Understanding what hormones regulate your metabolism is the first step in learning how to set your body up for optimal fat loss. Everyone has a unique resting metabolic rate determined by the amount of lean muscle they have, genetics (DNA makeup), and hormonal balances. The secret to successfully increasing your metabolism and burning fat revolves around creating the optimal hormonal balances for maximizing your metabolic rate. Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 - Shane Doll
For years it’s been common knowledge that consuming too many calories would make you fat and cutting back on calories would make you lose weight. As you probably already know through experience it’s just not that simple.
Would you believe that no one has ever proven the calorie theory to be true? Nobody. There’s not a single research study that you’ll find that shows if you feed people the same amount of excess calories they will gain the same amount of weight or vice versa. Read the rest of this entry »
Thursday, January 29th, 2009 - Shane Doll
Let me paint a picture for you and tell me if this sounds familiar. You had dinner at around 7:00 PM and now it’s 9:30 PM and you’re hungry again but you’re not sure what to eat. You don’t want to sabotage your weight loss but here’s the problem.
You’ll be up for another couple of hours and who wants to go to bed starving? Am I getting this right so far? I get tons of questions over night time eating and figured it would be helpful to separate fact from fiction. Is it true that if you eat past 7:00PM you’ll store body fat? Is it good to go to bed hungry? What are the best foods to eat at night? Here’s the deal. Read the rest of this entry »
