Monday, 16 July 2012
In Better Shape: How To Find The Best Diet For You?
In Better Shape: How To Find The Best Diet For You?: With all the different kinds of diets out there promising to be the better than the last, finding the best diet to suit you seems like an o...
How To Find The Best Diet For You?
With all the different kinds of diets out there promising to be the better
than the last, finding the best diet to suit you seems like an overwhelming
task.
For instance, some diets will say you should eat more protein or carbs, while another equally well renowned diet will suggest that you should eat less of them. With all the seemingly contradicting information, how do you know which is the best diet to follow?
There are lots of fad diets out there these days promising quick success.
These diets that promise instant results are usually unsustainable.
Often the severely restrict your food intake, prohibit your favourite foods, require you to make lots of time consuming meals, and will have you marching around in the supermarkets trying to find bizarre ingredients.
That’s the problem with many faddy diet programs. While they promise you quick results, they are very difficult to stick to as they do not match your own lifestyle.
It has been said on countless occasions that the best diet plan a person can follow is one that they know they can stick to. If you follow a diet plan that doesn’t agree with you, it makes the whole process of trying to eat healthily a big stress.
The result? You feel bored, stressed and miserable. And then we know what happens, you resort back to your old unhealthy eating patterns.
It is much better to avoid miracle diets and stick to one that you know you
can stick to for a long time. Beware of diets that promise instant results and
seek a more long-lasting diet plan that promises sustainability.
A good healthy option is The Lunch Box Diet which is regarded as one of the best and most sustainable diets around.
Imagine how much easier it would be to be healthy and lose weight if you follow a diet plan that is perfect for your personality and lifestyle, doesn’t have a strict set of rules and allows you to eat your favourite foods every now and then.
Here are some of the key characteristics shared by the best diet plans:
So when looking at diet plans, evaluate them to see how closely they match-up with the factors outlined above. If they do, there’s a much higher chance that you’re going to be able to stick to the diet plan for a long time to come.
If the diet plan contains all these elements, you may be on to a winner. There is then a few more things to take into account before you decide whether or not the diet you are looking into seems like the best diet plan you you:
You now are aware of the things you should look for in a diet plan, and what things in your own life you should consider before settling on a new dieting routine.
If you are adapting a new diet specifically to lose weight, the main consideration when choosing a new plan is to adapt an eating routine that will help to reduce your calorie intake.
If trying to lose weight, it can be very helpful to see a nutritionist who will be able to help you find out how many calories you consume daily.
This process will usually require you to record everything you eat and drink for a week or two. Even if you are not adapting the new diet purely for weight loss purposes, doing this can be very insightful as it will show what negative aspects of your diet you could work on gradually changing.
One final thing to say is that you’ll never find the best diet plan for you without experimentation. It could takes several months to finally settle on a diet plan that is ideal for you.
Test out different routines if you need to. Usually your body experience new effects every time you start a new diet, so it may take time to get accustomed a new eating pattern.
Keep at it and continue experimenting. With enough persistence, you’ll have no problem discovering the best diet plan that you will be able to stick to for a long time to come.
All the best
Daryl
For instance, some diets will say you should eat more protein or carbs, while another equally well renowned diet will suggest that you should eat less of them. With all the seemingly contradicting information, how do you know which is the best diet to follow?
Often the severely restrict your food intake, prohibit your favourite foods, require you to make lots of time consuming meals, and will have you marching around in the supermarkets trying to find bizarre ingredients.
That’s the problem with many faddy diet programs. While they promise you quick results, they are very difficult to stick to as they do not match your own lifestyle.
It has been said on countless occasions that the best diet plan a person can follow is one that they know they can stick to. If you follow a diet plan that doesn’t agree with you, it makes the whole process of trying to eat healthily a big stress.
The result? You feel bored, stressed and miserable. And then we know what happens, you resort back to your old unhealthy eating patterns.
A good healthy option is The Lunch Box Diet which is regarded as one of the best and most sustainable diets around.
Imagine how much easier it would be to be healthy and lose weight if you follow a diet plan that is perfect for your personality and lifestyle, doesn’t have a strict set of rules and allows you to eat your favourite foods every now and then.
Here are some of the key characteristics shared by the best diet plans:
- Focus on taking in a variety of different nutrients
- Allow you to eat snacks between your meals
- Have a scientific basis
- Advise you to drink lots of water
- Advise you to introduce changes gradually
- Are sustainable and promote long term weight loss
So when looking at diet plans, evaluate them to see how closely they match-up with the factors outlined above. If they do, there’s a much higher chance that you’re going to be able to stick to the diet plan for a long time to come.
If the diet plan contains all these elements, you may be on to a winner. There is then a few more things to take into account before you decide whether or not the diet you are looking into seems like the best diet plan you you:
- Your Eating StyleIf a diet doesn’t fit well with you style of eating, then it probably won’t work for you. The best diets plans for you will be able to fit in with your eating routine, the way you like to cook food, and your eating-out and travelling patterns. Ask yourself if you would be able to stick to the timing and amount of meals that the plan advises.
