The Big BLOB Weight Loss Blog

Let’s face it, working out can be a real and tough challenge as well as keeping a slim figure and a fit body. Once we gain a few extra pounds or worse, get really fat, we tell ourselves to work out. We go to the gym, do some crunches, lift weights, run on the treadmill, but at the end of the day we tend to ask ourselves “was it worth it?”

When we hear the word work-out, we often think of it as doing a physically agonizing and boring stuff, you know, like “work.” We resort to bringing along some gadgets to help us “kill time” during our boring work-out sessions, like an iPod for example, or even watch the small flat screen TV on the treadmill. Because of this dull, repetitive, and monotonous activity, we have a tendency to quit, resulting to even more weight gain after some time.

What if I tell you there’s another way to fight the flab, an easier and much more fun way. I can just imagine the look in your eyes right now while reading this. Picture this, an arched brow with a questioning look, “are you for real or just messing up with me kind of look.” It’s true! I’m not kidding!

The answer is Shaun T’s Hip Hop Abs. This revolutionary exercise is taking the world by storm not only because it is effective but also it is offered by the world’s most trusted health and fitness place, Beach Body. Hip Hop Abs proudly proclaims that it can give you that flat, sexy abs you’ve been dying to have without ever doing a single crunch or sit up.

Hip Hop Abs is a fun, exciting, engaging, and easy to follow dance work-out designed and developed by Shaun T to burn fat fast and give you a six-pack abs in no time. The Absolute Engagement technique uses the tilt, tuck, and tighten secret that targets your upper abs, lower abs, obliques, and love handles.

This dance work-out program uses some of the hot new music you hear on the radio to make your exercise more fun and engaging while you burn fat. This kind of music makes you want to groove on the dance floor or jam while you’re driving your car. Even if you can’t dance, Shaun will teach you his Hip Hop moves step by step. You can even use some of the moves on the dance floor while you’re out clubbing.

What you’ll receive on your purchase are four amazing routine videos. The first one is Secrets to Flat Abs where Shaun shares his exclusive training techniques that target your upper abs, lower abs, and obliques while you burn fat. This video lasts 13 minutes that shows you the tilting, tucking, and tightening action to work your way to a flat, sexy midsection. The next video is the Fat Burning Cardio that lasts for 30 minutes. It’s not your conventional aerobic video. With this, you burn calories and shed fat with fun, hip dance moves and hot music you hear on the radio. The Ab Sculpt video work-out that lasts 25 minutes gives you Shaun T’s signature ab moves to get you the six packs you’ve always wanted without a single sit-up or crunch. The last video called Total Body Burn is a head-to-toe workout that combines cardio and total body sculpting with even more ab-defining moves. It’s a 45 minute work-out that lets you have fun while you burn fat, revealing a leaner, tighter body. Get Hip Hop Abs now!

Together with the videos, you’ll also receive easy-to-use tools to enhance your fat burning experience. The Step-by-Step Nutrition Guide will help you choose the right foods to help you lose weight faster. The 30-day Workout Calendar provides you with a video-guide calendar that helps you choose the right mix of work-out videos to get your jaw-dropping abs and toned body in no time. The 24/7 Online Support lets you access to live chats with Shaun and an amazing online community that will surely help you succeed on your journey to a physically fit body.

Aside from all these exciting perks, you’ll also receive four additional gifts from Shaun T. The Hips, Buns, and Thighs video lasts for 25 minutes and it guides you in lifting and firming those stubborn problem areas. No more boring squats and lunges, it will get you back in your skinny jeans fast. Another gift you receive is the Results on the Run Diet Guide that lets you eat at your favorite fast food restaurants, guilt free. The 6-day SlimDown Plan jump-starts your weight loss with an easy to follow plan that will help you lose up to 3 inches off your waist in your first week. The last, but certainly not the least, gift is the Measurement Card and Tape Measure. You can use these tools to chart your progress as the inches from different parts of your body melt away.

If that’s not enough, you will also receive three extra fun-filled routines called Learn to Dance with Shaun T. This is a three full Hip Hop dance routines that will rev up your metabolism, while teaching you the moves the biggest names in music are learning from their choreographers for their videos. This includes Take It to the Dance Floor, Hip Hop Groove, and Last Minute Dance.

