Sunday, May 4, 2008 

Weight Loss and Exercise - How Much is Enough?

Weight loss programs vary in many ways, but they all have this in common: diet must be accompanied by exercise. Either one by itself is not sufficient. I have a good friend who bemoans the fact that no matter how carefully he eats, he can't get his weight down where it should be. He also refuses to get any exercise. Although this is a common scenario, the reverse is also true. I have seen lots of guys in the gym who work out like maniacs, but they don't reach their target weight because they refuse to give up poor eating habits.

Granted, a balance of diet and exercise must be present in your weight loss program. But between the extremes of the couch potato and the body builder, how much exercise is enough?

The good news is you don't have to work out like a maniac, you don't have to swallow fistfuls of weight loss medication, and you don't have to eat like a fashion model. A middle-path of reasonable eating patterns (the right foods at the right times) and moderate, but consistent exercise will promote quick healthy weight loss and long-term weight control.

I am presently testing a weight loss supplement and diet program called The Cheia Vida Slim 10 Day Slim Down Challenge, and reporting the results on my blog. (See below.) The simple, anyone-can-do-it exercise regimen that the creator of the program, Dr. Charles Rouse, recommends is this: just get 10 to 15 minutes of exercise twice per day. I know that some of you are thinking that this isn't enough to make a difference, and that's the worst thing you could think. Inevitably, this frame of mind leads to inactivity, and the calories keep turning into fat.

In fact, that's one of my stumbling blocks. I'm an old athlete who's accustomed to spending intense hour-long sessions in the gym 4-5 days per week. (But I haven't had a gym membership in 4 years, which has really helped my weight gain.) So when I hear about doing something for 10 minutes twice per day, it doesn't seem to me that it would be worth the effort to lace up my shoes.

This kind of all or nothing thinking is exactly what allows the weight gain to sneak up on us over time, as it did in my case, aided by the aging process. Instead of doing a little, we choose to do nothing, and so the extra grams of fat add up and eventually become pounds. Think of it as caloric compound interest.

So take a look at this: even 10 minutes twice per day adds up to 200 minutes in 10 days, or 3 hours and 20 minutes! Do it everyday for a month, and you have 10 hours of exercise with just two 10-minute sessions per day. 10 hours of fat-burning for just 20 minutes per day. I can do that. In fact, that's ridiculously easy.

It's ironic that we gain weight (fat) by adding on small amounts of extra calories (that our bodies don't need) on a daily basis, but we're so reluctant to reverse the process and add up the exercise in small daily amounts to burn some of those extra calories and negate the added weight. Incremental weight loss is just as possible as incremental weight gain.

Everybody, EVERYBODY, can find 10 minutes twice per day to simply walk briskly. (Just 15 minutes of brisk walking burns about 100 calories.) Dr. Rouse recommends starting the day, even before leaving for work if possible, by walking away from your home for 5 minutes, then walking back. If possible do it before you eat breakfast for best calorie -burning results.

Another way to get in some walking time: just park farther away from your place of work, or from the front of the mall or the grocery store. Anytime you have the chance to walk an extra 50 or 100 feet or more, do it. I started doing this several years ago, and now I don't even think about it. (Though often a friend will ask, "Why are we parking way out here?") Again, it's terribly easy to do. If I hadn't been doing this over the last few years, I'd probably be carrying an additional 5 pounds right now.

If you take a long-term view with this approach, you'll really benefit. Instead of the extra weight we add on over the weeks and months and years, do the same with a little exercise. Taking advantage of these mini-workouts will add up to serious calorie burning if done consistently. Sure, sometimes you'll have to miss a day, but you can make it up when you have more time.

That's the beauty of this little bit here, and little bit there approach: it's easy, and it works, if you'll just do it. Step up your activity level and burn some fat. Admittedly, during my product test, I'm attempting fast weight loss. For this to happen, the Cheia Vida Slim weight loss pill (capsule actually) has to do its job and burn fat, suppress my appetite, and help clean some of the gunk out of my system. We'll see if it does.

And heres more good news: when you exercise, you feel better immediately. Instant gratification! And the good feeling you experience makes you want to do it again. Then when you start dropping a few pounds, you feel even better! Now you're excited to keep it going.

What you've done is create a process that feeds on itself. Momentum. Sort of like pushing a car on a slight down-hill grade: the difficult part is getting it moving. Once you do, it wants to keep on going. So although it may be hard to get started, do it! Get moving, a little bit here and a little bit there, and start burning some calories. Within a few weeks, it will become a healthy weight loss habit you can be proud of.

