I recently had a number of great questions from stephricefitness.com readers on The Flat Stomach Solution e-book.
So I’m going to share the answers to getting a flat stomach with you too.
Question: What are the main benefits of The Flat Stomach Solution?
Answer: You can expect to…
• Feel full of energy
• See your body fat reduce very fast
• Discover confidence you never knew you had
• Feel healthy and full of vitality
• Reduce or reverse life altering illness & disease
• Stop emotional eating
• Realize you have more physical and emotional strength than you could ever imagine possible
• Become a positive role model for everyone in your life
• Develop a positive attitude
• Feel younger, look younger and reverse the ageing process
Question: How much weight can I lose with The Flat Stomach Solution?
Answer: You can lose at least two pounds of body fat each week by following the transformation program. You will also gain lean muscle which will sustain your fat loss results.
The Flat Stomach Solution provides you with 12 full weeks of fat loss workouts and flat stomach diet advice which will have you stripping the stomach fat right from the start.
The program starts with Beginner Workouts which then progress onto the Intermediate level, and eventually moving on to the Advanced Workouts.
Professionally designed to help you get the results you want and FAST!
Question: If I use weights won’t I bulk up like a man?
Answer: Not to worry, this would never happen. Women produce between 10 to 30 times less testosterone than a man, so there’s no chance you will ever ‘bulk’ up. You will however define and sculpt your muscles and what woman doesn’t want a toned physique?
With The Flat Stomach Solution you will be using my Metabolic Circuit Training which will help you burn body fat and gain LEAN muscle which will give you the toned flat stomach you crave.
Strength training is an important part of any workout as it provides significant benefits to your physical health.
Also worth mentioning – For every pound of muscle you gain, you burn up to 50 additional calories each day turning your body into fat burning furnace to reveal sexy flat abs!
Increased strength enables you to perform everyday activities with ease. Your joints become stronger and suppler limiting your chance of injury.
You can also alleviate or even eliminate lower back pain!
Strength training will quickly become your new best friend.
Question: I find it difficult to get and stay motivated, how will this help?
Answer: “Variety is the spice of life”. You have to keep variety in your workouts much the same as you have to keep it in your relationship, if you don’t then things soon become expected and stale.
Motivation plays a big part in The Flat Stomach Solution because this is an area most women really struggle with.
Included in the transformation package is a section on Mind and Motivation which gives you step by step tools to help you motivate your way to lasting changes.
You need to change your workout every 4 weeks. This will keep you motivated to take on the new challenges because the results you see each week will be motivation enough!
You NEVER want to stick to the same old routine day in / day out. This makes for a sluggish metabolism, you will hit a plateau pretty quickly and your body will form habits which will stunt your fat loss progression.
With The Flat Stomach Solution, you will change your workouts every 4 weeks and within each level you will mix up the order of the workouts to keep your body on its toes!
Every time you change it up, you will recharge your metabolism to take your fat burning to a whole new level.
Question: How am I going to lose body fat with these exercises when others haven’t worked?
Answer: There is no better full body training method than Metabolic Circuit Training.
The Metabolic Circuit Training programs I have designed are time efficient because they include a combination of resistance and cardio training. When both are performed together they have an amazing effect on the amount of calories you burn.
Metabolic Circuits are THE best way to lose body fat with quick and sustained results.
When you finish each Metabolic Circuit Workout your 'metabolism' will remain elevated for over 24 hours.
So you will quickly understand why this is the most effective way to burn body fat and blows all other training methods out the water.
The Flat Stomach Solution contains fun, varied, safe and professionally designed workouts that have fast and lasting positive effects on your whole body.
Question: I’ve never exercised in my life, how do I know how to start now?
Answer: The Flat Stomach Solution is designed for individuals with different needs, so whether you’re just starting out and need to lose 30 pounds or already an active soul who needs to tone up then this program is for you.
This is the ideal program for someone who has never exercised before as it starts with an in depth section on workouts for beginners. You will learn everything you need to know to get started and we will only ever be an e-mail away if you have any questions throughout the whole program.
The beauty of The Flat Stomach Solution is that you can workout in your own home where you feel comfortable and confident as you start on your journey.
