Now many of you are looking in the mirror and thinking, "wow, I've really gained a few pounds. I need to lose some weight." Well the first place you have to start is in the area of food. During the holidays, you eat whatever, whenever. Now it's time to restrict the diet a little. Well, this issue of Semper Fitness we're going to show you how to tighten up your meals and make them lighter on the stomach, hips and thighs. Let's get smokin'.

My intention in this article is to show you an example of a meal and demonstrate how the omission of a few items can really lighten it up. Our example today will be breakfast:

Meal

Grams of Fat

Calories

2 eggs

11.2

158

3 slices of bacon

12.5

156

2 slices of toast (white w/butter [1 pat], jam [1 tsp])

10

236

1 glass orange juice (8 oz).

0

110

As you can see, this breakfast meal would yield a nice amount of calories.This meal gets about 45% of the calories coming from fat (33.7 x9/660 = 45.9).Not the most nutritious meal in the world as you can see.

Now let's change it around a little bit.

Meal

Grams of Fat

Calories

2 eggs (one yolk removed)

5.6

79

3 slices of bacon (center cut)

6

54

2 slices of toast (white no butter, jam [1 tsp])

2

18

1 glass orange juice (8 oz).

0

110

Notice that just by taking out a few things (yolk, butter), you can lighten up any meal. You should try this method with other meals during the day. As you get used to eating this way, you'll notice the pounds fall off.

Well, that's the skinny this week. Learn to eat like the professional trainers and you'll stay fit as a fiddle. From the extreme motivator, stay pumped, stay motivated and OO-RAH!