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By Virginia Perl
One of the worst things you can do to your body is go on a fad diet. The best ways to lose weight can be found in books on nutrition. I was on the yo-yo dieting merry-go-round for many years until I discovered that all my body really wanted was to be fed nutrients so it could do its job of burning fat. Fad diets set you up for yo-yo dieting.
Fad diets are easy to recognize because they have the following common characteristics:
1. Any diet that claims you'll lose more than two lbs. of fat a week is a fad diet. Your bathroom scale may show a bigger loss, but that will be water weight. Remember, slow and steady keeps the weight off.
2. Stay away from any diet program that has you severely restricting any of the food groups. Including all of the food groups in your diet plan is the one of the best ways to lose weight.
3. Fad diets neglect to include how to stay thin forever, because you can NOT remain on a fad diet without becoming ill, or doing damage to your body's system.
4. Any diet that rigidly restricts your daily calorie intake is dangerous. Very low- calorie diets will lower your metabolism - NOT raise it. Your body will think it needs to store fat instead of burn it.
5. You should be leery of any diet plan that tells you exercise is not necessary. Getting your body moving is one of the most important and best ways to lose weight. The only exception to this rule is if you are kick-starting your diet by fasting for more than two days before beginning a diet program. Then you must "ease" into an exercise program. Paying attention to these pointers on the best ways to lose weight will work for you if you commit to it.
6. Last, but by all means not least, fad diets usually do NOT provide a reminder to check with your doctor. Always let your doctor know that you are planning to begin a new diet program.
So, I repeat, "The best ways to lose weight can be found in books on nutrition." Read the labels on food packages. I am a huge fan of going organic. We must get the toxins out of our bodies. That means we need to give up the white menace, which is all foods that are white (including beige) and all processed foods. You can do this! It will take some time to get to know all of the wonderful benefits of eating whole, nutritious foods, but before you know it, you will have lost your weight and will be filled with energy.
Virginia Perl has amassed more than fifty years of hands-on weight loss experience. As she says, "If you want to lose weight, diets really do work! If you want to keep the weight off and never have to diet again, well that's another story. Diets - especially fad diets - are detrimental to keeping weight off." So what is Virginia's advice, after being on one diet or another her whole life? "Never go on a diet to begin with. Instead, change your eating habits. Give your body what it's begging for and what it needs so that your metabolism can do it's job."
You can read more about how to get thin, healthy, and fit at http://www.yourweightlossdepot.com
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
6 Things To NEVER Do If You Want To Quickly And Consistently Lose Weight
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By Avy Barnes
You've finally made the decision that enough is enough, and you want to get in shape. You start the process of dieting and exercising, but for some reason, you just can't get the results you were expecting, and even more so, the results are coming VERY slowly. Does this describe what you're going through? If it does, or if you are about to start getting in shape, then I highly recommend you check out this article I wrote for you today. Today I'm going to go over 12 things I strongly encourage you to avoid doing during your body transformation so that you can get quicker, easier, and more consistent results. These are the things I did during my program and once I stopped doing them, my end results were absolutely amazing!
Okay, let's jump right into it...
1.) Waiting until you are starving to eat. This is a very common problem with dieters. They have the normal mindset of most people to wait until they reach the point of starving before they eat. When you are trying to get in shape, this is a huge problem that you must stop doing immediately. When you wait until you are hungry before you eat, you are more likely to eat more, eat very quickly, and even more likely to eat bad foods.
The best thing I recommend for you to do is to eat every 2-3 hours regardless of how you feel. But, just make sure that you are eating smaller meals (which I'm going to talk about next)...
2.) Eating too many calories at once. When you consume excessive calories in one meal to the point of you feeling "stuffed" as opposed to just feeling satisfied, you are causing a sharp decrease to your metabolism because now your body has to work harder to process all of those calories. The bad news is that since you've eaten too many calories, some of the calories will not be processed, and instead will be stored as extra body fat!
