7 Foods that Fire Up Your Body for Fat Burn!

I know that I've given you guys a lot of criticisms over my time of writing for you guys. Today I want to give you 7 foods that will fire up your body and prepare it for fat burn. The way you burn fat is not as essential as what you are eating to get to the point where you can burn the fat. How we eat affects our diet and how we burn fat. Also, WHAT we eat affects it as well. We will focus on the what to eat as we look at 7 foods that will fire up that metabolism and help your body burn that fat!

1. Apples or Pears
Apples and pears have been proven to be effective in raising your metabolism and fat burn in your body by raising the fiber in your stomach and intestines and keeping your body feeling full for a longer time. They are semi high in sugar though, so overeating them could have reverse effects.

2. Whole Eggs
Eating whole eggs is often thought to be a great increase in cholesterol due to the fat that is found in the egg yolk. Recent studies have shown this to be untrue and a false assumption. They are high in protein and high in vitamins. Eat a couple with breakfast to give your fat burn a boost.

3. Leafy Greens
Leafy greens such as kale, lettuce, Swiss chard, and collard greens have many important factors in raising that fat burn level in your body. They have fiber that keeps your body feeling full, as well as being low in calories and carbohydrates. Grab a salad for lunch and fire up that fat burning machine!

4. Dark Chocolate
I have a feeling that you guys and girls will like this one! I'm telling you that the antioxidant rich, low sugar, low processed, fiber filled, crunchy chocolate made by cocoa beans will be a great food that will fire up that body for burning fat for several hours. All you have to do is eat a few pieces and then watch the fat burn away!

5. Beans
Beans are an excellent source of protein, they are inexpensive, and they take a long time to digest. The fiber richness of the food allows for longer digesting time, which means it will take more calories to burn the beans off. I eat my beans with ham hocks or by themselves with hot dogs. Burn some fat by firing up your body with beans.

6. Soup
Soup can be a really good food to fire up your body and help it burn that fat for a long time. Most of the time soups are a weighty and heavy food that utilizes fiber, vitamins and minerals, and protein. They can be heavy on the sodium which isn't the best thing, but there are soups like Progresso that are good in sodium and fat.

7. Olive Oil
If you're someone that has been on the Mediterranean diet, you are all too familiar with olive oil. A fact about olive oil is that the Greeks used to drink a cup of it in the morning for breakfast to jump-start their body's digestive system and keep things regular. You don't have to drink it straight, but sprinkle it over a salad, in some whole grain pasta, or have it on some break with a vinaigrette. Olive oil has properties of good fats and minerals that will give you a fat burn.

I hope that your weight loss programs are going well, that you are healthy and on your way to your weight loss goals, and that you can use these foods to boost that fat burn as you fire up your body for the long run. These are great choices that you can use in your own lives. I have used them for quite a long time and they have worked for be. They have good vitamins, minerals, fats, protein, and lots of other good qualities to push you along in your fat burn and weight loss!

Cheers!

~Obesity Overload

Stuck in a Rut? Blast Through Your Plateau!

Are you one of those people that is stuck in a rut? You work out, try to do everything right, but you still can't lose weight? I am here to tell you that there are a few things that you can do, starting today, that will help you blast through your plateau and get to the point of burning fat again. You may have lost a good bit of weight and then it slowed down or stopped. This is what we call a plateau. It happens when what you're doing for weight loss, your diet, workout, and other things that you're doing become insufficient and too easy for your body to handle. Let's look at a few things that can help!

1. Cut Out Sugar
If you already haven't cut out sugar, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that you can help blast through your plateau if you merely cut out sugar. Sugar is what diseases and cancer feeds on. There is little to no good bodily benefits to sugar besides the fact that it gives you a little bit of energy. If you cut out sugar, you are on your way to blasting that plateau.

2. Get Motivated!
One reason why you may be plateauing in your weight loss is because of a lack of motivation. I have found that in my own weight loss, if I wasn't fully committed to doing it, making it work, really cooking good things, and keeping my motivation, I would fall behind and gain weight in my plateau. You need to stay motivated to blast through the plateau! Here is a video to help you guys with motivation!

3. Cut the Calories
Something that I figured out a long time ago when I was working on my weight loss was that you really have to watch how many calories you cut and make sure that you are really cutting calories. You may think that you're cutting calories in one area of the weight loss, but you forget that you are still consuming them by the truckload in other areas of weight loss. Cut those calories.

