Lose Weight With Omega-3?

January 18, 2012 Joel Panetta Nutrition, Supplements

By Kevin DiDonato MS, CSCS, CES

Omega-3 fatty acids may be associated with many different health benefits.

From lowering cholesterol to improved blood sugar control, omega-3 fatty acids may be the MOST important nutrient you need to include in your daily routine.

Now, there may be another feather in omega-3’s proverbial cap.

For people with increased risk factors for developing chronic disease, omega-3 fatty acids may prevent or decrease your risk factors.

Granted, there are factors that you can’t control.

Family history, gender, and age are all risk factors that you are UNABLE to change.

However, conditions like physical activity, diet, and weight loss are risks that you CAN control.

Controlling your weight may significantly decrease your risk for developing chronic diseases.

Being overweight by as little as 10, 20 or even 30 pounds, may lead to significant metabolic damage to the cells of your body.

And this weight may significantly increase inflammation.

Inflammation may be the start of many chronic diseases.

However, omega-3 fatty acids may be a POWERFUL nutrient to include in your diet.

Confused?

Give me a minute to explain…

Omega-3 Fat and Low Calories Diets

Omega-3 fatty acids are essential fats that your body is unable to make.

So including food rich in omega-3 fatty acids or a high quality krill oil supplement, may increase your circulating DHA and EPA levels.

There is a growing body of evidence that omega-3 fatty acids may increase FAT LOSS.

Powerful antioxidants, such as Astaxanthin, may reduce inflammation and possibly lead to weight loss.

Omega-3 fatty acids, especially DHA and EPA, may INCREASE fat loss in all individuals, even if you have just a few pounds to lose..

Researchers aimed to see how effective omega fatty acids are in reducing weight and improving lipid profiles.

They recruited 32 obese participants and prescribed a very low calorie diet, and either a placebo or an omega-3 supplement.

The results were AMAZING!

The first 4 weeks, the participants were on a very low calorie diet, and the remaining 10 weeks they were on a weight maintenance diet.

At the end of 4 weeks, the placebo group lost 6.54 kg while the omega-3 group lost 6.87 kg.

At the end of 10 weeks, they were measured again.

The placebo group lost an additional 1.57 kg while the omega-3 group lost another 1.69 kg.

Seems pretty insignificant, right?

Just wait!

Both groups improved their metabolic profiles, but only in the omega-3 group, was there a loss of BODY FAT, more than the placebo group.

The TRUTH About Omega-3 and Weight Loss

Being overweight by as little as 10, 20 or even 30 pounds may increase inflammation and lead to significant metabolic changes.

This inflammation may increase your risk for developing chronic diseases, mostly heart disease.

Omega-3 fatty acids have been known to promote better heart health, better blood sugar control, and even FAT LOSS.

Including omega-3 fatty acids and a healthy diet, may promote weight loss and FAT LOSS.

The use of ultra-potent Krill oil may increase your omega-3 fatty acid intake.

And this may increase fat loss and promote a healthier metabolic profile.

Don’t you owe it to yourself and your health?

Try Omega-3 Rich EFA Icon today!

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Fat Blasting & Burning Workout Challenge – Week 3

January 16, 2012 Joel Panetta Body Weight, Workouts

We are at Week 3 of our 2012 Fat Blasting & Burning Workout Challenge. The last two weeks we have started to build our foundation for our workouts. we are giving you a challenging workout but we are not killing you. We want you to make progress but we also don’t want you to get discouraged and I hope that you are staying on track with us here at the Fat Blaster Workout Blog.

Remember this is month a kickoff month. As I said above we are building, so the next two weeks we are working of the same routine but we are going to tweak it just a bit. We want to add just a little more challenge for you. I don’t want your body to get adjusted to anything but a healthy life.

So here is our Week 3 workout:

Do this on Monday-Wednesday-Friday. On Tuesday – Thursday jump rope or do sprints.

NOTICE the CHANGES!

This week we will change to timed rounds. You will do each exercise for 30 seconds with NO REST in between each exercise. There is a total of 5 exercises that will be done for 30 seconds each for a total of 2.5 minutes.

