3 Myth-Conceptions About Weight Loss

We all know that we aren't always the best at assessing the situation and experiences that we have. Weight loss is a subject that a lot of people have misconceptions about. In this blog post we are going to look at myth-conceptions (myths that are misunderstandings) that we actually believe as facts about weight loss. We think that we are people that fully understand weight loss and our bodies, but you might be surprised to figure out these myth-conceptions that we often have.

Myth #1: "Snacking is a bad thing"
I often hear people talking about weight loss and snacking as if they go together like water and oil. We often mis-conceptualize our minds and trick them into thinking that weight loss and snacking are bad. We think that eating more will aid in weight gain, not weight loss.

Fact #1: "Snacking aids weight loss"
Snacking is actually an aid in weight loss because we keep our metabolism going and in turn, we lose more weight. This doesn't mean that snacking on pizza, chips, and soda is a good thing. Snacking on wholesome foods such as, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and drinking water are all good snacks that you can eat.


Myth #2: "Weight loss, only for a limited time"
The next myth-conception I want to talk about is the myth that weight loss is only for a couple of weeks or months. We think that weight loss is only for a few days and then we can go back to how we are eating. People that think this normally go back to their atrocious eating habits, and they gain their weight that they just lost, back.

Fact #2: "Weight loss, a way of life"
The analogy I want to use here is the one that we have heard a million times, "garbage in, garbage out." When we eat garbage and take it in (fatty, bad foods), we will feel terrible and get garbage out (fat on our butts, abs, and thighs). When you put good in (good foods during a diet and weight loss), you get good out (weight loss and loss of your fat). Weight loss becomes a way of life after you lose the amount of weight that you need to, for the sheer fact of maintenance of the weight that you have lost.


Myth #3: "Fast food...a thing of the past"
We often think that just because we are doing a diet, working out, and losing weight that we can no longer eat fast food. We think that our juicy Big Mac will never touch our lips again, that we will never eat gold crunchy fries, that we will never eat doughy pizza ever again. We have a misconception that our society has tricked us into thinking. These misconceptions are simply not true!

Fact #3: "Everything in moderation"
My mother's voice rings in my ears when I begin to think that I will never eat fast food again, "everything in moderation, everything in moderation." The fact of the matter is that we ARE and CAN eat fast food again even though we are on a diet! We can get the Big Mac, fries, and pizza, but we have to eat it in moderation. What do I mean by moderation? I mean, instead of pigging out on a ginormous burger with all the fixings, shoving down a truckload of fries, and downing a 32 oz. drink; eating a moderately sized burger, a smaller portion of fries, and a medium soda. Eat smaller portions so that when you are done eating, you're not overly stuffed and feeling sick.


I have had these same myth-conceptions about weight loss and I know that a lot of you guys have too. Read through these, comment below, and share them for the maximum effect of getting the word out about these myth-conceptions. We have all had our times of seeing something for the wrong meaning or the wrong thing. We need to stop adopting and making new myth-conceptions and get out there and share the factual truth about these!

~Obesity Overload

2 Super Sunday Tips! ***BONUS TIP***

In our last post we talked about the Concentrated Fat Blaster. If you didn't read it, click here to get that post. In this post we will be working off of that CFB. We were utilizing the body and some of the body functions and getting a good burn going. We were incorporating eating 4-6 smaller meals in a day, lifting heavy, and raising our metabolism. In this post we are going to add two more parts that will help boost this CFB and take your weight loss to new heights. Here we go!

1. Drink Water
Scientists have proven that if you drink a glass of water within the first ten minutes of waking up that your metabolism is raised 50-70% greater for the rest of the day. This means that all you have to do is add a glass of water to your breakfast to raise your metabolism to new heights. On top of that, let's add eating a little bit of protein to this to utilize some greater muscle growth. Eat one or two eggs with that water for a metabolic powerhouse of a breakfast.

The other half to this tip is the fact that water composes us as humans. When you drink 3-4 water bottles worth of water, your muscles function better (no cramps), your stomach consumes your food better, and you will feel better in general. 70% of all men are dehydrated when they first wake up because they don't consume water for 7-12 hours at a time while they sleep. The same is somewhat true for women in the fact that they too do not consume water for 7-12 hours. Women retain water better than men do, so less women are dehydrated when they wake up.