4. Change Your Workout
Another revelation that I had when I was younger and studying about weight loss was the fact that the body, when you give it enough time, will make itself strong enough to become efficient enough to get through your workout with ease. It was mind blowing! Change your workout and make it harder or get a different kind of workout that utilizes your weaker muscle groups. Blast through that plateau!

5. Visualize
A lot of the time that I spent in weight loss was time that I didn't visualize what I was doing. I thought that I was still fat, still overweight, still obese, and it was a driving force for that huge plateau that weighed me down. Visualize success and visualize a skinnier and more slim and sleek you that you can be proud of. Don't get weighed down on where you are now, visualize where you want to be.

6. Journal EVERYTHING
If you guys remember, I incorporated keeping journal into our weight loss steps at the founding of this blog. Writing down everything that you eat, lick, or taste can be a great way to see exactly what you are eating. It helps us know what we are eating, how much of it, when we eat it, and it allows us to adjust our weight loss program and how we do things accordingly.

7. Eat More Fiber
This is a rut that I found myself in when I looked at my weight loss. I wasn't eating enough fiber and I had a lot of food just sitting in my stomach that was seeming to rot. I wasn't passing my food quick enough because I wasn't eating enough fiber, and this was allowing my body to consume and put on more of the fat and weight from my food. Eating more fiber allows your body to get rid of impurities.

8. Overeating
A lot of the time, when we go to restaurants, they give us gigantic amounts of food. We think that we have to eat all of this food, when in fact, we don't! Put half of your meal into a box or doggy bag and save it for later. Overeating can happen at home as well. When you are at home all the time, you're around food, and your body feels like it wants to eat all of the time. Get out of this rut and blast through that plateau.

You guys can and will conquer your plateau. I believe that you guys can get out of this rut and blast through your plateau. I would suggest implementing these tips on how to get out of your plateau. When you let your plateau go to long, it becomes harder to get out of it later on. The longer you wait on getting out the worse off you are. Weight loss is a hard venture that takes strength and energy to get through. You can do it!

~Obesity Overload

Kettlebells, Put Your Abs on the Stove

How many of us would just love it if our fat melted off without very little effort? What would you say if I told you that I have one piece of equipment that could do that? Would you be skeptical, or would you be willing to try it? What if I told you that you could feel results as soon as the VERY NEXT DAY?!? This piece of equipment needs no introduction. It may not be the most popular, but it is a fantastic piece of inexpensive equipment. It takes little to no space to work out.

Kettlebells are some of the best workout pieces of equipment that you can invest in for your body to get in the best shape of its life. It's basically a cannonball with a handle. It gives you the best workout on the planet in order to burn fat. It's like cutting out your abs, putting them on an extremely hot grill, and searing them until the fat just burns off on that stove. You will be surprised at how easy it will be to burn fat off. It's like High Intensity Interval Training combined with bodybuilding and cardio all rolled into one big workout that takes less than 30 minutes depending on how intense your workout is. Kettlebells take movements that are somewhat irregular, and then it incorporates those movements into a killer fat burn. Let's break it down!

1. Quick Results as Soon as The Next Day?
I'm very happy to say that you will be extremely sore the next day. If you work out with kettlebells, you will find them to be so effective that they will make you very sore. The thing is, the more sore you are, the more they will work. You get quick results because the kettlebells utilize muscles that you don't normally use. They range from a few pounds for women up to about a hundred pounds for kettlebell weight lifters. I found myself trying to get out of bed today and it was hard to stand up. I did a workout with a lot of deadlifts because I have more fat to burn on my glutes and thighs than most guys. If you are someone that needs results quick, there is no piece of equipment that is quicker at giving you results than kettlebells!

2. A Different Kind of Weight Loss?
Kettlebells give you a different kind of weight loss that is so new for some people that it will be mind blowing and unbelievable! The workouts that many a great athlete has used are so intense that the fat burning off is a lot like the process of making fried pig skins. Kettlebells cause you to do hip and ab thrusts in order to get the kettlebell to do what you want it to do. I felt my abs stretch and burn when I was working out. It not only builds the abdomen muscles underneath your fat, but it burns your fat as well. The reason that I have found that the weight loss with kettlebells is different is because it builds muscle first and then burns fat. Most of the time when you participate in a weight loss program, you are weak and your body suffers from not eating so much. With kettlebells, you feel your workout working, and you don't have to starve yourself in order to lose weight. The bigger the muscles are, the more fat you burn.

