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Quick Weight Loss: Tuna is the Secret!

Are you desperately looking for the fastest way you can find to knock off a that excess weight; and I do mean fast?

You have that fancy dance coming up or you have to fit into a bridesmaid’s dress or, worse yet, your wedding dress; and, time is running out?  Perhaps you have to squeeze into that suit you haven’t worn in a long while, paid a ton for, and now it is just too snug? Maybe just around the corner you have the date with the guy of your dreams and you have got to fit into that slinky size 6 black dress; and you just bought it two sizes small for incentive! Or you are on your way to Cancun for a vacation and that Speedo isn’t going to get it with those love handles.

So, you check around and think:

The 3 Day Tuna Diet may be just the thing!

The diet is offered as a quick fix for those emergency situations when you are under the gun and must lose weight fast. However, before you jump in with both feet, there are a few things you should be aware of.

Be aware may also be expressed as beware!

It is true that The 3 Day Tuna Diet will help you lose weight, and it is catching on as one of the major fad diets of the day, but there are some things you need to know about this diet and the weight loss that comes with it.

Interestingly, many who try the tuna diet think they will be on it for only a few days, so there won’t be any long term consequences. Unfortunately, the tuna diet, like almost all no-carb or low-carb diets has an impact on your metabolism and your ability to hold water. The diet also has an impact on your musculoskeletal system and your nervous system.

Significantly, most of the weight lost on this diet is indeed water weight. Carbohydrates hold water and when you stop taking in carbs, water is the first thing to go. The impact on the metabolism is not as profound in the short term, if you are only on the diet for 3-5 days. If you keep it to a few days the overall and lasting impact should be minimal. However, you will notice a lack of energy because along with holding water, carbohydrates are one of the body’s principal fuel sources and the brain is a voracious consumer of carbs. Without carbs, because the carbs are used quickly and then not replenished, the brain has less readily available fuel and you may feel the effect. Additionally, your muscles need carbohydrates for easy to burn fuel, glycogen, and if the brain is consuming whatever stores you have left…

Or if your muscles burn up the glycogen first during peak demand….

Well, you can see where this is going, right?

You will be in carbohydrate/glycogen debt. In carbohydrate debt, you will lose weight, yes! But the weight loss will be accompanied by a loss of energy, in many the inability to concentrate, and in some a process called Ketosis will kick in. Ketosis may be accompanied by headaches, light-headedness, and even fatigue, both mental and physical.

Oh yeah, and here’s a good one for all of you going on vacation or on your honeymoon, you will have bad breath! Yup! Bad breath not only from the tuna, which will be bad enough, but from the Ketosis. Just something to consider if you have any intention of being around others.

Understand that any weight loss will be accompanied by weight gain, usually the weight gain will be a rebound and you will put on more weight than you lose. You will, in the very least, put on all the weight you lost. If you stay on the diet longer than a few days, your body will go into starvation mode and when you start eating “normally” again, your body will act to hoard calories in preparation for the next no or low-carb diet. Between the impact of the nature of the diet, combined with the loss of glycogen, and the severely restrictive calorie intake, you are essentially putting yourself on a starvation diet.

If you do this over and over again, you will end up heavier than you were when you started. Not a healthy proposition!

There are a number of diets designed for healthy weight loss, none of them fast and few of them easy. If a diet promises quick and easy, you should immediately do a double-take and do a lot more research. The 3 Day Tuna Diet will help you drop weight in the short term but long term you will gain the weight back and much more.

Be aware and beware!

In the coming weeks I will offer you more insight into how to best lose weight and keep it off!

John

John Zajaros, Coach Z
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
440-821-7018 (cell)
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I have been helping people lose weight for years and there is one universal truth, no two people are alike when it comes to weight loss.

What works for one person may not work as well for the next individual trying to lose weight. However, when people talk about weight loss, they usually get very simplistic and say things like “eat less and exercise more!” Many reply, “If only it were that simple!”

Well, it is…and it isn’t!

The fact is, weight loss can be incredibly easy or incredibly difficult, depending on a number of factors, and we will cover most of them in depth over the next 30 days.

