Tuesday, May 6, 2008 

Weight Loss Options While Travelling

Many people have a tendency to throw their diets into the waste bin when they travel because they develop the idea that travelling and weight loss are incompatible mates. The truth is you can travel and still follow your weight loss program if you really wish to do so. Food should not be a part of your entertainment but rather the means for survival.

Plan Your Meals Carefully

Travelling should not be an excuse to forget your weight loss program and eat whatever you want. If you plan your meals instead of eating spontaneously, you will be able to enjoy some foods that are native to the culture of the area where you are visiting. The key is having a little bit of several foods instead of piling your plate full of foods with empty calories. Whether you are travelling domestically or internationally, it's important to enjoy yourself in ways that do not include overindulging on food. Select foods that are native to the area where you are travelling and ones that are healthy.

Planning your meals during your holidays does not mean you cannot enjoy some of the delicate and savoury dishes of the culture, but you need to choose carefully and limit your portion sizes. Sometimes that is difficult when you eat in restaurants, but you have to develop the habit of eating until you are satisfied rather than trying to finish everything that is served because you paid for it.

Plan Meal Times Around Strenuous Activities

It may not always be possible, but try to eat your meals while you are indulging in calorie-burning activities. It is especially important to eat your last meal of the day early enough to digest before you retire for the night. If you make it a point to eat before you engage in some calorie-burning activity even just walking it will be much easier to enjoy your meals without worrying about gaining your weight back. Even if you only return home and haven't gained any of your weight back, you will accomplish more than many people do.

Limit Your Intake of Alcohol

Many people do not drink any other time except when they go on holidays. They feel they have to try some of the native and cultural wine and drinks, but you have to remember that alcoholic beverages are very high in calories, so you have to make sure to limit the amount you consume. In some places alcohol is almost a staple food, so you have to be extremely careful.

Get Plenty of Exercise

If possible, avoid driving and use public transportation instead. If you do not have access to public transportation, get into the habit or parking as far away from the place you want to go as possible. Engage in sightseeing events and tours that require you to walk rather than ride-shopping districts and amusement parks are great for these kinds of activities. Avoid the temptation to drive or ride public transit to every place you want to visit. Walk around the city some before you drive or take another bus or train.

Linda Farington writes weight loss, diet plan, health, beauty and general well-being articles for the Lose Weight Reviews website at http://www.loseweightreviews.com

 

Weight Loss: The Key to Discipline

Recently, two co-workers of mine were discussing their weight loss efforts and part of that conversation stuck with me. One of them said, "It sure is a lot harder to lose weight than it is to gain it." The other one answered, "Yeah, thats because gaining weight is fun." I laughed with them, because there is some truth to that statement.

Yes, it can be fun to eat with abandonment and not think about whether what you are eating is healthy or not; it is only the consequences that are painful. Examples of shorter term consequences are pain in your stomach, indigestion, and sluggishness. The longer term consequences are high blood pressure, heart disease, and shortness of breath. Seeing your appearance change for the worse is painful too. Focusing on these consequences is key to developing self-discipline.

Discipline is necessary to achieve your weight loss goals and any goal that you want to achieve in life. After all, you dont have to employ discipline to do those things that you enjoy. For example, I wouldnt have to discipline myself to eat chocolate bars because I enjoy them, however I do have to discipline myself to limit them in my life. How do I do it? Discipline requires two skills: Desire and diversion.

Desire means that you have to want the goal that your discipline will help you achieve more than anything. For example, I wanted to lose weight and get healthy more than I wanted the chocolate bars. Each time I desired the chocolate bar, I had to remind myself of the alternate goal and make it real and vivid. I had to see myself with that goal already achieved and experience the pleasure of it. I had to make that pleasure more intense than the pleasure I imagined I would receive from eating the chocolate bar.

The second skill is diversion, which is simply engaging in an activity that diverted my attention away from the undesirable activity. In the chocolate bar example, I had to either give myself something that I would enjoy eating that was healthier for me or perform an alternate activity that would help me better meet my needs. For example, if I was angry, eating a chocolate bar would not help me, but taking a long walk to cool off likely would.

