Thursday, November 27, 2008

How to keep both fit and slim at the same time

by James Charles

How fit do you want to be? Or how slim? 
All of us have a natural body metabolism - the system whereby we burn off calories. Some of us do that faster than others and that is that way it is. But we can all lose weight - if that is what we want. And we can all be fitter than we are. Within limits.

Moderation in all things - including moderation.

If you are a thick-set, big-boned physical type, you will NEVER be a thin, slim, small boned type. That may be sad, may be unjust - but it is a fact. With facts such as these, we can accept or we can choose to disregard, but (if I may suggest) the latter course will not make us happy.

So what to do? Take some form of physical exercise 3 times a week for 30-40 minutes. Work hard enough to work up a little sweat and keep the heart working. Find a form of exercise that you enjoy. If you dislike the gym, don't go. Walk somewhere inspiring, run, ride a bike, buy a home rowing-machine, play tennis, swim with a friend. Use your imagination. The list is endless.

But don't cheat - DO work up a little sweat. Drink plenty of water and finally, eat properly.

Exercise followed by rewarding yourself with high-carb foods, sweet drinks and treats won't work. Concentrate on the fruits, vegetables and salads that will fill you up with good stuff. Eat meat a bit, and oily fish. Have an occasional dessert if you want.

Moderate everything - and exclude worrying about 'dieting'. Just eat well, exercise well and be good to yourself. 
As a result - and this can take some weeks or months - you will be slimmer and fitter. Don't expect miracles. 
You'll find contentment can take years (and pounds) off you.

Learn more about this author, James Charles.


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Monday, September 22, 2008

Strip that Fat !!!


Tired of the Endless Loop of Yo-Yo Diets? Here is Why Your Last Diet Didn’t Work

if you are like most, you are getting tired of endless dieting regimes with little or no results. The average person spends a great deal of time and money dieting throughout their lives, but for what? MOST DIETS SIMPLY DO NOT WORK!

This is not fair to you! You deserve to lose weight and we are about to reveal a diet that will lead you to the body, health, and happiness that you have be looking for.

You deserve to strip any unwanted fat from your body and look and feel the way you have always wanted. The name of our system is Strip That Fat, because that is exactly what happens when you use it. You can strip any unwanted fat from your body which will actually help your body and organs function better. It will also help you regain the healthy glow and that happiness back into your life. Less fat will give you more energy, a more clear mind, and actually increase happiness!

Before we go any further, we want to let you know that our goal is NOT to belittle you, rather guide and support your weight loss. If we get a little harsh along the way, please understand that your health is in our best interest. Sometimes it takes the harsh truth and the “facts” to get this through.

We want to help you. The reason Strip That Fat is the top dieting programs available online is because we are actually helping people like yourself lose weight. Fair enough?

Alright, let’s go…

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WE have invented a revolutionary new diet system and eating program that will make you lose weight WITHOUT restricting your diet to “low fat” or “low carb” foods, rather eating the right calories.

You actually get to eat more and lose more with Strip that Fat!

AND KEEP THE FRICKEN’ WEIGHT OFF!

We are tired of people coming to us saying that they have tried this diet and that diet only to gain every pound, inch and unhealthy lifestyle back into their life. It DOES NOT HAVE TO be this way.

With the Strip That Fat revolutionary diet system, we are going to show you some things that may truly surprise you and some things that the big money dieting companies probably don’t want us to release (just because we are telling people the truth).



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Is Your Goal Really Weight Loss?

Are you ashamed of your weight? Do you have a goal weight that you want to reach through weight loss? I’d say so, it’s been pushed into our brains many times over and over again that “weight loss” is what we want to accomplish. There are weight loss guides, weight loss supplements, and many other things that push “weight loss”. Many people even set their goals to be at a certain weight. Additionally, the medical community has developed an “ideal weight” chart, which can further add to the confusion about weight loss.

Now, let me ask you a question. Is your goal really weight loss? Unless you are trying to make a weight class for wrestling or some other sport with weight classes, you may think that your goal is weight loss, but it really isn’t. You are trying to lose that flubbery stuff attached to your body called FAT. Correct?

So then, why do we measure our progress by how much we weigh? Why do we step on the bathroom scale and hope that those numbers will be lower than before? You see, our weight is affected by more than just how much fat is on our body. Some other factors include water, muscle, glycogen, and obviously if we have eaten anything earlier or used the bathroom lately.

Our water weight fluctuates constantly. For instance, when we exhale water vapor comes out. When we sweat, we are sweating out water. There are also many more factors that can affect the amount of water in our body. Water is what usually causes those random gains or losses of a pound or two in weight that can make you happy or sad. It is almost physiologically impossible to lose a pound of fat in one day.

