Lots of people want to lose weight, and lots of people fail at this. Why? There are many reasons for this; however one big factor is exercise, or lack of it!
There is no need to join any expensive gyms, run miles everyday or pump iron until you feel like passing out. Using weights is a very effective body toning method but most people don't know how to use them effectively for weight loss.
A very effective way to use weights to fight the flab is circuit training. This involves using a pair of light dumbells and doing several repetitions of an exercise for a set amount of time or number of repetitions before immediately moving onto the next exercise. No expensive gym equipment is needed to do this and you can do it in the privacy of your own home. This method is hard work but is very effective, as it has the effect of speeding up your metabolism and also get your heart beating.
Exercises using your bodyweight only can also be used, for example press ups, dips, squats etc. these are very effective as they use large muscle groups which are very good at working the whole body. The benefit to this is that hormones are released which not only help assist weight loss but also build lean muscle tissue.
This is just an introduction to circuit training for weight loss, I will follow this up in more detail shortly and suggest a programme you can use to do in your own home and start toning up and losing weight quickly!
Want to know more about weight loss? Visit http://loseflab.blogspot.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Chris_Guthrie
Rabu, 24 September 2008
Changing Eating Habits to Lose Weight - Not Too Drastic Please by Kurt_Naulaerts
Changing eating habits to lose weight. This is what many overweight people do once they have decided to burn the fat. And that is also often the guideline of many weight loss programs out there. However doing this drastically can do more harm than good. Let's look a bit closer at 2 weight loss myths.
1. Say goodbye to all foods that are not deemed as healthy.
If you stop eating every unhealthy food that you enjoy, you will be able to shed pounds easier and quicker. This is untrue. You will still remain motivated and on track if you allow yourself to eat an unhealthy favorite food once in awhile.
Moderation is the key to losing weight and to keeping it off in the long term. If you enjoy pizza or a burger from McDonald's then partake of these pleasures now and again and don't allow yourself to feel guilty. You are less likely to fall off the horse so to speak or to binge if you give yourself permission to enjoy "fun foods" when the mood strikes.
2. Eating foods late at night is more likely to pack on the pounds.
This is a common myth that is believed by many. The truth is that if you consume more calories on a daily basis then your body requires, the excess will be stored as fat. The opposite is also the case. If you take in fewer calories than you burn then you will shed pounds. For this reason, the time of day you eat does not really matter so much as how much you eat and how much you burn off through physical activity.
According to health experts, you should never go to bed hungry, as this will prevent you from having a sound sleep. You are fasting while you sleep after all. That is what breakfast the following morning is all about: break the fast. Eating something small and light, such as a few crackers and some cheese can actually contribute to a more restful night's sleep.
Don't limit yourself to the point of ridiculousness. These are not effective means of losing weight and they will not work. Instead, for decent info about a good weight loss system read http://www.weightloss-aid.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kurt_Naulaerts
1. Say goodbye to all foods that are not deemed as healthy.
If you stop eating every unhealthy food that you enjoy, you will be able to shed pounds easier and quicker. This is untrue. You will still remain motivated and on track if you allow yourself to eat an unhealthy favorite food once in awhile.
Moderation is the key to losing weight and to keeping it off in the long term. If you enjoy pizza or a burger from McDonald's then partake of these pleasures now and again and don't allow yourself to feel guilty. You are less likely to fall off the horse so to speak or to binge if you give yourself permission to enjoy "fun foods" when the mood strikes.
2. Eating foods late at night is more likely to pack on the pounds.
This is a common myth that is believed by many. The truth is that if you consume more calories on a daily basis then your body requires, the excess will be stored as fat. The opposite is also the case. If you take in fewer calories than you burn then you will shed pounds. For this reason, the time of day you eat does not really matter so much as how much you eat and how much you burn off through physical activity.
According to health experts, you should never go to bed hungry, as this will prevent you from having a sound sleep. You are fasting while you sleep after all. That is what breakfast the following morning is all about: break the fast. Eating something small and light, such as a few crackers and some cheese can actually contribute to a more restful night's sleep.
Don't limit yourself to the point of ridiculousness. These are not effective means of losing weight and they will not work. Instead, for decent info about a good weight loss system read http://www.weightloss-aid.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kurt_Naulaerts
Choosing a Treadmill by Kay Cross, MEd, CSCS
You have just decided a good electric treadmill is exactly what you need to maintain your commitment to regular aerobic exercise. But you find there are dozens of different treadmills, ranging in price from $399 to over $3,000. What accounts for the huge difference in price? What do you look for when buying?
Don't Leave Home . . .
First, before going anywhere, decide where you will put your new treadmill--and measure the space. You'll need some free space around the machine itself--and some head room if you're going to get a machine that inclines.
Second, dress in loose, comfortable clothing and workout shoes. You'll want to try out several machines before you buy. Finally, head off to a specialty fitness retail store.
Construction
The deciding factor in the life of a treadmill is the motor. If you want your treadmill to last, look for the larger, heavier motors.
"Horsepower" is applied to two different ratings--"peak duty rating" and "continuous duty rating." The peak duty rating is advertised on a treadmill tag. The continuous duty rating is stamped directly on the motor and is the rating that determines its quality and duration.
In general, the larger and heavier the motor is, the cooler it will run and the longer it will last. Penn State Sports Medicine Newsletter recommends purchasing a machine with at least 1.5 continuous duty horsepower--higher if you weigh more than 185 pounds or plan to run on the treadmill. (But be sure to check the voltage. Some treadmills with heavy motors are 220, which won't work in most homes.)
The thickness of the walking deck and the size of the walking track should also be high on your list of priorities. The thickness of the deck affects the comfort of the legs and feet with prolonged use. Choose a treadmill that has a deck thickness of at least 3/4 inch, or one inch if you plan to do both walking and jogging.
The walking track needs enough length (at least 48 inches) and width (at least 17 inches) for you to walk comfortably without stepping off the track. If you plan to run on your new treadmill, you may want a longer track. Test it while you are in the store.
The "buzz" feature these days is definitely shock absorption. To provide effective cushioning for the legs, feet and back, the treadmill's suspension must be directly under the walking deck. (Some treadmills may have "shock absorbers" on the legs of the treadmill so you can see the frame bounce while you are walking. This is not effective shock absorption!) The padding can be made of foam or rubber. Foam is softer and more compressible than rubber, but requires more time to return to its original thickness after impact. Rubber instantly recovers to full thickness and is better able to maintain its energy absorption level. Again, test the machine yourself.
"Perks"
After you've checked out the physical construction, you can look at a treadmill's electronic board. Here's where you can economize, if necessary. The less expensive treadmills have the basics: speed, distance, incline, time and calories. The more expensive treadmills also have a range of special preset exercise programs that automatically alter speed and incline, varying high-intensity effort with lower-intensity effort. Some treadmills even measure your heart rate! Ask yourself, will electronic programs and feedback motivate you to keep exercising? If not, and/or you're on a limited budget, you can buy a less expensive machine and a separate heart rate monitor, and develop your own programs.
Service and Warranties
Ask the dealer about delivery and setup. Sometimes this is included in the price--and other times, it's not. Also, check out the service and warranty policies.
The minimum warranty on a fairly good treadmill is 90 days parts and service. The better treadmills will carry a three-year warranty on the motor and two years on the drive train. As for who will be responsible for servicing a treadmill when it has problems--the store you purchased it from. So if the store offers a good guarantee, chances are the machine won't need servicing very often!
If you choose a quality electric treadmill, it will last for years and provide great versatility for your cardiovascular program. Find a good specialty equipment store in your area that can help you find the treadmill you need. And then by all means, use it!
* Be sure to check with your health care professional before making any changes in your activity habits.
Chad Tackett, the President of Global Health and Fitness (GHF), has degrees in Exercise and Heath Science and Nutrition, is a Certified Personal Trainer, and is a regular guest lecturer to both professional and lay audiences on the principles of effective exercise and good nutrition. Visit GHF (http://www.global-fitness.com) and you'll find easy to follow fitness recommendations, hundreds of exercise instructions and video demonstrations, customized programs, healthy recipes and meal plans, a free nutrition analysis, health club and personal trainer directories, and much more!
Don't Leave Home . . .
First, before going anywhere, decide where you will put your new treadmill--and measure the space. You'll need some free space around the machine itself--and some head room if you're going to get a machine that inclines.
Second, dress in loose, comfortable clothing and workout shoes. You'll want to try out several machines before you buy. Finally, head off to a specialty fitness retail store.
Construction
The deciding factor in the life of a treadmill is the motor. If you want your treadmill to last, look for the larger, heavier motors.
"Horsepower" is applied to two different ratings--"peak duty rating" and "continuous duty rating." The peak duty rating is advertised on a treadmill tag. The continuous duty rating is stamped directly on the motor and is the rating that determines its quality and duration.
In general, the larger and heavier the motor is, the cooler it will run and the longer it will last. Penn State Sports Medicine Newsletter recommends purchasing a machine with at least 1.5 continuous duty horsepower--higher if you weigh more than 185 pounds or plan to run on the treadmill. (But be sure to check the voltage. Some treadmills with heavy motors are 220, which won't work in most homes.)
The thickness of the walking deck and the size of the walking track should also be high on your list of priorities. The thickness of the deck affects the comfort of the legs and feet with prolonged use. Choose a treadmill that has a deck thickness of at least 3/4 inch, or one inch if you plan to do both walking and jogging.
The walking track needs enough length (at least 48 inches) and width (at least 17 inches) for you to walk comfortably without stepping off the track. If you plan to run on your new treadmill, you may want a longer track. Test it while you are in the store.
The "buzz" feature these days is definitely shock absorption. To provide effective cushioning for the legs, feet and back, the treadmill's suspension must be directly under the walking deck. (Some treadmills may have "shock absorbers" on the legs of the treadmill so you can see the frame bounce while you are walking. This is not effective shock absorption!) The padding can be made of foam or rubber. Foam is softer and more compressible than rubber, but requires more time to return to its original thickness after impact. Rubber instantly recovers to full thickness and is better able to maintain its energy absorption level. Again, test the machine yourself.
"Perks"
After you've checked out the physical construction, you can look at a treadmill's electronic board. Here's where you can economize, if necessary. The less expensive treadmills have the basics: speed, distance, incline, time and calories. The more expensive treadmills also have a range of special preset exercise programs that automatically alter speed and incline, varying high-intensity effort with lower-intensity effort. Some treadmills even measure your heart rate! Ask yourself, will electronic programs and feedback motivate you to keep exercising? If not, and/or you're on a limited budget, you can buy a less expensive machine and a separate heart rate monitor, and develop your own programs.
Service and Warranties
Ask the dealer about delivery and setup. Sometimes this is included in the price--and other times, it's not. Also, check out the service and warranty policies.
The minimum warranty on a fairly good treadmill is 90 days parts and service. The better treadmills will carry a three-year warranty on the motor and two years on the drive train. As for who will be responsible for servicing a treadmill when it has problems--the store you purchased it from. So if the store offers a good guarantee, chances are the machine won't need servicing very often!
If you choose a quality electric treadmill, it will last for years and provide great versatility for your cardiovascular program. Find a good specialty equipment store in your area that can help you find the treadmill you need. And then by all means, use it!
* Be sure to check with your health care professional before making any changes in your activity habits.
Chad Tackett, the President of Global Health and Fitness (GHF), has degrees in Exercise and Heath Science and Nutrition, is a Certified Personal Trainer, and is a regular guest lecturer to both professional and lay audiences on the principles of effective exercise and good nutrition. Visit GHF (http://www.global-fitness.com) and you'll find easy to follow fitness recommendations, hundreds of exercise instructions and video demonstrations, customized programs, healthy recipes and meal plans, a free nutrition analysis, health club and personal trainer directories, and much more!
Exercise In The Morning! by Greg Landry
If I had to pick a single factor that I thought was most important in a successful exercise or weight loss program, it would be to exercise first thing in the morning... every morning! Some mornings, you may just be able to fit in a 10 minute walk, but it's important to try to do something every morning.
So why mornings?...
1. Over 90% of people who exercise *consistently*, exercise in the morning. If you want to exercise consistently, odds are in your favor if you exercise first thing in the morning.
2. When you exercise early in the morning, it "jump starts" your metabolism and keeps it elevated for hours, sometimes up to 24 hours! That means you're burning more calories all day long just because you exercised in the morning!
3. When you exercise in the morning you'll be *energized* for the day! Personally, I feel dramatically different on days when I have and haven't exercised in the morning.
4. Many people find that morning exercise "regulates" their appetite for the day...that they aren't as hungry and that they make better food choices. Several people have told me that it puts them in a "healthy mindset"
5. If you exercise at about the same time every morning... and ideally wake-up at about the same time on a regular basis, your body's endocrine system and circadian rhythms adjust to that, and physiologically, some wonderful things happen; A couple of hours *before* you awaken, your body begins to prepare for waking and exercise because it "knows" it's about to happen...why? because it "knows" you do the same thing just about everyday. You benefit from that in several ways...
a) It's MUCH easier to wake-up. When you wake-up at different times everyday, it confuses your body and thus it's never really "prepared" to awaken.
b) Your metabolism and all the hormones involved in activity and exercise begin to elevate while you're sleeping. Thus, you feel more alert, energized, and ready to exercise when you do wake-up.
c) Hormones prepare your body for exercise by regulating blood pressure, heart rate, blood flow to muscles, etc.
6. For many people, that appointed time every morning becomes something they look forward to. It's time they've set aside to do something good for themselves...to take care of their body and mind. Many find that it's a great time to think clearly, pray, plan their day, or just relax mentally.
7. Research has demonstrated that exercise increases mental acuity... on average it lasts four to ten hours after exercise! No sense in wasting that while you're sleeping. :)
8. Exercise first thing in the morning is really the only way to assure that something else won't crowd exercise out of your schedule. When your days get hectic, exercise usually takes a backseat!
9. If finding time to exercise is difficult, anyone can get up 30 to 60 minutes earlier to exercise (if it's a priority in your life). If necessary, you can go to sleep a little earlier. Also, research has demonstrated that people who exercise on a regular basis have a higher quality of sleep and thus require less sleep! :)
10. You'll feel GREAT! DO IT! :)
Author and exercise Physiologist, Greg Landry, offers free weight loss success stories and articles, and unique weight loss programs at his site.. http://www.greglandryfitness.com
Thank You Greg Landry!
So why mornings?...
1. Over 90% of people who exercise *consistently*, exercise in the morning. If you want to exercise consistently, odds are in your favor if you exercise first thing in the morning.
2. When you exercise early in the morning, it "jump starts" your metabolism and keeps it elevated for hours, sometimes up to 24 hours! That means you're burning more calories all day long just because you exercised in the morning!
3. When you exercise in the morning you'll be *energized* for the day! Personally, I feel dramatically different on days when I have and haven't exercised in the morning.
4. Many people find that morning exercise "regulates" their appetite for the day...that they aren't as hungry and that they make better food choices. Several people have told me that it puts them in a "healthy mindset"
5. If you exercise at about the same time every morning... and ideally wake-up at about the same time on a regular basis, your body's endocrine system and circadian rhythms adjust to that, and physiologically, some wonderful things happen; A couple of hours *before* you awaken, your body begins to prepare for waking and exercise because it "knows" it's about to happen...why? because it "knows" you do the same thing just about everyday. You benefit from that in several ways...
a) It's MUCH easier to wake-up. When you wake-up at different times everyday, it confuses your body and thus it's never really "prepared" to awaken.
b) Your metabolism and all the hormones involved in activity and exercise begin to elevate while you're sleeping. Thus, you feel more alert, energized, and ready to exercise when you do wake-up.
c) Hormones prepare your body for exercise by regulating blood pressure, heart rate, blood flow to muscles, etc.
6. For many people, that appointed time every morning becomes something they look forward to. It's time they've set aside to do something good for themselves...to take care of their body and mind. Many find that it's a great time to think clearly, pray, plan their day, or just relax mentally.
7. Research has demonstrated that exercise increases mental acuity... on average it lasts four to ten hours after exercise! No sense in wasting that while you're sleeping. :)
8. Exercise first thing in the morning is really the only way to assure that something else won't crowd exercise out of your schedule. When your days get hectic, exercise usually takes a backseat!
9. If finding time to exercise is difficult, anyone can get up 30 to 60 minutes earlier to exercise (if it's a priority in your life). If necessary, you can go to sleep a little earlier. Also, research has demonstrated that people who exercise on a regular basis have a higher quality of sleep and thus require less sleep! :)
10. You'll feel GREAT! DO IT! :)
Author and exercise Physiologist, Greg Landry, offers free weight loss success stories and articles, and unique weight loss programs at his site.. http://www.greglandryfitness.com
Thank You Greg Landry!
Live a Longer and Healthier Life by Tony Dole
You should balance your activities with the proper amount of rest. Some of the leading experts in the field of aging now believe that regular exercise along with the proper amount of rest may actually add years to the life span. Results from a number of tests indicate that speed and muscular strength of many of the elderly can be extended.
Leading authorities agree that this new data is going to shatter many of the myths about aging and physical performance. The conclusion now is that the performance and ability of the elderly has long been underestimated, diet, proper sleep and exercise along with rest and relaxation are all important factors in preserving our bodies.
Laughter is one of the best things for your mental and physical state. People are naturally attracted to someone who has a good sense of humor. You can develop a good outlook and a good sense of humor by associating with and surrounding yourself with pleasant happy people.
