Alwyn Cosgrove
Does Drinking Lots of Water Help You Lose Weight?
Water is essential to life and a healthy body. Dehydration will wreak havoc on you and your fitness goals. If you are dehydrated your body cannot function at its optimal level. For example, your muscles will loose strength, you won’t burn fat as quickly, and you’ll feel tired and fatigued.
There are lots of rumors and claims out there saying that drinking water will help you lose weight. Are these claims justified? Does it really work? Yes and No.
18Jan2010 | lewis | 0 comments | Continued4 Foods for More Fat Loss
What foods should I eat for maximum fat loss? This is a common question that I get from clients and friends. There is so much new information out there everyday “X food is now good for you but Y food is now bad.” How can you possibly sort through all the junk science and sensational reporting to truly find out which foods will help you lose weight and which foods won’t?
Let me help. Here’s a look at foods that you should eat to maximize fat loss. These foods are listed in no particular order because they are all important.
17May2009 | lewis | 0 comments | ContinuedPlateaus of Weight Loss- Adaptive Thermogenesis + FREE Download.
Weight loss plateaus can be frustrating and detrimental to your fat loss if not dealt with swiftly and properly. Another way to look at weight loss plateaus is that they are actually your body settling in at a new body weight set point.
The set point theory is basically the idea that your body likes to be at a certain body weight and it will work to keep you there. Chances are you have experienced this in your own life. I’m talking about situations where you will gain or lose weight but inevitably after a couple weeks or months of trying to change you end up around the same body weight (I know for me 175lbs was a set point, in my own system for quite some time).
24Apr2009 | lewis | 0 comments | ContinuedLose Fat in the Morning
One of the best ways to ensure you burn maximum fat is to get it done first thing in the morning. A common fat loss tip people often give out is just this – exercise in the morning to burn more fat. Does exercising in the morning burn more calories? Unfortunately there is no scientific evidence to prove that exercising in the morning burns more calories but it may increase your fat loss.
12Mar2009 | lewis | 0 comments | Continued4 Ways To Break A Weight Loss Plateau
Weight loss plateaus are the bain of every dieter existence. There is nothing more frustrating than doing everything that you are ’supposed’ to do but for whatever reason the weight loss just stops. Before we get into how you can smash through your weight loss plateau it is important to determine if you have plateaued OR perhaps you haven’t actually been following your diet and/or training program.
11Mar2009 | lewis | 0 comments | ContinuedCarbohydrates and Fat Loss: What’s the Deal?
Carbohydrates play an important role in any fat loss diet. You need them to help you recover from your workouts but you need to limit them so that they don’t inhibit your fat loss. So what is the right balance of carbohydrates in your diet? When you eat carbs and what kind of carbs you eat depends on your body type and the time of day. Let’s look at this idea a little more closely.
9Mar2009 | lewis | 0 comments | ContinuedBody Fat – Stressing You Out and Making You Stupid
We can all pretty much agree that extra body fat stinks…right? It hides your abs from the world, makes your favorite clothes not fit, and increases your risk of heart disease and cancer. But did you know that you know that it can impair how your body responds to stress?
Here’s how. Increased levels of visceral fat (i.e. not the stomach fat you can pinch, the fat sitting around your organs) lead to increased level of cortisol. Cortisol is a stress hormone that have been shown to decrease mental performance.
12Feb2009 | lewis | 0 comments | ContinuedHe could lose his shirt.
He could lose his shirt.
I’ve never seen anything like this before.
Nutritionist Mike Roussell and Men’s Health Fat Loss Expert Alwyn Cosgrove have put their money where their mouth is…LITERALLY.
You’ve probably heard of the rapid weight loss program – Warp Speed Fat Loss. It is a 28 Day blueprint for people that want to lose up to 20lbs in 28 days. It works like gang busters.
The story goes…Mike was taking to his Dad the other week and his father didn’t think that people would believe that it was possible – being able to lose 20lbs in 28 day. Especially with all the exotic berry and weight loss scams all over the internet.
11Feb2009 | lewis | 0 comments | ContinuedLose Fat Without Changing Your Diet
Strategies on how to lose fat normally centers on specific dietary approaches. However, there are many factors aside from controlling how many grams of fat you consume each day that can help accelerate your fat loss. In this article we will look at two different nutrition research studies that reveal key strategies for effective and permanent weight loss.
Weight Gaining Behavior – A 2004 study published by Dr. David Levitsky examined the eating behaviors of college freshman at Cornell University. He found that the students whom gained the most weight had 3 common characteristics:
6Feb2009 | lewis | 0 comments | ContinuedHow to Break a Fat Loss Plateau
What is stopping your from reaching your fat loss goals? Maybe you are on track. If so then you can skip this article and go read something else…however…if your body isn’t where you want it to be then keep reading.
It is not uncommon that I talk with someone about their weight loss and they are completely baffled about why they can’t lose more weight. They are training hard and they are using a solid high protein, reduced carbohydrate, low calorie diet but they just aren’t losing weight fast enough.
26Jan2009 | lewis | 0 comments | Continued





