Lose Stubborn Fat!: Do I Really Need to Keep a Food Log?

Do you need to keep a food log? That depends. You have to ask yourself if you are really ready for summer. Fat loss trainer of trainers, Alwyn Cosgrove, recently posted on his blog that now is the time (paraphrased) - It's the next 12 weeks that determine if you are going to be the girl who has to wear a one piece swimsuit, or the girl who looks lean and hot in a bikini. It's the next 12 weeks that will determine if you are the guy at the pool wearing a shirt, or if you're the guy who can't wait to take his shirt off.

So look - keeping a food log is the best thing ever! Keeping a food log is the access to getting the amazing results that you've always wanted. Sure, the workouts have got to be right - but the food has got to be right also.

If you don't keep a food log, it's hit or miss. Without a food log you literally have no idea what's going on - you're not even in the game.

You are playing a three games trying to lose stubborn fat:

1.) You need to burn more calories than you eat (or eat less calories than you burn), so you lose fat consistently.
2.) You need to consume enough protein and do enough resistance training that you hold on to muscle while you lose fat.
3.) You need to monkey with the ratios of protein and fat, and the quality of the carbs, until you are feeling full and satisfied at the lower caloric intake.

To really win at any of those games, you need to keep a food log.

By Josh Hillis
Author of How To Lose The Stubborn Seven Pounds: Take Your Body from Good to Rockstar.
I'm a specialist in getting my clients lean, fast. I usually work the hardest clients to lean out - girls who are already in good shape. I like the challenge. It's actually easier to lean out guys because guys naturally carry more muscle. My book is about how anyone can get that that lean, rockstar body.