Recognize that stress is a killer. A life filled with stress can really wreak havoc on your body causing a number of illnesses such as heart attacks, strokes, asthma, gastric problems, menstrual disorders, ulcerative colitis, angina, irritable colon, increased blood pressure, ulcers, headaches, etc.
There are different types of stress such as mental, emotional and physical. Emotional stress seems to take the greatest toll on everyone. All stress is not bad; in fact, life would not be very interesting if it were not met with challenges. However, too much stress, too often with no effective and appropriate outlet, does not allow the body and soul to recuperate. You might review a typical week to see if you can identify things that might be making you anxious or causing you stress. Once identified, stressors can be attacked and eliminated.
Are you a worrier? Chronic worriers don't have more serious problems than others - they just think they do. Many worriers try to cope by trying not to think about their problems, but this just makes things worse. Doctors say that chronic worriers feel less anxious if they actually spend a half-hour a day thinking specifically about their problems.
Get plenty of exercise. People who are physically fit look good and feel good. A good exercise regimen will lengthen your life. Improve your appearance, build self confidence and help delay the aging process.
Remember that you need to do something physical every day. If you don't use your joints, quite simply they'll tighten up with age to create the stooped, bent and worn out appearance we so often associate with old age. Studies have shown that people with arthritis experience less pain if they continue to keep their joints flexible. As one gets older, the bones tend to get brittle which is why it is common for senior citizens to break bones and especially their hips when they fall.
Eating right, getting proper sleep and learning to relax are all very valuable in maintaining a healthy body and mind. And keep in mind that eating healthy foods and avoiding those high in fats, sodium and cholesterol will help to decrease your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and associated problems.
Submitted by Tony Dole
Leading authorities agree that this new data is going to shatter many of the myths about aging and physical performance. The conclusion now is that the performance and ability of the elderly has long been underestimated, diet, proper sleep and exercise along with rest and relaxation are all important factors in preserving our bodies.
Laughter is one of the best things for your mental and physical state. People are naturally attracted to someone who has a good sense of humor. You can develop a good outlook and a good sense of humor by associating with and surrounding yourself with pleasant happy people.
Recognize that stress is a killer. A life filled with stress can really wreak havoc on your body causing a number of illnesses such as heart attacks, strokes, asthma, gastric problems, menstrual disorders, ulcerative colitis, angina, irritable colon, increased blood pressure, ulcers, headaches, etc.
There are different types of stress such as mental, emotional and physical. Emotional stress seems to take the greatest toll on everyone. All stress is not bad; in fact, life would not be very interesting if it were not met with challenges. However, too much stress, too often with no effective and appropriate outlet, does not allow the body and soul to recuperate. You might review a typical week to see if you can identify things that might be making you anxious or causing you stress. Once identified, stressors can be attacked and eliminated.
Are you a worrier? Chronic worriers don't have more serious problems than others - they just think they do. Many worriers try to cope by trying not to think about their problems, but this just makes things worse. Doctors say that chronic worriers feel less anxious if they actually spend a half-hour a day thinking specifically about their problems.
Get plenty of exercise. People who are physically fit look good and feel good. A good exercise regimen will lengthen your life. Improve your appearance, build self confidence and help delay the aging process.
Remember that you need to do something physical every day. If you don't use your joints, quite simply they'll tighten up with age to create the stooped, bent and worn out appearance we so often associate with old age. Studies have shown that people with arthritis experience less pain if they continue to keep their joints flexible. As one gets older, the bones tend to get brittle which is why it is common for senior citizens to break bones and especially their hips when they fall.
Eating right, getting proper sleep and learning to relax are all very valuable in maintaining a healthy body and mind. And keep in mind that eating healthy foods and avoiding those high in fats, sodium and cholesterol will help to decrease your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure and associated problems.
Submitted by Tony Dole
Where Diets Go Wrong by Joe R.
When we discover that we are heavier than we want to be, we have a natural inclination to eat less food. We may skip lunch or eat only a tiny amount of our dinner in the hope that if we eat less our body will burn off some of its fat. But that is not necessarily true. Eating less actually makes it more difficult to lose weight.
Keep in mind that the human body took shape millions of years ago, and at that time there were diets. The only low-calorie event in people's lives was starvation. Those who could cope with a temporary lack of food were the ones who survived. Our bodies, therefore, have developed this built-in mechanism to help us survive in the face of low food intake.
When researchers compare overweight and thin people, they find that they are roughly the same number of calories. What makes overweight people different is the amount of fat that they eat. Thin people tend to eat less fat and more complex carbohydrates.
Losing weight is not something one can do overnight. A carefully planned weight loss program requires common sense and certain guidelines. Unfortunately, there's a lot of misinformantion floating around and lots of desperate people are easily duped and ripped off.
Every day one can open a magazine or newspaper and see advertisements touting some new product, pill or patch that will take excess weight off quickly. Everyone seems to be looking for that "magic" weight loss pill. Millions of Americans are trying to lose weight, spending billions of dollars every year on diet programs and products. Often they do lose some weight. But, if you check with the same people five years later, you will find that nearly all have regained whatever weight they lost.
A survey was done recently to try and determine if any commercial diet program could prove long-term success. Not a single program could do so. So rampant has the so-called diet industry become with new products and false claims that the FDA has now stepped in and started clamping down.
Being seriously overweight and particularly obesity can develop into a number of diseases and serious health problems, and it is now a known fact that when caloric intake is excessive, some of the excess frequently is saturated fat.
The myth is that people get heavy by eating too many calories. Calories are a consideration it's true, but overall they are not the cause of obesity in America today. Americans actually take in fewer calories each day than they did at the beginning of the century. If calories alone were the reason we become overweight, we should all be thin. But we are not. Collectively, we are heavier than ever. Partly, it is because we are more sedentary now. But equally, as important is the fact that the fat content of the American diet has changed dramatically.
People who diet without exercising often get fatter with time. Although your weight may initially drop while dieting, such weight loss consists mostly of water and muscle. When the weight returns, it comes back as fat. To avoid getting fatter over time, increase your metabolism by exercising regularly.
Select an exercise routine that you are comfortable with and remember that walking is one of the best and easiest exercises for strengthening your bones, controlling your weight and toning your muscles.
Submitted by Joe R.
Keep in mind that the human body took shape millions of years ago, and at that time there were diets. The only low-calorie event in people's lives was starvation. Those who could cope with a temporary lack of food were the ones who survived. Our bodies, therefore, have developed this built-in mechanism to help us survive in the face of low food intake.
When researchers compare overweight and thin people, they find that they are roughly the same number of calories. What makes overweight people different is the amount of fat that they eat. Thin people tend to eat less fat and more complex carbohydrates.
Losing weight is not something one can do overnight. A carefully planned weight loss program requires common sense and certain guidelines. Unfortunately, there's a lot of misinformantion floating around and lots of desperate people are easily duped and ripped off.
Every day one can open a magazine or newspaper and see advertisements touting some new product, pill or patch that will take excess weight off quickly. Everyone seems to be looking for that "magic" weight loss pill. Millions of Americans are trying to lose weight, spending billions of dollars every year on diet programs and products. Often they do lose some weight. But, if you check with the same people five years later, you will find that nearly all have regained whatever weight they lost.
A survey was done recently to try and determine if any commercial diet program could prove long-term success. Not a single program could do so. So rampant has the so-called diet industry become with new products and false claims that the FDA has now stepped in and started clamping down.
Being seriously overweight and particularly obesity can develop into a number of diseases and serious health problems, and it is now a known fact that when caloric intake is excessive, some of the excess frequently is saturated fat.
The myth is that people get heavy by eating too many calories. Calories are a consideration it's true, but overall they are not the cause of obesity in America today. Americans actually take in fewer calories each day than they did at the beginning of the century. If calories alone were the reason we become overweight, we should all be thin. But we are not. Collectively, we are heavier than ever. Partly, it is because we are more sedentary now. But equally, as important is the fact that the fat content of the American diet has changed dramatically.
People who diet without exercising often get fatter with time. Although your weight may initially drop while dieting, such weight loss consists mostly of water and muscle. When the weight returns, it comes back as fat. To avoid getting fatter over time, increase your metabolism by exercising regularly.
Select an exercise routine that you are comfortable with and remember that walking is one of the best and easiest exercises for strengthening your bones, controlling your weight and toning your muscles.
Submitted by Joe R.
Why People Fail At Weight Loss by Rob B
Why do so many people fail at losing weight? Is it because they are lazy? No. Is it because they are addicted to food? No. Is it because they aren’t good at exercising? No. Failure at weight loss stems from a few main factors:
1) People don't truly understand the risks of being overweight. Why do most want to lose weight? Most would say to look better. Looking better certainly is a benefit of losing weight, but this shouldn’t be the sole reason to lose weight. There is a 1000 pound gorilla in the room and it’s often ignored. Being overweight for a long period of time kills thousands of people each year. Thousands of studies have show and proven without any doubt that losing body fat will improve and lengthen your life. This eBook will give you a picture of the dangers of being overweight. Knowing the dangers of being overweight is a tremendous motivator to not only lose fat, but to keep it off.
2) People don't commit to permanent lifestyle changes. So many people think of a "diet" as something temporary. When they are on a "diet" they restrict themselves so much that they are miserable. Sooner or later failure is inevitable because of the unreasonable demands of most "diets." Some of these diets force you to only eat certain foods (e.g., no carbs, special soups etc…) You, like myself, have probably tried them before. The key to losing weight long term is to make gradual lifestyle changes you can stick to forever.
3) Most individuals are not provided the truthful facts of losing weight and becoming healthier. With the conflicting information in the media, and all of the different lose weight quick fad diets, it’s understandable why so many people really don’t know the truth about losing fat and keeping it off long term. We will go over the no-nonsense truth.
4) Most people don't understand they are constantly either gaining fat, or losing fat. There is no in-between. Some people justify binging or giving up because they hit a small road-block. This isn’t an all or nothing game. For example, when I was overweight, if I ate an unhealthy lunch, I’d go ahead and eat an unhealthy dinner since I already "messed up" the day. Or I’d say, I’ll start eating healthy on Monday since I’ve already eaten poorly this weekend. Every person at times eats too much. The successful people will not let a road bump completely derail their entire lifestyle change. If you are not implementing positive lifestyle changes and losing weight, you are gaining weight. Again, there is no "in-between."
5) Most people don't realize what they consume each day. So many overweight people eat thousands of extra calories and fat without realizing it. It’s tough to know if you are gaining weight or losing weight each day unless you are keeping an eye on what you’re consuming. Later in the eBook you will be given an easy way to keep track of your consumption.
This article was written by Rob B, the creator of FreeWeightloss.com, and the author of the Ultimate Weight Loss eBook.
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1) People don't truly understand the risks of being overweight. Why do most want to lose weight? Most would say to look better. Looking better certainly is a benefit of losing weight, but this shouldn’t be the sole reason to lose weight. There is a 1000 pound gorilla in the room and it’s often ignored. Being overweight for a long period of time kills thousands of people each year. Thousands of studies have show and proven without any doubt that losing body fat will improve and lengthen your life. This eBook will give you a picture of the dangers of being overweight. Knowing the dangers of being overweight is a tremendous motivator to not only lose fat, but to keep it off.
2) People don't commit to permanent lifestyle changes. So many people think of a "diet" as something temporary. When they are on a "diet" they restrict themselves so much that they are miserable. Sooner or later failure is inevitable because of the unreasonable demands of most "diets." Some of these diets force you to only eat certain foods (e.g., no carbs, special soups etc…) You, like myself, have probably tried them before. The key to losing weight long term is to make gradual lifestyle changes you can stick to forever.
3) Most individuals are not provided the truthful facts of losing weight and becoming healthier. With the conflicting information in the media, and all of the different lose weight quick fad diets, it’s understandable why so many people really don’t know the truth about losing fat and keeping it off long term. We will go over the no-nonsense truth.
4) Most people don't understand they are constantly either gaining fat, or losing fat. There is no in-between. Some people justify binging or giving up because they hit a small road-block. This isn’t an all or nothing game. For example, when I was overweight, if I ate an unhealthy lunch, I’d go ahead and eat an unhealthy dinner since I already "messed up" the day. Or I’d say, I’ll start eating healthy on Monday since I’ve already eaten poorly this weekend. Every person at times eats too much. The successful people will not let a road bump completely derail their entire lifestyle change. If you are not implementing positive lifestyle changes and losing weight, you are gaining weight. Again, there is no "in-between."
5) Most people don't realize what they consume each day. So many overweight people eat thousands of extra calories and fat without realizing it. It’s tough to know if you are gaining weight or losing weight each day unless you are keeping an eye on what you’re consuming. Later in the eBook you will be given an easy way to keep track of your consumption.
This article was written by Rob B, the creator of FreeWeightloss.com, and the author of the Ultimate Weight Loss eBook.
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Why People Fail At Weight Loss by Rob B
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Jumat, 19 September 2008
Phentermine - Is It Safe? By Clarence Carter
Obsessed people may dream of a pill that lets them to lose weight without any exercise or controlling their diet. But the fact is that there are no such magic diet pills. But it’s true that medical science has successfully proved that a proper diet pill with a less calorie diet and a bit of regular exercise can be very effective for obese patients in reducing it. Most weight loss medicines work by making you less hungry which means fewer intakes of calories over that the exercises help you in burning those extra fats.
A generic drug Phentermine is gaining continuous success in this context. Approved by FDA in 1959, it acts as a natural food suppressant. Clinical trials say that this drug really goes well with a controlled diet and a daily exercise regimen.
One of the biggest concerns for anyone considering a Weight Loss Drug is its safety. Being cautious is an understandable policy. We should understand the fact that any medication carries risk. Though Phentermine causes headaches, dry mouth, raise in pulse and blood pressure, but scientists says that the safety records for Phentermine diet pills are high and the risk of side effects are low. The side effects are mild and gradually improve with continued treatment.
The amount of weight loss for each individual varies from each other. But on an average scale obese person loses upto 10% of their body weight within a year. Generally a person tends to lose more weight within the first six months and then it slows down.
Phentermine Diet Pills are branded for short term management of obesity. It is not yet found whether these medications are safe to continue for a long time. However treatment for obesity with Phentermine will be most successful if a plan is taken in consultation with a reputed doctor. The treatment will depend solely on an individual’s obesity level and over all health and his/her motivation to lose weight.
About the author:
Clarence Carter received training as a healthcare scientist. She has been working in the same field and writes informative articles, weight loss being her pet subject. To find Phentermine, Weight loss drug Tips, Childhood obesity, Phentermine Diet Pills, Reductil visit http://www.weight-loss-drug.co.uk
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
A generic drug Phentermine is gaining continuous success in this context. Approved by FDA in 1959, it acts as a natural food suppressant. Clinical trials say that this drug really goes well with a controlled diet and a daily exercise regimen.
One of the biggest concerns for anyone considering a Weight Loss Drug is its safety. Being cautious is an understandable policy. We should understand the fact that any medication carries risk. Though Phentermine causes headaches, dry mouth, raise in pulse and blood pressure, but scientists says that the safety records for Phentermine diet pills are high and the risk of side effects are low. The side effects are mild and gradually improve with continued treatment.
The amount of weight loss for each individual varies from each other. But on an average scale obese person loses upto 10% of their body weight within a year. Generally a person tends to lose more weight within the first six months and then it slows down.
Phentermine Diet Pills are branded for short term management of obesity. It is not yet found whether these medications are safe to continue for a long time. However treatment for obesity with Phentermine will be most successful if a plan is taken in consultation with a reputed doctor. The treatment will depend solely on an individual’s obesity level and over all health and his/her motivation to lose weight.
About the author:
Clarence Carter received training as a healthcare scientist. She has been working in the same field and writes informative articles, weight loss being her pet subject. To find Phentermine, Weight loss drug Tips, Childhood obesity, Phentermine Diet Pills, Reductil visit http://www.weight-loss-drug.co.uk
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
Dotties Weight Loss Zone by William Siebler
So you want to lose weight to look better and feel better. You are not alone. You have the same desire and need as millions of others out there want to look better, feel better, live longer and in general have a better lifestyle once you take off the extra weight.
That said, if you are one of those who have lost weight, then put it back on, perhaps a more important question is how to you keep the weight off once you’ve lost it.
You’ve tried all the different diets. You’ve read all the books about losing 10 pounds before the big graduation, wedding or other big event coming up this weekend. If you’ve been through that insanity before, isn’t it time for a change of your lifestyle rather than another stretch of suffering through another diet and feeling worse than you did when you started?
There are four main elements to losing weight and keeping it off.
1. Following an exercise program
2. Increasing your metabolism
3. Changing your eating habits
4. Changing your lifestyle
1. Following an exercise program.
Starting a good exercise program is a great idea and one of the best ways to start changing your health and the way you look. You will gain three benefits from exercise.
1. You will burn calories during your work out.
2. You will increase your metabolism to burn more calories even when you are not working out.
3. You will build muscle that will make you look taller, leaner and healthier.
4. You will build muscles that will burn more calories than fat.
Your very first step should be to talk to your doctor about your health and your goals. It might save your life. Your next step should be to find a partner who will help you be more responsible to show up for a work out and to complete the work out. A work out partner should also make the work out more enjoyable. If you are not able to find a partner and do not feel you have the discipline to work out regularly, you may want to start your exercise program by paying a person personal coach for training and discipline. Most people need 21 days to make working out a habit, so hire them for at least the first 21 days. Check with your local YMCA or other gym for partners and coaches.