Drinking water is a natural diuretic that will help keep everything regular in your body. Water removes the free radicals, gets rid of extra acid in the body, and removes waste from your body that would otherwise be there. I can not emphasize the importance of drinking water to boost your metabolism past what you would ever think. The Concentrated Fat Blaster will be thrown into hyper-drive.

2. High Intensity Interval Training
I was looking back over the last post about the CFB, and I was convinced that there are people out there that can't lift heavy to help burn fat. So, I was thinking of something else that we could supplement for that. High intensity interval training, or HIIT is a set of exercises that kicks the body into fat blasting overdrive without being a burden of having to lift like a bodybuilder. HIIT gets the heart beating faster, longer, and harder to give you a prime time for burning fat.

What exercises are incorporated into HIIT? The first one that I would start off with after stretching are jumping jacks. Jumping jacks are great to get that heart beating. Sprinting short distances multiple times is another beneficial exercise. If you get a kettlebell, most of the exercises, such as, kettlebell swings, halos, gunslingers and the like are great for raising your heart rate. Mountain climbers are another good one for burning that fat. Burpees done in the dozens range are good too and can be incorporated with squats for burning butt and leg fat.

I hope that you guys enjoy these tips and the Concentrated Fat Blaster post! Use these super tips on this super Saturday to boost your weight loss even higher. Remember, I'm here for you guys and you guys can comment below to get more help. Drinking water to raise your metabolism and doing HIIT will help with some insane fat blasting. Get out there and off the couch and get what you're worth. You deserve better than you are giving yourself credit for! GO!

BONUS TIP! 
3. Stop Drinking Soda
This might be a, "duh" tip for some of you guys, but we still drink soda even though we know that it's detrimental to our weight loss. The sugar in soda converts directly to fat when we drink it. We may not have a beer belly, but it is possible to have a soda belly. I know that when I drink soda, I get addicted to the caffeine and the sweet tasting sugar. Why is it that we drink it then? Our body craves water and we drink soda instead. This tip coincides with the first tip about drinking water. You get headaches when you don't drink water and you drink soda. I'm convinced that we are a society that is drowning in soda, calories, and layers of soda fat. We need to stop drinking soda. Just by cutting the soda and drinking water, you cut 200-700 calories depending on how much soda you drink, in just one day. That would cut off 1-2 pounds a week if you were to cut it out of your diet. I urge you to use these and share them!

~Obesity Overload

Concentrated Fat Blaster

Millions of people have been affected by fat and being obese. We have gone through diets, exercises, and food wisdom, but we haven't really talked about some more resources to blast that fat. Today we are going to go over what is called the, "Concentrated Fat Blaster." We will go over what it is, how to execute it in your your life, and some of the benefits of the Concentrated Fat Blaster. The Concentrated Fat Blaster is unlike anything else that we have talked about and is not for the faint of heart, for the sissies, and is not for those people that don't know what they want. It is for those that are hungry to lose weight and are hungry for their dream body, the body they deserve!

1. What is the Concentrated Fat Blaster?
The Concentrated Fat Blaster is a set of exercises and a theory about weight loss and exercising that will blow your mind. The CFB takes your metabolism, determination, and will to lose weight, and it transforms it into a fat burning machine. The CFB is this:

Metabolism + Lifting Heavy + 4-6 Small Meals = CONCENTRATED FAT BLASTER

2. How do I Execute the Concentrated Fat Blaster?
Metabolism is a huge fat burner and is something that is used for fat burning. Metabolism is like the fuel for the blaster that runs the fat burning machine. Eating spicy foods, drinking a glass of lemonade with a meal, drinking water in your day, and exercising are all ways to raise your metabolism.

Lifting heavy might be a, "duh" statement for some of you, but it really is essential for fat burning to lift weights to create more fat burning muscle. In order to do this, you have to lift and lift heavy. Lifting heavy is like the laser that you are shooting out of the blaster. Lifting heavy will allow you to building muscle that will ultimately burn some crazy amounts of fat. Aim for lifting maximum weight without hurting yourself, for 6-8 repetitions, and for 3-5 sets without stopping in between.

