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Although I am not a “shake” fan, the soups, chili, bars, oatmeal and the “lean & green” meals gave me more of a selection to choose from, without getting bored.

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The Apple Patch Diet or also known as the Apple Diet Patch is probably the hottest diet patch to hit the market in years. I kept on hearing about it, so I decided to look into it and check it out myself.

The Apple Diet Patch has one huge plus–each patch lasts 3 days so you don’t have to change it daily as with other patches. It also has a new transdermal delivery system that is suppose to be more effective-hense lasting 3 days.

On the site there are 5 pages of testimonials, and that’s alot of success stories. The company also belongs to the US Chamber of Commerce so that eased my mind, since now a days you never know who is out there.

As with other over the counter diet products there is a warning that states “Apple Patch Diet formula is a natural herbal patch and has not been shown to have any serious side effects. If you have any medical concerns you may review the ingredients with your doctor or healthcare professional. Do not use the Apple Patch Diet if you are pregnant, nursing, diabetic, have problems with your thyroid gland, or have any other medical condition. Consult your physician before using this product. ”
This is standard since they don’t if you have a particular health concern.

The ingredients as those which are found in other weight loss products, but since it’s delivered through a patch you receive the benefits 24 hours a day. I have to tell you that I love patches, they are quick and easy. However, I do seem to get a thin line around where the patch ends, when I remove the patch and if I don’t rub it off in the shower and hit the beach, sand has a tendancy to stick to it.
Another plus for the Apple Diet Patch they stick well during the 3 days and since you change them less, there are less sticky lines when it is removed.

I just ordered the Apple Diet Patch so I’ll let you know in a week or two how it’s working.
Right now if you purchase, you get another box free. There is also a full 30 day money back guarantee so I’ll get a few weeks to try it.

Do I recommend it? I haven’t tried it yet so I can’t comment on it’s effectiveness, but I also figured that I have nothing to lose with their guarantee, so I would give it a thumbs up.

One puzzling question though, if there are no apples in the patch, how did it get it’s name?

If you also want to try The Apple Patch Diet just click here.

I have been a fan of Jesse Cannone for several years now due to his no-nonsense approach to weight loss and fitness. Jesse doesn’t follow fads, yet always uses the latest scientific information to keep you up to date and lets you know what works and what doesn’t.

Here is an article that he wrote a few months back and contains essential information to help you boost and keep your metabolism up high.

Take Control of Your Metabolism: Quick Tips for Increased Muscle Tone, Faster Fat Burning, and Energy Levels Like a 9 Year Old!

by Jesse Cannone CFT, CPRS, CSPN

So many people are talking about how slow their metabolism is and why they need to start taking the latest diet supplement scam yet they don’t even understand how the human metabolism works. So before I even go into how to speed yours up, I want to first go over some of the basics.

What is metabolism?

There are many scientific ways for me to put to you and I could make it seem really confusing like most of the so-called experts do, but I won’t. I’m going to give you my extremely simple and easy to understand definition…

metabolism is the rate at which your body burns calories to sustain life

I should also note that your body, yes yours, burns calories 24 hours a day, everyday – regardless of whether or not you workout or not. Remember that, your body needs energy all the time, even while you’re a sleep and that is why skipping meals is the absolute worst thing you can do if your goal is to lose weight (body fat).

Before we go any further let’s talk about what affects metabolism…

What affects metabolism?

What do you think has the biggest impact on your metabolism? Activity levels? Your Thyroid? Age?

WRONG! WRONG! and WRONG! Activity levels, Thyroid function, and age do affect metabolism but not nearly as much as…

any idea? It’s muscle tissue! The more muscle you have the more calories you burn regardless of how active you are, how old you are, etc. It’s live tissue and it’s there working for you and burning calories 24 hours a day – each and every day!

