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Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Belly off Diet - Jeff Csatari and Men's Health
Belly off Diet - I recently came across this “The Belly Off Diet!” by Jeff Csatari and the editors of Men's Health. I think this theory just hits it! The fact that We eat too much food (that's the reason why! we enjoy it so much and sometimes we are gluttons) but our portions are enormous. In 1960 the average American man weighed 166 lbs. The average woman weighed 140lbs. Today, the average man weighs 191 lbs( that's funny it's precisely my weight right now and I'm 5'9" I think I'm little overweight) woman 164lbs. The number of Americans who are obese, considered essentially thirty or more pounds overweight, has almost doubled to around 40 million Americans. That's frightning considering the facts that obesity is linked to alot of health problem. The health problems associated with obesity are numerous. Obesity is not just a cosmetic problem. People who is 30% overweight is twice as likely to die prematurely as is an average-weight person. Health problem like Heart disease and stroke, High blood pressure, Diabetes, etc... These are the main reason we need to change the way we eat and our lifestyle. Belly off Diet seems to be an interesting weight loss program that seems to make sense and work. Quote"Taking control of your portion sizes is one of the most effective ways to drastically cut out calories." that's common sense!The Belly Off! Diet: Attack the Fat That Matters Most
How To Lose Your Love Handles Fast
So how do you lose love handles fast?
I'm telling you from experience that you can do abdominal exercises and other various forms of sweating your brains out, which happens to be the way that most people trying to lose their problem area fat deposits go about it, but until you stop believing the lie you aren't going to see results.
For years I was caught up in this lie, that goes something as follows: Exercise is the most important part of getting the sexy midsection and as long as I do my abs exercises each and every day I won't need to focus on my diet that much.
So, operating under this lie, I would do thousands of crunches and sit-ups without ever losing an ounce of fat from my love handles.
It was miserable to say the least. I mean, it seems to be logical that if I "worked" my abs I would get the flat, tone, sexy stomach that I always wanted. But this is not the case.
In fact, the greatest secret to losing not only the belly fat, but the fat thighs, butt, hips and other problem areas as well, just happens to illogical.
And that key is your diet?
The fact of the matter is that the only way to lose your love handles and other problem fat areas fast is by addressing the food you eat and the way that you eat it.
So for the sake of saving you from a ten thousand word explanation, here's two diet secrets that you need to begin following right now to quickly lose your stomach fat deposits...
1. Refined/process sugar is your worst enemy... Eliminate it.
This means you need to stop consuming the soda, sports drinks, fruit juices, candy, white bread and other foods heavily loaded with refined sugar.
2. No high energy carbs in the P.M hours.
By high energy carbs I mean bread, pasta, fruit and certain vegetables such as potatoes. These are high energy foods that tend to be stored as fat while you sleep. If you want to quickly lose the handles then the only carbs that you should be consuming in the P.M. hours are green leafy vegetables.
It's these two little diet secrets that allowed me to get rid of my embarrassing love handles. And please don't get me wrong, abdominal exercises are great for toning and developing the six pack. It's just that when it comes to losing the belly fat they won't do much good. http://www.naturalexplosiveweightloss.com
I'm telling you from experience that you can do abdominal exercises and other various forms of sweating your brains out, which happens to be the way that most people trying to lose their problem area fat deposits go about it, but until you stop believing the lie you aren't going to see results.
For years I was caught up in this lie, that goes something as follows: Exercise is the most important part of getting the sexy midsection and as long as I do my abs exercises each and every day I won't need to focus on my diet that much.
So, operating under this lie, I would do thousands of crunches and sit-ups without ever losing an ounce of fat from my love handles.
It was miserable to say the least. I mean, it seems to be logical that if I "worked" my abs I would get the flat, tone, sexy stomach that I always wanted. But this is not the case.
In fact, the greatest secret to losing not only the belly fat, but the fat thighs, butt, hips and other problem areas as well, just happens to illogical.
And that key is your diet?
The fact of the matter is that the only way to lose your love handles and other problem fat areas fast is by addressing the food you eat and the way that you eat it.
So for the sake of saving you from a ten thousand word explanation, here's two diet secrets that you need to begin following right now to quickly lose your stomach fat deposits...
1. Refined/process sugar is your worst enemy... Eliminate it.
This means you need to stop consuming the soda, sports drinks, fruit juices, candy, white bread and other foods heavily loaded with refined sugar.
2. No high energy carbs in the P.M hours.
By high energy carbs I mean bread, pasta, fruit and certain vegetables such as potatoes. These are high energy foods that tend to be stored as fat while you sleep. If you want to quickly lose the handles then the only carbs that you should be consuming in the P.M. hours are green leafy vegetables.
It's these two little diet secrets that allowed me to get rid of my embarrassing love handles. And please don't get me wrong, abdominal exercises are great for toning and developing the six pack. It's just that when it comes to losing the belly fat they won't do much good. http://www.naturalexplosiveweightloss.com
Weight Loss Exercise Post By : Thomas Husnik
Weight Loss Exercise
A lot of us live our lives like penned animals. Built to move, too often we put ourselves in a cage. We have bodies designed for racing across the savannas, but we live a lifestyle designed for migrating from the bed to the breakfast table; to the car seat; to the office chair; to the restaurant booth; to the living room couch and back to the bed.
It was not always this way. Not long ago in the United States, a man who worked on a farm did the equivalent of 15 miles of jogging every day; and his wife did the equivalent of 7 miles of jogging.
Today, our daily obligations of work and home keep us tied to our chairs, and if we want exercise, we have to seek it out.
In fact, health experts insist that obesity problem is probably caused at least as much by lack of physical activity as by eating too much. Hence, it is important that people need to move around.
However, that does not mean that a lap or two around the old high school track will offset a daily dose of donuts. Exercise alone is not very efficient, experts say. They contend that if you just exercise and do not change your diet, you may be able to prevent weight gain or even lose a few pounds for a while.
Nevertheless, it is not something that you are likely to sustain unless exercise is part of an overall program. The more regularly you exercise, the easier it is to maintain your weight. Here is what to do every day to make sure that you get the exercise you need.
1. Get quality Zzzs.
Make sure that you get adequate sleep. Good sleep habits are conducive to exercise, experts point out. If you feel worn out during the day, you are less likely to get much physical activity during the day.
In addition, there is evidence that people who are tired tend to eat more, using food as a substance for the rest they need.
2. Walk the walk.
It is probably the easiest exercise program of all. In fact, it may be all you ever have to do, according to some professional advices of some health experts.
Gradually build up to at least 30 minutes of brisk walking five times a week. Brisk walks themselves have health and psychological benefits that are well worth the while.
3. Walk the treadmill.
When the weather is bad, you might not feel like going outdoors. But if you have a treadmill in the television room, you can catch up on your favorite shows while you are doing your daily good turn for your weight-maintenance plan.
Most of us watch television anyway, and indoor exercise equipment enables anyone to turn a sedentary activity into a healthy walk.
4. Seize the time.
Excuses aside, lack of time is certainly a limiting factor in most lifestyles. That is why health experts suggest a basic guideline for incorporating exercise into your schedule.
Get as much exercise as you can that feels good without letting it interfere with your work or family life. If you need to, remind yourself that you are preventing many health problems when you prevent weight gain; and keeping your health is a gift to your family as well as yourself.
For More Information About Exercise, Fitness & Weight Loss Click Here
A lot of us live our lives like penned animals. Built to move, too often we put ourselves in a cage. We have bodies designed for racing across the savannas, but we live a lifestyle designed for migrating from the bed to the breakfast table; to the car seat; to the office chair; to the restaurant booth; to the living room couch and back to the bed.
It was not always this way. Not long ago in the United States, a man who worked on a farm did the equivalent of 15 miles of jogging every day; and his wife did the equivalent of 7 miles of jogging.
Today, our daily obligations of work and home keep us tied to our chairs, and if we want exercise, we have to seek it out.
In fact, health experts insist that obesity problem is probably caused at least as much by lack of physical activity as by eating too much. Hence, it is important that people need to move around.
However, that does not mean that a lap or two around the old high school track will offset a daily dose of donuts. Exercise alone is not very efficient, experts say. They contend that if you just exercise and do not change your diet, you may be able to prevent weight gain or even lose a few pounds for a while.
Nevertheless, it is not something that you are likely to sustain unless exercise is part of an overall program. The more regularly you exercise, the easier it is to maintain your weight. Here is what to do every day to make sure that you get the exercise you need.
1. Get quality Zzzs.
Make sure that you get adequate sleep. Good sleep habits are conducive to exercise, experts point out. If you feel worn out during the day, you are less likely to get much physical activity during the day.
In addition, there is evidence that people who are tired tend to eat more, using food as a substance for the rest they need.
2. Walk the walk.
It is probably the easiest exercise program of all. In fact, it may be all you ever have to do, according to some professional advices of some health experts.
Gradually build up to at least 30 minutes of brisk walking five times a week. Brisk walks themselves have health and psychological benefits that are well worth the while.
3. Walk the treadmill.
When the weather is bad, you might not feel like going outdoors. But if you have a treadmill in the television room, you can catch up on your favorite shows while you are doing your daily good turn for your weight-maintenance plan.
Most of us watch television anyway, and indoor exercise equipment enables anyone to turn a sedentary activity into a healthy walk.
4. Seize the time.
Excuses aside, lack of time is certainly a limiting factor in most lifestyles. That is why health experts suggest a basic guideline for incorporating exercise into your schedule.