- Your Favourite FoodsA diet that bans you from ever eating your favourite foods could make life very boring for you. Many plans include a huge list of forbidden foods. Most people find that the best diets for them allow them to treat themselves every now and then and don’t tell them to lay off their favourite foods all together.
- Your Exercise PatternsExercise is approached differently in dieting programs. Some encourage you to exercise X amount of times a week, while some simply ask you to take frequent walks or gentle jogs. Your best diet plan will involve exercise practices that seem very doable to you, or at least allow to progress slowly to more rigorous exercising.
- Your Habits
A diet plan that can help you eradicate bad habits can be very effective. If you have unhealthy habits like drinking too much coffee or wine, or lounging of the sofa for hours, look for a diet that may address the issues and advise you how to break these patterns.
- Money
Yes dieting can sometimes cost your money. Some plans will have you buying and cooking specific quantities of food every week. Something to consider if you have a strict budget.
You now are aware of the things you should look for in a diet plan, and what things in your own life you should consider before settling on a new dieting routine.
If you are adapting a new diet specifically to lose weight, the main consideration when choosing a new plan is to adapt an eating routine that will help to reduce your calorie intake.
If trying to lose weight, it can be very helpful to see a nutritionist who will be able to help you find out how many calories you consume daily.
This process will usually require you to record everything you eat and drink for a week or two. Even if you are not adapting the new diet purely for weight loss purposes, doing this can be very insightful as it will show what negative aspects of your diet you could work on gradually changing.
One final thing to say is that you’ll never find the best diet plan for you without experimentation. It could takes several months to finally settle on a diet plan that is ideal for you.
Test out different routines if you need to. Usually your body experience new effects every time you start a new diet, so it may take time to get accustomed a new eating pattern.
Keep at it and continue experimenting. With enough persistence, you’ll have no problem discovering the best diet plan that you will be able to stick to for a long time to come.
All the best
Daryl
Monday, 9 July 2012
How To Combat Stress Through Healthy Eating
Stress can be one of your biggest challenges if you are trying to lose
weight. Unfortunately, stress is virtually unavoidable in this day and age. When
you’re feeling stressed out, the effort involved in sticking to a responsible
eating plan can feel like something of a nuisance.
The big problem is that if stress leads to unhealthy eating, then the unhealthy eating will lead to more stress. And in reverse, healthy eating will result in a reduction of stress. I know it seems hard at times, but the times you when you feel most stressed are the times when eating healthily is most important.
Often, pressures in the workplace can lead to unhealthy eating.
Sometimes it’s just a lot easier to pop into the nearest fast food restaurant when you don’t have much time to eat. The harsh truth though is that this is simply being irresponsible if you are trying to lose weight.
There are plenty of healthy foods that you can buy that can be prepared quickly. A sandwich shop can easily whip you up a healthy sandwich with wholemeal bread and a piece of fruit just as quickly as McDonalds can crank out a greasy cheeseburger. Alternatively, make a healthy lunch at home and take it to work with you.
Now I understand that fast food can be very addictive and tasty, but they do a lot of harm to your body, and can even weaken your immune system.
Not to mention they will make you fat. Eating greasy and fatty foods will not help your concentration levels at all, so if you want to perform well at work, you should eat something better.
Remember this, the more stressed you are, the more healthy you need to eat. Be sure to start your day off well with a nutritional breakfast. A simple bowl of cereal and a glass of fruit juice can be prepared in seconds if you don’t have much time.
There’s so many healthy options available for lunch meals that you really have no excuse to go to McDonalds. A healthy lunch could consist of rice noodles or pastas with fresh boiled vegetables. Sandwiches with granary bread filled with egg white, meat or vegetables are another easy lunch to make.
Try to go easy on adding butter and cheese to your sandwiches, as you want to keep your calories under control. In addition, a piece of fruit or two is a great snack to eat along side it.
So remember, when you are stressed you have two cycles to chose from:
Stress > Unhealthy Eating > More stress > Health problems
or…
Stress > Healthy Eating > Reduced Stress Levels > Stronger Immune system
Which would you prefer? The Lunch Box Diet is a great option as a healthy diet plan because as well as helping you lose weight, it is also a great stress busting diet due to all of its health properties. Click here to find out more.
All the best
Daryl
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Monday, 2 July 2012
6 Reasons Why Exercise Programs Fail
By Karen Sessions NSCA-CPT
MsFit
MsFit
You are all psyched about your new fitness program to build, or
at least maintain muscle, and shed body fat. Everything is written out to the
letter of what you must do to accomplish your goals. All the numbers add up to
ensure success and now the trick is to follow it.
As time passes, don't let other things become more important.
Don't put your fitness endeavors on the back burner and only exercise when time
permits. Do something everyday that supports your fitness lifestyle and avoid
the pitfalls.
Reason #1 - Failure to set goals – Setting
goals is one of the most important aspects in anything you attempt. What do you
want to accomplish and in what time frame? If you don't have concrete goals, you
don't have a plan.