No one wants to be in a busy gym or exercise class where all eyes are on the ‘new girl’. You want to be in a familiar and safe environment that’s not bleeding your bank account dry each month and where no one is around to judge you as you get yourself on the right track to happiness and health.
Question: I’m too busy to workout, how will this fit into my life?
Answer: This was designed specifically with you in mind.
Because you will be doing short bursts of resistance training and cardio training together, your workout will only take 30 minutes to complete. You will only need 90 minutes each week to do The Flat Stomach Solution system.
You can pretty much tailor your training to fit into your own personal life, helping you to get the body you want whilst still having time to commit to yours and your family’s needs.
Question: Can anyone use The Flat Stomach Solution?
Answer: Absolutely YES! You could be 18 or 80 and from any walk of life.
If you want to stop struggling with weight loss, stop emotional eating, start feeling fit & healthy and want to get fat loss results with a proven system then The Flat Stomach Solution is the right choice for you no matter whom YOU are.
***However we do recommend that you consult your GP/Physician or other health care professional before starting this or any other fitness program to determine if it is right for your physical health.
I hope this answers all questions about The Flat Stomach Solution and I look forward to hearing about YOUR flat stomach success story.
Stay fit, keep focused and feel fabulous!
Steph.
Monday, 31 January 2011
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Natalie Portman and The Black Swan
Her preparation for this role began a year before shooting the movie. Her gruelling schedule included a weight loss plan and an extreme fitness plan.
At 5ft 3ins Natalie is a rather petite actress, and for the role as Nina she had to lose 20 Ibs! It is known that Natalie Portman has always led a very healthy lifestyle, keeping active and has been a vegan since 2009.
Natalie’s fitness plan included up to eight hours a day of ballet, cross training and swimming. Extreme to say the least.
Her diet plan was strict and the only thing that got her through her gruelling days was large helpings of self discipline.
Natalie is an actress and to make the part work, she HAD to follow a strict and a somewhat overwhelming diet and exercise regime which would have taken its toll on her physically and emotionally.
After all…a woman cannot live on carrots and almonds alone!
As Natalie said in Vogue’s January 2011 edition:
“I swear, I eat. I ate a bagel an hour ago. I consume my own weight in hummus every day. I cook a lot, and I even do vegan baking. I like pleasure, I like joy. I’d never get to the point where I would starve or injure myself like Nina does.”
Eating a balanced, nourishing diet and following a regular workout routine is vital for every individual’s good health and wellbeing.
With our lives being so hectic these days it can be difficult to achieve your health and fitness goals but with a bit of belief in yourself and the right guidance you too can achieve the body that you have longed for without going to such extreme measures as Natalie has done for her role in "The Black Swan".
Firstly you must start off with taking a long hard look at our lifestyle and what needs to change. Your nutrition is a great way to start; cutting out all processed foods and instead eat foods that are in their natural state. Choose foods that are fresh and wholesome that, if kept over a certain amount of days will eventually go bad because there are no chemicals or pesticides on the foods that make them last for weeks on end.
Keeping active is important too but you don’t have to workout everyday for up to 8 hours.
Do some Metabolic Circuit Training 3 x each week with a couple of Interval training sessions thrown in and you’d not only have fun but also take any excess body fat off pretty quickly.
Exercise should be fun and enjoyable not extreme and painful. That also applies to your nutrition plan.
You should enjoy your foods and also experience other foods on a regular basis that you’ve never tried. Food keeps you alive, get the balance right and it can help you live your life to the fullest.
Never restrict your food intake to the extreme that is a physical recipe for disaster. Focus on a healthy realistic lifestyle that you can follow every day. Food and diet should be really simple (natural, fresh, organic), easy to follow and enjoyable...nothing less, nothing more.
The only thing you should ever do to the extreme is ‘extreme sports’, leave the restrictive diets and the obsessive workout regimes to the actors!
Stay active, eat well and keep it real.
On that note I wish Natalie lots of luck for the coming awards and wish you continued success on your daily journey to a healthier you.
Stay fit, keep focused and feel fabulous!
Steph.
Author, The Flat Stomach Solution
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Give the Gift of Health This Christmans
The gift of good health is probably the best gift you can give someone besides love.
