Showing posts with label lose weight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lose weight. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Feel Energetic , Renewed and Lose Weight


        You may not believe that you can Lose weight and combat Obesity, Heart Disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Cancer and many other health related illnesses due to you being overweight.Well, I believe in you and I believe if you want to shed those extra pounds around your mid waist you can. Shedding the pounds around your mid waist doesn’t have to be so hard. You can follow one of these diet plans Here to reduce your chances of getting Diabetes or even High blood Pressure.


            I have counseled many frustrated  people like you who have tried over and over again to lose weight by themselves or by going to their doctor for help. See, I believe that the body requires natural herbs and products to heal it. When we put junk foods into our systems like those french fries, Double double Hamburger sandwiches or sweets like ice cream, we are letting our guards down. In order to feel energetic, renewed, strong and lose weight you have to drink plenty of water, exercise, rest at nights and eat the right foods in portions. For example, don’t skip your breakfast. Eating breakfast in the mornings could save you from over eating the wrong foods later on in the day. Also, you need to consume foods that are filling instead of fattening.  Fattening foods are foods that trigger cravings or rebound hunger. For instance, bagels, low fat muffins and fruit juices all can be fattening because they are rapidly digested carbs, high in fats, sugar and empty calories. According to Medical Doctor Louis J. Aronne, In his book titled “The Skinny” eating foods that are high in fiber such as soups, salads, vegetables and fruits will and can help you stop yourself from overeating.Filling foods include Lean proteins,Low -calorie foods and wholesome foods. Eating more of these foods will satisfy your hunger for a longer period of time. Try eating Filling foods first before eating fattening foods and you will save your body from consuming a lot of calories which then can lead to overeating and weight gain.


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Burning Calories Losing Weight Without Exercising Facts

hIn order to lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume.Studies show that lean people fidget (tapping feet and fingers, twirling hair, gesturing while speaking, etc) for about 150 minutes a day more than obese people do. That kind of low-grade activity can burn 350 calories a day, which translates into 10-30 pounds a year! It's called Non-Exercise Activity or Thermogenesis (NEAT), which is basically any movement that isn't intended as exercise. You can burn an extra 100-150 calories an hour by increasing NEAT.  Here are some non exercise health facts  that you should know in order to achieve your ultimate non exercise weight loss goals.

Healthy Weight Loss Tips and Diet Facts


    • Standing burns 50% more calories than sitting. Stand while talking on the phone, using the computer, or reading the paper.
    • Pacing is even better. By pacing, you can burn 90 more calories an hour than if you were sitting still. Make it a habit to pace whenever you use the phone.
    • Buy a work station or desk that you can stand at or, if you can, set up a desk buy a treadmill. By walking 1 mile an hour on a treadmill while you work, you can burn an additional 100 calories per hour which, if you do this for 2-3 hours a day, you could lose 44-60 pounds in a year. It's recommended that you start slowly, though, walking 15 minutes every hour and then increasing gradually. Alternatively, you can use a mini-stepper under a tall desk, at home or while watching T.V. to achieve the same results.
  1. Reach for the caffeine, pass on the sugar and cream.  Caffeine  tends to increase the number of calories you burn, probably because they stimulate thermogenesis —this is the  one way that your body generates heat and energy from digesting food.  The boost in energy means that you move around more (which means more calories burned). Having 250 milligrams of caffeine with a meal can increase the calories spent metabolizing the meal by 10%. Green tea, in particular, seems to be especially conducive to burning calories. So instead of having soda or any other calorie-laden drink with your meals, go for an unsweetened cup of coffee or tea. Skip the sugar, milk, cream, or any other caloric enhancements so that you don't replace the extra calories you're burning. Drinking coffee or tea plain will take some getting used to, but purchasing high-quality beans or tea leaves will certainly help.
  2. Increase your after-meal burn  by eating more vegetables and phasing out meat and dairy products. Your body expends around 200 calories to digest your food. People who eat fibrous fruit, vegetables, complex carbs, and low-fat meat burn even more calories after they eat. In fact, vegetarians generally have a bigger after-meal burn than their omnivorous counterparts and no matter what you eat, adding 5g of Tabasco sauce to any meal can raise your metabolism by 12-20 percent for up to two hours after you're done.This is caused by capsaicin - the nutrient that makes chile peppers hot.
  3. You should drink lemon juice in lukewarm water to lose weight and burn calories faster. This formulation gets more effective when done on an empty stomach.
  4. Drink ice water. The colder the water you drink, the more calories you burn, since your body expends more energy warming up the water. If you have 8 glasses (64 oz) of ice-cold water in a day, you'll burn 70 more calories than if you drank 8 glasses of a body temperature beverage. In fact, this principle will work with any calorie-free beverage, as long as it's ice cold, so you might want to ice up that coffee and tea mentioned earlier for cumulative calorie-burning effects. Keep in mind, however, that the weight loss impact of this one particular practice isn't drastic: It would take 435 glasses of ice water (about two months, assuming 8 glasses a day) to lose one pound. And, don't go overboard. There's such a thing as water toxicity. Follow the guidelines in  How and Why to Drink More.
  5. Chill out. Shivering burns calories, so if you can spend more time outside when it's cold, you'll crank up the calorie furnace. Even if you don't shiver, though, you can get a 3-7% increase in calorie burn just from your body warming itself (similar to the principle at work when you drink ice water). Just don't run away with this idea and get yourself sick!
  6. Calories burnt is proportional to your lean body mass. So, consume a good amount of protein, 20-30 grams, within ten minutes of your workout and you will be on your way to increasing you lean body mass and burning better calories.
  7. Eating a small meal every 2 hours will keep your metabolism fired and keep your calories burning.