Top 3 Beach Body Secrets To Weight Loss

The 3 Key Secrets To Real Weight Loss

Losing weight is hard.

Seeking advice on how to do it is even harder, because it seems everyone has "the magic formula."

This is exactly why you hear so many overweight people say "I've tried everything, and still can't lose weight!" It is so frustrating that many people give in to quick fix pills and fad diets, feeling desperate enough to buy into anything that promises to work.

Here are three tips about weight loss that may surprise you.

1. Consume Enough Calories

Did you know that not taking in enough calories while dieting can actually halt weight loss altogether?

It's true.

You can work out religiously, with blood, sweat and pain, and if you aren't fueling your body properly, it will go into reserve mode and hang on to the fat you are trying so hard to get rid of. When trying to lose weight, the last thing you want is for your metabolism to slow down, but that's what will happen if you do not consume enough of the right kinds of calories.

2. Schedule Your Meals

There are three key times to fuel your body when you are in an exercise program: before your workout, during, and after. These are in addition to your three to four small meals per day of lean meat, veggies and small amounts of fruit.

An example of pre-workout intake is a banana, water of course, and something with a small amount of carbohydrate, electrolytes and vitamins A, C, E and zinc, such as a packet of Gu. Drink water and have an electrolyte based, sugar-free Beach Body Recovery Formula for during your workout, then when you finish have a recovery shake like EPXPLUS Body Nourish, that has just a few carbohydrates and a good amount of protein.

You will be amazed at how much more you can handle during a hard workout if you fuel this way. Your miles per gallon will go way up just as your car does when you use high-octane gasoline. Remember: better fueling equals harder, faster, and stronger bodies.

3. Control Your Sugar Intake

Perhaps the worst roadblock of all for most of us is sugar.

Sugar is in almost everything, and except for the small amount of fruit in your balanced diet, you should avoid it.

Read your food labels, watching out for any type of sugar. Any ingredient containing "cose" in the word means sugar: glucose, fructose, sucrose, and so on. For some people, sugar is the real enemy, especially for people with hypoglycemia (chronic low blood sugar) or hyperglycemia (chronic high blood sugar).

Consuming sugar triggers your body to do certain things, and the short version of this story is that sugar is what is standing in most people's way in terms of fat loss.

Consuming sugar triggers insulin to be released into the blood stream. In a person with stable blood sugar levels, this simply means a bit of the sugar will be used immediately for energy, but the remaining sugar goes straight into storage for later (the F-word: fat).

For people with hypoglycemia, the sugar triggers so much insulin that it creates a spike, followed by a crash, meaning they feel worse and more tired after eating sugars than they did before.

The key for hypoglycemics is to keep blood sugar levels stable by eating low sugar foods (listed in the Glycemic Index) throughout the day.

"But won't eating all day cause me to gain weight?"

No.

Eating foods low on the glycemic index throughout the day will keep your body from releasing insulin all day long, and you'll be able to actually use the small amounts of natural sugars in your food for energy instead of storing it.

This is great advice even if your blood sugar levels are normal and naturally stable.

So for that perfect beach body follow these three simple rules: don't starve your body for calories, stick to a sensible eating schedule, and eliminate the sugars.

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