My co-worker was right: For many of us, losing weight is harder than gaining it. But we need to remind ourselves that, although it is harder to lose weight, it is not impossible. It is also worth the effort. Then we use our key of discipline to help us achieve what we want. It is the only way to get the body that we deserve.

A Registered Nurse for many years, Kimberly Floyd battled obesity for much of her adult life. She achieved her ideal weight and has written a new book entitled 'Moneywise Weight Loss' which teaches others how to lose weight and save money--at the same time.

Kim has written articles for the Georgia Nurses Association publication and Nursing Spectrum Online. Now a technical writer, she has written training programs for corporate clients, including IBM, U.S. Bank, and Cingular.

Kim also teaches an online course called 'Goodbye to Shy'. This course is distributed to over 1100 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and Australia through Thomson Learning. An accomplished speaker and trainer, she delivers presentations on health-related topics to enthusiastic audiences.

 

Are Fat Loss Secrets a Myth?

People look for fat loss secrets as an easy fix for weight loss, just like everything else in life. Of course people's motivation for losing weight can be different; for some it's a health issue, others it's simply looking good. But no matter your reason, people are looking for wonder fat loss secrets, more and more these days.

So yeah, there are a few fat loss secrets you can put to work and start seeing results. But it's pretty obvious they won't be found in the usual places: magazines, mainstream books, and commercial diet programs, and the like. Most of the info they feed you is best used to kill time, and doesn't let most people put a substantial weight loss program together. Lesser-known, more independently published guides by fitness coaches and consultants who have a great reputation, are a more sensible choice for finding fat loss secrets.

So, fat loss secret number one is, set a plan and keep at it. Don't stray from it, like so many people do. It's amazing how so many people will throw in the towel if they don't see amazing results overnight. That's no way to get in shape.

The second fat loss secret is, take into account the type of life you lead now. Are you sitting around most of the time or are you getting plenty of physical activity in every day. Knowing this will give you some idea of how many calories to build into your diet. Document it all out. Everything you eat, you count it. Like my favorite bodybuilding coach told me one time when he was talking about tracking a workout plan, "if you don't record it, you don't do it." And of course jot it down right away; otherwise, you'll likely forget and those will be wasted efforts.

When friends and colleagues tell me of supposed fat loss secrets they heard from their friends, it's pretty clear that most of these are imaginative ideas that don't really hold water. You would need to pretty much live your life following a lot of these "miracle" methods to keep the weight off. There's just so much information out there that's disseminated that it becomes difficult to know which are true fat loss secrets and which ones don't add up. Some do make sense of course, like cutting junk food and fast food, and instead sticking to fruits and vegetables instead.

Fat loss secret three is really to make sure you're taking in plenty of water. Four full glasses over the course of each one day is a pretty good rule of thumb. It varies from person to person, especially with issues of weight and metabolism, etc. This will make your exercising more efficient and helps stave off appetite. So if you integrate a trusted diet and fitness plan with good record keeping and maintaining healthy water intake, those all together make up the only fat loss secrets you need.

But no matter what, keep a positive attitude about what you're doing. Anything worth doing at all is worth giving it your best effort and keeping at it, otherwise all the fat loss secrets under the sun won't help you.

Rob Jacobs is cutting edge fitness coach and has helped his clients turn around their bodies for the past 20 years. He advises bodybuilders and casual dieters alike about only the best fitness and nutritional info. Learn more about Rob's guide to getting your body and life on track. Check out Fat Loss Secrets

 

Weight Loss Exercise Programs - The Single Best One You Can Do Bar None

When it comes to losing weight, there is no quicker way than combining diet with exercise but then I'm sure you already know that. What you might not know is that there is only one single best way to lose weight bar none. Discover this great technique in this article.

I'll get straight to the point - the single fastest weight loss exercise is HIIT, also known as High Impact Interval Training. Let's dissect this - the "high impact" means that this is at rapid pace, not a walk in the park. The "interval training" means that this is not a constant rate, you keep varying it.

So What Does HIIT Look Like Then?

First of all you should start in the morning on an empty stomach, this way you'll be burning fat only and not food. Then jog quickly (not slowly) for 20 seconds. Then run as fast as you can i.e. sprint, for 20 seconds. And when I say as fast as you can, I mean as if you were running for your life and no matter what, you cannot run any faster. The go back to jogging and repeat between this and sprinting. This sounds really tough doesn't it? Read on and you'll realise that it isn't.

