Kamis, 05 Agustus 2010
How to lose weight
Diet tips to lose weight in the lead are:
- At breakfast, if I could choose a high fiber diet plus orange juice (without sugar). If you like drinking tea, green tea better every day which can help you burn about 70 calories more a day
If you like to drink milk, you should not select a fullcream. Please consume low-fat milk drink for the sake of maintaining the weight you later.
- Always Expand drinking water. Many people can not distinguish between hunger and thirst for Weight Loss. We thought that was hungry (though, actually thirsty), you will consume food (which actually does not need you consume) and then, how do I tell? Drinking a glass of water and wait until the 10th minute to see if you are still hungry. If yes, then you are hungry.
- Eat with how slowly. Why Americans are more susceptible to obesity than the Frenchman Weight Loss? the answer is, not only because Americans are eating more, but also because French people really enjoy their food in every chew, so tend to eat slowly. This causes the stomach will feel full faster and ultimately help suppress appetite and eating. For those of you who are unfamiliar, try to trick How to Lose Weight is: put a spoon or fork when you're chewing, drinking mineral water after each chew, and chew food a few times before swallowing.
- Try to limit carbohydrates and proteins multiply. Eating containing 1x karbo just enough in the day, complete with protein (fish, ivory egg) and vegetables. High-protein foods are excellent for controlling body weight. This is because protein makes you full longer. If you want to consume carbohydrates, avoid simple, because it is more likely to be stored as fat rather than used as energy.
Sabtu, 18 April 2009
weight loss - free information on losing weight
When you think of weight loss and losing weight, the first things that probably come to your mind are either those "lose weight fast !!" articles that are in every magazine and newspaper in the world that never work and are written by some personal training idiot that has no idea what they're talking about... or maybe you're thinking of all of those weight loss pills that claim to be safe and allow you to "eat whatever you want and still lose weight because the pill will do all of the work for you" or whatever stupid line they are using to get you to buy their useless unsafe weight loss product. Or, maybe you're thinking of rice cakes and never eating and being hungry all day long.
Well, if you are thinking any of those things, forget it! Forget all of it!
What I am about to give you is totally FREE, detailed, easy to understand information on weight loss and losing weight and how to lose weight and fat without using any type of pill or supplement, without using some "fitness magazine" diet, and by eating not 1, not 2, not 3, but 5 meals a day! Sound impossible? Sound too good to be true? Sound like I'm going to make you buy my "book" or order my "product" first before I tell you? Well I'm not! I don't have a book and I don't a have product. I am not trying to sell you a damn thing! What I am trying to do, no... what I am GOING to do, is tell you exactly how you can lose weight. Enjoy...
Weight loss is simple, burn more calories then you consume. If you can fully understand that then you are on your way to losing weight. There are 6 simple steps. Here they are:
1) Count how many calories you eat in a normal day. That's right, wake up, and eat like you would normally eat and count the calories in everything you eat and everything you drink and keep track of it on a piece of paper or on the computer some where. You might be thinking to yourself, "yeah right, I'm not gonna sit around counting calories all day." Well, if you're thinking that, then you're obviously not dedicated enough to losing weight. If this is the case, then feel free to go waste your money on the newest useless weight loss pill. But, if you are dedicated enough to take 10 minutes out of your day and count the calories, then keep on reading.
2) At the end of that day, add up the number of calories you ate/drank. Be as exact as possible. Once you add it all up, you now have the total number of calories you consume daily. Also, weigh yourself.
3) Starting the day after you counted calories, eat 500 calories LESS then you normally do. So, lets pretend that the day you counted calories you counted 2000. For the rest of the week, you would eat 1500 calories a day. Understand? All you have to do is subtract 500 from the total number of calories you consume in a normal day, and eat this new number of calories every day for the next 7 days.
4) Instead of eating 3 big meals a day (breakfast, lunch and dinner), or eating all day all the time, spread those calories out over 5 smaller meals. Eat one meal every 2 and a half to 3 hours. Doing this will speed up your metabolism.
5) Cardio. Cardio is an important part of weight loss. If you're serious about losing weight, but don't want to do the cardio workouts, then you are requiring your diet to do all of the work. Jog, walk, swim, jump rope, ride a bike, take an aerobics class, whatever... cardio + proper diet = better than just doing one of the two. All it takes is 30 minutes a day, 3 - 5 days a week. I say 3-5 days a week because I don't know if you have 5 pounds to lose, or if you have 50 pounds to lose. So, depending on how much your looking to lose, figure it out. 3 times a week is good starting point though.
6) At the end of that week, weigh yourself. You'll notice a difference just after one week! Now, don't expect to see a 20 pound difference. Losing anymore then 1 or 2 pounds a week is unhealthly. So look for a 1 or 2 pound weight loss at the end of the week. Don't sound like much? You can lose 5-8 pounds a month! That's around 75lbs a year! So if you have A LOT of weight to lose, you can lose it. If have just a few pounds to lose, you can lose it.