Here’s a list of some of the factors affecting metabolism in order of biggest impact to least:

muscle tissue (you already know why this is on the top of the list)

meal frequency (the longer you go between meals the more your metabolism slows down to conserve energy)

activity level (important but doesn’t make any difference if you don’t match your eating to your expenditure)

food choices (ex. low-fat diets tend to result in poor hormone production which leads to a slower metabolism)

hydration (over 70% of bodily functions take place in water – not enough water causes all your systems to slow down and unnecessary stress)

genetics (some people have higher metabolisms than others – you can’t change genetics but you can still win the battle!)

hormone production and function (think you have a slow thyroid? it’s not likely – before you go blame it on the thyroid first stabilize your blood sugar and throw in some progressive exercise 2-3 times each week)

stress (stress also can slow metabolism by placing extra stress and strain on numerous systems. plus, many people tend to overeat when “stressed out”)

Why does it slow down?

How many times have you heard someone say, “as soon as you hit 30 your metabolism slows down”? Maybe you’ve said it. I know I hear it all the time and I got tired of hearing it so I did a little research and found that the metabolism does NOT slow down significantly due to aging but DOES due to a lack of muscle. And, you don’t lose muscle quickly due to aging either but due to a decrease or lack of physical stress.

So, the major cause of a slowing metabolism is three fold…

1. you lose muscle due to the lack of physical stress

2. your body cannibalizes muscle when it needs energy but you won’t supply any because you are “dieting” and skipping meals

3. your activity levels tend to decrease as you get older

So now we know the problem… what’s the solution? Address those 3 issues! I’ve found with years of experience in helping hundreds of people, that increasing your metabolism and getting rid of that excess body fat can often times be quite easy! Yet you’ll hear of all these experts telling you how hard it is and why you need to buy their new diet program, supplement, or fitness contraption.

It’s not that hard, it doesn’t have to be confusing, and you don’t need any of that crap! All you need is an understanding of how your body works and the willingness to make some small changes.

Here’s my basic formula for jump starting your metabolism:

Step 1 - Stop the storage of new fat

It doesn’t make any sense to start an exercise program if you just end up adding new fat later that day. This is a problem that is very common among people who start an exercise in an attempt to lose weight.

See the problem is this…

We don’t get fat due to a lack of exercise – we get fat because we supply the body with more calories than it needs at a given time. So the solution has nothing to do with exercise – it’s all about your eating! And I’m not saying you have to eat low-fat, super clean and healthy diet consisting of salad and tofu only. You can still eat the foods you like IF you can give the body just the amount it needs.

The key is to give the body the energy it needs, but just that amount not a bunch extra because extra is extra is extra, it doesn’t matter what it’s from. Salad can be stored as fat, celery can be stored as fat – if it results in extra it can be stored as fat. I should also note that not all extra energy is stored in the fat cells and I will touch on that later.

So forget about trying to burn off any fat unless you can first stop storing new fat! Again, you do that by matching your eating to your activity level. This means small, balanced meals or snacks every 2-3 hours and the amount of calories in each feeding should depend on how active you are at that time of day.

Step 2 – Attack the existing fat

This requires a combination approach consisting of stable blood sugar/energy levels, and progressive cardiovascular/aerobic exercise and strength training.

We already talked about how important stable blood sugar and energy levels are and how to match you eating to your activity level so now I’d like to cover the exercise part of the equation.

In order for the exercise to even be worth your time you must be sure it’s progressive. Just because you run on the treadmill for 30 minutes three times a week, that doesn’t mean your body has to burn off that unwanted body fat! You have to force the body makes changes and improvements and the ONLY way to do that is to consistently provide a stimulus or stress that is greater than what the body is used to.