You should set short-term goals, (daily and/or weekly) as well as long-term goals (monthly and/or yearly). Goals give you vision and depth. They allow you to work toward something, rather than floating around aimlessly with nothing to shoot for.
You should set short-term goals, (daily and/or weekly) as well as long-term goals (monthly and/or yearly). Goals give you vision and depth. They allow you to work toward something, rather than floating around aimlessly with nothing to shoot for.
Reason #2 - Jumping in with both feet –
Jumping into a fitness program with both feet is very common. Many times people
get all ho hum with their goals and exercise program and have a do-or-die
attitude. Granted, it's a good attitude to have, but it can also be a legacy.
Begin your program slowly by taking small successful steps each day, week, and month rather than just diving into the program and hitting rock bottom suddenly. You must have elbow room to ensure success. The body does respond to small amounts of exercise and those who begin by doing too much too quickly end up on the sidelines due to burnout.
Begin your program slowly by taking small successful steps each day, week, and month rather than just diving into the program and hitting rock bottom suddenly. You must have elbow room to ensure success. The body does respond to small amounts of exercise and those who begin by doing too much too quickly end up on the sidelines due to burnout.
Reason #3 - Carrying all your eggs in one basket – All too often, many people begin their fitness endeavors by cutting calories, adding endless hours of cardio, and popping weight loss supplements left and right. Your body adapts very quickly and if you use all your resources at one time, you won't have anything to fall back on when you hit a stalling point.
Begin lowering calories slowly and adding cardio slowly. Keep harmony and balance. After a few weeks you can incorporate the supplement of your choice to help give the body a boost.
Reason #4 - Not knowing where to begin – Not
knowing where to begin is not uncommon. Many people don't have a starting point
or know how to create one. Establishing a starting point is crucial and can be a
significant factor in your success.
A quality starting point should include your current body status (weight and body fat percentage). This will allow you to determine your caloric base and macro nutrient intake. In addition to your stats, you need to make a fitness plan to include resistance training and cardio to build lean muscle and decrease body fat.
A quality starting point should include your current body status (weight and body fat percentage). This will allow you to determine your caloric base and macro nutrient intake. In addition to your stats, you need to make a fitness plan to include resistance training and cardio to build lean muscle and decrease body fat.
Reason #5 - Not following the fitness plan –
Many create wonderful fitness programs, yet fail to follow it properly. This can
be anything from not doing it at all or simply doing too much. Most of the time
my focus is on those not following it, but in this case I want to tap on those
who do follow it, but in excess.
If you create a plan of weight training four days a week for 45 to 60 minutes and cardio for four days a week for 30 minutes for the first week and cardio 40 minutes the second week, then do that. Don't overstate your cardio before it's time. More is not better. It's how you implement it.
If you create a plan of weight training four days a week for 45 to 60 minutes and cardio for four days a week for 30 minutes for the first week and cardio 40 minutes the second week, then do that. Don't overstate your cardio before it's time. More is not better. It's how you implement it.
Reason #6 - Improper nutrition – You can exercise until you are blue in the face and you won't see desired results until your nutrition is in order. Many venturing onto a fitness program choose poor quality food rather than whole food that nourishes the body.
For continual success in your fitness endeavors, set short and
long-term goals, pace yourself, create a fitness program and follow it as
prescribed. Staying consistent on your program will ensure success.
Fitfully Yours,
Karen Sessions
MsFit
Karen Sessions
MsFit
P.S. For ADVANCED weight loss or fitness information, please
check out How to Lose Weight; FOREVER!
Thanks for that Karen.
All the best
Daryl
Friday, 22 June 2012
How to Avoid A Yo-Yo Diet In Simple To Follow Steps
There are certain characteristics that differentiate healthy diets and
unhealthy diets. The less effective diets are the usually the ones that promise
rapid weight loss and only last for a month or so.
The healthier diet programs give more of a focus on losing weight over a longer period. These diet plans are tailored for the individual so are easier to stick to for a long time.
Something that is common with people looking for a weight loss solution is that they don’t have the right knowledge about what healthy eating really consists of. Many people are attracted to fad diets that promise them fast results.
These diets are usually temporary solutions. Many people have good success with such diets, but being as they don’t know what a healthy diet really consists of, they return to their old eating patterns soon after and start piling all that weight back on.
There is nothing wrong with trying out a fad diet, and they may well work. The problem is that many people don’t have a plan B for when the diet finishes. There’s no real use in eating healthily for 30 days and then returning to your usual unhealthy diet.
These diets are sometimes referred to as ‘yo-yo’ diets. Sometimes the dieter will regain twice as much weight as they lost after returning to their old eating habits. This is because of the effects that these eating changes have on their metabolism.
Here are some of the characteristics that fad diets often possess. If you spot things like this then you know that they are most likely not a diet with sustainable long term benefits:
As you may have noticed after reading the above, fad diets are unbalanced and focus on miraculous and rapid changes. Truly healthy diet plans a like a reality check. The best way to be healthy and lose weight is to eat well consistently in the longer term.
