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Encouraging testimony.
by an unknown person.

I've been interviewed a lot lately for fat loss teleseminars, radio shows, etc, and one question really caught my attention recently.
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> I believe I was asked how I maintain so much discipline to always eat healthy and rarely ever cheat.
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> Well, first of all, I don't always eat perfect, but if I do cheat, it's only a couple times a month and only when I eat out. So basically, I never keep any junk food at all in the house. And even when I do "cheat"... I still never eat french fries, soda, donuts, or candy.
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> But I get asked often how I stay so disciplined to eat so healthy and always bypass the fries, sodas, and other junk foods that we're all bombarded with on a daily basis.
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> I thought about it for a second, and my answer was that I don't really think it's about discipline for me. Instead, I have something going on in my head that makes the thought of eating deep fried food, candy, donuts, or sodas not appealing at all to me.
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> In fact, it even goes a step beyond junk food just not appealing to me...
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> My mindset is that these junk foods actually appear disgusting to me and I have no desire to eat them at all. I actually crave healthy foods instead.
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> So it made me think... Why do some of us see junk foods and not crave them at all (and even view them as disgusting), while others see junk foods and cannot resist the temptation?
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> That's a tough call...and when it comes to how our minds work, things can get complicated.
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> For me personally, I can say that I think the reason why junk food is so revolting to me is that I've spent so many years reading about all of the negative effects that these foods have on your body... and digging into the actual science and the negative cellular reactions that they cause within your body.
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> Due to the fact that I've read in such depth about what these foods do to your body, I have ingrained in my head over the years that these foods are pure evil and therefore, I have no desire to eat them.
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> In fact, my dislike of junk foods is so deeply rooted at this point in my life, even the smell of deep fried chicken or donuts sometimes can make me feel sick, whereas the smell of a healthy meal makes me feel energized.
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> I never realized during all of these years that this was the reason that I eat so healthy on a regular basis. Everyone always said I just had "discipline"... but now that I've actually thought about it more, I've discovered that it's not discipline, but rather that my brain views junk foods with such a negative view, that the thought of eating junk food almost makes me feel sick.
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> This is interesting indeed. I'm not a brain-science expert, so I can't explain exactly how to adopt this type of mindset. All I can say is... keep continually educating yourself on nutrition and how different types of foods are processed and react in your body.
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> Hopefully, by learning exactly what is going wrong in your body when you consume trans fats or excess processed sugars, perhaps that will help you to view junk foods in such a negative way that you no longer crave them at all.

Introduction to
The Stan's Gym Flexi diet System.
The Stan's Gym Flexi diet system is unbeatable, calorie counting has never gone out of fashion amongst those in the know. Doctors and nutritional specialists and successful dieters have for a long time known that the healthiest and most effective way to lose weight is to mix a calorie controlled diet with regular exercise. Its as simple as this. Calories are energy units. Food contains energy units, and most drinks contain energy units, or in other words calories. If you burn off more energy/calories than you consume, then you body will be forced to use some of the energy it has stored on your body and you will lose weight. It goes without saying, if you consume more energy/calories than you use or expend, the excess your body will store as fat and you will put on weight. Part of the energy/calories in your food or drink is used to keep your body functioning, while the other part is burned up in activity or exercise. People who are always on the go, tend to use more energy and due to this, need to consume more or eat more to fulfill their body requirements. Our hope is that the following articles will help you.

The energy that comes by food and drink is generally measured in calories, also called kilocalorie's (Kcal). It has been calculated that one kilogram of fat is equivalent to 7.700 calories or 1 lbs of body fat is 3.500 calories. So for every kilogram that a dieter wants to lose, 7.700 calories must be burned up through exercise or cut out of the diet over a few weeks. Or for every 1 lbs that a dieter wants to lose, 3.500 calories must be burned up through exercise or cut out of the diet over a couple of weeks. Its vital to say here that crash diets, offering huge weight lose in just 4 - 6 weeks may sound great until a doctor is consulted.

Bupa health insurance have a medical department that recommends dieters to lose no more than half a pound of fat per week, . Shock, I can almost hear you thoughts cry out, AHHH that's no good for me.
Well don't look away, stay with us and as you learn more, you will understand how much better and how in the long term, small consistent fat lose soon adds up to your great new look. Also as you understand more fully the principles behind our diet system, you will be able to tailor your diet to lose as much weight as you wish. But remember Bupa warns, that to lose more than they recommend per week will make you weak.

