Everyone knows that we tend to splurge on eating during the holiday season. We tend to eat larger lunches and dinners and we also eat a lot more dessert. Simple altercations to your holiday eating habits can prevent weight gain.
First, always remember that you can save leftovers in the freezer. No need to gobble them all up in one night, just bag them and freeze them! This is an easy method to portion control, provided you have the willpower to not eat the food before it gets secured in the freezer.
Second, before indulging in the delicious holiday food that may be at a party you are attending, analyze all the foods available. This will help you decide which foods are healthiest. Also, by doing this, you will not waste your time eating foods like chips, when you could be eating your favorite, “real” foods.
Third, and most importantly, don’t focus all on food. Remember that the holidays are about being together with loved ones and family members. Socialize with people you haven’t seen in a while or people that live far away and you don’t usually talk to. Eat only when you are hungry!
Also, as a side note, try swapping the following foods with the more healthier types:
- Eat salsa instead of dip.
- Drink wine spritzers instead of wine.
- Drink light egg nog instead of the normal type.
- Eat a fruit cake instead of an angel cake.
Whole grain foods are also a great addition. They often taste the same as white products and are much healthier!
Happy Holidays!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Top 10 Tips to Losing Weight for Your Honeymoon
Now that the wedding’s over, you’re ready to get away from it all and spend a few weeks on a tropical island with your spouse. Looking in the mirror at yourself, you remember how you overate at the wedding and notice some areas that could use a little tightening up. Follow the following 10 tips for successful honeymoon weight loss:
1. Hit the gym. Try working out for an hour each day before your honeymoon. A nice 1,000 calorie work out will do you great. If you don’t know how to correctly work out, be sure to hire a fitness assistant.
2. Keep a food log. By analyzing this log every once in a while, you may begin to see a pattern of certain foods that are preventing you from losing weight. Once you see that, eliminate these products from your diet.
3. Keep your mind centered on becoming healthy, not just losing weight. This will get you on a permanent plan to a better lifestyle and will help you in the long run.
4. Become excited about your honeymoon! This will give you more motivation and will make you want to look your absolute best when you’re walking down the beach with your husband/wife.
5. Eat smaller portions and eat them slower. Not only is it not polite to eat large quantities of food quickly, it’s also not good for your health. Enjoy the food you’re eating and take it slow. If you can’t finish what you started, no biggie, leave it for the next meal.
6. Stray far from crash diets. Diet pills should be used to help you lose weight. You’re primary objective is to become healthier for life, not just to shed a few pounds.
7. Don’t just take all of your favorite, unhealthy foods out of your diet. Try incorporating a healthy mix. Instead of having a take-out pizza, try making your own from fresh ingredients. It’s not hard and you’ll feel much accomplishment while eating the food you just made.
8. You must delete soda from your diet. There is not one good quality about it. Sure, it may taste good, but so do fruit drinks that carry many of the vitamins and minerals you may need to lose weight.
9. Google “online fitness program” and see if you can find one with a plan you’d like to be a part of. Many of these programs are inexpensive and are totally worth it for your health.
10. Make weight loss fun! You don’t need to constantly be lifting weights or eating bland foods all the time. Try socializing with friends while you run on the treadmill or throwing a party and making a nice fruit salad for you and every one of your guests to enjoy!
1. Hit the gym. Try working out for an hour each day before your honeymoon. A nice 1,000 calorie work out will do you great. If you don’t know how to correctly work out, be sure to hire a fitness assistant.
2. Keep a food log. By analyzing this log every once in a while, you may begin to see a pattern of certain foods that are preventing you from losing weight. Once you see that, eliminate these products from your diet.
3. Keep your mind centered on becoming healthy, not just losing weight. This will get you on a permanent plan to a better lifestyle and will help you in the long run.
4. Become excited about your honeymoon! This will give you more motivation and will make you want to look your absolute best when you’re walking down the beach with your husband/wife.
5. Eat smaller portions and eat them slower. Not only is it not polite to eat large quantities of food quickly, it’s also not good for your health. Enjoy the food you’re eating and take it slow. If you can’t finish what you started, no biggie, leave it for the next meal.
