If you are a regular gym-goer, you probably know that a fitness gym is not only a place where you sweat like a pig but a place where you can learn a lot of things that concerns health, fitness, weight loss, and even the latest gossip in town. This article gathered the most common questions that people in the gym ask their trainers as well as their gym companions.

Question #1: My weight differs when I get up in the morning and before I go to bed. Which is more accurate, morning or evening weight?

Answer: Your morning weight is right. The food and liquid that you consumed throughout the day can make you heavier thus you’ll weigh more at night. In fact, drinking 16 ounces can boost the number on the scale by a full pound. Eating too much salty food can also make you retain more water. However you’ll excrete excess fluids during your sleep causing you to weigh less.

Question #2: I eat a lot of artificially sweetened foods. Is it possible that this makes me crave sugar more?

Answer: Of course! When your pancreas anticipates something sweet, it secretes insulin, the hormone that delivers sugar from your blood to your cells. Because artificially sweetened foods, like diet soda and sugar-free candy bars, don’t contain real sugar, the insulin released may cause blood sugar to plunge and leave you craving sweets causing you to eat more and gain weight. Go for small portions (about 125 calories) of treats with real sugar, such as five Hershey’s Kisses.

Question #3: I want to lose weight but the carnivore in me is sometimes uncontrollable. What should I do?

Answer: When you are really craving a steak, go and but choose the leanest cut you can find. Get the top round cut because with only 4.5 grams of fat for 4 (raw) ounces, it’s the leanest cut there is. Transform a top round into an ultrasatisfying top round roast – aka London broil – by mixing 2 teaspoons of olive oil, 1 clove garlic, 2 teaspoons thyme, and 1 teaspoon salt, then rubbing the mixture into both sides of the steak. Wrap in foil and refrigerate for 2 hours before broiling. Got leftovers? Slice the meat extremely think for homemade roast beef sandwiches.

Question #4: Even though how much I try to exercises, I still can’t get rid of my double chin. Are there exercises that will do away with my double chin?

Answer: The “double” part of a double chin is more fat than muscle, so do 30 minutes of cardio four times a week. Exercises that target the muscles below the jawline – the same muscles you use to talk and eat – are scarce, but there are some. In lieu of chatting everyone’s ear off, try thus chin-strengthening move 9appropriately dubbed “The Lion”): Kneel, then sit back on your heels and place your hands on your knees. Slowly move your upper body forward from the waist, then widen your eyes and extend your tongue (you should feel muscle pull in your neck). Hold for 10 to 20 seconds and repeat three to five times. Slowly relax your eyes and retract your tongue.