, a common mistake is to make a gigantic calorie cut all at once. Many people get so motivated to lose fat that they starve themselves right off the bat. That causes your metabolism to slow to a crawl, and when your body thinks it's starving--it hordes fat. The lesson is to reduce calories gradually, and the first action is to eliminate junk food--most of the time.

Do a short cardio session after each weight workout. You burn off all the sugar in your bloodstream with 30 minutes to an hour of weight training. That means any activity right after, immediately taps into bodyfat. In other words, right after your weight training is prime fat-burning time. All it takes is 15 minutes on a treadmill or staionary bike to make a serious dent in your fat stores. It's the most efficient fat-burning cardio you can do.
 
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Some really good advice, thanks for sharing!

For me personally I can't allow myself to eat junkfood though because it seems anything I eat that is bad goes straight to my waistline I do however splurge a little bit on things that could be considered neutral. For instance I like salty type chips, but I can't go near something like lays potato chips or doritos. I'd want to eat the whole bag. I do like tortilla chips, and I found some that are whole grain so I'll eat those from time to time to get my chip fix on.

I most definitely agree with decreasing calories gradually. Not only is that best for your metabolism, but it is essential if you're planning to make a permanent lifestyle change. You've got to take things slowly and build from there. If you get too drastic in either your food or your exercise then it is going to feel like a punishment, and you won't stick with it.

I didn't know that about the weight training followed by cardio. One thing I've been doing is once a week during weight training I'll do jump rope in-between each set. I don't know if that is just as effective as what is being suggested in the article or not. But I actually saw the tip on Biggest Loser and started doing it. I figured I'm waiting 2 minutes between sets so I might as well make good use of those 2 minutes.
 
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I'll add Don't drink your calories (though I make an exception for milk because it's more like a food and is actually filling due to the protein).
 
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I'll add Don't drink your calories
 
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illustrator wrote :
Do a short cardio session after each weight workout. You burn off all the sugar in your bloodstream with 30 minutes to an hour of weight training. That means any activity right after, immediately taps into bodyfat. In other words, right after your weight training is prime fat-burning time. All it takes is 15 minutes on a treadmill or staionary bike to make a serious dent in your fat stores. It's the most efficient fat-burning cardio you can do.
i think this is true if you have no glycogen stored in your muscles/organs. you dont truly start burning fat till you have depleted those, because your body will burn those reserves first.
 
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Yeah, but it doesn't really matter whether the exercise you do directly burns fat - or if it burns other energy stores which must then be replenished by burning fat later. If anything, having the body do anything efficiently is to be avoided in fat loss - because that means you're burning fewer total calories to do the same thing. And, as we all know, more calories burned (assuming intake is the same) means more fat lost.
 
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What's sweet tea? Do you mean blends such as English Breakfast or Earl Grey with sugar?
I believe he means iced tea that has been sweetened (usually with sugar - could also be with honey).
 
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the first carbs that you eat will go directly to restoring the glycogen levels in your muscles and organs. its easier to use the sugar produced from carbs than it is to covert fat to store as glycogen and your body will probably do what is more efficient. i made my statement because the info that he gave is not completely correct.

look up atkins (2002 dandr, not the current atkins) it explains a lot.
 
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I had a personal trainer (he holds a degree in Kinesiology) a few years ago and he always encouraged me to do my muscle training after I did some cardio. Basically, he wanted me to keep my heart rate up as much as possible while doing anything with weights. He set up a work out where I would start with some cardio, move to something with weights then back to cardio and keep going back and forth. I did lose a lot of weight in a short amount of time (35+ pounds in about 8-10 weeks). It was also easier to keep it off, even after I quit the gym.

I think the newsletter article works on the reverse of this, which may work as well, not sure, never really tried it. But, I guess the way I was working out before kinda did the same thing.
 
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