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Lose 10 Pounds Look 20 Pounds Younger in 4 Easy Steps

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Wishing You Could Turn Back Time? Losing 10 Pounds Is The Perfect Way To Look Younger

Stopping the clock may not be optional but getting old and podgy is. By losing weight, even just 10 pounds, you can slow the effects of aging and begin to feel and look years younger.

Do you find yourself looking back to a time when you felt healthy, energetic and strong? Are you longing to bring that feeling into the present... or at least wishing you could still slip into your favorite jeans gathering dust in your closet?

When we wonder how to look younger, rarely do we think that losing 10 pounds is the answer. In this article we are going to look at how to lose 10 pounds and turn yourself back around. More importantly, we will look at how to do it in a way that will help you look and feel like you did when you were 20 pounds lighter. I will outline a way to improve your health & fitness, accelerate your weight loss, and bring lean, tight and trim back to your future. And I'm going to show you how to do it safely and naturally in 4 easy steps.

Table of Contents

  1. How Can Losing 10 Pounds Help You Stay Young?
  2. STEP 1: Getting Motivated To Lose Weight
  3. STEP 2: What To Eat To Lose 10 Pounds
  5. STEP 3: The Best Cardio To Lose Weight
  6. STEP 4: The Most Effective Strength Training For Weight Loss
  7. All The Tools You Need To Lose 10 Pounds
  8. My Favorite Inspiration

How Can Losing 10 Pounds Help You Stay Young?

So many of the changes we experience as we age are the direct result of daily lifestyle choices. These problems can be prevented, even reversed, by losing weight.

Typically, in order to successfully lose weight we must adopt a lifestyle of better nutrition and healthy activity. These improvements can have health benefits that reach far beyond just weight loss.

If your body is beginning to show the symptoms of "getting old" faster than you would like, losing weight is a POWERFUL first step to begin living younger and restoring youthful vitality.

Lose 10 pounds and...

  • Increase your resistance to diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, and cancer by up to half.

  • Lower your risk of age related brain disorders such as cognitive decline, dementia, memory loss, and alzheimer's.

  • Get back your libido by increasing testosterone levels (important for women too), increasing blood circulation, improving sex hormone production, and stimulating sexual drive & performance.

  • Reduce or eliminate your need for medications with aging side effects.

  • Counteract depression and enjoy relief from the symptoms of mood disorders.

  • Improve the function of your brain, heart, liver, kidney, and digestive system.

  • Significantly improve your complexion and prevent premature aging of your skin.

  • Increase your energy, motivation, appearance, self-esteem, and success.

STEP 1: Getting Motivated To Lose Weight

Attitude Really Is Everything

lose-10-20-poundsCultivating a winning mindset is the very first thing you need to do to achieve success with weight loss. Your mindset will be the GLUE that holds your weight loss process together. It should be fueled by motivation, knowledge, and determination.

Let's look at how you can set yourself up for SUCCESS.

To establish a POSITIVE & FOCUSED mindset it's helpful to:

  • Identify your larger goal.

  • Break it all down into smaller, easily obtainable goals.

  • Realize what your challenges are and prepare for them.

  • Make the commitment and simply TAKE ACTION.


MAINTAIN YOUR BRAIN and sustain your mindset. You can stay motivated to lose weight by making sure you are getting:

  • Optimal nutrition

  • Adequate amounts of sleep

  • Consistent exercise
Important!

Be Open To Discovery

Strive to embrace a mindset that is open to learning new information, open to trying things a different way, and open to facing new challenges. The end result will be worth it as you discover what works for YOU. I promise... :-)

STEP 2: What To Eat To Lose 10 Pounds

Nutrition Is The BULK OF THE EQUATION When It Comes To Burning Fat & Losing Weight

The majority of your weight loss success will be dependent upon the food you eat. Your diet should inculde healthy fats, lean protein, complex carbs, and plenty of water.

For something that is surprisingly simple in theory, diet is by far our GREATEST CHALLENGE when it comes to consistency and success with losing weight. We have very strong feelings associated with the food we eat and how we eat it. However, successful weight loss almost always involves a strict dietary shift.

It's important to follow a healthy eating plan that meets all of your nutritional requirements and also leaves you feeling satisfied and not deprived. It is equally important to follow a diet that not only works to take the weight off yet is one that you can live with long term.

Here are some tips to get started:

  • Start the day off with 8-16 oz. of water. Add a tablespoon of lemon or lime juice and repeat at 2 hour intervals throughout the day.

  • Limit simple carbs and increase complex carbs. Eliminate sugar, juice, soda, white rice, potatoes, and increase fruits and veggies. Eat one third to one half of your daily intake as raw vegetables and fruits (eat more vegetables than fruits).

  • Add a lean protein to all meals and snacks and eat every 3-5 hours. For example, wild caught fish (salmon, tuna, halibut, shrimp), lean meats (poultry, grass fed beef, ground turkey), eggs, and protein drinks. Never starve yourself or deprive yourself of nutrition.