However, if you cannot afford to join a gym, don’t let that slow you down. You can still walk or run outside, or workout inside using video tapes or walk on a treadmill. If you don’t have money for work out tapes, you can rent them from the library. The bottom line is if you want to work out, you will find a way.
Finally, once you have your workout schedule working for you, offer to help someone else become disciplined to work out.
Helping others always helps you feel better as well. Give it a try!
2. Increasing your metabolism.
Plain and simple, exercising will increase your metabolism and will help you lose weight at all hours of the day, even at night when you are sleeping! Your metabolism is the amount of calories you burn during the day. Conversely, your body also has a built in system for self-survival in case of famine. If you don’t eat enough food, you can also reduce your metabolism and make it harder to lose weight. We will talk more about that in just a moment.
3. Changing your eating habits.
You’re doing better now, but working out and increasing your metabolism is only a part of the solution. You still must change your eating habits. Have you found yourself doing this crazy? Are you eating a Granola bar for breakfast, a salad for lunch and then eating chocolate shakes and hamburgers from the drive through late at night on the way home from the gym? That won’t work! You are starving yourself and lowering your metabolism in the long run, and eating food late at night that will not get burned off and only makes you feel more miserable the next day when you look in the mirror or step on the scale.
Do you know that you are setting up yourself for failure? Your body is smart… so smart that it knows if you are not giving it enough food, that there may be a problem, and you start to burn fewer calories. That will not help you look or feel better in the long run, so don’t try it in the short run.
4. Changing your lifestyle and your mindset.
The final way to change your body and the way you look and feel is to become more active. Walk the stairs to your office instead of taking the elevator. Park your car way from the rest of the cars at the mall so you walk a few extra steps. Go for a walk when you get home from school or work instead of turning on the TV or the computer. Ask your friends to join you for a game of horse in basketball. If that is not an option, take your basketball to a local park, be brave and ask someone to play a game of one on one there. They might have been feeling just like you and will be thankful to have the opportunity to exercise and perhaps make a new friend.
It’s all about changing your attitude one-step and one day at a time. Just remember you did not gain the weight in one day and you cannot take it off in one day. It is a series of steps that will lead to success. Another analogy is that it would be nice to make one large jump over a mountain, but in reality it takes many steps to get over the mountain, and it is possible. Most importantly, you just have to take that first step, starting right now, by reading this article again and then deciding to “Just do it!”
You find all you need to know in http://dotties-weight-loss.cabspace.com
About the author:
William Siebler
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
That said, if you are one of those who have lost weight, then put it back on, perhaps a more important question is how to you keep the weight off once you’ve lost it.
You’ve tried all the different diets. You’ve read all the books about losing 10 pounds before the big graduation, wedding or other big event coming up this weekend. If you’ve been through that insanity before, isn’t it time for a change of your lifestyle rather than another stretch of suffering through another diet and feeling worse than you did when you started?
There are four main elements to losing weight and keeping it off.
1. Following an exercise program
2. Increasing your metabolism
3. Changing your eating habits
4. Changing your lifestyle
1. Following an exercise program.
Starting a good exercise program is a great idea and one of the best ways to start changing your health and the way you look. You will gain three benefits from exercise.
1. You will burn calories during your work out.
2. You will increase your metabolism to burn more calories even when you are not working out.
3. You will build muscle that will make you look taller, leaner and healthier.
4. You will build muscles that will burn more calories than fat.
Your very first step should be to talk to your doctor about your health and your goals. It might save your life. Your next step should be to find a partner who will help you be more responsible to show up for a work out and to complete the work out. A work out partner should also make the work out more enjoyable. If you are not able to find a partner and do not feel you have the discipline to work out regularly, you may want to start your exercise program by paying a person personal coach for training and discipline. Most people need 21 days to make working out a habit, so hire them for at least the first 21 days. Check with your local YMCA or other gym for partners and coaches.
However, if you cannot afford to join a gym, don’t let that slow you down. You can still walk or run outside, or workout inside using video tapes or walk on a treadmill. If you don’t have money for work out tapes, you can rent them from the library. The bottom line is if you want to work out, you will find a way.
Finally, once you have your workout schedule working for you, offer to help someone else become disciplined to work out.
Helping others always helps you feel better as well. Give it a try!
2. Increasing your metabolism.
Plain and simple, exercising will increase your metabolism and will help you lose weight at all hours of the day, even at night when you are sleeping! Your metabolism is the amount of calories you burn during the day. Conversely, your body also has a built in system for self-survival in case of famine. If you don’t eat enough food, you can also reduce your metabolism and make it harder to lose weight. We will talk more about that in just a moment.
3. Changing your eating habits.
You’re doing better now, but working out and increasing your metabolism is only a part of the solution. You still must change your eating habits. Have you found yourself doing this crazy? Are you eating a Granola bar for breakfast, a salad for lunch and then eating chocolate shakes and hamburgers from the drive through late at night on the way home from the gym? That won’t work! You are starving yourself and lowering your metabolism in the long run, and eating food late at night that will not get burned off and only makes you feel more miserable the next day when you look in the mirror or step on the scale.
Do you know that you are setting up yourself for failure? Your body is smart… so smart that it knows if you are not giving it enough food, that there may be a problem, and you start to burn fewer calories. That will not help you look or feel better in the long run, so don’t try it in the short run.
4. Changing your lifestyle and your mindset.
The final way to change your body and the way you look and feel is to become more active. Walk the stairs to your office instead of taking the elevator. Park your car way from the rest of the cars at the mall so you walk a few extra steps. Go for a walk when you get home from school or work instead of turning on the TV or the computer. Ask your friends to join you for a game of horse in basketball. If that is not an option, take your basketball to a local park, be brave and ask someone to play a game of one on one there. They might have been feeling just like you and will be thankful to have the opportunity to exercise and perhaps make a new friend.
It’s all about changing your attitude one-step and one day at a time. Just remember you did not gain the weight in one day and you cannot take it off in one day. It is a series of steps that will lead to success. Another analogy is that it would be nice to make one large jump over a mountain, but in reality it takes many steps to get over the mountain, and it is possible. Most importantly, you just have to take that first step, starting right now, by reading this article again and then deciding to “Just do it!”
You find all you need to know in http://dotties-weight-loss.cabspace.com
About the author:
William Siebler
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
Atkins Diet - how to do it the right way? By oliver turner
Obesity is the main reason for many diseases like cardiovascular problems, diabetes, depression, and sleep apnea. The only way out of this problem is to follow a strict and healthy diet. But that doesn’t mean avoiding food altogether for that it is not at all a good option since it would deprive our body of essential nutrients. Hence a controlled carbohydrate diet is advised for carbohydrate is mostly responsible for increasing one’s body weight.
The low carbohydrate Atkins Diet was first introduced in 1970’s by Dr. Robert Atkins. But it became popular almost 10 years later after the release of his book - ‘Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution’ which went one to become one of the bestsellers of that decade. In no time, millions of people in the United States and abroad began to follow Atkins diet specifications as their first diet choice.
What is Atkins Diet?
Atkins Diet is a high protein, low carbohydrate diet. It promotes using meat, eggs, and cheese while discouraging high carbohydrate-content foods such as bread and rice. If excess carbohydrates are taken in, excess enzymes should be generated to digest it. This may lead to disintegration of pancreatic cells in a long run, which may further lead to diabetes. According to Robert Atkins, on having a low carbohydrate diet, our body will enter into a state of ketosis, in which, instead of carbohydrates, fat is digested to release energy. This reduces the need for more insulin produced by the pancreatic cells and the fat deposits are subsided. Thus, the body weight is reduced to a considerable amount.
Advantages of Atkins Diet:
1. Considerable amount of body weight is reduced by the burning of fats which is the secondary source of energy.
2. Inter-meal diets could be avoided since you won’t be hungry between meals.
3. Could maintain constant blood sugar level.
4. Since most of the toxins contained in our body are removed along with the burning of fats, overall heath is improved.
Things to Note:
1. It is recommended to consult a doctor or physician before trying out Atkins diet meal plans.
2. Daily exercise is highly recommended along with Atkins diet foods.
3. People with kidney disorders, pregnancy, and diabetes are advised not to follow Atkins diet meal plans.
Phases of Atkins Diet:
1. Induction - In this phase, which includes first 14 days of the diet, it is said that you will lose up to 15 pounds of your body weight. During this time, the amount of carbohydrates consumed per day will be less than 20 grams. The only carbohydrates included in your Atkins diet recipes will be low carbohydrate-content vegetables like tomato.
2. Ongoing Weight Loss – During this second stage, the consumption of carbohydrates is raised up to 5 grams per day.
3. Pre-maintenance – During this stage of Atkins diet meal plans, the rate of fall of body weight will be slower. Also, you can experiment various other foods to see whether they add your body weight or not. If found safe, you could add it to your Atkins diet food products.
4. Maintenance – You enter this phase when you find that you have reduced the body weight to the desired level. Also you could add some more carbohydrates to your diet which do not raise your body weight, like full wheat bread.
Tail Piece: The ultimate result of Atkins diet program (other diet programs as well) depends solely on how well the person follows the recommendations. Hence make sure that you follow it religiously.
About the author:
We offer the best Atkins Diet source. Check it out only on the Atkins Diet Food Products Guide. Find all about diets on http://www.911dietplans.com .
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
The low carbohydrate Atkins Diet was first introduced in 1970’s by Dr. Robert Atkins. But it became popular almost 10 years later after the release of his book - ‘Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution’ which went one to become one of the bestsellers of that decade. In no time, millions of people in the United States and abroad began to follow Atkins diet specifications as their first diet choice.
What is Atkins Diet?
Atkins Diet is a high protein, low carbohydrate diet. It promotes using meat, eggs, and cheese while discouraging high carbohydrate-content foods such as bread and rice. If excess carbohydrates are taken in, excess enzymes should be generated to digest it. This may lead to disintegration of pancreatic cells in a long run, which may further lead to diabetes. According to Robert Atkins, on having a low carbohydrate diet, our body will enter into a state of ketosis, in which, instead of carbohydrates, fat is digested to release energy. This reduces the need for more insulin produced by the pancreatic cells and the fat deposits are subsided. Thus, the body weight is reduced to a considerable amount.
Advantages of Atkins Diet:
1. Considerable amount of body weight is reduced by the burning of fats which is the secondary source of energy.
2. Inter-meal diets could be avoided since you won’t be hungry between meals.
3. Could maintain constant blood sugar level.
4. Since most of the toxins contained in our body are removed along with the burning of fats, overall heath is improved.
Things to Note:
1. It is recommended to consult a doctor or physician before trying out Atkins diet meal plans.
2. Daily exercise is highly recommended along with Atkins diet foods.
3. People with kidney disorders, pregnancy, and diabetes are advised not to follow Atkins diet meal plans.
Phases of Atkins Diet:
1. Induction - In this phase, which includes first 14 days of the diet, it is said that you will lose up to 15 pounds of your body weight. During this time, the amount of carbohydrates consumed per day will be less than 20 grams. The only carbohydrates included in your Atkins diet recipes will be low carbohydrate-content vegetables like tomato.
2. Ongoing Weight Loss – During this second stage, the consumption of carbohydrates is raised up to 5 grams per day.
3. Pre-maintenance – During this stage of Atkins diet meal plans, the rate of fall of body weight will be slower. Also, you can experiment various other foods to see whether they add your body weight or not. If found safe, you could add it to your Atkins diet food products.
4. Maintenance – You enter this phase when you find that you have reduced the body weight to the desired level. Also you could add some more carbohydrates to your diet which do not raise your body weight, like full wheat bread.
Tail Piece: The ultimate result of Atkins diet program (other diet programs as well) depends solely on how well the person follows the recommendations. Hence make sure that you follow it religiously.
About the author:
We offer the best Atkins Diet source. Check it out only on the Atkins Diet Food Products Guide. Find all about diets on http://www.911dietplans.com .
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
Surround Yourself With Positive Support to Promote Weight Loss by Jim Mackey
Every year people make the New Year’s resolution to get healthy or lose weight. Gym memberships go on sale and regular gym goers struggle to find parking spots until about mid February when most people give up. But what do you do when you want to lose weight and stick with it for the long haul? Many suggest easing into your weight loss plan to stay on track. Going from not working out at all and eating junk food several times per week to working out everyday and eating lots of veggies and baked meats is a stretch for mostly anyone. Some suggest starting to work out by doing something fun. That way it doesn’t feel like you’re working out.
Many people would be surprised how many different forms of exercise are out there. Basically the idea is to get your body moving to burn calories. This can include walking, swimming at the local pool, riding your bike, jumping rope or any number of things. You don’t always have to pay an expensive gym membership in order to get a good workout. Another recommendation to being successful at weight loss is to pair up with someone or even make a group activity out of it.
The group approach to losing weight can be done in many ways. Some people use their co-workers and put a pool of money on the line for the person that loses the most weight in a certain amount of time. Others might grab two or three of their closest friends and workout together. The key to having a group when trying to lose weight is accountability. Studies have shown that people tend to try harder when they know they have someone to answer to about their efforts. It’s also good to tell other people that aren’t involved about your attempt to lose weight. Supposedly knowing that people might ask you at any time how things are going will make us want to do well.
One setting that uses the team or group weight loss approach is The Biggest Loser. Although the person that is crowned The Biggest Loser at the end of the show is the winner, the show sets contestants up in teams that compete against each other. Doing your part as an individual on the show helps your contribution to the team, and keeps each person accountable. If you don’t get results for the team, you might get sent home during elimination. The Biggest Loser is all about results.
Although most of us don’t have to travel our weight loss journey on national television, the approach used on The Biggest Loser can be helpful to anyone. Being able to stick to a weight loss plan because your colleagues and friends will hold you to it can be very motivating for some. No matter what your method, having a support system around you when trying to lose weight can be imperative to your weight loss efforts. Surrounding yourself with the proper motivating people can be the key to a new thinner, healthier you.
About the author:
Jim Mackey is a renowned dietician. He has been advising people on how to maintain a proper diet and how to lose those extra calories. If you want to know more about Biggest Loser, weight lose, south beach diet and diet plans you can visit www.dietsinreview.com.
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
Many people would be surprised how many different forms of exercise are out there. Basically the idea is to get your body moving to burn calories. This can include walking, swimming at the local pool, riding your bike, jumping rope or any number of things. You don’t always have to pay an expensive gym membership in order to get a good workout. Another recommendation to being successful at weight loss is to pair up with someone or even make a group activity out of it.
The group approach to losing weight can be done in many ways. Some people use their co-workers and put a pool of money on the line for the person that loses the most weight in a certain amount of time. Others might grab two or three of their closest friends and workout together. The key to having a group when trying to lose weight is accountability. Studies have shown that people tend to try harder when they know they have someone to answer to about their efforts. It’s also good to tell other people that aren’t involved about your attempt to lose weight. Supposedly knowing that people might ask you at any time how things are going will make us want to do well.
One setting that uses the team or group weight loss approach is The Biggest Loser. Although the person that is crowned The Biggest Loser at the end of the show is the winner, the show sets contestants up in teams that compete against each other. Doing your part as an individual on the show helps your contribution to the team, and keeps each person accountable. If you don’t get results for the team, you might get sent home during elimination. The Biggest Loser is all about results.
Although most of us don’t have to travel our weight loss journey on national television, the approach used on The Biggest Loser can be helpful to anyone. Being able to stick to a weight loss plan because your colleagues and friends will hold you to it can be very motivating for some. No matter what your method, having a support system around you when trying to lose weight can be imperative to your weight loss efforts. Surrounding yourself with the proper motivating people can be the key to a new thinner, healthier you.
About the author:
Jim Mackey is a renowned dietician. He has been advising people on how to maintain a proper diet and how to lose those extra calories. If you want to know more about Biggest Loser, weight lose, south beach diet and diet plans you can visit www.dietsinreview.com.
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
Does Hoodia, the African weight loss secret actually work By Andrew Aitaken
Astounding as some dieters say the new Hoodia weight loss supplement is, other dieters say it’s a fake and doesn’t work at all. If you’re not familiar with Hoodia Gordonii, it’s the new fad in dieting products. It comes from a cactus type plant in South Africa and has been eaten there for thousands of years by the aboriginal natives. The San Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert eat the Hoodia succulent plant by picking off a piece before a hunting trip or period of time they know they won’t have much food to eat. By ingesting the piece of Hoodia they know that they will not be hungry for the entire day. This of course is very helpful when you are living in the desert and the availability of food is very scarce.
So what about if your living in middle America and are looking for something to help you curb your cravings and keep of the pounds, will Hoodia do the trick? It depends on who you ask, some dieters say it is the magic pill and will help you lose the weight with no side effects. Other people will say, “I tried it and it did absolutely nothing for me”. How can this be the case you might ask, one person swears to it and one swears at it. It’s actually no mystery at all if you know what is happening in the industry. Hoodia has gained huge popularity due to increased media exposure; so far since last November Hoodia has been on CBS 60 minutes, the BBC, CBS News, Oprah Winfrey’s “O” Magazine, ABC News and most recently it was featured on the NBC Today Show with Katie Couric. Because of this news coverage the demand for Hoodia has greatly increased and along with this, the amount of companies providing fake or impure Hoodia has also greatly increased.
