How To Lose Weight Easily

вівторок, 28 квітня 2009 р.

Finding out how to lose weight is not an easy task for many of us, particularly thinking about that the shortest path to weight loss is different for everyone. Sure, the common denominator is always proper diet and exercise, which not only help in weight loss, but also keep a body healthy. No doubt you have heard it before — the challenge is to follow through. Others have lost weight by following these simple guidelines. So can you.

How to lose weight. Follow these 6 simple rules in your fighting for a perfect body:

What You Will Need:

* Food and exercise journals
* Healthy foods
* Health cookbooks

1. Set small, sober aims. If you have a lot of excess weight, try for five pounds, relax a bit and then go for five more.
2. Start a regular exercise program and stick with it. Then, if doesn't work, sneak in additional exercise (plus to your regular program). For example you can park at the far end of the parking lot and walk a bit; walk up the stairs instead of the elevator.
3. Don't forget that healthy foods are an important thing in losing weight. Eat healthy fats from nuts, seeds and olive oil, and high-fiber foods: vegetable salads and whole-grain pastas.
4. Choose foods that you love. Learn to cook healthy food, low-calorie foods that taste good by checking healthy cook books or web sites for new recipes. Eating well doesn't have to mean eating bad. Eat smaller, more frequent meals. This way, your organism starts to increase its metabolism so that calories are burned faster. Also, mini-meals can prevent overeating.
5. Plan ahead. Keep your refrigerator stocked with healthful food and you'll be less likely to run out for high-calorie, high-fat junk food.
6. Determine your favorite snack time and be sure to have plenty of healthful options available when you get hungry. But don't eat cookies and sweeties for snack as many people like to do :) Keep a food diary. It will help you pinpoint where you can improve your diet.

Are Meal Replacements The Best Way To Lose Weight ?

понеділок, 12 січня 2009 р.

Many of us think that meal replacements are the best way to lose weight because they help shrink your stomach.

Meal replacements, like Slimfast or other similar very low calorie diets, usually come in the form of a high-protein, low-fat drink. Meal replacement plans are designed to be followed for a short period of time – weeks or sometimes even days – and they encourage fast weight loss. These plans, which usually provide around 600 calories per day, replace normal foods and are intended to kickstart your diet by providing concentrated nutrients in one low-calorie ‘meal’.

The plans may be used in different ways. Some use the meal replacements for up to a week without any food, whilst others use them for several weeks replacing 1 or 2 meals a day and eating a normal meal in the evening. Whilst they may be useful to those who are clinically obese or who can’t lose weight on conventional diets, it is important that these plans are never used for longer than 4 weeks. They are designed to help kickstart your diet only and don’t provide enough calories for long-term nutrition.

The Department of Health has expressed concern over the safety of these diets for people with heart and kidney disease, hypertension, cancer, diabetes and gout. They also advise against use for pregnant or breastfeeding women, children, infants adolescents or elderly people.