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How to Lose the Last 5 Pounds and Eliminate Stubborn Belly Fat: Part 1. A question I get asked a lot is how to lose that last bit of fat – especially when your diet is clean, you’re working out and there doesn’t seem to be any reason for it to hang on. Check out Sara’s question, and my response for 4 strategies that are GUARANTEED to work.

I have so many strategies for this subject, I’ll be doing a follow- up post about it next week, so stay tuned! Dear Betty,I have been eating clean for a long time now (since Jan) and I’m adoring it! My exercise routine is heavy weight lifting 3 days a week, and I try get a few runs in as well. I have been lifting for the past 3 months and really love it. I have noticed changes in my body, but I am struggling with losing the weight off my midsection. I am a small built girl (with curves though) and I am learning to embrace my body. However, I do get so frustrated when I see that I still have pudge on my stomach – and I don’t know how to make it go away!

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I know patience is key, and I dont want to ever feel bad about my body – but I do feel frustrated. Any help would be greatly appreciated!- Sara. Hi Sara,You know, sometimes I fluctuate up and down a bit – and whether it’s 3 pounds or 8, the weight inevitably goes right to my stomach or the back of my thighs. It’s so sneaky! While there are good reasons for moderate weight fluctuation, if you’ve been steadily losing weight and gotten to that last 5- 1. I have some tried and tested ideas for you. Even after writing a a healthy eating program that includes everything about good nutrition, I can still make some of those little mistakes myself.

And boy, do they add up if I don’t catch them fast. Things like: 1. Skipping a mealand. Spiking our blood sugar. Skipping meals and spiking blood sugar basically go hand in hand. You see, your body likes to be in a state of constant equilibrium. That’s what hunger is for, to remind you to get some nutrients so you can maintain a steady energy state.

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When you eat foods high in sugar, your pancreas releases insulin to regulate the rapid influx of glucose in the blood. This can make you tired or feel drowsy, and foods with a high GI are more likely to be sent to fat storage. When your body sees insulin, it thinks “store energy for later” – which means, pad the body with fat. Eat regular meals, and be moderate in your sugar intake to prevent one of the key weight- gain monsters – spiking your blood sugar. Have you ever gotten caught up in a project or working on something – and just not had time to eat, or missed your lunch break? It happens to me some days – even when I’m working from home.

So I tear open the fridge and – oh good, there’s leftover pumpkin pie I made for my Whole Foods class last night. It has all natural ingredients and coconut sugar and it’s vegan, so it’s healthy and stuff (I tell myself) and I say “I’ll just have one piece while I’m making myself a green smoothie.”Guess what, that one piece turns into EVERY last piece, because my body was so depleted, it was desperate for energy. By the time I finish the pie, I’m not even hungry for the green smoothie anymore. Oops. Now I’m guilty of both skipping a meal, and spiking my blood sugar.

Even with a strong will, when you get those severe hunger pangs that come from ignoring your need to eat for too long, you’ll stuff your face with whatever you can – and that’s almost always something that’s already made – like cookies, leftover dessert, a bag of chips – and that’s when our lean gains can suffer. Spiking your blood sugar is sometimes very useful – like immediately post- workout, or first thing in the morning. But spiking the blood sugar too often is harmful, and will cause weight gain. Not getting enough sleep. Not getting enough sleep is such a SNEAKY weight- gain enhancer!

When we sleep, we allow our bodies to process all of the food we ate during the day. Studies show that getting enough rest allows you to perform better, regulates your hormones so you actually metabolize fats more efficiently, reduces stress, improves focus, creativity and memory and regulates and reduces inflammation.

Getting adequate rest ensures your body has time to metabolize fats efficiently and regulates many other key body functions. Plus, having adequate rest will give you the energy to get to a workout at the end of the day if that’s the only time you can go, get you up and at ’em first thing in the morning, and help you manage stressful things that may come up throughout the day. That brings me to one of the biggest culprits in losing the last 5 pounds, especially when it comes to reducing belly fat: 4. Stress. Stress raises your levels of a hormone called cortisol.

Cortisol, in its normal capacity has several key roles in the body, but none more relevant to this discussion than its ability to raise blood glucose levels when it skyrockets because you’re stressed. When the stressful event or feeling is over and you still have high blood glucose levels, that glucose gets stored as fat.

Most notably, BELLY FAT. Cortisol has been studied for its propensity to deposit the fat in the abdominal area – and researchers believe it’s a primary cause of belly fat in highly stressed people. Stress causes increase in belly fat – point your compass elsewhere as often as possible! Don’t stress yourself out about the little things. Remember to breathe. Try to give others the benefit of the doubt and steer away from negative thoughts as much as possible.

Don’t get caught up in beating yourself up – know that YOU are in control of your thoughts, your actions and the direction you decide to go. BONUS: How to Deal with Negative Self- Talk. As someone who used to be the biggest shit- self- talker around, I know how easy it can be to inadvertently slip into that kind of “down on yourself” thought process. How we talk about ourselves and see ourselves is a practice, just like these challenge workouts are a practice.

And repeating your practice over a period of time is what forms HABITS. A lot of our habits get formed unconsciously – like that negative self talk stuff. Nobody wakes up one day and says, “gee I think I’ll start beating myself up on a daily basis.” It sneaks up on you. Because you practice it day in and day out. But I changed that actually, and if you’re struggling with this at all I want to tell you how. It’s this thing my coach and mentor shared with me called “reframing.” Basically if you picture yourself in your own movie, your movie has a story.

Every Godzilla Movie Ever, Ranked Worst to Best. Though Godzilla has been around for 6.

