Heat Up Your Fat Burning Furnace

Food is the most important factor in burning off excess body fat. You have heard eating more fruits and vegetables will contribute to greater loss of body fat. Fruits and vegetables provides your body with more nutrients without all the excess empty calories which in many cases is stored as body fat. If you are not exercising often and at a high level of intensity this is one way to keep your body fat levels in check. Keeping your intake of lean meats in balance with your intake of starches will help to maintain balanced blood sugar levels keeping you in the fat burning zone. The whole idea is to always burn fat even when at rest. Having high blood sugar is counter productive to fat burning.

Exercise is next, which elevates your heart rate and respiration which starts the process of activating the release of stored body fat to be used as fuel for much needed additional energy. This is a critical part of the fat burning process. If however, you are only burning sugar it will be very difficult to reduce your body fat levels. Your objective is to raise your heart rate just a little higher than when it is at rest and to keep it there for a minimum of twenty minutes and building up to one hour or more at a time. Try to do this this at least five times per week by walking, bike riding or any form of aerobic exercise that you enjoy.

Lean Muscles is the furnace that keeps your metabolism running on high. Whenever someone says their metabolism is slow it is usually someone who is not doing any strength training or only does the bare minimum. Increasing this metabolic furnace is a must to keep the body fat from escalating. Almost everyone can benefit by training with some basic bodybuilding principles. Performing muscle building exercises for all of the muscle groups on your body a minimum of two times per week, three or four is better depending on your experience and fitness level. If you are not strength training you are not doing all you can to achieve your fat loss goals.

Roy Gutierrez is a personal trainer located in Tampa Florida. He has been helping his personal training and weight loss coaching clients achieve their goals for more than fifteen years. Get a FREE subscription to his biweekly newsletter, available when you visit http://www.stayfitafterforty.com

Outdoor Wood Burning Furnaces: Your Buying Options

If you are a homeowner, it is likely that you are aware of the cost of heating your home. Unfortunately, this cost is often high. If you are interested in heating your home, but for an affordable price you are encouraged to examine outdoor wood burning furnaces.

As with most other products, outdoor wood burning furnaces are available for purchase in a number of different makes and models. This choice is often a difficult one to make. Many outdoor wood burning furnaces provide enough heat and hot water for a large home or even multiple buildings, but not all will. To determine which outdoor wood burning furnace you should purchase, you are encouraged to examine your wants and needs. What you want to get out of a wood furnace is the best way to find and purchase a furnace that will best fit your needs.

While, you will have a number of different furnace models to choose from, you will also have a number of buying options. A large number of individuals and companies make and sell outdoor wood burning furnaces. In fact, there are so many buying options that many individuals tend to become overwhelmed. When shopping for an outdoor wood furnace, you are encouraged to make a well informed decision. It may only appear as if you are purchasing a wood furnace, but your purchase will have a lasting effect on the value of your home and the cost you pay to heat your home.

When it comes to outdoor wood burning furnaces, there are many individuals who are concerned with the cost. The cost of a wood furnace will all depend on where you are buying the furnace from. That is why it is important to fully research and examine a number of different individuals and companies. The best way for you to do this is to perform a standard internet search, if you aren’t already familiar with a dependable dealer.

You will find that outdoor wood burning furnaces can be purchased on and offline. Offline stores are often referred to as storefront retail locations. Each may provide you with what you are looking with, but many customers prefer shopping online. Online shopping is popular because it tends to offer a larger product selection. Most retail stores are limited on the number of products that they carry, including outdoor wood burning furnaces. This problem does not seem to exist online.

If you are searching for an outdoor wood furnace based on price, you are not alone. Many individuals wish to save money, in the long run, with an outdoor wood furnace. The only problem is that many are unable to afford the upfront costs of purchasing an outdoor furnace. For the best deals on outdoor wood burning furnaces, you are encouraged to compare before you buy. Taking the time to compare prices and find the best deal will often result in you saving money, both in the present and in future.

The amount of money you can save with a wood burning furnace will vary. Outdoor wood burning furnaces will save most homeowners a fairly large amount of money. The money you will save depends on a number of different factors. For a detailed estimate, you are encouraged to speak to a well-known and trusted outdoor wood burning furnace dealer, such as Hawken Energy.

Brad King is a writer for Hawken Energy where you can find a great deal on outdoor wood burning furnaces

Every Day That the Furnace Works Is a Good Day

 

The things that make our lives better - our homes, food, clothing and our families should make us feel good by just knowing we have them. But those important things likely have been a part of our lives for a long time. Human nature turns our attention away from the familiar. So we seldom feel very happy about what we have. But if something important to us is taken away and then is somehow recovered, we feel joy and appreciation.

Too bad we humans can't feel so fortunate about things before they are taken away. How great we would feel about our health, our abilities to move around, our mental abilities to reason and remember, and the numerous other things that are out of our minds just because we take them for granted. Shouldn't we make 'asset awareness' a higher priority in our lives? What better way is there to get more out of life? That little bit of wisdom would make us happier if we could just get ourselves to put it into practice.

My furnace stopped working late one evening this winter when the temperature outside was heading toward the lower twenties overnight. There would not be a furnace repair shop open at that time of day. I have quite a few tools, am mechanically inclined, and have some knowledge of how the furnace works. So I went down into the basement and started removing the pump/blower assembly from the oil-burning furnace so it could be inspected. When the mounting bolts were removed and the assembly taken out, several small pieces of shattered plastic could be seen lying at the bottom of the combustion chamber. The plastic shaft linking the motor to the oil pump had shattered into many small pieces. There would be no heat in the house overnight and probably a good part of the next day.

The temperature in the house had dropped into the lower 60s around 8 p.m. when I noticed the furnace was not coming on, as it should. By 10 p.m. when I had discovered the root cause, it was in the mid 50s. Fortunately, I have a lot of extra blankets. I took three, folded each in half for a total of six extra layers and put them on the bed. I put on a coat, a second pair of pants, heavy socks, a knit hat, and knit gloves and went to bed.

I was quite comfortable that night. The next morning, the temperature in the house was 48 degrees F. I was dressed warmly and was reasonably comfortable as long as I kept moving quickly and didn't slow down. The urge to stay warm felt like an overpowering concern. A call to the nearest furnace repair shop (about 10 miles away) gave me the good news that a replacement part was in stock. The $12 price seemed like a real bargain to get back a heated home again. Just after noon I had completed the repair just in time to eat lunch as the house warmed up to the balmy 68 degrees were the thermostat was set. What luxury!

We have so much. We heat our homes. We provide ourselves with food and other necessities. We have many luxuries and creature comforts. Every one of those good things should be celebrated and enjoyed. All of what we have is special - the newly acquired, the familiar, the big/important things and the little things. It is special to be able to prepare a plate of food for supper, take it out into the yard and sit down in the sun and eat it. If that doesn't seem special, visit a nursing home (most of us will live in one some day). Most of the residents there are wheelchair bound. They eat in their rooms or in a large dining hall with other residents. Those are their only two choices.

When I walk out onto my lawn with my plate of food, I am going to enjoy it. I hope I always remember - every day that the furnace works is a good day.

Alan Detwiler started the web site Leisureideas. Visitors to the site are encouraged to use imagination and whatever happens to be available to discover new ways to enjoy themselves.

Alan writes books on how to pursue playfulness and a sense of wonder. His books are available in digital format and can be purchased and downloaded on the eBookMall web site. Go to http://www.ebookmall.com Then do a search for Detwiler.