10 Rules to Help You Lose Fat, Get a Flat Stomach

Fat Loss 4 Idiots has become a popular weight loss diet for many reasons. Their "Idiot Proof Diet Handbook" is simple to use and very effective in helping you take off those extra pounds. With that said, Fat Loss 4 Idiots is primarily built around these 10 weight loss rules that can also help you get a flat stomach in the process.

1. Prepare More of Your Meals at Home - Eating out or eating fast food won't help you in your weight loss efforts.

2. Drink More Water . . . Throughout the Day - This is not only healthy, but it also tricks your brain into thinking you are more full and the result is that you'll eat less.

3. Eat 4 Meals Each Day - And space them out at least 2 and 1/2 hours.

4. Leave Sweets and Snack Foods Alone - An occasional snack okay, but if you overdo it you'll never see results.

5. Shift Calories - By shifting calories you will actually speed up your weight loss and The Idiot Proof Diet Handbook will walk you through this in great detail.

6. Know When to Say When - If you slow down when eating you'll avoid eating until you're stuffed.

7. Eliminate Rich Sauces and Gravies - Spicing up your food is fine, but gravy and most sauces are rich in fat, carbs and--worst of all--calories. Avoid them.

8. Do More Walking - If you want to see quicker weight loss results, add moderate walking to your daily routine. You'll be amazed at how well this helps with any diet plan.

9. Rotate Your Meals - Rotating meals from carbs one day to protein meals the next, etc, will increase your weight loss.

10. Cut Out Sodas & Other Sugary Drinks - Drinking these will offset any weight loss efforts because they are packed with carbs and calories and only add additional weight.

Visit the Idiot Proof Diet website for details.

Oprah on Her Battle With Weight . . . Again!

Did you see Oprah this week? She admits that she's put on weight in the last year (duh!) but claims that it was due to a combination of a thyroid problems (now cured) and depression she "fell of the wagon" and landed on a big bag of nacho chips. Now she's back on the wagon and none of us will hear the end of it . . . until she's thin again, heading back to being fat. Here's more from CNN:

Four years ago, when Oprah managed to get down to a trim and fit 160 pounds, she thought she'd hit on a foolproof formula for permanent weight loss. Then life --in the form of a thyroid problem and a killer schedule-- intervened. Last year she was back up to the 200-pound mark and knew something had to change. After a desperately needed time-out to reflect and recharge, here's what she's learned, what she's doing differently, and what's next.

You know how bad you feel when you have a special event, a reunion, a wedding, a bar mitzvah, and you wanted to lose that extra 10 to 40 pounds, and you didn't do it?

So the day comes and now you've got to try to find something to wear that makes you feel halfway decent, and you have to figure out how to hold in your stomach all night and walk backward out of the room so no one sees that your butt keeps moving even when you stop. Multiply that feeling by a million -- make that more than 2.4 million for every O reader -- and you'll know how I've felt over the past year every time I had to shoot a cover for O. If you're a regular subscriber, you'll notice you've not seen a head-to-toe shot all year. Why? Because I didn't want to be seen. "

In 1992 I reached my heaviest, 237 pounds. I was 38. Then, four years ago, I made it a goal to lose weight, and I appeared on the January 2005 cover at a toned 160 pounds. I thought I was finished with the weight battle. I was done. I'd conquered it. I was so sure, I was even cocky. I had the nerve to say to friends who were struggling, "All you have to do is work out harder and eat less! Get your 10,000 steps in! None of that starchy stuff!"

Belly Fat Basics: The Momentum of Omentum, Dr. Oz on Oprah

Never heard of the omentum organ? You know that belly fat you're trying to get rid of, that's its "professional" name: the omentum. Hate to admit it, but I learned that from Dr. Oz while watching the Oprah show a while back. So, you say, what's the big deal if it's got a fancy name? Well, it makes a difference in how IMPORTANT it is for you to get rid of that spare tire you're carrying around.
According to Dr. Oz, a healthy, normal omentum looks "lacy, like stockings . . . transparent and thin." Not much to it when you look a the picture (the old, skinny Oprah is holding it), but when it gets bigger it not only looks nasty (the one Dr. Oz is holding is "only" from someone who was 30 to 40 lbs overweight. Imagine what yours looks like?) but the fat stored in it can create an inflammatory process that irritates your arteries and puts you at risk for blocked arteries!

How Does Dr. Oz Recommend You Lose Belly Fat?

Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen studied people who lost weight and kept it off. They noticed that dieters who cut 400 calories a day ended up yo-yo dieting and regaining weight. Fasting shuts down your metabolism, Dr. Oz says, so when you bow to temptation and devour a candy bar, most of the calories are quickly deposited as fat.

Cutting 100 calories a day—the equivalent of a Granny Smith apple—is a dieting strategy that most people can sustain for a lifetime, he says.

So, to recap: flat stomach good, beer belly bad.

