All diet plans are not created equal. Some are good, most are worthless, some are downright dangerous.

The 6 Golden Rules of a Good Diet Plan will steer you away from the dangerous diets that employ unhealthy weight loss measures to the ones that are safe. By learning these rules you should be able to discover the LAST diet plan you will ever need.

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uestion. Tom you once wrote: ‘Who better to model than bodybuilders and fitness competitors? No athletes in the world get as lean as quickly as bodybuilders and fitness competitors. The transformations they undergo in the 12 weeks prior to competition would boggle your mind!’

Only ultra-endurance athletes come close in terms of low body fat levels, but endurance athletes like triathletes and marathoners often get lean at the expense of chewing up much of their lean muscle.” There seems to be a contradiction unless I’m missing something.

Why do bodybuilders and fitness competitors have to go through a 12 week ‘transformation’ prior to every event instead of staying ‘lean and mean’ all the time? If they practice the secrets revealed in your book ‘Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle’, shouldn’t they be staying in great shape all the time instead of having to work at losing fat prior to every competitive event?”

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Got arm fat?

Want to learn how to get rid of arm fat?

Some women I know with a healthy sense of humor refer to arm flab as "their wings" because their arm flat flaps when they walk or jog.

It’s time to get rid of your wings ladies…

…and guys, listen up: You are not immune to arm flab. Even if your don’t have any, the tips I’m about to give will help you build stronger arms.

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One of the biggest myths in fitness is that you have to maintain a certain heart rate in order to lose fat or that there is a perfect heart rate for weight loss number. But that’s just not true. Unfortunately, this myth has led to a lot of low-intensity training and therefore, a lot of failed fat loss programs.

The quicker you stop concerning yourself with the "high heart rate equals the best workout" mentality, the quicker you will start to change your body and lose weight.

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Mike Geary, author of best selling book "Truth About Abs" experimented with intense overeating on himself. He wanted to answer the question of what would happen if he overate nutritious food.

"I wanted to see if I could actually GAIN unwanted body fat by eating as much food as I wanted for six weeks straight. My theory was that if you eat the right types of food and don’t stray from those foods, the body will automatically rebalance itself, even though you’re attempting to overeat.

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It’s easy to forget the importance of everything we put into our bodies. While you can’t always eat a completely balanced diet, you can reduce your stress levels simply by choosing stress-fighting foods.

Since everyone is different, some stress-relieving foods might work for you while others may not. Your best bet will be to try them all and then incorporate the ones that work for you into your regular diet.

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uestion. I’ve been doing "Body for Life" for the past year, and did well at first, losing 3 dress sizes and 5% body fat, but then I hit a plateau and have had no more results since December. I’m wondering if I’ve been strict enough with my eating.

I bought your ebook, Burn The Fat, Feed the Muscle, and I’m very excited about the information I’ve read so far, but I need some clarification about the eating part.

I’ve been eating according to the BFL philosophy with one "cheat" day per week. What I’m reading in your Burn The Fat program is instead, to allow myself a couple of "cheat" meals any time during the week or on the weekend, but not to take an entire day off the program.

However, in your list of foods that turn to fat, you mention that certain foods should only be eaten very rarely. Does that mean that they shouldn’t even be eaten at a weekly cheat meal? I can live with that, but then, what constitutes a "cheat" meal, (for example, if my favorite hash browns aren’t allowed?

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If you don’t have variety in your program, you are more than likely to end up at a fat loss plateau soon rather than later. Variety is one of the keys to keeping that fat loss coming.

So not only should you have variety within your training week (i.e. alternate between two different interval training workouts, rather than just doing the same interval workout each time), but you should also change these workouts every 4 weeks.

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Is there really a best interval training system for fat loss?

Do intervals really work as well as regular cardio for fat loss?

Conservatively, intervals are at least as effective as regular aerobic training for fat loss. Personally, I believe intervals are far superior. And there is no denying that intervals allow you to get your workouts done a lot faster than slow, boring cardio workouts.

I have to admit, there is no best interval training program for fat loss. But that is a good thing, because there are so many ways that you can change your interval training to keep your fat loss results coming week in and week out.

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This article by Isabel De Los Rios is in a simple question and answer format. She answers the most common questions people have about calories like,

• "What is a calorie?"
• "How are calories burned?"
• "Is it possible to eat too few calories?" and…
• "What are the consequenses of following a low-calorie diet?

Many people don’t eat until they’ve consulted their little calorie counting book. The question is, do we need to be so anal about calories? Does it even help? Allow Isabel to clear up your misconceptions about calories so that you unhook yourself from the calorie counting ball and chain.

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