Dealing With Your Appetite - Three Simple Steps
by Dr. Ron McCluskey
Dealing With Your Appetite,
Three Simple Steps
Have you ever had a day where you haven't had problems with your appetite? Join the club! Millions of people trying to lose weight have had the same problem every day. And most of those are giving in to their problems with over eating.
Here is some good news. By implementing three simple steps, you can greatly improve your problems with appetite.
1) Exercise. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You have heard this one until your eyes cross, but listen to this.Research has shown that people who have an extreme workout every day have an increased appetite. Obviously that is not what you want.
Research has also shown that people who do not exercise have an increased appetite. That is worse because not only do you tend to eat more, but you don't use the calories.
The same studies have shown that people who are not sedentary (couch potatoes) have less of an appetite.
So, what this means is that if you do a reasonable amount of exercise, you will actually decrease the amount of hunger you feel. So, if you have trouble resisting your hunger, this is a great tool. Don't miss this one!
Here are some simple things to do to increase your exercise and not really notice it.
Park farther from the front door - Do this not only at the store, but at home. Those extra steps will start melting the fat!
Don't buy that riding mower! Studies have actually shown an increased incidence of heart attacks and other health problems just with that one change. Stick with the old push type lawn mower. You will be better off.
Take the time for a short brisk walk twice a day and faithfully do it. This might be a bit harder. I have trouble with doing this myself. But there are many benefits to it. Doing it early in the morning will get you going better than any caffeine drink. You will be thinking clearer and be ready for all the other tasks of the day. Then, doing it about an hour before bedtime will help you sleep. If you get a bit tired physically, you will be able to relax easier and drift off to sleep.
That wasn't too hard was it?
2) OK, this one might be meddling. But here goes.
Increase the amount of fiber in your foods. Before you toss a book at me, check this out. Fiber is a valuable part of your diet. You might ask why you even need something that goes right through you. Well, that is actually the key - it goes right through you.
If you don't digest and absorb something, you won't have to get rid of it some other way! So, here is what you are doing. You are satisfying your hunger with something that will not increase your calorie intake. Pretty cool really.
Now, consider these added benefits:
Increasing fiber in your diet will also help you with some other problems you might be having - regularity. Having constipation or diarrhea? This is a key to preventing or improving those problems.
Increasing fiber in your diet will move the food through your bowel at a faster rate - that will give you less time to absorb the calories that you actually do eat. Could you use something that decreases your calorie intake even though you eat them? Can't lose!
Here are some easy ways to pick up some increased fiber without sacrificing your enjoyment of food.
First of all one caveat - you might think that stringy meat has fiber - WRONG! The stringy fibers in meat are all digestible and part of your calorie intake. Meat will not help. In fact it actually decreases the rate of food passage.
Now for the foods with lots of fiber - fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes (that's beans for most of us). If you need fast food, there are many prepackaged small portions of many fruits. You can buy small cans of things like corn, peas, beets and other vegetables. And yes, beans - who cares if you are a bit musical?Actually, if you cook your own beans, just add a bit of meat tenderizer and you will decrease your tendency to, ahem, break wind.
3) Here is a big one. Increase your fluid intake. And not just any fluid. Water.
First the benefits:
By drinking a lot of water, you will keep your stomach full and you won't get hungry as easily.
Lots of water will help the fiber to do its job. It will keep your stool on the soft side and moving through your bowels at a good clip.
By drinking water - not juice or soda pop - you will cut down on up to 30% of your calorie intake. Did you know that about 30% of the average American diet comes from soda pop? Pretty weird eh?
Now the downside. Lots of us don't like water. In fact, we would rather drink lemon juice.
One thing you can do is flavor it just a bit. Use a squeeze of lemon or lime in it. Add just a bit of non-sugar kool aid type mix.
Better yet, invest in a water purifier or water filter. You won't be sorry. Try out several brands and pick the one that gives the best tasting water. Then drink up.
There you have it. Three easy ways to deal with your appetite. And I didn't even talk about your strong will. Give them a try. I think you will be surprised by the results.
Dr. Ron McCluskey has been treating health problems of all kinds for over twenty years. He has done voluntary medical work in such places as Mexico and Sarawak, Borneo. As an emergency room physician, he frequently counsels people on their weight.
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Sunday, May 28, 2006
Friday, May 26, 2006
Beyonce's New Album Out This Fall?
After surfing the web I came across Beyonce-World.net. I read there that Beyonce has finished her album and that it is set for release September 4th, her birthday. The title of the album will be B-Day.
Find Out Which Special Diet Will Work For You
Find Out Which Special Diet Will Work For You by Khieng Chho
For those people who are about to go on a diet, there are a few things that they need to know about dieting. It has been estimated that in the United States that over 44 percent of the population suffer from obesity. So now more than ever a lot of people are trying to find effective methods to lose weight.
Nowadays diets are all the rage. There are so many methods of dieting that have come out, and have claimed to be the most effective way to lose weight.
But the problem with this is that most of these diets are just fads, and end up hurting individuals rather than helping them lose weight! Some diets tend to rob too much nutrients from a person's dietary plan by cutting too much calories off of their meals!
It is important to remember that every person is different, and has his/her own dietary needs. This is why it is vital to find the special diet that works for you!
Here's a list of the different types of special diets that have become popular:
Diet Shakes- Basically this is a meal substitute that comes in fluid form. Instead of eating, those who want to lose weight drink diet shakes in place of a meal. The problem with diet shakes is that some dieters are not satisfied with just having a diet shake for their meal. They constantly have to battle food craving.
Diet meals that are prepackaged- These are low fat meals that have been prepackaged and follow a strict calorie count. Portions of these meals are also moderated. The great thing about this dietary plan is that meals are healthy and nutritious. Plus, they are convenient since it has already been prepared. But the downside to this type of diet is that it tends to be very expensive. Especially if individuals plan to stay to this type of eating plan for long periods of time.
Low carb diet- This is a special type of dietary plan that restricts a person's intake of carbohydrates. Dieters have to undergo phases in which they have to avoid specific foods, such as those that are high in carbohydrates like breads, pastries, cakes and pies.
Medical experts have stated that carbohydrates have a tendency to stimulate a person appetite. During various phases in this diet, dieters are only allowed to eat certain foods that come from different types of food group. Serving portions are also moderated.
Those who undergo this type of dietary program are also educated about nutritional values of foods. They are also given a list of all the foods that they can incorporate into their diet. Low carb diet requires individuals to change their eating plan. In order for this to work individuals have to be extremely dedicated in sticking to their dietary meal plans.
There are a number of books that have been written about the merits of a low carb diet. There are also hundreds and hundreds of low carb recipes that are online. So for those who want to know more about this diet, or just want ideas for their next meal, they can do some research on the net to acquire more information about this special type of diet.
Tips on choosing the right diet that works for you
1. Before undergoing any type of diet individuals must first do some research and learn everything they can about the diet the they are about to incorporate in their lifestyle.
2. Those who have a pre-existing medical condition should first consult their doctor before undergoing any type of diet.
3. If individuals feel some physical discomfort a few days after trying out a new diet, they should immediately stop this diet and consult their physician.
4. Be realistic. Special diets that claim to help you lose ten pounds in a week is not a practical method! If anything this kind of diet endangers your health!
Dieting to lose weight is a big issue with many people. But when choosing a method a person has to remember to always be practical. Dieting should be done safely, and should never post any risks to the person who wants to lose weight. Maintaining health should always be a top priority when it comes to dieting.
About the Author
Khieng 'Ken' Chho - Online Special Diets Resources. For more, visit Ken's website: http://specialdiets.onew3b.com/
Take Dr. Kushner's Free Diet Personality Test Today!
For those people who are about to go on a diet, there are a few things that they need to know about dieting. It has been estimated that in the United States that over 44 percent of the population suffer from obesity. So now more than ever a lot of people are trying to find effective methods to lose weight.
Nowadays diets are all the rage. There are so many methods of dieting that have come out, and have claimed to be the most effective way to lose weight.
But the problem with this is that most of these diets are just fads, and end up hurting individuals rather than helping them lose weight! Some diets tend to rob too much nutrients from a person's dietary plan by cutting too much calories off of their meals!
It is important to remember that every person is different, and has his/her own dietary needs. This is why it is vital to find the special diet that works for you!
Here's a list of the different types of special diets that have become popular:
Diet Shakes- Basically this is a meal substitute that comes in fluid form. Instead of eating, those who want to lose weight drink diet shakes in place of a meal. The problem with diet shakes is that some dieters are not satisfied with just having a diet shake for their meal. They constantly have to battle food craving.
