Some of the most covered topics in the media today is related to diets and weight loss programs. One day you are told to eliminate all fat from your diet. The next day, carbohydrates are the evil culprits you are advised to avoid.

Some of these diets are more stupid than others. Remember, the media is supposed to make headlines, and the more out of the picture, the better.

So what is the problem with all these diets and weight loss programs?

To start with, most of them involve subtracting one or more food groups from your diet. The truth is, when you take carbohydrates or fat out of your diet, you are doing more harm to your health than good.

The media often seems to have found a new mind blowing diet or weight loss program that is capable of getting you in the best shape ever.

They provide images of people that have lost HUGE amount of weight in NO TIME. This is the wrong picture to portray for two reasons: the word weight, and the methods advertised.

1. The BS About Weight

Just about anyone who wants to become healthy focuses exclusively on weight. Lets say you want to look good in the mirror or be able to fit into those amazing jeans of yours.

Should you really focus exclusively on your weight? Definitely not!

For those of you who know anything at all about the human body and its functions, you know that muscles are more dense than fat, which leads to the fact that muscles mass is more compact than fat and only takes up 1/3 the space.

What we should focus on instead is body fat and the way we look and feel. Weight itself does not show whether you are unhealthy or not, at least not the way the general public tends to believe these days.

When you read about health in the newspaper, they always talk about weight! It is rarely about fat, and that is really the big issue today.

2. BMI - A Good Way of Measuring Health?

BMI stands for Body Mass Index and is supposed to determine whether or not a person is healthy or overweight/obese.

Magazines often provide a BMI calculator for the reader so they easily can determine whether he or she is in the danger zone.

You may think that BMI sounds like a decent measurement to determine health, but let me tell you that it is NOT! Look at this list:

- Shawn Crawford, Sprinter (USA)
- Mark Lewis-Francis, Sprinter (GB)
- Ryan Bayley, Cycling (AUSTRIA)

I could keep adding names to this list all day long. Wondering why I am showing you this list?

These world class athletes are all classified as overweight by the BMI guidelines. You can also find athletes that have been classified as obese by BMI guidelines. Come on!

Do you really think world class athletes that basically live for training and health would be overweight and obese?

The reason you should take BMI guidelines with a grain of salt is similar to the issue of weight scales. BMI does not consider the fact that muscles are more dense than fat.

Bottom line: From now on, do not use BMI when it comes to monitoring or deciding whether or not you are unhealthy, or in the danger zone.

Do however, use weight scales, BUT ONLY, if you use it together with either a tape measurement or fat percentage test!


Sincerely,

Jonas Forsberg

Today, I'd like to tell you a little more about the importance of social
support.

Researchers at the Karolinska Institute (Sweden actually), studied
men and women from an online weight loss club to see what made
the difference between people who successfully lost weight and those
who didn't.

Their findings wasn't too surprising actually. They found that those
men and women who used the weight loss club online most frequently,
also were those who lost the most weight.

What's the lesson learned from this?

Well, it shows the importance of having social support. And a lot of
people have a hard time finding that social support in their surrounding,
so therefore online support is one of the most important factors for
success if your goal is losing weight or getting in shape!

Instead of having one-way traffic like we have right now (me writing, you reading),
I would like you to head on over to my newly created "The Burn Fat at Home Inner Circle" so we can get to know each other.

On this community you can ask questions, add pictures, videos, help solve other peoples problems, etc.

It is at this community you will see me spending most of my time online, and I will interact and help you out on a daily basis.

It doesn't cost you a dime to join, so why shouldn't you?

Head on over to:

=> http://burnfatathome.ning.com


That's it for today! Keep it up!



Your friend,

Jonas Forsberg
Author of http://BurnFatAtHome.com

PS. Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jonasforsberg

It's Saturday and I wasn't going to write anything today, but I just wanted to leave a short note!

12 Days of Fitness that I have been talking about for a while now launched on Dec 10. My program The Bodyweight Holiday System was up on Day 1, and so far, there's been quite a massive amount of people downloading the program.

Is it 100 people? 500? 1000? 1300?

No, it's actually 1500 people so far, and it's only been up there for 4 days.

What those on the list doesn't know, but soon will find out, is that I have decided to throw in another amazing bonus for them, and it will only be offered to those who downloaded The Bodyweight Holiday System!

I think a lot of these 1500 people will get quite excited when they receive this additional gift from me, since it's literally worth $39.95. I can't say more than that!

So if you haven't downloaded The Bodyweight Holiday System yet, and want to be able to get the unannounced bonus, then you need to act pretty soon. The offer is only up there for a few more days!

The best part about it, I am just one of more than 100 fitness experts giving away gifts for being part of 12 Days of Fitness. It's been a huge success so far, so don't miss out on it!

Click here to sign-up for 12 Days of Fitness ASAP!


Have a great weekend,
Jonas

Here's where a lot of people get it wrong. Most of you know that carbohydrates are "suppose" to be the bad guy today.

Fact is, that's not correct. Carbohydrates are the only nutrient who serve the brain and the Central Nervous System, and that's one of the reasons people with a low carbohydrate intake experience lack of concentration and have a hard time focusing over a longer period of time.

