Showing posts with label metabolism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metabolism. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Desperate to Lose Weight

Here are some tips you can take when you are desperate to lose weight. Everything from healthy nutrition to routine physical activity can have an immense impact upon your weight results. In this short post I will list several tips which can help you attain your desired dress size in no time.

  • Set realistic goals. This is perhaps one of the most important of all steps. People who set their expectations too high often end up quitting before they even give weight loss a chance. The best way to set goals for yourself is to think of weight loss mathematically. Given that each pound of weight is approximately 3,500 calories, calculate how much you will lose with the diet you are currently on.
  • Healthy nutrition. This is a very well known step that does not require much explanation. Simple eat a healthy, nutritious diet. Stay away from fried, fast, and sugary foods.
  • Exercise regularly if you are desperate to lose weight. This is also a common step. Be sure to exercise at least 30 minutes each day.
  • Eat smaller meals. Many people who are desperate to lose weight, tend to either overeat or starve themselves in an effort to minimize their calorie intake. They either eat too much because they feel that it will sustain them longer or they skip a meal in order to consume fewer calories. Both of these approaches are bad! All you need to do is consume healthy mini meals every 3 to 4 hours. The trick is to never let hunger get the best of you.

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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Desperate to lose Weight

Before any weight loss tips are discussed, it's important to address some background information about body genetics and why weight loss can be difficult. It is important to note that each person has a different body build. Some people are short and stout while others are tall and thin. Some have big hips and shoulders, and others are short and very muscular. Genetics can determine body shape and a person's natural build just as it does eye colour, hair colour, skin colour, and so on.

The good news is that genetics do not determine whether or not one will be fat, but will determine one's body shape. This means that not every woman can expect to be tall and thin like a Hollywood actress or super model. Not every man can expect to be defined and muscular. The goal, really, is to be at a comfortable weight for one's body shape and to feel good about it.

If you are overweight, you have the risk of having heart disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure, gout, breathing problem and hyperthyroidism. You should seriously think about weight loss. You should know the reason of your weight problem. Here are most common reasons which can cause some one to gain unnecessary weight: *

  • Slow metabolism
  • Emotional eating
  • Hormonal imbalances
  • Eating portions that are too large
  • Build up of toxins in the body
  • Eating late
  • High susceptibility to growth hormones
  • Not eating breakfast
  • Numerous diets
  • Food ingredients
You can lose weight effectively by setting yourself small, realistic targets which can be achieved in short duration of time. Focus on what you have to lose this week not this year. This is very important. If you have a target weight in mind that is a long way down the scale from where you are now, concentrating on that goal alone is enough to put you off even before you start. Breaking your desired weight loss down into sections so that you have a weekly target allows you to have an achievable goal each and every week. There is absolutely no point in setting yourself unrealistic weekly goals; you're destined to fail. Moreover you can benefit from using products for weight loss that may really help you to achieve your desire weight.

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    Friday, May 08, 2009

    Desperate to lose weight

    Eating the wrong food at the wrong time will not help you lose weight. whilst your overall diet is important if you are exercising you want to maximise the effect of burning calories, so do not drink energy drinks or eat energy bars in the hour before you work out as your body will switch to carb burning mode rather than fat burning.

    Your body had two main sources of energy, stored fat and stored carbs. when you eat or drink a substance high in carbs your bodies insulin level rises to cope with the additional carbs in your system. which means during the time you are processing these carbs through your bloodstream, your bodies hormones are focussed on burning that type of energy.

    During your work out use water for hydration not sports drinks, that way with little energy in your digestive system your body will turn your fat burning mode.

    According to some dietician and trainers if you exercise for a month and do not see any fat reduction, its is probable due to high insulin levels when working out. that means your body was not attacking your fat store even though you were working hard.

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    Saturday, April 04, 2009

    Weight Loss

    Food to Speed up your Metabolism

    We all know about foods that are good for us and have various proven benefits. But many people aren’t aware that there are actually fat-burning foods, which help kick-start your body into shedding excess weight. These wonder-foods can increase the number of fat calories your body burns, stimulating your metabolism. They are known as ‘free foods’, and as you’d expect they are low in calories.

    However, some of them actually have ‘negative’ calories, meaning that your body burns more calories metabolising the foods than it absorbs from the food itself. Add them to your diet and see the effect for yourself The great news is that such ‘super foods’ contain real health benefits in addition to their amazing weight loss assisting properties. These benefits make them ideal components in any weight loss programme.

    You normally think of chilli as being found in traditionally unhealthy meals and snacks, but it contains capsaicin, an active ingredient which as a thermogenic agent helps to increase metabolism and the burning of calories and fat. Capsaicin is unsurprisingly found in many natural weight loss formulas – it is believed to be an appetite suppressant.

    Cayenne was shown by two Japanese studies to increase metabolism of dietary fats in women – it also showed a modest reduction in appetite. Capscaicin does even more than this – it has been shown to relieve sinusitis, psoriasis, migraines and arthritis, improve circulation and stomach conditions and even inhibit the growth of cancer cells. It also works as a good all-round painkiller.