See Paul's test of the Cheia Vida Slim 10 Day Slim Down Challenge, with videos and weight loss tips on his blog at http://fasthealthyweightloss.wordpress.com

Paul W. Whitten is a life-long nutrition, health, & fitness enthusiast. He writes about his fat burning dietary exploits to help others lose weight too.

 

Natural Herbal Fast Effective Weight Loss Products

Many people, especially women, are interested in an effective method to jump start their weight loss program. There now exists in the market place natural herbal weight loss products. These products are 100% natural, safe and effective. It is a natural method to help you lose unwanted weight.

These products have been around in their natural form for generations. These same formulas are now available in capsule form for the modern consumer. Ingredients such as Lotus Leaf, Poria, Bush-cherry Seed, Chinese Yam and Hawthorn Fruit have been used by the Chinese for hundreds of years. These herbal weight loss products can be used for long periods of time without experiencing any serious side effects.

Natural products are found to be extremely effective. It is not uncommon to lose 5 to 10 pounds in the first month. Even after that one can lose 2 to5 pounds for each following month. When side effects do occur they are extremely mild. These side effects include sweating, constipation or trouble with sleeping. In order to eliminate these side effects one only has to cut their dosage in half.

In order to find the right herbal weight loss product you probably have to do a little research. Read the package carefully. It is important not to exceed the recommended dosage. Compared with weight loss products that are medicinal in nature, natural herbal weight loss products are very safe and effective.

It so go without saying that if you are under medical supervision or have any medical condition that it is important to consult with your doctor first.

In this country over sixty percent of the adults are overweight while thirty percent of these are considered to be obese. People spend a lot of money for weight loss products every single year. Regardless of their efforts most of us are not successful trying to lose weight through diet and exercise alone. It is time to consider using an herbal weight loss supplement.

Presently there are two very successful weight loss products on the market. The most well known is Hoodia. It is true that in its natural state that Hoodia is a very effective method to lose weight. The truth is that much of the Hoodia that comes into this country has been adulterated and is considerably less effective.

The other is Chinese green tea. My research, which includes interviewing Chinese doctors, is that this is really not an effective weight loss solution. Apparently, there is nothing in green tea that is an effective weight loss agent.

Another natural weight loss product that is not well known is 999 Fitness Essence. Until recently this has only been available by purchasing it through your local acupuncturist. Many people report, especially women, that they have very positive results with this product. They have told of its continued results over time.

Of course, if you want to increase your chances for success you will want to change your diet and include a daily exercise regiment.

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Kathryn Soloff is the mother of 8 children and a natural foods cook for over 30 years. She is co-publisher of http://www.natural-remedy-dot-com.com/fatburnerreviews/natural_food_fat_burners.html where she provides additional advice, tips and hard to find information on Weight Loss.

 

Weight Loss with Green Juice and Water

Weight loss with green juice and water is not a fad diet. If you are looking for quick weight loss look elsewhere. If you are looking for a healthy and gradual weight loss consider green juice and water. Green tea is also beneficial for dieting, but, we are talking about green juice. There is a difference.

The green juice I'm referring to is made mostly from green vegetables. Some formulations include forms of green algae and other include grains. I have seen formulation recommending green fruits as well. All of the above mentioned green juice formulations are beneficial to your health. I am talking about green tea from green vegetables.

Green juice provides a wide range essential nutrients that our body needs. Many people feel much more energetic taking green juice. Increased energy levels provides a faster metabolism resulting in weight loss.

Research has cited that smokers can benefit from green juice supplementation as it reduces the risk factor of numerous diseases associated with smokers elevated oxidative states.

What about the water?

For years I have heard the admonition to drink eight glasses of water a day. No one I talked to new why. I will give you a good reason why.

Our body is designed to maintain it self best at a ph of about 7.2. That is what is known as slightly alkaline. Neutral is 7 on the ph scale. It seems that acid conditions ( when our bodys are below 7.2) exist , the acid is stored in fat. If we have excess acid in our bodies, the body will store fat so it can keep the acid in check. That is a simplistic explanation and it is close to what happens.

Water is necessary to carry the acid out of the body and lessen the reason for the body to store fat. Do not mistake liquids for water. The canned drinks,sodas, beer and even the diet drinks result in increased acid in your body and make it difficult to loss weight. In fact many people feel an energy increase just from eliminating the sodas.

