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Weight has its own rules. Not the ones that the strength has. Here is one of them. Unshakable as Mount Blanc. Within an hour after your workout you should eat. If you do not do it the hope for growth in weight can be considered frozen. And so you’ve finished your training and took the handle of the locker room … This is a signal for the report …

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No, no, pork chop after a workout will not do. Here you need “fast” protein and “fast” carbohydrates. Depleted muscles cannot wait. They should absorb the protein faster than a sponge, water! But “fast” carbohydrates should cause the explosive release of insulin. Insulin will immediately stop the process of catabolism, and in addition will help the secretion of IGF-1 (hypoxia-inducible factor) and the growth hormone. These are powerful natural anabolic, so after the training the gain will be great! And do not be afraid of high calories! After the training, they will never remain as subcutaneous fat! But turn into glycogen – the thermonuclear fuel for strength training, which liver carefully keeps in reserve. Transformation of carbohydrates into glycogen is rapid only during the first after training hour, and then slows to a crawl step. You have to eat more “fast” carbohydrates “, the very ones that most readily converted into glycogen. In short, nap time! You need to eat! Here are a couple of different recipes!

Beef & Mango
Recipe by Laura Kreaval
1 serving

1 mango, peel and cut into cubes
2 tbsp. of chopped red onion
2 tbsp. of chopped cilantro
1 tbsp. of lemon juice
Salt and Pepper to taste
2 large tortillas
160 grams of roasted ground beef

To begin with, mix in a bowl the first 4 ingredients. Add salt and pepper. Both tortillas place on plate and put in the middle some ground beef. Then cover the meat with the prepared paste. Roll tortillas and wrap in foil.

Ingredients:
677 calories,
50 grams protein,
93 g carbohydrate,
12 g fat

SALMON & BROWN RICE
Recipe by Laura Kreaval
1 serving

1 / 2 cup of the finely chopped red pepper
1 / 4 cup of the chopped onion
1 can of the canned salmon
2 cups of the cooked brown rice
Salt and pepper to taste
Vegetable oil

Pour into a pan some vegetable oil and heat on medium. Simmer the onions and peppers for 2-3 minutes. Put the salmon in the pan together with the juice and cook for 3-5 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and add some rice to the salmon. Gently mix the rice with the chunks of salmon. Add salt and pepper.

First of all, let’s find out what Hoodia is.

Hoodia is a kind of a cactus-like succulent. Sometimes it is describes as an ugly kind of cacti, but I have to say that there is nothing ugly about it. In the end the looks of the plant is not that important, is it?
It has become popular several years ago in the public domain. On both sides of the Atlantic programs showed how to use it and what kind of results it has on losing weight.

So, to be more precise, there is hoodia gordinii group distinguished from a large group of succulent plants named Asclepiadaceae. That is where the hoodia is taken from to help us with weight loss.

The next question is – how can it help us in losing weight.
Giving some of the history of Hoodia Gordonii we have to say that it grows in Kalahari desert, in Africa. IT has grown there for thousands and thousands of years. This plant can thrive in extremely high temperatures and it takes it a lot of time to get mature. There are also San Tribesmen found in Kalahari. These are among the oldest tribes in the whole world.

The Hoodia plant has been the San’s food for many years but their aim, as you might have guessed, is not to lose weight as it is in Europe or America. This is just the food the tribes can find in the desert. Now the question arises = how can hoodia help in losing weight really?

The answer is simple: imagine the wild tribes living in a desert. They have to struggle for food. Sometimes their quests last for several days. So, once they have gone hunting and the amount of food they have taken is gone they still have to eat something. That is where the hoodia cactus is of help. The tribes have found out that the hoodia gordonii plant suppresses the hunger pangs for quite long periods. This fact made it easier for them to go hunting for long periods without this killing desire to eat something.

Now you are probably beginning to understand how this hoodia gordonii plant can be of help for those who are in a quest for losing weight. The plant helps to suppress the desire to eat and you burn more of your stored calories without any caloric intake. This fact has inspired the scientists to study this plant closer.

People have always wanted to lead healthier lives, to look better and to be fitter. That is why there exist plenty of techniques about how to lose weight today. Many of these techniques claim to have no “bad effect”, many of them explain why and how this very technique works. So, should we really believe everything we are told about losing weight techniques?
In modern magazines we can frequently read such statements as:
- You can lose weight without hard work
- Some people are born to be fat and they cannot do anything to be slim
- Starvation is the best way to be fit
- You can easily believe anything said in magazines
- Eating the right food can be beneficial in losing weight without any exercises
- You can lose weight in minutes, it’s easy!
- Lose 30 pounds in 30 days, anyone can do it
- If nothing else can help do not hesitate to eat steroids, growth hormones and special drugs to achieve your goal.

Do you really believe that doing nothing you will lose weight? Do you really think that these techniques guarantee the results they promise? Tom Venuto, the author of such self-help books as Burn the fat, Feed the Muscle and the Big Fat lies says that the statements given above do not guarantee the result they promise, in fact, they can even cause damage to your health.

Let’s think about dieting, for example. It is not necessary for you to eat absolutely nothing to lose or just not to gain weight. According to Tom Venuto, you just have to eat the right food, do regular exercises and of course to think positively about what you do to keep your weight at the same level or even to lose some.
Every day you have some things to do: you work, you socialize with your friends and family, actually you do a lot of things a day. That is why you have to eat food to get the nutrients for your every day functions. Your body needs to gain strength from somewhere. Most food supplements cannot satisfy your body’s needs in calories which turn into energy that you need to live. So if you do not eat properly you will not be able to accomplish everyday tasks of life.

Eating properly is not enough though. You have to do regular exercises to lose weight, to shake off the fat that you do not need and to gain muscles instead of it. Do not forget that drugs and steroids may have bad effect to your physical and mental health especially if you do not take them correctly.

Do not believe when you are told that losing weight is a one-minute process. It takes time. Sometimes it takes a lot of time. So regular exercises are necessary to help your body to shake off the fat gradually.

Bodies shown in modern magazines look very well and show a nice example to follow. But you should not believe that their changes have happened very quickly so that you are not frustrated when you do not succeed in losing much weight in a short period of time. It is just a form of advertising. But your dream can and should come true if you have patience and confidence enough. Remember: “Every hard work pays off”!