Diet meals that are prepackaged- These are low fat meals that have been prepackaged and follow a strict calorie count. Portions of these meals are also moderated. The great thing about this dietary plan is that meals are healthy and nutritious. Plus, they are convenient since it has already been prepared. But the downside to this type of diet is that it tends to be very expensive. Especially if individuals plan to stay to this type of eating plan for long periods of time.
Low carb diet- This is a special type of dietary plan that restricts a person's intake of carbohydrates. Dieters have to undergo phases in which they have to avoid specific foods, such as those that are high in carbohydrates like breads, pastries, cakes and pies.
Medical experts have stated that carbohydrates have a tendency to stimulate a person appetite. During various phases in this diet, dieters are only allowed to eat certain foods that come from different types of food group. Serving portions are also moderated.
Those who undergo this type of dietary program are also educated about nutritional values of foods. They are also given a list of all the foods that they can incorporate into their diet. Low carb diet requires individuals to change their eating plan. In order for this to work individuals have to be extremely dedicated in sticking to their dietary meal plans.
There are a number of books that have been written about the merits of a low carb diet. There are also hundreds and hundreds of low carb recipes that are online. So for those who want to know more about this diet, or just want ideas for their next meal, they can do some research on the net to acquire more information about this special type of diet.
Tips on choosing the right diet that works for you
1. Before undergoing any type of diet individuals must first do some research and learn everything they can about the diet the they are about to incorporate in their lifestyle.
2. Those who have a pre-existing medical condition should first consult their doctor before undergoing any type of diet.
3. If individuals feel some physical discomfort a few days after trying out a new diet, they should immediately stop this diet and consult their physician.
4. Be realistic. Special diets that claim to help you lose ten pounds in a week is not a practical method! If anything this kind of diet endangers your health!
Dieting to lose weight is a big issue with many people. But when choosing a method a person has to remember to always be practical. Dieting should be done safely, and should never post any risks to the person who wants to lose weight. Maintaining health should always be a top priority when it comes to dieting.
About the Author
Khieng 'Ken' Chho - Online Special Diets Resources. For more, visit Ken's website: http://specialdiets.onew3b.com/
Take Dr. Kushner's Free Diet Personality Test Today!
10 Ways To Become More Active ~ Every Day
10 Fun Ways To Become More Active – Every Day
by Susanne Myers
You know you should be getting some sort of exercise, you know of all the health benefits that come with a more active lifestyle. You’ve tried the whole Gym thing, but it just wasn’t for you. The temptation to just sit in front of the TV, to curl up with a good book, or to spend a little extra time at your computer is just too big. Who wants to head to the gym right now anyway?
There are many other options to get more active that don’t include jogging, weight lifting or other “traditional” ways to work out. Here are a few ideas to get you moving
1) Chase your Kids around the Yard
You’d be surprised at how much of a work out you’ll get playing catch with your kids. Time will fly while you are having fun and your children will enjoy the extra time with you. Just get out there and play.
2) Turn up the Music and Dance around the Living Room
While you’re dusting, putting up dishes, straightening up the kids’ rooms, or after you’ve been sitting around for too long, just play some of your favorite upbeat music and dance around in the house. Not only will you get your heart rate up, but you’ll also have more fun doing some of those chores.
3) Plant some Flowers
When the weather is nice, just get out there and plant some flowers. Or you could start a little vegetable garden, trim some hedges, cut the grass, or plant a tree. You get the idea. Just get out there, enjoy the sunshine and fresh air, and play in the dirt. Yes, this actually counts as exercise in our book.
4) Go for a Walk with a Friend
Take a walk and invite a friend to come along. I’ve had some of the best conversations while on a walk. Getting to chat with a friend makes the time fly by and before you know it you’ve been walking for 30 minutes.
5) Listen to some Music or an Audio Book while you Walk
Again, keeping your mind on something else will make the time fly by and you’ll get some extra fun out of your walk. You may even want to consider getting an MP3 Player. You can easily add what you want to listen to and go for your walk.
6) Sign up for a Yoga or Pilates Class
Consider starting a yoga or Pilates class. Both of these workouts are pretty low impact and won’t leave you sweaty and sore (mostly). You may also enjoy meeting some new people in the class.
7) Take some Dance Lessons with your Partner
Ok, here is the tough part: Convince your partner to take some dance lessons. Dancing will give you quite the workout and it’s just plain fun and of course romantic. Think about all your options here. You can pick from anything from Ball Room Dancing, to Line Dancing, to Latin etc. Pick something that sounds fun to you and go for it. You’ll enjoy the extra one on one time with your partner as well.
8) Go for a Swim at Your Local YMCA or Aquatic Center
Swimming makes for some great exercise. It is low impact and easy on your joints. Start by swimming a few laps, or play in the pool with your kids.
9) Go for a Bike Ride
Take the entire family on a bike ride. You can ride through your neighborhood in the evenings or plan a longer trip for the weekend. Pack a picnic for extra fun and start peddling.
10) Go for a Hike
Look for some hiking trails in your area and go for a hike. This could be a fun activity for you and a friend, or take the entire family along. Start with some easy trails and work yourself up to some longer or steeper trails.
Go ahead, pick one or two of the activities and get moving. I’m sure you’ll come up with plenty of versions of your own. The most important thing is to find something you enjoy, so you’ll stick with it. Get out there and get moving today.
Susanne Myers together with Christine Steendahl, owns and publishes the Healthy Menu Mailer. Each week, we provide you with 7 dinner recipes. Sign up for a free sample menu at http://www.healthymenumailer.com/sample-newsletter-signup.html
Article Source: www.ladypens.com
by Susanne Myers
You know you should be getting some sort of exercise, you know of all the health benefits that come with a more active lifestyle. You’ve tried the whole Gym thing, but it just wasn’t for you. The temptation to just sit in front of the TV, to curl up with a good book, or to spend a little extra time at your computer is just too big. Who wants to head to the gym right now anyway?
There are many other options to get more active that don’t include jogging, weight lifting or other “traditional” ways to work out. Here are a few ideas to get you moving
1) Chase your Kids around the Yard
You’d be surprised at how much of a work out you’ll get playing catch with your kids. Time will fly while you are having fun and your children will enjoy the extra time with you. Just get out there and play.
2) Turn up the Music and Dance around the Living Room
While you’re dusting, putting up dishes, straightening up the kids’ rooms, or after you’ve been sitting around for too long, just play some of your favorite upbeat music and dance around in the house. Not only will you get your heart rate up, but you’ll also have more fun doing some of those chores.
3) Plant some Flowers
When the weather is nice, just get out there and plant some flowers. Or you could start a little vegetable garden, trim some hedges, cut the grass, or plant a tree. You get the idea. Just get out there, enjoy the sunshine and fresh air, and play in the dirt. Yes, this actually counts as exercise in our book.
4) Go for a Walk with a Friend
Take a walk and invite a friend to come along. I’ve had some of the best conversations while on a walk. Getting to chat with a friend makes the time fly by and before you know it you’ve been walking for 30 minutes.
5) Listen to some Music or an Audio Book while you Walk
Again, keeping your mind on something else will make the time fly by and you’ll get some extra fun out of your walk. You may even want to consider getting an MP3 Player. You can easily add what you want to listen to and go for your walk.
6) Sign up for a Yoga or Pilates Class
Consider starting a yoga or Pilates class. Both of these workouts are pretty low impact and won’t leave you sweaty and sore (mostly). You may also enjoy meeting some new people in the class.
7) Take some Dance Lessons with your Partner
Ok, here is the tough part: Convince your partner to take some dance lessons. Dancing will give you quite the workout and it’s just plain fun and of course romantic. Think about all your options here. You can pick from anything from Ball Room Dancing, to Line Dancing, to Latin etc. Pick something that sounds fun to you and go for it. You’ll enjoy the extra one on one time with your partner as well.
8) Go for a Swim at Your Local YMCA or Aquatic Center
Swimming makes for some great exercise. It is low impact and easy on your joints. Start by swimming a few laps, or play in the pool with your kids.
9) Go for a Bike Ride
Take the entire family on a bike ride. You can ride through your neighborhood in the evenings or plan a longer trip for the weekend. Pack a picnic for extra fun and start peddling.
10) Go for a Hike
Look for some hiking trails in your area and go for a hike. This could be a fun activity for you and a friend, or take the entire family along. Start with some easy trails and work yourself up to some longer or steeper trails.
Go ahead, pick one or two of the activities and get moving. I’m sure you’ll come up with plenty of versions of your own. The most important thing is to find something you enjoy, so you’ll stick with it. Get out there and get moving today.