The alkalinity of your body can be determined using litmus paper also known as ph paper. Litmus paper is used in testing laboratories of many descriptions and is used to determine the approximate acidity of a compound. You can test your saliva using it and get an indication if your body is acidic or alkaline. You will not be able to tell if it is exactly 7.2 that way.

Your local health food store can direct you to the green juice shelf. It is available in capsules, powder and liquid formulations.

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How You Can Lose Weight Fast and Effectively

Eating food is something I believe everyone loves to do. If you do not like eating food then you are not human! Food though is not always good for you. Some food that you put into your body is actually harming your body and you don't want that. You want to make sure that all the food that you are putting into your body is going to be good and healthy for you. The ways that you can make sure that the food is going to be healthy for you is by looking at the nutrition on the packages, also eat as many fruits and vegetables as possible and make sure that you use the food pyramid as a guide.

In order to make sure that the food that you are eating is good and healthy for you what you should do is read the nutritional facts that are located on the package. The nutritional facts will tell you if the food that you are going to purchase is going to be a good choice for your new nutritional food cupboard. Just make sure that you are only purchasing foods that have good nutritional facts if you do this then you should have no problem staying in great shape. Once you start to get more nutritional foods in your cupboard then you should have no problem eating healthy and shedding off a couple of the extra pounds that you have laying around.

Next step that you can take to make sure that the food that you are purchasing is good for you is to make sure that you are purchasing tons of fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are very healthy for you body and you can literally eat tons of them and they will not do anything to your body but good things. Whenever you get hungry and it is not time for your meal yet you should always go to the kitchen and grab a piece of fruit or even if you wanted to make a salad. This will not put any weight on you because they are healthy for your body. Another great thing about fruits is that if you want you could go to a nursery and buy yourself some fruit trees that way you can have your own little patch and you could go out their and pick them off your tree any time you want and eat them.

The last step that you can take to make sure that the food that you are purchasing is healthy and good for you is to make sure that you use the food pyramid as a guide. I would sit down and take a good look at the food pyramid and it will tell you the foods that you mainly want to keep in your kitchen. Also the food pyramid is a great guide for your diet because it pretty much tells you the foods that are good for you to eat.

Those are the ways that you can make sure that the food that you are putting into your body is healthy and good for you to eat. Now put them to use and put some great foods for you to eat into your diet.

For more information, you can check out: Fat Loss 4 Idiots

If you are wondering what Fat Loss 4 Idiots is, it has said to be a diet plan specialized to help people lose 9 lbs in 11 days.

 

How You Can Lose Weight Fast and Effectively

Eating food is something I believe everyone loves to do. If you do not like eating food then you are not human! Food though is not always good for you. Some food that you put into your body is actually harming your body and you don't want that. You want to make sure that all the food that you are putting into your body is going to be good and healthy for you. The ways that you can make sure that the food is going to be healthy for you is by looking at the nutrition on the packages, also eat as many fruits and vegetables as possible and make sure that you use the food pyramid as a guide.

In order to make sure that the food that you are eating is good and healthy for you what you should do is read the nutritional facts that are located on the package. The nutritional facts will tell you if the food that you are going to purchase is going to be a good choice for your new nutritional food cupboard. Just make sure that you are only purchasing foods that have good nutritional facts if you do this then you should have no problem staying in great shape. Once you start to get more nutritional foods in your cupboard then you should have no problem eating healthy and shedding off a couple of the extra pounds that you have laying around.

Next step that you can take to make sure that the food that you are purchasing is good for you is to make sure that you are purchasing tons of fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are very healthy for you body and you can literally eat tons of them and they will not do anything to your body but good things. Whenever you get hungry and it is not time for your meal yet you should always go to the kitchen and grab a piece of fruit or even if you wanted to make a salad. This will not put any weight on you because they are healthy for your body. Another great thing about fruits is that if you want you could go to a nursery and buy yourself some fruit trees that way you can have your own little patch and you could go out their and pick them off your tree any time you want and eat them.

The last step that you can take to make sure that the food that you are purchasing is healthy and good for you is to make sure that you use the food pyramid as a guide. I would sit down and take a good look at the food pyramid and it will tell you the foods that you mainly want to keep in your kitchen. Also the food pyramid is a great guide for your diet because it pretty much tells you the foods that are good for you to eat.

Those are the ways that you can make sure that the food that you are putting into your body is healthy and good for you to eat. Now put them to use and put some great foods for you to eat into your diet.

For more information, you can check out: Fat Loss 4 Idiots

If you are wondering what Fat Loss 4 Idiots is, it has said to be a diet plan specialized to help people lose 9 lbs in 11 days.

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