There are many ways to lose weight, be it a dieting process or regular workouts supported with weight loss supplements. The right way for your weight loss depends on two main factors: your mind set and the balanced diet.
Making up one's mind with positive energy on losing weight is essential to support the weight loss plans.
Some of the activities that lead to over weight are lack of balanced diet with needful nutrients, fewer activities with respect to eating habits, intake of more fatty and oily junk foods, no regular exercise and proper body health maintenance.
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Effective Weigh Loss Video
When I was fat, I used to think that I obeyed this basic rule: eating only when hungry. Actually, I was not. And if you are overweight then you are likely not either.
I used to eat tons of food and sometimes it seemed like I had been sitting in front of the computer and eating for a good two hours.
Could I still be hungry? Obviously my body did not need all that food.
The truth is that you can satisfy your hunger very quickly and then you should stop eating. Food does not taste as good when you are not hungry.
When you break through the period of hunger being over and are still eating, then why are you doing it? It's because you think you are hungry but you are not. You have a compulsion to keep on eating. To a healthy person this looks totally irrational - like the behavior of an addict.
How To Listen To Stop Eating Too Much
Alright, you know that you should stop eating when your hunger stops but you also know how confusing this can be - often you think you are hungry when you are not.
The sure way to make sure you only eat when your body needs food is to stop eating immediately the moment that you feel full. This happens after your hunger has already disappeared and is your body's way of telling you that it does not need any more food.
At this point, you've actually just started to accumulate (or maintain) fat but at least you have stopped there and then. In future, you can try to listen again and eventually you'll recognize exactly when your hunger stops and when you therefore need to stop eating too.
Good OR Bad Advice? - "Don't Eat After 8pm"
Good OR Bad Advice? - "Don't Eat After 8pm"
What do you think to this advice from some so-called weight loss experts:
"Don't eat anything after 8pm"?
You've probably heard this or something similar. The idea is that you should not eat too late because it will "become fat in your sleep".
I have seen this written on tons of web sites and in tons of magazines, always by health journalists who actually don't know anything
about weight loss. Beware of health journalists - they know absolutely nothing and are paid to write total garbage. That's right... read more
WHY ARE WE SO OVERWEIGHT?
I suppose the easiest answer is fast food, but the problem extends out to so much more. Yes, the prevalence of fast food restaurants certainly doesn't help. As Morgan Spurlock showed us with painful reality in his movie, “Super Size Me”, fast food menus offer us a heaping helping of fat, cholesterol, and calories. I highly recommend watching this movie if you find yourself addicted to McDonald’s – you could very well change your mind after you see it!
At any rate, many of these restaurants are now offering health-conscious choices including salads, potatoes instead of French fries, yogurt, and grilled meats instead of fried meats. So with these items now included on their menu, why aren't we losing weight? The answer lies within our choices. Those choices extend to home life as well.
Many people live horridly busy lifestyles, and they more often than not opt for pre-packaged foods that contain high amounts of salt, fat, and other unhealthy components that contribute toward weight gain. We tend to maintain a mostly sedentary lifestyle choosing to watch a favorite television program after dinner rather than going out for a walk like they used to do decades ago.
This type of life style unfortunately is being learned by our children as well. When I was young, we couldn't wait to get through dinner so we could go outside and play a game of kick the can as the sun went down. We rode our bikes everywhere and only watched television when “The Brady Bunch” or “The Partridge Family” was on. Hey, we had our priorities!
Today, you’re more likely to find kids on the computer or in front of the TV with a video game controller in their hands. Kids know more about the story line on Desperate Housewives than many of their housewife mothers. They can tell you about all of the new products being offered through commercials they see in between their programs. In fact, the average child these days will watch more than 15 hours of television each and every week.
Now, we’re not saying television is BAD. In fact, some programs can be beneficial and even helpful in making kids smarter. What we’re saying is that kids need to get outside more instead of sitting in front of the TV eating Cheetos and drinking sugar rich soda.
The statistics are showing this to be true. Fifteen percent of all children and teens are overweight - a number that has tripled since a previous study done in 1980.