Susanne Myers together with Christine Steendahl, owns and publishes the Healthy Menu Mailer. Each week, we provide you with 7 dinner recipes. Sign up for a free sample menu at http://www.healthymenumailer.com/sample-newsletter-signup.html
Article Source: www.ladypens.com
7 Fast Weight Loss Tips To Speed Up Metabolism
7 Fast Weight Loss Tips To Speed Up Metabolism
by Phil Beckett
These fast weight loss tips will help you to drop a lot of extra pounds, if you need to lose quite a bit of weight. These 7 fast weight loss tips will also help you, if you are already in decent physical condition, to sculpt your body to an even greater degree.
Any weight loss tips to help speed up metabolism do just that. They help you. You still must have your overall fitness and nutrition plan in line with the goals you want to achieve.
You need to be focused on each aspect of your plan. If you expect to use these fast weight loss tips but don’t exercise and just watch television eating a bag of chips every night, they won’t do a thing for you.
Are you ready to add these fast weight loss tips to your lifestyle?
In order to get rid of any amount of excess weight, you must speed up metabolism. Your metabolism is a biochemical process that occurs in your body.
Your metabolism helps to break down nutrients in your bloodstream. This helps you to add more lean muscle, resulting in a greater expenditure of energy, meaning you’ll get rid of more fat.
You have billions of cells in your body that can use up an enormous amount of energy if you are active. The fast weight loss tips listed below will help you do this. However, if you aren’t active they won’t burn up much at all, meaning you’ll have a tendency to easily add fat to your body.
Thankfully, using the fast weight loss tips in conjunction with your healthy and active lifestyle you can speed up your metabolism quite noticeably.
Fast weight loss tips: #1. Eat specific foods. A number of food additives, like spices, can help to speed up your metabolism by creating a thermodynamic burn that has been shown to last a few hours after you eat.
Fast weight loss tips: #2. Time your meals. The majority of your calories should be earlier in the day. Your meals should contain less total calories as the day goes on. Try to eat little or preferably nothing at all after your evening meal. Don’t skip any meals. You should be eating 4 – 6 meals each day.
Fast weight loss tips: #3. Make sure you eat enough. One of the biggest mistakes people make when trying to lose weight is they don’t eat enough.
If you don’t consume the proper amount of calories you will send your body into what is known as a survival mode. This happens when your body does not have enough calories, so it conserves energy to prepare for possible starvation.
On the opposite side of this, is if you eat too many calories the excess will be stored as fat. You need to exercise in order to burn more calories than you eat. Therefore, moderation is the key when it comes to calorie intake.
Fast weight loss tips: #4. Increase your daily activities. To prevent fat storage and to drop any excess that you might be carrying you must increase your daily activities.
This needs to include weight training and cardiovascular training. The more calories you burn, the faster you will lose weight. It’s that simple. An increase in lean muscle mass results in a dramatic increase in fat burning.
One more thing; try to exercise first thing in the morning. Research has shown that you can dramatically increase your fat burning ability if you exercise after a fasted state. Meaning just after you wake up.
Fast weight loss tips: #5. Do weight lifting before doing any cardiovascular work. The only exception of course is to perform 5 – 10 minutes of cardio before your weight training in order to warm up your muscles.
This is important because you need the energy in your muscles for weight training. By the time your weight training session is complete you will have used up all of your preferred energy sources.
This means that you will actually be burning fat cells during your cardio session.
Here’s what happens if you do this in reverse.
First, you will only be burning carbohydrate sources of energy during your cardiovascular workout. No fat cells will be used up for energy. Next, you will not have the energy in your muscles in order to get the most out of your weight training.
You will not be able to increase your lean muscle, which is very important if you want to lose your excess weight.
Fast weight loss tips: #6. Change up your exercise routine on a regular basis. For the most part you should change some aspect of your workout every 2 – 3 weeks. This can be anything from the number of reps or sets per exercise. The exercise order you perform and the exercises themselves.
If you do the same thing week after week, month after month your body will start to get used to what you’re doing to it and will eventually stop making changes. You will also stop adding any more lean muscle.
The more muscle you have the more calories you will burn even when at rest.
Fast weight loss tips: #7. Meal combinations. Always eat protein / carbohydrate meals earlier in the day. Eat protein / fat combination meals (meaning little to no carbohydrates) in the late afternoon and evening.
The only exception is if you normally exercise in the evening. Then your first meal after your workout should consist of protein and carbohydrates.
Never eat carbohydrates and fat together in the same meal.
With these seven fast weight loss tips you will speed up metabolism and burn excess body fat at a much faster rate.
Try these fast weight loss tips out for a while and you’ll notice a difference after a couple of weeks.
Phil Beckett is a health & fitness trainer, author & educator. He can get you the results you want in less time with less work. For more info on fast weight loss tips & how to speed up metabolism, visit:
http://www.womens-health-fitness.com/fast-weight-loss-tips.html
Article Source: ArticlesOn.com
by Phil Beckett
These fast weight loss tips will help you to drop a lot of extra pounds, if you need to lose quite a bit of weight. These 7 fast weight loss tips will also help you, if you are already in decent physical condition, to sculpt your body to an even greater degree.
Any weight loss tips to help speed up metabolism do just that. They help you. You still must have your overall fitness and nutrition plan in line with the goals you want to achieve.
You need to be focused on each aspect of your plan. If you expect to use these fast weight loss tips but don’t exercise and just watch television eating a bag of chips every night, they won’t do a thing for you.
Are you ready to add these fast weight loss tips to your lifestyle?
In order to get rid of any amount of excess weight, you must speed up metabolism. Your metabolism is a biochemical process that occurs in your body.
Your metabolism helps to break down nutrients in your bloodstream. This helps you to add more lean muscle, resulting in a greater expenditure of energy, meaning you’ll get rid of more fat.
You have billions of cells in your body that can use up an enormous amount of energy if you are active. The fast weight loss tips listed below will help you do this. However, if you aren’t active they won’t burn up much at all, meaning you’ll have a tendency to easily add fat to your body.
Thankfully, using the fast weight loss tips in conjunction with your healthy and active lifestyle you can speed up your metabolism quite noticeably.
Fast weight loss tips: #1. Eat specific foods. A number of food additives, like spices, can help to speed up your metabolism by creating a thermodynamic burn that has been shown to last a few hours after you eat.
Fast weight loss tips: #2. Time your meals. The majority of your calories should be earlier in the day. Your meals should contain less total calories as the day goes on. Try to eat little or preferably nothing at all after your evening meal. Don’t skip any meals. You should be eating 4 – 6 meals each day.
Fast weight loss tips: #3. Make sure you eat enough. One of the biggest mistakes people make when trying to lose weight is they don’t eat enough.
If you don’t consume the proper amount of calories you will send your body into what is known as a survival mode. This happens when your body does not have enough calories, so it conserves energy to prepare for possible starvation.
On the opposite side of this, is if you eat too many calories the excess will be stored as fat. You need to exercise in order to burn more calories than you eat. Therefore, moderation is the key when it comes to calorie intake.
Fast weight loss tips: #4. Increase your daily activities. To prevent fat storage and to drop any excess that you might be carrying you must increase your daily activities.
This needs to include weight training and cardiovascular training. The more calories you burn, the faster you will lose weight. It’s that simple. An increase in lean muscle mass results in a dramatic increase in fat burning.
One more thing; try to exercise first thing in the morning. Research has shown that you can dramatically increase your fat burning ability if you exercise after a fasted state. Meaning just after you wake up.
Fast weight loss tips: #5. Do weight lifting before doing any cardiovascular work. The only exception of course is to perform 5 – 10 minutes of cardio before your weight training in order to warm up your muscles.
This is important because you need the energy in your muscles for weight training. By the time your weight training session is complete you will have used up all of your preferred energy sources.
This means that you will actually be burning fat cells during your cardio session.
Here’s what happens if you do this in reverse.
First, you will only be burning carbohydrate sources of energy during your cardiovascular workout. No fat cells will be used up for energy. Next, you will not have the energy in your muscles in order to get the most out of your weight training.
You will not be able to increase your lean muscle, which is very important if you want to lose your excess weight.
Fast weight loss tips: #6. Change up your exercise routine on a regular basis. For the most part you should change some aspect of your workout every 2 – 3 weeks. This can be anything from the number of reps or sets per exercise. The exercise order you perform and the exercises themselves.
If you do the same thing week after week, month after month your body will start to get used to what you’re doing to it and will eventually stop making changes. You will also stop adding any more lean muscle.
The more muscle you have the more calories you will burn even when at rest.
Fast weight loss tips: #7. Meal combinations. Always eat protein / carbohydrate meals earlier in the day. Eat protein / fat combination meals (meaning little to no carbohydrates) in the late afternoon and evening.
