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Healthy Weight Loss

author Posted by: Doug Rogers on date Jan 26th, 2009 | filed Filed under: healthy weight loss

Healthy Weight Lose


Have you ever taken a serious look at the number of weight loss programs that are available to the consumer. Anyone looking for a particular program to help them achieve healthy weight loss could spend a lot of time trying to decide which one is the best. But doing some research is absolute necessary if you want to be successful at maintaining permanent weight loss. Why go through the regimen of weight loss only to regain it, and possible even more weight, back? This is probably one of the most common occurrences for those involved in the weight loss game. Lose some weight and then gain even more back over time.


Weight loss is a serious issue and there are many researchers that conduct various studies trying to find the answers that will help all who need to lose weight. It is a fact that 95% of people who try to lose weight on a conventional weight loss diet will gain back all that weight and maybe even end up fatter than before. Many people are inclined to give up before they even reach their target weight. They will reach a plateau in the weight loss regime and lose enthusiasm. What they don’t realize is they have probably been “eating” their own muscle and slowed down their metabolism.


Why has the weight loss industry become so huge over the last few years? The answer is simple. There is money to be made. And lots of it. That is why there are thousands of diet programs available and countless people claiming to be weight loss experts, but very few of them have first hand experience of the diets they are promoting. They haven’t practiced what they preach. If they had many of them would know that their diets simply don’t work for the average overweight person and some programs are the farthest thing from healthy weight loss.


Once a person loses some weight they usually go back to their old habits, thinking that they have won the game. But the time period after you have reached your target weight is very crucial. In one recent study weight loss participants were followed up throughout the maintenance period with 6 month and 12 month check ups. Almost everyone regained the weight they had lost. The surprising fact was why they regained the weight and who regained the most.
The study discovered that there was a strong correlation between a drop in physical activity and those who regained the most weight. Those people who think they can lose weight fast and maintain that weight loss without exercise are thinking short term.


Everyone knows the main theory behind healthy weight loss, but we seem to forget this important fact once we have been successful at trimming down. We all know that to lose weight you have to burn more calories than you take in. The big mistake is to think that this is achieved by cutting calories instead of achieving it by burning more calories while exercising. The bottom line: If you want to MAXIMIZE your fat loss, and keep fat off permanently, it is imperative not only to keep up a high level of energy expenditure but also to make a conscious effort to make sure your activity level does not drop as you lose weight during the calorie deficit.


Janet Matthews

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+44 7815614557

TriPower Team

Healthy Weight Loss

author Posted by: Diana Caswell on date Jan 19th, 2009 | filed Filed under: healthy weight loss, how to lose weight

Healthy Weight Loss


Many of us who are struggling to lose weight are familiar with the many weight loss plans and diets that are available. In fact, we may be all too familiar. There are just so many that it can become confusing trying to decide what route we should take to lose those unwanted pounds.


As it is with anything in life, some of these weight loss plans and diets are good, whereas others are just designed to lose you money, the money you pay for those plans. Fad Diets have been around and probably always will be. Some diet plans to lose weight to remember: spinach and egg diet, grapefruit diet, juicing diets, low carb diet, raw food diet, zone diet, low salt diet, cabbage soup diet, vegetarian or vegan diet, GI diet, detox diet, dairy free diet and on and on it goes.


A major problem for many of us needing or wanting to lose weight is our lack of patience. We want it to happen over night and with the least amount of effort. People want it NOW, fast and easy. Well, it takes time to gain weight and if you want to be healthy it will take time to lose weight. First, before starting any weight loss plan, talk with your family doctor concerning your health issues and a good plan. Good Weight Loss Plans include a full range program of healthy nutrition, nutritional counseling or mentoring; a personal plan suited for your health needs and life style, exercise program and life skills coaching.


There are many different reasons why people gain excess weight. From eating too much to not having enough physical activity in their daily routine. However, very few people actually gain weight due to a physical reason, rather more often it is because of life experiences and habits built up where food becomes the drug of choice. To achieve long term results it is important to take a look at the whole picture. Find out why you are eating and develop a plan. For example, I ate M n Ms when under stress. Yes that was my drug of choice and the bigger the sack of M n Ms, my friends observed the more stress I was feeling. It became a kind of joke but it was not all that funny. I ate to hide my feelings and to put a barrier between me and other people. Can you relate to that? Perhaps, or your issues might be totally different.


To be successful at the weight loss game you must have a plan in place. If not you are like a ship without a captain. And the plan you choose must be a solid healthy plan AND a way to work through what drives you to food. Both need to be in balance to lose weight. You can do it and the hard work you will do is more than worth the rewards you will receive in health and no longer having your past life control todays behavior. Best of health to you.


Tana Hamiter – Goes Green Mentor

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Lose Weight

author Posted by: Doug Rogers on date Jan 12th, 2009 | filed Filed under: healthy weight loss, lose weight

Lose Weight


If you are one of the many people that has to lose some of those extra pounds, you know how difficult it is to accomplish. It takes a great amount of personal will-power and commitment to lose weight and keep that weight off. We have so many temptations and it seems that once we start a weight loss program, there are more and more of these temptations. One only has to watch the food advertisements that tell us to eat, eat, eat!