Get as much exercise as you can that feels good without letting it interfere with your work or family life. If you need to, remind yourself that you are preventing many health problems when you prevent weight gain; and keeping your health is a gift to your family as well as yourself.
For More Information About Exercise, Fitness & Weight Loss Click Here
"Losing Weight the Healthy Way":Post by Tom Husnik
jump-start your metabolism
Almost 108 million Americans were overweight or obese in 1999. Until now, obesity continues to be a serious problem and is predicted to reach epidemic levels by the year 2020.
One way to prevent this scenario is to make people aware of the risks of being overweight or obese.
Here are some diseases that you are putting yourself in risk of if you are carrying a lot of extra pounds:
1. heart disease
2. stroke
3. diabetes
4. cancer
5. arthritis
6. hypertension
Losing weight helps to prevent and control these diseases.
The quick weight loss methods which have spread like fire these days do not provide lasting results. More often than not, dieting methods which involve dietary drinks, foods and supplement or pills do not work. If they do, the results are just temporary.
It is better to rely on a healthy weight loss option which will provide lifetime results. You have to set realistic goals and not expect to lose a lot of pounds in a short span of time.
Here are some tips on how you can lose those unwanted pounds the healthy way:
1. Do not starve your self.
The key to a healthier way of losing weight is: Do not diet.
You may seem happy and feel that you are losing those unwanted flabs on your belly and thighs by skipping meals. But remember that this would not last long. Your body cannot tolerate having insufficient food to fuel the energy that you use up everyday.
If you get used to skipping one or two meals a day, your stored calories will be used up instead of the energy that should have been provided by your meals. So if you just eat one huge sandwich in one day, it will end up straight to your problem area (i.e. highs, buttocks, hips).
2. Start your day right.
Mothers always say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Have a healthy meal in the morning to jump-start your metabolism.
Your food intake after you wake up will be used to burn fat all day long.
3. Eat small, healthy meals frequently.
Five small-serving snacks per day is better than three hearty meals. Eating more frequently, and in small servings, can prevent over-eating. This will also increase your metabolism and make calories burn faster.
4. Decide on how much weight you want to lose.
Keep your goals realistic. In the long run, it is virtually impossible for you to lose 40 pounds in 2 weeks. Have a mindset that you want to eat healthy to stay healthy for the rest of your life.
Once you have decided on a weight loss plan or program, stick to it and make sure that you follow your own set of dieting rules.
5. Drink lots of water.
Your body needs sufficient water to burn fat and keep your cells hydrated and healthy.
6. Avoid too much sugar.
Plan your meals around lots of fruits and vegetables, some bread, rice or pasta for that carbo fix that you need, plus lean meat and protein rich-foods. Sweets, sodas and pastries should be once-in-a-while indulgences only.
7. Watch your fat intake.
Fat is not the culprit to being overweight. You need this to keep your weight at the proper level.
There is such a thing as healthy fats. Olive, peanuts and canola oil have them. Tuna, salmon and mackerel have omega-3 fats which is good for the heart.
8. Exercise.
Leave your car if you are only going a few blocks from home, take the stairs instead of the elevator, jog, cycle or skate. Use these activites and other home chores if you are too lazy to go to the gym and take exercise classes. Make sure that you do this regularly and you will not even notice that you are already shedding pounds with these mundane activities.
It does not matter how much weight you plan or need to lose. What is important is that you set realistic goals for yourself.
Go slow. If you have already lost 5 or 6 pounds, give yourself a break then try to lose the next 5 pounds.
Eat healthy, drink lots of water, have enough sleep and exercise. This will give you a higher chance of losing weight and improving your health, which would result to a new, healthier you.
For More Information About DIET Click Here
Almost 108 million Americans were overweight or obese in 1999. Until now, obesity continues to be a serious problem and is predicted to reach epidemic levels by the year 2020.
One way to prevent this scenario is to make people aware of the risks of being overweight or obese.
Here are some diseases that you are putting yourself in risk of if you are carrying a lot of extra pounds:
1. heart disease
2. stroke
3. diabetes
4. cancer
5. arthritis
6. hypertension
Losing weight helps to prevent and control these diseases.
The quick weight loss methods which have spread like fire these days do not provide lasting results. More often than not, dieting methods which involve dietary drinks, foods and supplement or pills do not work. If they do, the results are just temporary.
It is better to rely on a healthy weight loss option which will provide lifetime results. You have to set realistic goals and not expect to lose a lot of pounds in a short span of time.
Here are some tips on how you can lose those unwanted pounds the healthy way:
1. Do not starve your self.
The key to a healthier way of losing weight is: Do not diet.
You may seem happy and feel that you are losing those unwanted flabs on your belly and thighs by skipping meals. But remember that this would not last long. Your body cannot tolerate having insufficient food to fuel the energy that you use up everyday.
If you get used to skipping one or two meals a day, your stored calories will be used up instead of the energy that should have been provided by your meals. So if you just eat one huge sandwich in one day, it will end up straight to your problem area (i.e. highs, buttocks, hips).
2. Start your day right.
Mothers always say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Have a healthy meal in the morning to jump-start your metabolism.
Your food intake after you wake up will be used to burn fat all day long.
3. Eat small, healthy meals frequently.
Five small-serving snacks per day is better than three hearty meals. Eating more frequently, and in small servings, can prevent over-eating. This will also increase your metabolism and make calories burn faster.
4. Decide on how much weight you want to lose.
Keep your goals realistic. In the long run, it is virtually impossible for you to lose 40 pounds in 2 weeks. Have a mindset that you want to eat healthy to stay healthy for the rest of your life.
Once you have decided on a weight loss plan or program, stick to it and make sure that you follow your own set of dieting rules.
5. Drink lots of water.
Your body needs sufficient water to burn fat and keep your cells hydrated and healthy.
6. Avoid too much sugar.
Plan your meals around lots of fruits and vegetables, some bread, rice or pasta for that carbo fix that you need, plus lean meat and protein rich-foods. Sweets, sodas and pastries should be once-in-a-while indulgences only.
7. Watch your fat intake.
Fat is not the culprit to being overweight. You need this to keep your weight at the proper level.
There is such a thing as healthy fats. Olive, peanuts and canola oil have them. Tuna, salmon and mackerel have omega-3 fats which is good for the heart.
8. Exercise.
Leave your car if you are only going a few blocks from home, take the stairs instead of the elevator, jog, cycle or skate. Use these activites and other home chores if you are too lazy to go to the gym and take exercise classes. Make sure that you do this regularly and you will not even notice that you are already shedding pounds with these mundane activities.
It does not matter how much weight you plan or need to lose. What is important is that you set realistic goals for yourself.
Go slow. If you have already lost 5 or 6 pounds, give yourself a break then try to lose the next 5 pounds.
Eat healthy, drink lots of water, have enough sleep and exercise. This will give you a higher chance of losing weight and improving your health, which would result to a new, healthier you.
For More Information About DIET Click Here
"Losing Weight? The Herbal Way"
These days, there is a great need for overweight Americans to lose those extra pounds. Being healthy would not only lead them to have a healthier lifestyle but it will also boost there confidants,and improve their overall well-being.
There is a long list of dieting plans available. There are exercise programs, exercise machines, dietary supplements, diet pills.
One other available option to shed off those unwanted pounds is to go herbal.
Herbal weight loss products have been in great demand for people who want to lose weight the natural way. However, when you take herbal supplements to lose weight, you would have to wait for a longer time for the results because of the more subtle effects of medicines which came from plants and natural herbs.
Here are some herbal weight loss options that you might want to consider:
1. Herbal weight loss products
There are a lot of herbal weight loss products available in the market now. You can check out the Internet and you will find a lot of herbal weight loss pills and products.
Be careful, however, as there are some products which claim to be safe and natural because they are herbal, but some actually have side effects because of non-extensive research on the effects of these products.
Here are some ingredients and chemicals which make up some herbal weight loss products that you should watch out for, as they might have harmful effects to your health:
> Senna. This is an herbal laxative. Senna is a main ingredient in weight loss teas, and it works by stimulation the colon. The downside effect of this herb is dehydration. It can also lead to colon problems and can become addictive. Some people, when addicted, are unable to perform bowel movements without it, so watch out.
> Chromium pollinate. This is a synthetic compound found in herbal weight loss products. Chromium is a nutrient which helps regulate blood-sugar level. However, this ingredient, when taken in high doses, may cause damage in the chromosomes. It can also lead to dehydration.
> St. John's wort. This supplement increases the production of a chemical in the brain. If not used properly, it may cause eye and skin sensitivity, mild gastrointestinal distress, fatigue and itching.
Although a lot of herbal products claim to be safe and natural, it is better to scrutinize the ingredients and research about the effects of the product itself before going for these herbal dietary pills.
2. Organic food.
In Wichita, Kansas, organic food has found its way to more homes and restaurants. Organic food devotees believe that consuming organic goodies help their bodies as well as the environment.
A person who buys organically raised eggs and vegetables claim to be healthier, and they are not spending money on doctors and prescriptions as these keep them healthier and away from the hospital. This could also be an option for weight watchers, as organic food is known to be kinder to your weight than chemically-processed food products.
3. Green Tea.
Studies show that intake of green tea, or green tea extracts burns extra calories. Also, green tea with caffeine can increase fat burning by up to 35% thereby reducing fat.
This is one good option for those who want to lose weight. In a study done, people who took green tea were found to lose 2 to 3 times more weight than those who did not drink green tea.