The only exception is if you normally exercise in the evening. Then your first meal after your workout should consist of protein and carbohydrates.
Never eat carbohydrates and fat together in the same meal.
With these seven fast weight loss tips you will speed up metabolism and burn excess body fat at a much faster rate.
Try these fast weight loss tips out for a while and you’ll notice a difference after a couple of weeks.
Phil Beckett is a health & fitness trainer, author & educator. He can get you the results you want in less time with less work. For more info on fast weight loss tips & how to speed up metabolism, visit:
http://www.womens-health-fitness.com/fast-weight-loss-tips.html
Article Source: ArticlesOn.com
Writing for Weight Loss Success
Writing For Weight Loss Success
by Anne Baugh
Weight loss really does begin in your head. Every successful athlete understands that his thinking process is either working for him or against him. The same holds true with weight loss. If your internal dialogue is negative, your results will eventually manifest the same result! You can't degrade yourself to a healthy new you! You must change your thinking to work for you, to build your resolve, and to maintain that all important motivational factor.
Writing is an exercise that will help your mind change its thinking! It allows you to process the negative emotions and helps to instill the positive changes. Start with these simple exercises:
1. The Negative Emotions Daily Dump: Many success coaches advocate writing out your negative thinking on a daily basis. Simply spend approximately 15 minutes writing out all the frustrations, bad feelings, and discouragement. This helps you to process these bad feelings out of your system so that you can make room for positive affirmations. Do not reread the entries and do not keep them. Write it out, and then throw it out.
We call this the Negative Emotions Daily Dump.
2. Affirm Your Goals: Prepare a list of affirmations that will help your subconscious work with your conscious brain to make those all important behavioral changes. Then write your affirmations at least twice a day. Write them once after you have written your Negative Emotions Daily Dump. Don't do the Negative Dump without filling it with the positive affirmations. You should always end with this. Write the second set of affirmations either right before you go to bed or first thing in the morning. Read your affirmations several times a day.
3. Understand your Motivations: In order to stay motivated you must understand your real reasons for losing weight. In other words, understand why YOU want to lose weight. Not why your spouse or friends want you to lose weight but why losing the weight is important to you. Do you really want more energy? Do you just love skinny clothes? Do you want to participate in an activity that would be easier if you were slim and healthy? Write these motivations out in detail so that you can solidify them in your head and they can continue to motivate you through the entire weight loss journey.
4. Accountability: Keep a food diary. Keeping a food diary has been proven time and time again to increase your weight loss success by as much as 50%! A food log is your accountability factor. It keeps you honest with yourself.
5. Visualize: Visualize yourself enjoying the portions of your weight loss program that you are currently struggling to do. For instance if you hate the cardio portion of your day, start seeing yourself loving it. See it as ""your time". It can be your time to read while you're on the stationary bike. Or your time to watch all those movies you feel guilty watching any other time. Once you begin to visualize positive feelings about a certain activity the easier that activity will become.
6. The Pat-On-The-Back: Keep a written log of your weight loss success. By writing down your weight loss on a weekly basis you are validating your efforts and giving yourself a pat-on-the-back. This will go a long way to keeping you on track.
Keep in mind that if you are utilizing the assistance of a personal fitness trainer or weight loss professional that they may use techniques to help you face your self-defeating habits. This might feel harsh and negative, however it isn't. Honesty is necessary to motivate change and this is different than running yourself down! Sometimes we have to hear the hard words to make the hard changes. Keep in mind that these professionals are seeking your ultimate success. Your success is their success. Let's face it, the weight gain started with you and to change that behavior you may have to deal with some uncomfortable feelings. A good trainer will help you feel cared about while still insisting that you deal with your bad habits. It's a good thing to be pushed past your comfort zone to becoming a better you!
Writing is the new "exercise" that can make all the rest of your weight loss efforts including good nutrition, exercise, and resistance training work for you because you will be working with these principles instead of against them. You will start seeing these weight loss techniques as a positive and permanent part of your life, instead of a temporary device. That will result in faster results that last forever!
Dr. Fit, Sidney E. Reeves, CFT is a nationally recognized personal fitness trainer. Dr. Fit has been helping overweight America understand and change their self-defeating habits while learning the important elements of good nutrition, exercise and positive change. He has launched a website to compliment his daily fitness show at http://www.WritingForWeightloss.com where members receive all the tools to lose weight permanently. Join Dr. Fit as your fitness trainer today at WritingForWeightLoss.com
Join Dr. Fit as your fitness trainer today at
http://www.writingforweightloss.com
by Anne Baugh
Weight loss really does begin in your head. Every successful athlete understands that his thinking process is either working for him or against him. The same holds true with weight loss. If your internal dialogue is negative, your results will eventually manifest the same result! You can't degrade yourself to a healthy new you! You must change your thinking to work for you, to build your resolve, and to maintain that all important motivational factor.
Writing is an exercise that will help your mind change its thinking! It allows you to process the negative emotions and helps to instill the positive changes. Start with these simple exercises:
1. The Negative Emotions Daily Dump: Many success coaches advocate writing out your negative thinking on a daily basis. Simply spend approximately 15 minutes writing out all the frustrations, bad feelings, and discouragement. This helps you to process these bad feelings out of your system so that you can make room for positive affirmations. Do not reread the entries and do not keep them. Write it out, and then throw it out.
We call this the Negative Emotions Daily Dump.
2. Affirm Your Goals: Prepare a list of affirmations that will help your subconscious work with your conscious brain to make those all important behavioral changes. Then write your affirmations at least twice a day. Write them once after you have written your Negative Emotions Daily Dump. Don't do the Negative Dump without filling it with the positive affirmations. You should always end with this. Write the second set of affirmations either right before you go to bed or first thing in the morning. Read your affirmations several times a day.
3. Understand your Motivations: In order to stay motivated you must understand your real reasons for losing weight. In other words, understand why YOU want to lose weight. Not why your spouse or friends want you to lose weight but why losing the weight is important to you. Do you really want more energy? Do you just love skinny clothes? Do you want to participate in an activity that would be easier if you were slim and healthy? Write these motivations out in detail so that you can solidify them in your head and they can continue to motivate you through the entire weight loss journey.
4. Accountability: Keep a food diary. Keeping a food diary has been proven time and time again to increase your weight loss success by as much as 50%! A food log is your accountability factor. It keeps you honest with yourself.
5. Visualize: Visualize yourself enjoying the portions of your weight loss program that you are currently struggling to do. For instance if you hate the cardio portion of your day, start seeing yourself loving it. See it as ""your time". It can be your time to read while you're on the stationary bike. Or your time to watch all those movies you feel guilty watching any other time. Once you begin to visualize positive feelings about a certain activity the easier that activity will become.
6. The Pat-On-The-Back: Keep a written log of your weight loss success. By writing down your weight loss on a weekly basis you are validating your efforts and giving yourself a pat-on-the-back. This will go a long way to keeping you on track.
Keep in mind that if you are utilizing the assistance of a personal fitness trainer or weight loss professional that they may use techniques to help you face your self-defeating habits. This might feel harsh and negative, however it isn't. Honesty is necessary to motivate change and this is different than running yourself down! Sometimes we have to hear the hard words to make the hard changes. Keep in mind that these professionals are seeking your ultimate success. Your success is their success. Let's face it, the weight gain started with you and to change that behavior you may have to deal with some uncomfortable feelings. A good trainer will help you feel cared about while still insisting that you deal with your bad habits. It's a good thing to be pushed past your comfort zone to becoming a better you!
Writing is the new "exercise" that can make all the rest of your weight loss efforts including good nutrition, exercise, and resistance training work for you because you will be working with these principles instead of against them. You will start seeing these weight loss techniques as a positive and permanent part of your life, instead of a temporary device. That will result in faster results that last forever!
Dr. Fit, Sidney E. Reeves, CFT is a nationally recognized personal fitness trainer. Dr. Fit has been helping overweight America understand and change their self-defeating habits while learning the important elements of good nutrition, exercise and positive change. He has launched a website to compliment his daily fitness show at http://www.WritingForWeightloss.com where members receive all the tools to lose weight permanently. Join Dr. Fit as your fitness trainer today at WritingForWeightLoss.com
Join Dr. Fit as your fitness trainer today at
http://www.writingforweightloss.com
Maximize Your Fat Burning Potential
Maximize Your Fat Burning Potential
by Kevin Koskella
Are you frustrated by that stubborn fat that seems to stay with you no matter how hard you work out or exercise? Are you getting annoyed that no matter how you eat, you cannot seem to lose that extra 10 pounds you’re carrying around with you?
