Fat Burner Metabolism Booster

I found this delicious gazpacho and decided to share it so you can try it yourself. I personally love this beverage and I hope you find it as tasty as I do. It's great for a pick-me-up between meals. Enjoy my favorite Negative Calorie drink recipe:

Metabolism Blaster
1 tomato,
1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves, minced
3 T. fresh lime juice
pinch of cayenne
1 T. olive oil
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1 green onion, chopped
1/2 cup water

Blend until smooth. Pour in a tall glass, add a sprig of celery and enjoy!

Add Visualization To Your Fat Burner Diet - PT 2

In Part 1 of "Add Visualization To Your Fat Burner Diet" the basics of how visualization works were covered.

Visualizations are done by painting a vivid picture of what you want in your mind. An example would be a of your beautiful, sexy body in a revealing bikini if you are a woman. An example for a man would be the hot ripped body of a Charles Atlas which the ladies would find irresistible. However, you must make sure the image you paint is doable considering your body type.

If you happen to be one of those people who have difficulty painting a vivid image of the sexy body you want, use a picture of your former self when you were slender and sexy. If that doesn't work find an image of someone with a body type similar to yours in a state of attractive fitness. It might be a celebrity, someone you know, someone you would like to know.

You can find a picture of almost any celebrity on the Internet or in a magazine. Download it or cut it out of a magazine and remove the face from the picture and put your face on the body. That may sound a little "nutty" to you, but it works.

Once you have a workable image you must work that image; each and every day. Visualization will work best for you by taking a set time, if possible, 2 or 3 times a day and see your beautiful sexy body in your mind. You will be bringing it from your minds eye to your conscious mind and then it will seep into your subconscious mind where the influence on your body will be the most powerful.

It is best to be relaxing in a quiet area when you do this. If you are at work perhaps you can slip into the stairwell or even the broom closet, as long as its quiet. You will need to spend several minutes each time. Although it may seem hard at first, when you do it for a period of 30 days, it will become a habit for you.

One thing you may not know is that you can target specific parts of your body one at a time. For example, focus on the "thunder thighs" slimmed down to an enchanting 36 inches. Or perhaps the "balloon butt" down to two well toned cheeks in a bikini bottom. Now is that hot or what!

One last tip that will give you a boost with visualization. When you are going about your every day routine, reaffirm out loud or silently in your mind;

"My body is so sexy and slender, Yes it is, Yes it is!"

Or something similar. Whatever you do make sure it's positive and in the present moment - not in the future.

Some people also find this difficult to do. However, it’s really easy to print it out on a 3X5 card and carry it with you, wherever you go. Just whip it out when you have a moment and especially when feel weak in your resolve. The first thing you know you will feel your weak moments moving further and further apart.

You do know that your new sexy body is not going to happen overnight. But by using visualization with your weight loss plan, it may well happen a lot sooner than you think.

It would be wise for you to read Part 1 of "Add Visualization To Your Fat Burner Diet" to have a full understanding of how visualization can help you lose weight.

And Finally - You deserve a delicious smoothie recipe for reading this far:

Apricot Pineapple Smoothie Recipe

1/4 cup crushed pineapple
1 fresh apricot, diced
6 strawberries
1/2 banana
1 1/2 cup water
1 tbsp. skim milk powder
1 heaping tbsp. high- quality protein powder (optional)
1 tsp. flax seed oil (optional)
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In a blender, process fruit with the rest of the ingredients. Blend until thoroughly mixed and serve.

Add Visualization To Your Fat Burner Diet - PT 1

Have you ever experienced shock at seeing yourself in the mirror? In your minds eye, you are trim, fit and sexy - the way you looked when you were 18. Looking at yourself today is a different reality altogether. Don't lose hope! Interestingly, you are already on the road to losing the pounds. Read on.

You still have that mental picture in your mind of how you used to look. Now you need to make your mind see that same picture in the present. You have been practicing visualization to achieve weight loss and didn't even know it. Now it's time for you to shed those pounds by really putting your mind in control.

Before you can use visualizations to it's fullest you may wish to get an idea of how it works. What you do is paint a vivid picture of the way you want your body to look. You hold this image in your mind and as you do this, it will penetrate into the subconscious level of your mind.

When it has moved into your subconscious it will program your body to start moving in that direction of "body beautiful". This synergy between your mind and your body will cause you to be motivated more easily towards achieving your weight loss. Ultimately the end result is you will find it easier to stick to your diet plan and exercise program.