Expert Q&A: Losing a Lot of Weight
WebMD Feature Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
If you’re very overweight or obese right now, you might feel like the odds of ever achieving a healthy weight are pretty remote. But you can do it. And the benefits will be tremendous.
So how do you begin? WebMD asked Michael Dansinger, MD, an assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. He’s a leading authority on diet and weight loss, and he’s had plenty of experience helping obese people slim down – he’s the nutrition doctor for the TV show The Biggest Loser. Here’s what he had to say.
How do I know if I'm really ready to lose weight this time?
If you're ready to record your reasons on paper and ready to pick a start date, then you're ready to try again. I think the battle is halfway won once you commit, once you decide that you’re never going to give up trying to control your weight.
Don’t let past failures discourage you from trying again. Almost everyone who loses weight has tried unsuccessfully many times before. Finding the right path to weight loss is like finding the person you eventually marry. You probably have to kiss a few frogs on the way. So don’t look at past weight loss attempts as dead ends. They’re just stages on the path to ultimate success.
There are some practical things to consider. You need to commit to the rules you’re going to follow and figure out some logistics. How will you find time to follow your plan? Do you have a support system that includes your health care professionals, your family, and your friends?
Do I need to see a doctor before starting a weight loss program?
Unless you have a chronic illness or take regular medications, you don’t really need medical supervision when you’re starting a weight loss program, even if you’re obese. There are hundreds of diet books at your local bookstore, and I doubt that following any of them would cause any harm. While a really extreme low-calorie diet – 500 calories or so – could be risky, nobody can really stick to that anyway.
However, I do think you should include your doctor as part of your support system and ideally as a lifestyle coach. Your doctor can help you monitor your progress as well as provide external accountability.
Do you feel that there are many different paths to successful weight loss?
The idea that there's one best plan for successful weight loss is incorrect. It’s like saying there's one best color, or one best type of music. For each individual there very well may be one best dietary approach. But there is a broad spectrum of eating strategies -- dozens of unique approaches -- that all work well for weight loss and overall health improvement. The most important thing is to find an approach you can stick to, because adherence, rather than diet type, is the key to success.
I do think that good plans tend to have some common features. They often include a daily food journal with calorie counting, 90% adherence to a strict eating plan, and about seven hours a week of exercise – cardio and strength training.
Senin, 13 April 2009
Ideal Weight or Happy Weight?
Maybe you've been struggling -- without success -- to get down to the size you were in high school or on your wedding day. But do you really need to go that low? The truth, experts say, is that you can weigh more than your ideal weight and still be healthy (not to mention happy).
If you're overweight, losing just 10% of your body weight is associated with a myriad of health benefits, including lowering blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and blood sugar, and reducing your risk for heart disease. Not only that, experts say, but this kind of weight loss is easier to attain and maintain, setting you up for success in the long run.
Your Weight "Set Point"
Just as your body temperature is programmed to stay around 98.6 degrees, your body weight is naturally regulated to stay within a range of 10%-20%, says Thomas Wadden, PhD, director of the Center for Weight and Eating Disorders at University of Pennsylvania Medical School. This weight range is known as the "set point."
A complex set of hormones, chemicals, and hunger signals help your body naturally maintain your weight within this range, says American Dietetic Association spokeswoman Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD.
It is not just a matter of genetics, though. Your eating and exercise habits can also help to determine your set point.
"Overeating swamps the internal regulatory system, and, as a result, the set point increases -- which is much easier to do than it is to lower it," says Wadden. The body adjusts to the higher weight and "resets" the set point to defend the new weight.
It is difficult, but not impossible, to set your range lower. "With changes in healthy eating and exercise behavior, you can lower your set point," says Blatner.
The 10% Solution to Weight Loss
A recent book, Break Through Your Set Point: How to Finally Lose the Weight You Want and Keep It Off, by George Blackburn, MD, suggests that maintaining a 10% loss for six months to a year helps your body adjust to the lower weight and thus reset the set point.
Wadden explains that when you lose large amounts of weight at once, you set up an internal struggle and hormones like ghrelin spike to make you hungrier as your body tries to defend its comfortable range.
Instead, experts recommend that you try losing 10% the old-fashioned way -- by slowly changing eating and exercise behaviors -- then maintain this new weight for a few months before trying to lose more. Not only will your body get the signal to lower its "set point," but you'll give yourself a chance to get used to new food choices, smaller portions, and regular exercise.
“When patients lose 10% it may not be the pant size they want, but they start to realize how a little weight loss impacts their health in very positive ways," says Blatner. "They feel better, sleep better, have more energy or less joint pain, and some people are able to reduce medications."
