Monday, January 31, 2011
Is exercise the best way to lose weight?
The current enrollment in many gyms and fitness centers immediately tells us that more and more people realize that to be over weight is not only a burden for their health, but it can also be a danger to their lives. A total of 300,000 or more people die each year because they are overweight. This means that they succumbed to diseases that were caused by the fact that they have a BMI higher than recommended by nutritionists.
Overweight people also struggling with issues such as chronic fatigue, sleep disorders, the risk of heart disease and a low self-esteem, reinforced by the mainstream media in that the skinny models or men with a six-packs portrays as the ideal standard.
There are a few ways you can take to combat the increase in weight gain. One of them is to exercise. A significant number of overweight people because they live a sedentary lifestyle, that is, a life devoid of much physical exertion or exercise. Nowhere is that more so than in the U.S. where there is one vehicle for every two people, and people prefer to drive even for ridiculously short distances.
This, coupled with a junk food society, making people overweight easily. Enrolling in a gym is ideal because it helps you shed excess weight. In case your budget, you can enroll in a quality club, you can easily take matters into their own hands and jogging on your own or just walk around the block.
Eating right is also a great way to combat weight gain. Choosing foods that are low fat and low carb is the way to smart shopping.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Do you really want to lose weight?
It is a serious problem. 32% of the U.S. adult population is considered obese. Obesity leads to shorter lifespan, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and depression. But even if you are not obese, it seems like just about everyone is worried about being overweight if for no other reason, because they feel it is unattractive.
How many ways have you tried to lose weight? Assuming you lost more than a 2 or 3 pounds, did you keep the weight off?
There are several ways. One way is to create a new habit. Tell yourself every morning when you wake up and every night before you go to bed, that you are changing your eating patterns and you like the new way better. Do this for at least 21 days, and you will have created a new habit which resides in your subconscious mind.
In order to lose weight and maintain a slim figure, it's absolutely important to know how much you're eating in terms of calories.
Calorie count will help you keep track of your energy intake and let you choose the foods to balance your daily energy intake and consumption.
Mix a juice spritzer
Combine your favorite juice (half of your usual amount) with plain or sparkling water. You can cut up to 85 calories per glass--and lose 5 pounds or more a year.
The Right SupplementHow can we choose the right supplement for us? Or is there really an effective pill that our body can receive and produce desired outcome? What are diet pills? How about nutritional supplements? How do they work? These are but only a few of our many questions in mind. Remember that supplements should not take the role of nutritious foods.
Morning Makeover
1. Wake-up workout When your eyes open, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, lean forward until you feel a gentle stretch in your back and hamstrings. Hold; then, using your abs, lower yourself flat. Rest and repeat two more times. Strengthens core. Burns 10 calories
2. Go for the grains Not ready for Twigs & Rocks cereal? Sprinkle on a few tablespoons of wheat germ or oat bran. Work up to 3/4 cup of low-sugar whole-grain cereal with at least three grams of fiber per serving, and you'll pass on that Danish. Saves 100
3. Add some protein The more you eat earlier on, the less you eat as the day wears on, research has shown. So after your cereal, add a hard-boiled egg or a part-skim mozzarella cheese stick to keep you feeling full -- and away from that pre-lunch brownie. Saves 200 (or more)
4. Balance booster While you brush your teeth, alternate standing on one leg as you switch mouth quadrants (every 30 seconds). Balancing develops your core muscles and may even be good for your brain. Burns 10
5. Be a ballerina As your coffee drips, stand sideways, put one hand on the counter, and lift the outside leg straight out in front of you, keeping it extended. With upper body straight, hold for a few seconds and move it to the side; hold and extend it behind you. Do five to ten times on each leg. Tones outer thighs, hip flexors and quadriceps. Burns 10
6. Coffee saver Instead of pouring that 1/3 cup of half-and-half (a whopping 105 calories!) into your mug, replace it with the same amount of 2% milk. Saves 60
7. Better your bagel You can walk 10,000 steps to justify your 500-calorie bagel with cream cheese, or try this: low-fat spreadable cheese like Laughing Cow Light on an English muffin. Saves 300
Nine-to-Five Fixes
8. Tone in traffic Use the time spent bumper-to-bumper to develop your buns of steel: Squeeze your derrière each time you tap the brake, holding for 10 seconds. Shoot for 10 to 15 squeezes a trip. Burns 10
9. Snack smarter Portion out the day's snacks into pint-size zip bags, or buy single-serving portions. For example, four regular Oreos have 200 calories versus the 100-calorie snack bag version. Go for the lower fat chips: a Lay's Light bag has only 75 calories, while the regular has 150. Saves 175 (over two snacks)
10. Casual day payoff You will blast more calories during the day wearing comfy clothes like jeans or khakis, sport shirts and soft-soled shoes than donning constricting suits, skirts and heels. Why? Because you walk more, a study found. Now you just have to convince the boss. Burns 25
11. You know squat! At your desk chair, pretend you're going to sit but don't -- stop and come back up without using your arms. Always start squats by lowering your hips, not bending knees forward, and keeping your weight on your heels. Repeat the motion throughout the day (even at the potty!) for 15 to 20 total. Strengthens quadriceps. Burns 15
12. Switch your soda Your body doesn't register calories from liquids the same way it does those from foods, so you won't get those "stop eating" signals to help you compensate for the overload later on. Change from two glasses of regular soda or fruit juice to diet soda or a flavored seltzer. Saves 300
Monday, August 23, 2010
Weight Loss Secrets (Herbal)
By following this natural fitness advice, you will greatly enhance your fast weight loss diet and herbal supplements routine
Why go herbal?
