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author:  Noraini Maskuri

Why do so many of us fail or give up our efforts to lose weight? The reason is that we pay too little attention to our emotions and what drive us to eat unnecessarily. If you are able to get a grip on these emotions, you have a better chance of success and losing weight and keeping it off.

Here’s a motivation checklist:

1. Make a commitment

As with every goal in life, make a commitment to lose weight that no matter what happens, rain or shine, you are committed to make that trip to the gym. Adopt that “I can do it” attitude and remember to draw on these successes when the next time you are faced with yet another challenge.

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State-of-the-art Weight Training

Without a doubt, Body Solid home gyms are among the finest systems you can buy for your personal use.

Body Solid is the largest supplier of light commercial home gyms and strength training equipment in the USA.

The multi-exercise stations include workouts for chest press, triceps press, shoulder press, high and low pulley stations, a chest row and pec deck, and more.

Built to last for years, the gyms have a legion of satisfied owners.

Body Solid home gyms have health club quality features like gas assist seat adjustment, selectorized weight stacks, and even a patented Bi-Angular® Press Arm System that replicates the balancing and feel of free weights.

Review Body Solid Best Selling and Best Rated Gyms:

• Body Solid EXM1500S Single Stack Home Gym
• Body Solid EXM3000LPS Double Stack Home Gym
• Body Solid G5S Home Gym
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How does owning a piece of abdominal exercise equipment help your overall toning? With the fitness craze in full swing, you’ve probably got other machines in your home gym (treadmill, elliptical, etc.) but you’d really like to target and tone your flabby abs and get a firm 6-pac you’ve always dreamed about. There is a variety of abdominal machines on the market that promise the world, but do they work?

Ab crunching

Abdominal machines are designed to help get rid of that excess fat around the abdomen, and many of the exercises will give you a double benefit-they will also work your back.

How? It’s the yin and yang of workout, because all muscles groups have opposing muscles groups, i.e., the back/abs, the triceps/biceps, and so on. Since it’s difficult to isolate and work on a specific muscle group, that’s where machines like an abdominal exerciser help.

Ab crunching equipment can range from the heavy machines to the smaller, roll bar contraptions for the floor mat. (A crunch is a type of exercise that can be done in several different ways and is a terrific way to tighten your abs.) If you’ve been to a gym, you’ve probably noticed that the Ab/Back Machine is usually in use – a lot!

You may notice a few people still on the mat trying to the more old-fashioned it-ups. The problem with sit-ups is that they won’t help your flabby stomach  if you do them incorrectly, which most people do. But abdominal equipment will help you to isolate the area for a serious workout.

If you want to see excellent results with minimal effort, you should check out reviews on the different abdominal machines. Most are quite comfortable and easy to use with well padded cushions, foam handles, and are fully adjustable.

Some ab machines even offer a weight capacity up to 200 lbs. for those who exercise often and have extremely powerful abs muscles. Try out several machines and get one that offers a smooth-moving mechanism and solid (not rickety) frame that will help you isolate abdominal muscles and burn the fat off.

Then enjoy the compliments you’ll get on your fabulous 6-pac abs!

Eat Whole Grain Cereals For Breakfast

Dieters tend to avoid bacon and eggs for breakfast and more often are turning to hot and cold cereals for breakfast, along with fresh fruit and yogurt. But not all cereals are the same. The ideal breakfast cereal for a healthy GI diet plan will be made of unrefined whole grains, such as oatmeal, or any 100 percent bran cereal.

You should try to avoid breakfast cereals that contain added sugar, or those which are low in fiber. Also, avoid highly refined cereals even those containing added vitamins, as the typical glycemic response to them is high.

Ideally, choose breakfast foods with roughly 7-10 grams of fiber per serving, because dietary fiber helps protect food inside the stomach and intestine from the actions of digestive enzymes intent on converting food to glucose. High fiber meals always have a lower GI value.

What is heck is a cookie diet?

It’s Dr. Siegal’s COOKIE DIET™. That’s right – it’s a cookie diet! You eat cookies, and almost nothing else but cookies, all day long.

All cookies, all the time. Can you really lose weight on this seemingly “fad” diet? The answer is YES!

Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet was created by pioneering diet doctor and author Sanford Siegal, D.O., M.D., medical director of Siegal Medical Group which operates several South Florida weight loss clinics. The special cookies are high in protein and contain a proprietary blend of amino acids, natural food proteins that suppress hunger.

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