Here's some Christmas gifts I recommend for family and friends or even yourself!
1. The Flat Stomach Solution Recipe Book
Take control of your diet with the Recipe Book and enjoy recipes that are suitable for all types of diet, there’s something for everyone in here!
Every aspect of your new lifestyle nutrition plan is taken care of with drinks, snacks, breakfast, lunch, dinner and a whole host of tips and advice that you don’t get from any other recipe book.
The book is also packed with tips on how to stock your kitchen, delicious recipes that guarantee your diet will be packed full of foods that nourish your body!
If you have barely cooked a thing in your life so far then this book will really help you to discover your kitchen and what it’s meant to be used for! If you are used to cooking but generally heavy fat laden foods then this book will be your nutritional saviour and show you the wonderful foods that can still satisfy but truly help you get the weight loss results you want to see.
Get your copy of The Flat Stomach Solution recipe book for just $20
**This offer is only available until December 24th 2010!
Click here now to order your copy of The Flat Stomach Solution Recipe Book
2. An iTunes gift card – great for adding new workout music to an iPod.
3. Amazon Kindle - The perfect partner to your e-book collection and ideal for storing and using your copy of The Flat Stomach Solution Recipe Book.
4. Health shop voucher – fantastic for buying items such as raw almonds, almond milk, green tea, the list is endless. No excuses for eating rubbish foods going into 2011.
5. Massage or a facial – what better way to spoil yourself or a loved one, indulging in one of these little beauties after a hard workout is wonderful.
6. A Blender - I know this is not the most inspiring gift to buy someone but it is an awesome thing to have in the house. I use mine virtually every day, I whip up Smoothie’s and soups in no time at all and if you're looking to lead a healthy lifestyle then this is one tool no one do without!
There you have it, a list of presents that guarantee to get smiles on the big festive day….
Stay fit, keep focused and feel fabulous!
Steph.
Author of The Flat Stomach Solution
Here's some Christmas gifts I recommend for family and friends or even yourself!
1. The Flat Stomach Solution Recipe Book
Take control of your diet with the Recipe Book and enjoy recipes that are suitable for all types of diet, there’s something for everyone in here!
Every aspect of your new lifestyle nutrition plan is taken care of with drinks, snacks, breakfast, lunch, dinner and a whole host of tips and advice that you don’t get from any other recipe book.
The book is also packed with tips on how to stock your kitchen, delicious recipes that guarantee your diet will be packed full of foods that nourish your body!
If you have barely cooked a thing in your life so far then this book will really help you to discover your kitchen and what it’s meant to be used for! If you are used to cooking but generally heavy fat laden foods then this book will be your nutritional saviour and show you the wonderful foods that can still satisfy but truly help you get the weight loss results you want to see.
Get your copy of The Flat Stomach Solution recipe book for just $20
**This offer is only available until December 24th 2010!
Click here now to order your copy of The Flat Stomach Solution Recipe Book
2. An iTunes gift card – great for adding new workout music to an iPod.
3. Amazon Kindle - The perfect partner to your e-book collection and ideal for storing and using your copy of The Flat Stomach Solution Recipe Book.
4. Health shop voucher – fantastic for buying items such as raw almonds, almond milk, green tea, the list is endless. No excuses for eating rubbish foods going into 2011.
5. Massage or a facial – what better way to spoil yourself or a loved one, indulging in one of these little beauties after a hard workout is wonderful.
6. A Blender - I know this is not the most inspiring gift to buy someone but it is an awesome thing to have in the house. I use mine virtually every day, I whip up Smoothie’s and soups in no time at all and if you're looking to lead a healthy lifestyle then this is one tool no one do without!
There you have it, a list of presents that guarantee to get smiles on the big festive day….
Stay fit, keep focused and feel fabulous!
Steph.
Author of The Flat Stomach Solution
Thursday, 18 November 2010
How to Avoid Energy Dips
As the winter comes, you may start to crave more comfort foods and your hope of achieving a flat stomach by the end of the year could fall by the way side!
You may find that your energy levels tend to dip around 3-4pm each day and all you want to do is dive head first into the nearest box of donuts.