Many people are in the same boat, from coach potatoes to hard core athletes. They train hard, lose some weight, but then hit a plateau and the fat loss stops. There are reasons for this, but more importantly, there is a solution! Often, even active people are unable to trim down to their ideal weight or shape due to factors such as:
• Eating too much and eating the wrong foods
• Training too HARD (YES! You may need to slow down to burn fat), including not taking recovery days
• Skipping strength training workouts
• Feeling stressed about “getting all your workouts in”
As a former athlete, reality started settling in after I graduated from college and I needed a fitness and nutrition plan that worked! The mac & cheese and meatless spaghetti diet was failing me. I was getting a gut and I was tired all the time. I started making massive changes to my diet and finally got back to being trim and fit and had more natural energy.
The changes I implemented were even more important as I started doing triathlons. As an athlete, you need the energy to train sometimes twice a day, and at the same time, you need to prevent from being broken down and susceptible to colds and flus. You need to keep your endurance up and keep injuries away.
How can you do all this and maximize your fat burning potential?
Here is a great start:
1. Cut out empty calories and simple carbohydrates like potatoes, pasta, and cereal as much as possible.
2. Eat more green vegetables, low fat protein, nuts, and healthy fruit like apples, pears, blueberries and melons.
3. Incorporate immune-boosting coconut oil and heart-healthy omega-3 (fish) oils into your diet.
4. Exercise every day, and keep most of your workouts aerobic, like walking, running, biking, or rollerblading.
5. Reduce stress by adding in 10 minutes a day of quiet meditation. Stress often prevents you from breaking through the plateau that is keeping you from losing that extra 5-15 pounds.
Instead of counting calories, choose the right kind of calories.
And, if you are looking to get into the shape of your life without getting sick all the time, you need to train smart, not hard!
Kevin is a personal trainer and triathlon coach in San Diego. He has owned a personal training company, and consulted in the fitness field for over 9 years. Author of the E-Book, The Healthy Burn, a comprehensive fat-burning plan for couch potatoes, competitive athletes, and anyone in between.
For more effective ways to lose weight and get in shape, check out http://www.thehealthyburn.net
by Kevin Koskella
Are you frustrated by that stubborn fat that seems to stay with you no matter how hard you work out or exercise? Are you getting annoyed that no matter how you eat, you cannot seem to lose that extra 10 pounds you’re carrying around with you?
Many people are in the same boat, from coach potatoes to hard core athletes. They train hard, lose some weight, but then hit a plateau and the fat loss stops. There are reasons for this, but more importantly, there is a solution! Often, even active people are unable to trim down to their ideal weight or shape due to factors such as:
• Eating too much and eating the wrong foods
• Training too HARD (YES! You may need to slow down to burn fat), including not taking recovery days
• Skipping strength training workouts
• Feeling stressed about “getting all your workouts in”
As a former athlete, reality started settling in after I graduated from college and I needed a fitness and nutrition plan that worked! The mac & cheese and meatless spaghetti diet was failing me. I was getting a gut and I was tired all the time. I started making massive changes to my diet and finally got back to being trim and fit and had more natural energy.
The changes I implemented were even more important as I started doing triathlons. As an athlete, you need the energy to train sometimes twice a day, and at the same time, you need to prevent from being broken down and susceptible to colds and flus. You need to keep your endurance up and keep injuries away.
How can you do all this and maximize your fat burning potential?
Here is a great start:
1. Cut out empty calories and simple carbohydrates like potatoes, pasta, and cereal as much as possible.
2. Eat more green vegetables, low fat protein, nuts, and healthy fruit like apples, pears, blueberries and melons.
3. Incorporate immune-boosting coconut oil and heart-healthy omega-3 (fish) oils into your diet.
4. Exercise every day, and keep most of your workouts aerobic, like walking, running, biking, or rollerblading.
5. Reduce stress by adding in 10 minutes a day of quiet meditation. Stress often prevents you from breaking through the plateau that is keeping you from losing that extra 5-15 pounds.
Instead of counting calories, choose the right kind of calories.
And, if you are looking to get into the shape of your life without getting sick all the time, you need to train smart, not hard!
Kevin is a personal trainer and triathlon coach in San Diego. He has owned a personal training company, and consulted in the fitness field for over 9 years. Author of the E-Book, The Healthy Burn, a comprehensive fat-burning plan for couch potatoes, competitive athletes, and anyone in between.
For more effective ways to lose weight and get in shape, check out http://www.thehealthyburn.net
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Walking Your Way to Better Health
Walking Your Way to Better Health by Jim O'Neill
It is an accepted fact that exercise is an important part of any successful weight loss plan. Every muscle you have can burn calories, so the more you work them, the more calories you burn. So, don't just depend on dieting alone. Move that body and do some exercises to achieve that weight and that body you have always dreamed about.
Walking is great exercise to lose weight. Moreover, it does not require any expertise or equipment and you can do it free anytime you feel like it. However, to be beneficial, you should do it regularly.Make walking a daily habit or at least 3 to 5 times a week depending on your schedule.
Before you start walking, do some warm up stretching exercises. Stretch only as far as you feel comfortable so as not to pull any muscles. Start with a modest goal, like 15 to 20 minutes at a leisurely pace. Gradually extend the duration and the speed. Walk up one or two gentle slopes. Your walk should be comprised of three segments: warm-up, exercise pace and cool-down.
Walk with your chin up and your shoulders held slightly back. The heel of your foot should touch the ground first. Roll your weight forward. Swing your arms as you walk. To avoid stiff or sore muscles or joints, start gradually. Over several weeks, begin walking faster, going further and walking for longer periods of time. Walk on soft ground whenever possible. Quench yourself, drink 8 to 10 ounces of water for every 20 to 30 minutes of the activity.
The more you walk, the better you will feel. Plus, walking also uses more calories; thus, burning more fats. Its benefits include giving you more energy, making you feel good, helping you to relax, reducing stress, helping you sleep better, helping control your appetite and increasing the number of calories your body uses. To lose weight, it's more important to walk for time than speed. Walking at a moderate pace yields longer workouts with less soreness leading to more miles and more calories spent on a regular basis.
Jim O'Neill gives you tons of valuable information on the subjects of weight loss, fitness, and nutrition to make it easy for you to live a healthy lifestyle. Sign up now for his free 7 part mini e-course at: www.mrgymfitness.com/minicourse.php
About the Author
Jim O'Neill is a certified personal fitness trainer and also holds a sports nutrition certification. He has been helping people successfully achieve their weight loss and fitness goals for over 15 years by staying on the cutting edge of weight loss and fitness technology. To learn more about how you can benefit from his easy to use weight loss and fitness programs go to: www.mrgymfitness.com/minicourse.php
It is an accepted fact that exercise is an important part of any successful weight loss plan. Every muscle you have can burn calories, so the more you work them, the more calories you burn. So, don't just depend on dieting alone. Move that body and do some exercises to achieve that weight and that body you have always dreamed about.
Walking is great exercise to lose weight. Moreover, it does not require any expertise or equipment and you can do it free anytime you feel like it. However, to be beneficial, you should do it regularly.Make walking a daily habit or at least 3 to 5 times a week depending on your schedule.
Before you start walking, do some warm up stretching exercises. Stretch only as far as you feel comfortable so as not to pull any muscles. Start with a modest goal, like 15 to 20 minutes at a leisurely pace. Gradually extend the duration and the speed. Walk up one or two gentle slopes. Your walk should be comprised of three segments: warm-up, exercise pace and cool-down.
Walk with your chin up and your shoulders held slightly back. The heel of your foot should touch the ground first. Roll your weight forward. Swing your arms as you walk. To avoid stiff or sore muscles or joints, start gradually. Over several weeks, begin walking faster, going further and walking for longer periods of time. Walk on soft ground whenever possible. Quench yourself, drink 8 to 10 ounces of water for every 20 to 30 minutes of the activity.
The more you walk, the better you will feel. Plus, walking also uses more calories; thus, burning more fats. Its benefits include giving you more energy, making you feel good, helping you to relax, reducing stress, helping you sleep better, helping control your appetite and increasing the number of calories your body uses. To lose weight, it's more important to walk for time than speed. Walking at a moderate pace yields longer workouts with less soreness leading to more miles and more calories spent on a regular basis.
Jim O'Neill gives you tons of valuable information on the subjects of weight loss, fitness, and nutrition to make it easy for you to live a healthy lifestyle. Sign up now for his free 7 part mini e-course at: www.mrgymfitness.com/minicourse.php
About the Author
Jim O'Neill is a certified personal fitness trainer and also holds a sports nutrition certification. He has been helping people successfully achieve their weight loss and fitness goals for over 15 years by staying on the cutting edge of weight loss and fitness technology. To learn more about how you can benefit from his easy to use weight loss and fitness programs go to: www.mrgymfitness.com/minicourse.php
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
How To Calculate How Fast You Can (Really) Lose Weight
How To Calculate How Fast You Can (Really) Lose Weight
By: Anderson A. Anonymous, M.D., Ph.D.
