Battle Belly Fat!

Do you want to lose that unwanted belly fat? First, you need to understand why your body may be storing extra pounds around the middle. It's a hormone called Cortisol.  Cortisol is a hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex in the adrenal gland. You may have heard it referred to as the "stress hormone" and that high levels are often associated with fatigue and lack of sleep. This is true however, we can't sleep away 10 pounds. (that would be nice though) It's also important to understand that Cortisol is also produced by pretty much any type of exercise. But, the good news is that exercise also produces other hormones that offset the effects of Cortisol. One of them is Growth Hormone (GH). This is pretty much the most effective hormone produced in your body that helps you gain muscle and burn fat. GH is also AWESOME in fighting the effects of Cortisol. So we now know that both Cortisol and GH are produced in our bodies by exercise, so we need to create as much GH as we can to fight the Cortisol and burn that belly fat. My favorite trainer ever, Roman from Roman Fitness System,http://www.romanfitnesssystems.com/ has figured out a way to train that will do just that! It's called Lactic Acid Training. He explains ALL the details in his work out, Final Phase Fat Loss, which I have done 3'x and LOVE it! I will just give you the basic run down. Now some of you may know what lactic acid is, it's the stuff that flows through your body and cause's it to hurt a little. (muscle soreness) So, your body naturally wants to fix itself and to do so, it needs to regulate the acidity. Your body produces, guess what, GH to do so! Here's how you do it...When you are lifting the weight, you are producing a lot more lactic acid than when you lower it. For those of you who really understand what I'm talking about, lactic acid training to some degree can be thought of as "inverted tempo training". So you will be lifting the weight over a period of 4 seconds and lowering the weight extremely fast. For example:


Yes, these are mine!



LIFT the weight over a period of 4 sec

LOWER the weight as fast a possible with good form

IMMEDIATELY begin the lifting again

NOTE: You will want to do a full body work out structured like this, and be on a structured diet.

I have personally trained like this and have seen results!

If you need more info to incorporate this into your work out, let me know. 

Try it out and let me know after a few week, what your results are.

Nutrition Tip:

How many of you use butter, PAM or even veg. oil to grease your pan?

I'm sure there are a few... but try coconut oil instead. Coconut oil is one of the best "fats" to use for cooking. Even though coconut oil provides a generous amount of fat and calories, it has been proven to increase your body's metabolic rate. This makes it easier to lose weight! Now, a reasonable amount to use would be about 1-2 tsp three times a day for cooking.  I use it when cooking my eggs or to saute my veggies. It tastes GREAT!

"If you really want something, you can figure out how to make it happen."

~Cher~

Thanks!