Well help is at hand, I’ve put together my 6 top tips to stop you hitting the floor by mid-afternoon and to keep those extra pounds at bay.
Keeping you on the straight road to a flat stomach.
1. Eat Breakfast
Breakfast is breaking the fast after a number of hours of not eating; your body is craving nutrients to get it going. A good breakfast is vital in the morning and will set you up until your next meal. Slow releasing carbs are perfect, so go for oatmeal with some eggs on the side or perhaps throw some mixed berries onto your oatmeal. An Omelet with some spinach and peppers is also a great breakfast.
2. Caffeine
Limit the amount of coffee or tea that you consume each day to 1 cup of either coffee or tea. Caffeine is a stimulant and once you’ve had the high then the inevitable low will come, making you feel more tired than when you first started. Avoid drinking caffeine after lunch time as you certainly don’t want it to interfere with your sleep at the end of the day.
3. Snacking
Once you’ve had your breakfast in the morning you want to make sure that you keep your energy levels up by eating every 3 hours. So what you’re looking for is 5 small meals each day. Your mid-morning snack or your mid-afternoon snack should include a piece of fruit with some almonds or a few sticks or celery with some natural peanut butter.
4. Water
Always keep a bottle of water with you at all times, you’re looking to aim for at least 2 litres every day and remember this needs to increase the more active you become. Sometimes when you are feeling hungry you need to think when your last meal was, if it’s less than 3 hours then drink some water. Feeling hungry can sometimes mean that you haven’t drunk enough.
5. Food on the go
Keeping readily available snacks with you at all times is vital when you’re aiming for a flat stomach. Having your own foods means that you don’t need to even consider eating junk foods as you have your own healthy foods at hand.
6. The correct mix of foods
When you are eating healthy carbohydrates, fruit, vegetables, brown rice, brown pasta, always have a protein source to eat along side them. When you eat carbs on their own your blood sugar levels tend to spike but when you combine them with proteins your blood sugar levels will be kept at a consistent level, they basically balance each other out. Keeping your energy levels up for far longer.
There you go my top tips that will stop you from reaching for the junk foods mid-afternoon and by doing this you will achieve a beautiful flat stomach quicker than you think.
Stay fit, keep focused and feel fabulous!
Steph.
Author of The Flat Stomach Solution
You may find that your energy levels tend to dip around 3-4pm each day and all you want to do is dive head first into the nearest box of donuts.
Well help is at hand, I’ve put together my 6 top tips to stop you hitting the floor by mid-afternoon and to keep those extra pounds at bay.
Keeping you on the straight road to a flat stomach.
1. Eat Breakfast
Breakfast is breaking the fast after a number of hours of not eating; your body is craving nutrients to get it going. A good breakfast is vital in the morning and will set you up until your next meal. Slow releasing carbs are perfect, so go for oatmeal with some eggs on the side or perhaps throw some mixed berries onto your oatmeal. An Omelet with some spinach and peppers is also a great breakfast.
2. Caffeine
Limit the amount of coffee or tea that you consume each day to 1 cup of either coffee or tea. Caffeine is a stimulant and once you’ve had the high then the inevitable low will come, making you feel more tired than when you first started. Avoid drinking caffeine after lunch time as you certainly don’t want it to interfere with your sleep at the end of the day.
3. Snacking
Once you’ve had your breakfast in the morning you want to make sure that you keep your energy levels up by eating every 3 hours. So what you’re looking for is 5 small meals each day. Your mid-morning snack or your mid-afternoon snack should include a piece of fruit with some almonds or a few sticks or celery with some natural peanut butter.
4. Water
Always keep a bottle of water with you at all times, you’re looking to aim for at least 2 litres every day and remember this needs to increase the more active you become. Sometimes when you are feeling hungry you need to think when your last meal was, if it’s less than 3 hours then drink some water. Feeling hungry can sometimes mean that you haven’t drunk enough.
5. Food on the go
Keeping readily available snacks with you at all times is vital when you’re aiming for a flat stomach. Having your own foods means that you don’t need to even consider eating junk foods as you have your own healthy foods at hand.