By now, if you started on day one, you have started to walk, you may have even thought about buying a dog…if you don’t have one already! No
kidding, a dog is an excellect accountability partner, and you need one. I will get into accountability tomorrow but for today I want to talk about the eating part of weight loss. And no, I am not talking about a diet! I am talking about a shift in thinking, a new way of conducting your life…so you don’t have to diet, just change how you do things.

For today, all I want you to do is to go through your cupboards and get rid of all of the junk food, all of it! Get rid of the chips, the pretzels, the cookies, the ice cream, the sugar-ladened cereals, the pop (soda-even the diet soda), Kool-aid, the high fructose and sucrose juices, particularly the ones with 0-10% juice, the booze (all of it), and everything else in it you can find that is even remotely close to being in the junk food category.

Yes, I know that may mean you are throwing away money. Would you rather have it around your waist? Because that’s where it is going if you don’t get rid of it.

Once you have gotten rid of the junk, resolve to never allow it back in your house again. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with an occasional treat, in fact I recommend it. but if you bring anything like that into the house, make sure vit is on a limited basis and is usually done as some kind of reward for a goal accomplished or a level of fitness achieved. If you use treats in that way, they are fine and may even help to keep you on track, you won’t be quite so apt to run out and binge if every once in a while you reward yourself for reaching a milestone of some sort.

Once you’ve gotten rid of the junk, go shopping!

This time make a list of the fruits and vegetables that are on sale and that are your favorites. Go to your favorite grocery for fruits and vegetables, there is always one known for their quality and selection…go there and go wild!

Stock up on the fruit and vegetables you enjoy and begin to train yourself to snack on a piece of fruit or a ready cut and cleaned veggie you have
already for you in the fridge. Anything you do to make things easier, particularly during the first days and weeks of a weight loss program, will help you stay on track. Oranges, grapes, and melon are great for the sweet tooth. Some kinds of melons actually take more calories to digest than are in them, this is also true of certain vegetables. But for now, simply get the ones you enjoy and we will play with the choices during the upcoming 30 days of your weight loss challenge.

That’s it for Day 2!

Clean out the cupboards, and the refrigerator, and restock with the kinds of fruits and vegetables you enjoy. As you begin to walk and change your eating, you will be amazed at how soon, and how fast, the weight loss commences.

John Zajaros, “Coach Z”
216-712-6526
Skype: johnzajaros1
johnz@ultimateweightlossplan.com

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The Ultimate Weight Loss Plan: Begin With Walking

Day 1 of The Ultimate Weight Loss Plan Challenge! Stay with me for 30 days and you will transform yourself into a totally new you. You will lose weight and inches!

As mentioned in the last post, a funny thing happened on my way to neck pain, back pain, and sciatica relief…weight loss!

There are millions of websites, blogs, and fitness gurus claim to have the answer to weight loss, the secret no one else has. The reality is actually quite different, the keys to weight loss are not a secret, they are literally steps away.

I have trained athletes on and off for 30 years. Many of the athletes I’ve worked with have gone on to achieve great things and accomplish most, if not all of their personal, athletic, and professional fitness goals. I have also helped more people, men and women simply interested in getting back into shape and shedding a few pounds, than I can count with their fitness programs. Many of my clients have achieved remarkable results following a few simply and straight-forward strategies.

Of all the weight loss strategies available today, I am often asked which one is the simplest and easiest to follow, day in and day out. The answer is always the same…walking!

Over the years I have come to call it my “bipedal weight loss” strategy but it still comes down to one thing, walking equals weight loss.

“Bill’s” Weight Loss Lesson: Walking the Dog!

Years ago, I watched a friend of mine go from morbidly obese to thin, literally before my eyes, simply by walking his dog each and every night. I liked “Bill” a lot and he was so heavy I just knew he wasn’t going to make it past 40, much less all the way to retirement. His kids and mine played together and it was tough, as a friend, to broach the subject of his weight with him. I struggled with it every time I saw him. Then, one day late in the spring, I noticed Bill was walking his dog around the neighborhood. Bill and Sandy, his dog, would pass my house every evening. In no time at all, he began to lose weight, a lot of weight! The results were amazing. Not only was Bill losing weight, Sandy was too. I was so excited for him, he was melting before my eyes.

Why Did Bill Decide to Lose Weight?