Some people blame their excessive weight gain on slow metabolisms. In some cases, this might actually be true. However, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has confirmed what no one really wants to face: we’re overweight because we simply eat too much of the wrong foods.
Losing weight is actually quite simple – eat less, exercise more. But we’re resistant to that message. Mainly, it’s because we’re looking for a quick fix – an easy, painless way to drop pounds without sacrifice. After all, losing weight just CAN’T be that easy, now can it?
No, it isn't. You have to consider portion control, food choice, exercise, how much exercise, what kind of exercise, etc. But worrying about all of the specifics will do you little good. You need to get the big picture in mind first before worrying about the specifics.
What you want to do is lose those extra pounds. And there are many, many ways to go about that. But before you wait around for the next miracle diet, try some of the tried and true methods we’ll show you. It’s not as monumental as you think it is!
METABOLISM AND YOUR WEIGHT
You likely know your metabolism is linked to your weight. But do you know how?
Common belief holds that a slim person's metabolism is high and an overweight person's metabolism is low. But this isn't usually the case. Metabolism alone doesn't determine your weight.
Rather, weight is dependent on the balance of calories consumed versus calories burned. Take in more calories... read more
Weight Loss Top Secret
The Three Part Perfect Diet
So to create a diet that works for your body and more importantly for your brain, you need to look at three areas. Balance, Quality and Output.
Balance
This is one of the trickier parts of the equation because everyone has a slightly different way to keep the balance. You need to have the right types of food at the right time of day. For the vast majority, that means we need to turn our eating plans upside down. Our biggest meal of the day needs to become breakfast, with our smallest meal becoming lunch.
Many of us are consuming too much sugar, salt and alcohol (Let’s not mention caffeineJUST yet.) We often don’t eat enough fruit and vegetables for our daily fibre intake and don’t get enough high quality protein.
We need to find the right balance for our own bodies. In one household there maybe on person who needs a high protein diet, another who needs a high (good) carb diet and another who needs a true mix. We all have different needs. While we all need to reduce the junk aspect, we need to find our own tweaks to a general diet to find the one that fits best for us.
Supplements in today’s diet can really help. A good multivitamin, particularly if you are in a stressful period of your life can really help with any part of your diet you may be missing.
How do you know if you are eating the right diet? You have plenty of energy and vitality. If that doesn’t describe you, your intake is probably out of balance.
Quality
It used to be that much of our food was picked directly off trees, came straight from the vege garden or direct from the farm to our door. Of course for some pf us that was several generations ago, depending on age and where we grew up, but that is the sort of food our bodies are still used to eating. Homegrown, natural foods are what makes our bodies work best. Now of course the easiest foods to find are processed foods, that often have a lot of taste for our tongues, making us want to eat more, but are low on important nutrients and minerals.
There are many nutrients we need that are not present in our diets. Missing out on these can prevent our bodies form working to their optimum rate, and cause our brains to slow or feel muddled.
We need protein to feed our muscle, to repair cells and organs and to form antibodies that fight off ill health. Even though they have received a bad rap, carbohydrates are also important, to give us energy and fibre to aid digestion. If we choose good carbohydrates, they’ll be low in sugar and in fat, and have a lot of important nutrients.
Many people, particularly women are so worried about fat in their diet that they try and cut it out completely. In fact we need good fat to keep our body working. Essentials fats, particularly those with omega threes and omega sixs have been proven to help with thought processes and sharpness of though. Good fats also help us absorb some vitamins we need such as A, D, K and E.
If we were to sit and work out the most important nutrient our body needs, it would have to be water. Water helps us to not feel so hungry. It helps us digest the food we do eat, and gives us great skin.
Energy
The best way to know whether you have got your energy input right is to look at your weight. If it falls into a healthy weight range, you are probably eating the right amount of food to maintain your correct energy levels. If you are overweight, or have too much body fat, you can increase your energy and make your body work better by losing the excess fat.
Weight Loss Top Secret Recipe Book
A simple tomato with spinach soup.
