Being ... ALI HASSAN

I cant even remember how many people I have met who in some way or the other wanted to shred some weight either for that special holiday or just coz they wanted to be healthy all over again, some were successful but most of them would give up half way saying "Its just not working"... has this happen to you and does this sound familiar??

Well weight loss is quite simple if you are disciplined and stick to a training regime and watch what you eat now there are many mis-conceptions when it comes to loosing weight or should I say fat...

> If I skip my meals and don't eat I will lose weight!!

This is completely wrong and trust me even if your gym instructor says this all you have to do is slap him right across his face! You cant lose weight by starving yourself first of all its not healthy and second you are depriving your body of the energy it requires to burn those calories you see the point now.. its not what you eat its more how much you eat what really matters. Now having said that its always good to eat food low in fat and especially saturated fat which is a killer! Dont completely do away with eating carbs but yeah see to it that you don't over do them too coz even though not all carbs are bad most of them are so watch what you eat and don't forget to hit the gym coz your body needs to be told to start the process and to speed up your metabolism!

> I will lose weight only if I perform cardio!!

This is again a common mistake we make by making ourselves believe that the only way to lose fat is by running on that treadmill or cycling until you fall down which I must say it not entirely true. Yes we have to do fair amount of cardio but weight training is just or sometimes even more important then cardio coz it helps to keep your metabolism up for a longer period of time even after you have left the gym. So by combining cardio with proper weight training is the most efficient way to loose that FAT!!

PS: Try and do interval cardio.. it is more effective.

 > Is spot reduction possible??

Absolutely not!! you cannot identify a spot or an area on your body and say "I wana lose fat over here".. it just does not work, when you start to loose fat the over-all body starts loosing fat that is why it is recommended to combine cardio with weight training so that you dont loose all the muscle by performing cardio exercises.

So remember no matter whoever tells you this spot reduction is just not possible the body on the whole looses fat!

 >I have done 1000 ab crunches today.. I am gona lose weight!!

This is the most idiotic thing I would have ever heard.. doing Ab exercises does not and will not help you loose that weight.. it only makes your abs harder and gets them into shape but the fact that you still have a layer of fat on your stomach does not help much! So ab crunches will NOT help you lose weight they are much more effective after you have lost that fat around your waist and then you want them to be visible!!

> I am on a fat burning supplement so I can eat whatever I want and I will still lose weight!!

If this was true then I would have been writing this sitting at burger king having a double chicken whopper with French fries!! but sadly that is not the case these fat burning supplements do work but only if you tell them to work which means that you HAVE to hit the gym and workout and most importantly you will have to watch what you eat and start looking at nutrition labels on the products you buy which my friend is the real deal. Fat burners give you that extra edge in the weight loss process but you have to combine that with training and healthy eating.

So these are some of the common myths people have about fat loss and to be honest at some point in time even I use to think the same so its OK.. the good thing is that now you know what needs to be done to get that fat off your waist!

-Alstar