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  • Diet Compliance vs. Cheating – How Strict Should You Be?

    Diet Compliance vs. Cheating – How Strict Should You Be?

    By Tom Venuto, CSCS, NSCA-CPT www.burnthefat.com QUESTION: Hello Tom, I’ve been doing BFL for the past year, and did well at first, losing 3 dress sizes and 5% body fat, but then I totally hit a plateau and have had no more results since December. I’m wondering if I’ve been strict enough with my eating [...]

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  • Everything You Need To Know About Loose Skin And Weight Loss

    Everything You Need To Know About Loose Skin And Weight Loss

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com I receive a lot of e-mail from people with loose skin or from overweight people who are concerned about having loose skin after they lose the weight. In fact, this is one of the biggest concerns and most frequently asked questions I receive from men and women who have [...]

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  • The Truth About Counting Calories And Weight Loss

    The Truth About Counting Calories And Weight Loss

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com Do calories matter or do you simply need to eat certain foods and that will guarantee you’ll lose weight? Should you count calories or can you just count “portions?” Is it necessary to keep a food diary? Is it unrealistic to count calories for the rest of your life [...]

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  • The Glycemic Index (GI) – Key To Fat Loss Or Just Another Diet Gimmick

    The Glycemic Index (GI) – Key To Fat Loss Or Just Another Diet Gimmick

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com The glycemic index (GI) is a scale from 1 to 100 that measures how quickly carbohydrate foods are broken down into glucose. The original purpose for the glycemic index was to help diabetics keep their blood sugar under control. The glycemic index has recently attracted a lot of attention [...]

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  • Did You Inherit Fat Genes? The Truth About Biology And Body Fat

    Did You Inherit Fat Genes? The Truth About Biology And Body Fat

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com “Battle Your Biology? Fat Chance,” proclaimed a headline recently in the health section of the New York Post newspaper. Quoting new research and citing psychologists, dietitians and physicians, the article says that more and more evidence proves that your weight is genetically determined, and if you’re fat, “it’s not [...]

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  • How To Lose 20 Pounds Really, Really Fast

    How To Lose 20 Pounds Really, Really Fast

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com Back “in the day” when I was a full time personal trainer and I met with weight loss clients in person at my New Jersey Health Club, the first thing I would always ask during the initial consultation was: “Tell me what you want… and I’ll show you how [...]

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  • Don’t Be A Big Loser – Why You Should Say No To Quick Weight Loss

    Don’t Be A Big Loser – Why You Should Say No To Quick Weight Loss

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com Patience. It’s the one thing you never seem to have when you’ve got a body fat problem. You want the fat gone and you want it gone now! And why not? It seems so do-able. Everywhere you look, you read and hear promises of quick weight loss and you [...]

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  • The Top 10 Bonehead Workout Mistakes

    The Top 10 Bonehead Workout Mistakes

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com “Common workout mistakes” has always been a very popular topic in fitness publications. But no matter how many times this subject is re-hashed, you almost always hear about the same half a dozen or so mistakes, including poor form, overtraining, going too heavy, not stretching, not warming up, yadda, [...]

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  • Banking Calories – Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later?

    Banking Calories – Eat Less Now To Pig Out Later?

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com Suppose you’re on a diet and you have a banquet or a holiday party coming up. You’re expecting a big meal to be served for dinner, and there will be open bar with lots and lots of “party snacks.” You’re not sure if there will be any healthy food [...]

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  • Nutrition Or Training – Which Is More Important

    Nutrition Or Training – Which Is More Important

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.burnthefat.com Legendary bodybuilding trainer Vince, “The Iron Guru” Gironda was famous for saying, “Bodybuilding is 80% nutrition!” But is this really true or is it just another fitness and bodybuilding myth passed down like gospel without ever being questioned? Which is really more important, nutrition or training? This IS an [...]

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