Eating 4-6 meals helps raise your metabolism. I would suggest eating fruits, vegetables, and good foods that will not be detrimental to your fat and weight loss. Eating 4-6 meals is like building the blaster lasers that you fire through the blaster to burn the fat.

3. What are the Benefits of the Concentrated Fat Blaster?
-Easy to use and incorporate
-Burns a lot of fat
-Calories melt off
-You will feel better
-You will make it to your goals quicker
-The majority of people can do it

The CFB is a revolutionary theory and tool that you can use to meet your weight loss goals quicker. Countless people have tried to burn more calories than what they take in, in a day, and everyone has heard of that. The Concentrated Fat Blaster is a tool that countless of people will use because it is easy to do, almost anyone can do it, and it is fresh out of the box. Implement this theory and it will be like blasting your fat right off of your body. I know, it sounds disturbing, but its so freeing once your fat begins melting away!

~Obesity Overload

This Diet By Far the Best! Living Clean Diet

This is the easiest diet that has ever been and, dare I say it, the best! Many people have created diets such as the vegetarian diet, or the caveman diet to really live clean in your diet. The thing that all these diets lack is the fact that it is imbalanced. What I mean is that vegetarian is all fruits and vegetables or all meat. The Living Clean Diet takes on a new challenge of balancing it out. We will look into a new diet that will jump start us into a a new era on this blog. We are going to delve off into this diet and get back to weight loss. I ask that you give me a chance to help you, that you read these blog posts, and that you share them with your friends.

1. Healthy In, Healthy Out
I'm sure you guys have heard the expression, "garbage in, garbage out" before. We are going to get into the healthy in, health out kind of thinking. When you put healthy foods in, you will get health effects and healthy weight loss out. If you put in fruits or vegetables in, you will feel better and get easier weight loss. If you put in pizza, candy, and junk food in, you will get bad feelings and junky feelings out of it.

2. Poison
When you see something like ice cream or that soda in the store, before you buy it, think of it as poison for your body. That is exactly what it is! I know that it sounds relatively dumb or a bit simple, but it really is. I once had a doctor that taught me this concept. I applied it to my life and weight loss. The pounds were peeling off like a toasty sunburn gone bad. I was losing weight in a hurry and it was easy. I gained 10 pounds of muscle by working out doing bodybuilding, and I was cutting a lot of fat weight.

3. Smarter...Not Harder!
Work out smarter not harder! The majority of people work out WAY too hard. If you want to work out to lose weight, do bodybuilding. Instead of spreading out the sets and resting in between, do them together. Do 4-5 sets of exercises for your arms on one day altogether instead of spreading them out. When you do this you put more stress on your muscles and it causes them to burn more fat to fuel the muscle. These are called Monster Sets. (4-5 sets of 8-10 repetitions of each exercise.) If you want something easier, do some High Intensity Interval Training, or aerobics are good as well.

4. Balance
Balance out your diet. Eat enough fruits and vegetables while eating some meat to get your protein for the day. By doing this you get enough vitamins, minerals, and protein to run your growing muscles and your body in general. Remember, if it is bad for you, it is poison! The Living Clean Diet works off of the concept of, "things that will help you to live clean." By balancing this diet out, you get a little bit of everything.

5. Drink More
What I mean when I say, "drink more" is not what you all are thinking. I don't mean, "drink more alcohol and mixed drinks." I mean, "drink more water." Your muscles that burn the fat are 80% water. Water is one of the fuels that keeps your muscles going. In addition to this, your body is 70% water in and of itself. When you drink soda, your body is depleted of nutrition and water. Replace the soda, sugary juices, and alcohol with water. You can cut your weight even quicker by doing this.

I hope that you all are considering this diet as a credible diet that will help you lose some weight. I have been on this diet and I have felt really good. I keep the sweets to an all time low for a treat and I have felt so much better. I feel like I have built some really good diets for you guys, but this is probably the best one. It is for anyone and is the easiest diet in the world to do. The reason for this is the fact that if the food is good for you, then you eat it. If it's not, then you don't. It's that easy!