There are many healthy diet programs out there that promote long term health in order to lose weight. While they don’t promise success in just a few weeks, they give the groundwork for eating healthily in the long term. Stick to a sustainable plan like this and you body will naturally form its optimum weight over time.
Because a true healthy diet is stuck to for the long term, there is no danger of sudden weight gain as the diet does not end. So the way to spot a healthy diet among all the unhealthy diets out there is to focus more on long term health, rather than overnight weight loss.
In addition, a healthy diet plan focuses on proper eating practices. This includes the frequency and size of meals, which is an important factor which many dieters overlook.
Here are the common features of a healthy diet plan:
Ensure You Consume Enough Calories
Many fad diets can contain a drastically low amount of calories. Starving your body of calories is not the best way to lose weight – you need to reduce calories gradually.
A healthy plan will be tailored the your current calorie intake. Seeing a nutritionist can be helpful to calculate your average weekly calorie intake. A major decrease in your average intake will not serve you well if trying to lose weight properly.
Allowing Snacking Between Meals
Contains a Wide Selection of Foods
You shouldn’t be confined to eating just one kind of food. A healthy diet plan will contain a good mixture of vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans and lean meat.
Sustainable & Flexible
A healthy diet is designed to last for a long time. This is why the best diet plans can be tailored to your own eating habits and your lifestyle.
An effective eating plan will include all your favourite foods to some extent – as long as you don’t overindulge. This makes the diet more effective as you will have more will-power to stick to it.
When you search for a healthy diet plan, evaluate the plans you see and try to identify the above elements. Doing this can help you separate the genuinely healthy diet plans for the fads.
Look for a sustainable diet plan that you know you will be able to stick to for a long time. Find a suitable plan and it will make achieving your health goals a lot easier. The Lunch Box Diet by Simon Lovell reached acclaim because it’s one of the few diets that causes yo-yo dieting as it’s more of a healthy lifestyle plan. Voted ‘the best diet’ by Elle Magazine they said it became ‘a way of life’ – very few diets offer that kind of benefit. Click here to find out more…
All the best for now
Daryl
The healthier diet programs give more of a focus on losing weight over a longer period. These diet plans are tailored for the individual so are easier to stick to for a long time.
Something that is common with people looking for a weight loss solution is that they don’t have the right knowledge about what healthy eating really consists of. Many people are attracted to fad diets that promise them fast results.
These diets are usually temporary solutions. Many people have good success with such diets, but being as they don’t know what a healthy diet really consists of, they return to their old eating patterns soon after and start piling all that weight back on.
There is nothing wrong with trying out a fad diet, and they may well work. The problem is that many people don’t have a plan B for when the diet finishes. There’s no real use in eating healthily for 30 days and then returning to your usual unhealthy diet.
These diets are sometimes referred to as ‘yo-yo’ diets. Sometimes the dieter will regain twice as much weight as they lost after returning to their old eating habits. This is because of the effects that these eating changes have on their metabolism.
Here are some of the characteristics that fad diets often possess. If you spot things like this then you know that they are most likely not a diet with sustainable long term benefits:
- They focus on just one or two nutrientsThere are several dieting plans around that focus on drastically reducing carbohydrates. These once popular diets have begun fading away, which hopefully reflects the new awareness people are gaining regarding long term healthy eating practices. For long term health benefits, your body needs a good variety of nutrients, including carbohydrates and fats. Balance is the key.
- They promise fast weight loss resultsWhile they may make you lose weight quickly, they are just temporary diets. This means that when the diet is over there’s a good chance you’ll pile that weight back on. You could even put on more weight than you lost.
- They focus on magic foodsA big trend with diets these days is claiming that a certain food like lemon, grapefruit, cinnamon, celery etc. will burn fat fast. While certain can foods can have a positive effect on the metabolism, they should not be considered the solution to long term weight loss.
- They come in supplement formThere’s all sorts of magic diet pills and supplements doing the rounds. Remember, they are called a ‘supplement’ for a reason. They are intended to supplement an overall healthy eating plan. There’s nothing wrong with taking supplements, but they should not be solely relied on in order to lose weight.
- There is no exercise involvedYes some fad diets even claim that no exercise is required and that the special diet alone will make you lose weight. Exercise is a vital practice regardless of your diet. If a dieting product attempts to sell you on the fact you don’t need to exercise, stay well away.
As you may have noticed after reading the above, fad diets are unbalanced and focus on miraculous and rapid changes. Truly healthy diet plans a like a reality check. The best way to be healthy and lose weight is to eat well consistently in the longer term.
There are many healthy diet programs out there that promote long term health in order to lose weight. While they don’t promise success in just a few weeks, they give the groundwork for eating healthily in the long term. Stick to a sustainable plan like this and you body will naturally form its optimum weight over time.
Because a true healthy diet is stuck to for the long term, there is no danger of sudden weight gain as the diet does not end. So the way to spot a healthy diet among all the unhealthy diets out there is to focus more on long term health, rather than overnight weight loss.
In addition, a healthy diet plan focuses on proper eating practices. This includes the frequency and size of meals, which is an important factor which many dieters overlook.