You will follow each round with a full 60 seconds rest.

Jumping Jacks – 30 Seconds
Push-ups – 30 Seconds
2Prisoner Squats – Hands behind head – 30 Seconds
Mountain Climbers – 30 Seconds
Lunges – 30 Seconds – 15 seconds each leg (this is step forwards)

60 Seconds Rest: DRINK!!!!!

Repeat 4 more times if you can. You want to hit 5 rounds.

Keep at it and don’t give up. You are making changes in your life & routine for the better. You will be very happy in the long run.

Remember
Be STRONG!

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Fat Blaster Blog – Healthy Recipe – Winter Pot Roast

January 12, 2012 Joel Panetta Nutrition, Recipes

IT’S COLD!!! That’s right, even here in North Florida it can get pretty darn cold. I am actually wearing long-johns’ as I type this. Well last week we talked about quick lunches and we will show some in future post but this our video is about Winter Post Roast. You know like mom used to make, or maybe still does.

Be STRONG!

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2012 Fat BLASTING Challenge Week 2

January 9, 2012 Joel Panetta Fat Blaster Challenge - 2012, Motivation, Workouts

Well we are hitting up Week 2 of our 2012 Fat Burning & Blasting Challenge.

I hope that you made it through Week 1. I am sure that if you are a fat burning newbie your body felt a little shock. I you are an experienced Fat BLASTER then you know to adjust the routine to fit your difficulty.

We are focusing the 2012 Fat BLASTING Challenge to the new people and the readers who are in the most need. We want to help everyone who seeks it here at the Fat Blaster Blog so we are not starting the year off with extremes. We are going to push and challenge you but we want you to keep a good mindset towards your changes and embrace your new lifestyle.

If you remember from last weeks post we are going to repeat the routine this week.

I am going to re-post it here.

We will build on this program with the New Year. Look for it to get more challenging as we go on.

Do this on Monday-Wednesday-Friday. On Tuesday – Thursday jump rope or do sprints.

30 jumping jacks (rest 30-45 seconds)
20 push-ups (rest 30-45 seconds)
20 prisoner squats – Hands behind head – (rest 30-45 seconds)
20 mountain climbers (rest 30-45 seconds)
20 squat thrust (rest 30-45 seconds)
30 lunges – 15 each leg (this is step forwards) – (rest 30-45 seconds)
Push-up Plank – 30 – 60 seconds (rest 1-2 minutes)

Repeat 2 more times… The next 2 times through do as many as you can DON’T CHEAT & DON’T QUIT….

Don’t forget, stick to your nutrition plan.

Keep at it and don’t give up. You are making changes in your life & routine for the better. You will be very happy in the long run.

Remember
Be STRONG!

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Healthy Kitchen – Quick Lunch

January 5, 2012 Joel Panetta Nutrition

Let’s kick off the year with some quick healthy kitchen tips.

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Happy New Year!

January 2, 2012 Joel Panetta Announcements, Motivation, Oh Well

Happy New Year. OK, so you have made your resolutions and this year you really plan on keeping them.
You are going to eat better, workout, lose weight and get into shape. Are you really? How many years have you said this? How many years did you follow through past January? Oh right, there was that one year that you made it to March. WOW!

Let’s get real. Don’t make resolutions, set goals and achieve them. Resolutions are nothing to achieve and you forget them weeks later as you get sidetracked.
Goals get you focused, they make you strive and try harder because you don’t want to fail.

Below is a 7 step plan to help you get started on your Getting Fit path.

Getting Fit – The 7 Step Plan.

1. – Be specific. Set a fitness Goal and WRITE IT DOWN!
Like I said don’t make a resolution. They get lost in shuffle of everyday life.
OK so the first part of your “Getting Fit” goal is to clearly define what this means to you. Do you want to gain strength, improve your cardio, lose a pant size. I get real specific. I want to lose 10lbs, drop 1 full pant size and improve my overall mile time. Write there I just gave myself three small specific goals to reach my major goal of “Getting Fit”.