Consider two men who stand 5-foot-9 and weigh 160 pounds. One exercises regularly while the other doesn't do much exercises. The scale won't be able to tell the difference between these two, but a measure called body fat percentage can. Body fat percentage estimates how much of your body is composed of fat and how much is composed of muscle and other lean body tissues. Experts generally agree that a healthy body fat range for men is 12-20 percent and for women 16-26 percent. Women get a few extra points for the essential "reproductive" fat they carry. Its not necessary for you to become this precise, but finding your body fat percentage isn't all that complicated and can easily be done using a pair of specially designed calipers. A great tool to encourage anyone to reach their goals.

They work by you pinching your skin in three to seven places pulling the fat away from your muscles and bones to estimate your fat-to-muscle ratio. You will need someone to help . One of the readings is on your upper back. Keep a record of all your measurements to achieve your goal.

Metabolism.
Each persons metabolism differs as we are all unique The rate at which the body uses up energy/calories varies from person to person and depends on a number of different things, such as a persons age their general fitness or their sex. We all know people who seem to be able to eat what they like without them putting on weight. While other people complain that they only have to look at food to gain weight. Some people have a fast metabolism and some people have a medium or slow metabolism. There aren't just three types of metabolisms, there are people with every type of metabolism in between. A person usually has a faster metabolism when they are younger, and as they get older their metabolism becomes sluggish. Metabolism aids in digestive function as well as absorption of nutrients. It is most affected by nutrition, hydration and physical activity. Each of these items is an imperative aspect of optimum metabolic health. When any one of these is lacking, the metabolic rate decreases. Consequently, weight loss and weight maintenance are directly related to healthy metabolism. While lowering your calorie and fat intake are important parts of weight loss, both decrease your metabolism. It is therefore essential to stimulate the metabolic rate through other means such as routine physical activity. It is not a good idea to skip meals or to reduce calories by an extreme amount, since decreased metabolism causes the body to burn fewer calories and less fat. It may also cause your body to store excess fat in reserve.
So slow fat lose works best.

Losing weight the safe and the easy way.
You should begin to lose fat soon after you cut down the number of calories you consume each day. Some drinks contain calories. Its important to eat a well balanced diet with all the recommended nutrients, otherwise you can make yourself ill. You will need a calorie counter.
Calorie Counter.
Why Calorie Count? Nutritionists, dieticians and other health professionals involved in helping people to lose weight, tend to agree that healthy eating and a low fat diet are essential for long term healthy weight loss. Losing weight by calorie counting helps to build your knowledge and awareness of what's in what you eat, and what your body really needs. Calorie counting is flexible enough to fit into most lifestyles and can accommodate personal taste, likes and dislikes. With the Stan's Gym Flexi diet system there are no forbidden foods when you calorie count - everything is allowed - as long as you eat less calories than you burn up each day you will lose weight, that's a scientific fact.

How to Lose Weight by Calorie Counting.
First you need to work out how many calories you need each day to maintain your weight. For women, this averages around 2000, for men around 2500 (more if you are very over weight, very muscular - or very tall!). To lose weight you need to create a calorie deficit by consuming fewer calories than you burn. If you eat 500 calories less than you need each day you'll lose weight at the rate of one pound a week. If you eat 1,000 calories less than you need each day you'll lose two pounds each week. Your body will have to turn to its fat stores to make up your calorie deficit. It's recommended that you combine exercise (burning more calories) with healthy eating to create a calorie deficit.

Calories in Food.
You'll need a comprehensive chart or calorie counter to look up the calories in food and drinks. Then jot down what you eat and drink each day and add up the calories. Jotting down what you eat will help you to see where you can make changes to reduce the number of calories you consume. Most people find they have a fairly small number of favorite items that they eat or drink habitually, or in large amounts, which take up a big portion of their daily calorie needs. Calories in alcohol are a good illustration; alcohol has 7 calories per gram and little or no nutritional value. The trick is to reduce these high calorie items. Try to concentrate on healthy eating and a low fat diet that leaves some room for treats just once per week. On the Stan's Gym Flexi diet system, once per week and on the same day of your choice. BREAK YOUR DIET FOR SIX WHOLE HOURS. Yes that's right, eat and drink whatever you want for a whole six hours. (not alcohol and not to the point of feeling sick). Breaking your diet like this will help speed up your metabolism so that you begin burning more calories once your six hours is up, when you go back to your calorie counting.
This system of dieting, the Stan's Gym Flexi diet system, is really no secret among doctors and athletes but to the person in the street, with all the different diet methods to chose from, it can be so easily missed. Our Flexy diet system not only offers the best and safest dieting advise, but we also deal with some of the emotional issues that seriously hinder fat loss.