Here are the common features of a healthy diet plan:
Ensure You Consume Enough Calories
Many fad diets can contain a drastically low amount of calories. Starving your body of calories is not the best way to lose weight – you need to reduce calories gradually.
A healthy plan will be tailored the your current calorie intake. Seeing a nutritionist can be helpful to calculate your average weekly calorie intake. A major decrease in your average intake will not serve you well if trying to lose weight properly.
Allowing Snacking Between Meals
Rather than just eating your 3 main meals a day, it is better to have a
slightly smaller breakfast, lunch and dinner, and then eat some small healthy
snacks in between. This increases metabolism and fills your body with energy. It
also settles your appetite and prevents overeating.
Contains a Wide Selection of Foods
You shouldn’t be confined to eating just one kind of food. A healthy diet plan will contain a good mixture of vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans and lean meat.
Sustainable & Flexible
A healthy diet is designed to last for a long time. This is why the best diet plans can be tailored to your own eating habits and your lifestyle.
An effective eating plan will include all your favourite foods to some extent – as long as you don’t overindulge. This makes the diet more effective as you will have more will-power to stick to it.
When you search for a healthy diet plan, evaluate the plans you see and try to identify the above elements. Doing this can help you separate the genuinely healthy diet plans for the fads.
Look for a sustainable diet plan that you know you will be able to stick to for a long time. Find a suitable plan and it will make achieving your health goals a lot easier. The Lunch Box Diet by Simon Lovell reached acclaim because it’s one of the few diets that causes yo-yo dieting as it’s more of a healthy lifestyle plan. Voted ‘the best diet’ by Elle Magazine they said it became ‘a way of life’ – very few diets offer that kind of benefit. Click here to find out more…
All the best for now
Daryl
Monday, 18 June 2012
10 Tips For Losing Weight Fast
Getting rid of those extra kilograms around your waist can be a grueling task
but if you follow these 10 Tips for
losing weight fast, you should be well on your way to being slender and
healthy.
There is a ton of information out there on the internet about what you should and what you shouldn’t do when it comes to weight loss but the problem is that some of it is simply to generic or isn’t really useful.
This is why I have tried to come up with a great list of tips for losing weight fast so that all the information you get from it is both useful and ready to be applied, with immediate results.
So, without further ado, I give you my personal list of 10 Tips for Losing Weight Fast and healthy.
1. Take the time to experiment with food
Everyone knows that eating healthy is the first prerequisite for a diet with enduring results. It is the only way that you will lose weight and kept the extra pounds off. This is why, you should try a lot of different healthy foods so that you will never get bored of your menu and start eating foods that will add to your waistline.
2. Have Smaller Meals
This is something that you will see mentioned in many diets and for good reasons. If you eat smaller meals you won’t put any strain on your stomach and you will also get used to eating less every time you sit down at the table. This is a sure fire way to cut down on your portions on the long run.
3. Drink Lots of Water
This is mandatory not only for losing weight but for living an overall healthy life. Water is the fuel that drives your metabolism so get a lot of it to make sure that you keep burning as many calories as possible throughout the day.
4. Avoid Alcohol
In case you didn’t know it, Alcohol comes with a significant sugar concentration so if you want to lose weight fast, remove it from the menu completely. If you are in a social situation where you absolutely must raise a glass, go for red wine because it gives you a nice metabolism boost and increases your blood flow.
5. Don’t eat after 6 pm
This is another golden rule in the Tips for losing weight fast book. The idea behind it is to avoid eating during the period of the day when your physical activity will be reduced significantly and you won’t burn as many calories.
6. Stay away from Junk Foods and Processed Foods
This should really go without saying but there are many people out there that manage to convince themselves that it’s ok to eat that McDonald’s Salad and completely forget about the fat-laden dressing that it comes with.
7. Run
Out of all the tips for losing weight fast, this is the simplest and most effective I can give you. Just go outside and run because there is no way you will get rid of the extra pounds fast, without any physical exercise.
8. Eat Raw Food
Include vegetables and fruits to your menu but don’t add them, use them to replace other cooked foods.
9. Don’t eat before you sleep
Try to always be active after a meal because it is the only way you will lose weight fast.
10. Never leave the table feeling full
If you want to shed off pounds fast, always leave the table feeling a little bit hungry.
There you have it; these are my 10 Tips for Losing Weight Fast. Follow all of them and you should see results sooner than you expect
All the best for now
Daryl
There is a ton of information out there on the internet about what you should and what you shouldn’t do when it comes to weight loss but the problem is that some of it is simply to generic or isn’t really useful.
This is why I have tried to come up with a great list of tips for losing weight fast so that all the information you get from it is both useful and ready to be applied, with immediate results.
So, without further ado, I give you my personal list of 10 Tips for Losing Weight Fast and healthy.
1. Take the time to experiment with food
Everyone knows that eating healthy is the first prerequisite for a diet with enduring results. It is the only way that you will lose weight and kept the extra pounds off. This is why, you should try a lot of different healthy foods so that you will never get bored of your menu and start eating foods that will add to your waistline.
