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☇HOW TO KNOW IF ADDING CARDIO ALONE WILL HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT☇ When you want to lose weight or more accurately lose fat, the go to method for most people is to hit the cardio HARD! It works for some and not for others. Whether it works or not is dependent on one thing and one thing only. Does the increased energy expenditure from performing cardio put you into a calorie deficit? THAT'S IT! The problem of course, even if it works for you, eventually you'll reach a point where the amount of time you need to spend doing cardio, to keep losing fat will not be feasible. So my advice is to exercise for health NOT to burn calories. #ReachYourPeak #AspireActAchieveAdvance #VeeFitness #V12Challenge #6WeeksToFit #8WeekShred

🔥STRESS🔥 Stress. It's an awful word and a worse feeling, isn't it. The thing is stress isn't all bad. Without it, we wouldn't be motivated to protect ourselves or perform. A certain level of stress helps us to adapt to our environment and pushes us to excel. The stress that is worrisome is chronic stress, and it can effect you negatively in multiple ways. How can you determine if your stress is good or chronic? Let's take a look, along with how chronic stress can kill your quality of life and why you want to incorporate natural stress relievers into your life. #ReachYourPeak #AspireActAchieveAdvance #VeeFitness #V12Challenge #6WeeksToFit #8WeekShred

🌟WHAT TO DO WITH INTENSE CONSTANT CRAVINGS🌟 If you feel you are constantly fighting your Inner Food Demon and you're experiencing crazy daily cravings... it can only mean one of two things: 1⃣ You are currently less than 72 hours post-binge. You see, it takes our body a few days to process the junk we put into it. During this time you can experience stronger cravings and the physical symptoms of withdrawal. This I'd relatively easy to solve. Just don't eat junk food for 3 days, no matter what your Inner Saboteur may say No matter how you feel Even if you get a headache Or you're tired Or sad Or bored Or happy Or I'd the scale says the damage "wasn't so bad" No matter what happens - just don't consumers junk food. As long as your Food Plan is nutritionally and calorically complete, that SHOULD take care of the physical cravings within approximately 72 hours. The other problem is a bit more complex. 2⃣ If you haven't binged in a while and your Inner Food Demon STILL constantly demands you fill up on its favourite junk, this means it believes it actually has a good chance of convincing you. Which also means you either don't have a food rule that fully deals with the specific junk your Inner Food Demon is squealing for or you DO have a food rule in place, you just don't WANT to follow it. It's not only your Inner Food Demon that doesn't want you follow it... it's YOU. Because if the Food Demon knew there was NO way it could possibly get you to eat junk, it wouldn't bother screaming! Which means you have to fully commit to change who you are, and how you behave as a person, with regard to that specific junk food. #ReachYourPeak #AspireActAchieveAdvance #VeeFitness #V12Challenge #6WeeksToFit #8WeekShred

📍A QUICK GUIDE TO EATING FOR FAT LOSS📍 One of the biggest challenges people have is eating slowly, being in the moment and actually enjoying and really tasting their food. The weird thing is, if you focused on this one thing along it could help you go far. I'm a fan of not only focusing on the process but on changing your habits. Ultimately, it's your daily consistent behaviour and actions that will help you lose weight and keep it off. Consider why so many people regain lost weight. Even if you manage to lose weight because for a focused period of time you maintained a calorie deficit, what will happen when you come out of your calorie deficit if you continue to mindlessly and quickly? Yep! You'll regain some, if not all the fat you lost. If you go back to old habits that got you fat, then it's almost inevitable. My advice is to work on your behaviour first. Try it. Don't worry about what to eat, how much to eat and what not to eat, just tart by trying to eat more mindfully. I say "more mindfully" because this isn't quite a medatitive style of mindful eating. Nevertheless, it's still effective and a great way to start. Do this and I promise that it'll help provide you with the foundations of long-term success. What's your experience with eating? Do you wolf down your food without any thought? Do you eat and multi-task or do you set aside time and create the perfect environment for mindful eating? #ReachYourPeak #AspireActAchieveAdvance #VeeFitness #V12Challenge #6WeeksToFit #8WeekShred

