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Being an Orange County Personal Trainer, I have encountered tons of people who have done all the wrong things possible to lose weight and get into shape.  No wonder this country is so FAT!  Well, I am sick and tired of all these so-called fitness experts giving wrong advice or selling useless gadgets or pills, promising dreams of fat loss.

Well, I am here to break it down to you, and let you know what the top 3 mistakes are that people keep making when trying to lose weight.

Mistake #1 - Cardio

People think that traditional cardio, slow-paced cardio, is the best method to losing weight.  It’s not.  In fact, it may even be counter productive in that it may cause you to lose valuable calorie burning muslce.  You don’t want this.  You are far better off if you lift weights and use a much more intense type of cardio training, known as interval training.

Mistake #2 - Taking Diet Pills

Most of these diet pills simply don’t work.  And no matter how many diet pills you take, if you don’t follow an intelligent, healthy, and balanced nutrition program, you will never get into the shape you want.  And that’s a fact.

Mistake #3 - Eating Once A Day or Too Few Calories

This is the most common mistakes among women.  If you eat too few calories or only a couple of times a day, you are severely putting your body into starvation mode, thus slowing down your metabolism greatly.  And if you are trying to lose weight, this is a no no.

When I was a Santa Barbara Personal Trainer, I use to train this lady who did all three of these mistakes, and she could never lose any serious amount of weight.  But, after working with her and correcting these bad habbits, she lost 27.2 lbs. in 3 months. 

Bottom line, just use the correct method and you will get outstanding results.

Personal Training in Irvine has been great, helping people lose fat and get into great shape.  But, part of getting into great shape, is not only exercising, but also what you eat.  There are 3 outstanding foods that help you burn fat.

First, egg whites.  Egg whites are awesome.  Not only are they a great souce of high quality protein, but they have no fat.  This helps you build quality muscle and ignite your metabolism, burning more fat than ever.

Second, broccoli.  Broccoli, along with all your greens, are a great source of rich vitamins and nutrients.  Also, it takes a lot more calories to digest broccoli that it contains itself. 

And third, salmon.  This is great fish, not only is it a great source of quality protein, but salmon also has a high content of quality fats, known as unsaturated fats.

Ron Brouchard

www.getfitorangecounty.com

It’s that time of year where every other person is making a New Year’s resolution to lose weight and get in shape.  Sadly, most of these people will fail.  Why?  Because they have no written, formalized plan or strategy to lose weight and also specific measureable check points.

It’s a fact, that 93% of people fail in completing their New Year’s Resolution.  But, you don’t have to be one of those crazy yahoos who never make it.

All you have to know is a few things:

1.  What is your outcome (lose certain amount of pounds, body fat percentage, etc.)

2.  Choose the correct strategy for your specific outcome

3.  Apply the massive action to get it.

4.  Recognize if your method is getting you closer to your outcome, if not, change your method.

Good luck and remember, nothing worth wild, comes easy.

Ron Khawar

www.getfitorangecounty.com

It’s that time of year again, where everyone makes their New Year’s Resolution.  Did you know that 93% of people who make New Year resolutions never keep them.  No big suprise.  And the number one New Year’s resolution is get into shape.

Well, I don’t want you guys not to reach your goals of crushing body fat and getting into the greatest shape of your lives.  I am going to give a couple of things you will need to do if you are really serious about getting into phenomenal shape.

First, you will need to name 3 things you can focus on that will help you achieve all your health and fitness goals.  Only 3 things you feel you can do.  They can be joining a gym and going, hiring a personal trainer, working with a nutritionist, joining a jogging class, etc.  But, you only can pick 3.  This way you will not get overwhelmed.

Second, you need to set up several deadline dates throughout the year and a specific result you would like to have reached in that time frame.  For example, you may want to have a deadline of February 15, 2009 to have lost 12 lbs.  Whatever it is, make it and make sure you get the result in that time frame.  Break up the year into quarterly and monthly goals.

And third, have a friend or anyone you trust, to keep you accountable.  This will be a person who will check in with you to make sure you are doing what you are suppose to and getting the results you are suppose to as well.

If you follow these 3 things, you will be able to finally keep this New Year’s resolution and also get the body of your dreams. 

Ron Khawar

www.getfitorangecounty.com

Happy Holidays to all of you.  This is the time of year to have a great time with friends and family.  Also, this is the time most people are packing another 5 to 10 lbs. of pure lard.  And I know, everyone is going to start their new diet and exercise program come January.

Well, I want to help all of you get into great shape by destroying some myths.

1.  In order to get into great and lean shape you need to do tons of cardio.

This is wrong.  Slow-paced cardio is the worst thing.  You don’t burn that many calories.  Plus, your metabolism is not boosted very long afterwards.  Whereas if you do intense stop and go training, known as Interval Training, jacks your metabolic rate tremendously for up to 48 hours afterwards, burning a ton more fat.

2.  Your dreams of a lean and sexy body are locked in these fat-loss pills.

NOT TRUE.  Most of your supplements do not work.  They are a complete waste of money.  All you need is to just follow an intelligent exercise program and a healthy diet.

3.  Doing tons of situps and crunches are going to give you a flat stomach.

WRONG!  Doing tons of ab exercises are not going crush your belly fat and get you six pack abs.  You can’t spot reduce fat.  In order to get a flat and tone stomach you need to lose overall body fat.  The best thing is to do whole body workouts that will burn tons of fat, combined with a good nutrition program.

Follow these simple tips and you will see a new body appear in 2009.

Ron Khawar

www.getfitorangecounty.com

Hey guys, it’s that time of year again.  You know, where everyone promises themselves how they are going to change their lives or give up something.  I am sure you know what the most popular New Year’s resolution is.  That’s right, it’s to lose weight and get into shape.  You may even have made this resolution yourself.

