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Last night, I hosted the third session of the "Shocking Fat Loss Secrets Revealed" teleseminar. We covered the changes that are necessary to your training in order to lose that last stubborn bit of fat. So far we have nearly three hours of audio available, and will be wrapping up next week. You can still purchase this course to have instant access to the audio for the first three sessions and attend our final session next week.

I mentioned yesterday that I would be resuming our inspirational and informative weekly Become Your Best Coaching Podcast sessions. Boy, do I have something in store for you! We are going to kick it off with perhaps the most requested guest I've ever had. I'll post more details soon, but the majority of you know this person as the author of the #1 best-selling fitness e-Book for the past several years. I also have confirmation from Jon Benson that he will return as a guest to discuss his powerful new M-Power Series and other projects he is working on. I'm also talking with a transformation champion who won a competition using the Max-OT system, as well as the webmaster for one of the largest bodybuilding sites on the web.

How's that for an initial line-up? All of the details to call in are here and I will post the call agenda once I have final confirmations (the first call will be September 12th).

I revamped the Natural Physiques™ home page to show recent articles, blog entries, and forum posts.

Our forums haven't seen much activity yet. It's the wallflower syndrome ... everyone is afraid to be the first to post. I even have incentives here waiting for those who choose to step out and get things rolling, but I'm not going to force the issue ... communities materialize based on the ideas and sharing the community itself, so it's not something that I will create, and if it's not meant to happen, it won't.

Someone asked me yesterday if I was having fun running with Mom. She is out pounding the pavement now. I decided the pavement was taking too much of a toll on my knees ... so instead I'm doing lower impact cardio, like recumbent bicycle and ... yes ... Mom has a Gazelle™ tucked away, so I've been having fun with that as well!

Here is a list of the 10 most common fitness blunders that include stretching, over-doing it, skipping the cooldown, and more. I doubt that Kelly Regan makes these mistakes as an incredibly fit woman who is 44 years young. She won't have to worry about something college students often experience — the dreaded freshman 15.

Studies provide more proof that weight loss doesn't come in a one-size fits all, cookie-cutter program. In fact, the real question is: do weight loss programs work? I personally believe no system will work for everyone, all the time, but a customized approach to lifestyle is the true solution. Just read this story about a program that emphasizes choices and lifestyle changes, rather than diets and specific types of training. No matter what program you look into, it usually comes back to portion control (eat less) and exercise (move more).

According to this news, exercise and proper nutrition can do more than help you keep your figure ... it may help you keep your teeth, too!

Australians have decided that a new diet is more important than Harry Potter and the DaVinci Code.

While a high-fat diet may encourage eating, I'd be more interested in the type of fat. I don't think the issue is "high-fat" but rather "high saturated and trans fat." Why would this encourage eating? Because you get tons of calories with little or no nutritional value. Try consuming a high-fat diet where the fats come mainly from raw nuts, flaxseed oil, and other healthy fats, and see if there might be a difference. Oh, by the way, take the study with a grain of salt, too. It was done on rats. And we don't have rat tails!

Here's one of those "smack your forehead" obvious stories ... it took researchers conducting a study to figure out that fast food restaurants cluster near schools. Hmmm ... you mean those people understand marketing and demographics?

I've always told my clients to stick to natural foods. While a diet soda might be good to transition from an addiction to the real thing, it shouldn't be the final stop ... eventually you'll want to learn to enjoy water, natural juices, and other ways of getting fluid that don't involve sucking down chemical cocktails. While the diet drinks might have no calories, there are other issues to be concerned with.

Would you like the scoop on meal replacement bars? Try ours ... it is ranked lower than old-fashioned oats on the glycemic index, all-natural, and tastes awesome. Visit this site, click on products and browse to the "Macro-Optimizers" to learn more. Your initial order also comes with a 30-day guarantee.

If you want a fat brain (a reference to being smart) then you'll want to eat the right types of fats, according to this study. I'm glad my wife was taking omega-3 fatty acids and a pharmaceutical grade multivitamin when she was breastfeeding Alyssa. I believe that this is part of the reason that she is now studying a 2nd grade curriculum even though she turns six in January.

This article says that a weighted vest burns fat. I disagree. Your body burns fat, the vest just forces it to work harder. When it's a weighted bullet-proof vest, you are getting double protection: reducing risk of cardiovascular disease, and death from high speed projectiles. It doesn't take a vest to burn fat.

There have been several studies recently linking poverty to poor health and nutrition. It seems that this project only serves to promote it. At first, it sounds great ... you clean junk out of your cabinets and buy healthier choices, and receive a free membership to a health facility. But where does the junk go? Into the hands of the needy. Sure, it feeds them ... but what's worse, someone broke and hungry, or someone broke with type 2 diabetes? You wouldn't clean out your liquor cabinet and donate the bottles to the needy, would you?

Americans love to eat. That's why, if you want to invent a diet that sells well, promise them a day they can gorge (oh, wait, that's been done) or promise them they can eat more and lose. That's what Volumetrics is about.

I might have to start giving out awards for oxymorons. The title of this bit is, "Our Healthy Diets Were Killing Us" and is about women on extremely low calorie and low fat diets. Doesn't sound like a healthy diet to me! I think the title should be, "Our self-starvation and deprivation was kiling us."

Want to find people who aren't on the obesity train? Go to Oregon, the only state that has not experienced a rise in the rate of obesity.

I forgot to mention earlier ... when you sign up for our shocking fat loss secrets seminar, you'll not just get access to the audios ... I'll make them available for MP3 download so you can put them on your portable devices or burn CDs as well. I'm so confident you won't find this information in one place anywhere else that I'll refund 100% of your investment if you're not satisfied with the information.

That's all for now. Have a great day!

Blessed be,