We end up spending large amounts of time and money running after weight loss programs that do more harm than good. Overanxious to burn the extra pounds, many times we don’t get the expected results and, in the process, suffer a lot, restraining our desires, and making our systems vulnerable to the side effects of weight loss medicines.
Compared to torturous, strict diet programs and arduous exercises, herbal methods of weight loss are cheaper and are free of side effects, to a great extent. Of course, high doses can cause complications, but herbal ways of losing weight are far safer than the use of chemically manipulated medication. When going the herbal route, one can expect to lose anywhere between five to ten pounds of weight in the very first month, if it’s part of a disciplined lifestyle that includes exercise.
Drinking More Water Help To Weight Loss
You can lose a lot of lbs by drinking more water, staying away from refined salt, and using unrefined sea salt instead.All of the herbal supplements work much better if you drink a lot of water. Drink in ounces of water per day 1/2 your body's lbs, and add 1/4 tsp of unrefined sea salt to your low/no salt foods and in cooking, for every quart of water you drink.
Dietary Supplements For Quick Weight Loss
Lecithin emulsifies fat so it can be quickly removed from the body. 1 tbsp 3x/day before or with meals.
EFA Omega 3,6,9 Oil is the best all natural cold pressed oil complex available. It contains unrefined; olive oil, flaxseed oil, borage oil, and sesame seed oil. 1-2 tspn/day.
Borage Oil - 1-2 grams/perday
Apple Cider Vinegar is a dietary supplement that promotes fast natural weight loss. It cleans out toxins all over, it helps; arthritis, many other conditions, and neutralizes your ph level. 1 tbsp in water 1-2/xday.
Digestive Enzyme Blend - The best is all natural, vegetable based and in vcaps. It will promote rapid losing of lbs with the herbal diet plan.
Buy mostly vcaps. Try to stay away from tablets and capsules that have the additives dcp and mag stearate.
Why go herbal?
We end up spending large amounts of time and money running after weight loss programs that do more harm than good. Overanxious to burn the extra pounds, many times we don’t get the expected results and, in the process, suffer a lot, restraining our desires, and making our systems vulnerable to the side effects of weight loss medicines.
Compared to torturous, strict diet programs and arduous exercises, herbal methods of weight loss are cheaper and are free of side effects, to a great extent. Of course, high doses can cause complications, but herbal ways of losing weight are far safer than the use of chemically manipulated medication. When going the herbal route, one can expect to lose anywhere between five to ten pounds of weight in the very first month, if it’s part of a disciplined lifestyle that includes exercise.
Drinking More Water Help To Weight Loss
You can lose a lot of lbs by drinking more water, staying away from refined salt, and using unrefined sea salt instead.All of the herbal supplements work much better if you drink a lot of water. Drink in ounces of water per day 1/2 your body's lbs, and add 1/4 tsp of unrefined sea salt to your low/no salt foods and in cooking, for every quart of water you drink.
Dietary Supplements For Quick Weight Loss
Lecithin emulsifies fat so it can be quickly removed from the body. 1 tbsp 3x/day before or with meals.
EFA Omega 3,6,9 Oil is the best all natural cold pressed oil complex available. It contains unrefined; olive oil, flaxseed oil, borage oil, and sesame seed oil. 1-2 tspn/day.
Borage Oil - 1-2 grams/perday
Apple Cider Vinegar is a dietary supplement that promotes fast natural weight loss. It cleans out toxins all over, it helps; arthritis, many other conditions, and neutralizes your ph level. 1 tbsp in water 1-2/xday.
Digestive Enzyme Blend - The best is all natural, vegetable based and in vcaps. It will promote rapid losing of lbs with the herbal diet plan.
Buy mostly vcaps. Try to stay away from tablets and capsules that have the additives dcp and mag stearate.
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