6. Stray far from crash diets. Diet pills should be used to help you lose weight. You’re primary objective is to become healthier for life, not just to shed a few pounds.
7. Don’t just take all of your favorite, unhealthy foods out of your diet. Try incorporating a healthy mix. Instead of having a take-out pizza, try making your own from fresh ingredients. It’s not hard and you’ll feel much accomplishment while eating the food you just made.
8. You must delete soda from your diet. There is not one good quality about it. Sure, it may taste good, but so do fruit drinks that carry many of the vitamins and minerals you may need to lose weight.
9. Google “online fitness program” and see if you can find one with a plan you’d like to be a part of. Many of these programs are inexpensive and are totally worth it for your health.
10. Make weight loss fun! You don’t need to constantly be lifting weights or eating bland foods all the time. Try socializing with friends while you run on the treadmill or throwing a party and making a nice fruit salad for you and every one of your guests to enjoy!
Get Moving to Lose that Excess Belly Fat!
Believe it or not, it is very hard to lose stomach weight in a flash. In fact, it might take a while before you see any actual results when you do it a healthy way. This is because you can’t push yourself to lose all the weight and the flab in your stomach. Doing this could potentially damage your health or in some cases cause your metabolism to slow down.
You wouldn’t want any of those things to happen to you, right?
So stomach weight loss should be done gradually. Start with a few simple things such as an everyday work out. A 30 minute walk after a heavy meal would help. That way, you burn some of the calories that you have consumed without straining yourself too much. This is especially for those people who haven’t done any exercise in a while.
Then, change your eating habits. Again, do this in moderation because you would still need fat to burn. Weight loss starts with a lesser calorie in take and then burning more calories than what you consume.
Sounds easy, huh?
Not for those who are in a hurry and think that weight loss can be done in a span of a week or less. Doing so would probably mean that they are starving themselves. Not a good idea as this could cause your metabolism rate to slow down, thus burning even less fat than usual. As for eating, people recommend to eat small portions of food about 6 times a day. This would re-train your metabolism to continuously burn food and in turn, burn more fat.
You wouldn’t want any of those things to happen to you, right?
So stomach weight loss should be done gradually. Start with a few simple things such as an everyday work out. A 30 minute walk after a heavy meal would help. That way, you burn some of the calories that you have consumed without straining yourself too much. This is especially for those people who haven’t done any exercise in a while.
Then, change your eating habits. Again, do this in moderation because you would still need fat to burn. Weight loss starts with a lesser calorie in take and then burning more calories than what you consume.
Sounds easy, huh?
Not for those who are in a hurry and think that weight loss can be done in a span of a week or less. Doing so would probably mean that they are starving themselves. Not a good idea as this could cause your metabolism rate to slow down, thus burning even less fat than usual. As for eating, people recommend to eat small portions of food about 6 times a day. This would re-train your metabolism to continuously burn food and in turn, burn more fat.
How to Lose Weight Fast
In this article, we will explain the strategy that can help you lose weight quickly.
So you admit it, you really do need to lose some pounds in many areas of your body. You’ve tried those “lose weight overnight” diets that just didn’t seem to work for you. What many people forget about weight loss is that you can’t lose everything overnight. If you could, we wouldn’t be writing this article.
Before you embark on your next weight loss journey, we encourage you to be honest with yourself. Realize that once you’ve dropped the extra pounds you don’t want, you need to focus on becoming healthier as a whole, not only for your family, but for yourself. Losing weight turns into a lifestyle change once you’ve reached your destination.
Focus must be used in high amounts in order to make sure you spend your money in the right areas and on the right products. You must completely concentrate on your diet routines and eating habits at all times.
So, that being said, if you’re looking to lose weight rather quickly, read on.
1. Start your day with an exercise routine. This secret is little known, but it is vital if you want to successfully lose weight quickly. Why is this? This is due to the fact that when you sleep, the blood sugar levels of your body are lower than usual. If you exercise, your body will need more energy to burn, so therefore, your body will burn more unwanted calories when exercising in the morning.