~Obesity Overload

1 Powerful Weight Loss Trick

So many people have to work really hard with their weight loss and with getting rid of obesity. I find it hard to lose weight, especially when I love eating. I am doing weightlifting though, so I am gaining a lot of muscle weight. You have people that do Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, or do workout programs like Insanity or Zumba. You spend a lot of energy going has hard as you can until you can't go anymore. I have 1 powerful weight loss trick to share with you guys and gals that will push your weight loss into high gear and you will see the results that you immensely want to see!



The 1 powerful weight loss trick I want to share with you is the power of CONSISTENCY. My brother and I have been doing weight lifting and we are enjoying seeing the results and muscle even after working out for two weeks. The power trick in weightlifting that we will apply to weight loss is consistency. The problem that we have is that we like to go as hard as we can to get the most out of out weight loss or our weight lifting.

We all know the fact that trying to lose more than 3-4 pounds in a week is unsafe and it takes a lot of work. If we focus on losing 1-2 pounds a week on our weight loss, then we will see the results and it will propel us forward. Then we can up the ante to 2-3 pounds a week, and then maybe 3-4 pounds a week if we have accomplished that. For now let's work on becoming consistent with losing 1-2 pounds a week. There is power in doing one thing, perfecting it, and seeing the results. Millions of people go on a diet, do a workout program, or spend money that they don't have, all to fail in the end and become very discouraged.

Consistency has a brother and that is the concept of DETERMINATION. Consistency feeds off of determination. You must be determined to be consistent and be successful in your weight loss. In order for you to have determination you must be consistent. They feed off of one another like peanut butter and jelly. If you have both of these together, it makes for potency in your weight loss. You may be one of those people that has plenty of determination, but you blow your wad of energy in a couple of days instead of just have a determination to be consistent, even though it becomes tedious.

Apply this powerful, potent, and flamboyant trick to ignite your weight loss. It is all about being consistent with losing 1-2 pounds a week. Do not fear, consistency is here!  

One Sweet Diet...Or Is It?

There are several diets out there, but few have claims that actually work. The ETL Diet that we have written for you as probably the best diet out there is proving to be helping me lose weight. I am at 5 LB. lost in the first week. I want to create another diet that is great for people that want to shed fat like it is an extra jacket or sweatshirt. How cool would it be to have weight loss like that? Unfortunately, weight loss doesn't work like that. You can shed fat like crazy, but it will normally be 3-4 LB. at a time each week. Any more than that is dangerous unless you know what you are doing or are being monitored by a dietitian. Let's get started on the in's and out's of The Sweetest Diet. We will call it the TSD. The TSD diet is not for everyone, but it is a great diet nonetheless.

1. Why Does Cutting Out Sugar Work so Well?
The reason that cutting out sugar works so well is because sugar causes weight gain and causes fat to form. People have misconceptions that eating fat or carbs causes you to gain weight. This simply is not true. Sure, it may be that by the time the sugar breaks down it turns into carbs and fat, but it is not solely carbs or fat that causes you to gain weight. Sugar disables and shuts down your immune system and is the number one reason for weight gain. When you drink 32+ oz. of soda for lunch and have a candy bar later on in the day, you add on a significant amount of weight. All this to say, cut out the sugar completely. Drink water or milk if you drink soda.

Men, aim for 2,500 calories in your day in your eating. If you want to lose weight quicker, then aim for 2,000 calories in your day. Women, aim for 1,500 calories in your day. Don't eat any less than that because you might experience your body shutting down and not operating.

2. Sugar...An Artificial Killer
Sugar is a naturally grown, artificially processed, killer. Sugar is literally in everything! If you are a Sugar-free Diet purist, you are someone that will make your own food without sugar. For this diet we are cutting out sugar in our drinks, cutting out candy, and any extra sugar. If bread has some sugar in it, we will let it pass. What I don't want you to do is go to the doughnut aisle and pick up a box of sugar powdered donuts and say, "It only has a little bit of sugar." When you live your day eating sugar like crazy, you leave yourself open for developing diabetes and you are susceptible to crashing and needing a nap. This can be alleviated by cutting out the sugar that will cause you to crash later on. Sugar is an artificial killer that seems to lurk into your life through many avenues. Let's cut the sugar to cut the weight!