It seemed to me that Bill had simply reached a point at which he had had enough. I talked with him about it and he confessed that he just got to the point where he knew if he didn’t do something he would be dead in less than 10 years. The information he provided me validated what I assumed, the pain of his life had become worse than the pain he would have to endure to reclaim his life!

Interestingly, Bill said once he made the decision, the rest fell into place and then it became a habit, after that it was easy.

He and Sandy started looking forward to their walks and in the course of a few months his waist had vanished, he was into a 34 waist and his blood pressure was an amazing 122/78.

The Irony of Bill’s Story

The ironic thing about all of it was I had provided the same sort of advice to strangers for years but when it came to approaching my friend, it was so difficult, I failed to take action. In essence, I had let him down. Bill and I talked about it later and he agreed that it had to come from inside him, that if I had simply brought up the subject of his weight and how to lose it, he would have been offended. Regardless of how he got there, it was wonderful to see him take charge of his life and it was exciting to watch him transform before my eyes.

My Personal Weight Loss Plan and the Motivation Behind It: Neck Pain, Back Pain, and Sciatica

Significantly, when it came time to get a handle on my own weight problem, and my neck pain, back pain, and sciatica, I knew the first step necessary in dealing with both excess weight and the back pain was weight loss. I had also been advising people for years about the benefits of aerobic exercise, before witnessing the amazing weight loss and physical transformation of Bill, and afterwards.

Aerobic Exercise and Walking for Weight Loss

In my opinion, walking is the best all-around aerobic exercise you can possibly to for weight loss and for neck pain, back pain, and sciatica! The thing about walking as a weight loss and chronic neck, back, and sciatic nerve pain treatemt and relief strategy is that anyone can do it. Not only can anyone do it, but it can be done almost anywhere and with a minimum of equipment or gear. Yes, the proper shoes and socks are necessary, and we will deal with the proper gear in an upcoming article and video, but there is no fancy workout aparatus or equipment equipment to buy. Additionally, there is no membership to purchase and you can build each day upon the one before, in a constant and consistent manner, what Tony Robbins refers to as CANI!

CANI! Constant and neverending improvement!

Weight Loss, Pain Relief, and Accountability Partners

So, I started walking, little dog and all! Bill’s dog was a big dog! Almost every dog I have ever owned has been a big dog. But in this case my walking partner, my accountability partner (and we will cover the need to an accountability partner, as well), is a little Puggle named TuffGuy. He is every inch a tough guy, little dog syndrome and all. But he is a constant companion on my walks and makes them a bit more fun. And, TuffGuy keeps me going on the nights when I would just as soon stay home…accountability partners are a must!

Walking, Weight Loss, and Results…Fast!

Anyway, I walked and the results cam quickly, as I knew they would. In no time I was down two pants sizes and purcahsing new belts. I measured myself, rather than weighing, because weight loss is not an accurate gauge of success, the tape is! Today I purchased 2 pair of Levis in a size 36. I haven’t been a 36 inch waist in almost 20 years. Even when exercising, my waist never seemed to break 38″. Now, I am losing inches, measuring to track my results every couple of weeks, and feeling better than I have in years.

Walking, Weight Loss, and Pain Relief

The neck pain, back pain, and sciatica is a thing of the past! I have lost weight to be sure, inches of course, and I have experienced real and lasting neck pain, back pain, and sciatica relief. I couldn’t ask for more!

Other Weight Loss Strategies

Have I used other strategies along the way?

Yes!

Once I reached a certain point, I integrated other weight loss and pain relief strategies into my overall weight loss and neck pain, back pain, and sciatica relief program…but walking is what literally and figuratvely put me on the rodd to success. If it worked for me, it can work for you.

How to Begin Your Weight Loss Walking Program

Begin by walking a few minutes each day, build slowly and consistently over a period of days, weeks, and months. In no time, you will look and feel like a new person.

Want proof?

Go back to the videos I made at the first of the year on YouTube and compare them to the most recent ones.

Enough said?

Begin your bipedal weight loss strategy today, whatever time it is, and you will be a new person in short order!

We will cover the next step in your ultimate weight loss plan tomorrow!

John

John Zajaros, “Coach Z”
216-712-6526
Skype: johnzajaros1
johnz@ultimateweightlossplan.com

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