If I can stress only one thing in this Hoodia article, it would be to know what is in the Hoodia you are buying. When it comes to buying Hoodia, you have to be an informed buyer; you can’t just buy the first Hoodia Pills you see. And unlike other supplements you buy at your nutritional store, in the case of Hoodia, you can’t trust brick and mortar stores anymore than you can an online company. There is no regulation when it comes to Hoodia pills; there is no testing process or certification that a Hoodia brand has to go through. Because of this anybody can start a new Hoodia brand, put whatever they want in a pill and call it Hoodia and sell it. Many companies are doing just this, making lots of profit and leaving you the dieter with a bogus product, the dieter then tells others, “hey, this Hoodia stuff is no good”.
Natural Health Report has published a study done by Truth Publishing and Alkemist Pharmaceuticals located at: naturalhealthreport.com/A-Hoodia-Gordonii-exposed.html, the study findings state that eleven out of seventeen brand-name Hoodia supplements tested failed a laboratory analysis of authenticity. Unfortunately in the study they don't say which brands failed but they do say which brands passed.
The following brands passed the independent testing:
* Desert Burn
* Hoodoba Pure
* Dr. Wheeler's Afrigetics
* King Hoodia
* Hoodia Max
* Ethno Africa
Eleven out of seventeen brand names failed to be authentic, to me that is an amazing statistic and says a lot about the industry. Looking at those statistics we can now see why some dieters are saying Hoodia is wonderful and helps you lose weight and others are calling it a scam. The truth is there is both authentic pure Hoodia and bogus fake Hoodia available and what you get will determine how you feel about it.
This information should not necessarily stop you from buying Hoodia, as there are many reports of Hoodia decreasing you appetite by up to 1,000 calories a day and many people trying to lose weight swear by its results. Like we have stated before you just need to be very cautious and be able to identify pure Hoodia from ineffective and impure Hoodia. So how can you identify which Hoodia brand is best? Here are some things the consumer should look for:
* Certification - the company should provide a visual documentation on their website that the Hoodia they are selling is authentic Hoodia Gordonii from South Africa.
* Independent Testing – some of the top companies selling Hoodia are now submitting their product for independent testing to assure the customer their Hoodia is authentic and set them apart from the competition. If the brand has been tested you will again most likely be able to see visual documentation on their website.
* You should be know if the product is a pure powder or in extract form. There is a lot of information on the internet as to which is better and you should be informed on which kind you want to buy.
* Know what all the ingredients in the pill are - many companies will increase the total milligrams of a Hoodia pill by adding other ingredients to it, so in a 750 mg. pill you might only get 50 mg. of Hoodia. Also know if those other ingredients are something you want to be taking.
* Brand Reputation – the longer Hoodia is around the more people are talking about which brand is working for them. Do some internet searches on the brand you are thinking of trying and see if you find that lots of people are having problems with that brand. You have to take general public comments with a grain of salt though because many company owners have people spreading bad publicity about their competition.
* Common Sense – overall use your common sense about your purchase. Does the company not disclose much information? Do they have easy way to contact them? Do they have any type of guarantee? Also, especially when it comes to eBay, does the label of the product look like it was printed on a home inkjet printer? Also be wary of deep discounted Hoodia, there may be a reason it’s so cheap.
In closing, when it comes to Hoodia the consumer will need to stay cautious for awhile, the situation may get worse before it gets better. Demand for Hoodia is growing, supply is decreasing and the wholesale cost is increasing. What does this formula equal? It equals bad news for the dieter who wants to get some authentic Hoodia; there will be a lot of fake Hoodia out there. Give Hoodia a try, just do your homework first, be an informed, educated buyer and you may find that you truly have found a product to help you shed those extra pounds with no side effects. For more information on Hoodia visit Totalink's Hoodia Directory at http://hoodiagordonii.totalink.com
About the author:
Andrew Aitaken is a contributing writer for the Totalink Directory at http://totalink.com, for more information about Hoodia visit http://hoodiagordonii.totalink.com/hoodia_comparison.html
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
So what about if your living in middle America and are looking for something to help you curb your cravings and keep of the pounds, will Hoodia do the trick? It depends on who you ask, some dieters say it is the magic pill and will help you lose the weight with no side effects. Other people will say, “I tried it and it did absolutely nothing for me”. How can this be the case you might ask, one person swears to it and one swears at it. It’s actually no mystery at all if you know what is happening in the industry. Hoodia has gained huge popularity due to increased media exposure; so far since last November Hoodia has been on CBS 60 minutes, the BBC, CBS News, Oprah Winfrey’s “O” Magazine, ABC News and most recently it was featured on the NBC Today Show with Katie Couric. Because of this news coverage the demand for Hoodia has greatly increased and along with this, the amount of companies providing fake or impure Hoodia has also greatly increased.
If I can stress only one thing in this Hoodia article, it would be to know what is in the Hoodia you are buying. When it comes to buying Hoodia, you have to be an informed buyer; you can’t just buy the first Hoodia Pills you see. And unlike other supplements you buy at your nutritional store, in the case of Hoodia, you can’t trust brick and mortar stores anymore than you can an online company. There is no regulation when it comes to Hoodia pills; there is no testing process or certification that a Hoodia brand has to go through. Because of this anybody can start a new Hoodia brand, put whatever they want in a pill and call it Hoodia and sell it. Many companies are doing just this, making lots of profit and leaving you the dieter with a bogus product, the dieter then tells others, “hey, this Hoodia stuff is no good”.
Natural Health Report has published a study done by Truth Publishing and Alkemist Pharmaceuticals located at: naturalhealthreport.com/A-Hoodia-Gordonii-exposed.html, the study findings state that eleven out of seventeen brand-name Hoodia supplements tested failed a laboratory analysis of authenticity. Unfortunately in the study they don't say which brands failed but they do say which brands passed.
The following brands passed the independent testing:
* Desert Burn
* Hoodoba Pure
* Dr. Wheeler's Afrigetics
* King Hoodia
* Hoodia Max
* Ethno Africa
Eleven out of seventeen brand names failed to be authentic, to me that is an amazing statistic and says a lot about the industry. Looking at those statistics we can now see why some dieters are saying Hoodia is wonderful and helps you lose weight and others are calling it a scam. The truth is there is both authentic pure Hoodia and bogus fake Hoodia available and what you get will determine how you feel about it.
This information should not necessarily stop you from buying Hoodia, as there are many reports of Hoodia decreasing you appetite by up to 1,000 calories a day and many people trying to lose weight swear by its results. Like we have stated before you just need to be very cautious and be able to identify pure Hoodia from ineffective and impure Hoodia. So how can you identify which Hoodia brand is best? Here are some things the consumer should look for:
* Certification - the company should provide a visual documentation on their website that the Hoodia they are selling is authentic Hoodia Gordonii from South Africa.
* Independent Testing – some of the top companies selling Hoodia are now submitting their product for independent testing to assure the customer their Hoodia is authentic and set them apart from the competition. If the brand has been tested you will again most likely be able to see visual documentation on their website.
* You should be know if the product is a pure powder or in extract form. There is a lot of information on the internet as to which is better and you should be informed on which kind you want to buy.
* Know what all the ingredients in the pill are - many companies will increase the total milligrams of a Hoodia pill by adding other ingredients to it, so in a 750 mg. pill you might only get 50 mg. of Hoodia. Also know if those other ingredients are something you want to be taking.
* Brand Reputation – the longer Hoodia is around the more people are talking about which brand is working for them. Do some internet searches on the brand you are thinking of trying and see if you find that lots of people are having problems with that brand. You have to take general public comments with a grain of salt though because many company owners have people spreading bad publicity about their competition.
* Common Sense – overall use your common sense about your purchase. Does the company not disclose much information? Do they have easy way to contact them? Do they have any type of guarantee? Also, especially when it comes to eBay, does the label of the product look like it was printed on a home inkjet printer? Also be wary of deep discounted Hoodia, there may be a reason it’s so cheap.
In closing, when it comes to Hoodia the consumer will need to stay cautious for awhile, the situation may get worse before it gets better. Demand for Hoodia is growing, supply is decreasing and the wholesale cost is increasing. What does this formula equal? It equals bad news for the dieter who wants to get some authentic Hoodia; there will be a lot of fake Hoodia out there. Give Hoodia a try, just do your homework first, be an informed, educated buyer and you may find that you truly have found a product to help you shed those extra pounds with no side effects. For more information on Hoodia visit Totalink's Hoodia Directory at http://hoodiagordonii.totalink.com
About the author:
Andrew Aitaken is a contributing writer for the Totalink Directory at http://totalink.com, for more information about Hoodia visit http://hoodiagordonii.totalink.com/hoodia_comparison.html
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
Top 11 weight loss tips By Frank Woodford
1. Try to reduce your weight by following natural methods as against artificial methods of taking slimming pills and so on. Natural weight loss methods include taking organic diet such as whole grain foods, cereals, vegetables, fruits and salads.
2. Stay motivated. As soon as the fat persons start making efforts to reduce their weight, they get tired as they expect quick results. They lose their motivation and give up. It must be noted that a slow and steady weight loss acquired through natural methods is more sustainable in the long run.
3. Avoid fried and fatty diets. Take plenty of fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables are rich in fibers, vitamins, proteins, antioxidants and minerals. They are more filling so that your appetite is quelled sooner. They are also low in calories.
4. Take plenty of water. A normal person should take at least 8 glasses of water per day depending upon the climate. If you are over weight, you must try to take more water to flush down the extra waste and toxic matter in your body. Do not wait to be thirsty to take water. Keep drinking water in smaller amounts to keep dehydration away.
5. Keep a watch over your portion size. You should eat only what is essential for you. In any case, do not over stuff your tummy just to prevent wastage.
6. Do not skip your breakfast. If you over busy, it is better to carry an apple, a banana or a pear in your bag and eat it while you are in the train.
7. Do not skip meals because you are very busy. The best course is to eat in small quantities so as to balance our calorie intake throughout the day.
8. Understand food labels and claims. Some times we do not find time to read and understand the details of the food constituents on the labels of the packages. For example, a package stating that the content is fat free does not mean that it is low in calories as well. Note that knowledge is power that can save you from being cheated.
9. Avoid sugary beverages and drinks. Juices, ice creams or excessive sugar in your tea and coffee may add up to needless and harmful calories in your system. Avoid them as far as possible.
10. Keep a journal of your eating habits. Your journal or a diary makes you conscious of your eating patterns and helps you to regulate them. Moreover, you may also note down the benefits or harmful effects of what you eat. It will help you to maintain healthy changes.
11. Daily exercise can help you to burn the extra fat that you consume knowingly or otherwise. Consult your doctor or health specialist about the type of exercise that is suitable for your individual constitution. Visit gym; go for jogging, cycling and other games and sports to burn those extra pounds.
About the author:
Frank Woodford works as a copywriter with a wealth of experience and knowledge. Currently working freelance for a major fat binder company specialising in appetite suppressant.
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
2. Stay motivated. As soon as the fat persons start making efforts to reduce their weight, they get tired as they expect quick results. They lose their motivation and give up. It must be noted that a slow and steady weight loss acquired through natural methods is more sustainable in the long run.
3. Avoid fried and fatty diets. Take plenty of fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables are rich in fibers, vitamins, proteins, antioxidants and minerals. They are more filling so that your appetite is quelled sooner. They are also low in calories.
4. Take plenty of water. A normal person should take at least 8 glasses of water per day depending upon the climate. If you are over weight, you must try to take more water to flush down the extra waste and toxic matter in your body. Do not wait to be thirsty to take water. Keep drinking water in smaller amounts to keep dehydration away.
5. Keep a watch over your portion size. You should eat only what is essential for you. In any case, do not over stuff your tummy just to prevent wastage.
6. Do not skip your breakfast. If you over busy, it is better to carry an apple, a banana or a pear in your bag and eat it while you are in the train.
7. Do not skip meals because you are very busy. The best course is to eat in small quantities so as to balance our calorie intake throughout the day.
8. Understand food labels and claims. Some times we do not find time to read and understand the details of the food constituents on the labels of the packages. For example, a package stating that the content is fat free does not mean that it is low in calories as well. Note that knowledge is power that can save you from being cheated.
9. Avoid sugary beverages and drinks. Juices, ice creams or excessive sugar in your tea and coffee may add up to needless and harmful calories in your system. Avoid them as far as possible.
10. Keep a journal of your eating habits. Your journal or a diary makes you conscious of your eating patterns and helps you to regulate them. Moreover, you may also note down the benefits or harmful effects of what you eat. It will help you to maintain healthy changes.
11. Daily exercise can help you to burn the extra fat that you consume knowingly or otherwise. Consult your doctor or health specialist about the type of exercise that is suitable for your individual constitution. Visit gym; go for jogging, cycling and other games and sports to burn those extra pounds.
About the author:
Frank Woodford works as a copywriter with a wealth of experience and knowledge. Currently working freelance for a major fat binder company specialising in appetite suppressant.
Article Source: http://www.Free-Articles-Zone.com
How Diet Fads Make You Lose More Money than Weight
Did you know that every day overweight people lose more money than any actual weight by perpetually buying one diet fad after another? Despite their repeated financial losses and inability to lose the weight, or even after gaining still more weight; they persist in returning to fad diets again and again, in search of that special miracle diet that promises ultimate success!
The reason that fad diets do not succeed is because "fad diets" are not created for you to experience success regarding weight loss. The sole purpose of their creation is to strip you of your money, not your excess weight!
The fad diet is set up to guarantee that the contents of your wallet will continue to shrink as you keep shelling out more and more funds to stay with and on the program. Sadly this is often without you losing much weight in the long run, if any at all. The reason for this is that few of these diet fads teach long-term lifestyle changes like more reputable weight loss programs such as YourbestBodyNOW.comTM.
Many "diet solution" companies, while claiming to be on the side of their overweight clients, are often more interested in the size of your wallet then assisting you with long-term, permanent weight loss that you can sustain AFTER the diet.
The management of these companies often pride themselves in the latest staff training techniques that guarantee that clients will continually shell out the dollars, but what about shedding the unwanted kilos? Are they equally trained in effective ways to promote healthy lifestyle choices, weight loss techniques and exercise routines that assist with losing weight?
Often instead of educating clients about healthy living, good nutrition and safe exercise to assist in changing their body’s metabolism and lose weight they offer gimmicks, replacement meals and diet shakes as an alternative to healthy eating of nutritious wholesome foods from the main food groups necessary in maintaining optimum health, vitality and overall wellness.
Instead, they offer "fast weight loss solutions" which may help you to initially lose weight, however, over the time the only thing that seems to be shrinking is your bank balance. Meanwhile each time you "yo-yo" up and down in weight your metabolism progressively slows down, making it more and more difficult to keep weight off in the future.
So what is the correct answer to assisting people to lose weight so that they fall into the healthy and recommended safe weight range for their particular height, age, sex and lifestyle?
Losing weight and living a healthier lifestyle eating isn’t just about looking at what goes into your mouth for a week or two. You'll need to learn about making responsible food life style choices that initiate and maintain good nutrition, cardiovascular activity, and well overall being.
If your goal is permanent weight loss and a healthier, younger-feeling, more vibrant body, stay away from fad diet programs and look for true long-term weight loss programs that teach you a way to live and eat that is sustainable over a long period of time. In addition to that, look into programs that provide you with some sort of accountability to help keep you on track and pushing progressively toward you goals
The reason that fad diets do not succeed is because "fad diets" are not created for you to experience success regarding weight loss. The sole purpose of their creation is to strip you of your money, not your excess weight!
The fad diet is set up to guarantee that the contents of your wallet will continue to shrink as you keep shelling out more and more funds to stay with and on the program. Sadly this is often without you losing much weight in the long run, if any at all. The reason for this is that few of these diet fads teach long-term lifestyle changes like more reputable weight loss programs such as YourbestBodyNOW.comTM.
Many "diet solution" companies, while claiming to be on the side of their overweight clients, are often more interested in the size of your wallet then assisting you with long-term, permanent weight loss that you can sustain AFTER the diet.
The management of these companies often pride themselves in the latest staff training techniques that guarantee that clients will continually shell out the dollars, but what about shedding the unwanted kilos? Are they equally trained in effective ways to promote healthy lifestyle choices, weight loss techniques and exercise routines that assist with losing weight?
Often instead of educating clients about healthy living, good nutrition and safe exercise to assist in changing their body’s metabolism and lose weight they offer gimmicks, replacement meals and diet shakes as an alternative to healthy eating of nutritious wholesome foods from the main food groups necessary in maintaining optimum health, vitality and overall wellness.
Instead, they offer "fast weight loss solutions" which may help you to initially lose weight, however, over the time the only thing that seems to be shrinking is your bank balance. Meanwhile each time you "yo-yo" up and down in weight your metabolism progressively slows down, making it more and more difficult to keep weight off in the future.
So what is the correct answer to assisting people to lose weight so that they fall into the healthy and recommended safe weight range for their particular height, age, sex and lifestyle?
Losing weight and living a healthier lifestyle eating isn’t just about looking at what goes into your mouth for a week or two. You'll need to learn about making responsible food life style choices that initiate and maintain good nutrition, cardiovascular activity, and well overall being.