Here are some general guidelines on how you can make your exercise progressive and productive:

Strength training

Change exercises frequently (every 2-4 weeks)

Increase resistance

Perform more reps

Slower reps

Advanced techniques

Cardiovascular training

Increase speed/resistance

Perform intervals

Increase distance traveled

Cross train by performing numerous activities

For more specific techniques please check out the all the great articles on metabolism and fitness in the free resources section of website here: http://www.achieve-fitness.com/cmd.php?Clk=1701577

I should also say that it is extremely important that you have a well thought out and detailed plan to follow. You can’t just say “ok, now I know what to do” and then try a little of this here and little of that there. You need a roadmap. If you are serious about achieving your weight loss and fitness goals I highly recommend you get the help of a professional. Whether that means one on one personal fitness training or just a do-it-your-self fitness plan – your chances of success are much greater.

In closing, please remember, it doesn’t have to be confusing. Hopefully this information has shown you how easy it can be if you know what you are doing. If you have any questions or would like to learn more about how you can guarantee your fitness success, please visit my website Achieve Fitness

Do you have a hard time losing weight eventhough you eat well and exercise?
Do you gain weight quickly, yet it seems it takes forever to lose it?

Maybe you have sluggish metabolism & you need to boost it.

Whether you’ve heard this before or not, it’s important to repeat: Boosting your metabolism will help you lose weight. In fact, it’s one of the best ways to burn off extra fat from just about anywhere in your body.
Some people are born with high metabolisms and some struggle with low ones. Regardless of what you started with though, there are several ways you can increase your metabolism… and most of them are quite easy.

1. Change how you eat. Your body uses energy to eat, digest, and use the foods you put into it. So if you give it something it has to work on, it will naturally use more energy in doing so. Feeding yourself simple sugars makes the body lazy. It can process those quickly, without trying hard at all. So you’re not using much energy to process those foods.

Feeding yourself high fiber foods though, or even protein rich meats, will force the body to work harder to break those down and put them to good use. Think about how easy certain foods are for you to eat. If you’re eating a salad, you have to take time chewing the food up a bit more. Compared to a sweet pastry - where you can almost swallow the thing whole while barely touching it with your teeth - you can easily start seeing some obvious differences. If a food takes you longer to chew and swallow, then there’s a good chance it also takes your body more time and effort to process that food too.

That’s why raw vegetables are often encouraged for healthy eating. Chewing and swallowing raw broccoli, carrots or even spinach takes much more time and effort than chewing or swalling those same things after they’ve been cooked.

So, just by choosing foods that take a little more effort to eat, you can increase your body’s metabolism because you’re giving it more work to do for its own survival.

2. Tone your muscles. Here’s another statement you may have heard before: Muscle burns more energy than fat. And this is true. If you have toned muscles, your body will burn more calories even when you’re sitting around watching tv, or sleeping. And this effect is further enhanced when you’re actually doing something. Whether it’s walking around the mall or fully working out, your body will burn more calories if you have toned muscles.

And here’s something you might not know: You can boost your metabolism faster by toning large muscle groups first. The more muscle your body has to maintain, the more energy it burns. So by targeting larger muscle groups, you’re giving your body more to maintain right from the start.

Keep in mind too, especially ladies: You don’t have to bulk up to bodybuilder sizes for this to work. All you really have to do is tone and strengthen your muscles. You don’t have to build them into massive sizes.

3. Aerobic or Interval Exercising. Now many of us don’t like this part of metabolism boosting, but it’s important enough to not leave out. Doing aerobic exercises that get your heart pumping will boost your metabolism. Interval exercises can do the same though, and for some of us this is an easier way to go.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with interval exercising, or training, this is when you do something to get your heart pumping for a minute or two, then slow down again. Then fast, then slow. A common example is where you go out for a healthy walk, and every few minutes sprint fast for a block or two.

Now, both of these exercise approaches will help increase your body’s metabolism. And the reason why is simple: You’re technically telling your body it must be ready to move - fast - with no notice, at any given time. So your body responds in kind by being ready. This means it boosts your metabolism in preparation.