These results show that green tea is a natural product for the treatment of obesity. Thus, it also makes for a healthier dietary option, not to mention the good effects that it has on the body as compared to caffeine. A cup of tea gives an emmediate energy lift without the side effects of caffeine.
3. Caffeine.
Coffee provides an energy boost to increase fat burning. Caffeine also provides a likelihood to be active, which in turn increases your rate of calorie burn.
4. Immortality Herb
This herb, whose scientific name is Gymnostemna Pentaphyllum, is known to have the following benefits:
> increases healthy blood flow
> reduces artery blocks
> aids healthy blood pressure
> increases the rate of fat burning
5. Apple Cider Vinegar
There are pills and food supplements whose main ingredient is apple cider vinegar. Here are the benefits of taking this herbal option:
> weight loss
> improved cholesterol level
> improved high blood pressure
> helps prevent rheumatoid arthritis
By Thomas Husnik My Site :http://www.natural-weightloss-programs.com
There is a long list of dieting plans available. There are exercise programs, exercise machines, dietary supplements, diet pills.
One other available option to shed off those unwanted pounds is to go herbal.
Herbal weight loss products have been in great demand for people who want to lose weight the natural way. However, when you take herbal supplements to lose weight, you would have to wait for a longer time for the results because of the more subtle effects of medicines which came from plants and natural herbs.
Here are some herbal weight loss options that you might want to consider:
1. Herbal weight loss products
There are a lot of herbal weight loss products available in the market now. You can check out the Internet and you will find a lot of herbal weight loss pills and products.
Be careful, however, as there are some products which claim to be safe and natural because they are herbal, but some actually have side effects because of non-extensive research on the effects of these products.
Here are some ingredients and chemicals which make up some herbal weight loss products that you should watch out for, as they might have harmful effects to your health:
> Senna. This is an herbal laxative. Senna is a main ingredient in weight loss teas, and it works by stimulation the colon. The downside effect of this herb is dehydration. It can also lead to colon problems and can become addictive. Some people, when addicted, are unable to perform bowel movements without it, so watch out.
> Chromium pollinate. This is a synthetic compound found in herbal weight loss products. Chromium is a nutrient which helps regulate blood-sugar level. However, this ingredient, when taken in high doses, may cause damage in the chromosomes. It can also lead to dehydration.
> St. John's wort. This supplement increases the production of a chemical in the brain. If not used properly, it may cause eye and skin sensitivity, mild gastrointestinal distress, fatigue and itching.
Although a lot of herbal products claim to be safe and natural, it is better to scrutinize the ingredients and research about the effects of the product itself before going for these herbal dietary pills.
2. Organic food.
In Wichita, Kansas, organic food has found its way to more homes and restaurants. Organic food devotees believe that consuming organic goodies help their bodies as well as the environment.
A person who buys organically raised eggs and vegetables claim to be healthier, and they are not spending money on doctors and prescriptions as these keep them healthier and away from the hospital. This could also be an option for weight watchers, as organic food is known to be kinder to your weight than chemically-processed food products.
3. Green Tea.
Studies show that intake of green tea, or green tea extracts burns extra calories. Also, green tea with caffeine can increase fat burning by up to 35% thereby reducing fat.
This is one good option for those who want to lose weight. In a study done, people who took green tea were found to lose 2 to 3 times more weight than those who did not drink green tea.
These results show that green tea is a natural product for the treatment of obesity. Thus, it also makes for a healthier dietary option, not to mention the good effects that it has on the body as compared to caffeine. A cup of tea gives an emmediate energy lift without the side effects of caffeine.
3. Caffeine.
Coffee provides an energy boost to increase fat burning. Caffeine also provides a likelihood to be active, which in turn increases your rate of calorie burn.
4. Immortality Herb
This herb, whose scientific name is Gymnostemna Pentaphyllum, is known to have the following benefits:
> increases healthy blood flow
> reduces artery blocks
> aids healthy blood pressure
> increases the rate of fat burning
5. Apple Cider Vinegar
There are pills and food supplements whose main ingredient is apple cider vinegar. Here are the benefits of taking this herbal option:
> weight loss
> improved cholesterol level
> improved high blood pressure
> helps prevent rheumatoid arthritis
By Thomas Husnik My Site :http://www.natural-weightloss-programs.com
What The New "Low-Carb" Study REALLY Says
What The New "Low-Carb" Study REALLY Says
By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
www.BurnTheFat.com
A news media feeding frenzy erupted recently when a new diet study broke in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Almost all the reporters got it wrong, wrong WRONG! So did most of the gloating low carb formulates and blogger s. Come to think of it, almost everyone interpreted this study wrong. Some valuable insights came out of this study, but almost everyone missed them because they were too busy believing what the news said or defending their own cherished belief systems …
The new study, titled, “Weight Loss With a Low-Carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or Low-Fat Diet” was published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in issue 359, number 3.
I quickly read the full text of the research paper the day it was published. Then, I shook my head in dismay as I scanned the news headlines.
I found it amusing that the media turned this into a three ring circus, putting a misleading “low carb versus high carb,” “Atkins vindicated” or “Diet wars” spin on the story. But that’s mainstream journalism for you, right? Gotta sell those papers!
Just look at some of these headlines:
“Study Tips Scales in Atkins Diets Favor: Low Carb Regimen Better Than Low Fat Diet For Weight And Cholesterol, Major Study Shows. “
“Low-Carb and Low-Fat Diets Face Off “
“The Never-Ending Diet Wars”
“Low Carb Beats Low Fat in Diet Duel.”
“Atkins Diet is Safe and Far More Effective Than a Low-Fat One, Study Says”
“Unrestricted Low-Carb Diet Wins Hands Down”
Some of these headlines are hilarious! I wonder if any of these reporters actually read the whole study. Geez. Is it too much trouble to read 13 pages before you write a story that will be read by millions of already confused people suffering the pain and frustration of obesity?
Here’s a quick look at the study design.
The low fat restricted calorie diet was based on American Heart Association guidelines. Calorie intake was set at 1500 for women, 1800 a day for men with 30% of calories from fat, and only 10% from saturated fat. Participants were instructed to eat low fat grains, vegetables, fruits and legumes and to limit their consumption of additional fats, sweets and high fat snacks.
The Mediterranean diet group was placed on a moderate fat, restricted calorie program rich in vegetables and low in red meat, with poultry and fish replacing beef and lamb. Energy intake was restricted to 1500 calories per day for women and 1800 calories per day for men with a goal of no more than 35% of calorie from fat. Added fat came mostly from nuts and olive oil.
The low carb diet was a non-restricted calorie plan aimed at providing 20 grams of carbs per day for the 2 month induction phase with a gradual increase to 120 grams per day to maintain the weight loss. Intakes of total calories, protein and fat were not limited. However, the participants were counseled to choose vegetarian sources of protein (more on that bizarre-twist shortly).
The study subjects were mostly male (86%), overweight (BMI 31) and middle age (mean age 52)
Here were the study results:
There were some health improvements in cholesterol, blood pressure and other parameters in the Mediterranean and low carb group that bested the high carb group. That was the focus of many articles and discussions that appeared on the net this week. However, I’d like to focus on the weight loss aspect as I’m not a medical doctor and fat loss is the primary subject matter of this website.
All three groups lost weight. The low carb group lost 5.5 kilos, the Mediterranean group lost 4.6 kilos and the low fat group lost 3.3 kilograms…. IN TWO YEARS! Whoopee!
My conclusion would be that the results were similar and that none of the diets worked very well over the long term!
Amanda Gardner of the US News and World Report Health Day was one of the few reporters who got it right:
“Diet plans produce similar results: Study finds Mediterranean and low-carb diets work just as well as low fat ones.”
Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times also came close with her headline:
“Long term diet study suggests success is hard to come by: In a tightly controlled experiment, obese people lost an average of just 6 to 10 pounds over two years.”
Even this headline wasn’t 100% accurate. The study was HARDLY tightly controlled. Tightly controlled means metabolic ward studies where the researchers actually count and control the calorie intake.
The problem is, you can’t lock people in a hospital or research center ward for two years. So in this study, they used a food frequency questionnaire. Sure, like we believe what people report about their eating habits at restaurants and at home behind closed doors! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
“No! I swear Dr. Schwarzfuchs! I swear I didn’t eat those donuts over the weekend! I stayed on my Mediterranean diet. Honest!”
One of the most firmly established facts in dietetics research is that almost everyone underreports their food intake BADLY, sometimes by as much as 50%. I’m not saying everyone “lies,” they just forget or don’t know. In fact, this underreporting of calorie intake is such a huge problem that it makes obesity research very difficult to do and conclusions difficult to draw from free-living studies.
Another blunder in the news reports is that this study didn’t really follow Atkins diet parameters OR even the traditional low fat diet for that matter, so it’s not an “Atkin’s versus Ornish” showdown at all.
If you actually take the time to read the full text of the research paper it doesn’t say ANYTHING like, “Atkins is the best after all.” That’s the spin that some of the news media cooked up (and what the Atkins foundation was hoping for).
It says, “The diet was based on the Atkins diet.” However, the sentence right before that says, “The participants were counseled to choose vegetarian sources of fat and protein.” Vegetarian Atkins?
The chart on page 236 says the low carb diet provided 40% of calories from carbs at 6, 12 and 24 months. If I’m reading that data properly, then the only low carb period was a brief induction phase in the very beginning.
Does that sound like Atkins? 40% carb sounds more like the Zone diet or my own Burn The Fat program to me.
The Atkins Foundation, which partially supported this study, told reporters, “We feel vindicated.” HA! They should have paid the reporters and told the researchers they felt ripped off and they wanted a refund for misuse of their research grant!
