Fort Worth Personal Trainers: Curb the Cravings- Top 10 Healthy Appetite Suppressants (VIDEO)

When I’m going in and talking to new clients that are making changes to their diets.

Whether it’s to lose weight or just to start eating a healthier overall diet.

The number one question to the first week is ” How do I beat being hungry?”

Not to get technical on you. For clarity what we’re really looking at modifying is appetite…
(The desire to eat food, felt as hunger).

So what we want are appetite suppressants.

To take the edge off cravings and curb hunger.

I’ve realized with new clients I can’t predict how minor or major their craving will be.

You really can’t predict will changing your diet be a smooth transition, or is someone going to get killed in the process.

Some clients are able to radically make changes with little or no side effects.

I had one client go from drinking 8 Cokes(not diet either) and eating fast food every day.

To no Cokes or fast food-overnight!

She told me she had a little bit of a headache the first day but that was it.

I decided she was pretty much bullet proof right there.

On the other hand. A client related to me that after 4 days of eliminating sugar she googled “can you die from sugar withdrawal”!

That’s a good question!(answer is “no” by the way) but you might feel like keeling over.

So with no way of knowing how you’ll feel changing your habits from unhealthy to healthy.

You need some tactics and strategy to make it.

Lets get down to some tactics to help you manage your appetite when you’re getting lean.

If you try one of these and it doesn’t work no sweat.

Not all of these tactics will work for everyone.

So test one and keep going till you have an arsenal of hunger busting foods and tactics to draw from.

1. Get Hydrated-Stay hydrated.
You need to first be hydrated properly for maximizing fat loss.

So this is where you begin.

8 glasses of 8 ounces a day is a start.

That’s just a Big Gulp cup per day for reference.

I really think if you’re exercising and in Texas in the Spring and Summer you need to double that.

2. Start your day with Oatmeal.

A good long burning carbohydrate.

And it’s a food that’s pretty hard to screw up.

Go for a 1/2 cup in the AM.

Takes less than 2 minutes in the microwave. Add honey or fruit for flavor.

3. Get moving.
A lot of mindless eating comes from boredom and habit.

If you feel yourself going for the chips in the evening you may just need to head out the door for a walk around the block.

I know this isn’t ideal but it beats giving in.

4. Salads and vegetables in between meals.

I’ve gotten good feedback from people using carrots, celery, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, cauliflower in the mid-morning and mid afternoon to stay full with minimum calories and maximum nutrition.

5. Peanut Butter.

Must be the fat and protein content.

It seems to take the edge off for a lot of people.

Eat it right off the spoon and forget the bread.

6. Bananas work for between meal hunger busters.

100-140 calories per serving and nothing but nutritious.

If you’re really hurting bananas and peanut butter together should nuke any hunger pains.

7. Almonds are a dieting staple.

I picked this up from watching fitness competitors diet down for shows.

They travel pretty much any place you go and can hit the spot for you.

8. Whey protein-
Fast, filling, easy to take anywhere.

Protein is the most filling of the macro nutrients.

More so than fats or carbohydrates.

Stick with powders that you mix yourself if you can. Keep it simple is always best.

9. Chocomine-
Not well known but very effective.

Chocomine is the feel good componet of chocolate. Imagine the benefits of chocolate without the sugar, extra calories or dairy.

This supplement has a number of appetite suppressant, mild stimulant, and fat burning qualities.

This won’t work for everyone but I’ve been getting good feedback on it.

10. Green Tea-
The appetite suppressant quality comes mostly from the 30mg or so of caffeine.

Research has shown a slight increase
in metabolic rate with green tea.

You can use it strategically to avoid those times of the day hunger hits you hardest.

Yes there may be times when it does come down to sheer willpower.

I hope these tips will give you an edge and some hope through those first few challenging days and weeks.

It will be worth it!

Good luck!

 

Dave
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Fort Worth Personal Trainers: What the Super Bowl can Teach You about Weight Loss and Fitness (VIDEO)

You may think the only thing the Super Bowl could teach you is what NOT to eat and you’d be right about that.

But there is one more important lesson you can pull from last nights big game.

If you watched the Super Bowl yesterday you saw this in action.

When pro players are asked what quality is the most important to success in the game many say.. “very short memories”

When a pro quarter back throws an interception or a corner gets badly beaten by a pass receiver, he has to forget it immediately, and gear up to perform on the very next play.

I would say he has to instantly forgive and forget.

This is resiliency.

A deep desire to finally drop weight can drive you. A wedding, class or family reunion can motivate.

A frightening vacation picture can force to take action.

Even desperation to not feel like crap all day everyday can get you off the couch.

But resiliency is necessary to keep going.

Ironically your ego can also prevent you from moving forward. Your deepest desires for getting results(When? Now! Right now!) can create frustration and stress that interferes with your success.