3. Are Kettlebells Dangerous?
At first glance of the picture above, you may be asking yourself, "Aren't kettlebells dangerous?" The thing is, is that a lot of workout equipment is dangerous, even a small one pound dumbbell. Even a yoga mat can be dangerous. I would suggest working out with a kettlebell with shoes on as opposed to going barefoot. If you drop it on your foot, it could bruise your foot and add problems to your workout. I feel like a lot of people don't utilize these great pieces of equipment more because they are scared that they are going to get hurt from the kettlebell. The only way you're going to get hurt is if you misuse the kettlebell. I will have a kettlebell workout video at the bottom for you guys to follow. Men and women can both take part in making their bodies as lean as you want with this piece of equipment.

4. What Kind of Body Will Kettlebells Give Me?
I've kind of given you guys a glimpse of what kind of body you can get with kettlebells, but I want to elaborate a bit more. These kettlebells will give you a lot of lean and shredded muscle. Abs will become more visible as you shred and rip that fat off of your body. I find that I start to get more defined muscle than just the bulky, cookie cutter, muscle from machines. If you want to shed more fat off of your glutes and thighs like I do, then do more deadlifts. If you want to have better ab definition, then you can do twists. Whatever kind of body you want, you can tweak your workout in order to get to that body the quickest way possible. Kettlebells will also work on your legs, so you will be working out the rest of your body and doing leg day at the same time! Missing leg day is a thing of the past!

If I sound like I'm a believer in kettlebells and the many benefits of what they embody, I am! I believe that you can tone your body, cut those muscles, rip and shred that fat, and get to that lean body that you so want with a kettlebell that should cost you no more than about a dollar for each pound that you buy. If your kettlebell is 20 LB., then you should be paying around $20. There are some that are a combination of plates that you can remove to make your kettlebell lighter or heavier, these are more advanced. I would suggest that women start with 10 pounds and guys start with 15 pounds. This fine piece of weight burning equipment is probably the best piece of equipment I've ever found when it comes to weight loss. I think that everyone should participate in kettlebell exercises. If you want to get strong, lose weight, define muscle, get a body builders body, or get a body for MMA, I would suggest that you get a kettlebell, follow a video and get going. There is no time to lose! GO!

This workout is for beginners. I would suggest that you start with this unless you have a history of having done a workout or have been in sports before. This is not for the faint of heart. Women and men can do this. I would encourage you all to consider kettlebells. It will change your life!

~Obesity Overload

Is Peanut Butter Good for You? This is Nutty!

Peanut butter, the sticky substance that we love to put on our dog's faces and watch them lick it for a long time, it makes fantastic cookies, and is prime for making protein shakes some of the tastiest shakes ever! The problem is that we face the great debate on whether peanut butter is good for your weight loss or not. I have done quite a bit of research on different foods and which foods are good and which ones are bad. Peanut butter has been praised for being a super food, and it has been criticized for being a food that makes you gain weight too easily. Which one do you say peanut butter is? It is a super food that is good? Or is it a bad food that just causes fat? Let's take a look!

1. Potassium
Peanuts and peanut butter has an excellent source of potassium. Potassium gives your body a lot of energy and lowers your sodium levels to normal levels in your body. Potassium helps your body's muscles come back very easily and helps your body to heal bruises quicker. It also lowers blood pressure and is great for weight loss.

2. Fiber Rich
Peanut butter is very rich in fiber that helps to keep your body's digestive system normal. It's great for cleansing your colon and purifying your body of impurities. Weight loss thrives when your body is rid of the junk and garbage. Fiber acts like a filter or sifter that sifts out the junk and pushes it through your body in order to receive the better foods in your body.

3. Healthy Fat
Mono and polyunsaturated fats that are in peanut butter are, essentially, olive oils that have hardened in the peanut butter. Remember, eating fat in your diet doesn't cause you to gain weight. Eating sugar breaks down and converts to fat. These healthy fats are excellent for energy and are great for converting other fats into energy.

4. Lower Carbohydrates
There are lower amounts of carbohydrates that are good carbs in peanut butter. Different foods are broken down into glucose, fructose, and other blood sugars. When you eat processed foods, the blood sugars are not good. There are peanut butter brands that are naturally processed and the peanut butter vitamins and minerals are preserved.

