Fad diets, they all have one thing in common. They’re diets. They are like a pair of bell bottom pants. They are in for a couple of years and they’re gone. Then they find they’re way back just when the fitness professionals know we are ready to eat ’em up again…no pun intended. When you’re trying to burn fat, you really should avoid these things like the plague.Now, realistically many of these diets will provide some initial fat loss for many people. So you get some weight loss initially, but you could also lose some muscle on these programs too, and you know that losing muscle can spell disaster to your fat burning efforts. But the bigger problem with these diets is that most who follow outlandish diets gain back the fat they lost, and then some! On top of that, they often recommend focusing too much on one type of food, which can lead to unhealthy eating habits. I’ve found they are too strict to be realistically followed, especially for a long period of time, and they’re no fun. And anything you can’t follow as a lifestyle will not burn fat in the long run.
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by Mike Arnold

Today’s topic was inspired by a fascinating and record-breaking thread at the new Black Stone Labs Forums. In a matter of just 26 days, this thread has generated an astonishing 317,000 views! No other thread in the history of BB’ing websites has accomplished this amazing feat. BB’rs are literally flocking from all over the Web just to be a part of it. What topic could possibly generate such an enormous amount of interest over such a short period of time, you ask?
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