Often minor stressors in other parts of your life- demanding bosses, deadlines nearly impossible to meet, relationship problems etc. can overwhelm you.

And getting to the gym to workout, checking in with your coach, going to camp-get put on the back burner causing even more stress and frustration.

Commonly a diet slip up gives way to “oh what the hell!” may as well give up the whole thing-thinking.

One frustration leads to the next greater frustration.

Of course logic says it would be better to turn up your activity, forgetting quickly about it -and get through the slump faster.

“I’m going to my workout no matter what!”

“I slipped on my diet today but I’ll be right on it the rest of the week!”

But this requires greater resiliency.

Resiliency is something-much like your physical strength that can be developed through use and practice.

Resiliency can be programmed into your self-image.

To get past these inevitable weight loss plateaus, missed workouts, diet disasters-and they will happen. (Not if but when, this is universal)

You need to create an image of yourself as the kind of person who is immune to temporary disappointments and setbacks.

Think about some of the noticeably resilient people you know of or in the news.

Disabled soldiers returning from war and thriving despite their injuries.

Business people going bankrupt multiple times before finally finding success.

Your own personal set backs like failed relationships, health scares, and work problems.

All of them overcome in time.

Everybody has an experience of resiliency.

As a child, when you fell over learning to ride your bike, did you get right back on?

Where you ever told you weren’t good enough or lacked talent, and proved that critic wrong?

Think about how you’ve successfully rebounded from a set-back before and keep that image.

It’s within you. You’ve done it before.

Keep that in mind when the inevitable slip ups and set backs, doughnuts, and missed workouts happen-because they will.

And you can bounce back-quickly-and keep moving.

That scale will move, those clothes will get looser, and you will begin to look different in the mirror.

Develop a “short memory” to use to your advantage.

And build that resiliency.

To guarantee you results faster than ever before.

Talk soon.
Dave
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Fort Worth Personal Trainers: How to Stay on Track this Weekend (VIDEO)

“Do not compromise if you are right. Hold your ground,show no fear, ask for what you want, and the opposition will usually agree”
Kekich Credo #32

This weekend like all weekends before and to come is going to be filled with temptation, pressure and opportunities to make bad choices.

You can give in to peer pressure and totally screw up your program and set yourself back days or a week.

Or you can stand your ground, that you and your goals are more important.

Without a doubt one of the most difficult things about losing weight is eating in social situations.

And just because the Holidays are over doesn’t mean a thing to your family, friends, and co-workers.

The peer-pressure (both intentional and unwitting) is and will be the toughest test of your commitment.

Today is the day you set your ground rules for this weekend. Will it be one glass of wine or six? A cup cake or a dozen, or even an apple instead.

If you’re not sure what to say to someone pushing food on you, here’s some help.
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You know where you’re going this weekend, the eating out, the travel, the kids parties.

The temptations and hurdles are something you can prepare for in advance so do it.

Know before you go. Have a plan. Remember YOUR goals are far more important than a Cinnabon.

This is no time for shyness either. Be proud of what you’re doing, people are usually secretly wishing someone would take charge and be a healthy role model for them.

That person is you.

 

Dave
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Fort Worth Personal Trainers: The 2 Key Traits of My Most Successful Clients (VIDEO)

Fort Worth Personal Trainers: Why “Someday” Is a Bad Plan (VIDEO)

One of the common things I hear from clients is…

“I wish I’d started sooner!”

The relief from just.getting.started is  huge.

And for a lot of us beating procrastination and just taking that first action is always the most critical and hardest part.

And it happens to all of us.

We see something we NEED to do and  HAS to be and we WANT to do then  we WAIT.

We say “Someday”.

And that is a terrible plan.

Tim Ferris the author of the 4-Hour Work Week says this…

“For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for  the right time to quit your job?  The stars will never align and the  traffic lights of your life will  never all be green at the same time.

The universe doesn’t conspire against  you, but it doesn’t go out of it’s  way to line up the pins either.

Conditions are never perfect.

“Someday” is a disease that will  take your dreams to the grave with you.

Pro and con lists are just as bad.

If it’s important to you and you want  to do it ” eventually”, just do it and correct course along the way.”

Amen…

Hope you have a great Monday and take action today.

Dave
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Fort Worth Personal Trainers: 3 Simple Tips To Getting Started Right (VIDEO)

“The principles never change.”

 

When you’re looking to make some changes to lose some weight, change some habits, and to just improve your life getting started is always the hardest part.

There are some very simple things you can focus on in the beginning that can go a long way to insuring your success.

Think of the as the fundamentals of weight loss and fitness.

I share with you in the video the top 3 tips to getting started right….

1) Keep It Simple

2) Do It Every Day

3) Progress Not Perfection

Focusing on these 3 simple fundamentals can keep you from starting off the wrong way and jeopardizing your results and success.

There’s a lot riding on this so take a few minutes and check it out.

Click the Video to Play

 

Dave
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