Fat is what you want to lose. Not water, not muscle, and not bone mass.
Despite what you read in supermarket magazines, and despite decades of very sophisticated attempts by medical researchers to find one, there simply isn't any known way for your body to "flush out fat" without burning it, or to "burn it off" without first needing the energy to keep you alive and move you around. (We can dream about finding some such method, but so far liposuction is the only thing that's even close.)
A pound of fat stores 3500 Calories of energy. You can lose that pound only by using-up 3500 Calories more than you eat. For example, if you eat food every day that has only 2000 Calories in it and at the same time use up 2500 Calories living, working, playing, and "running-around" -- and you can do this every day for seven days, you'll lose one pound of fat.
How can you do this?
First, you need a food & nutrition technique that lets you really control the number of Calories you eat -- nothing else works if you can't do that. The method has to eliminate hunger as well as Calories, because no one can stay on a diet that keeps them constantly fighting hunger for long enough to lose enough weight. (Giving you such a method is what this website is all about.)
Second, you need to know how many Calories your body will burn if you don't exercise, and how many more Calories you can burn if you do exercise. (Preview: It's not that much -- see below.)
From this you can calculate about how fast you'll really be able to burn fat.
For the rest of this article, we'll assume you have already read the articles on this site that explain how you can really control the amount of food you eat.
Finding out how many Calories you can burn off in an average day and how much control of this you really have is a three step process:
Here's an example.
1. Calories Used to Just Stay Alive
If you are female, age 30, weigh 200 pounds, and spend the whole day lying down quietly in a warm room, your body will burn about 1850 Calories. (You have no practical control over this calorie-burn rate.)
This is called your Resting Energy Expenditure (REE). It is the minimum amount of energy your body needs in a day.
Note: To recalculate the above example for your own gender, age, & weight, use the method starting on this page. [Use browser "back button" to return here.]
2. Calories Used to Move Around Doing Normal Things
In addition to this REE, add the Calories you'll burn at your normal activity level.
If the same 30 year-old, 200-lb female has an activity level at a basic "office work" level (very light), she will use about 550 additional Calories per day moving around and doing things.
This is called your Activity Energy Expenditure (AEE). It is the amount of energy your body needs to move you around in your normal activities for a day.
This means that her normal daily activities will burn a total of about 2400 Calories daily.
3. Calories Used for Exercise
How many additional Calories can you burn by exercising? (Preview: It's significant, but not earth-shattering.)
It is very unlikely that a normal person can regularly spend more than about one hour per day exercising. (You have a job, probably a family, and certainly quite a few other demands on your time, energy, and commitment.)
(We've heard that there is a "one-in-a-thousand" person who can regularly do two, three, even four hours of voluntary additional exercise daily; but we've never actually met that person and aren't sure he/she really exists. )
If our 200-lb female simply walks briskly outside for one hour every day, She will burn an extra 435-545 Calories. (As her weight drops from 200 pounds, she will burn less because she won't have as much weight to carry.)
Use this table to calculate about how much you would lose at your weight by walking or doing other activities.
This means that our 200-lb, 30 year-old, female office worker can reasonably expect to be able to use up a total of about 2900 Calories every day.
How much weight she will lose, and how fast, will depend on how successful she is at controlling her Calories from food.
For example, if she has an effective technique for controlling food, she will probably be able to eat about 1500 Calories per day indefinitely (meaning with no hunger or food cravings that erode will-power.)
This means she can reasonably create a 1400 Calorie per day deficit; which works out to 2.8 pounds of fat lost per week. ((1400 x 7)/3500) = 2.8)
This is the reasonable rate of weight loss.
About the Author
Anderson A. Anonymous, M.D., Ph.D. is the author of The 2004 Multi-Diet: Taming The Food Beast! He is also the person most responsible for presenting the details of the Threshold Theory approach to weight loss that is the basis of most of the information & recommendations on http://www.multidiet.com.
Other Articles by Anderson A. Anonymous, M.D., Ph.D. »
By: Anderson A. Anonymous, M.D., Ph.D.
Fat is what you want to lose. Not water, not muscle, and not bone mass.
Despite what you read in supermarket magazines, and despite decades of very sophisticated attempts by medical researchers to find one, there simply isn't any known way for your body to "flush out fat" without burning it, or to "burn it off" without first needing the energy to keep you alive and move you around. (We can dream about finding some such method, but so far liposuction is the only thing that's even close.)
A pound of fat stores 3500 Calories of energy. You can lose that pound only by using-up 3500 Calories more than you eat. For example, if you eat food every day that has only 2000 Calories in it and at the same time use up 2500 Calories living, working, playing, and "running-around" -- and you can do this every day for seven days, you'll lose one pound of fat.
How can you do this?
First, you need a food & nutrition technique that lets you really control the number of Calories you eat -- nothing else works if you can't do that. The method has to eliminate hunger as well as Calories, because no one can stay on a diet that keeps them constantly fighting hunger for long enough to lose enough weight. (Giving you such a method is what this website is all about.)
Second, you need to know how many Calories your body will burn if you don't exercise, and how many more Calories you can burn if you do exercise. (Preview: It's not that much -- see below.)
From this you can calculate about how fast you'll really be able to burn fat.
For the rest of this article, we'll assume you have already read the articles on this site that explain how you can really control the amount of food you eat.
Finding out how many Calories you can burn off in an average day and how much control of this you really have is a three step process:
Here's an example.
1. Calories Used to Just Stay Alive
If you are female, age 30, weigh 200 pounds, and spend the whole day lying down quietly in a warm room, your body will burn about 1850 Calories. (You have no practical control over this calorie-burn rate.)
This is called your Resting Energy Expenditure (REE). It is the minimum amount of energy your body needs in a day.
Note: To recalculate the above example for your own gender, age, & weight, use the method starting on this page. [Use browser "back button" to return here.]
2. Calories Used to Move Around Doing Normal Things
In addition to this REE, add the Calories you'll burn at your normal activity level.
If the same 30 year-old, 200-lb female has an activity level at a basic "office work" level (very light), she will use about 550 additional Calories per day moving around and doing things.
This is called your Activity Energy Expenditure (AEE). It is the amount of energy your body needs to move you around in your normal activities for a day.
This means that her normal daily activities will burn a total of about 2400 Calories daily.
3. Calories Used for Exercise
How many additional Calories can you burn by exercising? (Preview: It's significant, but not earth-shattering.)
It is very unlikely that a normal person can regularly spend more than about one hour per day exercising. (You have a job, probably a family, and certainly quite a few other demands on your time, energy, and commitment.)
(We've heard that there is a "one-in-a-thousand" person who can regularly do two, three, even four hours of voluntary additional exercise daily; but we've never actually met that person and aren't sure he/she really exists. )
If our 200-lb female simply walks briskly outside for one hour every day, She will burn an extra 435-545 Calories. (As her weight drops from 200 pounds, she will burn less because she won't have as much weight to carry.)
Use this table to calculate about how much you would lose at your weight by walking or doing other activities.
This means that our 200-lb, 30 year-old, female office worker can reasonably expect to be able to use up a total of about 2900 Calories every day.
How much weight she will lose, and how fast, will depend on how successful she is at controlling her Calories from food.
For example, if she has an effective technique for controlling food, she will probably be able to eat about 1500 Calories per day indefinitely (meaning with no hunger or food cravings that erode will-power.)
This means she can reasonably create a 1400 Calorie per day deficit; which works out to 2.8 pounds of fat lost per week. ((1400 x 7)/3500) = 2.8)
This is the reasonable rate of weight loss.
About the Author
Anderson A. Anonymous, M.D., Ph.D. is the author of The 2004 Multi-Diet: Taming The Food Beast! He is also the person most responsible for presenting the details of the Threshold Theory approach to weight loss that is the basis of most of the information & recommendations on http://www.multidiet.com.
Other Articles by Anderson A. Anonymous, M.D., Ph.D. »
Beyonce's Water Diet
I heard that Beyonce slimmed down for the movie Dream Girls by only drinking water with cayenne pepper. If this actually is true, Im sure it was a temporary sacrifice she made for the sake of her character. Seems like anytime she does something, whether is be movies or her music, she does it BIG. She appears to be a very hard worker and I commend and respect her for that. Personally, I don't think I would have the willpower to stick to only drinking water. I would go crazy.
