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