calories Archive

  • 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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  • 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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  • 3500 Calories To Lose A Pound – Is This Formula All Wrong?

    3500 Calories To Lose A Pound – Is This Formula All Wrong?

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com Most fitness conscious people have heard that there are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, so if you create a deficit of 3500 calories in a week, you lose a pound of weight. If you create a deficit of 7000 calories in a week, you lose two pounds, [...]

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  • How Liquid Calories May Be Making You Fat… Even Your Favorite Protein Drinks!

    How Liquid Calories May Be Making You Fat… Even Your Favorite Protein Drinks!

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com At least 7 scientific studies have provided strong evidence that energy containing beverages (i.e., “liquid calories”) do not properly activate the satiety mechanisms in the body and brain and do not satisfy the appetite as well as food in solid form. Epidemiological research also supports a positive association between [...]

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  • Steady State Cardio 5 X More Effective Than HIIT????

    Steady State Cardio 5 X More Effective Than HIIT????

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com High Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT for short, has been promoted as one of the most effective training methods ever to come down the pike, both for fat loss and for cardiovascular fitness. One of the most popular claims for HIIT is that it burns “9 times more fat” [...]

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  • 2 Cardio Mistakes You’re Still Making

    2 Cardio Mistakes You’re Still Making

    By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS www.BurnTheFat.com The controversies over cardio for fat loss are endless: steady state versus intervals, fed versus fasted, long and easy versus short and intense, and so on. Obviously there is a lot of interest in cardio training and how to do it right. Sadly, most people are still doing 2 [...]

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