If your goal is permanent weight loss and a healthier, younger-feeling, more vibrant body, stay away from fad diet programs and look for true long-term weight loss programs that teach you a way to live and eat that is sustainable over a long period of time. In addition to that, look into programs that provide you with some sort of accountability to help keep you on track and pushing progressively toward you goals
Negative Calorie Weight Loss: Fad or Phenomenon?
Negative calories. Sounds just heavenly, doesn’t it?
What exactly are negative calorie foods?
The point of eating is to have calories for the body to burn and convert into usable energy. Therefore, there is a caloric component to every kind of food we eat. Where the "negative calorie" part comes in is that some foods cause your body to burn more calories during their digestion than the foods themselves added to our body in the first place; hence, these foods are said to add "negative calories" to the body. In a nutshell, you basically lose a small amount of calories when eating these foods as opposed to gaining calories like you do when most other foods are processed within your body.
The concept of "negative calories" is that there are certain types of food, that when ingested causes the body to produce certain enzymes or stimulates the tissues that cause the production of these enzymes. The said enzymes are the solvents that break down the calories in food. It is because of these enzymes and the amount of energy that the body requires to produce them that technically makes their production a calorie-burning activity.
The Negative Calorie Diet Components
Foods included in the negative calorie diet are foods that take a greater amount of energy in order to be digested. This amount of energy is more than the energy that they actually provide.
These foods are mostly fruits and vegetables. Among the food group that is claimed to have the said effect (or negative calorie foods) are:
apples
asparagus
cranberries
grapefruit
oranges
lemons
mango
pineapples
raspberries
strawberries
chili
peppers (hot)
cauliflower
broccoli
beets
celery roots
cabbages (green)
green beans
garlic
cucumbers
zucchini
spinach
radishes
lettuce
lamb’s lettuce
turnips
onions
prunes
tomatoes
papayas
blueberries
tangerines.
Because most all negative calorie foods are fruits and vegetables, most of them are very rich in vitamins and minerals. Interestingly, however, the ones that are claimed to be most effective at producing the "negative calorie" effect have some of the lowest nutritional value of the group, like celery. Still, each of the foods on the list are excellent sources of what the body needs. Some broths and juices (sugar-free) are also claimed to provide negative calorie benefits.
The Pros and the Cons
Despite its overwhelming popularity, the whole concept of the Negative Calorie Diet comes admist much heated debate and is receiving a lot of criticism from the scientific community.
The name of the diet itself, "Negative Calorie Diet", is being challenged. This challenge is based off of the fact that there is no food in the world that actually contains “negative” calories.
Critics also say that the diet uses up the body’s reserve of calorie energy that is meant for exercise and for recovery from exercise. This may have a negative effect for those who are undergoing weight training, as it will actually cancel the effectiveness such activities.
Though even the thought of such a diet so wonderful as to include "negative calories" is music to the ears of every person in search of the perfect weight loss system, the diet still lacks scientific credibility. Research has yet confirm that this diet is actually effective. The whole concept at present is more of a theory than a fact and still cannot be viewed as a practical resort.
Right now, there is still very little information surrounding the diet, and it is still possible that complete reliance may only lead to disappointment.
However, supporters of the negative calorie diet argue that certain foods do increase one’s metabolic process. These advocates agree that there really is no such thing as a “negative” calorie food, but there are foods that can provide an excessive amount of vitamins that causes faster production of the enzymes that break calories down.
The promoters stand their ground that these kinds of food cause the body to burn calories present in the digestive system. They also added a few advantages of the diet. Since the diet is composed of mostly vegetables and fruits, it promotes the consumption of vitamin and mineral enriched foods. Simply put, you lose weight by eating healthy.
The YourBestBodyNOW Take on Things
We are big fans of so-called "Negative Calorie" foods---not because we necessarily believe that you will burn "negative calories"---because that is still uncertain. What we do like, however, is that this system of eating promotes consuming fiber and nutrient rich fruits and vegetables. Add that to a consistent exercise program and you'll have an excellent formula for not only weight loss but an overall lifestyle change for the better.
What exactly are negative calorie foods?
The point of eating is to have calories for the body to burn and convert into usable energy. Therefore, there is a caloric component to every kind of food we eat. Where the "negative calorie" part comes in is that some foods cause your body to burn more calories during their digestion than the foods themselves added to our body in the first place; hence, these foods are said to add "negative calories" to the body. In a nutshell, you basically lose a small amount of calories when eating these foods as opposed to gaining calories like you do when most other foods are processed within your body.
The concept of "negative calories" is that there are certain types of food, that when ingested causes the body to produce certain enzymes or stimulates the tissues that cause the production of these enzymes. The said enzymes are the solvents that break down the calories in food. It is because of these enzymes and the amount of energy that the body requires to produce them that technically makes their production a calorie-burning activity.
The Negative Calorie Diet Components
Foods included in the negative calorie diet are foods that take a greater amount of energy in order to be digested. This amount of energy is more than the energy that they actually provide.
These foods are mostly fruits and vegetables. Among the food group that is claimed to have the said effect (or negative calorie foods) are:
apples
asparagus
cranberries
grapefruit
oranges
lemons
mango
pineapples
raspberries
strawberries
chili
peppers (hot)
cauliflower
broccoli
beets
celery roots
cabbages (green)
green beans
garlic
cucumbers
zucchini
spinach
radishes
lettuce
lamb’s lettuce
turnips
onions
prunes
tomatoes
papayas
blueberries
tangerines.
Because most all negative calorie foods are fruits and vegetables, most of them are very rich in vitamins and minerals. Interestingly, however, the ones that are claimed to be most effective at producing the "negative calorie" effect have some of the lowest nutritional value of the group, like celery. Still, each of the foods on the list are excellent sources of what the body needs. Some broths and juices (sugar-free) are also claimed to provide negative calorie benefits.
The Pros and the Cons
Despite its overwhelming popularity, the whole concept of the Negative Calorie Diet comes admist much heated debate and is receiving a lot of criticism from the scientific community.
The name of the diet itself, "Negative Calorie Diet", is being challenged. This challenge is based off of the fact that there is no food in the world that actually contains “negative” calories.
Critics also say that the diet uses up the body’s reserve of calorie energy that is meant for exercise and for recovery from exercise. This may have a negative effect for those who are undergoing weight training, as it will actually cancel the effectiveness such activities.
Though even the thought of such a diet so wonderful as to include "negative calories" is music to the ears of every person in search of the perfect weight loss system, the diet still lacks scientific credibility. Research has yet confirm that this diet is actually effective. The whole concept at present is more of a theory than a fact and still cannot be viewed as a practical resort.
Right now, there is still very little information surrounding the diet, and it is still possible that complete reliance may only lead to disappointment.
However, supporters of the negative calorie diet argue that certain foods do increase one’s metabolic process. These advocates agree that there really is no such thing as a “negative” calorie food, but there are foods that can provide an excessive amount of vitamins that causes faster production of the enzymes that break calories down.
The promoters stand their ground that these kinds of food cause the body to burn calories present in the digestive system. They also added a few advantages of the diet. Since the diet is composed of mostly vegetables and fruits, it promotes the consumption of vitamin and mineral enriched foods. Simply put, you lose weight by eating healthy.
The YourBestBodyNOW Take on Things
We are big fans of so-called "Negative Calorie" foods---not because we necessarily believe that you will burn "negative calories"---because that is still uncertain. What we do like, however, is that this system of eating promotes consuming fiber and nutrient rich fruits and vegetables. Add that to a consistent exercise program and you'll have an excellent formula for not only weight loss but an overall lifestyle change for the better.
Jumat, 12 September 2008
Lose Weight - Try Power Walking For Increased Fat Burning and Weight Loss by Shannon_Clark
If you're currently on a weight loss program that's designed to help you lose fat at a maximum rate, it's very likely that you're already doing some type of cardio training. While many people are under the assumption that in order to lose weight as quickly as possible running will be the best option, this isn't quite the case.
Very often other activities can be just as effective with the weight loss game - power walking being one of them.
Advantages of Power Walking
Some of the advantages of power walking include the fact that it's much easier on the joints than running, it will burn just as many calories as a jog if done correctly, it helps to tone and strengthen the leg and butt muscles better than running does, it boosts you immune system, it improves sleep patterns, and it reduces the stress you feel from everyday life.
So, as you can see, adding power walking to your day can be an extremely effective way to not only increase the amount of fat loss you see, but also improve your overall health as well.
How To Power Walk Correctly
That said, there are some important things to keep in mind when it comes to power walking correctly.
The first thing is that you should try and keep your head up and focused straight above you at all times. This is what will help to ensure that your body stays in proper alignment and injuries are prevented.
If you start looking down, you're going to find your body takes on an unnatural position and back pain will result eventually.
Consider Using Poles
Another thing to think about is using poles as a way to increase the fat burning effectiveness of your power walk even more.
While I wouldn't recommend using hand weights because this is much more likely to just lead to injuries, walking with a walking pole does increase the amount your upper body muscles are being utilized and thus helps improve results.
Always Stretch Afterwards
Finally, it's important to always be sure you are stretching after doing your walk. Far too many people think that since walking is an everyday activity, this means you really don't need to include much in the way of stretching. Unfortunately, this is furthest from the truth.
Stretching will help increase your range of motion, increasing the stride that you're able to move through, as well as helping to further prevent injuries.
Make sure you're doing it for ten minutes after the walk is completed.
So, the next time you're on a hunt for a fat burning workout, keep these points in mind. Power walking can be just as effective as other forms of cardio when it comes to weight loss.
Learn more about successful dieting techniques and put an end to your battle with weight loss permanently.
Shannon Clark is a certified personal trainer, fitness writer, and co-author. She specializes in helping those looking to make dramatic changes in their body reach their goals. View more information at http://www.shannonclarkfitness.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Shannon_Clark
Very often other activities can be just as effective with the weight loss game - power walking being one of them.
Advantages of Power Walking
Some of the advantages of power walking include the fact that it's much easier on the joints than running, it will burn just as many calories as a jog if done correctly, it helps to tone and strengthen the leg and butt muscles better than running does, it boosts you immune system, it improves sleep patterns, and it reduces the stress you feel from everyday life.
So, as you can see, adding power walking to your day can be an extremely effective way to not only increase the amount of fat loss you see, but also improve your overall health as well.
How To Power Walk Correctly
That said, there are some important things to keep in mind when it comes to power walking correctly.
The first thing is that you should try and keep your head up and focused straight above you at all times. This is what will help to ensure that your body stays in proper alignment and injuries are prevented.
If you start looking down, you're going to find your body takes on an unnatural position and back pain will result eventually.
Consider Using Poles
Another thing to think about is using poles as a way to increase the fat burning effectiveness of your power walk even more.
While I wouldn't recommend using hand weights because this is much more likely to just lead to injuries, walking with a walking pole does increase the amount your upper body muscles are being utilized and thus helps improve results.
Always Stretch Afterwards
Finally, it's important to always be sure you are stretching after doing your walk. Far too many people think that since walking is an everyday activity, this means you really don't need to include much in the way of stretching. Unfortunately, this is furthest from the truth.
Stretching will help increase your range of motion, increasing the stride that you're able to move through, as well as helping to further prevent injuries.
Make sure you're doing it for ten minutes after the walk is completed.
So, the next time you're on a hunt for a fat burning workout, keep these points in mind. Power walking can be just as effective as other forms of cardio when it comes to weight loss.
Learn more about successful dieting techniques and put an end to your battle with weight loss permanently.
Shannon Clark is a certified personal trainer, fitness writer, and co-author. She specializes in helping those looking to make dramatic changes in their body reach their goals. View more information at http://www.shannonclarkfitness.com
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Shannon_Clark
The Basic Rules of Successful Body Fat Loss by toni kitson
If you are setting out to loose weight and burn fat, then you should follow a regime that combines both a sensible exercise program, and balanced diet. It should be a permanent change of lifestyle and not a short term change to loose weight. Not affecting long term change or embarking on a nutritionally suspect fad diet may see you loose weight initially, but can ultimately lead to weight gain. This is because as soon as your diet stops, and you return to your normal eating pattern and lack of exercise, your body will tend to enter famine mode and start to store more fat to prepare for the next diet phase. These short term unhealthy changes to diet and exercise levels lead to a yo-yo up and down weight loss weight gain cycle, that not only leaves you heavier, but can also seriously damages your health.
Your food intake should aim to be a healthy balance of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats to keep your metabolism firing on all cylinders, and constantly burning fat.
Complex carbohydrates (whole grains, breads, cereals, etc.) are vital to maintaining your energy throughout the day, and do a host of other things within your body, including keeping you feeling full. We can also lump fruits in with complex carbohydrates, because of their high fiber content and slow absorption into the blood stream. This also keeps our insulin level in check, which is important for less fat storage, and a higher chance of burning stored fat.
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Your food intake should aim to be a healthy balance of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats to keep your metabolism firing on all cylinders, and constantly burning fat.
Complex carbohydrates (whole grains, breads, cereals, etc.) are vital to maintaining your energy throughout the day, and do a host of other things within your body, including keeping you feeling full. We can also lump fruits in with complex carbohydrates, because of their high fiber content and slow absorption into the blood stream. This also keeps our insulin level in check, which is important for less fat storage, and a higher chance of burning stored fat.
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More Practicable Cheaters Diet by John_Grant
Often, cheating is bad, but not if we want to stay on a diet longer. Cheating actually helps most dieters stay on a weight loss program longer than others on extra rigid ones. So, here's the hot cheaters diet.
Fitness and diet gurus would probably frown at the idea but more people are discovering the effectiveness of cheaters diet. The idea is to diet 5 days a week and then give ourselves a 2-day break when we eat what we want reasonably. Here are some reasons why.
First, it's a psychological thing, a reward incentive to make the program always attractive. We worked hard 5 days, 3 meals a day, to stick to a strict diet. Weekends are apt opportunities to reward ourselves for a job well done. This keeps us interested and glued to the diet through the week. Cheaters diet should probably be renamed Rewarded diet.
Some avoid weekends as cheat days. They figure weekends enable them to go out with friends and thus eating tends to be overdone. So they choose 2 week days instead of weekends as cheat days. They think this helps them more with their cheaters diet as eating spree is more subdued when done alone or with fewer company.
Second, cheaters diet helps our metabolism revive to normal levels when a controlled surge of calories is given our bodies. Remember that calorie reduction in our diet also reduces metabolism rate. This is what causes stored fats in the body because less fat burning takes place. This is aggravated when we couple diet with exercise. It gets to a point when exercise burns muscles instead of fats.
Thus, giving ourselves a break two days a week with smorgasbords within reasonable amounts helps perk up metabolism to keep our bodies burning fats. But remember, these eating sprees should also be regulated and kept within reasonable bounds. This is a good and feasible cheaters diet.
And take care to cheat for only 2 days. Don't go beyond this limit or else cheaters diet becomes fools diet. And if we go for foods included in popular Mediterranean diet cheaters diet becomes even more effective. The idea is to avoid too much fats and calories even on cheat days. Also, it would do well to remember that fats and meats take from 48 to 72 hours to completely digest.
And anyway, most dieters cheat now and then. So why not adopt a cheaters diet to make our cheats worthwhile and beneficial?
John Grant is a the author for a diet fads site where he is writing articles about the Cheater's Diet
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Fitness and diet gurus would probably frown at the idea but more people are discovering the effectiveness of cheaters diet. The idea is to diet 5 days a week and then give ourselves a 2-day break when we eat what we want reasonably. Here are some reasons why.
First, it's a psychological thing, a reward incentive to make the program always attractive. We worked hard 5 days, 3 meals a day, to stick to a strict diet. Weekends are apt opportunities to reward ourselves for a job well done. This keeps us interested and glued to the diet through the week. Cheaters diet should probably be renamed Rewarded diet.
Some avoid weekends as cheat days. They figure weekends enable them to go out with friends and thus eating tends to be overdone. So they choose 2 week days instead of weekends as cheat days. They think this helps them more with their cheaters diet as eating spree is more subdued when done alone or with fewer company.
Second, cheaters diet helps our metabolism revive to normal levels when a controlled surge of calories is given our bodies. Remember that calorie reduction in our diet also reduces metabolism rate. This is what causes stored fats in the body because less fat burning takes place. This is aggravated when we couple diet with exercise. It gets to a point when exercise burns muscles instead of fats.
Thus, giving ourselves a break two days a week with smorgasbords within reasonable amounts helps perk up metabolism to keep our bodies burning fats. But remember, these eating sprees should also be regulated and kept within reasonable bounds. This is a good and feasible cheaters diet.
And take care to cheat for only 2 days. Don't go beyond this limit or else cheaters diet becomes fools diet. And if we go for foods included in popular Mediterranean diet cheaters diet becomes even more effective. The idea is to avoid too much fats and calories even on cheat days. Also, it would do well to remember that fats and meats take from 48 to 72 hours to completely digest.
And anyway, most dieters cheat now and then. So why not adopt a cheaters diet to make our cheats worthwhile and beneficial?
John Grant is a the author for a diet fads site where he is writing articles about the Cheater's Diet
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_Grant
Natural Food Craving Moderation With a Skinny Diet by John_Grant
It's quite possible to have a body like those of lean fashion models by doing what trendy dieters call a skinny diet. It's a tough regimen, though.
It is recommended to go into the skinny dieting discipline gradually. A skinny diet is purely fresh vegetables and fruits. Absolutely no animal meat or fat or products derived from them. Even fresh cow's milk. Actually, the skinny diet was originally intended as a protest against cruelty to animals but later on turned into a crusade for genuine good health and lean body.