In conclusion, we can conclude that peanut butter is great for weight loss! I didn't believe that peanut butter was good for weight loss when I first read this great news. This nutty food is so good for you that you will find it quite tasty and that it has several benefits. Obviously you have to eat everything in moderation. Peanut butter wouldn't be a good food if you ate a lot of it, but if you incorporated it into your diet, you would find that its a great source of protein and other delightful vitamins and minerals! Share this blog post with your friends or family. Tell the world that peanut butter is great for weight loss!

~Obesity Overload

Too Comfortable in Our Obesity?

Have ever felt like you just wanted to give up on your weight loss? Have you ever felt like getting used to being lighter is a lot of hard and difficult work that you don't want to do? I think that we are too comfortable in our fat and state of obesity that we don't realize that we are actually miserable and that we are dying at a more rapid pace. With every cookie, piece of pizza, piece of cake, scoop of ice cream, bowl of chips, and glass of soda, we are making it easier for our body to break down and wear sooner than we normally would.

1. Used to Our Clothes
We find that we are extremely comfortable in our big, over-sized, balloon-like t-shirts, pants, and sweats. We are used to being comfortable in hiding our fat with too much material. I find that we are either wearing WAY too big clothes that don't fit us, or we wear clothes that are WAY too small to the point where our fat is hanging out in different places. We need to strive to better ourselves by losing weight, and at the same time, we need to wear clothes that fit us just right. We need to get used to smaller clothes that aren't too tight and aren't too loose, but that are perfect fitting.

2. Used to Eating Junk
Another way that we are too comfortable in our obesity and fat is that we are used to eating junk. We get used to eating off of the value menus at restaurant, eating cheap food, and eating things that are generally junky and bad food. I feel like we need to have a different mindset in how we eat and how we think about food. We need to stop eating junk and killing ourselves. Our minds must be reformed and we must get used to eating better if we are going to succeed in our weight loss and fat loss.

3. Used to Feeling Bad
I think that we as people that are overweight and obese get into a mindset that we feel bad and we feel bad all the time. We feel bad because our fat is uncomfortable, our clothes are uncomfortable, we eat bad food, our view of ourselves is bad, and we don't focus on really trying to feel good. Who could possibly be comfortable in all of the situations that I mentioned? We feel bad and we feel that because its too much work, we would rather go back to the way that it was.

We need to stop being so comfortable in our fat and obesity. I feel like our world would be a better place if we all worked towards bettering ourselves. Our clothes are too big, we eat junk food, and we feel so bad while doing it. Why do we torture ourselves with being so comfortable in uncomfortable in where we are at? I think that we need to take on new mindsets and really change our weight loss to really mean something.

~Obesity Overload

Vaccinations, the Shot of Health

Okay, so your question right now is, "What does vaccines have to do with obesity or weight loss?" Or, "How is immunization going to help me lose weight and or help me on my diet?" Vaccines can be as helpful as saving your life from a horrific disease, or as helpful as keeping you healthy through cold and flu season. As somebody that has had a chance to get a free flu shot, I am saddened to say that I skipped on the shot and I have had the worst strain of the flu I've ever experienced in my life. I was set back a whole month with being sick from my weight loss goals. Take advantage of this inexpensive resource and lower your chances of getting sick.

1. Vaccines Save Lives
I would like to write for a moment for the skeptic in us all. I know a lot of people are thinking, "you get the disease that you're trying to prevent when you get a shot." I would like to say that there is a slight possibility of getting the disease. There is also a slight possibility that you die while driving in your car to or from wherever you're going. There is a greater possibility of preventing a disease and eradicating it than there is of catching something from a shot. It's illogical to think that you're going to die from getting a flu shot. Granted, there are some people on the rarest of occasions that have died, but a really high percentage keep people from getting sick, and they save lives!

2. Safe
There is not enough of the mercury that is in the contents to make a difference. On top of that the germs that are being put into your body is not enough to make you sick. Most vaccinations are done in steps and your body is monitored to see how your body reacts to the vaccine. By getting a flu shot, you lower the percentages that the immediate people around you will get diseases as well. It is safe for your body and the people around you as well. By keeping your body (computer) safe from viruses or diseases, you keep your body (the computer) running smoothly and it allows you to continue your weight loss, dieting, and fat loss. Vaccinations build your body's immunity against the disease for future times.