Make Healthy Weeknight Meals a Snap
Well, believe it or not, preparing a meal at home can be just as easy. Here are some simple tips to create healthy weeknight meals:
- Lettuce, cheese, bread crumbs, spinach, tofu, salads, cherry tomatoes -- so many items come ready to use, bite-size, pre-chopped, shredded, cubed, and so on, cooking can be a breeze. Buying these foods can save you a lot of prep time.
If you are preparing a small portion, consider getting fresh ingredients at a salad bar. (I always do this with sliced olives. I only like them in a few dishes, so I don't buy whole jars. And they always seem to fly across the room when I attempt to slice them myself!) If you only need a small amount of an ingredient or two, this can actually be more cost-effective than buying full sizes (Especially if it's something you don't normally use that will end up being tossed.). - When chopping vegetables for tonight's meal, chop some extra to keep in plastic containers for another use during the week. I like to do this with celery. It stays fresh longer this way and I always have some ready to toss into salads, my favorite homemade chicken soup, or to whip up a quick serving of tuna salad.
- When stocking your freezer with meats to have on-hand for quick meals, buy flank steak or stew meat, which is budget-friendly. A slow cooker is a wise investment for preparing lower-cost meats -- they come out super-tender every time. If you set your cooker to cook all day, your meat will be ready when you get home. What could be easier than that? Extra lean ground beef is also a time-saving and healthy choice as it cooks quickly.
- Fast-prep poultry choices include boneless, skinless chicken or turkey breasts, turkey tenderloin, ground chicken, and ground turkey breast. Easier still? At the deli counter, have turkey breast cut into thick slices, heat, and serve alongside microwave steamed veggies and a whole-grain roll from the bread counter for a super-easy, ultra-fast meal. Remember: Light meat poultry always has fewer calories than dark meat.
- Despite what you may think, preparing seafood doesn't necessarily take any longer than other foods. Quick-cooking seafood choices include: fish filets, scallops, shrimp, crab, clams and mussels. Canned seafood, such as salmon, can be easily added to other foods such as salad with no preparation, plus you'll get in those heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
- Weeknights are not the best time to try complicated new recipes. Save those for the weekend when you have more time. Prepare large portions and then freeze the extras to reheat during the week.
- Kids love helping in the kitchen, so if you have little helpers, put them to use! This may get them more interested in healthy eating, since they'll feel part of the process. They'll also probably be more willing to take leftovers for lunch the next day (which saves you even more weekday time).
5 Realistic Ways to Tackle Weight Loss
There is nothing black and white about losing weight. There’s nothing easy about it either. If it was easy, we wouldn’t have an obesity epidemic and a billion dollar weight loss industry. However, there is a lot to say about common sense and being realistic. Here are 5 things to always keep in mind:
1. Don’t expect to lose 50 lbs in one month!
Set a realistic goal for yourself, or you will be disappointed. And what could be less motivating than disappointment?
If you are continually searching for the miracle ‘quick weight loss diet’, you’re never going to lose weight. It doesn’t exist! Not in a healthy world anyway. Losing around 2 lbs each week is ideal.
Choosing a proper diet and exercise regime is the best solution for weight loss. Slow and steady wins the race, right?
2. Drink water.
I’m not going to list the many reasons why everybody should be drinking a gallon of water each day. I will say however, that drinking enough water can make or break a successful weight loss program.
Drinking more water will leave you less bloated and start getting your body ready for weight loss. Everything in your body will run more efficiently by getting at least 10- 8 ounce glasses of water each day.
It is also thought that drinking ice cold water will increase the amount of calories burnt each day due to your body having to heat the water to use it properly.
3. Don’t forget that drinks count as calories!
A lot of people count their calories each day when trying to lose weight. But are they counting the sodas and coffees they are drinking with their food? If you drink one can of coca-cola in the morning, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening, you’ve just consumed 750 calories!
And if you’re really serious about losing weight, staying away from alcohol is a must. You won’t tip the scale if you have one drink now and then, but remember that just one beer can have anywhere from 100 - 175 calories, depending on the brand and amount of alcohol in it.
The best strategy - drink water.
4. Find a ‘weight loss buddy’.
Having someone to lose weight with can actually help you reach your weight loss goal. A weight loss buddy will provide support and encouragement, and maybe even a little friendly competition.
Weight loss buddies can be found online, or you can recruit a friend or family member to go for walks or jogs with you. They can also make your weight loss experience much more enjoyable.
5. Stay motivated.
I know what it’s like to feel really pumped to start losing weight. For the first few weeks (or in my case a few days) you feel really good and you take your weight loss goal seriously.
Then, something happens and you just don’t feel like doing it anymore. The reason for this is lack of motivation. When I get to that point, I read Burn The Fat. It’s my motivation in digital form!
There are so many sources of motivation, you just have to find one - and keep it. This could be a weight loss buddy as mentioned earlier, a picture of yourself 30 lbs lighter taped to the fridge, a little black dress hung up in plain view in your bedroom, or if you’re like me, an ebook! Use your imagination and come up with something inspiring.