2. Have Smaller Meals
This is something that you will see mentioned in many diets and for good reasons. If you eat smaller meals you won’t put any strain on your stomach and you will also get used to eating less every time you sit down at the table. This is a sure fire way to cut down on your portions on the long run.
3. Drink Lots of Water
This is mandatory not only for losing weight but for living an overall healthy life. Water is the fuel that drives your metabolism so get a lot of it to make sure that you keep burning as many calories as possible throughout the day.
4. Avoid Alcohol
In case you didn’t know it, Alcohol comes with a significant sugar concentration so if you want to lose weight fast, remove it from the menu completely. If you are in a social situation where you absolutely must raise a glass, go for red wine because it gives you a nice metabolism boost and increases your blood flow.
5. Don’t eat after 6 pm
This is another golden rule in the Tips for losing weight fast book. The idea behind it is to avoid eating during the period of the day when your physical activity will be reduced significantly and you won’t burn as many calories.
6. Stay away from Junk Foods and Processed Foods
This should really go without saying but there are many people out there that manage to convince themselves that it’s ok to eat that McDonald’s Salad and completely forget about the fat-laden dressing that it comes with.
7. Run
Out of all the tips for losing weight fast, this is the simplest and most effective I can give you. Just go outside and run because there is no way you will get rid of the extra pounds fast, without any physical exercise.
8. Eat Raw Food
Include vegetables and fruits to your menu but don’t add them, use them to replace other cooked foods.
9. Don’t eat before you sleep
Try to always be active after a meal because it is the only way you will lose weight fast.
10. Never leave the table feeling full
If you want to shed off pounds fast, always leave the table feeling a little bit hungry.
There you have it; these are my 10 Tips for Losing Weight Fast. Follow all of them and you should see results sooner than you expect
All the best for now
Daryl
Sunday, 10 June 2012
Fat Genes or Phat Jeans
Fat Genes or Phat Jeans
You've been genetically
programmed to bear extra weight
By Karen Sessions NSCA-CPT
MsFit
MsFit
Thorough studies and extensive research have determined that
you may be overweight or obese due to heredity. Everyone from doctors to
dietitians proclaim that you gain weight and/or get fat due to genetics.
Even though your parents, grandparents, and even great grandparents were healthy and at an ideal weight, you can inherit this "genetic fat gene". *enter sarcasm here* They reason, "it's not your fault", to make you feel better.
Even though your parents, grandparents, and even great grandparents were healthy and at an ideal weight, you can inherit this "genetic fat gene". *enter sarcasm here* They reason, "it's not your fault", to make you feel better.
How does that strike you? This should down right anger you that
they are spending millions of dollars to "prove" that you are genetically
predisposed to be heavy with the inability to lose weight.
You've literally been brainwashed by leading officials in the "health care industry" that you gain weight due to a genetic disposition. On top of that, they want to create a drug to combat this "genetic fat gene".
This is along the same lines as, "if heart disease run in your family, there's a great chance you'll get it too". I'm sorry, but that's a load of crap. Families inherit eating traditions and unhealthy lifestyle habits.
If you follow an unhealthy eating pattern, you will suffer the same risk factors and consequences as your parents and grandparents. If you change your eating, you can change your health and well-being.
You've literally been brainwashed by leading officials in the "health care industry" that you gain weight due to a genetic disposition. On top of that, they want to create a drug to combat this "genetic fat gene".
This is along the same lines as, "if heart disease run in your family, there's a great chance you'll get it too". I'm sorry, but that's a load of crap. Families inherit eating traditions and unhealthy lifestyle habits.
If you follow an unhealthy eating pattern, you will suffer the same risk factors and consequences as your parents and grandparents. If you change your eating, you can change your health and well-being.
When the "health care industry" tells you that you have a
"genetic fat gene", you will be more likely to tolerate weight issues and accept
prescribed drugs to "balanced" the condition for the rest of your life. What a
brilliant marketing plan. They take themselves and you out of the equation, and
blame weight issues on something beyond your control.
My primary question is, if obesity began to increase at an
alarming rate in the last 25 years, where was that fat gene then? Why did it all
of a sudden become an issue? Is the fat gene contagious? Is there a fat gene
epidemic?
When the pharmaceutical industry funds certain "studies" and
"researches", drawing out conclusions that are beyond one's control without the
aid of drugs, something is wrong.
There is a lack of true science involved in most researching, simply because they are focused on the result they want. By manipulating time, subjects, amounts, etc., ANY study can be created with any result they want.
There is a lack of true science involved in most researching, simply because they are focused on the result they want. By manipulating time, subjects, amounts, etc., ANY study can be created with any result they want.
Breaking the Silence
Granted, heredity can play a great role in weight issues, but
it does not determine whether you will be skinny or fat. These factors can be
broken down into body types and body shapes. What I can say is your diet and
exercise can be based on these two factors to create the type of body you
desire.
Some causes of weight gain can be contributed to overeating,
carbohydrate abuse (past or present), eating too much processed food, lack of
exercise, etc.
