Daily tip #46| Clearing it up 401

Most people associate the words "Weight loss" and "Eating less" with deprivation, hunger and pain. Well, they're doing it wrong.

Losing weight and eating less does not mean deprivation, hunger, or pain, in my opinion, it's quite enjoyable! You spend less money, you're shedding the unfortunate belly and you're feeling happier. I know many people who think weight loss is all about starving 'model' style, and they either don't even take it up - or starve themselves, get sick,  feel horrible and become demotivated.


Goals matter in terms of the eating schedule and exercise, but hunger and deprivation has no place in a good plan! The single best tip I can give you in this case is.. Don't drink calories, eat them. After reading that, I'm sure you'll realise and find that you might have gotten better results just by dropping a few drinks!


Also.. Water, just read this.

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Daily tip #15| Supplements

There are literally thousands of supplements and they all promise more than the other. Who to really believe? I believe, with hard sweat and good nutrition, you can build muscle on your own. But if you do want that 10% edge and have some money to spend, then surely, I have some tips for you.


First off, you might not even know what kind of supplements there are, just to name a few there is:


Protein powder,
Creatine,
Glutamine,
Tyrosine,
Taurine,
Beta-Alamine.


What exactly are supplements? A supplement is basically nutrition without calories. Food is nutrition with calories, I think that's a good example.


Now, out of all of those above, I only recommend using all natural, preferably isolated whey (protein) powder. If natural and isolated, whey powder is perfect in my opinion and experience. Natural means the whey has no toxins or metal scraps, no additional weird things that you didn't even know existed. Isolated means it is stripped off it's calories. If you're going to be doing this, I do not recommend your day consisting of every meal with protein powder in them, I suggest you only consume protein powder after workouts.


Alongside this, to help you build muscle or work out more intensively, I recommend green tea. Yes, green tea. It has the caffeine, and there are a lot of health benefits coming along with green tea. If you hate green tea, force yourself. But if you really really hate green tea, you can use coffee. Just plain green tea, and plain coffee, not a single tiny spoon of sugar, none of your beloved creams, nothing in addition, just pure green tea and coffee. You can't even imagine how many calories people drink. Do not buy the 'quick-made' coffee, use real, quality coffee beans and grind them, it's way better.





A lot of supplements have toxins in them, toxic metals and pesticides all in one package. You should always make sure what you'll be using, you could just be working out for nothing since you're going to kill yourself with all of that stuff. The fitness industry has changed quite a bit - 26 billion dollars a year. They're going to be pushing the cheapest-made and highest price stuff they can. You want to use a brand that has been tested by USP to be sure that what's on the label, is in there, and nothing additional. Brands can buy these research companies or have one within them, hoaxing the labels and the real nutrition, which can mess you up and let your work, time and money to waste, you don't want that.



Now something to help you weed out products.. I always say to remember, if a product claims to make you gain 16 pounds of muscle in less than a year.. It's full of crap. Hide your wallet and walk away immideatly, that will never happen since building muscle is very slow, and you really don't want to be changing workouts as quick as socks, because it 'isn't working'.


This is my tip for today, I hope you have a nice sunday night, don't forget to sleep the way you should, and be productive tomorrow!

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Daily tip #8| Water

Water. Have you ever thought about how useful water is? Probably not, since you use and drink it every day, it seems to be taken for granted.

I can't strees enough how important water really is to you. Your water needs depend on many things, your health, how active you are, and how much and what you eat.

No single formula truly fits everyone. Though, knowing more about your body's need for fluids will help give you an idea of how much water you need to drink daily.

Okay, before jumping into your daily water intake, lets start with 'why?' to intake it. Water makes up about 60 percent of your body weight. That's more than half of you! Every single system in your body depends on water. Water is great. It helps remove toxins out of your organs, it regulates your body temperature, it carries nutrients to your cells and it moists up your ear, nose and throat tissues.Water also protects your joints and organs. . Blood is mostly water, and your muscles, lungs, and brain all contain a lot of water.

Water water water. It's more than a half of you, and there's still such a thing as dehydration? Sounds a bit silly, doesn't it?

You lose water through urination, respiration, you lose close to an additional liter of water a day through breathing, and if you are very active, sweating.. Caffeine pills and alcohol, result in the need to drink more water because this makes you lose a lot of fluids. Symptoms dehydration ( mild)  include pains in joints and muscles (after a good work out this doesn't apply), lower back pain, headaches and constipation. A strong odor to your urine ( yep, stronger than normal ), along with a yellow or amber-like color, means that you might not be getting enough water. Note that riboflavin, a B vitamin, will make your urine bright yellow. Some medications can alter the colour too.

Now, how much water do you need? About twenty percent of the water you need comes from the food you eat. The rest will come from drinks. Water is probably the best choice, obviously, because sodas have sugar and calories, which if you were to drink the daily norm of water with soda, you're way better off eating two or three chicken breasts and actually gaining high quality protein, rather than empty 'soda' calories.

A little over two liters of of water a day ,together with water from your normal diet, will typically replace your lost water. The Institute of Medicine advises that men consume about 3 liters (13 cups) of total beverages a day and women consume 2.2 liters (about 9 cups) of total drinks a day.

You should make sure to have a bottle of water with you no matter where you are, at work, camping, driving a car, exercising. Water does sound a bit unexciting, and I bet you'll get bored soon. To fix that, you can add a little flavour to it, some lemon maybe. You can experiment, but make sure to watch for calories, you don't want to drink a lot of them, start gaining weight and not realise why you're gaining weight if your diet is the same.

In the end, the biggest indicator of the need for water is thirst. It's there for a reason afterall, isn't it?

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