eating appetizers that are spicy and help you lose weight.  Netherlands researchers have discovered that by adding hot peppers to your diet the peppers might help you to eat less.  During a study of 12 men that ate a mere 0.9 g of ground chili peppers in pill form or mixed in with a [...]

During your fat-loss plan, try to eat a nice mix of lean red meat, fish, and chicken. Also, drink low-fat or fat-free (skim) milk. Each of those foods is a common source of carnitine. Carnitine is known to increase your body’s fat usage. Mitochondria the body’s cellular energy centers, contain the important chemical carnitine. This [...]

Try this out. The next time your getting in some cardio on a stair climber, elliptical machine, or treadmill, take a look around. You will probably see a lot of people working against their own best, sweaty efforts. Why are they, and you, working against your maximum gains and losses during cardio? Look at [...]

A lot of bodybuilders consume their meals in no time flat. That’s not such a good idea if you’re trying to stay strict and feel full after each meal. The reason: From the moment you take in your first bite of food, it will take around 20 minutes for your brain to realize you just [...]

Would you be interested in burning around 200 calories while not having to lift a weight, set foot on a treadmill, or do one single situp? Having sex with your partner can be a serious calorie burner. Word to the wise, try to make it last. The more intense and longer lasting the sex [...]

If you want to attain that lean, hard, low fat look, try staggering you carbohydrate intake throughout the day. Divide your carbs intake among your six daily meals. By doing this, you can stimulate a steady release of insulin and create an anabolic state.  Be sure not to take in too many carbs in any [...]

If you’re trying to lose weight, skipping breakfast is a terrible idea.  Sure, when you wake up in the morning, you feel leaner than when you went to bed but trying to maintain that feeling by skipping your first meal of the day will do more harm than good because the odds are you will [...]

Scheduling what you eat and when you eat it each day can help you stick to your diet.  Following this schedule can also help to ensure that you will get your six meals in each day, which can promote additional fat loss.  Maintain and eating routine of protein and complex carbohydrates five to seven times [...]

If you have been reading the articles on this web site regularly then you already know how important enough rest is for recuperation from intense training.  Muscle grows during recovery, not during training.  What you may not know is that a good nights sleep goes a long way toward helping control release of cortisol, a [...]

If you’re fat burning attempts come mainly from a stationary bike, think about how you’re exercising.  If you start slow, gradually pick up speed, and then go fallout near the end of your workout, consider changing your routine.  Researchers have found the best method for burning body fat on the stationary bike is by beginning [...]

Whether you once again lean muscle or lose fat, one of your strongest allies is a nutrition journal or log.  This should list your daily intake of all foods in fluids and their amounts.  Include the date and time of consumption.  You can easily note information in column format that should take less than two [...]