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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  In today's blog post, we will be covering all your FAQs on how to properly slim down your legs without adding extra bulk. Question What is the best way to slim down my legs? Answer The best way to slim down is doing cardio. Especially walking and running. This blog post  here  explains how walking burns fat in the thighs. Now running also helps slim down as it is very effective in burning loads of calories within a short period. Question What is fasted cardio and does it work? Answer Fasted cardio is doing your cardio in this case a walk/run first thing in the morning before having any food. Does it work? In my opinion yes it does. When you do fasted cardio the body will not have enough carbs to burn for fuel and this will force the body to use stored fat. Which is exactly what you want. Question How do you work out? Answer I do a 3*3. This is cardio 3 days a week and resistance training 3 days a week. All my runs are usually interval runs which go for around 30 minutes and my

HOW SUGAR AFFECTS WEIGHT LOSS

T oday's blog post is about how sugar affects weight loss. Let's dive right into it, when you take sugar it goes to the bloodstream right? This usually causes blood sugar spikes( well talk about it later) . The pancreas releases insulin to help regulate blood sugar levels. The more sugar you eat the more insulin is produced by the pancreas. Now insulin helps regulate blood sugar by either burning it for energy or converting and storing the excess as fat. When you keep eating a high amount of sugar, insulin levels are high and your body eventually becomes resistant to insulin. The body will not be able to burn fat and therefore store it. So, ideally, that's how sugar can make us fat. Too much of it will not be converted to energy and will be stored as fat, especially in the belly area. There are two types of sugar. Processed sugar and natural sugar. Processed sugar is found in say cookies, milkshakes, chocolates, beer, soft drinks, and so on. Natural sugar is found in frui