Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

People are attracted to a low-carb way of eating for a variety of reasons: blood sugar control, to lower blood pressure, and to improve many other health indicators. But there's no doubt about it: most people try cutting carbs in order to lose weight. So, is losing weight different on a low-carb diet? And what can you realistically expect when it comes to weight loss? How Is the Low-Carb Weight Loss Experience Different? Before you read further, I want you to know low-carb is my favorite way to lose body fat but I did combine low-carb with low-fat because adults don't need the fats from dairy products. We can get fats into our diet by eating nuts and seafoods. If you don't have enough fats in your diet your body will burn stored body fat. Your body isn't fussywhere the fats come from but it will use the fats that are the easiest to burn and the easiest to burn are the fats that you just ate. You may be surprised to hear that on a low-carb diet, weight loss main...

I’ve wrote about The Mediterranean Diet several times and I still think it’s the best way to eat. I wrote about saturated fats and that minds are changing and that in moderation saturated fats aren’t harmful. Of course, everyone doesn’t go along with that, but most all research shows that the diet or the way people eat in the Mediterranean region of the world could be the healthiest diet. Inspite of body fat, these people have managed to avoid heart disease and any other types of coronary diseases. When your eating a Mediterranean style diet you won’t be counting calories. You’ll be swapping bad fats for good ones like olive oil instead of butter. Fish and poultry instead of red meat. Fresh fruit instead sweet desserts. You’ll be filling up on veggies and beans. You can snack on nuts instead of candy or chips.  The idea is to eat thinks that are nutritious, thinks that add value to your diet.  Stay away from processed foods. Eat real food and not manufactured food. I...

When you’re trying to lose weight or keep off extra pounds, can diet soda help? While it has fewer calories than regular soda, some studies show it fuels your sweet tooth. Which means it makes you crave sweet foods or drinks. It's one more way the food industry has to try and keep you wanting more. But it is true that if you start drinking calories you can lose weight. But I'm not sure that drinking diet soda is the way to lose weight. I'm not a fan of artifical sweeteners. I'm in the camp that thinks that diet drinks can do more harm than good.  Also, are artificially sweetened sodas good for your health? Several studies this year continue the debate. My personal feelings is that the chemicals used to make artificial sweeteners can't be good for you. The Food And Drug Administration has the same old reasoning for allowing it, "It's such a small amount, it won't hurt you."  Of course, if you drink six a day, then it's not a small amount an...

I found this testimonial on line and it should be inspirational for everyone. There’s no magic pill or trick to losing weight, you just do it cold turkey. We all have the power to do it, you just have to make up your mind to start. This girl decided to run and change her diet and that’s the fastest way I know to drop body fat, but not all of us can do that. I like the walking method. It takes longer but if your not young anymore walking is easier on your body. Read her story and be inspired yourself. I’ve been heavy my entire life. Even in my kindergarten photos, I was chubby. In late high school, I gained more weight. In college, I reached 260 pounds — I think because I was on my own. I had a driver’s license, a job. I could go out to dinner, eat when I wanted. Nobody was watching over me. Being heavy didn’t make me feel bad, though. I was pretty confident. I didn’t realize I was as big as I was until I started looking at old photos a few months ago. It was pretty shocking. Abou...

This is worth a read, this author thinks the same way I do. You've heard it before: "You have to make your new way of eating part of your life." "It can't be a 'diet,' or you'll go off it." "The reason people regain weight is that they go back to their old way of eating." All true. But much easier said than done! How can you transition from a "diet" to a "better way of eating?" Here are tips to help you on this path. Who knew that you don't have to starve to lose weight. 1) Find the Right Amount of Carbohydrate for You The idea of carb reduction is that eventually you will figure out what carb level keeps you at your best—high energy, low hunger, lowest sustainable weight, and stable blood glucose. Ideally, the amount of carbohydrate you eat will be low enough not to be flirting with the side effects of high-carb eating too often, but this is different for every person.  Once you find your carb level...

