Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

  For years, we thought of bacteria as organisms to avoid. It turns out our bodies are already loaded with trillions of bacteria. They help digest food and play an important role in your well-being.  So yes, there is a sensitive balance of bacteria in your stomach that breaks down your food. If you are not eating a well-balanced diet and you disturb the balance (too much acid and not enough alkaline) you end up with heartburn or acid reflux or worse and yes you’ll gain weight because too much of your food will be stored in fat cells. If you are doing anything to slow down the digestive process more of your food will be stored instead of processed. Research suggests your gut bacteria are tied to your probability of things like diabetes, obesity, depression, and colon cancer. What Are Gut Bacteria? Living inside your gut are 300 to 500 different kinds of bacteria containing nearly 2 million genes. Paired with other tiny organisms like viruses and fungi, they make what’s known as...

  How many times have you given up on exercise? If you’re like most of us, probably more times than you can count. There are plenty of reasons we find it hard to stick to an exercise program. Sometimes we give up for reasons beyond our control – An illness, for example, or an injury. Sometimes there’s no particular reason. One minute we’re exercising and patting ourselves on the back for it and, the next thing you know, that 10 pounds is back and so is the guilt and frustration. There’s always a reason we give up and there are key moments that can happen in any exerciser’s life to watch out for. These moments can create so much frustration, and so much self-doubt, that you may feel like you have no choice but to quit. However, it’s often during these hard moments that you need to keep going. Find out why you give up on exercise and what you can do about it. You Give Up Because You’re Not Losing Weight If you exercise to lose weight, it’s not terribly surprising that you expect to l...

  This is a frequently asked question. The answer is different for everyone. If you are only 20 pounds or so over your goal weight, then a 200-pound man can expect to lose about 2 pounds a week. If you’re a woman who weighs about 140 and wants to lose 20 pounds then 2 pounds every week might be too much to expect. And it also depends on your age. For instance, a young woman who has had a baby recently will lose 20 pounds faster than a woman in her late 40s who has carried the extra weight for a few years. If you have been overweight for some time, it will take longer to lose it. So several things being considered, 20 pounds may take 2 months for a new mom to lose, or it might take a man 200 pounds age 65, one year to drop the weight. This is what you need to consider; your weight and your age, what kind of physical shape am I in? The better the condition the more exercise you’ll be able to do. How motivated am I? You have to stay with it. And don’t forget the diet, you can’t c...