The 4 Biggest Reasons You’re Not Seeing Results
You’ve already cleaned up your eating, got rid of the junk and even eat healthy when you go out, so why aren’t you seeing the kind of results you were promised? All that hard work and the extra inches are still there! Why?? These four reasons may be the answer:
1. You’re eating the right foods at the wrong times. If you’re going long enough without so much as a snack that you get hunger pangs, you’ve gone too long without eating. That means your blood sugar levels have dropped and your metabolism is compromised=fat and sugar cravings, slower metabolism, no weight loss.
2. You’re not doing enough cardio. I’d say jogging, but not everyone is able to jog. If you are, aka you don’t have bad knees, you need to be jogging if you want to be lean. That sounds kind of harsh, but I can always tell who jogs and who doesn’t. It makes women look so much better, I swear by it. Not jogging vs jogging: It’s the difference between washing your hair with Pantene and Aveda shampoo. Just totally different.
3. You’re drinking. One or two glasses of wine per week is fine, but if you’re drinking the way you did in college, you won’t be able to reduce your body fat enough to look your best, even if you work out religiously. Alcohol has an evil way of making your body puffy, and no amount of exercise of clean eating can make up for it. If you don’t believe it, try cutting out alcohol for 2 weeks and watch as your waistline magically shrinks.
4. You’re not toning your body the right way. To be bluntly honest, lifting heavy weights will build your muscles and may make you feel empowered (it depends on your personality), but it will make you look boxy. Yes it will, doesn’t matter what other fitness experts say, lifting heavy will absolutely make a girl look boxy. Not necessarily “bulky” like a bodybuilder, but boxy like a shot putter. If that’s ideal to you then lift away. But if that’s not exactly the look you’re going for, use your own body weight and no more than 8 lb weights to tone your body if you want a Sophia Vergara/Jessica Biel look instead.
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When You’ll Get Your Dream Body
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How To: Be a Fit Frequent Flyer
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DIY Fruit Leather with Secret Ingredients
This strawberry fruit leather recipe from OhSweetBasil.com uses secret ingredients (oooh!) carrots and spinach to make the sweet, immune-building snack. Try it and tell me how you like it! Ingredients 1 Large Carrot, peeled 1/2 Cup Spinach, washed and dried 1 Orange, peeled 2 Cups Strawberries, pureed 2 Tablespoons Natural Honey Instructions Using a juicer, …
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