3. Working Out
Ah yes, the thing that we hate to do, work out. When you eat sugar, your body gets to the point where it is dependable on it. It essentially becomes a crutch.When you cut the sugar you realize immediately how much energy you have to work out without the sugar. I have been feeling immensely better since I have cut my sugar intake considerably. I would suggest working with kettle-bells, medicine balls, and running. The kettle-bells are great for stripping fat off of certain areas, the medicine balls are great for gaining solidity, and the running is good for re-enforcement of the other two areas. I would aim for about 45-60 minutes when you work out 5 times a week for a significant burn.

4. Breaking the Addiction
You mean that I can be addicted to sugar? Yes, you can be addicted to sugar. It is about as easy as any other illegal drug in the world. Sugar is highly addicting because it causes you to crave the sweetness and the taste of what we think is good. We think that it is innocent enough to drink whatever we want and eat all the candy we want, but it really is not that easy. You are essentially killing yourself when you eat and drink sugar like that. The way to break the addiction is to say no to those things that have sugar in them that are bad for you. Think of those things like they are poison because in fact, they are!

5. Share It!
Share this diet with your friends! This diet could be very influential for getting your body back to where it feelings good instead of that terrible feeling after you eat a sugar loaded candy bar. There are many people out there that can and will benefit from this diet. I would urge you to join us on this diet and to share it with a few friends. Get a group together that can keep one another accountable! Start a The Sweetest Diet Facebook page for your community and impact others around you.   

As with any and every diet, ask your doctor before starting to make sure that your body can handle the diet. Take these tips and implement in your life to lose weight by the ton. Start today and make today the day that you reform and get on the track for that beach body. Let's get that beach body before summer comes!

~Obesity Overload

Can You Lose Weight Through Bodybuilding?

There has been a lot of speculation and a lot of questions asked by a lot of professionals, dieters, and weight loss advocates on the topic of if you can lose weight through bodybuilding. It is a good question that we should look at because there are a lot of people taking part in bodybuilding. Weightlifting is a topic that coincides with bodybuilding so we will combine the two. The difference is that bodybuilding is normally competitive with other people and competitions. Weightlifting is an activity that Joe at the gym can take part in. Let's take a look at if bodybuilding can help you lose weight or if you should do bodybuilding for weight loss.

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1. Building Muscle
One problem with building muscle while you are losing weight is that the muscle will make the fat on top of it look for pronounced. In other words, you build the muscle and grow the fat. Yes, you can build an intense amount of weight off of getting rid of fat, but in the end muscle weighs more than fat. If you are going to plan on doing bodybuilding for a LONG term then you could lose weight on doing it. If you are going to do it short term, you may find yourself gaining more weight than you wanted to without losing the fat.

2. Range of Motion
If you are adding muscle that will make your fat more pronounced it may become hard to move, even though you ARE building muscle. The muscle it still covered in layers of fat that will hinder your movement. How do you figure out how much fat you have? One way is to flex your whole upper body, including your abs, and push up on your toes, then let yourself fall on your heals. If you do this in front of a mirror you can see which parts jiggle. For me, I have nothing jiggle on the top half of my abs, but the bottom half I have a bit that jiggles. It is sickening and discouraging to see if you are going for weight loss, but can be encouraging to see as you can see where you need to work out to lose the weight.

3. Leanness and Results
If you stick to working out and working out hard in your bodybuilding you can expect to be lean and lose weight. I have seen thousands of stories where people go on bodybuilding programs only to have a lean and yoked up body afterward. The problem is that weight loss this way takes a LOT longer. If you have the patience to wait for that beach body you have always wanted, then bodybuilding is for you.

Many of the professionals, professional trainers, etc., say that you can't lose weight because they are thinking about the discipline that the average person has. The average person may not have enough discipline to do bodybuilding. It takes a strong will and the will of a strong person to do bodybuilding. It takes quite a while to see the results as they are long term investments. Yes, you can definitely lose weight and transform your body into a beach body you can be proud of.

~Obesity Overload

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