This package comes at an amazing price … got to see it to believe it.
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People in the US and Canada and getting fatter and fatter every year. There is an epidemic of obesity and diabetes.

Our lifestyle today is very much different from the lifestyle in the 60’s and 70’s. In the past, you would find fewer numbers of fat and unhealthy people because people had fewer choices of foods filled with preservatives and added sugars. They practiced a healthy lifestyle not because they were health conscious but because they had more time and fewer unhealthy food choices.

People in the 60’s and 70’s, or even those who lived before them, have more time preparing home-cooked healthy meals for their family, not to mention all-natural food selection during those days. Our generation doesn’t possess this kind of luxury because of traffic jams, excessive work, and hardships of earning money. Sure we have the latest technology to aid us in our daily lives but this alone cuts back the opportunities we have to gain a healthy lifestyle.

A perfect example for this is the car we use. Instead of getting the exercise we need we tend to use our car even if we’re just going three blocks away. It also contributes to the pollution in the environment giving us less oxygen to breath, leaving us feeling tired and listless. The foods and drinks we buy from the grocery also contribute to our unhealthy lifestyle. We eat our “meals” at fast food outlets or buy “ready to eat when you reheat” foods instead of cooking a healthy meal for our family.

In reality, we can’t really afford to use our precious little time in things we can do in a much simpler and faster way. Being unhealthy and fat is the price we pay for having a life so advanced and fast-paced. So what can we do to be healthy for our lives’ sake? More specifically, how can we fight the flab? The answer is simple, Turbulence Training.

Turbulence Training is a high intensity, low volume, quick workout that combines resistance training and interval training to lose body fat and build muscle at the same time. This book is very easy to read and is only 86 pages long. More than half of the pages are filled with detailed explanations and illustrations of the multi movement exercises.

This training system has been developed by Craig Ballantyne after long years of hands-on experience, university study, rigorous training, and lots of research. It has been featured in numerous magazines and continuously receives top-rating reviews. You can now lose fat while gaining muscle at the same time with just 3 short intense workouts a week. You can finally get that 6 pack sexy abs in as little as 12 weeks of Turbulence Training.

There is no fluff and no complicated calorie formulas included in this training. In fact, the first 34 pages discuss all the basics. It includes, the concept of Turbulence Training, good and bad food choices, 25 nutrition tips for fat loss and healthy eating and the science of goal setting. The rest of the book comes with the essential Turbulence Training guidelines and workout schedules from the beginner to the advanced, which are easy to follow.

In order for Turbulence Training to be successful you must eat right and live a healthy lifestyle. Therefore, there is no point to exercise expecting success if you are going to waste the effort on bad eating habits.

Turbulence Training is divided into three parts – the non-competing supersets, interval training, and exercise variation. The Non-Competing Superset requires performing 2 exercises back to back without rest, and using opposing muscle groups. Each superset is performed 3-5 times over 20 minutes. The aim of non-competing superset is to raise the intensity of your workout and maximize your recovery time. After 20 minutes of supersets, it is followed by 20 minutes of interval training.

Interval training is high speed, maximum intensity exercise followed by a period of rest. Research has proven that interval training burns more fat than a long cardio- workout, and continues to burn fat hours after an interval training workout.

Regular Exercise Variation is very essential in your training because your body will not lose body fat with the same exercises. That is why the variation of your exercises is crucial.

Turbulence Training is designed to be an intense, quick and efficient workout, designed to fit busy, active lifestyles. In other words, it’s ideal for people with little time. It only requires three 30-45 minute workouts a week for an effective workout. Best of all, it can even be performed at home without any gym equipment.

Get your copy of Turbulence Training here

The final episode of this season’s Fat March has come and gone. After walking a total of 575 miles SIX contestants walked over the finish line in Washington. They each won $40,000 in prize month … and will be going home with a new body and a new “can do” attitude.

The final four women on average lost about 50 pounds each … the two men lost 80 pounds. The march was an grueling exercise in determination and team work.

Six people either quite or were voted off the team as the march progressed. Many of the dropouts were no surpize because of their whinney attitudes and de-motivating self-talk. The only person that didn’t deserve to go was Matt. I’m sure that if he wasn’t forced to drop out because of his bad knee, he would have been in the final group.

