If you’ve ever slipped or fallen “off the wagon,” looked in the mirror and wondered, “What happened – where did my body go?, then these might be the most important tips for “getting your body back” that you’ve ever heard!

If a guy dropped 23 lbs, burned off 8.1% body fat and cut 5.5 inches off his waist… IN ONLY 49 DAYS.. becoming a body transformation contest winner… at age 52…wouldn’t you want to know how he did it?

The 52-year old guy in the e-mail exclaimed: “SHOW ME SOMEONE MY AGE!” All I was trying to do was motivate and inspire my readers by showing them some before and after success stories. But it was almost like this guy was mad at me because the examples I displayed were age 20-something to 30-something. Afterward, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I was trying to figure out whether he had some deep-rooted self-limiting belief that it’s impossible to get in shape after a certain age, or whether he was positive and open-minded and simply looking for tips for older men to burn fat.   I figured maybe a little of both, and I thought I’d post my response on the blog because I think I can help and I’m sure there are lots of other men who would like to know this too…

Thousands of people have entered our Burn the Fat Challenge body transformation contests and over the summer of 2011 more than two hundred followers of Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle (aka “BFFMers” or “Burners”) finished the 98-day fitness competition with stunning results.  I’ll be sharing some of their incredible stories with you here on the Burn the Fat Blog this week. But every year we run this contest, a smaller group of finishers stand out as deserving of extra-special rewards and recognition. Our panel of body transformation judges has just chosen the first of those special awards: The Most Inspirational Body Transformation Of The Year:

Burn the Fat Inner Circle member Paulette Carter was recently voted the winner of the best 49-day body transformation in the Burn the Fat Summer Challenge. Paulette burned off 20.4 pounds of fat in only 7 weeks and her waist measurement shrunk from 37 inches to 33 inches. Everyone who saw her pictures (see below) was amazed at the difference between day 1 (before) and day 49 (after). These are impressive numbers for anyone to achieve in such a short time… but the jaws really hit the floor when they found out these results were achieved by a mom of six! Read on and find out how she did it…

It may seem hard to believe, but the incredible body transformation you see in the photos below, by lieutenant commander Ian Brown, took place in only 49 days, while he was serving in Iraq in the US Navy, in the middle of the desert heat, miles from civilization as we know it, under constant threat of danger,  limited in his food availability (yet surrounded with junk food temptations), without creature comforts, and yet he was voted the #1 top body male 49-day body transformation for the summer of 2011 Burn the Fat Challenge. What was his secret for pulling off that feat under those living conditions? Read the interview and find out…

Everyone knows that women have it harder than men in the fat burning department to begin with… and if you’re a mom, chasing screaming little ones around the house all day long, you might as well forgo the thought of getting yourself in shape, at least until they’re all out of the nest… and if you’ve just given birth recently, well, just forget about your figure for a loonnnggg time – 9 months to grow a baby, another 9 months just to get your body back to normal… if everything ever “snaps” back at all…. right? Not so fast! In celebration of mothers day, I present to you, some of the “super moms” who have proven that none of these myths about motherhood and lack of fitness are actually true…

I’ve been a fitness professional and fat loss coach helping guys get leaner for more than 22 years. But over the past year, I’ve been making an “outrageous” promise that many people found hard to believe. What is my “outrageous” new promise that sparked all this controversy? It’s simple: I promise that with the proper nutrition techniques combined with two types of training and certain motivational and psychological “success factors”, you can transform your body in only 49 days If you’re skeptical too, then don’t take my word for it. As Carl Sagan once said, “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Take a look at the 49-day body transformation for men web page, and scroll down to the before and after photos. You’ll see for yourself how success story after success story has been pouring out of our growing international “Burn the Fat” community in record numbers this year, and you’ll learn how you too can get leaner, faster: Click Here to Learn More About the 49-day Body Transformation For Men

Weight loss contests, especially the Biggest Loser, where obese people drop insane amounts of body weight – like 10, 15 or even 20 lbs in a week – have become extremely popular. Many people say they get incredibly inspired and motivated watching these huge weight losses take place right before their eyes. I agree that fitness contests are a powerful motivational catalyst. But I also believe that there are some fatal flaws in contests that encourage rapid “weight loss.” That’s why I finally decided to host my own body transformation contest – the “Burn The Fat Challenge”…

WARNING: seeing these before and after body transformation success stories may cause a euphoric fit of motivation so strong, it may inspire you to drop everything you’re doing and run to the gym immediately to get “pumped up!” In the last two posts, I introduced you to our 2009 Burn the Fat body transformation challenge female champ. Now I’d like to introduce you to some of our male finalists – AND – show you their mind blowing before and after photos