Saturday, September 26, 2009

7 Ways to Lose Weight


Losing weight is a very touchy subject and people across the world are fighting with the problem of obesity. Did you know that obesity is the main cause of ailments like strokes, heart diseases, high blood pressure and diabetes? Moreover in case you are planning to have a surgery performed, and if you are obese, you can have problems related to treatments. So why not lose weight fast and solve the root problem of all the miseries in the world. Here are 7 effective Ways To Lose Weight:

1. Diet programs are very popular these days. Atkins diet is one of the most famous one. This diet asks you to eat food in a structured manner and you have to follow the food pyramid in the diet. The diet is catered to both the vegetarians and the non-vegetarians.

2. Many nutritionists are of the opinion that you must have 5-6 meals in a day rather than having 3 full meals. This way you can reduce up to 30% of your actual eating amount. Now that will contribute to a tremendous weight loss. However, people often leave this diet after a few weeks only to gain weight later.

3. Any meal plan is not fully effective unless you exercise. Thus exercising is very important. Not only does it melts your fats, it also helps in strengthening your muscle mass. One of the best exercise is weight training which helps in building your muscle mass and reducing your fats.

4. Have you heard of green weight loss? If you can leave the charm of your air-conditioned car and travel via public transport, you can shed your weight faster. Additionally you save a lot of money and fossil fuel.

5. How about losing weight with the help of natural herbs. Natural herbs contain ingredients which help in increasing the metabolic system of the body which in turn helps in melting the fats. Also ensure that you are taking herbs which have been grown organically.

6. Sometimes we just cannot eliminate the sugar factor from our life. But refined sugar such as corn syrup, sucrose and fructose are the real culprits. So it would be good if you can substitute these with natural sugars like honey, blackstrap molasses and date powder.

7. Bleached white flour products are one of the main causes of weight gain. In this the process of bleaching removes the valuable nutrients and left are the harmful ingredients that create disharmony within our body, thereby making us fat.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Easy Ways To Lose Weight


If you are overweight, it significantly increases your risk of heart diseases, high BP, and diabetes. There is an added disadvantage to being overweight. In case you need surgical operation, your treatments will become difficult. So don't you think you are better off with eating more of vegetables and less of fats? And of course the cardinal rule is to do plenty of exercises along with any diet program. The entire combination will send your weight scale direction to a lesser number. Here are a few foods that you can take into account when you are on a weight loss program:
  1. If you love food with high calorie, opt for one that is a low calorie treat but is tasting as good as high calorie food. For example Lobster contains 83 calories in about 3 ounces. Similarly shrimps contain 60 calories in 12 large sized ones. And did you know that whipped cream contains only 8 calories in a teaspoon? Surprised aren't you?
  2. Once you have had breakfast, drink lots of water. Go ahead and have some juice during the breakfast but after that have water rather than cold drinks which account to nearly 300 calories a day, if had instead of water.
  3. Some experts say that weight watchers should have a pedometer clipped to their belt. After this you can aim for a thousand extra steps each day! On an average people take just about 2000-3000 steps each day. So with a pedometer you can consciously aim for taking a 1000 steps more. This way you will stop gaining more weight if not lose it.
  4. Yet another very old saying by the nutritionist is that eat at least 5-6 meals each day rather than eating 3 main courses. This process will make you eat 30% less calories.

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.