Low-Carb Diets--An Introduction
Low-Carb Diets - An Introduction
By Priya Shah
By Priya Shah
According to a recent survey by the National Health Institute, about a third of overweight Americans who are trying to lose weight, are doing so by eating less carbohydrates (carbs) largely because of the increased popularity of fad diets like Atkins Diet and the South Beach Diet.
Who Invented Low-Carb Diets?
The term "low-carb" was coined around 1992 when the USDA recommended that Americans include six to eleven servings daily of grains and starches in their diet.
In fact, low-carb dieting dates back more than 100 years to 1864, before the trendy Atkins diet, when a pamphlet titled "Letter on Corpulence" was written by William Banting. This was as close to the first commercial low-carb diet as you could get.
Banting's diet eventually fell out of favor, but low-carb diets began appearing again in the 20th century. The most famous of these are the Atkins and Scarsdale diets that came to popularity in the 1970s.
While Scarsdale has a set 14-day meal plan that must be followed and greatly restricts calories, the Atkins diet allows for unlimited calorie consumption as long as those calories are from protein, fat and vegetables and carbohydrate intake is kept low.
Atkins and Scarsdale fell out of favor in the 1980's when the USDA encouraged the consumption of grains and grain products.
It was only in the 1990's that we began to see a return to low-carb dieting that seems to be more than a fad. Low-carb is now a lifestyle!
As more and more people realize the weight loss and other health benefits that are available to people who eat low-carb, the number of diets and stores that sell specialty low-carb products continue to rise.
In a nutshell, most low-carb diets carry the same basic premise: that too much of simple, refined carbohydrates leads to over overproduction of insulin, which leads to the storage of too much fat in the body. This fat storage is especially prominent around the middle.
While there are degrees of difference among the many diets, they all agree on the negative effects that excess insulin production have on our systems.
While it might be great to lower the body's sugar content and be healthier, wouldn't it be great to learn how to do so while being part of this fast-paced world?
People want and need simpler solutions. And they need simpler dieting plans.
Forget spending mega bucks on gourmet, hard-to-find items. Forget spending hours just to prepare meals. And forget counting, measuring, and weighing ingredients.
Either a low-carb plan fit into real-world lives, or it doesn't. So how do low-carb diets fit into the real world today?
Low Carb, Slow Carb
In a nutshell, there are two kinds of carbohydrates, simple and complex. Some refer to them as bad and good carbs, fast and slow digestion carbs and other possibly confusing lingo. Here's the scoop.
Simple Carbs
Foods with simple or refined carbohydrates most often have a low nutrient content and a high-glycemic index. They are quick to digest and can cause blood sugar to soar then fall dramatically within a short span of time.
In order to keep the body running more healthy and stable, health advisors recommend that these type foods be limited.
Examples of these simple carbs are white bread, potatoes, bananas, and sugary treats like cookies, candy, cupcakes and cakes, and soda beverages like popular cola products.
Complex Carbs
Foods with complex carbohydrates contain many nutrients and have a low- to moderate-glycemic index.
Higher fiber content in these foods means slower digestion, which is healthier for the body. And these foods are considered good choices by health advisors.
Examples of these complex carbs are whole grains, most fruits and vegetables. Legumes, plants of the pea or bean family, are also in this category.
Which Is Best?
While studies like one from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in January of 2004 show that low-carb diets can help with weight loss; the carbs need to be of the complex, low-glycemic type.
However, it is not necessary to totally avoid the simple carbs. A treat now and then, in moderation (and approved per your dietary advisor or in accordance with your health practitioner), should be fine.
As a side note, your teeth will also be healthier without the build up of sugar decay from simple carb foods. So healthier smiles will shine with healthier bodies.
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Priya Shah is the Editor of The Glutathione Report and the webmaster of Glutathione - Your Whey To Health
Read our online report on Low-Carb Dieting Secrets and get a Free Booklet titled "Low Carb Recipes and Food Ideas People On The Go"
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
So Beyonce, How Did You Slim Down?
"By cutting back on carbs, anything white, and anything that tastes too good" said the beautiful Beyonce Knowles. She also added that she eats small healthy meals four times a day when she is in slim-down mode. She also hits the gym 5 days a week and includes cardio like jogging and dancing.
source:Bastardly.com
source:Bastardly.com
Monday, May 22, 2006
How to Lose Weight This Week
How to Lose Weight This Week by Craig Rowe
It surprises many people how much weight they can lose in just one week if they start paying attention to exactly how they live their lives. Because most of us have such fast paced, busy lives we tend to do the things that are most convenient, but often this is not what is best for our bodies. Fast food, frozen food, and very little exercise is what is usually most convenient. Luckily, there are ways to make eating healthier and to even fit in some exercise, even if you are one of the very busy! For the most popular and up to date information on diets you can always visit the www.newdiets.net website if the information here leaves you wanting even more diet news and resources.
First, you need to look at your diet. Sometimes the things that lead to us being over weight are things that we just take for granted or don't even really think about. Oddly enough, the biggest culprits are not what we even have to chew we simply have to swallow! Drinks! When you are thirsty and you need to grab something quick you just go to the fridge or the soda machine and crack open that can or bottle of soda. While the soda is mildly refreshing, it's also packed with calories. If you are drinking even two or three regular sodas per day you'll find that you are adding anywhere from 600 to 1,000 extra calories every day. If you cut out the regular soda you'll find that the pounds will start dropping within a couple days. Many people find that they can easily lose up to 20 pounds over the course of just a few months when they stop drinking soda, but the initial weight loss is seen the first week.
If you are a junk food junkie you probably know that you can lose weight if you just change what you are eating. You don't have to give up junk food altogether, but you need to set some limitations for yourself. Chips and fast food are packed with fat and calories, but they don't keep you full for all that long. If you crave chips, think about nibbling on just a handful before you make a healthy dinner so that you taste the foods that you like, but you save room for the healthier food such as lean meats and low carb meals. Just reducing your junk food intake by half will help you lose weight, starting the first week.
Exercise is an important part of weight loss. If you combine the diet changes we've talked about above with even some moderate exercise you'll see big changes within the first couple days. After dinner consider taking a 20 minute walk around the neighborhood, or see if you can't sneak out of the office after you eat some lunch to work off some of those stubborn pounds. Just adding a brisk walk for 20 or 30 minutes will help you see a drastic change right away. You may see a weight loss of two pounds or even more if you just tweak your eating and exercise habits just a bit.
As you can see, losing weight doesn't have to be difficult. You don't have to totally change your lifestyle or even stop eating the foods that you crave; you just need to do everything in moderation. You'll see a change in your body in the first week for sure, but the longer you keep with it the more changes you'll see. If you have even a month before you want to fit into that sexy dress or you just want to look or feel better, you can do it. The first week is just a start, so keep up a good thing and continue the healthy habits so that you can feel good about yourself on the inside as well as the outside.
About the Author
For more weight loss tips visit http://www.newdiets.net. Learn to lose weight and eat healthier today.
It surprises many people how much weight they can lose in just one week if they start paying attention to exactly how they live their lives. Because most of us have such fast paced, busy lives we tend to do the things that are most convenient, but often this is not what is best for our bodies. Fast food, frozen food, and very little exercise is what is usually most convenient. Luckily, there are ways to make eating healthier and to even fit in some exercise, even if you are one of the very busy! For the most popular and up to date information on diets you can always visit the www.newdiets.net website if the information here leaves you wanting even more diet news and resources.
First, you need to look at your diet. Sometimes the things that lead to us being over weight are things that we just take for granted or don't even really think about. Oddly enough, the biggest culprits are not what we even have to chew we simply have to swallow! Drinks! When you are thirsty and you need to grab something quick you just go to the fridge or the soda machine and crack open that can or bottle of soda. While the soda is mildly refreshing, it's also packed with calories. If you are drinking even two or three regular sodas per day you'll find that you are adding anywhere from 600 to 1,000 extra calories every day. If you cut out the regular soda you'll find that the pounds will start dropping within a couple days. Many people find that they can easily lose up to 20 pounds over the course of just a few months when they stop drinking soda, but the initial weight loss is seen the first week.
If you are a junk food junkie you probably know that you can lose weight if you just change what you are eating. You don't have to give up junk food altogether, but you need to set some limitations for yourself. Chips and fast food are packed with fat and calories, but they don't keep you full for all that long. If you crave chips, think about nibbling on just a handful before you make a healthy dinner so that you taste the foods that you like, but you save room for the healthier food such as lean meats and low carb meals. Just reducing your junk food intake by half will help you lose weight, starting the first week.
