Helloooooooooo Blogercisers! I have big plans for all of you tomorrow night. I will be the guest lecturer at Absolute Performance Physical Therapy in Waukee. The lecture will begin at 6pm and will cover nutrition and exrecise. I will be unveling many secrets regarding fat burning and nutrition... namely the the fact that you cannot simply count your calories and train religiously to get the body you want. Oh, don't start whining! You heard me right..........simply counting calories and exercising will NOT get you the physique you dream about a day long!

Seriously, if that were all it took, we'd all be lean, mean machines. While modifying your calories certainly plays a major role, the key to successful fat loss lies in the strategies that actually alter your body's metabolism.

Let's take for example, Carbs. Yes, carbs help to maintain muscle, but they can also stimulate fat storage. So, the thing you need to do is modify your carb intake by rotating high carb days with low carb days. When you lower your carbs, you want to raise your protein. This will ramp up the fat mobilizing enzymes and hormones leading to increased fat loss. Do not, however, keep your carbs low for prolonged periods of time. This will only deplete your muscles of glycogen and leave you looking flat. Increase your carbs every fourth or fifth day.

I mentioned increasing your protein when your carbs are low and I refer to the fact that protein exerts a greater metabolic boosting effect than either carbs or fats. And, remember, protein feeds your muscles and we mustn't let them starve since muscle is your greatest fat fighting component in the body!

Come and hear some more fitness facts tomorrow night. For more information, please call Absolute Performance Therapy at 987-6267.

Your Ironladydoc