Emotional well being. Feeling good about our bodies when we are overweight can be difficult. Its vital to begin to give thanks for the body you have right now, as negative thinking can lead to self loathing, this has been found to cause a level of depression. A depressed person often comfort eats. Then there is guilt, more self loathing, and all this time the diet is out the window. Its important for you to get off the wheel of failure. Begin now to give thanks for the body that you have. If you have faith in Christ then give thanks to God, you will find this will help tremendously concerning your self image. Even without faith , speaking out words of thankfulness for your body will help somewhat to keep you in a better frame of mind. Depression often causes the feeling, "I can't be bothered", laying about feeling sorry for oneself. Inactivity has been proven to burn less calories.

As soon as we start feeling better about our bodies, we feel happier in ourselves. Happy people are active people, giving thanks helps us live in reality. People with no legs would love to have your legs, people who have lost their health would love to have your healthy body. Whatever situation you are presently in, learn to adopt an attitude of counting your blessings, it takes a little time to begin to think along these lines, but it works. Like these people, happy people are generally more productive people, whether its your work or your diet begin to give thanks today.

Getting your Calorie book.
You will be able to get a calorie book in any general book store, if they do not have one in stock, then ask and they will order one for you, you should be able to pick one up for under £5 or so. One place recommended by us is Swan Books. Here is a helpful link www.swanbooks.co.uk
The calorie book doesn't just list the calorie content of each food and drink but it is likely to give the nutritional composition.

Doctors Conformation.
Anyone who is thinking of losing weight, we recommend that you first consult your doctor. You really should see your doctor before starting your diet, run the Flexy diet system past your doctor as they know your medical history and will be able to confirm and advise you further.

Finding your ideal body weight.
We are all influenced by our genetic history. Every family is different in many fascinating ways. Some families seem to stay slim without any effort, while others have to work harder at maintaining a healthy weight. Height, bone structure, metabolism and your bodies tendency to store fat are all influenced by our genetic predisposition. Everyone is born with a natural weight range. If you consistently eat too much with little exercise , it is possible to reach a weight well above your natural range. It is much harder to maintain a weight that is below your natural range.
Two people of the same height can have completely different weights and yet both be at their healthy weight. Muscle weighs more than fat, so someone who exercises might weigh more than a person who does not.

Weight also depends on body frame, so you ought to calculate whether you are small, medium, or large framed before looking at a weight and height chart. Generally your ideal weight is the one at which you feel healthy and most attractive , give or take a few pounds. Your weight might go up and down throughout the year, some people put on a little weight in the cold weather and then begin to lose it again in the spring. Weight also tends to alter with age. So long as you feel healthy and comfortable and are within your average weight category for your frame, then its ok.

This chart is not designed for bodybuilders or powerlifters as they will be much heavyer. Their best judge will always be the mirror. First measure your height, and then depending on your frame size take a look at the chart here on the left. It will show you your ideal body weight, give or take a few pounds. Now you may have a small to medium frame and therefore your ideal weight will be in between the small and medium range. Or you may be between medium and heavy framed, and therefore you will be in between.
Remember the more you exercise the more muscle you will be carrying, this is especially true concerning men, and muscle is heavier than fat. Men have a greater ability to build muscle size than women, and therefore these things ought to be taken into account. If you run your mouse over the men's table on the left, it will change to a woman's chart. Once you have calculated your ideal body weight, then write it down somewhere safe. Then go weigh yourself on some reliable home scales, wearing underclothes, or the same clothing each time you weigh yourself. Write it all down.

Starting calorie counting.
A diet has to start somewhere. Everybody needs a certain amount of calories to limit them selves. Don't starve yourself, don't mis meals. Once you have chosen the amount of calories per day for you to start with, its a good idea to split the number into 3 to 5 meals. 5 meals for athletes.
You don't have to be an athlete to benefit from 5 meals a day. Eating every 3 hours works really well in your new diet program. Here are some suggestions for the amount of calories for you to start with.

For sedentary people. Those who do very little exercise. Sit around most of the time.
Start your diet by multiplying your weight in kilograms by 30. Weight in kilograms x 30 = estimated calories per day to start dieting at.

For moderately active people. Those who get aerobic exercise 3-4 times per week.
Start your diet multiplying your weight in kilograms by 36. Weight in kilograms x 36 = estimated calories per day to start dieting at.

For active people. Those who get aerobic exercise 5-7 times per week.
Start your diet multiplying your weight in kilograms by 43. Weight in kilograms x 43 = estimated calories per day to start dieting at.