One reason the low-carb or no-carb (also called ketogenic) diets are so attractive is because of the large initial loss of weight. However, this weight is not necessarily fat. When carbohydrates are restricted the body has a backup store of them located in the liver and muscles in the form of something called glycogen. The human body can store approximately 400 grams of glycogen. In larger individuals this number can increase. In addition to this, for each gram of glycogen stored in the human body, 3 grams of water are also stored. If you figure it out, this would equate to about 1600 grams (3.5 pounds) of glycogen and water.

When you stop or limit your consumption of carbohydrates, your body starts using its glycogen stores. After a couple of days that 1600 grams (3.5 pounds) of glycogen and water are gone. Also, as an adaptation to the restriction of carbohydrates, your body produces these things called ketones. Ketones also appear to have a diuretic effect, which would mean an even greater loss of water.

In addition to water, if you have been working out lately to speed along your “weight loss” (you mean fat loss, right?) progress you probably have gained some muscle doing so. This gain in muscle can also affect the numbers you see on the scale. Muscle is also more dense than fat.

You may be wondering how you are going to measure your progress now that the scale doesn’t mean as much as it used to. Well, there are several methods to measure your body fat percentage. None of these methods are 100% accurate, but they will be much more useful than the use of a scale.

One of the simplest ways is to use a caliper. You can usually find these at your local sporting goods/fitness shop. If you can’t find them locally, you can order them off the internet. Calipers measure the thickness of a skin fold on your triceps. Then there are directions that come with the caliper that show you how to use the number you get to derive your body fat %.

If you don’t want to go out and buy some calipers, there is a body fat % calculator on my website. The calculator uses the circumference of several parts of your body and then plugs them into a formula developed by the U.S. Navy to derive an approximation of your body fat %.

You can find this calculator here: http://www.weight-loss-resources.com/calculators/bodyfat.html

There are also much more accurate ways to measure your body fat % like buoyancy testing or the use of special lasers.

If you insist on knowing your progress by weight loss and want to use a scale, try to weigh yourself at the same time everyday. Probably the best time would be right when you wake up in the morning and before you do anything.

So, your new goal should be to shoot for fat loss and not weight loss. Don’t necessarily trust the scale all the time as it can be deceiving - your weight is affected by more than just how much fat you have gained or lost. In addition, it is almost physiologically impossible to gain or lose a pound of fat in one day.

About the Author

Nathan Latvaitis runs a website at http://www.weight-loss-resources.com where you can find even more fitness/weight loss articles, product reviews, book reviews, calculators, a message board, and more.


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Monday, September 15, 2008

Weight Loss Camps Over Fat Camps: Taking The Fun Way To Slim Down by Matthew Stanton

When we hear the word obesity, the words that often spring to mind are those of ugly or more obviously, fat. These are then followed by thoughts pertaining to negative social status. It is a reality that we usually associate obesity with the hindrance to socialization, as it negatively affects physical appearance. We tend to put aside the bigger and more important aspect of obesity we should concern ourselves about: it risks health.

The very fact that it endangers health should spur us to determine ways with which we may lose weight. It is not merely a matter of making ourselves look more socially acceptable, but of making ourselves healthier.

Not knowing how to go about the task of losing weight is a common problem for most people. We could not really know form sure what diet would work best for us, or what activities we ought to undergo. This problem can be solved by enrolling into summer weight loss camps.

There are weight loss camps for every gender and age group. Nowadays, these camps offer fun programs that can prove to be both enjoyable and rewarding in terms of losing weight.

Weight loss camps over fat camps

Weight loss camps have a friendlier outlook towards losing weight than fat camps. Fat camps follow a stricter and narrower undertaking for losing weight, and this is probably the main reason why they can be boring, rigid and even scary for some.

Weight loss camps, on the other hand, offer a more varied and open regimen for weight loss, because their goal is to pave the way for enrollees to find that particular weight loss program or plan that will suit them best. Unlike with fat camps, weight loss camps can be fun, and more so because they offer a variety of activities best suited for your inclinations.

Camp location and activities

A peaceful and stress free aura that is the aim of most weight loss camps in terms of camp location and environment. This is to enable enrollees to focus on the main thing they are aiming for weight loss. So you would probably find yourself spending the summer on a quiet beach or a mountain

Camp activities for teens can include outdoor activities and games that would help keep them from thinking of weight loss as a task, but rather of it merely a rewarding output of partaking in fun activities.

For adults, particularly women, activities would verge more on relaxation activities, like aerobics classes. This will help veer their minds away from the stress of everyday life yet lose weight at the same time.