As you can see, these are learned or acquired behaviors. You don't pop out of the womb with these traits.
As you can see, these are learned or acquired behaviors. You don't pop out of the womb with these traits.
There is another side to the equation, such as medical issues,
including metabolic challenges due to hypothyroidism, sluggish liver, improperly
functioning pancreas, sluggish digestive track, medications, and so on. I will
tap on a few of these later.
How to Battle the Bulge
Dietitians, physicians and other "experts" declare that to lose
weight you must eat fewer calories and exercise more. Burn more calories than
you eat. Of course, that sounds logical.
Another panel of "experts" suggests that to lose weight you
have to reduce the amount of fat you eat, because we all know that fat makes you
fat, right? This too sounds logical.
So there you have it. In order to lose weight you have to lower
calories and fat, and exercise more. Now, if we lower calories and fat, we are
left with eating only carbohydrates and protein.
Pardon my sarcasm, but isn't the latest trend in the weight loss and fitness industry, that carbs make you fat?
Pardon my sarcasm, but isn't the latest trend in the weight loss and fitness industry, that carbs make you fat?
Therefore, we are left with cutting calories, fat, and carbs,
and doing a lot of exercise. That must be the secret to weight loss. I'm sure
many of you have tried this method only to lose muscle and energy and ended up a
smaller version of your previous fat self. Right?
After a quick scan of our top "expert's advice", we realize
that they are all wrong.
Statistics show that what we are being taught about weight loss
is not working. Rather than giving us true facts about how to master fat loss,
we are being told that it's in our genes. How absurd is that?
Look at all the success stories of people who were over weight and even obese that ate right and exercised and lost fat. What happened to their fat gene?
Look at all the success stories of people who were over weight and even obese that ate right and exercised and lost fat. What happened to their fat gene?
Revealing the Truth
No matter what, the truth is usually the hardest thing to face.
So, what's the truth about fat loss? Technically, it's your body's chemistry.
Your body chemistry determines how your body responds to food. The benefit to this is that you can alter your body chemistry and make it work in your favor. The detriment is that you can also alter your body chemistry and make it worse, causing weight gain.
Your body chemistry determines how your body responds to food. The benefit to this is that you can alter your body chemistry and make it work in your favor. The detriment is that you can also alter your body chemistry and make it worse, causing weight gain.
This is where it's important to know how to play the weight
loss game. The secret is in understanding how your body responds to certain
macronutrients (protein, fat, and carbs) and using that information to
manipulate the body into burning fat.
Undisclosed Facts
There are many factors affecting one's weight loss, and many of
these issues have not even surfaced through the media or magazines.
Specifically engineered diet foods and other processed foods are one of the leading causes you may be overweight or have a difficult time losing weight, not a genetic fat gene. The majority of the population is consuming chemically altered substances called, food.
These man-made food imitations are loaded with various toxins, such as sugar, artificial sweetners, MSG, and many other chemicals that prevent the body from breaking them down to use or dispose of. These toxins literally clog your body's systems, alter your body's pH, and virtually pollute your body to the point where it can't lose fat or retain muscle.
To make a bad story worse, these chemicals (additives) causes illness and diseases.
Specifically engineered diet foods and other processed foods are one of the leading causes you may be overweight or have a difficult time losing weight, not a genetic fat gene. The majority of the population is consuming chemically altered substances called, food.
These man-made food imitations are loaded with various toxins, such as sugar, artificial sweetners, MSG, and many other chemicals that prevent the body from breaking them down to use or dispose of. These toxins literally clog your body's systems, alter your body's pH, and virtually pollute your body to the point where it can't lose fat or retain muscle.
To make a bad story worse, these chemicals (additives) causes illness and diseases.
Today, people are eating diet foods by the truck loads for that
extra weight loss advantage. These foods are labeled, "fat-free", "low-calorie",
"cholesterol-free", "sugar-free", "“low-carb", "carb-free", etc. Why aren't
people losing weight on this stuff?
It is marketed to those interested in losing weight. These diet food products to lose weight and be healthy that couldn't even be manufactured 50 years ago.
The dirty little secret about these wonderful diet foods is that the food industry is putting ingredients in food products to make you hungry and make you addicted. Now, it's not just diet foods only.
Anything processed contains chemicals to work against the body and cause adverse reactions.
It is marketed to those interested in losing weight. These diet food products to lose weight and be healthy that couldn't even be manufactured 50 years ago.
The dirty little secret about these wonderful diet foods is that the food industry is putting ingredients in food products to make you hungry and make you addicted. Now, it's not just diet foods only.
Anything processed contains chemicals to work against the body and cause adverse reactions.
Envision this. You are composed of 73 trillion cells that are
engineered to be healthy. Cells perform all the fundamental functions of life.
These cells carry out daily tasks to keep you healthy and alive.
A healthy and clean diet rich in natural foods produced by Mother Nature will equal healthy cells that function optimally. On the other hand, a polluted diet composed of processed and commercial diet foods including deli cuts, anything boxed or canned, fast food, and such will yield polluted cells that don't function as they were engineered to.