2. Build a low calorie diet that is balanced. One thing that most fast weight losers have in common is that they’re typically great dieters. Only about a fourth of your diet should be fats. Keep the amount of calories you consume to a minimum; around 1200 to 1500. Instead of eating your average three meals a day (or two meals if you are leading a stressful, hectic life), try eating six small meals a day, every 2 to 3 hours. This will keep your metabolism working around the clock.
3. Hydrate frequently. Water truly does work wonders. This natural appetite suppressant should be consumed before and during meals. This will help you feel fuller, and not eat as much. Also, water is used by the circulatory system to keep blood pumping in healthy amounts throughout the body. This, in turn, will keep the metabolism going strong as well. Simply put, you can never have too much water.
4. Fiber, fiber, fiber! Foods with a high fiber content will also help you feel fuller, just like water. Because fiber cannot be digested by the human body, it gets passed on and excreted. Along the way, it scrapes up any loose fats that may be in your system. Some foods that contain lots of fiber are nuts, strawberries, and broccoli. Brown rice and figs are also common.
5. Find a friend who’s in the same situation as you for support and motivation. Everyone knows that it is extremely difficult to do this whole diet alone. If you know someone who is in the same situation as you are and is considering performing the same diet, ask them if you two could work as a team. Not only will you see increased success in your weight loss, but your relationship as friends will become stronger.
Be sure to remember also that you can gain the weight back that you lost, just as fast as you lost it. Don’t take all these dieting techniques for granted. Make sure you stick to the plan and don’t give up even after a few road blocks. These methods will work for anyone, there is no excuse for quiting. Good luck!
So you admit it, you really do need to lose some pounds in many areas of your body. You’ve tried those “lose weight overnight” diets that just didn’t seem to work for you. What many people forget about weight loss is that you can’t lose everything overnight. If you could, we wouldn’t be writing this article.
Before you embark on your next weight loss journey, we encourage you to be honest with yourself. Realize that once you’ve dropped the extra pounds you don’t want, you need to focus on becoming healthier as a whole, not only for your family, but for yourself. Losing weight turns into a lifestyle change once you’ve reached your destination.
Focus must be used in high amounts in order to make sure you spend your money in the right areas and on the right products. You must completely concentrate on your diet routines and eating habits at all times.
So, that being said, if you’re looking to lose weight rather quickly, read on.
1. Start your day with an exercise routine. This secret is little known, but it is vital if you want to successfully lose weight quickly. Why is this? This is due to the fact that when you sleep, the blood sugar levels of your body are lower than usual. If you exercise, your body will need more energy to burn, so therefore, your body will burn more unwanted calories when exercising in the morning.
2. Build a low calorie diet that is balanced. One thing that most fast weight losers have in common is that they’re typically great dieters. Only about a fourth of your diet should be fats. Keep the amount of calories you consume to a minimum; around 1200 to 1500. Instead of eating your average three meals a day (or two meals if you are leading a stressful, hectic life), try eating six small meals a day, every 2 to 3 hours. This will keep your metabolism working around the clock.
3. Hydrate frequently. Water truly does work wonders. This natural appetite suppressant should be consumed before and during meals. This will help you feel fuller, and not eat as much. Also, water is used by the circulatory system to keep blood pumping in healthy amounts throughout the body. This, in turn, will keep the metabolism going strong as well. Simply put, you can never have too much water.
4. Fiber, fiber, fiber! Foods with a high fiber content will also help you feel fuller, just like water. Because fiber cannot be digested by the human body, it gets passed on and excreted. Along the way, it scrapes up any loose fats that may be in your system. Some foods that contain lots of fiber are nuts, strawberries, and broccoli. Brown rice and figs are also common.
5. Find a friend who’s in the same situation as you for support and motivation. Everyone knows that it is extremely difficult to do this whole diet alone. If you know someone who is in the same situation as you are and is considering performing the same diet, ask them if you two could work as a team. Not only will you see increased success in your weight loss, but your relationship as friends will become stronger.
