Weightloss Strategies
by Dr. Eric Berg
Dr. Berg, a Certified Doctor of Chiropractic, has turned his practice mainly to a number of new and
relatively unknown, but increasingly popular therapies, known as NAET, JMT, and a therapy developed
by Dr. Berg himself, known as BRT, or Body Restoration TechniqueTM.
Weight Loss Strategies Mini Course
Targeting Belly Fat
By Eric Berg DC
Author of the book, The 7 Principles of Fat Burning
Part One
The Three Biggest Mistakes People Make with Exercise.
Exercise does NOT burn fat directly at all. The way fat is
melted is not through some heating of the
body.
Fat can not
be melted like butter. The fat cells are storage centers for
energy. They are the
energy reserve.
Fat exists to help you
survive. When the body becomes out of balance with its energy
consumption it will
then hold energy.
Exercise has the ability to trigger hormones, that then release
the fat for energy. So the first problem with
people exercising
is not understanding this "hormone triggering" effect.
Here's how it works.
1. You stress and tear down the muscles of the body.
2. The body then builds back these muscles a little stronger.
3. The energy used to build these muscles can come from two sources - sugar or fat.
4. If you are not eating sugar, the body then is forced to use fat.
5. This process occurs during the downtime - rest period.
So here are the THREE biggest mistakes.
The first one is NOT stressing or tearing down the muscles enough. This happens
through
intensity. If the
exercise is not intense, not enough hormone will be triggered.
The second mistake is consume some or
even
a little sugar in the diet, which will
automatically
prevent ANY fat burning form occuring. Even three
ounces of
juice will prevent fat
burning for eight
hours. Wine will do it too.
The third mistake is that the
person is working
out EVERY DAY and never allowing the hormones
to be activated since these fat burning
hormones work in the
off day NOT during
the exercise.
Summary
1. Do intense exercise - see last chapter in my book for the exact pattern. Also if the adrenals are weak,
you'll need to do the adrenal program for a while first.
2. Avoid all sugars and hidden sugars.
3. Exercise only every other day. And in some cases, every two days might produce
more weight loss.
In Part Two I will talk about foods that trigger fat burning hormones.
Dr. Berg
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