I have actually been motivated to walk more because of the Fat March. It was an interesting program because we got to see the contrast between those that stayed the course and those that dropped out. Of course there were probably factors we didn’t get to see … but if I were to summarize, I would say that THE most important factor for success was a positive attitude.

The marchers that dropped out (Matt being the exception) were whiners and complainers who totally focused on how hard it was, how miserable they were, and how awful the food was. Those that finished the march concentrated on helping their team mates and were determined to complete the march because they wanted to or needed to. Thought they had to endure the same conditions (heat, exhaustion, fatigue) they focused on what was good and positive.

Have YOU started your walking program yet?

Melanie

New Dmc-03 (Mixed Colors) Multifunction Pedometer with Steps, Distance and Calories (98-99% Accuracy). Excellent Pedometers for Gifts, Walking Programs, or 10,000 Step a Day Programs

At the end of Stage 3 of the Fat March the walkers have now reached New York City … the half way point in their march of 575 miles.

Walk Away the Pounds : The Breakthrough 6-Week Program That Helps You Burn Fat, Tone Muscle, and Feel Great Without Dieting

Wendy walked out on the group. She just quit. The interesting thing about this was listening to her “self-talk.” It was all about how much she was suffering, how much she hated walking, how much she loathed the food. So, with all that negative self-talk it was no big surprise she just gave up.

On the other hand, as annoying as some of the other marchers are, you do hear them talking to themselves and each other more positively. They are saying things, like I KNOW I am going to make it to Washington, I know I can do it. I know if I just do “X” I can do it. And in most cases they are also helping each other as a team … cheering one another on and helping each other stay away from the temptations (donuts).

I think the most important thing I got from this past episode was the importance of listening to what you are saying to yourself.
Are you supporting what you want, with the messages you give yourself and the things you say to others … or are you sabotaging your efforts by telling yourself you can’t do it and announcing it to your friends and significant others?

Stephanie Oakes\’ Burn Off 10 Pounds a Month: The Ultimate Exercise Program for Quick (and Lasting) Weight Loss

There’s yet another weight loss reality TV show.

This one features a group of 12 people who will hopefully lose weight by walking 500 miles … across 9 states. There is money at stake, but more importantly, their lives are at stake because these are a bunch of very very overweight people.

There have already been a few episodes and several people have already dropped out of the race.

The first one to go was a former rapper, who is one of the most self-centered, spoiled and whinny people I have ever seen. In my last blog post I talked about motivation … This woman’s motivation is to be comfortable. Nothing else counts.

Is anyone watching?

Here are some video links so you can catch up:
First episode: http://abc.go.com/primetime/fatmarch/index
Second episode: http://abc.go.com/primetime/fatmarch/index?pn=diary

Melanie

PS … Fat March airs Mondays on ABC

Yesterday I talked about how using a pedometer can be very motivating.

Here are some programs I found that can be used with your pedometer.

Pedometer Plus Audio CD (Intermediate Level)

Pedometer Walking: Stepping Your Way to Health, Weight Loss, and Fitness

Manpo-Kei: The Art and Science of Step Counting : How to Be Naturally Active and Lose Weight!

Even though I try other kinds of exercise and fitness programs, I always come back to walking.

Here’s why:
*it is easy
*it is cheap
*I can do it alone
*I can do it with other people
*if I want there are clubs, excursions, and groups to join
*it takes less than a minute to get ready to go (shoes, jacket when necessary)
*I can do it on the spur of a moment

One of the “tools” I have invested in, is a pedometer. Though not necessary, I find that aiming at 10,000 steps a day is very motivating. Steps a day allows me to be slow when I’m feeling lazy, or be fast when I am energized and pumped up. By measuring steps instead of time, I don’t feel guilty about being slow, when I feel like being slow. I don’t hesitate to stop and sit on a bench to watch the world go by, or to take my coffee thermos with me. The goal is the steps, not the time.

Here are a few different types of pedometers from Amazon.
AS SEEN ON TV Acumen JogMate Plus JOGGER WALKER Pedometer NEW!

Omron HJ-112 Digital Premium Pedometer

512MB Waterproof MP3/PEDOMETER