Fat Loss: One Mistake That All Women Make

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Believing in the "Cardio Cures Everything" mentality is the biggest mistake that all women make when it comes to fat loss.

Let me explain…

One morning as I was walking home from the gym I passed by a young women – about 28 years old – who was talking on her iPhone. I heard her say, "I’m going for a walk now to get some exercise because I’m going out for a bad dinner tonight."

And I just wanted to yell, "No – no – no – no – no! That doesn’t work. It never has, it never will."

You can’t out-cardio a bad diet.

Every woman I’ve ever met has made that mistake and had that "cardio cures all mindset" at one time or another – and it goes for all of the guys I know, too.

Unfortunately, at most, this young woman will probably only burn an extra 300-500 calories during her walk – if it’s a really long walk. But at dinner, she’s likely to eat 400-700 calories during the appetizer alone and probably consume that much and more in liquid calories as well!

(NOTE: By "bad dinner", I’m guessing she meant a high-calorie meal.)

The bottom line is that a single cardio session will not beat a bad diet.

Now you might be thinking, "At least a pre-meal cardio session is better than nothing."

Is it?

One British study I read found that some people OVEREAT in response to cardio exercise.

So when dinner comes around, this poor girl might think, "Oh, I did that long walk today, so I can treat myself to a bigger dinner or dessert."

The only thing that comes close to compensating for a bad diet is high intensity interval training and resistance training. Even then it would be better to control your food intake to take full advantage of your workout.

Back in 2007, an Australian research study on interval training was getting a LOT of press because of the impressive results. In the study, women who did interval training were able to lose belly fat without changing their diet.

In fact, one subject, named Louise, said this:

"My diet was pretty bad back then, with lots of sweets, junk foo, doughnuts and sugar – it was awful."

And yet by the end of this study, interval training helped Louise burn 17.6 pounds of fat in just 15 weeks – WITHOUT changing her diet.

Perhaps it IS POSSIBLE for you to out-train a bad diet – but ONLY if you use interval training.

And that’s just another reason the best short-burst fat burning workouts are based on this specific type of fat burning exercise.

So here’s what you need to do:

1. Give up the "Cardio Confessional Mentality" and understand that you can’t "out-cardio a bad diet".
2. Stick to your simple lifestyle nutrition plan 90% of the time and then enjoy your 10% reward meals GUILT-FREE.
3. Use interval training to burn the fat and resistance training to sculpt your body.

It’s that simple – a 3-step system for fat loss success that is guaranteed to work every time.

Here’s the program that shows you EXACTLY what to do:

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Enjoy guilt-free eating and fat loss with this mindset.

Sincerely,

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS

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About the Author:

Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines.

His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss workouts have been featured multiple times in Men’s Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines and all over the Internet, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week.

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