Monday, September 21, 2009

Weight Loss Diet Quiz


So now that you are looking forward to a slim body, it is time you actually take a quiz:

1. Do you think that weight loss ads contain false information? If yes then how much:
  • 25%
  • 36%
  • 42%
  • 65%
2. How much shedding of weight do you think is safe enough and reasonable for a week?
  • 0.2 kg
  • 0.5 kg
  • 1.4 kgs
  • more than 1.5 kgs
3. According to some weight loss products they can prevent absorption of calories. So how much can you lose by this method?
  • 0.2 kgs
  • 0.3 kgs
  • 1.4 kgs
  • None of the above
4. Does "green tea" boost your metabolism? If yes then by how much?
  • 2%
  • 4%
  • 5%
  •  7%
5. Which of these is a red flag?
  • Weight loss products cause permanent weight loss.
  • You can lose more than 0.2 kgs per week.
  • You continue losing weight after 4 weeks.
  • All of the above
6. What is the main concern about Atkins diet?
  • There are less fruits and vegetables in the diet.
  • Can this diet lead to heart diseases.
  • There are many dairy products in the diet.
  • None of the above.
7. In a low fat diet what is it that you can overlook?
  • Pasta
  • Cookies
  • Whole wheat bread
  • None of the above
8. How many servings of fruit you should eat?
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 0
9. How many servings of vegetables you should eat?
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 0
10. How many servings of milk and dairy products you should have?
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2-3
  • 4 or more

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Green Weight Loss


Have you ever heard of Green weight loss? It was seen that a man can lose upto 70 pounds if he uses public transport. Most of the time people like to drive their own vehicles to the work station rather than going via public transport as it is much easier. Last year there was a series of incidents, which resulted in a short supply of fuel for the cars. Did you know that people actually paid $3-4 for waiting in their cars at the jams? So many people decided to leave their cars and opt for the public transport.

This practice yielded in losing upto 70 pounds of weight and an yearly saving of thousands of dollars. Additionally the people who adopted this policy, tried eating healthy food to keep fit. You can add lots of vegetables that can act as anti-oxidants which even enhance your immune system.

You don't have to worry anymore about the car insurance! Other eco-friendly ways of weight loss include exercising by seeing video podcasts rather than the DVDs. there are loads of yoga, pilates, bootcamp and other fitness exercises on the iTunes.

How about choosing muscles over the motor. This way you can use your body by mopping the floors to acting like washing machines. It might be tiring but it is definitely a green way to stay fit.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

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Monday, September 14, 2009

How to Quickly Lose Weight





In case you want to achieve fast weight loss from the best methods, then there are many ways by which you can do it. Here I am going to discuss a few methods which are vegetarian.

  1. Cabbage soup: Cabbage soup is great for people who want to achive fast weight loss. But consuming so much cabbage all the time can become irritable. So you can try alternating it with tomato soup also.
  2. Lemonade: This is a great diet plan if you want fast weight loss. It is not as smelly as the cabbage diet. However, it should not be used for a very long time. Researches indicate that it can affect your mood swings. 
  3. Fasting: Often people love to fast to get fast weight loss results. But fasting is not a permanent solution and your body regains the same weight as soon as you leave fasting. The theory is little complicated. basically your body reaches a plateau once it burns too many calories after days of fasting and refuses to burn any more calories because then it wants to conserve energy.
  4. Exercising: Exercising is the best fast weight loss method. But if it is accompanied with a great vegetarian diet, the results will be better. 
One other method of sheding weight quickly is by a method called calorie shifting. In this different types of foods are used to trick the body's metabolic activity. You can achive good results in a short duration.

Yoga Asana For Weight Loss For People Affected With Arthritis

The researches have shown that yoga asanas can reduce the arthritic pain to a significant level. people who suffer from arthritis find it difficult to move at all. Thus at times they opt for a sedantary lifestyle. But this is not the answer to the problem. Therefore the doctors advice their patients to go for low impact exercises like the yoga asanas so as to improve their daily movement. However before initializing the exercises, you have to remember certain points:

1. Do not hurry up and start exercising at an enhanced rate. Just be patient.
2. Do not exercise so much that it goes past your pain.
3. Graduate to a higher level of exercises at a slow pace.
4. While exercising, never try to force the joint that is having arthritic pain. This may create further damage.
5. Only try to do those asanas with which you are comfortable.
6. Yoga and competition do not go hand in hand. So if you cannot kneel due to an arthritic pain, do not go over the limit. Just accept your problem and opt for those exercises which do not include knee movement.

Some of the best exercises for arthritis weight loss include leg raises, shoulder stretches and neck movement. Some of the best asanas include Trikoasana or the triangle pose, Urdvha Mukha Svansana or the upward facing dog and Adho Mukha Svansana or the downward facing dog asana. Yet another great asana is the Navasana or the boat asana.

Friday, September 11, 2009

Factors To Consider For Choosing Diet Pills

The five Factors that you have to consider while choosing the diet pills are:

1. The metabolism boosting ability: it is good if you look for those pills which increase the metabolic activity of the body. Choose the diet pill which contains alpha lipoic acid, green tea extracts and L-Canitine. These ingredients are effective in promoting weight loss by increasing your body’s metabolic rate. Additionally they are clinically proven.

2. The appetite suppressants: You should opt for those diet pills which will effectively suppress your diet. This does not mean that you have to skip the meals. However, you will be eating less amount of food while having the same number of meals. Did you know that obesity is typically seen in those people who love to take in-between meals? This activity also initiates the bad habit of excessive calorie intake.

3. The calorie stopper: Since we are obese only because we take more number of calories, choose those weight loss pills which have ingredients or a formula which will actually stop the entrance of calories in your body.

4. The metabolic enhancers: The lipotropic elements help in ridding the body of the fats. They act efficiently and remove the layers of fats.

5. The water retention breaker: have you heard of the diet pills which contain diuretics? These prevent retention of water within the body especially when you are dieting.

Weight Loss Pills for Men

With the recent fad of diet pills which promote weight loss, people are going mad over those lucrative advertisements which most of the manufacturers make and claim that their products will easily melt those fats away. According to an estimation, approximately 58% of the world population will become fat by the year 2030. No wonder that these drugs are reaping millions of money across the world.

In reality, diet pills have helped many people shed those extra pounds. The diet pills contain some substances which increase the metabolic activity of the body thereby initiating weight loss. Additionally these diet pills suppress your diet. But with a plethora of these floating in the market, you will definitely get confused and chances are you will buy something wrong.

But there are a few factors you have to take into consideration when you choose a diet pill so that they are not only effective, they are safe to use. Here is a list of 5 such factors:

1. look at the metabolism boosting ability.
2. See what appetite suppressants are present.
3. Check the calorie stopper
4. What are the metabolic enhancers present in the pill?
5. See the water retention breaker