I wrote a post about quiting sugar and I received emails and comments that totally agreed with me. So today I want to add a few more words about refined sugar and refined flour. Actually both white sugar and white flour have been processed to the point where most all the nutrients have been stripped away. When this had become common knowledge the manufacturers changed their product to an enriched white flour by adding chemicals to substitute for the nutrition the product was missing. The changes were made several years ago before we now know that chemicals in food not only don't totally get absorbed into the body but can actually be harmful to the body. Not everyone has the same ability to fight off the affects of chemicals in the body. White sugar in the body isn't real sugar from sugar cane. Sugar cane or sugar from sugar cane isn't white it's more brown in color. In the process of making granulated white sugar the crystals have to be bleached white so whatever n...

A great deal of research has looked at, and found, a connection between chronic stress and weight gain. Over time, this can lead to overweight and obesity in previously normal-weight individuals. Craving Comfort Food As it turns out, that craving we sometimes have for “comfort food,” also known as emotional eating, has a biological basis. Researchers have found that a chronic stress-response network gets activated by our bodies within a matter of days when faced with perceived stress, whether that be emotional, mental, or physical stress or a combination of the above. As part of this response, biological pathways involving stress hormones and stress-related factors are activated. One category of stress-related substances are glucocorticoids, a form of steroid hormone secreted by the adrenal glands; these play a particular role in food cravings. High concentrations of glucocorticoids can motivate consumption of “comfort food,” which is often high in refine...

So many of us give up on losing weight because we just aren't getting anywhere. We diet but we don't stick to it. We exercise but we don't lose any weight. Maybe you need to get serious about weight loss. You can exercise hours a day and still not lose any weight. You can cut your diet to the bone and still not lose a pound. What's your problem? I understand you just want to lose weight and you don’t care about the “How and Why”. But if you have been wondering why your having so much trouble losing weight, then maybe you need to read this.  What Is Your Pulse? And why is the important? Your pulse is your  heart  rate, or the number of times your heart beats in one minute. Heart rates vary from person to person. Your pulse is lower when you are at rest and increases when you  exercise  (because more oxygen-rich blood is needed by the body during exercise).  Knowing how to take your pulse can help you evaluate your exercise program. That's impor...

The answer is different for all of us. Maybe you've been working on getting back to the weight you were at in high school or on your wedding day. But do you really need to go that low? Or can you weigh more than your ideal weight and still be healthy? O.K., that's a question everyone wants to know the answer to. Actually people lose weight for dozens of different reasons. Maybe you gained weight because you ate the way your family did, the way you grew up eating and that can be the beginning of your overweight problem. But as you get older you see the other school kids and the clothes they wear and you naturally want to fit in, and so your battle with weight begins. Others gain weight later in life, because of their occupation or maybe they've become overworked and depressed or maybe they've done well in life and food and drink is the reward. My neighbor has a sales job traveling, he's in and out of airports two and three times a week. Eating restaurant food every...

Fasting is a much talked about quick way to lose pounds and inches but I don't recommend it. Personally I never knew anyone who kept the weight off. And if you read below those who did lose weight temporarily gain it back and more. And yes I think it's dangerous for some people, it depends on your health. Having said that, I think you can use fasting to detox your system and yes after 2 or 3 days you will weight less but don"t thing you can keep it off. By next week the weight will probably be back. Read what I've found and you decide. Most religions use periods of fasting as a means of demonstrating faith or penitence, and an opportunity for spiritual reflection. Fasting has also historically been a means to express political views and a form of protest. Though it may not be the most practical -- or safest -- diet, some people use fasting as a way to lose weight or to cleanse the body of toxins, although some experts say our bodies are perfectly equipped with organs...

By adopting sensible eating habits and practicing portion control, you can eat nutritious foods so that you take in as many calories as you need to maintain your health and well-being at your ideal weight. Often, weight loss occurs on its own simply when you start making better food choices, such as  avoiding: processed foods, sugar-laden foods, white bread and pasta (substitute whole-grain varieties instead), foods with a high percentage of calories from fat, alcoholic drinks. While nothing is absolutely forbidden, when you do succumb to temptation, keep the portion size small and add a bit more exercise to your daily workout. By replacing some unwise food choices with healthy ones, you'll be cutting back on calories. If you add some moderate physical activity by simply walking more you have the perfect weight-loss plan without the need for special or inconvenient (and often expensive) diet plans. A 45-year-old woman complains that she has gradually put on 12 pou...