    Then there’s bee pollen. It’s a virtually complete food with an amazing composition of nutrients, enzymes and phytochemicals as well as being 40% protein. It’s meant to stimulate the metabolism as well as helping to flush fat from the body due to its high lecithin content. Pollen also makes for a good appetite suppressant, but has no negative side effects.

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    Friday, February 13, 2009

    Weight Loss

    Weight loss obsession can be blamed on our popular media. whereas our real goal is to look and feel good.

    The media obsession with those figures on the scales sets false hopes and promises, ultimately leading to failure in our goals. Whilst some publications and reports have recently stopped using weight as the primary indicator, it’s twin brother of Body Mass Index (BMI) is used instead, in the false assumption that there is an ideal weight for your height!

    Yes, BMI is a slightly better indicator than simply weight alone, but it forgets some of us are naturally built like an anorexic marathon runner, or a muscle packed quarterback, throwing the BMI measure completely out the window.

    The problem with weight loss is the unhealthy fixation with restricted calorie diets, hundreds of hours of aerobic exercise, and in some cases, surgical methods to cut a few pounds from the scales.

    I call it “unhealthy”, as these traditional weight loss methods have been shown in many scientific studies to be detrimental to our body’s metabolic rate, causing our body to hold on to the body fat we are so desperate to lose. There is more evidence in the gym today, you'll spot many of the members on the treadmills and in aerobic classes day after day, week after week, without any noticeable difference in body shape. Even the aerobics instructors are looking a little “chubby”!

    Restricted calorie diets cause our body to go into starvation mode, with the ultimate result of slowing our metabolism and causing us to store more fat rather than losing the stuff so not helping our weight loss cause.

    It is clear that all the old approaches are not working, so what does work then?

    If fat loss or body shape and size was our primary focus, I believe we are more likely to attain our goals. The process of “fat loss” would mean you concentrate on actions to boost your normal metabolic rate, and boost it significantly enough to allow fat to simply disappear naturally.

    This would include exercises to build more metabolically active tissues, this means resistance type training to increase muscle tissue. You would also look to adopt eating habits that boost your metabolism rather than slow it down, meaning eating smaller meals every 2 to 3 hours, and eating foods that contain good protein sources and not the processed carbs that are so prevalent in the modern diet.

    These methods will not only allow you to drop the 1, 2 or more dress/jean sizes, show your flat stomach or 6 pack abs, and make your butt look smaller, but you'll probably get some weight loss in the process as well.

    So today is the day to change your focus from those numbers on the scales, to simply working out how to lose the fat that is covering your body. Losing the fat is not complicated, it simply requires a shift in your perception of what are the most “effective” methods. Start today by quitting the “diet”, eating sensibly and regularly instead. Get into the gym and do the more effective resistance workouts and stay away from the cross trainer!

    You could also consider using fat loss capsules to increase your metabolism and burn off excess carbohydrates.

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    Tuesday, February 10, 2009

    Weight Loss –Metabolic Syndrome

    Are you getting Fatter? Do you have higher-than-normal levels of blood glucose and triglycerides? Is your blood pressure high? Is your HDL (the “good” cholesterol) low? According to the National Institutes of Health, answering yes to all or most of these questions may signify metabolic syndrome.

    As of 2007, nearly 47 million Americans were diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. If you’re one of them, then that means you are at an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. Overweight and obese individuals are particularly at risk for metabolic syndrome.

    But metabolic syndrome Isn’t only thing that can have you wishing for a metabolism boost. Aging often brings about a progressively sluggish metabolism. Beginning roughly at age 25, the average person experiences their first metabolism slowdown, usually by 5 to 10 percent. This metabolism drop continues each decade thereafter. A person living in the United States can expect to see a whopping 20 and 40 percent decrease in their metabolic rate during adulthood.

    The good news is that, by making simple healthy lifestyle changes, you do not have to become a part of these statistics. A healthy diet and regular exercise can do wonders in the treatment of metabolic syndrome and in the prevention of weight gain as we age. In particular, there are healthy foods you can eat that will stimulate metabolism and promote weight loss.

    Which foods boost metabolism? Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, eggs, and fish are all good examples of foods that help speed up a sluggish metabolism. The key to boosting your metabolism is to eat a variety of unprocessed foods. Unprocessed foods are often higher in fiber than processed foods. Your body will try hard, unsuccessfully, to digest the fiber. All this extra work your body does equates to a nice metabolism boost and helps weight loss.

    Increasing fiber intake is only one of the ways good nutrition can boost your metabolism. Eating foods containing omega-3 fatty acids, such as salmon and tuna, is an excellent way to speed up your metabolism. Research has shown that fish oils can increase a person’s metabolism by up to an amazing 400 calories a day.Omega-3 fatty acids can be taken via pill form,

    So, do yourself a favour and stay away from frozen dinners and other packaged foods at the supermarket. Drive past those fast food restaurants and their artery-clogging meals. Instead, do what healthy people have done for generations—open up a recipe book and cook your own meals.

    The great thing about having a recipe book handy in your kitchen is the control it brings. You have the power to prepare the healthiest meals possible. You can use ingredients that will boost your metabolism. You control the cost of your meals. A healthy recipe book is the best investment you can make when looking for Weight Loss or to maintain your current weight

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