Gareth Edwards reboot the classic monster in Legendary’s Godzilla, with a sequel set for 2. King Kong slated for 2. Over in Japan, original studio Toho has released their new movie, Godzilla Resurgence, which is currently dominating the box office overseas.

And even more recently, a new animated movie by Polygon Studios has been announced for 2. It’s no mystery as to why Godzilla remains so relevant in pop culture. He’s a humongous mutated lizard that can shoot blue atomic breath out of his mouth. And frankly, if you don’t know why that’s awesome, then you need awesome lessons. For being more than six decades old, Godzilla hasn’t seemed to age a day. With all the recent uproar, we thought it would be an appropriate time to go over that 6. Big G’s best movies.

These films are what we consider to be the most memorable from the series, either for their giant monster fights, vast destruction, or their often ludicrous plots. We also attempted to include films from all different eras of Godzilla, which consist of the Showa series (1. Heisei series (1.

Millennium series (1. Godzilla is the undisputed King of the Monsters, so long live the king. Here are the 1. 5 Best Godzilla Films Ever Made. Dishonorable Mention – Godzilla (1. Before we take a look at the best the franchise has to offer, we felt it was appropriate to first look at the worst. Honestly, this movie is so universally hated it shouldn’t even count as part of the series, but since it bears the name, Godzilla 1. King of Monsters.

The gigantic iguana featured in this movie is completely devoid of any of the trademarked characteristics that makes Godzilla the absolute force of nature he is. It’s significantly smaller and weaker, and for a monster that is notorious for easily destroying militaries, it’s brought down by a couple of guided missiles from a fighter jet. While the movie is at least mildly entertaining once you accept its campiness, its biggest problem stems from the fact that it’s a Godzilla movie that doesn’t really feature Godzilla. It was a massive opportunity to reinvent the classic Japanese monster to Western audiences, but instead it became a cheap Jurassic Park knockoff that we all like to pretend didn’t happen.

Godzilla 2. 00. 0 (1. After the 1. 99. 8 American disaster, Toho was quick to get the bad taste out of everyone’s mouths. They retaliated by rebooting Godzilla yet again with Godzilla 2. Japanese production which actually picked up enough steam to have a theatrical release overseas. Directed by Takao Okawara, who was responsible for three of the best movies in the previous series, this outing has a giant flying saucer crash land right in the middle of Tokyo. After much speculation as to what it is, the spaceship transforms into the gigantic beast named Orga, a massive kaiju with a big enough mouth to swallow Godzilla whole.

Godzilla 2. 00. 0 is a solid flick that pits two big creatures in a monster throw down. It’s far from perfect however, featuring some CGI scenes of Godzilla that are clearly outdated. Still, this movie kick- started Toho’s millennium series, and was a return to form for the titular monster, who looks scarier and more intimidating than ever. King Kong vs. Godzilla (1.

Giant monster fans had their dreams come true in 1. East met West in King Kong vs. Godzilla. A Batman v Superman for that generation, audiences got to witness firsthand the Japanese kaiju battle the famous great ape. Kong was beefed up in size so he could have a fair fight against Godzilla, and was also given a bizarre trait where he could feed off of electricity for no apparent reason than to serve as a convenient plot device.

Still, Kong’s inexplicable upgrades aside, the third movie in the Godzilla franchise is a fun ride. It’s certainly absurd and the effects are more than outdated, but the final battle is entertaining nonetheless as the two creatures exchange punches and throw boulders at one another. The climactic duel comes to an end when both monsters plunge into the ocean, with no real winner to crown as the victor. It’s a fight that most audiences would love to see a rematch of, and as luck would have it we soon will. With Kong being rebooted yet again in the upcoming Skull Island, Legendary has already planned a Godzilla vs. King Kong for 2. 02.

Take your bets people. Godzilla (2. 01. 4)Gareth Edwards’ 2. Godzilla is a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, it provides a glorious special effects driven monster fight in the final 3. On the other hand, the remaining chunk of the runtime is devoted to overstuffed human drama with characters who (beside an intense Bryan Cranston who gets killed off way too quickly) we could care less about.

Ultimately it’s a popcorn movie that doesn’t quite capture the nostalgia of the early Toho productions, certainly not the bleak undertones of the original Gojira, but at the same time isn’t quite the disaster Roland Emmerich’s version was. The big plus is that Godzilla looks exactly like Godzilla, a towering presence that can breathe blue radioactive fire. Unfortunately, most fans would agree that he’s not in the film nearly as much as he should be, almost taking a backseat to the newly introduced MUTOS. Still, the final act is pure bliss for any kaiju fan which earns it a spot on this list. We just wish the rest of the movie had been more like that. Godzilla: Final Wars (2.

Intended to be the very last Godzilla film, everything about Final Wars is notched up to 1. Toho could find crammed into one movie.

The plot, in a nutshell, involves mysterious aliens named Xilians as they unleash havoc on mankind with Earth’s various creatures. The final half of the film has Godzilla stomping around from place to place as he beats down monsters like Anguirus, Gigan, Ghidorah, and even the pathetic 1. Godzilla (which is killed off in glorious cathartic retribution). Godzilla: Final Wars may be campy, but like almost all of the films on this list, it’s a lot of fun if you’re willing to completely switch your brain off for the duration of the runtime. It’s nothing but nonstop action all the way through, with either humans fighting aliens, or Godzilla fighting, well, everyone. Final Wars culminates in a fantastic all- you- can- eat- buffet of monster matches that does the King of the Monsters justice. Terror of Mechagodzilla (1.

Following in the giant footsteps made by Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, Terror of Mechagodzilla is a direct sequel that is rather different in tone.