After carefully reading the full text of this study, there are many interesting findings we could talk about, from the differences in results between men and women to the improvements in health markers. Here’s what the study really says that stood out to me. It’s what I would have talked about if the newspapers or TV stations had called me:
1. “Mediterranean and low carb diets may be effective alternatives to low-fat diets.”
I can agree completely with that statement. All three diets created a calorie deficit. All three groups lost weight. Low carb lost a little more, which is the usual finding because low carb diets often control appetite and calorie intake automatically (you eat less even if you don’t count calories). Also, if body composition is not indicated, there’s an initial water weight loss that makes low carb diets look more effective in the very early stages.
2. “Personal preferences and metabolic considerations might inform individualized tailoring of dietary interventions.”
Absolutely! Nutrition should be individualized based on goals, health status, body type, activity level and numerous other factors. Different people have different phenotypes. Some people are more predisposed to thrive on a low carb approach. Others feel like crap on low carbs and do better with more carbs or a middle of the road approach. Those who dogmatically follow and defend one type of diet or the other are only handcuffing themselves by limiting their options. Iris Shai, a researcher in the study said, “We can’t rely on one diet fits all.” Hmm, far cry from “Atkins wins hands down,” wouldn’t you say?
3. “The rate of adherence to a study diet was 95.4% at 1 year and 84.6% at 2 years.”
THIS was the part of most interest to me. When I read this, immediately I could have cared less about the silly low carb versus high carb wars that the news reporters were jumping on.
I wanted to know WHY the subjects were able to stick with it so well. Of course, that’s boring stuff to journalists… adherence? What does that word mean anyway? Yawn - not interesting enough for prime time, I guess.
But it was interesting to me, and I hope YOU pay attention to what I found. The authors of the study wrote:
“This trial suggests a model that might be applied more broadly in the workplace. Using the employer as a health coach could be an effective way to improve health. The model of group intervention with the use of dietary group sessions, spousal support, food labels, and monthly weighing in the workplace within the framework of a health promotion campaign might yield weight reduction and long term health benefits.”
Hmmmmm, lets see:
* Dietician coaching
* Group meetings
* Motivational phone calls
* Spousal support
* Workplace monitoring (corporate health program)
* Food labels - calorie monitoring
* Weigh-ins (required and monitored)
Wow, everything helpful to long term fat loss that sticks. Can you say, ACCOUNTABILITY? These factors help explain the better adherence.
By the way, the adherence rate for the low carb group was the lowest.
90.4% in low fat group
85.3% in the Mediterranean group
78% in the low carb group
Here’s the bottom line, the way I see it:
First, please, please, please learn how to find and read primary research and take the news media stories with a grain of salt. If you want to know who died, what burned down or what hurricane is coming, tune in to the news – they do a GREAT job at that. If you want to know how to lose weight or improve your health, look up the original research papers instead of taking second hand information at face value.
Second, those who prefer a low carb approach; more power to them. Most studies, this one included, show at the very least that low carb is an option and it’s not necessarily an unhealthy one if done intelligently. I also have no qualms with someone claiming that low carb diets are slightly more effective for weight loss, especially in the short term, free living situations. Is low carb superior for fat loss in the long haul? That’s STILL highly debatable. It’s probably superior for some people, but not for others.
Third, low carb people, listen up! Even if low carb is superior, that doesn’t mean calories don’t count. Deny this at your own peril. In fact, this study shows the reverse. The low carb group was in a larger negative energy balance than the high carb and Mediterranean group (according to the data published in this paper), which easily explains the greater weight loss. Posting the calories contained in foods in the cafeteria may have improved the results and helped with compliance in all groups.
When energy intake is matched calorie for calorie, the advantage of a low carb diet shrinks or disappears. For most people, low carb is a hunger management or calorie control weight loss advantage, not metabolic magic (sorry, no magic folks!)
tom venuto Burn The Fat
Fourth, choose the nutrition program that’s most appropriate for your personal preferences, your current health condition, your genetics (or phenotype) and most important of all… the one you can stick with. Then tend your own garden instead of wasting time criticizing how the other guy is eating. Your results will speak for themselves in the end. Take your shirt off and show us.
If I were forced to choose only one approach (and thank god I’m not), I would recommend avoiding the extremes of very low carb or very low fat or very high fat or very high carbs. Balance makes the most sense to me, and the research suggests that this helps produce the highest compliance rate. That’s not rocket science either, it’s common sense. If you have a serious fat loss goal, as when I compete in bodybuilding, then a further reduction in carbs and increase in protein makes perfect sense to me as a peaking diet.
If an extremely low or extremely high carb diet worked for you, great. But generalizing your experience to the entire rest of the world makes no sense. Arguing from extremes is the weakest form of argument.
The reason I have THREE nutrition plans (three phases) in my own fat loss program is because programs with flexibility and room for individualization beat the others hands down in the long term. In fact, I wrote an entire chapter in my e-book about unique body types, how to determine yours and how to individualize your nutrition – it’s THAT important.
If you have more choices, you have more power. The people who are shackled by dogma and narrow thinking are stuck. They also risk missing what’s really important. Things like:
Personalization
Adherence
Long-term Maintenance
Accountability
Social Support
and…
CALORIES!
Train hard and expect success,
Tom Venuto CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Fat Loss Coach
www.BurnTheFat.com
PS. If you want to learn more about a balanced, flexible and proven approach, which teaches nutritional individuality and which can produce similar weight loss in one month, month after month, that the subjects of this study produced in TWO YEARS, (if you ADHERE to it!), then visit my fat loss website.
About the Author:
Tom Venuto is a natural bodybuilder, certified personal trainer and freelance fitness writer. Tom is the author of "Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle,” which teaches you how to get lean without drugs or supplements using secrets of the world's best bodybuilders and fitness models. Learn how to get rid of stubborn fat and increase your metabolism by visiting: www.burnthefat.com
By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
www.BurnTheFat.com
A news media feeding frenzy erupted recently when a new diet study broke in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Almost all the reporters got it wrong, wrong WRONG! So did most of the gloating low carb formulates and blogger s. Come to think of it, almost everyone interpreted this study wrong. Some valuable insights came out of this study, but almost everyone missed them because they were too busy believing what the news said or defending their own cherished belief systems …
The new study, titled, “Weight Loss With a Low-Carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or Low-Fat Diet” was published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) in issue 359, number 3.
I quickly read the full text of the research paper the day it was published. Then, I shook my head in dismay as I scanned the news headlines.
I found it amusing that the media turned this into a three ring circus, putting a misleading “low carb versus high carb,” “Atkins vindicated” or “Diet wars” spin on the story. But that’s mainstream journalism for you, right? Gotta sell those papers!
Just look at some of these headlines:
“Study Tips Scales in Atkins Diets Favor: Low Carb Regimen Better Than Low Fat Diet For Weight And Cholesterol, Major Study Shows. “
“Low-Carb and Low-Fat Diets Face Off “
“The Never-Ending Diet Wars”
“Low Carb Beats Low Fat in Diet Duel.”
“Atkins Diet is Safe and Far More Effective Than a Low-Fat One, Study Says”
“Unrestricted Low-Carb Diet Wins Hands Down”
Some of these headlines are hilarious! I wonder if any of these reporters actually read the whole study. Geez. Is it too much trouble to read 13 pages before you write a story that will be read by millions of already confused people suffering the pain and frustration of obesity?
Here’s a quick look at the study design.
The low fat restricted calorie diet was based on American Heart Association guidelines. Calorie intake was set at 1500 for women, 1800 a day for men with 30% of calories from fat, and only 10% from saturated fat. Participants were instructed to eat low fat grains, vegetables, fruits and legumes and to limit their consumption of additional fats, sweets and high fat snacks.
The Mediterranean diet group was placed on a moderate fat, restricted calorie program rich in vegetables and low in red meat, with poultry and fish replacing beef and lamb. Energy intake was restricted to 1500 calories per day for women and 1800 calories per day for men with a goal of no more than 35% of calorie from fat. Added fat came mostly from nuts and olive oil.
The low carb diet was a non-restricted calorie plan aimed at providing 20 grams of carbs per day for the 2 month induction phase with a gradual increase to 120 grams per day to maintain the weight loss. Intakes of total calories, protein and fat were not limited. However, the participants were counseled to choose vegetarian sources of protein (more on that bizarre-twist shortly).
The study subjects were mostly male (86%), overweight (BMI 31) and middle age (mean age 52)
Here were the study results:
There were some health improvements in cholesterol, blood pressure and other parameters in the Mediterranean and low carb group that bested the high carb group. That was the focus of many articles and discussions that appeared on the net this week. However, I’d like to focus on the weight loss aspect as I’m not a medical doctor and fat loss is the primary subject matter of this website.
All three groups lost weight. The low carb group lost 5.5 kilos, the Mediterranean group lost 4.6 kilos and the low fat group lost 3.3 kilograms…. IN TWO YEARS! Whoopee!
My conclusion would be that the results were similar and that none of the diets worked very well over the long term!
Amanda Gardner of the US News and World Report Health Day was one of the few reporters who got it right:
“Diet plans produce similar results: Study finds Mediterranean and low-carb diets work just as well as low fat ones.”
Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times also came close with her headline:
“Long term diet study suggests success is hard to come by: In a tightly controlled experiment, obese people lost an average of just 6 to 10 pounds over two years.”
Even this headline wasn’t 100% accurate. The study was HARDLY tightly controlled. Tightly controlled means metabolic ward studies where the researchers actually count and control the calorie intake.