There's no limit to the amount we may eat with the skinny diet. Go ahead feast on succulent melons, kiwi fruit, pineapple, strawberries, grapes, grapefruit and oranges, or crunchy veggies like celeries, lettuce, carrots, broccoli, and the like. With the skinny diet we cook foods with boiling water or canola, olive, or other vegetable oil, with vegetable spices.
This dieting discipline doesn't buy any of the stuff which junk food dieters try to promote nowadays. They endorse and promote diet colas, sugar-free gums (sweetened chemically), packed chips, and tolerate a small measure of junk foods. Skinny diet enthusiasts only go for fresh, all-natural, and chemical free vegetables and fruits.
Skinny diet reduces our weights and sizes tremendously due to the presence of high-fibers and fat burners like citrus fruits in our meals. For first-timers hunger attacks can be quickly pacified with a dose of heavy-calorie foods like cereals, oatmeal, bananas and other fruits.
Skinny diet is best coupled with mild exercises like slow stretching, aerobics like brisk walking and dancing, and others like those found in yoga sessions. Tai Chi can also be included. Basically, deep-breathing exercises go so well with a skinny diet. Heavy stuffs like weight training are, however, incompatible with it.
For meat replacement, skinny diet relies on soya products like tofu, soya curds, and vege-meat, though made with a certain amount of food processing. Hence, buy those with lesser exposure to food processing. There are tasty recipes for a skinny diet. Asian veggie dishes cooked in coconut milk are worth trying, like squash sautéed in coco milk.
A skinny diet is also rich in freshly squeezed fruit juices, as well as pure water. Aside from the action of fibers and citrus in fruit to clean up stomach walls and burn fats, fresh fruit juices (without white sugar) also regulates our appetites, unlike what cola and soda drinks do.
Without a doubt, a skinny diet keeps our food craving moderate.
John Grant is a the author for a diet fads site where he is writing articles about the Skinny Diet
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_Grant
It is recommended to go into the skinny dieting discipline gradually. A skinny diet is purely fresh vegetables and fruits. Absolutely no animal meat or fat or products derived from them. Even fresh cow's milk. Actually, the skinny diet was originally intended as a protest against cruelty to animals but later on turned into a crusade for genuine good health and lean body.
There's no limit to the amount we may eat with the skinny diet. Go ahead feast on succulent melons, kiwi fruit, pineapple, strawberries, grapes, grapefruit and oranges, or crunchy veggies like celeries, lettuce, carrots, broccoli, and the like. With the skinny diet we cook foods with boiling water or canola, olive, or other vegetable oil, with vegetable spices.
This dieting discipline doesn't buy any of the stuff which junk food dieters try to promote nowadays. They endorse and promote diet colas, sugar-free gums (sweetened chemically), packed chips, and tolerate a small measure of junk foods. Skinny diet enthusiasts only go for fresh, all-natural, and chemical free vegetables and fruits.
Skinny diet reduces our weights and sizes tremendously due to the presence of high-fibers and fat burners like citrus fruits in our meals. For first-timers hunger attacks can be quickly pacified with a dose of heavy-calorie foods like cereals, oatmeal, bananas and other fruits.
Skinny diet is best coupled with mild exercises like slow stretching, aerobics like brisk walking and dancing, and others like those found in yoga sessions. Tai Chi can also be included. Basically, deep-breathing exercises go so well with a skinny diet. Heavy stuffs like weight training are, however, incompatible with it.
For meat replacement, skinny diet relies on soya products like tofu, soya curds, and vege-meat, though made with a certain amount of food processing. Hence, buy those with lesser exposure to food processing. There are tasty recipes for a skinny diet. Asian veggie dishes cooked in coconut milk are worth trying, like squash sautéed in coco milk.
A skinny diet is also rich in freshly squeezed fruit juices, as well as pure water. Aside from the action of fibers and citrus in fruit to clean up stomach walls and burn fats, fresh fruit juices (without white sugar) also regulates our appetites, unlike what cola and soda drinks do.
Without a doubt, a skinny diet keeps our food craving moderate.
John Grant is a the author for a diet fads site where he is writing articles about the Skinny Diet
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=John_Grant
Strength Training With Resistance Bands - Lose More Weight by Strength Training With Resistance Band by Robert_Deangelo
If you have been thinking about starting a weight loss program and realized that strength training with resistance bands (STWRB) will actually cause you to lose more weight than a strict, low calorie diet. Then you are right!
Most women believe that working out will give them manly muscles or that they will bulk up. This is the furthest thing from the truth. It is almost impossible for women to ever achieve the muscularity that a guy can, without taking steroids.
Yet, no other type of exercise will provide you the kind of fat loss that STWRB will provide you.
Whether you're a male or a female, strength training with resistance bands will give you these kinds of benefits:
- Increasing endurance and flexibility
- Protecting your joints (reducing your injury risk)
- Increasing bone mass (which helps prevent fractures and degeneration from osteoporosis)
- Increasing your energy level
- Boosting your metabolism
Recent research has shown that if you include STWRB in your workouts you will burn more calories than those people that do not do any.
These studies have also shown that regular STWRB will raise your body's metabolism by 15%. That means an average woman will burn 200 to 300 extra calories while resting each day!
STWRB continues to give you results even after the workouts over!
Just bear in mind, that muscle weighs more than fat, so don't be surprised if you look slimmer and shapelier, but the scale says you are heavier.
Strength training with resistance bands is ideal for both guys and gals. Most exercise bands allow you to start with resistance levels of 5 pounds, and the better ones go up to 150 pounds.
This way any one any age or any sex can begin receiving the benefits of a STWRB program immediately.
Want to lose weight quickly, without giving up the foods that you love?
Want to turn yourself into a fat burning machine like I am? Check out my site CLICK HERE and discover fat shedding programs that will have you slim and toned in No Time!
Looking for a high quality set of resistance bands? Want to discover a step-by-step training program that will increase your muscle size and at the same time increase your metabolism so that it strips the fat off your body?
Visit this link http://www.build-muscle-guide.com/bodylastics-home-gym.html and get started today!
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Most women believe that working out will give them manly muscles or that they will bulk up. This is the furthest thing from the truth. It is almost impossible for women to ever achieve the muscularity that a guy can, without taking steroids.
Yet, no other type of exercise will provide you the kind of fat loss that STWRB will provide you.
Whether you're a male or a female, strength training with resistance bands will give you these kinds of benefits:
- Increasing endurance and flexibility
- Protecting your joints (reducing your injury risk)
- Increasing bone mass (which helps prevent fractures and degeneration from osteoporosis)
- Increasing your energy level
- Boosting your metabolism
Recent research has shown that if you include STWRB in your workouts you will burn more calories than those people that do not do any.
These studies have also shown that regular STWRB will raise your body's metabolism by 15%. That means an average woman will burn 200 to 300 extra calories while resting each day!
STWRB continues to give you results even after the workouts over!
Just bear in mind, that muscle weighs more than fat, so don't be surprised if you look slimmer and shapelier, but the scale says you are heavier.
Strength training with resistance bands is ideal for both guys and gals. Most exercise bands allow you to start with resistance levels of 5 pounds, and the better ones go up to 150 pounds.
This way any one any age or any sex can begin receiving the benefits of a STWRB program immediately.
Want to lose weight quickly, without giving up the foods that you love?
Want to turn yourself into a fat burning machine like I am? Check out my site CLICK HERE and discover fat shedding programs that will have you slim and toned in No Time!
Looking for a high quality set of resistance bands? Want to discover a step-by-step training program that will increase your muscle size and at the same time increase your metabolism so that it strips the fat off your body?
Visit this link http://www.build-muscle-guide.com/bodylastics-home-gym.html and get started today!
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How to Lose Weight in 3 Weeks - 5 Pounds a Week to Be Exactly? by Alan_P._Jones
50% of the US people are overweight. Worldwide we talk about 25% of the population being overweight so this is a serious problem for every one of us. But just because you have 10-20 or more pounds isn't the serious problem. The real problem is that your social life and your health can be affected by those pounds.
If you want to lose weight, you won't lose 3-4 pounds within a day because despite all the dream products out there losing so much weight in 1 day is just not possible. You can lose weight in a day, but you can't lose a quantity that will be able to make a difference on your look. A good period of reference for losing weight can be 3,4 weeks.
So, how to lose weight in 3 weeks?
The most known method of losing weight is the surgery. You go to the doctor, make some tests, get operated and you lose some serious weight. But, don't be fooled by the mirage of losing weight fast because all this comes with risks, some big risks and that's why I don't recommend the surgery. The best method if you want to know how to lose weight in 3 weeks is to use a good, proven to work diet because all the other weight losing methods involves using a diet.
Another important thing that you must know is that even if you chose the surgery you will still have to follow a diet so why not chose the diet from the beginning? The best diets can help you lose 5 pounds every week, so in 3 weeks you will lose 15 pounds but be careful which diets you chose because most of the diets will just make you pay for them without delivering any results.
I have reviewed the best diets and using the my #1 pick you will lose 5 pounds every week. Find out here which are these diets.
Best diets will show you how to lose of the weight that bothers you. There's no need to make any experiments on your body. These diets are proven to work and people all over the world get awesome results.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=
If you want to lose weight, you won't lose 3-4 pounds within a day because despite all the dream products out there losing so much weight in 1 day is just not possible. You can lose weight in a day, but you can't lose a quantity that will be able to make a difference on your look. A good period of reference for losing weight can be 3,4 weeks.
So, how to lose weight in 3 weeks?
The most known method of losing weight is the surgery. You go to the doctor, make some tests, get operated and you lose some serious weight. But, don't be fooled by the mirage of losing weight fast because all this comes with risks, some big risks and that's why I don't recommend the surgery. The best method if you want to know how to lose weight in 3 weeks is to use a good, proven to work diet because all the other weight losing methods involves using a diet.
Another important thing that you must know is that even if you chose the surgery you will still have to follow a diet so why not chose the diet from the beginning? The best diets can help you lose 5 pounds every week, so in 3 weeks you will lose 15 pounds but be careful which diets you chose because most of the diets will just make you pay for them without delivering any results.
I have reviewed the best diets and using the my #1 pick you will lose 5 pounds every week. Find out here which are these diets.
Best diets will show you how to lose of the weight that bothers you. There's no need to make any experiments on your body. These diets are proven to work and people all over the world get awesome results.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=
3 Most Crucial Reasons Why People Don't Lose Weight - You Must Know This Before It's Too Late by Pushpa_Pal_Singh
There a lot of people out there who tend to complain on a very consistent basis about how strict they are on the diet and exercise but they still aren't losing any weight. You see there is a reason why some people end up losing hundreds of pounds while others keep on struggling just to lose a few. There are some mistakes people make due to which they never end up losing any weight. Read on to discover what these mistakes are before you end up making them yourself...
Not being patient enough- You will never lose weight within a matter of a few days no matter how good your diet or exercise might be. Most people give up when they don't see results within a few days and they feel nothing works. You see patience is the foundation of healthy weight loss and if you want to lose weigh you should be willing to be patient enough.
Cheating never helps you- Some people always end up cheating themselves by skipping several days of workouts or end up going back on their lousy junk food diet when they already know it's consequences. You see fat loss is all about your mind set and how strong you are mentally. If you can not control your state of mind you will have a very hard time with losing weight.
Not having the right amount of drive to really work for it- Your level of motivation will ultimately determine your level of fat loss. At the end of the day it all sums down to how much you can work towards your fat loss goal even when you don't feel like doing it. You see it's all about doing what's needed to be done even when you don't feel like doing it.
You Must Know This- What You Are About To Discover Is A Stunning Underground Weight Loss Secret No One Will Ever Share With You. This Secret Is So Powerful That It Will Make You Lose Weight Like Crazy. I Strongly Urge You To Read This As It Might Be The Most Important Message You Ever See. Follow This Link And Read Everything On The Next Page Carefully- Click Here
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Not being patient enough- You will never lose weight within a matter of a few days no matter how good your diet or exercise might be. Most people give up when they don't see results within a few days and they feel nothing works. You see patience is the foundation of healthy weight loss and if you want to lose weigh you should be willing to be patient enough.
Cheating never helps you- Some people always end up cheating themselves by skipping several days of workouts or end up going back on their lousy junk food diet when they already know it's consequences. You see fat loss is all about your mind set and how strong you are mentally. If you can not control your state of mind you will have a very hard time with losing weight.
Not having the right amount of drive to really work for it- Your level of motivation will ultimately determine your level of fat loss. At the end of the day it all sums down to how much you can work towards your fat loss goal even when you don't feel like doing it. You see it's all about doing what's needed to be done even when you don't feel like doing it.
You Must Know This- What You Are About To Discover Is A Stunning Underground Weight Loss Secret No One Will Ever Share With You. This Secret Is So Powerful That It Will Make You Lose Weight Like Crazy. I Strongly Urge You To Read This As It Might Be The Most Important Message You Ever See. Follow This Link And Read Everything On The Next Page Carefully- Click Here
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Minggu, 07 September 2008
Need to Get Skinny Fast? Learn How to Explode Your Weight Loss With Just One Simple Action by G._Justice
So it's crunch time. Somehow, you've found yourself just three weeks away from going on the vacation of a lifetime and you still need to drop 30 pounds. You need to get skinny and get skinny fast. You've got all the motivation in the world, but you're just not quite sure how to go about it. Well, let's change that. In this article I'll show you one simple step that can explode your weight loss, naturally.
The biggest to key to losing weight rapidly is to learn how to manipulate your metabolism so that it works in your favor. Although metabolism is a complicated process, for our purposes we need to just understand the basics as it relates to fat loss (or gain). Whenever you eat, your body breaks down the food into energy (calories). What the body needs it uses and what it considers to be excess it stores - as fat.
If your goal is to get skinny and lose weight rapidly - one of the best ways to do that is to teach your metabolism to "burn energy" at a higher rate. There are a many ways to accomplish this task, but let's focus in on the one that is easiest to implement immediately so you can get on your way to the body of your dreams.
Portion control and grazing.
Contrary to what you may have been lead to believe, to get skinny fast you don't have to starve. In fact, a starvation diet is exactly the wrong thing you should do. Starving the body of its energy literally will shut down your metabolism - not to mention it's just flat out dangerous. As soon as you start inevitably eating again, any temporary gains you may have made will be immediately wiped out, with interest.
Remember, what we want to accomplish is to teach the body to burn energy at a higher rate. Reducing the portion size at mealtime and adding even smaller healthy snacks between meals will have your metabolism ramped up in no time. A good rule of thumb is to use your fist to measure portion sizes. A meal would be roughly the size of your closed fist and a snack would fit into the palm of your hand.
The types of food that you choose to graze on are important too - to keep it simple, focus on lean meats, whole grains, fruits and vegetables and try to avoid processed foods or foods that are full of empty calories. Here's a tip: When grocery shopping try to do most of your shopping on the edges of the store - that's where most of the natural and whole foods are.
By implementing just this one simple action you will literally explode your weight loss and be well on your way to that vacation, and life, of your dreams.
For a more comprehensive review of strategies and tips that will skyrocket your metabolism and help you create the body of your dreams - please visit my website at http://www.squidoo.com/GetSkinnyFast
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=G._Justice
The biggest to key to losing weight rapidly is to learn how to manipulate your metabolism so that it works in your favor. Although metabolism is a complicated process, for our purposes we need to just understand the basics as it relates to fat loss (or gain). Whenever you eat, your body breaks down the food into energy (calories). What the body needs it uses and what it considers to be excess it stores - as fat.
If your goal is to get skinny and lose weight rapidly - one of the best ways to do that is to teach your metabolism to "burn energy" at a higher rate. There are a many ways to accomplish this task, but let's focus in on the one that is easiest to implement immediately so you can get on your way to the body of your dreams.
Portion control and grazing.
Contrary to what you may have been lead to believe, to get skinny fast you don't have to starve. In fact, a starvation diet is exactly the wrong thing you should do. Starving the body of its energy literally will shut down your metabolism - not to mention it's just flat out dangerous. As soon as you start inevitably eating again, any temporary gains you may have made will be immediately wiped out, with interest.
Remember, what we want to accomplish is to teach the body to burn energy at a higher rate. Reducing the portion size at mealtime and adding even smaller healthy snacks between meals will have your metabolism ramped up in no time. A good rule of thumb is to use your fist to measure portion sizes. A meal would be roughly the size of your closed fist and a snack would fit into the palm of your hand.
The types of food that you choose to graze on are important too - to keep it simple, focus on lean meats, whole grains, fruits and vegetables and try to avoid processed foods or foods that are full of empty calories. Here's a tip: When grocery shopping try to do most of your shopping on the edges of the store - that's where most of the natural and whole foods are.
By implementing just this one simple action you will literally explode your weight loss and be well on your way to that vacation, and life, of your dreams.
For a more comprehensive review of strategies and tips that will skyrocket your metabolism and help you create the body of your dreams - please visit my website at http://www.squidoo.com/GetSkinnyFast
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=G._Justice
Fat Loss Diets - Do They Work and Which One is the Best? by Dennis_Snyder
There are hundreds of fat loss diets on the market today all of them claiming to do miracles in helping you lose the body fat you have accumulated. Do these fat loss diets really work? Or perhaps the real question is which one of these fat loss diets work and where can I find the ones that do?