6. The correct mix of foods
When you are eating healthy carbohydrates, fruit, vegetables, brown rice, brown pasta, always have a protein source to eat along side them. When you eat carbs on their own your blood sugar levels tend to spike but when you combine them with proteins your blood sugar levels will be kept at a consistent level, they basically balance each other out. Keeping your energy levels up for far longer.
There you go my top tips that will stop you from reaching for the junk foods mid-afternoon and by doing this you will achieve a beautiful flat stomach quicker than you think.
Stay fit, keep focused and feel fabulous!
Steph.
Author of The Flat Stomach Solution
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Emotional Eating & The Flat Stomach Solution
Is emotional eating stopping you from fitting into your skinny jeans and wearing your clothes with confidence?
I have a friend who is in the process of going through a divorce and she confessed to me that she’s been using food to help her cope with all the stress.
Emotional eating is a stressful fat builder that can lead to not only weight gain but also confidence loss.
I’ve helped my friend stop her stomach from bulging out over her bottoms in a short amount of time and right now she’s where she needs to be, healthy, gaining confidence by the day, feeling and looking hot…hot…HOT!
The major challenges in life can often make you turn to food and until you gain control of what goes on in your head, it will always be difficult to gain control of what goes into your mouth.
Sue was able to take control and turn a negative into a positive with support from me as a friend and as a personal trainer but also with a heavy measure of self-worth and a desire to be the woman she had left behind when she got married.
My friends passion for change and a new beginning pushed her to contact me and I happily obliged by giving her my complete transformation package The Flat Stomach Solution.
She got copies of "The Flat Stomach Solution" (85 pages of expert advice), "The Flat Stomach Solution Recipe Book" (49 pages of mouth-watering recipes) and the bonus books The Fastest Fat Burning Solution Known to Women, Advanced Abs Workout and The 10 Minute Bodyweight Workout.
Within just 8 weeks Sue had beaten her emotional eating blues and had turned her bulging belly into a svelte sexy stomach.
If you check out my own personal journey you’ll see that I was once just like my friend, although divorce wasn’t my emotional eating trigger, mine was just every day stressors like a bad day at work or an argument with a loved one.
But Sue and myself are both living proof that with a little desire, a bit of work and a lot of fun, you can actually make the changes you want and discover a different side of life you didn’t even realize was there for you!
You can never afford to stop taking care of yourself. “It’s not selfish, it’s sensible”!
Stay fit, keep focused and feel fabulous!
Steph.
Author of The Flat Stomach Solution
I have a friend who is in the process of going through a divorce and she confessed to me that she’s been using food to help her cope with all the stress.
Emotional eating is a stressful fat builder that can lead to not only weight gain but also confidence loss.
I’ve helped my friend stop her stomach from bulging out over her bottoms in a short amount of time and right now she’s where she needs to be, healthy, gaining confidence by the day, feeling and looking hot…hot…HOT!
The major challenges in life can often make you turn to food and until you gain control of what goes on in your head, it will always be difficult to gain control of what goes into your mouth.
Sue was able to take control and turn a negative into a positive with support from me as a friend and as a personal trainer but also with a heavy measure of self-worth and a desire to be the woman she had left behind when she got married.
My friends passion for change and a new beginning pushed her to contact me and I happily obliged by giving her my complete transformation package The Flat Stomach Solution.
She got copies of "The Flat Stomach Solution" (85 pages of expert advice), "The Flat Stomach Solution Recipe Book" (49 pages of mouth-watering recipes) and the bonus books The Fastest Fat Burning Solution Known to Women, Advanced Abs Workout and The 10 Minute Bodyweight Workout.
Within just 8 weeks Sue had beaten her emotional eating blues and had turned her bulging belly into a svelte sexy stomach.
If you check out my own personal journey you’ll see that I was once just like my friend, although divorce wasn’t my emotional eating trigger, mine was just every day stressors like a bad day at work or an argument with a loved one.
But Sue and myself are both living proof that with a little desire, a bit of work and a lot of fun, you can actually make the changes you want and discover a different side of life you didn’t even realize was there for you!
You can never afford to stop taking care of yourself. “It’s not selfish, it’s sensible”!
Stay fit, keep focused and feel fabulous!
Steph.
Author of The Flat Stomach Solution
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