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At some point during their weight loss journey, a lot of people may ask the question: why am I not losing weight.  What to do to lose weight may seem relatively simple: eat less and exercise more.  While this mantra may hold under ideal scientific conditions, as human beings there are other factors that go into the weight loss equation. Don’t get me wrong, at the end of the day I still think weight loss is driven by how many calories you consume versus how many calories you expend.  Ultimately this comes down to diet and exercise. Diet: One Way to Lose Weight In my opinion, diet should be the key area of focus when it comes to what to do to lose weight.  While most people will just try to eat less calories, I actually think there are 5 separate factors that influence diet: calories, appetite, taste, emotional eating, and nature vs. nurture. Calories This is where it all begins.  For a minute, let’s just forget about the quality of calories you eat....

I’ve been a long time advocate of intermittent fasting weight loss approaches.  While my experience and the experience of others clearly show how effective intermittent fasting for weight loss can be, the results and research from Dr. John Berardi go one step further.  For years, Dr. Berardi has eaten meals every 3-4 hours and helped 100,000+ clients lose weight by doing so.  He decided to experiment with intermittent fasting after reading numerous success stories.  As a researcher, Dr. Berardi was able to track every aspect of his intermittent fasting results, from weight loss to blood work changes.  His free report, Experiments with Intermittent Fasting, documents how he successfully used intermittent fasting to lose weight.  I’d like to summarize some of his key findings and show how they’re congruent with my experience. Intermittent Fasting to Lose Weight In general, there are two broad Intermittent Fasting Weight Loss Approaches.  There’s week...

Over the past couple weeks, my wife has experienced the difference between weight loss vs. fat loss.  She started Visual Impact for Women and didn’t lose any weight for the first two weeks.  Did she fail for not losing weight?  It’s hard to tell without knowing how much was fat loss vs. muscle gain.  It really highlights the challenges in assessing your results.  This also got me curious as to whether BMI or body fat percentage was more important for overall health. Weight Loss Let’s start with weight loss since most people are focused on the scale.  Some days the scale can be your best friend; other days it’s your worst enemy.  Personally, my weight fluctuates by up to 3-4lbs day-to-day.  Why is there so much variability?  It’s all about water retention.  If you perform carb cycling like I do, then be prepared to weigh more after high carb days and less after low carb days.  If you have a simple weight loss goal, you could foll...

So I just stepped on the scale for the first time in over a month.  Guess what happened?  For all intents and purposes, nothing.  My weight was down about 1.5lbs but that could easily be water fluctuations.  Body fat and muscles mass were exactly the same.  What’s my point…once you reach your goal, you can spend less time obsessing about diet and exercise.  Does that mean you give up and start eating like crazy without exercising…absolutely not!  It does mean that you have the option of exercising less or eating more though, assuming you were in a caloric deficit to achieve your goal.  The whole purpose behind my little experiment was to show that if you have a good plan in place, you don’t even necessarily have to track your progress on a regular basis; periodic check-ins are good enough.  This was perfect for the summer.  That aside, readers always seem to be interested in specific workout routines and diet plans, so I’ve outlined my...

1. CUCUMBER Cucumbers are the fourth most cultivated vegetable in the world and known to be one of the best foods for your body’s overall health for several reasons. To begin with, cucumbers contain most of the vitamins that the body needs in a single day. They’re very rich in vitamins B, vitamin K, copper, potassium, manganese and don’t forget to leave the peel on because it contains about 10 percent of the daily- recommended allowance of vitamin C. Moreover, cucumbers are about 95 percent water which means staying hydrated at all times especially during those hot summers while the cucumber is helping your body to kick the toxins out Cucumber is also known to contain these three main lignans: lariciresinol, pinoresinol, and second iso lariciresinol that according to medical research help reduce a risk of several cancer types.  1. The peel can be used for skin irritations and sunburns the same way you use aloe. 2.The inflammatory properties of cucumber help reduce the puff...

I want you to know how to use exercise to not only benefit the health of your body, but also to train and discipline your senses. As you use physical activity such as aerobic exercise, weight training or walking to exercise your faith and develop the fruit of the Spirit in your life, it will open the door for the anointing of God to help you. It will change exercise from something that may not seem all that valuable into a time of worship and fellowship with God. As you learn to take physical exercise and turn it into an exercise of your faith, you release the power of God, the anointing of God, to help you work out. That’s what makes the difference. It’s the anointing of God that removes your burdens and destroys your yokes. It’s the anointing of God that will set you free and keep you free. I’m sharing this good news as a witness of someone who God has supernaturally delivered from the bondage of overeating. It’s good news that Jesus is the Christ – the Anointed One. And as a m...