📍WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU FEEL HUNGRY📍 Firstly I want to stress, this post is about when you get hungry between meals. Some of these strategies may work for you and some may not. Experiment and find what works for you. 1⃣ Sounds crazy, but ask yourself, are you really hungry? Check in with your body and see how your body feels physically. Quite often, just this action will reveal that you are in fact NOT hungry. In addition, sometimes hunger is triggered by your environment or the situation you're in. Take a step back and take time for introspection. 2⃣ Drinking 1-2+ glasses of water may help because quite often your feeling of hunger may be the result of being dehydrated. 3⃣ Rather than focus on hunger get busy and distract yourself. 4⃣ The chewing action of gum will improve focus and also help with hunger for some people. 5⃣ Snack on celery or cucumber because these are water dense and super low calorie. If it doesn't appeal to you then maybe it's not real hunger. Do I really need to explanation coffee? Tag a friend who's struggling with hunger and give them a little help. #ReachYourPeak #AspireActAchieveAdvance #VeeFitness #V12Challenge #6WeeksToFit #8WeekShred

I wanted to share a quick little tip to help you get back on track after a binge... or even just a little overeating mistake. See, most people don't binge on broccoli. They binge on industrially engineered foods: bags, containers and boxes of things which did NOT exist o the Savannah or in the tropics millions of years ago when humans first appeared. The problem is, these bags, boxes and containers produce and artifical pleasure we are NOT evolutionary prepared to handle. They kind of short-circuit our neurology AND hijack our survival drive. So that instead of craving whole, fresh, natural foods... We THINK we literally can't survive without BIG FOOD's over-engineered food-like substances. (And of course, this is just how they like ti. Because your Inner Food Demon is their best customer!) And right after a binge, your brain is busy rewiring itself to profit those fat cat executives by craving those bags, boxes and containers even more strongly than it did before the binge. But you do NOT have to let this happen! What you CAN do immediately after a binge is feed your body something healthy. And the one thing I've found which the vast majority of diets CAN agree is healthy for us is LEAFY GREEN VEGETABLES. Resist the urge to put in any powders, potions, or supplements. Just blend up the darn thing and drink it down like medicine. You'll likely find yourself immediately more confident in your ability to get back on track! This is because our bodies evolved eating leafy greens, so by introducing them in the middle of the toxic-rewiring of your nurse ology after a binge you are PHYSIOLOGICALLY INTERRUPTING the addictive process. It's really that simple. Oh and you don't have to wait until you have a binge either. If you want to recover from your cravings faster you can do this BEFORE a binge too. #ReachYourPeak #AspireActAchieveAdvance #VeeFitness #V12Challenge #6WeeksToFit #8WeekShred

@sandeepvaghji its always fun working with you. You have done so well and I am super proud of you. #ReachYourPeak #AspireActAchieveAdvance #VeeFitness #V12Challenge #6WeeksToFit #8WeekShred

📍INTERMITTENT FASTING FOR FAT LOSS📍 Intermittent Fasting (IF) means restricting the amount of fod you eat for a given period, follow by a period of normal eating. It is growing in popularity, among both fitness enthusiasts and the wider population. Proponents of IF say it has multiple benefits, including improving body composition and reducing fat stores while increasing muscle mass. How Would I Do It? There are many ways in which people can approach IF. There's an alternate-day fast, in which you restrict your calories every other day, a fast once in every seven days or a fast every third day. However, the one that's achieved recent prominence is the 16-8 method, when you spend 16 hours a day fasting and the remaining 8 hours feeding. Does It Work? Research shows a variety of benefits of intermittent fasting. Studies conducted on animals have demonstrated increased life span thanks to fasting and calorie restriction. Studies have been done on humans too, but the findings aren't as concrete. However, they are positive in that they demonstrate IF raises insulin sensitivity and may lower body-fat levels and blood pressure. The main way it works, like any fat loss approach is that it is a form of calorie restriction and can induce a calorie deficit through time-restricted feeding. What Are The Disadvantages? A serious problem for many, not surprisingly is hunger. Going long periods between meals is something we in the developed world are unused to and research shows a higher meal frequency is better for maintaining feelings of fullness. ✅ Question - who's tried Intermittent Fasting? Did it work for you? #ReachYourPeak #AspireActAchieveAdvance #VeeFitness #V12Challenge #6WeeksToFit #8WeekShred