Enrolling in a weight loss camp can be a win win endeavor. It allows you to lose weight in order to emerge healthier, and makes weight loss a fun undertaking.

Matthew Stanton is the author for Weight Loss Camps and Fat Camps and has written several articles related to the topic. If you want more information about Weight Loss Camps and how it can benefit you and your children, you may check this website at http://www.newimagecamp.com/compare.html


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Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The Shocking Fat Loss Secret

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Free Quick Weight Loss Tips - Lose Weight at a "SUPERCHARGED" Speed!

By Jennifer Jolan

Here are some free quick weight loss tips that will RAMP up the rate at which you lose weight. If you're desperate for some fast weight loss results, read this now.

Free Quick Weight Loss Tips

1. Drop water weight with this "trick"

The trick, well, it's kinda boring. It's drink more water each day. Wait, wait, wait. Before you stop reading, you must understand the reasoning about drinking more water.

You have a bunch of retained water your body is carrying around. You probably want to get rid of it, right? Well, you can drop 3-5 pounds of it within a few days by simply "tricking" your body out of it's survival mode. It thinks water is scarce, so it hoards it. If you drink 30+ more ounces of water each day, you body will be fooled into thinking there's a lot of water available so it's unnecessary to retain it. So the body flushes it out almost immediately.

2. Take fish oil pills

This is more a long term weight loss tip. I know you want fast weight loss, we all do. But to accelerate your short term results and make sure you continue to lose weight over the long term (as well as keeping it off), take the fish oil pills so that the Omega 3 Healthy Fats can do their job.

Your body is so deprived of these healthy fats to the point that once you give them to your body, your body does some amazing things. Seriously, as long as you get a quality fish oil pill, you will not only get weight loss results, but you'll pretty much help out any healthy condition you have or are worried about.

Use these 2 free quick weight loss tips and you'll lose weight fast and over the long term... you get the best of both worlds.

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Friday, August 29, 2008

You Can Loose 15 Pounds in 5 Days - Find Out the Secrets

By Bryan Burbank

If you are looking to loose 15 pounds in 5 days then there are some facts that you need to know. Loosing weight can sometimes be a difficult thing but most people who have been successful have focused on what they eat at all times. It is important to know that loosing this much weight in a short period of time is so super easy but it can be done.

What you will want to do is to change your eating habits and eliminate carbs from your diet for the 5 day period. You will want to eat only lean meats and vegetables because this will allow your body to detox and clean anything that is impure out of it. Next you will want to increase your water intake because this also will increase your weight loss as well as clean your body.

When you are eating your meals you will want to split them up into smaller meals and eat them more often during the day. This will help to increase your metabolism and this will help to burn fat cells. It is important that along with a increase in water and to alter your food habits you need to add some aerobic workout to your daily routine. You might want to add a 45 min walk twice a day.

It is very important that the during the 5 day period that you stick with the diet and after about 2 days your body will start to get more used to the way you are eating. As always when trying a new diet you must find something that fits your lifestyle and that you feel comfortable that you can stick with.


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Easy and Quick Weight Loss

By Subodh Jain

There are many people in this world who feel very frustrated because of their obesity and. These people often look for easy and quick weight loss programs so that they could lose their weight as soon as possible and look like other people who are less or not at all fat as compared to them. There are many types of weight loss programs organized for frustrated people who are fed up of their obesity. These people can take the advantage of these programs to boost their confidence and perform exercises to lose weight at a really fast pace. More than 90% percent of the people in the world face the problem to find a best suitable weight loss program so that they could lose weight and get rid of their overweight ness. Some of them also seek for a good weight loss program so that they could prevent weight gain in the near future and keep their body healthy and fit.

There are a lot of reasons due to which many people fail to keep their body away from continuous weight gain. But if he joins the best suitable weight loss program for him, then no force in this world can stop him from losing weight and that to very quickly in a very short amount of time. There are special diet and weight loss programs which offer easy and quick weight loss of a person and they guarantee that a person would lose weight in a short span of time which is decided by them. Some of these weight loss programs are genuine but there a lot of them which only commit fake promises and make money out of their customers. Easy and quick weight loss programs deprive the body with the essential nutrients that are required for the body to conduct various tasks of our daily life.

A good diet program would guide a person to intake a balanced and nutritional diet to the person instead of depriving of his regular meals. If a person undergoes excessive dieting then he would regain the lost weight in the future along with some more of it. So dieting is not quite a good idea for losing weight quickly. The best way to lose weight quickly is to undergo rigorous exercising sessions along with the intake of a nutritional balanced diet. This process is a bit tough but the results of this way of losing weight are excellent. So weight loss can become quick and easy if a person follows proper guidelines.


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