Hot Lady Doc Reveals Secret to Losing Your Belly Fat and It Ain't Sit Ups! - Dr. Suzanne Gudakunst

I don't know who you typically get your medical advice from, but I doubt he or she looks as good as Suzanne Gudakunst. Is having a great face and hot body the best way to judge someone's diet plan? What, you'd rather take advice from that fat old guy you've been going to for years? If he knew the Top Secret Fat Loss Secret, he'd be using it himself, or on that chubby wife and kids of his. No, he doesn't have a clue why most people are fat and basically everything he and the main stream media has been telling you for years is just plain wrong and actually works AGAINST your ability to lose weight.

But don't take my word for it. Here's more about Dr Suzanne Gudakunst's breakthrough diet:

A lady doctor named Dr. Suzanne Gudakunst (hot doctor at right) has just released what many are calling the end of the need for potentially harmful weight-loss drugs and designer foods made to help you lose weight. Dr Suzanne's discovery allows anyone regardless of their particular diet to do "just one simple thing" and instantly start shedding anywhere from 15 lbs to as much as 200 lbs of unwanted and dangerous fat!

Typical results average 45 lbs in just the first 30 days alone for most people just starting out using her new secret.

The reason this is so is because her secret (aptly titled: "Top Secret Fat Loss Secret") operates on an entirely different approach in the battle against the ever-increasing "bulge." Dr Suzanne discovered that harmful crusty "plaque" builds up over the years in all of us - and which is the direct result of harmful chemicals, preservatives, pesticides, etc. deliberately placed in perhaps every food on the market (much of which is now suspected as being carefully and intentionally done so that people will continue to get fatter and thus sicker, and in order to make the food & drug companies richer!)

To learn the Top Secret Fat Loss Secret or to get Dr. Suzanne free fat loss newsletter, click here.

Ways to Flatten Your Tummy Forget crunches! There are other ways to trim that midsection

Some good advice from the Trinidad News:

Habits That Will Shrink Your Middle
Calm down. Too much stress can contribute to a potbelly. Stress increases levels of cortisol, a hormone that seems to direct fat to our middle, says Jacob Seidell, PhD, of the National Institute of Public Health in Bilthoven, Netherlands. To keep levels low, try this 5- to 10-minute stress reducer: Find a quiet, comfortable place to sit. Next, take several slow, deep breaths to help clear your mind. Continue breathing deeply and repeat the word "one" to yourself as you exhale. (If you get distracted, just bring your focus back to the word "one.") Practice this for 5 to 10 minutes once or twice a day.
Skip the alcohol. That glass of wine with dinner may be part of the reason your jeans are too tight. Alcohol also tends to raise cortisol levels, sending fat to your belly, Dr. Seidell says.

Ladies: Get the Flat Sexy Stomach You've Always Wanted

This powerful information comes from The Truth About Six Pack Abs:

Let me guess...

You've already tried every "miracle diet" that's come along and nothing has worked to help you shed that excess tummy fat, right?

You've probably also done all of the hundreds of crunches, situps, leg lifts, and other useless abs exercises, and that stomach of yours doesn't seem any flatter, does it?

You might also think that anything labeled at the grocery store as "low fat", "sugar free", "low-carb", or "whole grain" are good for you, right? Think again! You've been deceived by the clever marketing of huge multi-million dollar food corporations...

FACT - Did you know that most foods labeled as "sugar free" or "low-carb" actually contain artificial sweeteners, sugar alcohols, and other additives that create a hormonal mess inside your body, actually stimulating your body to STORE more belly fat and stimulate cravings! And foods labeled "whole grain" only have to contain a small fraction of whole grains where the majority can still be refined starches and sugars that spike your blood sugar faster than a sugar-laden soda!

To Get Rid of Belly Fat, You Need to Burn It Off and Feed Your Muscle!

Looking for the truth about what it REALLY takes to get rid of belly fat? You've got to learn to "burn the fat and feed the muscle." But don't take our word for it, check out what fitness expert Tom Venuto has to say:

"There are thousands of diet programs and dozens of people claiming to be experts. However, very few of these so-called 'Fat loss experts' practice what they preach or have the credentials and track record to back up their claims. "You're about to discover what might be the most powerful fat loss system ever developed. It's the same system fitness models and bodybuilders use to reach single digit body fat levels and achieve rock-hard muscle definition that makes them look like walking anatomy charts.
My name is Tom Venuto and over the past 14 years, through a long and painstaking process of trial, error and experimentation, I've developed a sure-fire, 100% guaranteed system for losing belly fat based on the little-known nutrition secrets of competitive natural bodybuilders and fitness models.
If you would like to learn how to lose body fat permanently... even in your mushiest spots... without drugs, without supplements and without screwing up your metabolism, then this will be the most important report you will ever read. I guarantee it and I've got the results to prove it!"

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