The problem is, you can’t lock people in a hospital or research center ward for two years. So in this study, they used a food frequency questionnaire. Sure, like we believe what people report about their eating habits at restaurants and at home behind closed doors! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
“No! I swear Dr. Schwarzfuchs! I swear I didn’t eat those donuts over the weekend! I stayed on my Mediterranean diet. Honest!”
One of the most firmly established facts in dietetics research is that almost everyone underreports their food intake BADLY, sometimes by as much as 50%. I’m not saying everyone “lies,” they just forget or don’t know. In fact, this underreporting of calorie intake is such a huge problem that it makes obesity research very difficult to do and conclusions difficult to draw from free-living studies.
Another blunder in the news reports is that this study didn’t really follow Atkins diet parameters OR even the traditional low fat diet for that matter, so it’s not an “Atkin’s versus Ornish” showdown at all.
If you actually take the time to read the full text of the research paper it doesn’t say ANYTHING like, “Atkins is the best after all.” That’s the spin that some of the news media cooked up (and what the Atkins foundation was hoping for).
It says, “The diet was based on the Atkins diet.” However, the sentence right before that says, “The participants were counseled to choose vegetarian sources of fat and protein.” Vegetarian Atkins?
The chart on page 236 says the low carb diet provided 40% of calories from carbs at 6, 12 and 24 months. If I’m reading that data properly, then the only low carb period was a brief induction phase in the very beginning.
Does that sound like Atkins? 40% carb sounds more like the Zone diet or my own Burn The Fat program to me.
The Atkins Foundation, which partially supported this study, told reporters, “We feel vindicated.” HA! They should have paid the reporters and told the researchers they felt ripped off and they wanted a refund for misuse of their research grant!
After carefully reading the full text of this study, there are many interesting findings we could talk about, from the differences in results between men and women to the improvements in health markers. Here’s what the study really says that stood out to me. It’s what I would have talked about if the newspapers or TV stations had called me:
1. “Mediterranean and low carb diets may be effective alternatives to low-fat diets.”
I can agree completely with that statement. All three diets created a calorie deficit. All three groups lost weight. Low carb lost a little more, which is the usual finding because low carb diets often control appetite and calorie intake automatically (you eat less even if you don’t count calories). Also, if body composition is not indicated, there’s an initial water weight loss that makes low carb diets look more effective in the very early stages.
2. “Personal preferences and metabolic considerations might inform individualized tailoring of dietary interventions.”
Absolutely! Nutrition should be individualized based on goals, health status, body type, activity level and numerous other factors. Different people have different phenotypes. Some people are more predisposed to thrive on a low carb approach. Others feel like crap on low carbs and do better with more carbs or a middle of the road approach. Those who dogmatically follow and defend one type of diet or the other are only handcuffing themselves by limiting their options. Iris Shai, a researcher in the study said, “We can’t rely on one diet fits all.” Hmm, far cry from “Atkins wins hands down,” wouldn’t you say?
3. “The rate of adherence to a study diet was 95.4% at 1 year and 84.6% at 2 years.”
THIS was the part of most interest to me. When I read this, immediately I could have cared less about the silly low carb versus high carb wars that the news reporters were jumping on.
I wanted to know WHY the subjects were able to stick with it so well. Of course, that’s boring stuff to journalists… adherence? What does that word mean anyway? Yawn - not interesting enough for prime time, I guess.
But it was interesting to me, and I hope YOU pay attention to what I found. The authors of the study wrote:
“This trial suggests a model that might be applied more broadly in the workplace. Using the employer as a health coach could be an effective way to improve health. The model of group intervention with the use of dietary group sessions, spousal support, food labels, and monthly weighing in the workplace within the framework of a health promotion campaign might yield weight reduction and long term health benefits.”
Hmmmmm, lets see:
* Dietician coaching
* Group meetings
* Motivational phone calls
* Spousal support
* Workplace monitoring (corporate health program)
* Food labels - calorie monitoring
* Weigh-ins (required and monitored)
Wow, everything helpful to long term fat loss that sticks. Can you say, ACCOUNTABILITY? These factors help explain the better adherence.
By the way, the adherence rate for the low carb group was the lowest.
90.4% in low fat group
85.3% in the Mediterranean group
78% in the low carb group
Here’s the bottom line, the way I see it:
First, please, please, please learn how to find and read primary research and take the news media stories with a grain of salt. If you want to know who died, what burned down or what hurricane is coming, tune in to the news – they do a GREAT job at that. If you want to know how to lose weight or improve your health, look up the original research papers instead of taking second hand information at face value.
Second, those who prefer a low carb approach; more power to them. Most studies, this one included, show at the very least that low carb is an option and it’s not necessarily an unhealthy one if done intelligently. I also have no qualms with someone claiming that low carb diets are slightly more effective for weight loss, especially in the short term, free living situations. Is low carb superior for fat loss in the long haul? That’s STILL highly debatable. It’s probably superior for some people, but not for others.
Third, low carb people, listen up! Even if low carb is superior, that doesn’t mean calories don’t count. Deny this at your own peril. In fact, this study shows the reverse. The low carb group was in a larger negative energy balance than the high carb and Mediterranean group (according to the data published in this paper), which easily explains the greater weight loss. Posting the calories contained in foods in the cafeteria may have improved the results and helped with compliance in all groups.
When energy intake is matched calorie for calorie, the advantage of a low carb diet shrinks or disappears. For most people, low carb is a hunger management or calorie control weight loss advantage, not metabolic magic (sorry, no magic folks!)
tom venuto Burn The Fat
Fourth, choose the nutrition program that’s most appropriate for your personal preferences, your current health condition, your genetics (or phenotype) and most important of all… the one you can stick with. Then tend your own garden instead of wasting time criticizing how the other guy is eating. Your results will speak for themselves in the end. Take your shirt off and show us.
If I were forced to choose only one approach (and thank god I’m not), I would recommend avoiding the extremes of very low carb or very low fat or very high fat or very high carbs. Balance makes the most sense to me, and the research suggests that this helps produce the highest compliance rate. That’s not rocket science either, it’s common sense. If you have a serious fat loss goal, as when I compete in bodybuilding, then a further reduction in carbs and increase in protein makes perfect sense to me as a peaking diet.
If an extremely low or extremely high carb diet worked for you, great. But generalizing your experience to the entire rest of the world makes no sense. Arguing from extremes is the weakest form of argument.
The reason I have THREE nutrition plans (three phases) in my own fat loss program is because programs with flexibility and room for individualization beat the others hands down in the long term. In fact, I wrote an entire chapter in my e-book about unique body types, how to determine yours and how to individualize your nutrition – it’s THAT important.
If you have more choices, you have more power. The people who are shackled by dogma and narrow thinking are stuck. They also risk missing what’s really important. Things like:
Personalization
Adherence
Long-term Maintenance
Accountability
Social Support
and…
CALORIES!
Train hard and expect success,
Tom Venuto CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Fat Loss Coach
www.BurnTheFat.com
PS. If you want to learn more about a balanced, flexible and proven approach, which teaches nutritional individuality and which can produce similar weight loss in one month, month after month, that the subjects of this study produced in TWO YEARS, (if you ADHERE to it!), then visit my fat loss website.
About the Author:
Tom Venuto is a natural bodybuilder, certified personal trainer and freelance fitness writer. Tom is the author of "Burn the Fat, Feed The Muscle,” which teaches you how to get lean without drugs or supplements using secrets of the world's best bodybuilders and fitness models. Learn how to get rid of stubborn fat and increase your metabolism by visiting: www.burnthefat.com
Burn Fat, Build Lean Muscle and Play your Best Golf with This Exciting New Breakthrough…
Burn Fat, Build Lean Muscle and Play your Best Golf with This Exciting New Breakthrough... by Absalom Edoh
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Building a Lean Athletic Body for Golf in Just 2 Hours a Week If you are an avid golfer, you already know the future of golf is here. Golfers are lean, they are strong and they hit the ball longer than ever before. Take a look at Tiger Woods, Mike Weir or the up and coming Camilo Villages. Golfers today do not leave their fitness to chance. They exercise control over the fitness routines and their nutrition so their bodies and mind are prepared to play to their peak on any given day and always on a Sunday. And how about the ladies tour...have you seen Lorena Ochoa, Annika Sorenstam and up and coming rookie, Brittany Lang? Your game may have survived the test of time until recently, but do you have what it takes to reach the next level? Straight talk about fat loss for golfers... Fat loss is a very serious subject. Excess fat jeopardizes your health, zaps you of precious energy and deprives you of living your life to the fullest. A lean fit physique can take you to the top of your game and keep you there. It doesn't matter if you have 5 lbs or 10 lbs or 50. By using this proven program, you can finally have the lean, athletic shape that can give you the golf performance you've earned and deserve. A Solid, Strong, Tight Body Can Overcome a Weak Golf Body Any Day of the Week Show me a golfer who has not cared for his or her body in decades and I'll show you a golfer in need of a drastic makeover. If you've become frustrated with the way you look and the way you play, this program is for you. You may need a complete overhaul or even a few key adjustments. Either way, you can still play to your full potential, but only if you give yourself an opportunity to be successful first.
Our rapid fat loss, build lean muscle program will work for you, if...