3. Saves Money
This might be one of those heartless points that we are going to go over. The straight and blunt truth is that, when you are healthy, you save money from not having to go to the doctor for being sick. You may have great medical benefits and you may not have to pay that much money, but for a good many people, you can save a pretty penny from just getting the vaccination. Money may not be a struggle for some people, but for the middle class, a vaccine could mean saving hundreds of dollars.

4. Major Diseases Eradicated
There were major diseases that was taking our world by storm. The main ones were smallpox and polio. Smallpox was a virus that was extremely contagious and the disease left permanent scars on your body, and was deadly for most of the people that caught it. There was no turning back once you got it. It was like getting the Ebola virus. Polio is an infectious viral disease that attacks your nervous system and causes temporary and permanent paralysis. The Polio virus is preventable if you get a vaccine shot at a young age. The Polio virus was not fully eradicated, but it is very nearly eradicated. Several diabolical diseases have been eradicated because individual people got vaccinated.

5. Vaccines, the Shot of Health
Vaccines could be the one thing that keeps your body healthy enough to work out and lose weight. I wasted a whole month being sick from the cold and the flu. I implore you to get your vaccination shots, if not for your own health, for the health of those people around you. The measles have been going around this year among children. This can be an epidemic that can not be contained, or you can get your child vaccinated and stop the epidemic. Weight loss, dieting, and fat loss to destroy obesity relies on your nervous system and body being healthy. We come to a crossroads and we try to weigh out the PROS and CONS for vaccination. The PROS are vastly more numerous than the CONS. Get your shot of health, get your vaccination!

Vaccination and being immunized is a huge debate that is going on in our world. I would love to hear your thoughts and comments about this subject in the comment box below. I think that vaccinations are harmless and can do so much good, but people stress too much on the smallest numbers. We see the numbers of the rarest cases that get the disease and we say, "Well, what's to stop me from getting that too?" The problem with this question is that medical technology has come along so far in monitoring your body that there is almost no chance of you getting sick from vaccines. Vaccination and immunization is power. Get your shot of health! Vaccines...your weight loss boost!

~Obesity Overload

Weight Loss Pills that Shred Fat Fast

Have you ever been in the store and you look at all of the different weight loss pills, but you just don't know which one to try? Weight loss pills are some of the hardest supplements to choose between. Having as many choices as there are out there doesn't help either. There are hundreds and thousands of choices. We want to give you 4 of the best weight loss pills that shred fat fast. We will give you our choices along with some benefits. Let's get started!

 1. MusclePharm Shred Matrix
The first one that we chose was the MusclePharm Shred Matrix. Yes, Pharm is how its spelled! There is 8 stages to their revolutionary fat loss system. They promise visible changes in two weeks of using the supplement. This system gives you clean energy without jitters and is good for both men and women alike. The kicker is that your mood stays balanced and you get some major fat shred.

2. Phytodren 
The second one that we chose was Phytodren and we chose this one because it gives you an energy boost to tackle those hard workouts with ease. Chromium is included in this supplement and is good for warding off hunger pangs and heavy appetites. Phytodren uses the Thermogenic process to shred fat fast as well as green and regular coffee beans. It stops your stress hormones from making fat.

3. EPIQ Shred Non-Stimulant 
We chose EPIQ as the third selection because it is a non-stimulant for those people that are sensitive to energy stimulants such as caffeine or taurine. It raises your metabolism and uses green coffee beans and raspberry ketones that are essential for fat shredding. This supplement utilizes L-carnitine and vitamin B. There are no artificial flavors or dyes and it is ultra clean for the purist in you.

4. Mutant Stimutant 
The last selection that we have selected for our weight loss pills that shred fat fast list is the Mutant Stimutant. It is powerful and stimulates fat shredding, ignites hellfire focus and intensity, and gives you the boost of energy and tenacity that you need to get shredded to the bone. This potent stimulant and fat shredding supplement should not be taken lightly and it is not for the faint of heart!

Now that we have looked at weight loss pills that shred fat fast, I hope that you guys can utilize and use these great choices to help boost your weight loss and fat shred beyond your dreams. You really do deserve the six pack and athlete's body that has single digit percentages of fat. These supplements are reasonably priced and can be found online or in your local supplement store or pharmacy. Get going on your weight loss!

~Obesity Overload