| Ever wonder how fitness models look so | | | | fatigue from exercising and going to |
| great in magazines? Well it is not all | | | | sleep at a regular time, your dozing |
| smoke, mirrors and Adobe Photoshop | | | | hours will be more restful and you |
| editing. | | | | probably won't even notice those 30 |
| Believe it or not, some photographers | | | | minutes that you skimped on. |
| will flat out turn a fitness model away | | | | Step 4: Eat you last meal by 6:30pm |
| if she shows up to a photo shoot out of | | | | If you meet a successful fitness model, |
| shape. It's just too hard to sell images | | | | one thing you're sure to encounter is |
| of flabby fitness models. | | | | that she has her eating habits down to a |
| So how do models firm up before a shoot? | | | | science. Closing down you kitchen a 6:30 |
| There's tons of ways to do this but the | | | | has several weight loss benefits. |
| easiest way is to give yourself two | | | | First, by not eating for a full twelve |
| weeks to shed five pounds. | | | | hours each day, you give your stomach |
| That may not seem like a lot of weight | | | | time to empty itself and allow you body |
| to lose, but looking good is not so much | | | | to use excess fat for energy. |
| about weight loss as it is about weight | | | | Second, if your last meal is at 6:30pm |
| re-distribution. | | | | and you crawl into bed by 11pm, your |
| In reality, shedding five pounds of flab | | | | body will not be so busy digesting food |
| could mean the difference between a | | | | all night long- making your rest all the |
| 32-inch waist and a 28-inch waist. Using | | | | more peaceful. |
| these five steps, you'll drop that body | | | | Step 5: Eat more frequently, 6-8 times a |
| jiggle in no time. | | | | day |
| Step 1: Double up on your aerobics | | | | Metabolism manipulation is the |
| Instead of exercising for 30 minutes on | | | | cornerstone of weight loss. Manipulate |
| the treadmill, step it up to 60 minutes. | | | | your meals and you manipulate your |
| You don't need to walk, step or jog | | | | metabolism. |
| faster, only longer. | | | | If you normally eat 3-5 meals a day, |
| Extending your workouts past 30 minutes | | | | break those feasts in the 6-8 mini |
| gives your body more time to burn fat, | | | | meals. Remember, do not add more food |
| as opposed to only burning carbohydrates | | | | just split the meals in two. Regularly |
| for energy. | | | | feeding your body keeps the body's |
| Added tip, don't eat more because you | | | | energy level at its optimum. |
| exercise more. Lean bodies are | | | | Moreover, you'll have the energy you |
| nutritionally efficient bodies. | | | | need to make it through an extended |
| Step 2: Go to bed the same time every | | | | cardio session. |
| night before 11pm | | | | Step 6: Replace one snack with a glass |
| When bodybuilders train for a show, you | | | | of water |
| can bet on one thing for certain, | | | | Daily, you might be tempted to eat a 300 |
| they're snoozing by 11pm every night. | | | | calorie sweet or fattening snack. When |
| Getting to sleep consistently by 11am | | | | you get up or reach for your cellulite |
| gives body fat the one-two knockout. | | | | creating snack, drink a glass of water |
| Early sleep lowers the amount of | | | | first. After drinking the water, go back |
| cortisol levels in your blood. Higher | | | | to what you were doing. |
| than normal cortisol levels encourages | | | | Sometimes we snack simply out of boredom |
| fat storage. As an added boost, when you | | | | or because we need an emotional |
| regulate your sleep, your levels of | | | | distraction. Next time that happens to |
| melatonin kick in like clockwork each | | | | you, drink water first. The act of |
| night to not only enhance your sleep, | | | | drinking water will fill that mental |
| but to actually burn fat better. | | | | void and help you avoid mindless eating. |
| Step 3: Wake up 30 minutes earlier | | | | There you have it, six steps to the |
| OK, you have to get your double exercise | | | | slimmer you. And yes, it works like |
| time from somewhere, so it comes from | | | | clockwork. Give yourself two weeks and |
| your sleep time. Getting up earlier also | | | | watch that last bit of flab slip away. I |
| helps you sleep better. With the added | | | | dare you. |