Your body is smart though. If you do the same things day after day, it will adapt to that new routine. This is why aerobics can seem to stop working after a certain point. Using the interval approach should give you longer results, because you’re theoretically changing all of the variables. Maybe you sprint every three minutes one day, but just walk the next. Or maybe you take a different route, and your sprints are done uphill sometimes. So interval style workouts can keep your body on it’s toes, and more ready for just about anything you decide to throw at it.

Just by boosting your metabolism 5% can make a big differance in the amount of calories you burn each day.

Nope, it’s not what you are thinking, there is no new miracle pill that can help you lose that much weight in a month.

For over 25 years Medifast has been clinically proven to help people lose weight.

When most people think of Medifast, they have the misconception that it is a liquid diet only-it’s not.

What is Medifast?

Medifast is a low calorie, low fat, nutritionally balanced program that helps people lose weight faster than traditional diet plans. Medifast products come in individual packets that you mix with water, shake, microwave, or refrigerate to create an assortment of Medifast Meals. Medifast is available in a wide variety of foods and flavors including shakes, bars, puddings, creamy soups, chili, oatmeal and hot cocoa.

With Medifast the average weekly weight loss is 3-5 pounds or around 20 pounds in a month.
This helps most reach their desired goal much faster than dieting on their own.

Over 1,000,000 people have lost weight with Medifast

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Everyone is looking for ways to help boost metabolism and burn that fat. Instead of running to fat burner pills, why not work with mother nature and boost your metabolism naturally?

Each one of the following foods or spices has been clinically proven to promote weight loss. These foods go a step beyond simply adding no fat to your system. They possess special properties that add zip to your system and help your body melt away unhealthy pounds. These wonderful foods can curb your appetite for junk food and keep your body running smoothly with clean fuel and efficient energy.

You should include these foods in any sensible weight-loss plan. They give your body the extra metabolic kick that it needs to shed pounds quickly.

Mustard

Try the hot, spicy kind you find in Asian import stores, specialty shops and exotic groceries. Dr. Jaya Henry of Oxford Polytechnic Institute in England, found that the amount of hot mustard normally called for in Mexican, Indian and Asian recipes, about one teaspoon, temporarily speeds up the metabolism, just as caffeine and the drug ephedrine do. Many often call this mustard “Chinese Mustard” and can often be found in small packets when purchasing Chinese food meals,
such as Chinese takeout.

“But mustard is natural and totally safe”, Henry says. “It can be used every day, and it really works. I was shocked to discover it can speed up the metabolism by as much as 20 to 25 percent for several hours” This can result in the body burning an extra 45 calories for every 700 consumed, Dr. Henry says.

Peppers

Hot, spicy chili peppers fall into the same category as hot mustard, Henry says. He studied them under the same circumstances as the mustard and they worked just as well. A mere three grams of chili peppers were added to a meal consisting of 766 total calories. The peppers’ metabolism-raising property worked like a charm, leading to what Henry calls a diet-induced thermic effect. It doesn’t take much to create the condition. Most salsa recipes call for four to eight chilies - that is not a lot.

Peppers are astonishingly rich in vitamins A and C, abundant in calcium, phosphorus, iron and magnesium, high in fiber, free of fat, low in sodium and have just two calories per cup.

Salsa

The hot peppers in salsa increase metabolism. This means you burn more fat. It also means you have more energy and vitality for your body. If you can stand it, take your salsa very hot and spicy. The reason, the heat from the hot spices increases the fire in your body thus increasing your metabolism and the ability to burn massive amounts of calories and fat.

Ginger

Ginger is very similar to salsa. If you grate ginger and sprinkle it on food, you will gain the benefits of this hot spice. Your job will be to find the foods that work with sprinkled ginger.

Apple Cider Vinegar

Look for organic apple cider vinegar. Take a tablespoon before each meal. Some people have no problem taking a full tablespoon right out of the bottle. If you cannot manage that, put the vinegar in a glass of water and drink it with your meal. This will increase the fat burning furnace in your body and allow you to start burning stored fat.

There you have it. Five foods, easily found and inexpensive, that will help you shed those pounds.

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