  • Include healthy dietary fats. Good fats are a necessary component of any weight loss effort. Not eating the correct fats will actually slow your progress. Some good sources of healthy fat are olive oil, flax seed, avocado, almonds, and fish, to name just a few.

  • Eliminate all processed foods. Avoid fast foods, sodas, and artificial everything. Processed foods are genetically modified chemical concoctions that prevent your body from functioning optimally and cause obesity & disease.

  • Eat only whole foods. Whole foods are foods in their natural, unaltered state. Be mindful about what you put into your body; realize that many diseases are linked in some way to poor food consumption.

"The mechanics of weight loss are undeniable... burn away excess fat through diet and exercise. It's the execution that determines whether we succeed."

STEP 3: The Best Cardio To Lose Weight

INCLINE/INTERVAL CARDIO

los-10-poundsDepending on your weight loss goals and your fitness level you should be doing cardio anywhere from 3-5 times per week for a period of 15-30 minutes per session.

Why is cardio important for fast weight loss?
Cardio increases your metabolism and fires up your fat burn by elevating your heart rate and increasing blood flow.

What is incline/interval cardio?
Put a spin on your cardio by incorporating INCLINE and INTERVAL into your aerobic workout. Incline/interval cardio is a form of HIIT (high intensity interval training) with the added element of incline. The sessions are short bursts of high intensity cardio performed on an incline and alternated with slow to medium intensity cardio. For example, sprinting for 20 seconds on an incline followed by jogging or walking for 10 seconds. The entire workout is usually short in duration (10-20 minutes) with a warm up and cool down period. Incline and interval cardio will burn the most calories in the shortest amount of time and yet use the most muscle groups. Using this method takes less than half of the amount of time that regular cardio takes yet reduces the number and duration of your workouts.

You can apply the incline & interval technique to just about any cardio exercise. Here are some examples:

  • walking, running, hiking, hill climbing and running stairs

  • treadmill runs

  • stair stepper sessions

  • elliptical machine work outs

  • step-up sets using a bench or chair

By combining INTERVAL and INCLINE to your aerobic activity, you will be burning fat for hours after your workout is over.

STEP 4: The Most Effective Strength Training For Weight Loss

CIRCUIT TRAINING

Build muscle, increase your metabolism, and burn fat with CIRCUIT TRAINING only 10-20 minutes 2 to 3 times weekly.

How does strength training work to accelerate fat loss?
Active muscle burns calories. As we age we lose up to five pounds of muscle in a decade and we burn fewer calories on a daily basis. Yet most of us continue to eat as we always have. It only makes sense that the older we get the more weight we gain. Strength training helps promote fat loss and prevent weight gain by replacing lost muscle, increasing our metabolism, and increasing calorie burn.

What is circuit training?
Circuit training is simply strength training with an added aerobic benefit. Circuit training is fast and focused and there is no resting between sets (exercises). A good example of circuit training using only your body weight would be plyometrics (like P90X). A good example of circuit training using free weights would be lifting with dumbbells or a kettlebell training workout. Circuit training produces the same metabolic effects that interval cardio does. It can elevate fat burn for up to 16 hours after your workout has been completed. Circuit training is another SMART way to get the maximum amount of fat burn within the shortest amount of time.

All The Tools You Need To Lose 10 Pounds

...and begin to Look and Feel 20 Pounds Younger

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All of the tools you need to turn yourself back around... you already own. Losing weight, getting fit. and feeling younger are really just matters of EMPOWERING yourself. Whether it's losing the last 10 lbs for a final slim down or making dramatic changes to your lifestyle and body image 10 pounds at a time, with just some basic knowledge, a trip to the grocery store, and a healthy dose of determination, you can begin burning some serious fat, very quickly - which I think is REALLY EXCITING for anyone who has been STRUGGLING to lose weight successfully and keep it off for good.

If you are willing to learn, willing to come at things with a fresh perspective, and willing to experiment a little, these 4 steps are easily the ABSOLUTE BEST way to lose weight and look younger naturally.

The simple solution that yields sensational results in 4 easy steps:


  1. a focused mindset

  2. the right changes to your diet

  3. incline/interval cardio

  4. circuit strength training


By following these steps, not only can you lose 10 pounds of fat, but you can also slow (and even reverse) the symptoms of aging, and sculpt your body into looking and feeling 20 pounds younger. What I love about this approach is that depending on what your wishes and goals are, there is NO LIMIT to the level you can take this.

My Favorite Inspiration

Thinking of Ben NEVER FAILS To Fortify Me When I'm Seeking Strength

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What is inspiring you to lose weight and look younger?

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    I am training for a marathon and know that the more weight I lose the better I'll do the race. Carrying forty extra pounds only makes running harder. Great lens. Good ideas.
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