If you want to learn how to lose body fat you will need one of these fat loss diets to help give you the tools you need to succeed in losing your body fat. Losing weight is a voyage that can be very hard if you don't learn a few simple guidelines to help you get your body to burn fat quickly. That is exactly what a good fat loss diet will do for you. So some of these fat loss diets do work but only if you work and follow the guidelines of some of the better ones.
So which of the fat loss diets are the best? Unfortunately, a large number of fat loss diets have specifically designed a weight loss program to help you achieve weight loss fast, but, many times, these program are damaging to the long term health of a individual and are also not long term. A long term and successful fat loss diet involves eating correctly which includes eating some fats and every food group. Eat the right amount of calories that you will be able to burn. A good fat loss diet will allow for your body to function normally and will contain all the essential food groups, which includes Proteins, carbohydrates, fruits and vegetables, the right fats.
You should not follow a fat loss diet that claims that to loose weight a person must only focus on the protein and carbohydrate intake. You may lose weight to begin with but you will also helping your body to deteriorate at the same time. When my wife was diagnosed with diabetes she began a diet that included a whole lot more food than she had ever eaten. She basically began to eat healthy and she lost weight and felt better.
The bad news is that with so many fat loss diets available today how can someone review all of them and still keep up with the busy lifestyle we have become accustomed too. The good news is that hundreds of fat loss diets have been reviewed and five of the best have been rated and are available for your personal review. Thus cutting the time you will need to spend in review and choice of the best fat loss diet that is right for you.
You would not be reading this if you did not want to know how to lose body fat fast and easily for the long term. It is possible with a good fat loss diet if you follow the guidelines laid out for you.
Dennis Snyder writes on many subjects including health, fitness and finances. Dennis has been a counselor in these areas for over twenty years. You can find out more at http://homegyms4u.com
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If you want to learn how to lose body fat you will need one of these fat loss diets to help give you the tools you need to succeed in losing your body fat. Losing weight is a voyage that can be very hard if you don't learn a few simple guidelines to help you get your body to burn fat quickly. That is exactly what a good fat loss diet will do for you. So some of these fat loss diets do work but only if you work and follow the guidelines of some of the better ones.
So which of the fat loss diets are the best? Unfortunately, a large number of fat loss diets have specifically designed a weight loss program to help you achieve weight loss fast, but, many times, these program are damaging to the long term health of a individual and are also not long term. A long term and successful fat loss diet involves eating correctly which includes eating some fats and every food group. Eat the right amount of calories that you will be able to burn. A good fat loss diet will allow for your body to function normally and will contain all the essential food groups, which includes Proteins, carbohydrates, fruits and vegetables, the right fats.
You should not follow a fat loss diet that claims that to loose weight a person must only focus on the protein and carbohydrate intake. You may lose weight to begin with but you will also helping your body to deteriorate at the same time. When my wife was diagnosed with diabetes she began a diet that included a whole lot more food than she had ever eaten. She basically began to eat healthy and she lost weight and felt better.
The bad news is that with so many fat loss diets available today how can someone review all of them and still keep up with the busy lifestyle we have become accustomed too. The good news is that hundreds of fat loss diets have been reviewed and five of the best have been rated and are available for your personal review. Thus cutting the time you will need to spend in review and choice of the best fat loss diet that is right for you.
You would not be reading this if you did not want to know how to lose body fat fast and easily for the long term. It is possible with a good fat loss diet if you follow the guidelines laid out for you.
Dennis Snyder writes on many subjects including health, fitness and finances. Dennis has been a counselor in these areas for over twenty years. You can find out more at http://homegyms4u.com
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What Life Has Taught Me About Weight Loss by Bonnie_House
For last 15 year I am helping people who want to reduce weight and lead a healthy and fit life. After all that time I have come to realize this shocking fact. All of us are quite different from each other. Everyone have individual tendency to reduce weight. For some it is low carbohydrate diet that works like magic. Some are used too of having protein diet plan. A large group will prefer to workout enthusiastically for weight loss. Every one is totally different from other. One diet is good for some people but it may not produce same fruitful results for others.
I am very hopeful to see the increasing health consciousness among people for last few years. People are more aware of what is good and what will harm their health. They are eager to improve quality of their health. They have the knowledge that which fruit, vegetable and food supplement will be helpful in weight loss. It is a good positive change that science and technology has brought to us.
You know what is best for you. But I am still convinced that to cut down extra fat you must have tremendous amount of unshakable motivation. It is still the base of successful weight loss. You will have to show immense willpower, determination, and courage. Like in routine life we need all these qualities to get through certain bad circumstances. Same is the case with weight loss. You need all the inner power which comes from your heart your desire to lose weight. Have a strong self confidence.
I will recommend you few fat loss tips. You can say it is what life has taught me.
# 1 Tip
You will forget about your last weight loss failures and have a fresh start. Stop thinking over what has past. Don't recall how many times you have failed to diet. You have been unsuccessful in reducing weight. Give yourself respect that it truly deserves. It is very important to lose weight and get back the control of your life.
# 2 Tip
Now I want you to stop trying to be the perfect dieter. Nobody is perfect when it comes to weight loss. Even I sometimes like to eat those irresistible foods. Stop making your life miserable. So you are going to make mistakes. You may crash in the first week. You may go on a huge eating in the second week. You may not do a single minute of physical exercise in week 3. . And eventually you will get it right and achieve all your weight loss goals. Trust me.
In last I will say start believing in your abilities. Keep a firm faith on yourself that you will reduce weight. It does not matter how fat you are. What really matters is that you will come out from this entire situation like a winner. I am positive you will
Reduce fat and lead a happy healthy life.
Good Luck!
If you want to know more about me and find more of my articles and write-ups please check out my website on weight loss tips and programs.
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I am very hopeful to see the increasing health consciousness among people for last few years. People are more aware of what is good and what will harm their health. They are eager to improve quality of their health. They have the knowledge that which fruit, vegetable and food supplement will be helpful in weight loss. It is a good positive change that science and technology has brought to us.
You know what is best for you. But I am still convinced that to cut down extra fat you must have tremendous amount of unshakable motivation. It is still the base of successful weight loss. You will have to show immense willpower, determination, and courage. Like in routine life we need all these qualities to get through certain bad circumstances. Same is the case with weight loss. You need all the inner power which comes from your heart your desire to lose weight. Have a strong self confidence.
I will recommend you few fat loss tips. You can say it is what life has taught me.
# 1 Tip
You will forget about your last weight loss failures and have a fresh start. Stop thinking over what has past. Don't recall how many times you have failed to diet. You have been unsuccessful in reducing weight. Give yourself respect that it truly deserves. It is very important to lose weight and get back the control of your life.
# 2 Tip
Now I want you to stop trying to be the perfect dieter. Nobody is perfect when it comes to weight loss. Even I sometimes like to eat those irresistible foods. Stop making your life miserable. So you are going to make mistakes. You may crash in the first week. You may go on a huge eating in the second week. You may not do a single minute of physical exercise in week 3. . And eventually you will get it right and achieve all your weight loss goals. Trust me.
In last I will say start believing in your abilities. Keep a firm faith on yourself that you will reduce weight. It does not matter how fat you are. What really matters is that you will come out from this entire situation like a winner. I am positive you will
Reduce fat and lead a happy healthy life.
Good Luck!
If you want to know more about me and find more of my articles and write-ups please check out my website on weight loss tips and programs.
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Belly Fat - How to Lose it Today by Cynthia_Hurst
Do you really know what it takes to lose weight? Are you ready to make the commitment? Many people say that they would like to lose weight yes they are unwilling to make the necessary lifestyle changes that it takes to keep the weight off their bodies. Well you can put a stop to it and if you are truly ready to make the lifestyle changes; then you must realize that it is going to take effort on your part.
No matter how long you have been struggling with your weight; you have to understand that it is a choice you are making to remain overweight. Yes I know most people do not want to be overweight; but the point is are you actually doing something about your weight; or are you just wishing that you were skinny?
Many people say that they are ready to lose weight; yet they are not willing to get off their butts and do what it takes to lose the weight that they want. Are you the type of person who is wishing they were skinnier; yet are not willing to do what it takes. Well unless you are ready to make some lifestyle changes; then chances are you are not going to experience the weight loss that you want.
Are you tired of looking in the mirror only to see the fat image of you staring back at you? Well if you said "yes" then it is time to learn that the only thing that is keeping you fat is the fact that you are making the wrong choices when it comes to the foods that you eat and the fact that you are not doing the right amount of exercise.
Soft drinks are important to give up; the caffeine and sugar are not good for you. When I was trying to lose weight; I stopped drinking soft drinks altogether. It was kind of hard at first; however as I continued not drinking the soft drinks I noticed how quickly the weight began to come off.
If you are willing to just cut your eating into smaller portions and begin exercising more then you will notice that you will be able to lose the belly fat and not be hungry while you are doing it. This is where most people fail; they think that if they want to lose weight; then they have to starve themselves.
Visit our site below and get all the necessary information that is going to teach you how to eat better so that you can begin turning the fat into muscle. Learn how to lose belly fat today and turn your body into a fat burning machine.
Lose Belly Fat Today! Try The Amazing Plan That Has Helped Thousands Learn How To Get Rid Of A Belly Fat Easily! Visit The Stop Belly Growing Fat For More Great Tips And Resources.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Cynthia_Hurst
No matter how long you have been struggling with your weight; you have to understand that it is a choice you are making to remain overweight. Yes I know most people do not want to be overweight; but the point is are you actually doing something about your weight; or are you just wishing that you were skinny?
Many people say that they are ready to lose weight; yet they are not willing to get off their butts and do what it takes to lose the weight that they want. Are you the type of person who is wishing they were skinnier; yet are not willing to do what it takes. Well unless you are ready to make some lifestyle changes; then chances are you are not going to experience the weight loss that you want.
Are you tired of looking in the mirror only to see the fat image of you staring back at you? Well if you said "yes" then it is time to learn that the only thing that is keeping you fat is the fact that you are making the wrong choices when it comes to the foods that you eat and the fact that you are not doing the right amount of exercise.
Soft drinks are important to give up; the caffeine and sugar are not good for you. When I was trying to lose weight; I stopped drinking soft drinks altogether. It was kind of hard at first; however as I continued not drinking the soft drinks I noticed how quickly the weight began to come off.
If you are willing to just cut your eating into smaller portions and begin exercising more then you will notice that you will be able to lose the belly fat and not be hungry while you are doing it. This is where most people fail; they think that if they want to lose weight; then they have to starve themselves.
Visit our site below and get all the necessary information that is going to teach you how to eat better so that you can begin turning the fat into muscle. Learn how to lose belly fat today and turn your body into a fat burning machine.
Lose Belly Fat Today! Try The Amazing Plan That Has Helped Thousands Learn How To Get Rid Of A Belly Fat Easily! Visit The Stop Belly Growing Fat For More Great Tips And Resources.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Cynthia_Hurst
Rabu, 03 September 2008
How to Lose Weight Fast - Why Do Diets Fail? by steve roberts
Why do you find it so hard to lose those unwanted pounds?
So many people are trying to find information on how to lose weight fast, and the newest tips on dieting to achieve that.
It seems the problems start soon after you start your how to lose weight fast system.
The most common problem with diets is that you are expected to make huge alterations to the foods which you prefer to eat. And the prescribed foods are usually not that pleasurable. So while there are many times some short term successes, in most cases, as the diet is not doable for the long term, you just return back to your normal eating rituals. The end result is that all of your weight returns and often some more to go with it.
Because you enjoy what you eat, successful weight reduction on a limiting diet continues to be difficult
However there is an easy answer and that is to make small adjustments to the type of foods you consume or the amount of foods which you consume on a daily basis without going over the top with a full-blown diet.
In just a 12-month period you can noticeably reduce your weight by just eating 100 fewer calories per day; it's a small amount and easy to do with small changes in your eating habits.
You can do this without making major changes to your eating habits by replacing some of low quality foods with better quality food.
Foods that are low in highly processed sugars and fat are the type of food I would consider low in quality.
If you eat snacks that are higher in proteins you won't feel so hungry and you will be taking in less fat than you would by eating snacks high in carbohydrates.
Losing excess weight can be done in small steps, such as using less sugar in your coffee or tea.
It is easy to learn how to loose weight fast, however the trick is to make sure you keep it off. By making smaller changes to your eating habits, you will be much more likely to make your changes into habits, and then you will be on the way to permanent weight loss.
If you have a good understanding of why diets normally fail, once you learn how to loose weight fast, you will also be able to learn how to keep it off
All the best
Steve Roberts is a Health and Fitness consultant, specializing in Weight loss, for more tips on How To Loose Weight Fast, you can visit his blog. While you are there you can collect a free copy of How to loose weight fast by Boosting Your Metabolism.
Steve Roberts Is an Industry expert on Weight Loss and writes regularly on how to loose weight fast. You can read more about how to loose weight at his blog, http://mmolbiz.com/howtolooseweightfast/
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Stevee_Roberts
So many people are trying to find information on how to lose weight fast, and the newest tips on dieting to achieve that.
It seems the problems start soon after you start your how to lose weight fast system.
The most common problem with diets is that you are expected to make huge alterations to the foods which you prefer to eat. And the prescribed foods are usually not that pleasurable. So while there are many times some short term successes, in most cases, as the diet is not doable for the long term, you just return back to your normal eating rituals. The end result is that all of your weight returns and often some more to go with it.
Because you enjoy what you eat, successful weight reduction on a limiting diet continues to be difficult
However there is an easy answer and that is to make small adjustments to the type of foods you consume or the amount of foods which you consume on a daily basis without going over the top with a full-blown diet.
In just a 12-month period you can noticeably reduce your weight by just eating 100 fewer calories per day; it's a small amount and easy to do with small changes in your eating habits.
You can do this without making major changes to your eating habits by replacing some of low quality foods with better quality food.
Foods that are low in highly processed sugars and fat are the type of food I would consider low in quality.
If you eat snacks that are higher in proteins you won't feel so hungry and you will be taking in less fat than you would by eating snacks high in carbohydrates.
Losing excess weight can be done in small steps, such as using less sugar in your coffee or tea.
It is easy to learn how to loose weight fast, however the trick is to make sure you keep it off. By making smaller changes to your eating habits, you will be much more likely to make your changes into habits, and then you will be on the way to permanent weight loss.
If you have a good understanding of why diets normally fail, once you learn how to loose weight fast, you will also be able to learn how to keep it off
All the best
Steve Roberts is a Health and Fitness consultant, specializing in Weight loss, for more tips on How To Loose Weight Fast, you can visit his blog. While you are there you can collect a free copy of How to loose weight fast by Boosting Your Metabolism.
Steve Roberts Is an Industry expert on Weight Loss and writes regularly on how to loose weight fast. You can read more about how to loose weight at his blog, http://mmolbiz.com/howtolooseweightfast/
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Stevee_Roberts
How to Get a Sexy Female Body That Turn Blokes Heads by tony leong
If you are tired of your flabby body, here is what you need to do in order to get an ultra sexy female body.
Having a sexy and sculpted body is in the trend now as compared to last time where super skinny body is popular. If you want to change your body from the twig look a like to curvy body or if you want to change your plump body to a more toned and firm body, this article is for you as we discover some healthy and cool ways to get a body that can turn blokes heads.
You have to start weight lifting weights if you want to sculpt your body and lose body fat. Building lean muscle mass is the only way to go if you really want to have some curves.
You do not have to worry that you will put on bulk. Females do not have high testosterone levels like men do. With proper training you will put at the most half a pound of muscle mass per month and considering you are doing everything right.
Do not worry if you have put on some weight on the scales. Muscles weight heavier than body fat and they take up less space than body fat. You will be glad to know that you will be heavier but look smaller. Not to mentioned with tones muscles that other women will die to have.
The second step you can take to change your body to fat burning furnace is to cardiovascular training. Not just any training but a high intensity interval training type.
There are some people that spend hours in the gym, which is not necessary.
A high quality high intensity interval training cardiovascular workout only requires 20 minutes. With that requirement, you should not come up with any more excuse not to do it. Would you like to spend twenty minutes wasting your time in front of the television getting nowhere or twenty minutes on the cardio machine changing your body?
High intensity interval training is very easy to do. All you need to do is to do 10 intervals of 1-minute sprint and one-minute jog. Remember, it is sprint really hard and not just a normal run. This type of cardiovascular training gets you out of your comfort zone training and stimulates body fat burn.
It will be tough but the results are well worth it.
Let us talk about diet. You do not really have to follow the low carbohydrate rule or the high protein low carbohydrate diet.
You can enjoy your carbohydrates as long as you keep them in small amounts and keep them as complex as you can. Brown rice is always better than white rice and whole wheat bread is better than just eating white bread. Your muscles need the carbohydrates to restore the glucose levels after your hard training session anyways.
You can have some bad carbohydrates once a while just make sure you only enjoy it after a hard workout. Then you really deserve the treat.
Do not assume fat the biggest culprit of all. It does not mean that you do not consume fat you would not get fat.
Females tend to burn more body fat when going on a lower carbohydrate diet and consume more healthy fats. If you think you are doing a favor to yourself by eating loads of low fat food, think again.
In most cases, food produces put in loads of sugar to make the food taste good. This is because the food does not taste so good when it contains less fat. So what happens? Your insulin level will shoot up. Insulin is the hormone in the body that converts glucose into fat in your body.