Presently it's not fully understood how visualizing a goal, such as weight loss works, but more and more professionals agree that it does. What has been determined is that as long as you truly believe it's what you want, then you can achieve it. However, in turn, if you aren't convinced you can lose weight, you won't do it or you will have a much harder time of it.

It has been discovered that when loved ones and people that matter to you are negative about your goals they can impact your motivation. The positive power of you visualizing your healthy body and letting your subconscious help, can negate the negativity created in your conscious mind by yourself and others.

Ok, now you have a basic understanding about using visualization to achieve weight loss. Let's get into the actual practice to work it effectively.

You must be sure the body you want is attainable. In other words don't visualize a 5'4 petite body weighing 102 lbs, when you are 5'9" and big boned. It ain't going to happen. But if you take that same 5'9" big boned body and put it in a bikini weighing in at between 140 to 160 lbs that can happen. That is doable!

Part 2 of "Add Visualization To Your Fat Burner Diet - PT 1" will go into more detail on how you can effectively utilize visualization to lose weight. Be sure and bookmark this page so you can benefit from the other tips.

Easy Fat Burner Diet Tips

It really isn't surprising that half of all Americans are overweight to some degree.

Most people today have busy, hectic schedules, which means that relaxed meal times are not part of the fabric of our lives, and neither is trying to work out on a regular basis. Still, this does not mean that all hope is lost. Here is some basic advice that should help you drop off those unwanted pounds by following easy fat burner diets and integrating exercise into your life.

The first piece of advice that you may desire to consider has to do with exercising. In fact any diet, much less a fat burner diet, should include exercising. You can try this:

• Workout in the morning while your stomach is empty
• Walk around the block or walk on a treadmill
• Yoga
• Qiqong
• Dance
  

Ten minutes of exercise is all you need to burn stored energy, especially fat, and, you can add another 10 minute session or two as convenient through out the day. An easy way to organize this is between meals. At least an hour after a meal or before a meal.

The next most useful tip that you may consider is to pay attention to when you snack. Avoid snacking late at night, and stop eating all together at least three hours before you go to bed. This way you will burn off all the calories you consumed before bed, rather than storing those calories as fat when you go to bed. This simple step can have incredible results if you are serious about implementing it.

The third suggestion that you may consider has everything to do with coffee. If you absolutely have to drink coffee, make it black! Fancy coffee drinks with cream and sugar are fun and tasty, but they are also loaded up with calories. Just one of these bad boys will blow any fat burner diet your on right out the window. A good old simple cup of black coffee has nearly zero calories if any at all, so this is clearly a much wiser choice, and while black coffee is an acquired taste, you will get used to it with practice.

The next tip is to break your normal three meals a day into four or five smaller meals a day. Your metabolism requires constant fuel in order to burn fat. If you feed it five small meals every day, your metabolism will stay much higher, run much faster, and will burn more calories in the end.

Last, you may cut down on your carbohydrate intake. This is going to have a very large impact on how quickly you lose weight using fat burner diets. By eliminating unnecessary breads, pastas and other starches, you will see a serious difference next time that you step on the scale. Take this advice and you will see what fat burner diet weight loss is all about.

There are no "easy diets" per say, but there are easy steps that will help you lose weight. Forget those fad diets and crazy starvation diets and follow the aforementioned tips and hints instead.

And Finally - You deserve a nutritious recipe for reading this far:

Lemon Dill Green Beans

Prep: 15 min., Cook: 13 min. If you want to lighten further, use 1 tablespoon reduced-calorie margarine and 2 tablespoons almonds, chopped. The original version's fat percentage appears high because most of the calories come from the nuts and margarine (green beans are very low in calories). Almonds contain heart-healthy fat, protein, and fiber.

Yield: Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed*
2 tablespoons butter or reduced-calorie margarine
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill or 2 teaspoons dried dill weed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup roasted whole almonds, chopped

Preparation

Cook beans in boiling water to cover 8 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. Plunge into ice water to stop the cooking process; drain.

Melt margarine in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat; add garlic, and sauté 1 to 2 minutes. Add green beans, dill, and next 3 ingredients; sauté 1 to 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Remove from heat; sprinkle evenly with almonds.

*2 (16-ounce) packages frozen green beans may be substituted for fresh.

Nutritional Information

Calories: 143 (60% from fat) | Fat: 9.7g (sat 1.3g,mono 4.9g,poly 1.9g)
Protein: 4.3g | Carbohydrate: 11g | Fiber: 5.5g | Cholesterol: 0.0mg
Iron: 1mg | Sodium: 224mg | Calcium: 102mg