Be sure to remember also that you can gain the weight back that you lost, just as fast as you lost it. Don’t take all these dieting techniques for granted. Make sure you stick to the plan and don’t give up even after a few road blocks. These methods will work for anyone, there is no excuse for quiting. Good luck!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Lose Excess Stomach Weight Now!
Flabby tummies are not just a problem among women who want to look sexy but as well as for men who are insecure of buffed up dudes. There are actually a lot of ways to address such a problem from the right diet, exercise, non surgical treatments, surgical operations, the works it is all just a matter of finding the right way to achieve weight loss in stomach area for you. Of course you cannot just expect a treatment or a diet which has worked on your friend to also have the same effect on you. Just consider your body types, if your friend found it more effective to achieve weight loss in stomach area through rigorous exercise then he or she may have a more muscular physique. Do not get easily frustrated if you end up having a hard time trying to lose the extra pounds, what matters is that you stick to a healthy and balanced diet as well as regular exercise to ensure that the extra pounds are always kept at bay.
Even if you choose to go about the slimming treatments or a surgical operation to help you lose the extra pounds, you will still need to take care of your newly slimmed down physique through proper diet and exercise. It is important that you turn these into your daily habits so that it will start to just come naturally to you. So in the long run, all your hard work will not be put in vain and you will be able to stay slim and flabby-tummy free for more bikini seasons to come.
Even if you choose to go about the slimming treatments or a surgical operation to help you lose the extra pounds, you will still need to take care of your newly slimmed down physique through proper diet and exercise. It is important that you turn these into your daily habits so that it will start to just come naturally to you. So in the long run, all your hard work will not be put in vain and you will be able to stay slim and flabby-tummy free for more bikini seasons to come.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Stomach Weight Loss: What Does It Take?
Weight loss in the stomach area, what does it take? Most people would tell you that exercise is the best answer to such a problem. However, exercise can’t make you lose the stomach fat by its lonesome. Basically, no matter how much you exercise it would be useless if you don’t get your diet right. I’m not talking about taking on one of those popular trend diets that celebrities are promoting. Those would help, no questions asked, however for long term effects, a total lifestyle change is what you would need. It might be a bit hard at first but once you get used to it and really incorporate it in the way you live, it’s bound to get easier.
So to aid in your aim of weight loss in stomach, besides exercise, you should also start controlling your food intake. Not by a lot, of course. Try to stick to the one plate rule and try not to go for seconds. We have been taught to eat everything that’s on our plate and when it comes to dieting this could work too. Just make sure that you filled your plate with enough food that you can finish and feel satisfied with but not too much that you feel bloated afterwards. Moderation is key. Eating smaller portions of food might seem difficult especially if you have gotten used to eating a lot through out the day. But if you just limit your food in take to smaller portions taken several times throughout the day instead of 3 or 4 big meals a day, you will see some significant changes in your stomach area.
So to aid in your aim of weight loss in stomach, besides exercise, you should also start controlling your food intake. Not by a lot, of course. Try to stick to the one plate rule and try not to go for seconds. We have been taught to eat everything that’s on our plate and when it comes to dieting this could work too. Just make sure that you filled your plate with enough food that you can finish and feel satisfied with but not too much that you feel bloated afterwards. Moderation is key. Eating smaller portions of food might seem difficult especially if you have gotten used to eating a lot through out the day. But if you just limit your food in take to smaller portions taken several times throughout the day instead of 3 or 4 big meals a day, you will see some significant changes in your stomach area.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Implementing A Successful Weight Loss Plan
Losing weight has become a common trend nowadays. People are in a greater number of weight loss plans. There are a lot of these plans are available in bookstores, libraries, Internet and many other media. Choosing the right plan Joining the requirements and body language out is no more difficult to select. Each and every book on weight loss plan stands out as unique and different in their own way.
The only way to select the perfect book for your needs is through open-minded approach. In this method, are left to decide for yourself after reading several books. You can only collect information about which suit your needs, time, money and effort. Mix and match the plans really work too well. This could result in raising a perfect plan that might sound to be the best for you.
