Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

  If you have never tried to lose weight and your friends tell you about the gym memberships and the cost of those diet pills or you should see a weight lose councilor, and all you can think of is the cost. Well, it’s true, you don’t have to spend money to lose weight. In fact, you might save some money losing weight. We don’t realize it, but as you go through your workday, you can spend a lot of time snacking. You can consume a lot of junk food and it all costs money. Maybe you start your day at a coffee shop, and you don’t just buy coffee. You get to work and there’s pastries in the break room, so why not. I used to do it. I’d look for something to snack on every time I took a break. The average person adds 2 or 3 pounds a year, even if their careful and don’t overeat. Between the ages of 30 and 40, I personally gain 40 pounds. I had a construction job, outside all day and very active and left that for an office job, sitting all day and eating and drinking too much. I didn’t over...

 Don't Stress Over Genetics Your apple-shaped if you tend to carry more weight around your middle than your hips and thighs. That genetic predisposition means ridding yourself of belly fat will be harder, said Dr. Kashyap, but not impossible. Again, you can't lose fat only on a specific body part. So, if your genetics have you carrying it around your middle, focus on losing weight all over, said Dr. Cheskin. This usually happens to women rather than men. There is a simple explanation. If your mother is pear-shaped that usually means that if you add excess fat you will probably add fat in the same areas.  It doesn't mean you will be fat like your mother. It only means if you add excess body fat from consuming too many calories then you will probably add that extra fat in the same places as your mother. You may not add any additional fat. It all depends on your activity level and your meal plan.  A woman is not condemned to a fat body. My daughter fought with excess fat for...

Most fitness fanatics are going for lean, slim bodies. It’s trending now and the most popular meal plan today is “fasting”. So what does that mean? Fasting is really about the sporadic eating of healthy foods. In other words, most of us have the same meal plan we grew up with and our parents have the same plan they grew up with. Doesn’t sound like that’s a bad thing, but humans today are not the same type of people are parents or grandparents were. Our ancestors basically ate on the run. They ate when they had food and when they had time. We eat on a schedule that was handed down through the last several generations. You eat when you get up, again at midday, and again in the evening. Why is that so important? Well, today we realize it’s not important. When a child is born they eat several times a day because they are not attached to their mother anymore and they are used to that continuous feeding. But as they get older you notice that their appetite changes. They want to skip meals, a...

  I hesitated to write this post because I broke one of my rules, I gained weight on vacation. I went from 155 to 160. Okay, I know that some of you are laughing, thinking to yourself that “is that all”. What bothers me is that isn’t just fat that I put on around my waist. That the worst place to add fat and I know it. It came from eating in restaurants for two weeks straight. Eating street food, eating in airports between flights, and snacking because I didn’t have time to eat a proper meal. So, I fell into the “fat trap” I often write about. I hate myself for being so stupid. But on the bright side I did learn some new Yoga poses and I will start running again so that fat will come off. I know most of you that have a weight problem are wishing your problem was as small as mine, and I do realize that your problems are a lot more serious. But there are the lucky few that only need a small fix like mine to make a big change in their body. The people who have gained their excess weig...

  When it comes to losing weight, the evidence is pretty clear – “you can’t outrun a bad diet,” according to a recent editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. If your goal is weight loss, that gym membership is going to do little to drop the pounds when your diet is out of shape. If you hit the gym five days a week for 30 minutes a day and you’re not losing weight, you now know why. It’s not your metabolism. It’s not your hormones. It’s what and how much you eat. We would be surprised if we knew how little calories we really need. Foods like fish or seafood, grains, fruits and vegetables don’t have that many calories. The average American will consume more than 3000 calories a day when actually 1500 is plenty. Unless you run 5 miles a day you don’t need a lot of calories. We consume half our daily calories in the drinks we consume. If we only drank water, coffee, and tea we could cut more than 1000 calories a day. We’re talking about more than just your expanding belly ...

  Losing weight is about losing body fat. So how do I do that? Everyone loses weight differently and losing is also done any different way, but what I did was go on a low-fat diet. After years of trying to lose fat I read about the no-fat diet. The idea is that if you done eat any animal fat your body is forced into burning body fat for fuel. Normally we have too much fat in the foods we eat so the body always goes to the easiest source first and just uses your food for the fat it needs, but if you don’t eat any fat, you force your body into burning body fat. It worked for me. Today my BMI is 21%. For years I was nearly 30%. Getting your body to burn your body fat as fuel is the only way to get rid of excess fat. Now about the diet, Animal fat is your enemy when you’re losing weight. For several months I was eating white breast meat either chicken or turkey and seafood. Poultry and seafood have a different type of fat. The fat on white meat poultry is yellow and can be ea...

