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It’s amazing that over 60% of the U.S. population is now considered overweight. This number continues to rise every year because something very bad and very deceptive is happening to the public.

THEY ARE BEING FED FOODS DESIGNED TO MAKE THEM FAT.

The worst part of this whole process is that these same overweight individuals are not being forced to eat the foods that are making them fat, they are doing so voluntarily!

Why would they do this you ask? Why would such a vast majority of people eat foods that are known to make them fat? Why would they eat foods that kill themselves slowly?

It has to do with an array of deceptive marketing, an abundance of conflicting and confusing professional advice, and just downright lack of discipline!

Is there hope?

Scientific research has recently determined that although it is unhealthy in general to have excess body fat throughout your body, it is also particularly dangerous to have excess abdominal fat.

The reason for this is that excess abdominal fat has been shown to increase the odds that someone will eventually end up having other lifestyle related diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or stroke.

There are two types of fat that you have in your abdominal area. The first type covers your abdominal muscles and is called subcutaneous fat. This fatty region lies directly beneath the skin and on top of the abdominal muscles.

The second type of fat that you have in your abdominal area is called visceral fat, and that lies deeper in the abdomen beneath your muscle and surrounding your organs.

Both subcutaneous fat and visceral fat in the abdominal area are serious health risk factors. However, recent studies have shown that having excessive visceral fat is even more dangerous than subcutaneous fat.

Both types of fat greatly increase the risk your risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, sleep apnea, various forms of cancer, and other degenerative or other non-specific lifestyle related diseases.

Visceral fat is particularly dangerous because it has been shown to release more inflammatory molecules, free-radicals and toxins into your body on a never-ending basis.

If you care about the quality of your life and your loved ones, reducing your abdominal fat should be your TOP priority! Consider this deeply.

Besides reducing your risk for disease, having less ugly fat around your waist will make you look sexy. You will be able to visibly see those sexy six pack abs that everyone wants.

So your probably asking if there is a secret to getting rid of extra abdominal fat? Is there actually a REAL solution beyond all of the gimmicks, lies and hype that you see in ads and on commercials for “miracle” fat loss products?

The first thing you must understand is that there is no such thing as a quick fix for any great achievement. There are no pills or supplements of any sort that will help you lose your abdominal fat faster.

Also, those infomercial gimmicky ab rockers, rollers, or ab belts will help get rid of abdominal fat either. You can’t spot reduce your stomach fat by using any of these worthless contraptions. It simply doesn’t work that way.

The ONLY solution to consistently lose your abdominal fat and keep it off for good is to combine a sound nutritious diet full of unprocessed natural foods with a specially designed exercise program that stimulates the necessary hormonal and metabolic response in your body. Having these two methods properly designed will ensure that you will lose fat.

There are numerous studies that divided thousands of participants into a diet-only group and an exercise & diet combined group. While both groups in this study made good progress, the diet-only group lost significantly LESS abdominal fat than the diet & exercise combined group.

However, your exercise program must be specially designed to lose bodyfat. The majority of people that attempt getting into a good exercise routine are NOT working out effectively enough to really stimulate the loss of stubborn abdominal fat. Just take a walk through your local gym.

Most people follow a routine that they saw last week in their favorite men’s or women’s fitness magazine and they think they have found the secret to getting skinny or ripped. They soon find out that the program delivers little in terms of results and, then they become frustrated after weeks or months of no results and wonder where they went wrong.

Well, the good news is that I’ve spent over a decade researching this topic, analyzing the science, and applying it “in the trenches” with myself as well as thousands of my clients from all over the world to see what works to really stimulate abdominal fat loss. I have made this process into a perfect science and it gets results EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Don’t waste time thinking about your past fat loss failures because the more you learn about fat loss the faster and more real your results will become.

You know exactly how much more confidence you would have if you lost that ugly stomach fat and begin getting your perfect figure back.

Get the solution to fat loss by continuing to search for the secret to fat loss daily on the internet. If you look carefully and do the proper research you will see how real the results can become!

James Wong lost over 40lbs. just by using The Secret 2 Fat Loss. You too could lose weight as easily as he did. Find out how to get six pack abs fast. You can burn fat without counting calories at www.TheSecret2FatLoss.com

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You’ve seen it on the television commericals: before and after pictures of people who ‘lost weight’ by simply taking a pill. The local radio station plays ads promising that you can ‘lose weight’ without dieting, or as they call it, ’sweaty exercise’. Your favorite magazine even tells you that dieting alone can help you reach your ‘ideal weight’.

What do all of these advertisements have in common?

Products and ads that promise you ‘weight loss’ without exercise are only telling you part of the story. The first important point to realize is that not all diets or diet pills work, and even those that do work for some people do not work for all people. The government is constantly taking action against fraudulent weight loss claims.

Unfortunately for the American public, we don’t hear very much about the difference between fitness and weight. The infomercials would have you believe that reaching your ideal weight automatically means that you are healthy, and that how you reach that ideal weight doesn’t really matter. Nothing could be further from the truth!

In reality, weight alone does not equal fitness. Think about it. We all know someone who is thin but not fit or healthy. Simply being thin does not automatically qualify us as fit. As a matter of fact, the world is full of ’skinny fat people’.

What? Skinny fat people? How can that be?

When talking about overall fitness, what matters is the percentage of bodyfat we have. It is entirely possible for a thin person to have a high percentage of bodyfat. It is also entirely possible for a thin person to be out of shape.

The International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) defines ‘fitness’ as: “The state of well-being consisting of optimum levels of strength, flexibility, weight control, cardiovascular capacity and positive physical and mental health behaviors, that prepare a person to participate fully in life, to be free from controllable health risk factors and to achieve physical objectives consistent with his/her potential.”

Wow! Fitness means all that? Of course! Being truly fit doesn’t simply mean the number on the scale. Think about it this way – some people who are thin still suffer from high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other maladies that we often associate with weight issues. Being thin does not necessarily mean that you are fit.

Doctors and medical associations have told us the truth time and time again: the only path to true fitness is through regular exercise.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily create a healthier heart, but regular exercise will improve heart health.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily lower cholesterol, but regular exercise will.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily lower the risk of some cancers, but regular exercise has been proven to reduce the risk of some cancers.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily prevent osteoperosis, but regular resistance exercise does.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily boost the immune system, but regular exercise will.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily lead to healthier pregnancies, but regular exercise does.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily prevent disability in seniors, but regular exercise does.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily help you keep the weight off for life, but regular exercise will.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily improve physical performance, but regular exercise does.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily prevent muscle loss, but regular resistance exercise does.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily increase metabolism, but regular resistance exercise will.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily decrease the risk of injury, but regular exercise does.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily prevent diabetes, but regular exercise will.

* Simply losing weight does not necessarily prevent estrogen loss, but regular exercise may.

This list could go on and on and on…..the point is that simply losing weight does not make us fit. The only path to true fitness, and all the benefits associated with fitness, is with regular resistance and aerobic exercise.

So the next time you see one of those advertisements promising weight loss without dieting or exercise, remember that weight loss is not the only goal that matters! Remember that the world is full of ’skinny fat people’.

Tracie Johanson is the founder of Pick Up The Pace, a 30-minute exercise studio for women focusing on fitness, health and nutrition for maximum weight loss. Please visit http://www.letspickupthepace.com/ for more information.

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