Posts Tagged ‘diet’

15 Great Ways To Lose Weight Fast

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Want to lose weight fast? It’s easy to say goodbye to 10-20 pounds of unwanted fat with these easy diet tips. Just pay attention to what you eat and be sure to have good tasting, fresh and healthy food including snacks, fill up on vegetables and keep your taste buds happy with fruit.

No need to make sacrifices! Just follow these simple guidelines to lose your first 10 pounds, last 10 pounds or give your weight loss program a boost when it seems to have stuttered to a halt. This is a balanced and flexible plan that you can use for as long as you want.

1. Keep a note of everything that you eat and drink. You do not need to estimate calories. Just write down what it was that you had and the approximate quantity. You will find that being more aware of what you are eating helps you to plan healthy meals and snacks.

2. Halve your intake of all pure or added fats. This means using half as much butter or spread on your bread, toast, muffins and potatoes; half the usual amount of mayonnaise or sauce on your salad; and half the oil in the frypan every time.

3. Limit treats containing sugar to three times per week. This includes chocolate, ice cream, desserts, cake, pastries, cookies, etc.

4. Include a lower fat source of protein at most meals: chicken, fish, beans, cottage cheese, or low fat yogurt. Have eggs, nuts and red meat occasionally but not every day.  Also use soy protein shakes by Herbalife.  These are great tasting, highly nutritional meal that can cut your cravings, boost your protein intake (curbs hunger) and provides daily nutrition.

5. Plan at least one lunch and dinner every week without meat or cheese. Build those meals around whole grains, vegetables and beans to increase fiber and reduce fat.

6. Reduce the fat content in your milk products. If you are currently drinking whole milk, reduce to 2% fat. From 2% reduce to 1%. Choose lower fat cheese and yogurt. When you buy yogurt, also check that it does not contain sugar.

7. Have at least two servings of fruit every day. This can be for dessert or snacks. Choose fruit that is in season.

8. Drink water instead of sodas, juices, milky drinks or alcohol. Avoid diet soda – the sweet taste only encourages you to crave sugar. Hot water with a slice of lemon can be very refreshing in the morning.   Lemon water is wonderful for you and can provide great taste and help to your body. Importance of drinking water.

9. Include at least two servings of vegetables at lunch and dinner. If you are getting hungry, have more.

10. Eat slowly. The body is slow to register when you are full and it is easy to eat too much if you are racing through your meals.

11. Grated carrot makes a great snack. You will find that a grated carrot is much more filling than a whole carrot. Strange but true.

12. Use whole grains wherever possible. The fiber will give you a fuller feeling and also help your digestion.

13. Choose food that you can chew. Again this will increase your fiber intake, and the act of chewing will make you feel more satisfied too. This means eating fruit instead of drinking juice. If you have soup, make sure it is chunky.

14. Plan your meals and snacks ahead of time. Plan your shopping too – make a list of what you need and stick to it. If you just grab something when you are feeling hungry, you will probably choose high calorie food.

15. Always switch off the TV when you eat. That includes snacks as well as meals. Studies have proved that we eat larger portions in front of the TV, probably because we are much less aware of what we are eating. When you eat, only eat if you want to lose weight fast.

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Weight Loss Ab Exercises – Will They Get Rid Of That Belly Fat?

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

People in all stages of fitness constantly search the web
for the secret to get rid of stubborn belly fat. Fitness
forums are bombarded with requests for help. The answer
usually offered is to get a particular ab exercise routine
or piece of equipment and burn it off. Unfortunately, the
magic routine or apparatus often recommended more often than
not just doesn’t work.

If all of the magic actually worked, why would so many
people still be seeking the elusive elixir? Let’s face it,
the models you see posing attractively while using the
equipment and demonstrating the routine did not get those
six-pack abs and sculpted bodies from using the equipment.
The models were chosen because they already had six-pack
abs.

So how did they get those sexy stomachs? For sure it is not
from abs exercise alone. Even if exercise by itself was
enough, the exercises most people are looking for are not
the correct types to help lose that stubborn belly fat.
Besides which, there simply is no combination of abs
exercises or complete workouts that will melt off that belly
fat.

Ab exercises do strengthen and build muscle tissue. They are
just not designed to burn fat. The purpose of abs routines
is to tone and strengthen the abdominal muscles. The abs are
already there under the fat but if you want to see them you
have to work on getting a full body workout. This increases
the metabolic rate and increases the fat burning potential
of your system.

Many authorities stress cardio routines to gain this, but
again, cardio alone is not the answer. What it takes is a
complete, rounded program that works all of your lean muscle
tissue with resistance training and multi-joint high
intensity exercises.

The real magic to burning that extra belly fat covering the
abdominals is consistent full body, high intensity routines
combined with a healthy, nutrient rich balanced diet. Ab
workouts by themselves even if they include specific ab
exercises like crunches and leg raises will never make you
lose your belly fat.

In spite of this, the majority of people trying to lose
their gut still continue with their daily ab workouts using
hundreds of reps. And the internet is full of people still
handing out this bogus advice in fitness forums. But it does
not work! The “experts” did not get six-pack abs that way
and neither will you.

I am not saying that you should ignore ab routines.
Abdominal exercises are important. You need them to
strengthen and tone the abdominal muscles and they are a
major aid to your back. But you need to add them into a
complete exercise routine to enjoy their full benefit. The
fact is that abdominal exercises are not designed to burn
fat and they never will.

The most important factors for weight loss in general and
belly fat loss in particular are a full body resistance
workouts and a healthy, balanced diet. Full body exercises
will also work the abs and core muscles and melt the belly
fat so you can see that six-pack of abs that you already
have buried in there.

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