You are significantly overweight and want to get in shape If you are feeling weak, tired and frustrated with your energy levels on or off the course Are a competitive junior or collegiate golfer in need of important muscle gain You are male or female who wants more out of your game and aren't afraid to ask
Easy to follow This rapid fat loss program has been designed for simplicity! In the book, you'll find easy to follow exercise instructions, exact sets and reps, beginning and ending exercise photos and step by step progressions to get the just the body you want to look and play your very best.
Maximum Results, Minimum Time Lean, Strong, and Long is the perfect combination of both strength training and interval cardio training. This customized program written by one of the foremost experts on fat loss will give you the body of your dreams and allow you to play the golf of your life. With this program, you'll burst through your past fat loss plateaus. The reason for your success? Intensity. This isn't another one of those 60-minute cardio programs that turn you into a skinny-fat guy. Lean, Strong, and Long is more effective and more efficient. This is the program that is going to build you that coveted lean athletic body.
You'll get maximum results in minimum time by increasing your intensity in your workouts. Forget about long, slow workouts. Who has time for that? Instead, with only three 40-minute sessions per week (that's just 2 hours total!), you'll burn fat, build muscle and sculpt your body to help you look great and play better on the course. Do you have 2 hours per week to spare for a fantastic physique? "Men's Fitness readers want to build size and strength, improve their sports skills, and lose their guts - and usually all at once! Craig Ballantyne is absolutely adept at all these things, and that's why I regularly ask him to contribute to the magazine. His programs are widely regarded as the best methods for fat loss, and I recommend them to readers constantly. In addition to being one of the most knowledgeable and up-to-date trainers in the world, Craig's friendly, outgoing personality puts his clients at ease and encourages quicker results." Sean Hyson, Fitness Editor, Men's Fitness Golf Performance Facts You Should Read... Golf Performance Fact 1- A lean, fit golfer will outperform a weak, out of shape, lethargic golfer in any round, in any competition, on any day and in every instance.
Golf Performance Fact 2 - You do not have to work out in the gym for more than 1 hour on any day or at any time in order to maximize your results and achieve your dreams.
Golf Performance Fact 3 - If you want to maximize your metabolism, and get defined arms, abs, and legs, then you must include strength training in your fat loss workout. High intensity strength training with interval based short duration cardio helps protect your lean muscle mass, which you are almost certain to lose on traditional diet and exercise programs.
Amazingly,for more golf performance facts you should read..., click the link below
Click Here!
About the Author
I'm a resource person and a researcher, also a positive thinker who is very passionate about the well-being of people generally.I'm equally an Engineer by profession
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Building a Lean Athletic Body for Golf in Just 2 Hours a Week If you are an avid golfer, you already know the future of golf is here. Golfers are lean, they are strong and they hit the ball longer than ever before. Take a look at Tiger Woods, Mike Weir or the up and coming Camilo Villages. Golfers today do not leave their fitness to chance. They exercise control over the fitness routines and their nutrition so their bodies and mind are prepared to play to their peak on any given day and always on a Sunday. And how about the ladies tour...have you seen Lorena Ochoa, Annika Sorenstam and up and coming rookie, Brittany Lang? Your game may have survived the test of time until recently, but do you have what it takes to reach the next level? Straight talk about fat loss for golfers... Fat loss is a very serious subject. Excess fat jeopardizes your health, zaps you of precious energy and deprives you of living your life to the fullest. A lean fit physique can take you to the top of your game and keep you there. It doesn't matter if you have 5 lbs or 10 lbs or 50. By using this proven program, you can finally have the lean, athletic shape that can give you the golf performance you've earned and deserve. A Solid, Strong, Tight Body Can Overcome a Weak Golf Body Any Day of the Week Show me a golfer who has not cared for his or her body in decades and I'll show you a golfer in need of a drastic makeover. If you've become frustrated with the way you look and the way you play, this program is for you. You may need a complete overhaul or even a few key adjustments. Either way, you can still play to your full potential, but only if you give yourself an opportunity to be successful first.
Our rapid fat loss, build lean muscle program will work for you, if...
You are significantly overweight and want to get in shape If you are feeling weak, tired and frustrated with your energy levels on or off the course Are a competitive junior or collegiate golfer in need of important muscle gain You are male or female who wants more out of your game and aren't afraid to ask
Easy to follow This rapid fat loss program has been designed for simplicity! In the book, you'll find easy to follow exercise instructions, exact sets and reps, beginning and ending exercise photos and step by step progressions to get the just the body you want to look and play your very best.
Maximum Results, Minimum Time Lean, Strong, and Long is the perfect combination of both strength training and interval cardio training. This customized program written by one of the foremost experts on fat loss will give you the body of your dreams and allow you to play the golf of your life. With this program, you'll burst through your past fat loss plateaus. The reason for your success? Intensity. This isn't another one of those 60-minute cardio programs that turn you into a skinny-fat guy. Lean, Strong, and Long is more effective and more efficient. This is the program that is going to build you that coveted lean athletic body.
You'll get maximum results in minimum time by increasing your intensity in your workouts. Forget about long, slow workouts. Who has time for that? Instead, with only three 40-minute sessions per week (that's just 2 hours total!), you'll burn fat, build muscle and sculpt your body to help you look great and play better on the course. Do you have 2 hours per week to spare for a fantastic physique? "Men's Fitness readers want to build size and strength, improve their sports skills, and lose their guts - and usually all at once! Craig Ballantyne is absolutely adept at all these things, and that's why I regularly ask him to contribute to the magazine. His programs are widely regarded as the best methods for fat loss, and I recommend them to readers constantly. In addition to being one of the most knowledgeable and up-to-date trainers in the world, Craig's friendly, outgoing personality puts his clients at ease and encourages quicker results." Sean Hyson, Fitness Editor, Men's Fitness Golf Performance Facts You Should Read... Golf Performance Fact 1- A lean, fit golfer will outperform a weak, out of shape, lethargic golfer in any round, in any competition, on any day and in every instance.
Golf Performance Fact 2 - You do not have to work out in the gym for more than 1 hour on any day or at any time in order to maximize your results and achieve your dreams.
Golf Performance Fact 3 - If you want to maximize your metabolism, and get defined arms, abs, and legs, then you must include strength training in your fat loss workout. High intensity strength training with interval based short duration cardio helps protect your lean muscle mass, which you are almost certain to lose on traditional diet and exercise programs.
Amazingly,for more golf performance facts you should read..., click the link below
Click Here!
About the Author
I'm a resource person and a researcher, also a positive thinker who is very passionate about the well-being of people generally.I'm equally an Engineer by profession
Natural Health Diet - 5 Effective Tips How to Burn Fat in Natural Health Diet Way That Really Works
Often I’m asked for my top few tips on diet. These natural healthy diet tips will keep you on the right path of a natural fat burning. Enclosed I have outlined the five most important tips to lose weight fast that can be incorporated into any sensible diet and are guaranteed to speed the weight loss process in a natural health diet manner.
These natural health diet tips can definitely help you discover a fat burning secret that works well. The fat burning process relies on not only a matter of proper dieting but it is also affected by the correct exercise and proper training techniques.
Eating
Many people believe one of the best diet tips is skipping breakfast, as it will help them lose weight, this is totally incorrect. For people who would be limiting their carbohydrate intake in this manner, a diet devoid of fats, as the myth goes, is just not feasible.
You should try to prioritize eating carbohydrates early in the day, and focus on decreasing carbohydrate portion size as afternoon and evening approaches. The fact is that by eating the right foods (adopting healthy eating habits), limiting fat and sugar intake, and eating the right carbohydrates in a sensible manner will start you on the road to natural health diet.
This is important because the rate at which your blood sugar rises after eating is important in managing your weight.
Calories
You should burn more calories by elevating your metabolism so you lose fat faster. It contains a few references about the basics of weight loss (or body fat loss) such as drinking plenty of water and burn more calories than you consume. What we also know however, is that moderate workout - though raising metabolism - burns fewer total calories than a more energetic or intense way of exercising.
If you continue to eat more calories then you burn off your body fat will stay the same or even increase, no matter how much exercising you do. So you'd better have to take care of your eating behavior as well as how much of calories your body gets from the food you eat. In a natural health diet manner, it found vegetables are very low in calories and sugar. They are the best choice if you are juicing to control your weight.
Exercise
Constant strenuous exercise conditions your body to burn blood sugar, instead of fat. To see if the food, or the pills, or the exercise is really returning benefits whether you are low-carb dieting, trying a new fat loss supplement, or starting a new exercise regimen, inexpensive test method can be the most important tool for you to give a test on them. Make sure your program is safe, effective, and actually burning fat.
Exercising while listening to the classical music help you lose weight a lot faster than listening to loud fitness pop music.
Fitness
Ever wonder how fitness models look so great in magazines. It’s just too hard to sell images of flabby fitness models. You must do some research and identify the kinds of fitness and exercise programs, based on your body type that you must embrace and follow to attain the health results you aspire to achieve.
Whether your goal is to lose weight or gain muscle, you should stick to a diet plan or program you are applying until you obviously see the improvement. It takes few months to get a better result if you continually do it.
Walking
Because walking is fun, easy, and requires little time and no financial investment, it's our top choice for cardiovascular activity. Because it's rhythmic (you repeat the same basic movements), and it's aerobic (you take in and use more oxygen than usual), when walking is sustained for more than several minutes at a time it provides fantastic cardiovascular benefits - including weight loss - and can be quickly and easily implemented into your daily routine.