Advertising can be a very powerful tool. And marketers know just how convincing a good advertisement can be. Unfortunately many people have succumbed to this ploy and these processed foods along with other poor dietary habits have resulted in an epidemic of obesity previously never experienced in our world. Two out of three American citizens are classed as overweight, whereas as many as one in three have been diagnosed as clinically obese. Between $50 billion and $90 billion are spent each year on products and services to lose weight, including diet foods and drinks, slimming clubs and centers, and surgery to name but a few.


The most important factor in weight loss is changing your life style. Money does not make you lose weight. Despite the fact that all this money is spent on an annual basis the weight loss problem refuses to go away. So why are we getting such poor results from the various methods employed to help people to lose weight? Maybe they are not making the necessary changes in their lives. Our everyday foods, as well as diet foods are highly processed and are virtually devoid of any vital nutrients. Some of them even contain ingredients that may compromise not only your ability to lose weight but also your health.


Do you take the time to read the labels on the food products you purchase? And if you do, do you understand the information? Many of the products available on our supermarket shelves will say low sugar or sugar free. What they fail to make clear is that these products that contain artificial sweeteners which are now thought to be responsible for many diet failures. In fact they may even be responsible for people putting on weight in the first place.


To lose weight many people will turn to some sort of weight loss program. An interesting fact is apparently there is a 95% failure rate with most weight loss programs. There are 2 crucial things you need to remember if you are going to experience success with your desire to lose weight:

1. To eat the right foods for your metabolic type

2. To do at least 20-30 mins exercise a day


Some people will also turn to natural supplements to aid in their weight loss attempts. If you feel you need an extra boost to help you to lose weight, then be sure to research the many supplements available. Know what you are putting into your body. As blood sugar is often a major problem for people who are overweight then it would be advisable to supplement with chromium as this will help to stabilize your blood sugar levels


As you do some research you will find that there are many different products and natural supplements that can assist you with your weight loss plan. There are many other ingredients known for their ability to help you to lose weight, including for example:- Garcinia Cambogia, Apple Cider Vinegar and Cayenne Pepper. The combinations of ingredients available depends largely on the individual proprietary brand. Whatever method you use to lose weight, keep in mind that your plan must be centered around healthy weight loss.


Janet Matthews

skype me: lindajanetmatthews

TriPower Team

+44 7815614557


http://lose-weight-today.net/

Natural Weight Loss

author Posted by: Marg Roukens on date Jan 6th, 2009 | filed Filed under: healthy weight loss, weight loss

Healthy Weight Loss


If you are like many people, you no doubt have been on a number of diets or weight loss programs over the years. And if you are like many people you have not been successful at keeping the weight permanently off. Somehow it keeps coming back! However, some of the simple things we should be doing on a regular basis can help us maintain our desired weight. For example: walking. A simple activity such as walking each day can have tremendous results and it is a great way to achieve healthy weight loss.


Some of us may discover too late in life how important walking is. But then it is better late than never. I discovered the walking and weight loss connection while I was a student in college. Most freshman college students gain between twenty and thirty pounds in their first year at school. For the first time in many students’ lives, they have to make their own decisions about eating and exercise. Many students’ walking program consists of walking from the dormitory to the classroom and back.


When I started walking I wasn’t aware that one should have some sort of plan to follow. I was one of the students who had no real walking program. I didn’t make the connection between walking and weight loss right away. I wound up gaining twenty-five pounds in the first semester of college, but I didn’t realize that I needed to connect walking and weight loss until I tried dieting.


Sometimes we cannot see the trees because of the forest. It is right in front of us but we can’t see. Before I started a walking program in school, the idea of walking and weight loss being so closely tied together did not occur to me. Instead, I tried changing my diet. I ate salads at nearly every meal. I had no breakfast and I did not really have a whole meal until the evening. I probably only took in about nine hundred calories each day, but I did not see very good results. I had to think back to a time when I was fit to make the walking and weight loss connection.


I’m sure some of you know how it feels to be over-weight. It certainly is not the best feeling one can have. Our self esteem can be affected and more problems result. I was a heavy student in high school and I dieted a lot. One diet was very successful for me during the end of my high school career. I was involved in an after school program that I attended every day. Since I could not ride the bus home from school, I simply walked the two mile commute home five days a week. I did not consider this an actual walking program, but it really was. The only differences between my lifestyle in high school and in college were that I ate more and I walked almost every day.


Sometimes it takes awhile for us to make connections with the things we do. Sometimes we even fail to make any connections. However, once I made the walking and natural weight loss connection, the rest was easy. I just started a simple walking program that consisted of taking a relaxing walk at least three times each week. I did not really worry about dieting, but I made sure to eat breakfast and to eat small meals throughout the day. I also avoided eating after eight o’clock in the evening. Within a few weeks, I found myself proving the walking and weight loss connection. I lost the twenty five pounds. A simple walking program can be tremendously effective to help you lose weight. Of course, as with any program, you must stick with it. Now get out there and start walking!


Jim Byrne


TriPower Team

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