Here’s a fun trick for you…

I want you to lift your shirt up…just a bit…and yes, I’m being serious.

Make sure no one is looking and just take a quick look at your stomach.

What’s staring back at you?

Maybe 6 pack abs…..but probably not (just guessing)

Your probably thinking:

‘Fat. Brad right now I’m staring at extra fat, at least a little more fat than I WANT to be seeing’

Let’s face it, the MAJORITY of us have at least a little more fat siting around our midsections than we would like, but I want to point something else out to you..

You are also looking at your DEBT.

Yep, that’s right – You PAID HARD EARNED MONEY for every single one of those calories sitting in the form of fat on your stomach!

Each roll, each dimple and every single ‘pucker’ the fat you don’t want, you paid for.

AND, even more devastating is that you pay HARD EARNED MONEY to keep every single one of those calories!

If you are not actively losing weight then you are PAYING to stay heavier than you want to be!

After all, fat represents nothing more than Extra Food that you ate at some point in your life.l

Food that you payed money for.

Bottom line – Learning to Eat less can solve a lot of problems, it’s the quickest way to get lean, and it’s an important way to get
your financial life in check.

You can’t control the mortgage rates, or the price of gas for your car, but you can control how much money you spend on food,
especially when you really want to be lean anyways!

So I guess what I’m trying to say is, the next time you go out for a quick bite to eat, you need to ask yourself “Am I actually PAYING
to be fat?”

It’s harsh, but it’s also a great motivator to keep your eating in check.

And remember – If you start spending money on fad diet schemes your Fat is actually DOUBLE DIPPING into your wallet. You are paying for the calories to keep you fat, then you are paying for the Acai berry products, Goji berries and Personal Trainers…

OK, so this is the real bottom line – Remember weight loss should be free. You can lose weight without spending ANY extra money. NO special supplements, NO special diets, heck…you don’t even need to “buy organic” to lose weight.

Don’t let your fat double dip.

BP

PS- I realize the irony of telling you that ‘Weight Loss is Free’ yet at the same time hoping you’ll buy my book, so for the record: weight loss is free, but sometimes education costs money.

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This was the latest spam left on my website, my comments in RED.

Hello

I am new to this spot. I found loads of useful information here. I would also like to contribute some thing for this community. I would like to share some quick weight loss tips. If you wish to know how to lose 10 pounds in a week, you are likely not searching for a common dieting and exercise plan. You can lose weight with a basic diet and work out plan, Still this demands a lot of time doing intense cardio workouts and adhering a strict diet. Here I will draft the exact steps that I took to lose 10 pounds in just a week.

1. Stay away from all fried foods for the week (Sounds logical to me)
2. Drink In an 8oz glass of grapefruit with breakfast each day. (this speeds up your metabolism) (FAIL on the metabolism part, but hey, nothing wrong with grapefruit juice, unless you are on medications…)
3. Take limited portions (stop eating when you are full) (Part One Sounds logical to me, Part Two sounds contrary to part one..limited portions but you can also keep eating until you are full?)
4. Rather than consuming 3 large a meals a day, take 5-6 smaller meals to keep your metabolism up and keep your body burning fat. (FAIL)

5. Aviod eating after 9 P.M.. When you eat that late your body does not burn off the calories. (Because when you are sleeping you are actually dead? FAIL)
6. Take proper sleep every night. Not having enough sleep has been proven to be a leading factor to the body putting up excess fat. (Because instead of eating, you are awake and probably eating…so sure, I can agree with this)
7. Use a body/colon clean for the 7 days. This will get rid of extra fat stored close to the tummy area as well as cleanse your body of harmfull pollutants that makes you store fat and feel tired. Flush away excess pounds around the stomach area that otherwise would be hard to lose. (Ladies and Gentlemen, this is most likely how you would lose ten pounds in one week…but its not fat you are losing, it’s poop)

8. I suggest you using Acai Berry Diet Pills. This one is proven to work, and you can get a free trial. (ooooh Free trial, FAIL)
9. For those people who wish to burn fat quickly, avoid alcoholic beverage. (I’m not going to touch this one, I guess if you want to burn fat quickly, alcohol is just ‘empty calories’ so OK)
10. A low GI diet is an excellent method of loosing fat quickly. (What is ‘loosing’?)

Thanks!.!

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Just a quick ramble to start your week.

The following is a basic tenant of Taoism:

Things in their original simplicity contain their own natural power, power that can be spoiled when that simplicity is changed.

This principle seems to hold true in today’s world, where we seem to live a daily struggle of trying to force the square peg into the round hole.

Whether it’s food, your workout, or the people in your life, it’s good to always keep this principle in the back of your mind.

Now, the most obvious NUTRITION application/interpretation of this principle is that “natural unprocessed foods are best”. But, if we take it a step further, we also see the application/interpretation that we should not FORCE nutrition, and that ‘original simplicity’ can also be the foods that you like eating.

After all, forcing yourself to eat unprocessed, organic, raw foods all the time doesn’t really fit into the concept of ‘original simplicity’, unless this is something that you really like to do.

The same goes for working out.

The most obvious WEIGHT TRAINING application/interpretation of this principle is that “The basic lifts are the best”. But, if we take it a step further, we also see the application/interpretation that we should not force exercise.

So The point of this ramble is this, when you see/here/read principles such as this, it is important to remember that in order to make it truly work, you need to start from the inside and work out from there.

So start with your own original simplicity, what works for you, what is best for you when you are in your ‘natural state’ (not trying to be someone you are not)..then work from there.

A little ‘out there’, but hey, it’s the Monday after the Superbowl.

BP

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This morning was one of those ‘blank mornings’.

You know that feeling when you stare at the computer screen with so much on your mind that you don’t know where to start?

That’s where I was.

I wanted introduce my new project ‘phi-life.com’ but, the words just weren’t reaching my finger tips.

So I decided to take a break and answer a couple emails.

One thing led to another, and now I have a short story to share that’s a great introduction to phi-life.

Please see the emails below:

EMAIL FROM BART*****

Question for you.

In one of your blog posts you talked about the myth of starvation mode.  Yesterday I just read a different blog claiming starvation mode is a serious threat to weight loss.  Is this guy and his starvation modes stories another scam?

Am I correct in saying that the starvation mode only happens when you don’t eat for prolonged periods of time but not if you don’t eat for 4-5 hours?

thx

MY RESPONSE*********

‘Starvation mode’ DOES occur. But it only happens after the PROLONGED absence of food. At this point essentially used up your body fat stores and have no choice but to start consuming essential structures like your internal organs to just to stay alive.

BART’S RESPONSE*****

thanx,

I just cannot understand why well educated pros keep telling us that stuff!!! so stupid!!!

I am so happy that I found out about your site.

MY RESPONSE********

Well, Mostly these pros are decent people that are actually trying to help, unfortunately most of them really aren’t educated to the point where they can properly analyze scientific research. They might be experienced with helping people lose weight, but they’re usually not as educated as you might expect.

When you have the time you might find this podcast interesting ==>

http://www.phi-life.com/diet-and-fitness-fads-mixing-up-the-what-how-and-why/

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If you get the chance check out www.Phi-Life.com, a new weekly podcast where John Barban and I discuss a lot of the logic and fallacies behind health and nutrition.

This isn’t a scientific discussion as much as it is an exploration into all things ‘Health’ with the running theme of “Fitting it all together” while allowing John and I to have some fun with it all (We can’t be all science, all serious, all the time).

The audio on this first podcast is a bit temperamental, but I promise next weeks podcast will be nice and clear.

BP

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