  Yes, you can injure yourself while working out. Beginners make simple mistakes often because their body isn’t used to workouts. They will move right into an aerobics class for more experienced adults and forget to warm-up before class after a few days they end up with a pulled muscle or just sore muscles and they quit going. I found this post by accident on the AboutHealth.com site. This is worth reading because it’s the biggest reason that people quit their weight loss program. We’ve all had those weeks where we’ve jammed in long hours on the bike, or hit the trails running, or worked hard in the weight room, and felt fantastic. You’re flying high, improving your numbers and you’re feeling better than ever before. But then, after that big week is over, you notice that you’re sore, your lower back has a bit of twitch in it, and you may even be feeling puffier than usual. You’re not recovered, and it’s costing you those gains that came from your hard work. While most ath...

  Most fitness fanatics are going for lean, slim bodies. It’s trending now and the most popular meal plan today is “fasting”. So what does that mean? Fasting is really about the sporadic eating of healthy foods. In other words, most of us have the same meal plan we grew up with and our parents have the same plan they grew up with. Doesn’t sound like that’s a bad thing, but humans today are not the same type of people are parents or grandparents were. Our ancestors basically ate on the run. They ate when they had food and when they had time. We eat on a schedule that was handed down through the last several generations. You eat when you get up, and again at mid-day, and again in the evening. Why is that so important? Well, today we realize it’s not important. When a child is born, they eat several times a day because they are not attached to their mother anymore and they are used to that continuous feeding. But as they get older you notice that their appetite changes. They want to s...

Losing weight is a lot like deciding to stop smoking. If you think about it, Someone trying to lose weight has the same problem as someone trying to quit smoking. Both are an addiction and both people are trying to make a change. Change their lives and kick the habit. With food the addiction is not eating, it’s really the addiction to sugar, sodium, and other chemicals in processed foods.  The addiction will create hunger, but you’re not really hungry you’re going through a withdrawal from your addiction. You think you're hungry, so you eat and you feel better, but really you just feed your addiction to sugar or whatever chemical caused the cravings and eating supply that need and now you feel better. Of course, you probably consumed a few hundred calories. Losing weight has to start by changing your diet and counting calories. If you change to a fresh diet, eating only fresh foods and changing the times you eat, you can lose weight, it’s not rocket science. When everything I tried...

  Today with the health crisis we face it might be more important than ever to exercise. If you need to lose weight and you’re just staying home this is the perfect time to work on some life changes. I was listening to interviews on TV and reading about this crisis we’re in now. Many health care people says that it might get better this summer, but they expect a reoccurrence in fall. Being overweight or smoking has about the same effects on your breathing. It’s easier to get out of breath. People who have trouble climbing two flights of stairs are at greater risk because they can easily catch pneumonia. That’s why more seniors are at risk than young adults. Get active. It’s one of the best things you can do for yourself. Even long walk will help you increase your lungs capacity. The more capacity to breath deeper the more oxygen you’re putting into you blood. “Exercise is an antidote to aging,” says Barry A. Franklin, PhD, director of the cardiac rehabilitation and exercise labs at...

I think you should read this, I read this a few days ago. I knew deception in food labels was going on but I didn’t think it was this bad. I quit buying packaged foods, canned foods, and almost all frozen food. If you’re trying to “eat clean”, you should be buying food fresh, preferably from a farmers market, or a small grocery that specializes in organic foods, bulk foods, and fresh poultry and fish. I’m giving up on any foods with a label. When it comes to food labels, manufacturers are very good at finding the loopholes in labeling laws and requirements, and subsequently very good at pulling the wool over YOUR eyes. One such loophole is the manufacturer’s ability to claim “zero” grams of fat, or zero grams of trans fat, or zero calories on the label when the product indeed contains plenty of fat, trans fat, and/or calories. Here’s the law, and how food manufacturers get around it: Zero grams of fat or zero grams of trans fat: As long as the food item has less than .5g of fat or ...