Author: Scott Avery

Why serving sizes and portions are important for meeting your fatloss goals

So you’re trying to lose weight and you’ve been doing everything “right”. All the foods are “clean” and its everything you’ve been reading about to get to your goals. You’re even tracking your cals and still the scale isnt moving.  You start to think that its your “metabolism ” and you are doomed. I’m here to give you that “phewww ” moment. Its not your metabolism, it’s your measuring accuracy. Measuring accuracy matters. Without it will have you spinning your wheels. Portion control works well for this reason. The beauty of it is that its not your metabolism! You...

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Water weight and explanation of why you gain weight when your diet is over

Everyone wants to get to their goal weight. They put their eyes on a number and go for it.  That’s okay and dandy to set your goal that way If its what drives you. I would say that having an ideal range would be a better option.  The reason being is on your weight journey down, you may like the way you feel at a certain point. Mark that down and keep trucking along. If you get really lean you may like the way you look, but you may not like how you feel. I know that may sound...

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how to use a food scale and log the food correctly

1) buy a food scale 2)make sure it has batteries 3)press the power button 4)set the scale to grams or ounces (grams are more precise) 5)press the tare to set to zero 6)put a plate on the scale (it should show you a number, this is the weight of the plate) 7) press the tare to set to zero (now we can weigh the food ) 8) put food onto the plate ( this example we will use rice) 9) get the measurement of the white rice (example here is 150grams) 10) look up white rice cooked on your...

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Where do I start?

The answer is start now. Just start. There isn’t a perfect time, day, or thing thats going to push you foreword. There isn’t a shortcut. The shortcut is to start. If you start and fail, at least you started. Pick up and try again. What made you quit? What can you do better this time around? What can you take for your past failure? Who cares about doing it right, how does it feel doing it wrong? People, in order to get where you want to go, you have to do things wrong to find out whats right. The difference is not giving up. Take what you did RIGHT and apply it to your next go. Learn what you can do different from your last time you tried. The failure lies within the mind. The way you look at the failure is going to determine your outcome to success. Praise your failure because you just learned something. Difficulties and struggles in everyday life are going to be there, and you must try to push through them. It’s easy to make an excuse and give in. Do what is easy and have a hard life, do what is hard and have an easy life. It’s your decision. 1st lets talk about what you can do, and forget what you can’t do. 2nd is to find what you like about fitness,...

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Cheat days are ruining your progress: 5 reasons to avoid this.

It creates a huge calorie surplus– having a cheat day can create some damage. Say the start of a cheat day out is a big breakfast of pancakes doused in syrup, butter, a glass of orange juice and some sausage (1500calories roughly). Lunch is Wendy’s for  a junior bacon cheeseburger, large fry and large coke (1200 cals) and dinner you decide to grab a 4 piece boneless wing and cheesey potato wedge basket from b dubs washed down with 1 beer (1200cals+) Congratulations! Your grand calorie total for the day 3900 calories! We didn’t even count the dipping sauces....

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