The best solution for this problem is to eat smaller meals more frequently. You'll feel more energetic (instead of that lazy feeling you get after having a HUGE meal), you'll allow your body to process calories and nutrients better, you'll increase your metabolism and more.
3.) Waiting until you are thirsty to drink water. The key to being able to consistently lose weight in regards to water consumption is to STAY HYDRATED. Hence the word "stay". Please don't make the same mistake I did in thinking that I could drink a ton of water at once to get my daily water recommendation (which is one half your body weight in ounces of water by the way).
You must STAY hydrated. Therefore, you must drink water consistently throughout the day. An easy way to ensure you do this without getting annoyed is to keep a large portable water bottle with those thick attached plastic straws, and just sip on some fresh cold water throughout the day. Trust me on this, you'll notice a tremendous difference in a few days... especially with a decrease in bloating and a loss of water weight!
4.) Drinking or eating "diet" foods and beverages. Most so-called "diet" foods and drinks are loaded with sodium, they are processed and loaded with preservatives, and so much more!
The best "diet" foods are 100% natural foods... period. Lean meats, raw foods, fruits, veggies, and organic. The best things to drink are water (obviously), green tea, black tea, apple cider vinegar, black coffee (in moderation), freshly made fruit/vegetable juices, and fat-free or soy milk (in moderation).
5.) Giving little to no respect to the ultimate meal of the day. Most people either/or skip breakfast, they eat too little for breakfast, or they turn their breakfast into nothing but dessert! Skipping breakfast slows down your metabolism, eating too little for breakfast causes you to feel excessively hungry later in the day and will cause you to crave carbs, and eating sugary cereals and other high carb breakfast's will also cause you to crave carbs and these types of breakfast's will pack on pounds of fat.
First, never skip breakfast. Second, make sure that this is the biggest meal of the day. Third, make sure you get a well-balanced breakfast with protein, healthy fat, healthy carbs, vitamins, and minerals.
6.) Focusing more on dropping pounds than decreasing your body fat. When you are paying more attention to burning off fat instead of dropping pounds, your results will become much more quicker, you'll look absolutely amazing, you'll feel a lot more energy, and so much more!
Why is that?
Well, those who pay more attention to dropping body fat will be doing things such as building lean muscle tissue, doing high intensity cardio, eating more frequently throughout the day, and eating nutrients in a rotating pattern each day.
Why are those things so important?
Well, if you do all of those things I just mentioned, what will end up happening is that you will increase your metabolic rate substantially and you will therefore end up shedding body fat like crazy. You'll start to see those muscles you've worked so hard on come out, your pants and dresses will start to fit better, your energy levels will start to skyrocket, your stress levels will dramatically decrease, and so much more!
And the best program that I strongly recommend for you to INCREASE your metabolism and Melt Away Fat Fast (10 lbs. of fat every 2 weeks) is a diet system that will customize for you a menu plan of fat burning meals that will raise your bodies fat burning hormones...
By following this type of program for 8 weeks, I easily lost an amazing 52 pounds of fat and I flattened my stubborn belly... without crash dieting or starvation...
>> Click http://www.FatLossIn11Days.info, and on the next page you'll find out how powerful this SIMPLE fat loss program truly is...
By Avy Barnes
You've finally made the decision that enough is enough, and you want to get in shape. You start the process of dieting and exercising, but for some reason, you just can't get the results you were expecting, and even more so, the results are coming VERY slowly. Does this describe what you're going through? If it does, or if you are about to start getting in shape, then I highly recommend you check out this article I wrote for you today. Today I'm going to go over 12 things I strongly encourage you to avoid doing during your body transformation so that you can get quicker, easier, and more consistent results. These are the things I did during my program and once I stopped doing them, my end results were absolutely amazing!
Okay, let's jump right into it...
