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How to lose your gut and lift your butt!

By Mario Hostios

There are a number of logical reasons to invest your time, effort, and money to lose weight. Principle among them is a better quality of life and lowered risk of disease. However, more often than not, the reason that will get you off your butt is more simple, obvious, and emotional. Everyone wants to feel attractive, to feel good about themselves, and so do you, right? Hey, there is nothing wrong about that and it’s shallow or vain. For most people the truth of wanting to lose weight is the truth of wanting to feel more attractive and more confident about one’s appearance. So in the interest of getting the heart of the matter and drawing a straight line that leads to what you want, we will set aside the politically correct term weight loss and the rational reasons to achieve it. You want to look good and feel good about it, yes? When you look in the mirror and say to yourself “I have to lose weight,” What are you staring at? My guess is your gut and your butt! Why? That is the first, second, and last place that excess fat will accumulate on your body? Yep, I just said the F word. The truth of wanting weight loss is the question of how to burn off excess fat. The bottom line is that too much fat in the gut and the butt just doesn’t look good period.

On the other hand, lean, toned abdominals and glutes are universally regarded as attractive on both men and women. How the heck can we get them? The answer is simple, so please don’t let details, complication, and seemingly conflicting opinions keep you from taking action…so here we go.

Burn off the fat!

Losing weight is polite but it isn’t precise. What we really mean is burn off fat, and when we “lose weight” it is oxidized, or burned up. Burning anything requires a fire of some sort and in this case that fire is created through your metabolic engine. Too much fat on the body is an indication that the metabolic engine is not working at it’s best. Burn off fat, burn off fat…how will you lose your gut and lift your butt? I will give you hint. Turn on your metabolic engine so that it can burn off fat! Okay, that was more than hint, but understand we need to be precise here. Every time you think lose weight pinch yourself on the arm, because it is politically correct but not precise enough to work, and what works is all that counts.

Fat burning is triggered when we exercise, and that precisely means weight training supported by a moderate volume of cardio a few times a week- no exceptions. Walking by itself will not cut it, being active is not precise enough. Fat burning hormones are released into the blood most by weight training, and only if they are present does your cardio work to the fullest. That is the short but precise answer.

Your nutrition and lifestyle needs to support the process the exercise triggers. That means eating every three hours, palm sized portions of the proper foods, (proteins, starches, fruits, veggies), enough water to keep you hydrated, and regular sleep patterns. Why sleep? Well the process that is triggered during the day mostly happens while you are asleep! Good news huh!

Aesthetics

While burning off fat is a hormonal process, sculpting the appearance of your body is a postural corrective process. Good posture and alignment of your joints not only feels good, it looks good to. Crooked necks and backs create a domino effect in the body that affects the tone in your muscles, particularly your core, which includes your abs and glutes. Protruding bellies and droopy backsides are usually indications of muscle tone that has become distorted by crooked joints. Proper weight training should include exercise to restore proper muscle tone and joint alignment, similar to the way an orthodontist progressively straightens out your teeth via braces. A body with a flat tight tummy and taut firm buns is the body you are supposed to have! Its up to you however, to give your body what is needs so it can give you what you want. Remember if you want to be fit you have to live fit, and it is not as impossible as you think.

About the Author:

Mario Hostios is a certified personal trainer in Los Angeles, Ca. To get more Mario, free ebooks, and audio, go to www.livefitla.com.