Well there are two great bonuses to HIIT. First of all, you only need to do it for a total of 15 minute per day. Yes, only 15 minutes! Although you push yourself hard, there is no need to work out for any longer than you need to. Sure beats a one hour workout doesn't it? The next great thing is that not only do you burn fat whilst doing the exercise but you also continue to burn fat during the day and at a much greater rate than for any other type of exercise.

So how does HIIT work? Well obviously, the "high impact" aspect means you burn more but the "interval training" aspect means that your body and its metabolism never quite gets used to the exercise and is always trying to react but never can. The result is that you burn a ton of weight.

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Cori Weight Loss - An Effective Burger

I must say that one should be creative if you are trying to reduce your weight through my burger, what I call cori weight loss item.

If you can eat frozen cori weight loss burgers for a quick and easy meal. It is like a regular hamburger but you could be a bit experimental while making it.

You can make these cori weight loss Berger by purchasing friezed salmon burgers or you can make it by your own. It is your own choice.

I personally do not like the frozen one. And if you are making by yourself, you can use vegetables or you can replace it by your own logical choices.

So note down the required ingredients:

Sliced onion

Sliced long thin pieces of half a red pepper

Sliced long thin pieces of half a yellow pepper

cup of broccoli

Grated Parmesan cheese

Shredded mozzarella

Olive oil

And last but not the least

1 Salmon burger

You can use a small pan to cook the salmon burger and take off the heat and sprinkle some shredded Cheese on top of it. Now cover the pan so that cheese melts on on of it.

In the second part of its preparation, take a second pan and heat some olive oil on medium heat and put some sliced onions, peppers, broccoli and saute. Now add some salts as per your own taste. You can use any other stuff in place of salt if you do not wish to have salt. Here you can mix vegetables and cook for approximately 10 min. Cooking for 10 min. will make your vegetables crunchy.

Serve this with putting cheese and olive oil. Now put your salmon burger and press into your mixture.

This is my stuff which is healthy and easy to make.

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Enjoyable Weight loss

If you want to get back into shape it does not have to be all gym, gym, gym, why don't you lose weight by doing activities you enjoy. Most types of sports evolve some type of physical activity and is a great way to shed some pounds. If you want to lose weight you must burn off more energy than you consume on a day to day basis. This is why doing sports is good for losing some weight as it uses a lot of energy. Tennis, football, rugby, hockey, or any type of sport where you can burn off some energy and work up a sweat is all good for weight loss. It is important to enjoy the sport because if you do not enjoy it you are unlikely to keep doing it. You must do the sport at least 3 -4 times a week for a hour or two per session. It may take a month or so before you start seeing the benefits of it, but if you are enjoying yourself the time will fly by.

Obviously it is important to eat the right foods, doing 2 hours of physical activity then going home and pigging out on bad foods is not going to help you much. Try to set yourself a program each week where you might do 2 hours on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday and have a break on Saturday and Sunday. Try to make time for this and fit it around your lifestyle.

Swimming is another energy burning way to lose weight. Its great as it works all the muscles in your body at the same time, i bet you have never seen an overweight swimmer. However it is not considered the best form of weight loss as it increases your appetite more than other methods. Experts are not sure why but put it down to the cool water people swim in. As their research seems to indicate, by swimming in cold water people consume more calories afterwards than by swimming in natural water.

The bottom line is any type of exercise, be it swimming, walking, sports activities, or any other method where you can burn off some energy is all good for you. As long as you enjoy yourself and feel better about yourself , that is the most important thing.

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How To Get Rid Of Belly Fat - The Blunders Of The Belly?

So you want to know that hard and fast truth about how to get rid of belly fat?

Almost everybody has some belly fat, some of us have way too much belly fat but all of us have the ability to lessen it!

Don't get caught up in the infomercials proclaiming "how to get rid of belly fat by eating brownies and ice cream!"

Gaining weight and adding extra pounds to your belly does not happen overnight.

Consuming too many carbohydrates and/or fat and especially sugar and overly processed foods are some of the major contributors to belly fat.