By consuming slightly higher healthy fats, moderate protein and moderate complex carbohydrates, you will be able to keep the insulin levels in check and turn your body into super fat burning mode.
Finally, to make the bloke's head turn, you need to work the butt muscles.
You cannot get sexy curvy butt by spending the entire time in the gym on the Stairmaster. The butt muscle is the largest muscle on the body and it needs to be trained just like any body part you have. You need to do weights and train butt to make it toned and curvy.
Focus on doing barbell squats, dumbbell lunges and leg presses. These exercises engage the butt muscles the most and if you train hard enough, you will get butt of steel in no time.
In conclusion, if you want a well-toned body, you need to include weights, proper cardiovascular training, and proper nutrition knowledge.
Even celebrities hop on the weight-training wagon to get their sexy body. Well, the can afford personal trainers but for the rest of us, there are lots of excellent fat loss programs out there that are very affordable.
Tony Leong reveals his 5 secrets to losing weight in his Weight Loss system. He is giving it away for free for a limited time only. Go to http://www.tonyleongweightloss.com/weightlosssecrets to download it now. Click here to get your free stuff.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tony_Leong
Having a sexy and sculpted body is in the trend now as compared to last time where super skinny body is popular. If you want to change your body from the twig look a like to curvy body or if you want to change your plump body to a more toned and firm body, this article is for you as we discover some healthy and cool ways to get a body that can turn blokes heads.
You have to start weight lifting weights if you want to sculpt your body and lose body fat. Building lean muscle mass is the only way to go if you really want to have some curves.
You do not have to worry that you will put on bulk. Females do not have high testosterone levels like men do. With proper training you will put at the most half a pound of muscle mass per month and considering you are doing everything right.
Do not worry if you have put on some weight on the scales. Muscles weight heavier than body fat and they take up less space than body fat. You will be glad to know that you will be heavier but look smaller. Not to mentioned with tones muscles that other women will die to have.
The second step you can take to change your body to fat burning furnace is to cardiovascular training. Not just any training but a high intensity interval training type.
There are some people that spend hours in the gym, which is not necessary.
A high quality high intensity interval training cardiovascular workout only requires 20 minutes. With that requirement, you should not come up with any more excuse not to do it. Would you like to spend twenty minutes wasting your time in front of the television getting nowhere or twenty minutes on the cardio machine changing your body?
High intensity interval training is very easy to do. All you need to do is to do 10 intervals of 1-minute sprint and one-minute jog. Remember, it is sprint really hard and not just a normal run. This type of cardiovascular training gets you out of your comfort zone training and stimulates body fat burn.
It will be tough but the results are well worth it.
Let us talk about diet. You do not really have to follow the low carbohydrate rule or the high protein low carbohydrate diet.
You can enjoy your carbohydrates as long as you keep them in small amounts and keep them as complex as you can. Brown rice is always better than white rice and whole wheat bread is better than just eating white bread. Your muscles need the carbohydrates to restore the glucose levels after your hard training session anyways.
You can have some bad carbohydrates once a while just make sure you only enjoy it after a hard workout. Then you really deserve the treat.
Do not assume fat the biggest culprit of all. It does not mean that you do not consume fat you would not get fat.
Females tend to burn more body fat when going on a lower carbohydrate diet and consume more healthy fats. If you think you are doing a favor to yourself by eating loads of low fat food, think again.
In most cases, food produces put in loads of sugar to make the food taste good. This is because the food does not taste so good when it contains less fat. So what happens? Your insulin level will shoot up. Insulin is the hormone in the body that converts glucose into fat in your body.
By consuming slightly higher healthy fats, moderate protein and moderate complex carbohydrates, you will be able to keep the insulin levels in check and turn your body into super fat burning mode.
Finally, to make the bloke's head turn, you need to work the butt muscles.
You cannot get sexy curvy butt by spending the entire time in the gym on the Stairmaster. The butt muscle is the largest muscle on the body and it needs to be trained just like any body part you have. You need to do weights and train butt to make it toned and curvy.
Focus on doing barbell squats, dumbbell lunges and leg presses. These exercises engage the butt muscles the most and if you train hard enough, you will get butt of steel in no time.
In conclusion, if you want a well-toned body, you need to include weights, proper cardiovascular training, and proper nutrition knowledge.
Even celebrities hop on the weight-training wagon to get their sexy body. Well, the can afford personal trainers but for the rest of us, there are lots of excellent fat loss programs out there that are very affordable.
Tony Leong reveals his 5 secrets to losing weight in his Weight Loss system. He is giving it away for free for a limited time only. Go to http://www.tonyleongweightloss.com/weightlosssecrets to download it now. Click here to get your free stuff.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tony_Leong
How to Get a Sexy Female Body That Turn Blokes Heads by tony leong
If you are tired of your flabby body, here is what you need to do in order to get an ultra sexy female body.
Having a sexy and sculpted body is in the trend now as compared to last time where super skinny body is popular. If you want to change your body from the twig look a like to curvy body or if you want to change your plump body to a more toned and firm body, this article is for you as we discover some healthy and cool ways to get a body that can turn blokes heads.
You have to start weight lifting weights if you want to sculpt your body and lose body fat. Building lean muscle mass is the only way to go if you really want to have some curves.
You do not have to worry that you will put on bulk. Females do not have high testosterone levels like men do. With proper training you will put at the most half a pound of muscle mass per month and considering you are doing everything right.
Do not worry if you have put on some weight on the scales. Muscles weight heavier than body fat and they take up less space than body fat. You will be glad to know that you will be heavier but look smaller. Not to mentioned with tones muscles that other women will die to have.
The second step you can take to change your body to fat burning furnace is to cardiovascular training. Not just any training but a high intensity interval training type.
There are some people that spend hours in the gym, which is not necessary.
A high quality high intensity interval training cardiovascular workout only requires 20 minutes. With that requirement, you should not come up with any more excuse not to do it. Would you like to spend twenty minutes wasting your time in front of the television getting nowhere or twenty minutes on the cardio machine changing your body?
High intensity interval training is very easy to do. All you need to do is to do 10 intervals of 1-minute sprint and one-minute jog. Remember, it is sprint really hard and not just a normal run. This type of cardiovascular training gets you out of your comfort zone training and stimulates body fat burn.
It will be tough but the results are well worth it.
Let us talk about diet. You do not really have to follow the low carbohydrate rule or the high protein low carbohydrate diet.
You can enjoy your carbohydrates as long as you keep them in small amounts and keep them as complex as you can. Brown rice is always better than white rice and whole wheat bread is better than just eating white bread. Your muscles need the carbohydrates to restore the glucose levels after your hard training session anyways.
You can have some bad carbohydrates once a while just make sure you only enjoy it after a hard workout. Then you really deserve the treat.
Do not assume fat the biggest culprit of all. It does not mean that you do not consume fat you would not get fat.
Females tend to burn more body fat when going on a lower carbohydrate diet and consume more healthy fats. If you think you are doing a favor to yourself by eating loads of low fat food, think again.
In most cases, food produces put in loads of sugar to make the food taste good. This is because the food does not taste so good when it contains less fat. So what happens? Your insulin level will shoot up. Insulin is the hormone in the body that converts glucose into fat in your body.
By consuming slightly higher healthy fats, moderate protein and moderate complex carbohydrates, you will be able to keep the insulin levels in check and turn your body into super fat burning mode.
Finally, to make the bloke's head turn, you need to work the butt muscles.
You cannot get sexy curvy butt by spending the entire time in the gym on the Stairmaster. The butt muscle is the largest muscle on the body and it needs to be trained just like any body part you have. You need to do weights and train butt to make it toned and curvy.
Focus on doing barbell squats, dumbbell lunges and leg presses. These exercises engage the butt muscles the most and if you train hard enough, you will get butt of steel in no time.
In conclusion, if you want a well-toned body, you need to include weights, proper cardiovascular training, and proper nutrition knowledge.
Even celebrities hop on the weight-training wagon to get their sexy body. Well, the can afford personal trainers but for the rest of us, there are lots of excellent fat loss programs out there that are very affordable.
Tony Leong reveals his 5 secrets to losing weight in his Weight Loss system. He is giving it away for free for a limited time only. Go to http://www.tonyleongweightloss.com/weightlosssecrets to download it now. Click here to get your free stuff.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tony_Leong
Having a sexy and sculpted body is in the trend now as compared to last time where super skinny body is popular. If you want to change your body from the twig look a like to curvy body or if you want to change your plump body to a more toned and firm body, this article is for you as we discover some healthy and cool ways to get a body that can turn blokes heads.
You have to start weight lifting weights if you want to sculpt your body and lose body fat. Building lean muscle mass is the only way to go if you really want to have some curves.
You do not have to worry that you will put on bulk. Females do not have high testosterone levels like men do. With proper training you will put at the most half a pound of muscle mass per month and considering you are doing everything right.
Do not worry if you have put on some weight on the scales. Muscles weight heavier than body fat and they take up less space than body fat. You will be glad to know that you will be heavier but look smaller. Not to mentioned with tones muscles that other women will die to have.
The second step you can take to change your body to fat burning furnace is to cardiovascular training. Not just any training but a high intensity interval training type.
There are some people that spend hours in the gym, which is not necessary.
A high quality high intensity interval training cardiovascular workout only requires 20 minutes. With that requirement, you should not come up with any more excuse not to do it. Would you like to spend twenty minutes wasting your time in front of the television getting nowhere or twenty minutes on the cardio machine changing your body?
High intensity interval training is very easy to do. All you need to do is to do 10 intervals of 1-minute sprint and one-minute jog. Remember, it is sprint really hard and not just a normal run. This type of cardiovascular training gets you out of your comfort zone training and stimulates body fat burn.
It will be tough but the results are well worth it.
Let us talk about diet. You do not really have to follow the low carbohydrate rule or the high protein low carbohydrate diet.
You can enjoy your carbohydrates as long as you keep them in small amounts and keep them as complex as you can. Brown rice is always better than white rice and whole wheat bread is better than just eating white bread. Your muscles need the carbohydrates to restore the glucose levels after your hard training session anyways.
You can have some bad carbohydrates once a while just make sure you only enjoy it after a hard workout. Then you really deserve the treat.
Do not assume fat the biggest culprit of all. It does not mean that you do not consume fat you would not get fat.
Females tend to burn more body fat when going on a lower carbohydrate diet and consume more healthy fats. If you think you are doing a favor to yourself by eating loads of low fat food, think again.
In most cases, food produces put in loads of sugar to make the food taste good. This is because the food does not taste so good when it contains less fat. So what happens? Your insulin level will shoot up. Insulin is the hormone in the body that converts glucose into fat in your body.
By consuming slightly higher healthy fats, moderate protein and moderate complex carbohydrates, you will be able to keep the insulin levels in check and turn your body into super fat burning mode.
Finally, to make the bloke's head turn, you need to work the butt muscles.
You cannot get sexy curvy butt by spending the entire time in the gym on the Stairmaster. The butt muscle is the largest muscle on the body and it needs to be trained just like any body part you have. You need to do weights and train butt to make it toned and curvy.
Focus on doing barbell squats, dumbbell lunges and leg presses. These exercises engage the butt muscles the most and if you train hard enough, you will get butt of steel in no time.
In conclusion, if you want a well-toned body, you need to include weights, proper cardiovascular training, and proper nutrition knowledge.
Even celebrities hop on the weight-training wagon to get their sexy body. Well, the can afford personal trainers but for the rest of us, there are lots of excellent fat loss programs out there that are very affordable.
Tony Leong reveals his 5 secrets to losing weight in his Weight Loss system. He is giving it away for free for a limited time only. Go to http://www.tonyleongweightloss.com/weightlosssecrets to download it now. Click here to get your free stuff.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Tony_Leong
3 Simple Weight Loss Tips and Start Losing Weight in 2 Weeks by marry parker
There has been a lot of confusion lately about how often you should eat for optimal weight loss. Some experts say to eat a big breakfast, others say eat all small meals, and yet other experts say you should "graze" and snack all day. So which is it? Here's the answer
"I want to be thin" you say to yourself. Ok, but where do you start? Do you go for a low carb diet, a low fat diet, a high protein diet, exercise a lot... what to do? In this article, I'll give you some simple things you can do to help transform your body into a thinner, more beautiful version of you.
I got a little secret I'm about to share with you. Come a little closer and don't look too doubtful or others will find out this secret. I have a secret on how to get skinny fast, in 2 weeks. I am sure all of you will be dying to know how you can get a thin figure in just two week.
3 Killer weight loss tips.
# 1 Cheapest Weight loss tip.
Two or three times a day, eat lentils every day for two weeks.
# 2 It is a must to eat 1 can of black beans.
# 3 Start jumping on a mini trampoline for few minutes in whole day.
Now I have disclosed the secret to everyone. If you want to lose weight fast. You must go for these easy to follow weight loss tips.
Lentils are quite cheap and easily available. It is full of proteins and fiber. Both of these are essential in losing weight and getting a desirable body. Fiber is vital in weight loss. It helps your bowls to perform properly. Constipation is the root cause of fat gain.
Jumping on trampoline helps your body to get its metabolism. You burn unwanted calories in this easy to do work out. I am sure every one will like the idea of jumping in trampoline.
These are three very simple tips to help you lose weight quickly.
Good Luck!
If you want to know more about me and find more of my articles and write-ups please check out my website on weight loss tips and programs or Weight Loss Blog
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Marry_Parker
"I want to be thin" you say to yourself. Ok, but where do you start? Do you go for a low carb diet, a low fat diet, a high protein diet, exercise a lot... what to do? In this article, I'll give you some simple things you can do to help transform your body into a thinner, more beautiful version of you.
I got a little secret I'm about to share with you. Come a little closer and don't look too doubtful or others will find out this secret. I have a secret on how to get skinny fast, in 2 weeks. I am sure all of you will be dying to know how you can get a thin figure in just two week.
3 Killer weight loss tips.
# 1 Cheapest Weight loss tip.
Two or three times a day, eat lentils every day for two weeks.
# 2 It is a must to eat 1 can of black beans.
# 3 Start jumping on a mini trampoline for few minutes in whole day.
Now I have disclosed the secret to everyone. If you want to lose weight fast. You must go for these easy to follow weight loss tips.
Lentils are quite cheap and easily available. It is full of proteins and fiber. Both of these are essential in losing weight and getting a desirable body. Fiber is vital in weight loss. It helps your bowls to perform properly. Constipation is the root cause of fat gain.
Jumping on trampoline helps your body to get its metabolism. You burn unwanted calories in this easy to do work out. I am sure every one will like the idea of jumping in trampoline.
These are three very simple tips to help you lose weight quickly.
Good Luck!
If you want to know more about me and find more of my articles and write-ups please check out my website on weight loss tips and programs or Weight Loss Blog
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Marry_Parker
3 Most Important Keys You Should Know If You Want to Lose Weight - You Shouldn't Miss This by pushpa pal singh
Do you feel an intense workout with a perfect diet would be enough to make you lose weight? Well if you think this is the case then you are highly mistakes, you see it will take you much more to lose weight then just an exercise routine and a good diet. There are some very important keys you must be aware of if you really want to burn fat fast. Read on to discover some of the most important keys to lose weight fast...
Forget the big meals but stick to the smaller one's- Instead of sticking to the 3 big meals a day you must try to eat 5 to 8 smaller meals a day. What this normally does is that it keeps your body metabolism stable which will enable you to lose weight faster than you thought possible. You see the reason why some people never lose weight is due to the fact that they fill themselves up with 3 big meals which puts a lot of pressure on their body metabolism due to which majority of that food gets converted into fat and shows up on your body.
Try to avoid stress- Do you know that stress might be another reason why you are not losing weight? Do you know that stress leads your body to release cortisol hormone which actually makes you hungry and you might end up eating more and more. You should always try to be in the right type of moods which will enable your body to stay stable.
Motivation is always important- Motivation is always the most important key which will be the difference between good amount of weight loss and no weight loss. You must have a driving force which will keep you going when you feel like giving up. Find something which will push you to do more and more when you feel like giving up.
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Forget the big meals but stick to the smaller one's- Instead of sticking to the 3 big meals a day you must try to eat 5 to 8 smaller meals a day. What this normally does is that it keeps your body metabolism stable which will enable you to lose weight faster than you thought possible. You see the reason why some people never lose weight is due to the fact that they fill themselves up with 3 big meals which puts a lot of pressure on their body metabolism due to which majority of that food gets converted into fat and shows up on your body.
Try to avoid stress- Do you know that stress might be another reason why you are not losing weight? Do you know that stress leads your body to release cortisol hormone which actually makes you hungry and you might end up eating more and more. You should always try to be in the right type of moods which will enable your body to stay stable.
Motivation is always important- Motivation is always the most important key which will be the difference between good amount of weight loss and no weight loss. You must have a driving force which will keep you going when you feel like giving up. Find something which will push you to do more and more when you feel like giving up.
The Real weight loss secret- Can you imagine yourself losing 9 lbs every 11 days from now? Yes you heard it right "9 lbs every 11days guaranteed". This is the single most effective way which helps you lose weight. It is truly an absolute breakthrough in the weight loss industry. If you don't know this than you are missing out on the best ever secret "Guaranteed" to help you lose weight right away. So are you ready to drop some pounds within the next 11 days? Read on to discover it right now- Click Here
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