2. – Let everyone know.
That’s right get the word out and tell everyone. Let your friends and family know that you have a set of goals that you want to reach and may actually need them to help motivate or remind. One of my goals was to run the Warrior Dash so I told a bunch of my friends and got them to sign up with me. That meant that I had to follow through.

3. – Have a start and end.
You have to know where you want to go and how to get there. How is that? Simple. I am starting on Monday January 3, I am going to workout each Monday-Wednesday-Friday for 30 to 45 minutes each of these days to achieve my goal. I am going to use a pre-written workout and follow it so that I stay on track. I want to achieve my goal by April 1 and I will then re-evaluate and start a new set of Lifestyle goals.

4. – Stay on track.
The hardest part is staying on track. Work, family & other commitments always seem to through us all of track.
You have to be committed. Stay on track. If you get home late you have to get your 30 minutes that you scheduled in. You have make sure that you stay committed to YOURSELF!

5. – Make it a habit.
Look you can do this. Everyone can make time to improve themselves and their overall life. I once read that if do something for 21 days in a row then you have created a habit. Make that a goal. Make a goal that for 21 days you will follow a “Getting Fit” lifestyle.

6. – Change it up to Avoid Boredom!
I get bored easy. So doing the same workouts over and over will kill anyone’s enthusiasm. Change it up. Every two weeks change your program up by switching exercises. Change the order, take out an exercise and add another. Instead of running try jumping rope or shadow boxing with small dumbbells. Keep it fresh and it will keep you coming back for more.

7. – Reward Yourself!
That’s right, reward your achievements. Take pictures and put them FaceBook. Go out and buy a new pair of jeans or some fresh workout clothes. When you reach your goals you have achieved something. Something to be proud of.

Be STRONG!

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New Year Workout Program – Let’s Get Started.

January 2, 2012 Joel Panetta Body Weight, Workouts

Here is a great body-weight workout to start the new year off with.

We will build on this program with the New Year. Look for it to get more challenging as we go on.

Do this on Monday-Wednesday-Friday. On Tuesday – Thursday jump rope or do sprints.

30 jumping jacks (rest 30-45 seconds)
20 push-ups (rest 30-45 seconds)
20 prisoner squats – Hands behind head – (rest 30-45 seconds)
20 mountain climbers (rest 30-45 seconds)
20 squat thrust (rest 30-45 seconds)
30 lunges – 15 each leg (this is step forwards) – (rest 30-45 seconds)
Push-up Plank – 30 – 60 seconds (rest 1-2 minutes)

Repeat 2 more times… The next 2 times through do as many as you can DON’T CHEAT & DON’T QUIT….

You will drop a full pant size in 2 weeks if you do this and follow a good nutrition plan.

BE STRONG!

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Happy New Year – Get Ready for a Revolution of Fitness

January 1, 2012 Joel Panetta Announcements

Get ready as we start 2012 and the New Year’s Revolution of Fitness. 2012 is going to be all about helping you improve your health & your life.

Let’s make this our fittest year EVER!

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Merry Christmas from Fat Blaster Workout

December 25, 2011 Joel Panetta This & That

Merry Christmas, let’s finish up the year STRONG with MI40 and keep pushing into 2012

We will be coming at you FRESH in 2012 with new updates, new contributors and more.

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BIG CHANGES

December 19, 2011 Joel Panetta Announcements

Look for some BIG CHANGES with the upcoming New Year hear at the Fat Burning & Fat Blaster Blog.

We are going to be focusing on getting your overall health & lifestyle into TOP shape. Look for bodyweight workouts combined with dumbbell workouts as we think that these are the easiest type of routines to improve your health and help you BURN FAT.

We are going to be reviewing products and workouts so that you don’t waster both your time & money.

We are going to be putting up more healthy recipes and fitness tips. Remember that the healthier you eat the more fat that you burn and BLAST!

We hope that all of you have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a great HOLIDAY SEASON.

We look forward to the NEW YEAR being healthier and your BEST year EVER as we burn and BLAST the FAT together. See you in January.

Remember,
BE STRONG!
JP

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