Homework and More!!!!

Hey ladies,

First of all here is the homework!

Boot Camp Homework

I hope that each and everyone of you had a great first week! Keep in mind that I am here for you and that if need something let me know right away!

Here is a some insight about Diet Sodas!

Do you drink diet sodas? If so, why are you doing so? IS it because you are trying to lose weight? Lose that gut? Trim down? Or are you trying to reduce the amount of calories you are getting? Or is it all of the above?

Drinking diet sodas are not the best option for a beverage choice. But are diet sodas holding you back from gaining yourself a better body? The answer is 'Yes'. You work hard in the gym, hard on other aspects of your diet, so why sabotage yourself with diet drinks.

Here's a list of the ingredients inside one of the leading diet drinks:
Carbonated Water
High Fructose Corn Syrup- something you should avoid at all costs in any product if you are trying to lose body fat.
Caramel Color
Phosphoric Acid- used for rust removal in concentrated form, can damage the enamel of you teeth Natural Flavors Caffeine Aspartame (NutraSweet brand)- sugar replacement that has been shown to cause harm to the brain and nervous system.
Potassium Benzoate
Citric acid

Now that makes for a nasty combo of ingredients that I don't think was ever supposed to be combined and put into human being's bodies. And some studies have shown that diet sodas are actually worse than there higher calorie, regular soda brothers.

The major reason for this is the sweeteners used in diet drinks causes an increase in release of fat storing hormone production in the body and increases the craving you feel for more sweets and processed carbs shortly after consuming a diet soda.

So my advice is if you want to lose it, you got to stop drinking diet sodas. Or pretty much anything with artificial sweeteners in it.

If you want a good natural sweetener that you can use and still drop the fat pounds, try Stevia.
You can order it here:
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Avoid high Fructose Corn Syrup too. You'd be surprised how many things you eat on a regular basis contain this. Ketchup, some cereals, most processed and refined foods, and many others. Look through you pantry and see. Eliminate these as soon as possible.

So what to drink in place of diet drinks. Obviously the best choice is plain 'ol water. The you have your choice of different types of teas. Green is the best, but you have black, white, red, herbal, etc... Plus you get the benefits of the healthy anti-oxidants from teas.

If your going to drink fruit juice, make sure it is 100% juice and not from concentrate. Also be careful with the servings. 1 8 oz glass of orange juice is the equivalent in calories to eating 2-3.5 oranges.

Until next time---


Get Strong, Be Strong, Stay Strong!

Ryan