In Summary
So there you have 5 tips to help you lose weight in natural health diet manner that can be incorporated into ANY sensible balanced diet. I hope these tips will start you on a powerful course of weight control and healthy living that does not need to involve diet pills. The diet tips require no real will power and can improve anyone’s diet and chances of healthy weight control. Post By Tom Husnik Site At:
http://www.mybesthealthbiz.com
These natural health diet tips can definitely help you discover a fat burning secret that works well. The fat burning process relies on not only a matter of proper dieting but it is also affected by the correct exercise and proper training techniques.
Eating
Many people believe one of the best diet tips is skipping breakfast, as it will help them lose weight, this is totally incorrect. For people who would be limiting their carbohydrate intake in this manner, a diet devoid of fats, as the myth goes, is just not feasible.
You should try to prioritize eating carbohydrates early in the day, and focus on decreasing carbohydrate portion size as afternoon and evening approaches. The fact is that by eating the right foods (adopting healthy eating habits), limiting fat and sugar intake, and eating the right carbohydrates in a sensible manner will start you on the road to natural health diet.
This is important because the rate at which your blood sugar rises after eating is important in managing your weight.
Calories
You should burn more calories by elevating your metabolism so you lose fat faster. It contains a few references about the basics of weight loss (or body fat loss) such as drinking plenty of water and burn more calories than you consume. What we also know however, is that moderate workout - though raising metabolism - burns fewer total calories than a more energetic or intense way of exercising.
If you continue to eat more calories then you burn off your body fat will stay the same or even increase, no matter how much exercising you do. So you'd better have to take care of your eating behavior as well as how much of calories your body gets from the food you eat. In a natural health diet manner, it found vegetables are very low in calories and sugar. They are the best choice if you are juicing to control your weight.
Exercise
Constant strenuous exercise conditions your body to burn blood sugar, instead of fat. To see if the food, or the pills, or the exercise is really returning benefits whether you are low-carb dieting, trying a new fat loss supplement, or starting a new exercise regimen, inexpensive test method can be the most important tool for you to give a test on them. Make sure your program is safe, effective, and actually burning fat.
Exercising while listening to the classical music help you lose weight a lot faster than listening to loud fitness pop music.
Fitness
Ever wonder how fitness models look so great in magazines. It’s just too hard to sell images of flabby fitness models. You must do some research and identify the kinds of fitness and exercise programs, based on your body type that you must embrace and follow to attain the health results you aspire to achieve.
Whether your goal is to lose weight or gain muscle, you should stick to a diet plan or program you are applying until you obviously see the improvement. It takes few months to get a better result if you continually do it.
Walking
Because walking is fun, easy, and requires little time and no financial investment, it's our top choice for cardiovascular activity. Because it's rhythmic (you repeat the same basic movements), and it's aerobic (you take in and use more oxygen than usual), when walking is sustained for more than several minutes at a time it provides fantastic cardiovascular benefits - including weight loss - and can be quickly and easily implemented into your daily routine.
In Summary
So there you have 5 tips to help you lose weight in natural health diet manner that can be incorporated into ANY sensible balanced diet. I hope these tips will start you on a powerful course of weight control and healthy living that does not need to involve diet pills. The diet tips require no real will power and can improve anyone’s diet and chances of healthy weight control. Post By Tom Husnik Site At:
http://www.mybesthealthbiz.com
Great Results With the South Beach Diet
When you put on too much weight it can dramatically reduce the quality of your health and life in general. So when weight gain happens to most people, they seek out diets to get that weight down. And there are so many diets to choose from. Some want money to buy their special menus and others have requirements that cannot be consistently met. What is their result? They fail-simple as that. If you have to go to a specialty health food store to buy the proper food for a diet you will find it to be very expensive and unsustainable because it wrecks your budget. If you have to cut out carbohydrates or things you like to eat from your diet forever you will soon grow weary and go back to eating them-another diet failed. But there is a diet that gives you some balance and doctors recommend it quite often: The South Beach Diet.
The South Beach Diet was designed by cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston who set out to create a diet that was both safe and effective. The diet is a solution to the problem of insulin resistance in a person who eats a lot of foods with what is called a high-glycemic index. Eating too much bread, potatoes, candy, and foods with processed sugar can create what is known as insulin resistance syndrome. This syndrome interferes with insulin's ability to process fat and sugars therefore the person puts on more weight.
So the starting point with this diet is a period of two weeks when these high-glycemic foods are cut out of the diet in an attempt to force the body to lose its insulin resistance. This reduction in insulin resistance should cause the body to start burning stored fat and the person will start to experience significant weight loss in a short time. This is phase one of the diet. The person in phase one will eat three normal meals a day consisting of meat, fish, cheese (low-fat), vegetables, and eggs. Snacks between the noon and evening meals are required and can consist of products like nuts or cheese sticks. It is estimated that a person will lose between 8 and 12 pounds during this phase.
This is probably the most difficult part of the diet as one can go through periods of feeling weak and dizzy as their body adjusts to the absence of carbohydrates. Also, because the person has to do without many fruits and vegetables, there may be some vitamin deficiencies. Plus, the absence of bread in the diet can result in fiber deficiencies. So you may have to take some vitamin and fiber supplements.
Phase two of the diet consists of introducing small amounts of the forbidden foods (like bread) back into the diet. Weight loss should continue during this phase and the goal is to keep losing 1 to 2 pounds per week until the dieter achieves the desired target weight.
Once the target weight is achieved, phase three or the maintenance phase begins and the dieter needs to maintain a balanced diet. Monitoring the weight is still important because if it starts to climb again the dieter returns to phase one.
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The South Beach Diet was designed by cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatston who set out to create a diet that was both safe and effective. The diet is a solution to the problem of insulin resistance in a person who eats a lot of foods with what is called a high-glycemic index. Eating too much bread, potatoes, candy, and foods with processed sugar can create what is known as insulin resistance syndrome. This syndrome interferes with insulin's ability to process fat and sugars therefore the person puts on more weight.
So the starting point with this diet is a period of two weeks when these high-glycemic foods are cut out of the diet in an attempt to force the body to lose its insulin resistance. This reduction in insulin resistance should cause the body to start burning stored fat and the person will start to experience significant weight loss in a short time. This is phase one of the diet. The person in phase one will eat three normal meals a day consisting of meat, fish, cheese (low-fat), vegetables, and eggs. Snacks between the noon and evening meals are required and can consist of products like nuts or cheese sticks. It is estimated that a person will lose between 8 and 12 pounds during this phase.
This is probably the most difficult part of the diet as one can go through periods of feeling weak and dizzy as their body adjusts to the absence of carbohydrates. Also, because the person has to do without many fruits and vegetables, there may be some vitamin deficiencies. Plus, the absence of bread in the diet can result in fiber deficiencies. So you may have to take some vitamin and fiber supplements.
Phase two of the diet consists of introducing small amounts of the forbidden foods (like bread) back into the diet. Weight loss should continue during this phase and the goal is to keep losing 1 to 2 pounds per week until the dieter achieves the desired target weight.
Once the target weight is achieved, phase three or the maintenance phase begins and the dieter needs to maintain a balanced diet. Monitoring the weight is still important because if it starts to climb again the dieter returns to phase one.
My name is Tom Husnik. My Website Is at: http://www.mybesthealthbiz.com
Three Fabulous Foods for Weight Loss by:Thomas Husnik
There’s no one food that can magically transform an overweight body into an ideal figure. Eating plans that consist solely of grapefruit aren’t realistic or effective, nor are plans that promote eating only cabbage soup or special “weight-loss cookies.”
But there are foods that are beneficial to eat on the journey to a slimmer body.
Yogurt
A recent 14-day study was conducted by General Mills, makers of Yoplait yogurt, at the Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition in Minneapolis. The researchers investigated the diets of approximately 3,000 women ages 19 and older, and found that the women who consumed three or more servings of yogurt over the two-week period had a 15 percent lower body mass index (BMI) than those who did not eat any yogurt.
The weight-management potential of yogurt may come from the fact that while it can be high in calories, it’s still a relatively healthy snack food that promotes satiety. The women who ate yogurt regularly were also more like to have higher overall intakes of nutrients including calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B-12, magnesium, and phosphorous.
Oatmeal
Oatmeal is packed with fiber, and there are several ways that dietary fiber may reduce the risk of weight gain or obesity. Dietary fiber, for example, slows digestion, prolonging a feeling of fullness, and foods high in fiber are usually low in fat and calories.
Fiber’s weight-loss benefit comes from the feeling of fullness it gives without adding many extra calories. Fiber may also reduce the absorption of fat to some extent. As an added benefit, oatmeal helps to lower “bad” LDL cholesterol.
That said, it’s best to avoid instant oatmeal, which may contain added sugar, and instead go for hearty, steel-cut oats topped with fresh berries or sliced bananas.
Soup
Soups contain a high percentage of water and can help dieters feel full quickly. Some health experts recommend eating a bowl of broth-based soup before a meal in order to curb hunger.
In a 2007 Consumer Reports study of diet plans, the highest marks were awarded to the Volumetrics diet created by U.S. nutritionist Barbara Rolls, which encourages dieters to consume a low-fat soup or salad before a meal to take the edge off their hunger.
Soup can also serve as a low-calorie meal, with added vegetables to increase the nutrient content. And it’s easy to make a large batch once a week and enjoy for several days. But remember, weight-loss benefits only apply to broth-based, low-calorie soups, not heavy, cream-based chowders and stews. Post By Thomas Husnik Site at :http://www.mybesthealthbiz.com
But there are foods that are beneficial to eat on the journey to a slimmer body.