Unfortunately, most people who make this resolution, never keep it.  Studies show that 93% of people that make resolutions never keep them.  What an incredible failure rate. 

I would like to suggest  a couple of things that will help you this coming new year to be successful with your weight loss goals.

1.  Define specifically the result you want with your body in measurable terms with a deadline.  For example, you may want to lose 35 pounds in 6 months.

2.  Pick 3 things you can do that will help you achieve your fitness goal, such as hiring a personal trainer, following a great nutrition program and doing cardio activity.

3.  Set a series of short deadlines or evaluations.  For example, you can get a body fat test every 4 weeks.  This will keep you extremely accountable to reaching your fitness goals.  You have to have frequent measurements to ensure you are on track towards the result you want.

Follow this simple advice and don’t give up.  You will be very happy you did.  Good luck.

Train hard and eat even smarter.

Ron Khawar

www.getfitorangecounty.com

Man, I get this all the time.  Owning of one of the largest personal training companies in Orange County, people always want to keep their alcohol in their diet.  And I mean a lot of alcohol.  We had one client who drank an entire two bottles of wine every night with dinner, by himself. 

Hey, I am all for enjoying life, but I think he had a slight problem.  Anyways, after working with him, we cut down his wine consumption from two bottles to two glasses.  And on weekends he could drink as much as we wanted.  After 5 weeks, he lost 12.8 pounds of ugly body fat and lost his craving for wine.  And in four months, he went from 22% body fat to 11% body fat.

The point I am trying to make is that it is ok to drink alcohol so long as you keep it in moderation.  And avoid the high caloric beverages such as any drink with fruit juices.  That is just going to jack up your alcohol consumption. 

Second, if you are looking to get a great buzz, go for shots.  You will get a buzz much faster without adding on too many calories.

Third, avoid beer.  Beer is so fattening and promotes estrogen in your body and you don’t want that.  Estrogen is a female hormone, making you retain water and hold onto fat.

So, if you guys know you are going to go out and drink, just cut down your carbs during the day to compensate for the alcohol sugars you are going to be consuming.

Train hard and eat smarter.  And don’t forget to drive safe.

Ron Khawra

www.getfitorangecounty.com

I get asked this all the time.  Are low-carb diets the best way to go to lose weight?  In general, no.  The atkins diet made the low-carb diet populary due to the extreme and quick weight-loss.  But, the weight-loss was 50% muscle and 50% fat, thus making you a smaller fat person.  Plus, these low-carb diets are very unhealthy and make you very acidic, creating an environment that is susceptible to disease and cancer.

You need carbs, healthy carbs.  Its about moderation.  There are good carbs and there are bad carbs.  You want to definately stay away from the bad carbs, which are usually your processed foods.  The good carbs are your raw foods, such as potatoes, yams, brown rice, whole-grains, peas, and so on.  If you pair these healthy carbs with protein and fiber, such as broccoli, spinach, or green beans, you will start burning some serious fat and building some nice, sexy, tone muscle.

Until next time, keep training hard and eat even smarter.

Ron Khawar

www.getfitoranagecounty.com

I know this is the time of year that it is difficult to stay motivated to eat healthy meals, let alone get yourself in the gym a few times a week.  With all the Christmas parties, the Christmas parties and traveling, it is very easy to gain a few pounds.

It’s ok to splurge and take some down time to recharge your batteries, then comeback with a vengence.  But, you don’t need to go overboard.  First, there is not a Christmas party every single day at every meal.  So, you need to eat healthy throughout the day as much as you can, and splurge a little here and there.  Don’t just let your nutrition go totally haywire. 

Second, you can still workout, but maybe cut the frequency down a little or change things up.  If you work out with a buddy or work out outside, you can break up the monotony and have some fun. 

Third, just remember how you want to look to keep focused on your goal.  This will always keep you on the future instead of moving away from some painful place of being over-weight.  Most people lose some weight, then get comfortable, then start sabotaging themselves.  Don’t do that.  Keep moving forward towards your vision.

And fourth, if you are skiing, you can burn a lot of calories skiing.  You can even throw in some cross crounty skiing.  That will really kick your butt.  

Have a great holiday and stay fit.

Ron Khawar

Certified Personal Trainer &Nutritionist

www.getfitorangecounty.com

Everyone knows the importance of fruits and vegetables, but most people don’t even come close to eating enough every day.  Worse yet, all the fruits and vegetables are contaminated with pesticides and other chemicals, unless you get organic. 

I have the solution.  I stumbled across a phenomenal product.  This product is the equivalent of eating 17 fruits and vegetables every day.  The best part is that it is 100% organic, with no synthetic or artificial ingredients whatsoever.

This is not multi-vitamin, but a whole-food.  Which is much better.  There are so many healing proprieties to this product.  I have recommended this product to many of our clients and the success stories are amazing.  One of our clients had a serious condition of IBS, where she was taking prescription pills for it.  After only 2 months of taking this revolutionary product, she stopped taking medication and her IBS went away.

Another client of ours struggled to eat right and lose weight.  After a month of this whole-based food, his cravings for unhealthy food went away and he lost 17 lbs. in 9 weeks. 

This amazing product is called, “Juice Plus.”  It’s an amazing product that I totally reommend.  Being a nutritionist, I have never seen anything like this.  Many doctors and holistic healers recommend this product to their patients. 

If you would like to learn more about this product, go to www.getfitwithjuiceplus.com.

Train hard and eat smart.

Ron Khawar

Certified Personal Trainer & Nutritionist

www.getfitorangecounty.com