Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

If you read my last post, I don't real agree with the doctors study on heavy air. I do agree with this article I found about carbs. This makes a lot of sense to me. Read below and see if you agree. We don’t all digest carbs or for that matter any food the same way the next person does. There are differences between the way people digest food, which might be the reason brothers or sisters eating the same food while growing up can have different size bodies. Overweight is a world wide problem and scientists from dozens of countries are trying to come up with a solution. So if you have trouble keeping the weight off, it's a good idea to read about the problems and the solutions that are being worked on. Science has caulked this off to different genes. But some doctors think it's not that simple. What if those genes that get all the blame, actually cause your body to digest carbs differently than other people. Read the following article I found in HealthDay News. Obesity or...

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. Ab...

I’ve wrote about The Mediterranean Diet several times and I still think it’s the best way to eat. Yesterday 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 manufactur...

I'm an old guy now; I've been retired for 10 years and the biggest challenge I had in my life was losing body fat. I spent some 30 years yo-yoing up and down and only losing a few pounds. After age 60 I lost most of my fat and I've kept it off for 10 years now. I weigh the same as I did in High School. My BMI is 21, and I feel half my age. Many factors can impact the success or failure of a new diet or exercise program, so we often spend a lot of time researching and choosing the best weight loss program, finding the most effective workout routine or eating the right foods. But there is also a mental attitude that can affect whether or not you lose weight. One of these factors is self-efficacy, and it’s easy to change. If you have trouble keeping the extra weight off, it's probably because your defeating yourself. What is Self-Efficacy? Self-efficacy is your belief that you can successfully carry out a specific task. Simply said, You have to believe you can do it. ...

Get active. It's one of the best things you can do for yourself. “Exercise is an antidote to aging," says Barry A. Franklin, PhD. He is director of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise labs at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. A well-rounded routine, as part of a healthy lifestyle, may help you avoid things like falls, heart disease, and osteoporosis. In fact, experts say, many of the conditions people think are due to getting older have more to do with not moving enough. At any age, these are the types of exercise you want to get: • Aerobic: good for your heart and lungs • Strength training: good for your muscles and bones • Flexibility and balance: helps prevent falls Personally, I want to add a few words about me. I live in a single family home in a 55+ community. My wife and I are very happy here. Most of the people are are age but only half those living here are truly in good shape. There are many activities for people of all ages like book clubs, card games...

The answer is different for all of us. First, I should say that you don't want to wait as long as this guy before you get help. 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. Weight is just secondary to body fat. Once you lose body fat or at least get your BMI down to 20 or 21 it doesn't matter what you weight. 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...

Clean Eating for Busy Families I write about "Clean Eating" all the time and now I found someone else who thinks the way I do.  This article was first published on VeryWell.com, a new site I frequently read. First, what is clean eating? It sounds simple, but when something sounds simple, it rarely is, right? In this case, though, it actually is fairly straightforward. Basically, you stick with foods that are closest to their natural state. And the shorter the ingredient list for packaged foods, the better. No food groups are eliminated in clean eating, which is definitely a highlight.  How amazing would it be to teach our children that this way of eating is the goal for how they should eat most of the time? To get started (or to review if you are familiar with clean eating), here are some foods to avoid: Refined foods, including refined grains Heavily processed foods Foods with added fat, sodium, and/or sugar/sweeteners Foods with preservatives F...

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 or any drinks that have calories. While nothing is absolutely forbidden, when you do succumb to temptation, keep the portion size small like a fist full of nuts. 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...

Look, the way I see it is; Food is Health, Exercise is Fitness. You need both. It's simple really. Eat good food everyday, move your body a lot every day and health can be yours. We eat the wrong foods and we aren't active enough so we gain weight; it's that simple. Most people put the blame on their parents or their too busy to exercise, but you don't have to do any more then be active when your not working. Being active burns calories and eat fresh foods and stop eating junk food (frankenfood) as it was coined a few years ago. Also stop drinking calories. Don't drink calories, that's worse then eating calories. Remember that little (yet extremely powerful) saying from Hippocrates, "Food is Thy Medicine?" I've seen it first hand in my life. When I began to change my diet many years ago and eat healthy, it changed how I felt physically, my energy levels went through the roof and I was sleeping better and had more balanced moods. Don't know ...