1.) Waiting until you are starving to eat. This is a very common problem with dieters. They have the normal mindset of most people to wait until they reach the point of starving before they eat. When you are trying to get in shape, this is a huge problem that you must stop doing immediately. When you wait until you are hungry before you eat, you are more likely to eat more, eat very quickly, and even more likely to eat bad foods.
The best thing I recommend for you to do is to eat every 2-3 hours regardless of how you feel. But, just make sure that you are eating smaller meals (which I'm going to talk about next)...
2.) Eating too many calories at once. When you consume excessive calories in one meal to the point of you feeling "stuffed" as opposed to just feeling satisfied, you are causing a sharp decrease to your metabolism because now your body has to work harder to process all of those calories. The bad news is that since you've eaten too many calories, some of the calories will not be processed, and instead will be stored as extra body fat!
The best solution for this problem is to eat smaller meals more frequently. You'll feel more energetic (instead of that lazy feeling you get after having a HUGE meal), you'll allow your body to process calories and nutrients better, you'll increase your metabolism and more.
3.) Waiting until you are thirsty to drink water. The key to being able to consistently lose weight in regards to water consumption is to STAY HYDRATED. Hence the word "stay". Please don't make the same mistake I did in thinking that I could drink a ton of water at once to get my daily water recommendation (which is one half your body weight in ounces of water by the way).
You must STAY hydrated. Therefore, you must drink water consistently throughout the day. An easy way to ensure you do this without getting annoyed is to keep a large portable water bottle with those thick attached plastic straws, and just sip on some fresh cold water throughout the day. Trust me on this, you'll notice a tremendous difference in a few days... especially with a decrease in bloating and a loss of water weight!
4.) Drinking or eating "diet" foods and beverages. Most so-called "diet" foods and drinks are loaded with sodium, they are processed and loaded with preservatives, and so much more!
The best "diet" foods are 100% natural foods... period. Lean meats, raw foods, fruits, veggies, and organic. The best things to drink are water (obviously), green tea, black tea, apple cider vinegar, black coffee (in moderation), freshly made fruit/vegetable juices, and fat-free or soy milk (in moderation).
5.) Giving little to no respect to the ultimate meal of the day. Most people either/or skip breakfast, they eat too little for breakfast, or they turn their breakfast into nothing but dessert! Skipping breakfast slows down your metabolism, eating too little for breakfast causes you to feel excessively hungry later in the day and will cause you to crave carbs, and eating sugary cereals and other high carb breakfast's will also cause you to crave carbs and these types of breakfast's will pack on pounds of fat.
First, never skip breakfast. Second, make sure that this is the biggest meal of the day. Third, make sure you get a well-balanced breakfast with protein, healthy fat, healthy carbs, vitamins, and minerals.
6.) Focusing more on dropping pounds than decreasing your body fat. When you are paying more attention to burning off fat instead of dropping pounds, your results will become much more quicker, you'll look absolutely amazing, you'll feel a lot more energy, and so much more!
Why is that?
Well, those who pay more attention to dropping body fat will be doing things such as building lean muscle tissue, doing high intensity cardio, eating more frequently throughout the day, and eating nutrients in a rotating pattern each day.
Why are those things so important?
Well, if you do all of those things I just mentioned, what will end up happening is that you will increase your metabolic rate substantially and you will therefore end up shedding body fat like crazy. You'll start to see those muscles you've worked so hard on come out, your pants and dresses will start to fit better, your energy levels will start to skyrocket, your stress levels will dramatically decrease, and so much more!
And the best program that I strongly recommend for you to INCREASE your metabolism and Melt Away Fat Fast (10 lbs. of fat every 2 weeks) is a diet system that will customize for you a menu plan of fat burning meals that will raise your bodies fat burning hormones...
By following this type of program for 8 weeks, I easily lost an amazing 52 pounds of fat and I flattened my stubborn belly... without crash dieting or starvation...
>> Click http://www.FatLossIn11Days.info, and on the next page you'll find out how powerful this SIMPLE fat loss program truly is...
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