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In this first article of our series, you will learn what happens in your body as you eat. Having a clear knowledge of how your metabolism works enables you to make more conscious choices in your weight loss process. This tip is easy to follow on its own, but it’s even easier when you understand why it makes a difference. So let’s get started.

In my experience as a personal trainer, students who achieved the best results were those who learned to:

1. be aware of the messages their body was sending
2. follow a personally tailored diet and training program

Think about the times when your meal was interrupted for whatever reason (e.g. someone knocked on your door or the phone rang). Minutes later, when you returned to your meal you may have noticed a decrease in your hunger. Have you ever had this experince? Well, what this means is: your body was already satisfied, and any additional food intake would later translate into added inches in your girth. Now, imagine how many people actually do that on a daily basis and how the cumulative effect of this habit can result in being overweight. Are you one of these people?

Why do we do that?

It’s simple: in our fast  paced lives, we forget to appreciate our meals and, unnecessarily, end up swallowing large portions of food in the blink of an eye.

The bottom line:

The feeling of satiety is the body’s way of letting you know you are satisfied and have eaten enough. It is basically controlled by hormone actuation. (One of them being cholecystokinin; a protein released by the intestine into the bloodstream to stimulate the brain regions associated with satiety). Without our body’s wise mechanisms, we would eat until we explode.

The action of these hormones that make us feel satisfied isn’t immediate, though. It takes around 30 minutes for this message to be fully interpreted by the brain and only then you feel satisfied. So by eating too fast you actually end up consuming way more food than you really need. At the end of the meal, what you should feel like is: “Good, I’m satisfied”. Instead, you feel like: “Wow, I’m totally full!”. This is a clear sign that you’ve eaten more than you should have. By eating slowly you give your body the opportunity to do its job the way it’s designed to. Do you see how this can play an important role in your weight loss journey?

This is a simple, but powerful tip if your goal is to lose weight: eat slow! And as a bonus tip, also keep in mind:

“Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.”
Abu Bakr

Looking for an easy, beautiful and elegant decor tip for Christmas?

Look at the cool Christmas creation of Daniela, a Brazilian friend of mine who lives in the northern hemisphere.

A Glass plate, candles, Christmas balls and voilà – you have a beautiful decoration for table, desk or sideborad. 

Use your creativity to play with shapes, textures and colors!

And you? What’s your suggestion for a practical Christmas decoration?

If the two things you have most in life are the desire to eat and the desire to be skinny, then you came to the right place.

Among the many prescriptions I have made as a Personal Trainer, those related to losing weight are the most sought.

In this first series, I’m going to discuss three important topics for those trying to lose  inches. Maybe you will be  a little surprised with some of them:

• Eat slow
• Eat many times a day
• Don’t spend many hours at the gym

Follow up on our series: Tips to lose weight. We at allhottips.net are going to clarify and detail the science behind these statements.

Leave your comment, question or opinion; it’s very important to us.

Don’t panic when bubble gum gets stuck in your carpet. Before assuming it is completely ruined, keep reading because we have the solution!

I have tried different ways to remove bubble gum from clothes and carpets but none of them worked as well as this one. It was particularly useful when the sticky mess seemed to resist all other methods.

Your unpleasant predicament will be solved in five minutes with the use of a clothes iron and a little bit of care.

Follow this step by step procedure:

You will need an iron and a piece of cloth.

Cover the surface with the piece of cloth and make sure that the iron doesn’t touch the carpet or the piece of clothing.

Place the hot iron on the piece of cloth and keep it there for a few seconds.

The high temperature will melt the bubble gum and transfer it to the piece of cloth.

Keep in mind:

• You may have to repeat the procedure to have the bubble gum completely removed. When that is the case, make sure you use a clean part of the cloth.
• Never place the iron directly on the bubble gum. You would end up with the original problem (cleaning the carpet) and the added problem of having to clean the iron.
• Keeping the iron on the surface for too long can damage the carpet or the piece of clothing

This is a tip you will never forget and you can also pass it along to those dealing with the same issue. Good luck!