Always think about the practical way and not go on a weight loss plan without thinking and rethinking paves the way sometimes. Do not blindly believe and practice what is told. Never go for any type of crash diets or anything that could be dangerous at any point in time. Weight loss pills are available in the market, but never opt for the pills miracle because it might result in side effects over time.
Only slow and steady method of trial and error to finally be able to finish with the best plan. He certainly encouraged if you practice what is known as patience, because it shows the new path for you. True, the end result will be with you Uniting ideal plan if you’re working hard, realistic and be patient.
Things work to be fine if you follow a strict weight loss. One among them is the change of low-calorie diet has been shown to be effective than any other plans. Studies have indicated that following this diet, you tend to lose after nearly nine pounds every eleven days if you are strictly approval. Experts also have plans hazards caused by rapid weight loss.
In this routine you must be a function of low-calorie carbohydrate low-fat and low for three days and then you can take a short break from other 3 days that depend on any of them. The alternate day cycle will continue for almost eleven days and you can find the initial result. Although this process is slow, it is considered as very safe and secure.
The only way to select the perfect book for your needs is through open-minded approach. In this method, are left to decide for yourself after reading several books. You can only collect information about which suit your needs, time, money and effort. Mix and match the plans really work too well. This could result in raising a perfect plan that might sound to be the best for you.
Always think about the practical way and not go on a weight loss plan without thinking and rethinking paves the way sometimes. Do not blindly believe and practice what is told. Never go for any type of crash diets or anything that could be dangerous at any point in time. Weight loss pills are available in the market, but never opt for the pills miracle because it might result in side effects over time.
Only slow and steady method of trial and error to finally be able to finish with the best plan. He certainly encouraged if you practice what is known as patience, because it shows the new path for you. True, the end result will be with you Uniting ideal plan if you’re working hard, realistic and be patient.
Things work to be fine if you follow a strict weight loss. One among them is the change of low-calorie diet has been shown to be effective than any other plans. Studies have indicated that following this diet, you tend to lose after nearly nine pounds every eleven days if you are strictly approval. Experts also have plans hazards caused by rapid weight loss.
In this routine you must be a function of low-calorie carbohydrate low-fat and low for three days and then you can take a short break from other 3 days that depend on any of them. The alternate day cycle will continue for almost eleven days and you can find the initial result. Although this process is slow, it is considered as very safe and secure.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Stomach Weight Loss: Small Things Can Make a Big Difference!
Men and women alike all want to have a flat tummy. But of course, we don’t all lead a healthy lifestyle and most of the time this unhealthy way of living can result in an unsightly bulge or two. Weight loss tummy is a common problem and could be due to an unhealthy diet or a lack of exercise. Basically, the body stores all these excess fat as a survival instinct. Think of hibernating bears, but of course, we are not bears and we do not really need an extra satchel of fat somewhere in our body and thus we need to burn it. How does one do it? First, you must understand that you need to burn more fat than what you consume so that the body would convert all the stored fat (your bulges) into energy to make up for the shortcoming.
To think that eating less food would make your stomach smaller is not right. What you need to do is eat a well balanced meal, substitute a small amount of fat into protein, and in small portions several times throughout the day. In fact, the recommended number is 6 times everyday. It might sound a lot but it really isn’t just as long as you eat in very small portions. Eating constantly would “train” your metabolism to burn faster and more food. Of course, the food itself should be healthy too. Eat a balanced and nutritious meal (no junk food please!) and try to keep your calorie intake at 1500 each day.
To think that eating less food would make your stomach smaller is not right. What you need to do is eat a well balanced meal, substitute a small amount of fat into protein, and in small portions several times throughout the day. In fact, the recommended number is 6 times everyday. It might sound a lot but it really isn’t just as long as you eat in very small portions. Eating constantly would “train” your metabolism to burn faster and more food. Of course, the food itself should be healthy too. Eat a balanced and nutritious meal (no junk food please!) and try to keep your calorie intake at 1500 each day.
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