These cells carry out daily tasks to keep you healthy and alive.
A healthy and clean diet rich in natural foods produced by Mother Nature will equal healthy cells that function optimally. On the other hand, a polluted diet composed of processed and commercial diet foods including deli cuts, anything boxed or canned, fast food, and such will yield polluted cells that don't function as they were engineered to.
Simply stated, your body is designed to breakdown and digest
natural foods, those you can hunt, gather, fish, and pick. When you put a
foreign food in your body (processed), your cells don't have the ability to
break it down and digest it.
This foreign matter can't be used to rebuild the body's tissues, and these toxins just hang around in your body, clogging up your system and altering your pH. When your body can't rebuild itself with a toxic diet, it will turn on itself to feed its needs.
This literally means that your body will rob your bone and organs to get the enzymes it needs to survive.
This foreign matter can't be used to rebuild the body's tissues, and these toxins just hang around in your body, clogging up your system and altering your pH. When your body can't rebuild itself with a toxic diet, it will turn on itself to feed its needs.
This literally means that your body will rob your bone and organs to get the enzymes it needs to survive.
Therefore, when you develop osteoporosis at a young age, look
at your diet. Is your diet high in processed foods, which lack and rob calcium?
Are you eating enough natural vegetables that are calcium rich? Osteoporosis is
not genetic, it's acquired.
When you develop heart disease before the age of 40, take a good hard look at your diet. Your body doesn't care where it gets the enzymes, as long as it gets it.
If this means robbing Peter to pay Paul, it will do it! Before you go blaming your parents and grandparent's, take a look at your own eating habits first. It's not your fault. "Conventional-wisdom" has deceived you.
When you develop heart disease before the age of 40, take a good hard look at your diet. Your body doesn't care where it gets the enzymes, as long as it gets it.
If this means robbing Peter to pay Paul, it will do it! Before you go blaming your parents and grandparent's, take a look at your own eating habits first. It's not your fault. "Conventional-wisdom" has deceived you.
Failure to Inform
Why isn't this in the news? Why isn't our doctors' telling us
this? With the cost of insurance and doctor visits, you would think they would
enlighten us rather than telling us we have inherited a genetic fat gene.
Well, one reason your doctor doesn't tell you this is because
they are taught very little, virtually two clock hours of nutrition in medical
school.
Doctors are taught how to write prescriptions and do surgical procedures in medical school. If our bodies survive on food, which is comprised of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, then why do they dismiss the very essentials that we are built on and our bodies thrive on? They simply don't know.
Doctors are taught how to write prescriptions and do surgical procedures in medical school. If our bodies survive on food, which is comprised of vitamins, minerals, enzymes, then why do they dismiss the very essentials that we are built on and our bodies thrive on? They simply don't know.
The United States is number 37 on the World Health Index and in
the top 5 in technology. With all our technology, why are we so overweight, out
of shape, sick and diseased? Why is our health at stake? A new drug is not the
answer.
Obviously all their studies and research aren't doing much good. The public is being kept in the closet on fitness, nutrition, and health. The true scientific facts are being suppressed, at the cost of your waistline and health. Angry yet?
Obviously all their studies and research aren't doing much good. The public is being kept in the closet on fitness, nutrition, and health. The true scientific facts are being suppressed, at the cost of your waistline and health. Angry yet?
Metabolic Weight Loss Challenges
Earlier I mentioned certain conditions that could be hindering
your weight loss endeavors, such as a poor functioning liver or pancreas and
such. Not always, but generally your filtering and metabolic organs can become
toxic and prevent them from functioning optimally.
Usually people go straight to their doctor to get the latest drug or surgery, but before you do, give detoxifying a try. Often times our bodies run under par due to the amount of toxins we receive from processed foods, personal hygiene, and/or polluted air and water. Toxins need to be flushed out because they get trapped and stored in fat cells.
They can bloat you, alter your pH, prevent fat loss, and cause a whole host of illnesses and diseases. A simple detoxifying program can purge all the impurities out of your body and allow it to operate as it was intended to do.
Usually people go straight to their doctor to get the latest drug or surgery, but before you do, give detoxifying a try. Often times our bodies run under par due to the amount of toxins we receive from processed foods, personal hygiene, and/or polluted air and water. Toxins need to be flushed out because they get trapped and stored in fat cells.
They can bloat you, alter your pH, prevent fat loss, and cause a whole host of illnesses and diseases. A simple detoxifying program can purge all the impurities out of your body and allow it to operate as it was intended to do.
Bust out of Those Phat Genes
Now that you know that you are not genetically predisposed to
be overweight, you can look into eating more natural foods and detoxifying your
system to get your body to work with you, and not against you.
Fitfully Yours,
Karen Sessions NSCA-CPT
MsFit
Karen Sessions NSCA-CPT
MsFit
P.S. Discover how to take weight off naturally and safely...
and keep it off in How To Lose Weight; FOREVER!
Thanks for that Karen
All the best
Daryl
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