- Processed/Modified Carbs. This includes food sources such as:

Bread, Pasta, Cereal, Granola Bars, Muffins, and anything else that is pre-packaged in a box or bag.

So basically, sources that are not eaten in its original form, that's a carbohydrate source to avoid.

But before we go on, let me tell you one thing. I definitely don't eat based on an all or nothing type of approach. I love pasta, rice and bread, and I do eat it, I really do.

With that being said, I don't eat it with every meal and I don't eat it in huge portions, I fill up my plate with more colorful greens and vegetables, and with lean protein sources.

- Everything that is in its natural form: All different types of veggies you could imagine. Follow the "rainbow" approach and mix as many colors as possible!

A lot of people tend to forget that vegetables are considered to be carbohydrates, so by limiting your intake of pasta, rice, and bread, and increasing your intake of colorful veggies, you are still getting a good amount of carbohydrates.

And don't worry about overeating and gaining weight on vegetables, that's basically impossible. There's not a single person in the history who has gained weight on eating too much vegetables, so don't worry about that!


I just told you what carbohydrates sources to avoid and which ones to choose, and today I got a similar topic regarding fat.

What I recommend for all nutrients is to find whole food sources, meaning food products that are in its original form. So that's one thing you will see me coming back to pretty often!

To move on, here's the list of 3 different fatty acids:

- Saturated

Without going to deep into this, saturated fat is what you should keep as low as possible.

Saturated fat is the animal produced fat, such as the fat around the pork chop, the high fat content in cheese, milk, etc.

For dairy products, choose low fat options. The only difference between low fat milk and high fat milk is exactly that, the fat content. You still have the same amount of vitamins and minerals in
both of these, so always choose the low-fat version.

I won't go into the difference between the two unsaturated fats, but when it comes to food sources, these are the ones to choose most frequently:


A good option is to choose a quality Omega-3 supplement if you have a hard time getting these food products into your daily nutrition intake.

That's it for today!

You know have 4 nutrition rules to take with you, and you will get the next 2 within a day or two. So for now, start implementing these rules into your daily schedule together with the workout from The Bodyweight Holiday System and you will see rapid changes, I promise you that!

Have a great day,

Jonas Forsberg

Wow, 12 Days of Fitness launched about 36 hours, and it's been insane so far. Me personally I have had over 1200 people downloading The Bodyweight Holiday System and the number is increasing all the time.

I am really happy to be able to share all of this with so many people, and if you haven't taken action on the offer yet, then maybe it's time to stop pushing things forward, and instead take action right now!

Hey, it's for FREE!

Click here to get The Bodyweight Holiday System NOW!

I promised 12 unique nutrition tips for those who signed-up, and I intend to hold that promise! I am going to update this blog with 2 nutrition tips every 3rd day from now on, and in this email you got number 1-2.

=> Nutrition Tip #1 - Small and often

Guys, I'm off to bed in just a minute, but just wanted to remind you about one thing:


Honestly, it's over 20.000 people who have signed up so far and who are ready to receive more than 100 FREE fitness gifts over the course of 12 days.

Mine is in there, as a matter of fact it's in the second position on Day 1, so don't forget to pick up a copy of The Bodyweight Holiday System.

That's it for today. Don't come and say I didn't warn ya when you hear all your friends talking about how frickin' awesome the gifts were! =)

For a new body in 2009,
Jonas

PS. If you didn't click on the picture, then here's the address: http://12daysoffitness.com

Hope everyone had an awesome weekend, I know I did.

As a matter of fact, it included a lot of work, but everything that includes Burn Fat at Home and fitness does not really feel like work to me, it's more of a hobby. I hope you feel the same about your job!

I have 2 notes to add to this post that you really should take action on ASAP!

1. The Burn Fat at Home Inner Circle

First off, I have been spending my whole weekend setting up a community for all the Burn Fat at Home followers. It's a community where you can interact with others and you and I can get to know each other.

I really don't want this to be one-way traffic, meaning I write and you read, that's it. I want to connect and I really hope you do to.

The community is basically like Facebook for people who are interested in health/fitness, making lifestyle changes, discussing their current workout schedule with others, etc.

Check it out by clicking the link below. It is 100% free, and you don't have to buy the Burn Fat at Home program if you don't feel like it. Just sign-up and start to contribute, get to know some new friends, help each other, etc.

=> Click here to sign-up for The Burn Fat at Home Inner Circle

2. 12 Days of Fitness

Alright guys, if you haven't signed up for 12 Days of Fitness yet, it's time you do so. There's only 3 days left if you want to receive over 100 FREE fitness gifts in time for Christmas.

There is no catch, no sale, nothing. Just sign-up, sit back, relax, and wait for the links to fill up your inbox!



=> Click here to get on over to 12 Days of Fitness


That's all for me for today! I hope you have a great Sunday!

See ya tomorrow!

Jonas

PS. Click here to grab my 12 Days of Fitness copy - The Bodyweight Holiday System - right away!