Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

If you want to avoid an early death, this might be a good article to read. I write a lot about the importance of your diet and reaching a healthy weight and you have to do that by changing your diet. But to be healthy you need to exercise. Because of this "information age" we're in today, we don't have enough physical activity. We send too much time on a computer, tablet or smartphone and not enough time doing physical activity. Your parents and grandparents spent more time doing physical work and walking. The more evolved our society, the less we do physically and the more we do with our minds. I think you're cutting our lives short by not taking care of our bodies. If you do a lot of physical work then a workout may not be necessary, but the less physical work we do the more need to compensate by working out. If your not use to working out and are overweight you want to start by walking. A brisk walk for 30 minutes is a great form of exercise. I found the foll...

The word “diet” has a bad reputation in the weight loss community. But the bottom line is that we are all on a diet of some sort. Your diet is simply your eating plan. Even if you eat whatever you want, you’re on a diet, your diet. But in order to lose weight, your eating plan – your diet –  must change . Most Americans today, have no plan, unless your doctor put you on a diet plan. We just eat what ever we feel like and that’s why most American’s are overweight. Two-thirds of Americans are overweight and half of those are extremely overweight.  Here’s why: You need to change your energy balance. The only way to lose weight without medical intervention (like surgery) is to adjust your energy balance. O.k., before I lose my readers I’ll explain. Energy Balance is burning the calories that you’re eating. Energy deficit would be if you burn more calories than you eat and an energy surplus would be if you’re not burning all the calories you eat. That’s how it is for most peop...

Concentrate on improving your health and the rest will work out. What do I mean? Worrying about the problems in your life will cause you to forget about the big picture. Worrying about money is the main contributor to obesity, but worrying by itself causes obesity. Worrying starts a spiral downward that you can’t stop. Worrying starts by causing depression. You have a big problem that you have no solution for. Maybe it’s about money or maybe something with your job or family. Yes, these may seem like insurmountable problems. And these types of huge problems in your life will cause you to forget what's important. You’re not thinking about your health, you’re not making time for exercise or relationships, instead you’re worrying. Worrying can consume your life. It will also ruin your life. By taking care of your health, you'll see a big difference in your ability to work out life's problems. I actually do my best thinking when I'm working out. When I'm runni...

Didn't think you could lose weight without dieting. The short answer is "You can". 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. O.K., I'm not crazy, give up alcohol "TOTALLY", WHAT. TRUTHFULLY, I did give up beer during the months I was losing weight, but after I reached my normal weight I did go back to an occasional beer. I had to cut out wheat which means gluten-...

Have you ever noticed that no matter how hard you try, no matter how much you exercise or no matter how many calories you cut, you still can't get rid of the extra fat? There could be another reason for your size. My friend has a twin born at the same time but one guy's bigger and still is 40 years later. The bigger brother is overweight and the smaller one is thin and fit. The overweight brother can't seem to lose the extra fat. At family gatherings, they always eat the same amount of food but the smaller one never gains weight. So what's going on is pretty normal for siblings. I've read a lot about families with some overweight members and some thin members.  Research shows that we are all different even when we're twins. So even if we look the same, we all process our food differently. It's your DNA that's different. DNA is in every gene that you were born with and siblings from the same parents won't have exactly the same DNA. So in that...

We all have spent the last few weeks on an eating binge. You can’t just give up because you gain some weight and blew your diet. Don’t think your the only one who gained some weight lately.  But you can get your eating back on track. Here’s how. I know the Holidays aren't over yet, but if you start now you may avoid lots of pain later trying to lose the excess fat. First, Relax You need some perspective. You need to eat 3,500 calories to gain one pound of body fat. One unplanned treat — a slice of cake, some fries, or even a rich meal — probably won’t make a major difference on the scale. “We call these ‘taking timeouts,’ and we all take them,” says San Antonio nutrition consultant Rebecca Reeves, RD. “No one is perfect in their eating habits. What we have to learn is that we are giving ourselves permission to do this, and as soon as it’s over, we should go back to the eating plan we normally follow.” The goal is to not make a habit of it. “Most people overeat somewhere...

I read that out of the "Top Ten New Year's Resolutions" published on USA.gov,  LOSING WEIGHT, GET FIT, EXERCISE MORE and GO ON A DIET  were among the most popular. Unfortunately most people have trouble with the "follow-thru". We have good intentions and most of us will actually see results, but sometime during the year we lose track of our goals and get off the program sometimes gaining back more then we lost. We've been told about our weight and we know in our hearts that we have to get into shape, but after a couple months of little or no success we either give up or just get busy with something else and lose direction. I want to give you hope, no matter how many times you've tried and failed, you can still  get fit  and  lose weight . You can be a healthier version of you. Most of us try too hard and expect too much. Yes, girls that have a babies can lose that baby weight fast, if they work at it and if their young enough, but for the rest o...