Now here is the secret. Weigh yourself and then begin your allotted amount of calories spread out throughout the day. Keep rigidly to it. If you fail, don't worry, just start again that hour. Learn the discipline of counting calories. Work your calories out concerning what you are about to eat. Never afterwards. You should quickly get to to stage where at any time a friend could ask. How many calories have you had
today ? You should be able to answer without any calculation, because you had already worked it out at your last meal or drink. This takes a little time but it works, you will soon pick it up, and very soon it will become second nature. Once this happens, then you are in the Flexi dieting zone. Its important to remember to break your diet once per week for 6 hours. Eat all the things otherwise forbidden. Then back on your diet.

Getting started with the Stan's Gym Flexi diet system.
One you have your calorie book. As said before, you can buy or order one from any good book store. We recommend www.swanbooks.co.uk
Once you have your calorie book, now get an A4 sheet of paper. Then begin to slowly go through your calorie book. Be methodical. Begin to write down every food or drink that you would be willing to consume. Write only on one side of your paper. Obviously look for low calorie items, but also write down, some of your favorite high calorie food etc. Go right through the calorie book. At the end of your study you should have around 30-40 items written down. If at any time latter you wish to add food or drink items to your list, then the Flexy diet system allows you to do so.
Next to each item, write down the amount of calories in it. This whole procedure should take under 1 hour. Once you have accomplished this, get three photocopies. One photocopy on your fridge or cabinet door. One photocopy at work. One photocopy folded neatly in your pocket, or in your purse or if you are a man, in your wallet. Make a decision not to eat anything that is not on your list. If someone offers you something, think, is this on my list ? If the answer in no, then refuse it. As said before, if you whish later to add the item to your list, then go ahead. Always adopt the attitude. If its not on my current list then I can't eat it. This way you will learn to quickly take control over your food and drink consumption. Within just a few days you will notice how a more disciplined life is slowly taking hold of you, making it all easier..

Losing weight slowly has the greatest long term benefits.
To lose one 1lb per week, you must eat 3500 calories less that you expend in energy, as Bupa recommends no more than half 1lb of weight lose per week, you would only have to reduce your calorie intake by 1750 calories. Eat 1750 calories less than you expend in energy = Lose half 1lb.
This may not seem a lot, but it soon adds up. People often feel disheartened if they have only lost a half lb of bodyweight, but not you or I.
The Stan's Gym Flexi diet system teaches us that our ideal diet is for us be able to eat as much as possible each day less 250 calories than we expend in energy. Thus losing half lb at the end of each 7 days, working out to 2 lbs per month and 24 lbs per year, or in other words, 1 stone 10 lbs.
Now it has to be said that some fitness enthusiasts and athletes up their weekly limit of weight lose to 2 lb, and that this works well for them.
In my bodybuilding background dieting for competitions we used to use the 2 lb rule, lose no more than 2 lbs per week, or lose muscle tissue.
Nutritional information has come a long way since then and I now realize that I would have maintained more muscle if I had lost weight more slowly. Maintaining muscle whilst dieting is not just important for bodybuilders and other athletes, its important for everybody. Losing weight slowly has many other advantages, it is better for our immune system, it is better for our skin and hair and our teeth, its better for our whole body. Also we are less likely to binge, when we cut out to many calories, we begin to starve ourselves, and everything suffers, our will power suddenly collapses and we binge eat. Ok, hopefully we have come to see the huge benefit from regular slow weight lose. Don't lose sight of it.

Developing good eating and drinking habits.

What a difference weight can make !

For some people, once they have lost their body fat, they are at a glance, unrecognizable. People who they knew stand back in amazement, wow is that really you. The sense of achievement is great. A healthy diet, worth every penny.

Dieting is all about developing good habits. Its not at all difficult to adopt bad eating habits, its probably one of the reasons that we are overweight.
Good eating and drinking habits take a little while to become part of our routine. This is the reason why its so easy to stop start stop start a diet program. Most of us who lose weight have had our fair share of failings, by not giving up, starting your diet again, and again if necessary, you will win.

What normally happens is suddenly you get into the right groove, the zone.
From there on you will find your disciplined life actually enjoyable. Finally you will get your food and drink intake under control. It wont matter what parties come up, your diet will remain consistent. Counting your calories will have become like second nature. You will be on top of it and you will be seeing the results. Once you are in this diet zone, you will find it easy, but remember you still have to say no.

Here is a very helpful web site for you to start looking up calories even before you get your calorie book. At Calorie-Count.com, they provide completely free weight loss tools, nutritional information, and a vibrant and supportive community to help you lose or maintain weight, safely and effectively. We at birth onwards wish to remind you as you
enter other web sites. If you see adverts for huge and fast weight loss, be careful not to get sucked in. Health wise your better of with our recommendations. www.calorie-count.com/

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