Having too much belly fat can also contribute to hyperinsulinemia.

Hyperinsulinemia puts pressure on the pancreas and causes and overproduction in insulin.

This eventually causes insulin sensitivity. The body then converts all the extra consumed calories from carbohydrates, and sugars and refined food products, into triglycerides and fat.

One thing to keep in mind when learning how to get rid of belly fat is that the more yo-yo dieting you do the more that contributes to extra weight gain and easier fluctuations in your weight, causing the process of getting rid of belly fat all the more difficult.

Some experts believe in the idea of "second generation fat" being more difficult to get rid of then first putting the weight on in a certain area.

There is not enough substantial proof to this claim, in my opinion to call it a valid one, but it certainly lays a good claim to the notion that yo-yo diets are for the birds! (Chronic dieting however is a major issue among those, especially young girls trying to lose weight)

So how to get rid of belly fat?

1) Number one you can accept that weight loss especially around your mid section does not come without hard work and proper dieting.

2) Avoid foods that are high in fat, refined carbohydrates and sugar.

3) Drink tons of water to help your system flushing out all the toxins and waste that your body has no use for.

4) Be conscious of what you put in your mouth. Are you eating for pleasure or for fuel?

5) Avoid excessive amounts of alcohol, those 8 beers you had last night only stored in your system, contributing to the already stored fat on your tummy that you are trying so desperately to get rid of.

6) Finally and perhaps most important, when it comes to learning how to get rid of belly fat, you MUST follow a regimented exercise routine.

Learning how to get rid of belly fat is not rocket science and you can figure it out on your own, but if you need a coach get one.

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Are You Using a Shortcut to Weight Loss?

If you are one of the millions of people today who need to lose weight, you might have asked yourself some of these questions:

  • What is the quickest way to lose these pounds?
  • Can I lose the weight without having to workout every day?
  • Do I have enough time to exercise?
  • Will the weight come back after awhile?
  • Will I ever be able to look like I used to?

Don't depend on media advertising to answer your questions.

If exercise is considered an option for weight loss we usually want to get it done as quickly as possible. This is boring stuff to most overweight people. Regular exercise! That's why we put on the weight in the first place. We have always found it easier to neglect exercise. It is a chore!

Well, so is weight loss. But...

The ads on TV say we can... fast!

All the ads on TV, radio, and in newsprint usually say we can lose weight fast by whatever program they are advocating. Weight loss program merchants will never say their service/product takes time to produce results. It wouldn't sell.

Each one is an illusive shortcut to weight loss.

The sad thing is that these ads always work to get us to buy in, but many of us find ourselves having to keep trying on the message of one ad to the next, and they all don't fit.

It took time to gain weight

It will take some time to undo the damage, but it can be done with permanently rewarding results.

Most of us trying to lose weight never even noticed we were getting fat until one day when we discovered that we couldn't fit into our clothes. At first it was barely noticeable. Then the mirror started telling us what we always find hard to believe - "you are getting fat."

Many of us can't even recall when that actually happened. It happened slowly. It happened largely due to the way we live our lives. Much of our weight problem today is because of our lifestyle. Our fast-pace inactivity.

What if some fad diet causes us to lose 10 pounds in as many days? Fine. Now here are some questions to consider.

  1. Are you going to continue with that diet for the rest of your life in order to keep the weight off?
  2. How does that weight loss method affect my health? Are there any side effects?
  3. Would I have eliminated the cause of my weight problem, or am I just on a fat-slim cycle?
  4. Have I done anything to the habits that led to the condition in the first place?

Sadly, most of us tend to attribute our weight and size to our genetic inheritance instead of our behavior. We can control the latter but we cannot do anything about our genetic makeup. So forget what ever "fat trait" our parents gave us. We are in charge of our habits.

With that attitude, we can avoid taking the futile shortcuts to weight loss and permanently re-program our lifestyle to a healthy way of being. This is not short, it takes time. But it sure does give good results for a long time.

Bentley Thompson writes about lifestyle-related conditions such as diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, and cardiovascular diseases. He advocates the anti-diabetes diet which he describes on his website. You may visit his website and blog using the following URLs: http://www.anti-diabetes-diet-supplements.com/ http://choosehealthtoday.blogspot.com

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