Yogurt
A recent 14-day study was conducted by General Mills, makers of Yoplait yogurt, at the Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition in Minneapolis. The researchers investigated the diets of approximately 3,000 women ages 19 and older, and found that the women who consumed three or more servings of yogurt over the two-week period had a 15 percent lower body mass index (BMI) than those who did not eat any yogurt.
The weight-management potential of yogurt may come from the fact that while it can be high in calories, it’s still a relatively healthy snack food that promotes satiety. The women who ate yogurt regularly were also more like to have higher overall intakes of nutrients including calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B-12, magnesium, and phosphorous.
Oatmeal
Oatmeal is packed with fiber, and there are several ways that dietary fiber may reduce the risk of weight gain or obesity. Dietary fiber, for example, slows digestion, prolonging a feeling of fullness, and foods high in fiber are usually low in fat and calories.
Fiber’s weight-loss benefit comes from the feeling of fullness it gives without adding many extra calories. Fiber may also reduce the absorption of fat to some extent. As an added benefit, oatmeal helps to lower “bad” LDL cholesterol.
That said, it’s best to avoid instant oatmeal, which may contain added sugar, and instead go for hearty, steel-cut oats topped with fresh berries or sliced bananas.
Soup
Soups contain a high percentage of water and can help dieters feel full quickly. Some health experts recommend eating a bowl of broth-based soup before a meal in order to curb hunger.
In a 2007 Consumer Reports study of diet plans, the highest marks were awarded to the Volumetrics diet created by U.S. nutritionist Barbara Rolls, which encourages dieters to consume a low-fat soup or salad before a meal to take the edge off their hunger.
Soup can also serve as a low-calorie meal, with added vegetables to increase the nutrient content. And it’s easy to make a large batch once a week and enjoy for several days. But remember, weight-loss benefits only apply to broth-based, low-calorie soups, not heavy, cream-based chowders and stews. Post By Thomas Husnik Site at :http://www.mybesthealthbiz.com
What’s Great about the Atkins Diet
A diet plan just is not appealing unless one can see that it has promise in achieving the desired weight loss. This is one of the things that are great about the Atkins Diet Plan in that you can see its promise very quickly in the way of quick weight loss. Yes, it’s true that this diet offers the benefits of better health due to once again attaining a healthy weight but the promise of rapid initial weight loss seems to be the big appeal to this diet.
The Atkins Diet is known as the diet that initially cuts out those bad carbohydrates and replaces the diet with high-protein / high-fat foods. It’s that diet where one “can eat all the bacon he or she wants.” The science behind the Atkins Diet is when your body no longer has these carbohydrates it will switch to burning stored fat during a stage called Ketosis. The tough part about the diet is that initially in the first two weeks there are no carbohydrates—practically none at all.
Those first two weeks are a period of eating a lot of high-protein, fatty, and oily foods. Most think it’s a great eating a lot of this type of food because it is tasty too. But as we all know, too much fat of this nature in our diets can be bad for us in a different way. So you should eat what we would call “beneficial” fats and keep your intake low of the other type. Beneficial fats include those found in products such as nuts, butter (not margarine), canola oil, and olive oil. Foods containing omega-3 fatty acids such as fish are also beneficial. Avoid foods with polyunsaturated fats.
After the initial loss phase, the second beneficial part of the Atkins diet is the maintenance phase. During this phase, the goal is to identify the optimum level of carbohydrate intake a person can have and still maintain a healthy weight. That level should be one where the person neither gains weight nor loses weight. So, as mentioned before, some carbohydrates are allowed back into a person’s diet and results are monitored to identify the optimum level of carbohydrate intake.
The Atkins diet is also beneficial in reducing the risk of a person developing diseases associated with being overweight like Type 2 Diabetes. In diseases like these, sugar is an enemy. The Atkins Diet is a high-fat and high-protein diet so there is nothing to affect a person’s blood sugar and insulin levels in a detrimental way. By losing the weight now, people can avoid all the medical complications that could come later in life.
And what’s really great about the Atkins Diet is that you as a person will start to look and feel better. Carrying around a lot of weight is hard. Often people who are overweight will complain about being tired all the time. Well, if your blood sugar is unstable and you have to carry around so many excess pounds, of course you are going to be tired. People with overweight conditions oftentimes have problems with bloating from gas and acid reflux disease. These tend to disappear as the person gets his or her weight going down because there is less tightness with internal organs of your body.
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Diets: BY Thomas Husnik
There is a lot of infringing information that is available about the exact composition of nutritious and healthy diets. This sometimes creates problems regarding the separation of the fact from the fiction. Normally, it is simple to follow a good diet just by making minor changes to the current diet.
Majority of the people are unaware of the tremendous impact of a good and healthy diet on the quality of lives. The difference in a poor and good diet is similar to the difference in having poor health and good health. People do not choose poor health. It comes with following of a poor diet regime.
A nutritious diet is important in determining the weight of the individuals in a similar way as physical activity is. Overweight people have various diseases associated with them such as diabetes, heart diseases and high levels of blood pressure.
Types of Diets:
There are different types of diets that are present. They are as follows.
• The diets concerning weight loss restrict specific food intakes or the food in general for the purpose of reducing the body weight. Here, it has to be noted that the weight loss diets that work for a person do not necessarily work for others on account of the different lifestyles. Some of the people also find the regimes of the weight loss diets very tiring and difficult to follow. Maintaining the loss of weight is actually more difficult than loosing it.
• Most of the athletes on the professional levels impose diets that help in gaining weight. The football players of the United States try bulking up with the help of such diets of weight gain. This gives them the edge on the football field. The bodybuilders also engage in such kind of diets.
• The people who are underweight also take weight gain diets for recovering maybe from diseases such as Anorexia nervosa. These weight gain diets are different from those taken by the athletes and sportsmen, as they help in restoring the normal muscle, body fat and nutrient levels of the body.
Diets and Children:
As more and more cultures are taking stock of their diet regimes, most of the people consider the idea of putting the children on such restricted diets. But, it has to be noted that such diets actually do harm to the children. They are very deleterious to the health of the children as a balanced and full diet is extremely important for their growth.
Vegetarian diets are helpful for the children if all the required nutrients are received through them. Research has proven the fact of the harmful effects of putting children on diets. The consultation of the doctor is recommended before deciding on a particular diet regime for the children. By Thomas Husnik Site At :http://www.mybesthealthbiz.com
A Diet Buddy Can Help You Lose Weight
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One of the best ways to stay consistent with your diet and exercise plan is to team up with a diet buddy. A diet buddy is a friend or co-worker who you partner up with so that the two of you help each other lose weight by staying focused and accountable for your actions. Many fitness experts agree that if you have a friend to rely on then you are much more likely to stick to your program and successfully lose weight.
Choosing a diet buddy is not hard but it can be a challenge to finds someone who you can trust and who will be honest with you. You need someone who will remind you not to eat junk food when you confess that you have fallen off the wagon and who will also be sympathetic to your guilty feelings. Try to find a person who has similar weight loss goals because if you want to lose 20 pounds and your buddy wants to lose 50 then you may not be compatible. Avoid choosing someone you live with, if possible, since the constant interaction will make you feel like your every move is being watched so try to choose a co-worker or close friend to help you out.
You should also choose a diet buddy who you will see on a regular basis. A really great way to stay on track is to meet at the gym every morning and then get something to eat afterward. You can compare notes and talk about what’s going on and how you are progressing. If breakfast doesn’t work then lunch is another good alternative.
You and your diet buddy should set goals and rewards for each other. When you hit a weight goal, you can celebrate by shopping for a new outfit that shows off your weight loss or you can go out together for a healthy dinner at a nice restaurant. You and your buddy are working together to help each other reach your goals so if you lose weight faster than your friend, be supportive and help them realize that everyone has a different body type and some people take longer to lose weight. On the flip side, be prepared for your friend to lose weight quicker than you and if that happens, be sure to cheer them on and reassure yourself that your consistency will pay off for you in the near future.Post By Tom Husnik Site at : http://www.mybesthealthbiz.com
One of the best ways to stay consistent with your diet and exercise plan is to team up with a diet buddy. A diet buddy is a friend or co-worker who you partner up with so that the two of you help each other lose weight by staying focused and accountable for your actions. Many fitness experts agree that if you have a friend to rely on then you are much more likely to stick to your program and successfully lose weight.
Choosing a diet buddy is not hard but it can be a challenge to finds someone who you can trust and who will be honest with you. You need someone who will remind you not to eat junk food when you confess that you have fallen off the wagon and who will also be sympathetic to your guilty feelings. Try to find a person who has similar weight loss goals because if you want to lose 20 pounds and your buddy wants to lose 50 then you may not be compatible. Avoid choosing someone you live with, if possible, since the constant interaction will make you feel like your every move is being watched so try to choose a co-worker or close friend to help you out.
You should also choose a diet buddy who you will see on a regular basis. A really great way to stay on track is to meet at the gym every morning and then get something to eat afterward. You can compare notes and talk about what’s going on and how you are progressing. If breakfast doesn’t work then lunch is another good alternative.
You and your diet buddy should set goals and rewards for each other. When you hit a weight goal, you can celebrate by shopping for a new outfit that shows off your weight loss or you can go out together for a healthy dinner at a nice restaurant. You and your buddy are working together to help each other reach your goals so if you lose weight faster than your friend, be supportive and help them realize that everyone has a different body type and some people take longer to lose weight. On the flip side, be prepared for your friend to lose weight quicker than you and if that happens, be sure to cheer them on and reassure yourself that your consistency will pay off for you in the near future.Post By Tom Husnik Site at : http://www.mybesthealthbiz.com
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