Ingredients:
The cooking:
First heat up the oil in the pot and add in the garlic, celery and onion. Then sauté them until they are softened. After that, sprinkle the oregano and thyme over them. Then add in the diced and crushed tomatoes along with the vegetable broth. Also add in the spinach and basil. Stir until wilted. Then bring it to a boil, reduce the heat and let it simmer for 20 minutes. After that, add in the balsamic vinegar and season with black pepper... read more
Weight Loss Top Secret
The Three Part Perfect Diet
So to create a diet that works for your body and more importantly for your brain, you need to look at three areas. Balance, Quality and Output.Balance
This is one of the trickier parts of the equation because everyone has a slightly different way to keep the balance. You need to have the right types of food at the right time of day. For the vast majority, that means we need to turn our eating plans upside down. Our biggest meal of the day needs to become breakfast, with our smallest meal becoming lunch.
Many of us are consuming too much sugar, salt and alcohol (Let’s not mention caffeine
We need to find the right balance for our own bodies. In one household there maybe on person who needs a high protein diet, another who needs a high (good) carb diet and another who needs a true mix. We all have different needs. While we all need to reduce the junk aspect, we need to find our own tweaks to a general diet to find the one that fits best for us.
Supplements in today’s diet can really help. A good multivitamin, particularly if you are in a stressful period of your life can really help with any part of your diet you may be missing.
How do you know if you are eating the right diet? You have plenty of energy and vitality. If that doesn’t describe you, your intake is probably out of balance.
Quality
It used to be that much of our food was picked directly off trees, came straight from the vege garden or direct from the farm to our door. Of course for some pf us that was several generations ago, depending on age and where we grew up, but that is the sort of food our bodies are still used to eating. Homegrown, natural foods are what makes our bodies work best. Now of course the easiest foods to find are processed foods, that often have a lot of taste for our tongues, making us want to eat more, but are low on important nutrients and minerals.
There are many nutrients we need that are not present in our diets. Missing out on these can prevent our bodies form working to their optimum rate, and cause our brains to slow or feel muddled.
We need protein to feed our muscle, to repair cells and organs and to form antibodies that fight off ill health. Even though they have received a bad rap, carbohydrates are also important, to give us energy and fibre to aid digestion. If we choose good carbohydrates, they’ll be low in sugar and in fat, and have a lot of important nutrients.
Many people, particularly women are so worried about fat in their diet that they try and cut it out completely. In fact we need good fat to keep our body working. Essentials fats, particularly those with omega threes and omega sixs have been proven to help with thought processes and sharpness of though. Good fats also help us absorb some vitamins we need such as A, D, K and E.
If we were to sit and work out the most important nutrient our body needs, it would have to be water. Water helps us to not feel so hungry. It helps us digest the food we do eat, and gives us great skin.
Energy
The best way to know whether you have got your energy input right is to look at your weight. If it falls into a healthy weight range, you are probably eating the right amount of food to maintain your correct energy levels. If you are overweight, or have too much body fat, you can increase your energy and make your body work better by losing the excess fat.
Recipe :
Tomato Spinach Soup
A simple tomato with spinach soup.
Ingredients:
- One can of crushed tomatoes
- One can of diced tomatoes
- Three ounces of fresh chopped spinach
- One cup of finely chopped onions
- Half a cup of chopped celery
- Two finely chopped garlic cloves
- Two tablespoon of olive oil
- Quarter of a cup of chopped basil
- One tablespoon of dried thyme
- One tablespoon of dried oregano
- Two cups of low sodium and fat free vegetable broth
- One tablespoon of balsamic vinegar
- Ground black pepper
The cooking:
First heat up the oil in the pot and add in the garlic, celery and onion. Then sauté them until they are softened. After that, sprinkle the oregano and thyme over them. Then add in the diced and crushed tomatoes along with the vegetable broth. Also add in the spinach and basil. Stir until wilted. Then bring it to a boil, reduce the heat and let it simmer for 20 minutes. After that, add in the balsamic vinegar and season with black pepper... read more
Carl Cortez
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carl_cortez2170@yahoo.com
63 (0926) 8774821