Exercise is an important part of weight loss. If you combine the diet changes we've talked about above with even some moderate exercise you'll see big changes within the first couple days. After dinner consider taking a 20 minute walk around the neighborhood, or see if you can't sneak out of the office after you eat some lunch to work off some of those stubborn pounds. Just adding a brisk walk for 20 or 30 minutes will help you see a drastic change right away. You may see a weight loss of two pounds or even more if you just tweak your eating and exercise habits just a bit.
As you can see, losing weight doesn't have to be difficult. You don't have to totally change your lifestyle or even stop eating the foods that you crave; you just need to do everything in moderation. You'll see a change in your body in the first week for sure, but the longer you keep with it the more changes you'll see. If you have even a month before you want to fit into that sexy dress or you just want to look or feel better, you can do it. The first week is just a start, so keep up a good thing and continue the healthy habits so that you can feel good about yourself on the inside as well as the outside.
About the Author
For more weight loss tips visit http://www.newdiets.net. Learn to lose weight and eat healthier today.
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Weight Loss: The All Natural Way Without Gimmicks
Weight Loss: The All Natural Way Without Gimmicks
By Foras AjeIf you type up Weight Loss in a keyword tracker tool or in a search engine like Google, you will be alarmed to see how many searches in a day are being done on this subject alone. Take www.submitexpress.com for example, put ‘weight loss’ in their word tracking device; you will see that on a daily basis, more than 5000 searches are being done on how to lose weight. However, this shouldn’t be alarming, I mean the average person does have the desire to be liked, sought after and popular. This might explain why we are so captivated with celebrities and perhaps why we at times blindly follow whatever fad or trend they might propagate in the quest to lose weight and be slimmer, sometimes at the cost of our own health.
An observation of Nature will show that no animal free of captivity is upholstered with excess weight and are oft times very fit, agile and sharp. This is because unlike man, all animals adhere to the simple laws of nature to maintain health which include eating the right foods for your type and getting adequate exercise. Well these are the basic laws, others might include getting sufficient rest, getting sunshine, interacting with others.
There are so many myths and fads that promise to aid you in losing weight that when they are intelligently dissected will make you wonder what ever made you think to give them a shot, which is part of the reasons why I am writing this to inform you that as the slogan of my site on drugless healing says: “if one way is true, it is the way of nature”.
Moreover, Nature bows at no alter, seeks neither praise nor applause, she only asks for a hearing, my friends.
For weight loss, your best bet will be to embrace the three limbs of Naturopathy:
- Proper Exercise
- Proper Diet
- Positive Thinking.
Now I will explain each one in brief detail:
PROPER EXERCISE:
Now, there was a time, like almost everyone, that I assumed big and inflated muscles meant fitness and health. Wrong. Maybe it might depict strength-to a degree and that, for only a while, but you ask anybody about one of the greatest martial artists of all time, Bruce Lee, here was a guy who was said to do a thousand (1000) push-ups and other feats of strength and any picture of him shows he was not a blown up mass of muscle waiting to atrophy and deflate as is the case with most fitness experts and body-builders using artificial supplements, I mean look at the agedness depicted across their faces most of the time.
This leads one to conclude that for exercise, basic Aerobic-with oxygen-exercises (such as walking, jogging, and dancing) and Anaerobic-without oxygen-exercises (such as push ups, pull-ups, dips, using the ab-wheel and weight lifting for body builders) can be sufficient without the use of synthetic products. For those who want an exercise for the mind as well as the body, Yoga definitely is unmatched.
From my experience, if you were to do the Sun Salutations (hailed in Yoga, Martial Arts and African Wrestling as the ‘best exercise for humans’) which have been passed down from centuries with a proper and sensible diet, which I will be explaining soon, you are well on your way to weight loss and strength.
Some Indians perform about a 100 plus rounds of this marvelous exercise on a daily basis and have immense fitness, strength, agility and virility. Add some other poses like the inversions (Shoulder-Stand), Forward Bends (Head to Knee Pose), Backward bends, Balancing Poses (arguably the best exercises to tone the arms, abdomen and restore a sense of balance and self confidence in humans who practice them) and you are bound to see the immense results. Speaking of emulating celebrities, well did you know Sting, Madonna, Russell Simmons, Beyonce and Prince all practice some form of Yoga and need I mention how fit and good they look?
I could go on and on about Abdominal exercises and Breathing Exercises of the Yoga genre (which in the case of the latter is also EXTREMELY effective for weight loss) but that will be another subject in itself, the bottom line is: in my opinion, exercises that use the body’s weight for resistance such as Yoga, Calisthenics and Pilates are arguably the best for the human body.
Have you ever seen a chimpanzee lifting rocks repeatedly? Yet that distant cousin of humans can rip a door off a car and is easily 8 times stronger than an average modern day human. Still, if we share about 98% DNA with this primate (as well as other apes), its evidence to make one wonder how much healthier and fit we would be by adhering and living as close as possible to Nature’s laws of diet and exercise.
PROPER DIET
-“You are what you eat” (Anonymous)
-“Let your foods be your medicine and your medicine your food” (Hippocrates, the father of medicine)
-“Every herb bearing seed and every tree bearing fruit with seed in it shall be yours for food” (Gen 1:29)
From these radical quotes above, it should be plain to see that most modern day meals and mixtures are totally against Nature’s intent for us as humans for fitness, agility and strength. It will be safe to say that if you want to lose weight, re-read these three quotes and the proper diet will stare you right in the face: Fruits and Vegetables.
Admittedly, and you can take this from a guy who was a raw vegan for several months, (Now, I mostly fast and eat mono meals of fruit and raw or cooked vegetables every other day) that might be kind of hard to accomplish or adhere to. Well, if you approach it the wrong way, being radical in nature and as with all things that don’t have a strong foundation, you may be bound to fail.
The good news is there are several books on the subject of this kind of a diet and though adequately addressed in the core e-book of my site, you can type up Vegan Diets, Raw Vegan Diets, Vegetarianism in any search engine to be educated-to a degree- on the subject. I have experimented with each of the three kinds of diets and have been on the Standard American diet and am now of the firm belief that the first two and maybe the third if done sensibly and wisely are the best for humans, period!
I touched on the subjects of internal cleanliness and non-animal product diets in my article available in my blog and some article directories under the title “Is a Low-Carb, High Protein diet the best for weight loss?” but I will briefly state again that based on the quotes above, and the facts that this diet has been proven countless times to be the best (Ask Bill Pearlman-four times Mr. Universe winner!), without the need for much of an argument, a diet free of animal products is simply the best for humans.
For an idea of a daily menu, you can look for my article “How to Cure Acne in 10 days” in some of the major article directories online, last time Google did its spider crawl, it came up in most of them but I also put in my blog for my readers just in case.
I’ll leave you with this factor to consider though on the subject of proper diet, based on the anthropological approach of several authors of Naturopathy, and from simple observations, we as primates, just like our distant cousins, the great apes, are frugivores, eaters of mainly fruits and green leaves and it cannot be a co-incidence that these substances make up the mucus-less or alkaline forming foods that even science has proven to be the best for human life and of course, weight loss.
POSITIVE THINKING:
Some quotes from perhaps the most rugged book ever put together, that being the Bible, bring to mind just how important it is to think positively-and wisely so-in any endeavor one is undertaking. “As a man thinks in his heart; so is he…” and “Guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life”. That stated, what you constantly think over and over is eventually what comes to pass.
The mind has such powers that are beyond human comprehension at times, but according to the author of the “Power of Positive Thinking”, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale,
“You are what you are now based on your thoughts five years ago and will be in five years what you constantly think of yourself now.” Although one’s thoughts are very important, without taking the steps to act on them (of course when they are constructive and positive) they do end up being a waste, but your reading this article does depict a desire to want to improve yourself be it through weight loss or any other factor.
Like with any journey in life, of course, you will have times when you may want to give up, lose faith or focus and consequently get off the path to success, which may explain why most people fail at diets and fads in the quest of losing weight, well, my friend, you will have to literally tune your thinking to be positive so as to overcome the doubts and fears as you go about accomplishing your goals. It honestly will be easier applying the two other limbs of drugless healing above for weight loss as they do go hand-in-hand.
In conclusion, forget the fads and hypes. For a healing program to be successful at anything, especially weight loss, it must cover the three limbs of health: diet, exercise and positive thinking. It is my hope that this article will show you how to choose the best methods of attaining not only weight loss, but fitness and health on the inside and out.
About the Author: Foras Aje is the author of the e-book Fitness-Inside and out, a book on Naturopathy about Yoga, Calisthenics, Proper diet and mental attunements. For more information on health, fitness and Drugless Healing, visit http://www.bodyhealthsoul.com
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