Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

In order to keep body tissue alive, your heart has to pump blood to all your tissue including body fat. The bigger you are the harder your heart has to work trying to supply blood to all of you. The following article is about a long-term study done in the U.K.. I’ve never found a study of so many people for this long period. Healthy weight loss at any time in adulthood is good for your heart, a new study indicates. “Our findings suggest that losing weight at any age can result in long-term cardiovascular health benefits, and support public health strategies and lifestyle modifications that help individuals who are overweight or obese to lose weight at all ages,” according to lead study author John Deanfield, of University College London. Researchers analyzed data from nearly 1,300 men and women in the United Kingdom who were followed since their birth in March 1946. The participants were classified as being either normal weight, overweight or obese when they were children, and at ages ...

Some people actually go the expensive route when they decide to lose weight. Some people think the expensive way is the only way to lose weight. There are sooo many people who want to lose weight and can’t do it themselves that a mega-million dollar industry has sprung up to take advantage of this opportunity. Thank heaven for some of us who write about the real way to lose weight. Gym memberships, diet pills, and weight loss counselors all cost money. When in fact, you don’t have to spend a dime. You can even save money while you lose the unwanted pounds. We don’t always realize it, but as we go through our workday, we can spend a lot of time snacking. You can consume a lot of junk food and drinks 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 are pastries in the break room, so why not. I use 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, e...

If you’re someone who deals with stress fairly often (who doesn’t?), here’s something you may not know: your body produces a hormone called cortisol in response to chronic stress which is associated with causing excess belly flab. The more cortisol you have, the more belly fat you typically gain. Now get this: The New England Journal of Medicine published a study showing that individuals who consumed mini-meals spaced three hours apart each day actually decreased their cortisol levels by 17 percent compared to those who ate the same amount of food in only three meals per day. And here’s some even better news… This cortisol-blunting, the fat-burning effect, occurred in just 14 days. This means that after you change to the 5-meal-a-day plan you will see a difference in two weeks. The trick is to follow a healthy meal plan and divide those same calories into 5 meals instead of 3. So if you want to take control of your body’s cortisol levels, one thing you can do is simply start eating a s...

 The truth is I don't count calories or carbs. There is no truth in the theory that you can eat a little bit of the bad food or the manufactured foods and still lose weight. I had to stop eating manufactured foods before I started to lose body fat. Anyone can purge their digestive tract and lose 10 pounds, but that weight loss will come right back. Don't bother doing cardio exercise, you can't lose weight like that. So many of the myths about losing weight aren't true or only help a small percentage of overweight people. Most overweight people are seriously out of shape and can't do enough exercise to do any good. For those people walk more. An extra one-hour-a-day walking will build your endurance and help you burn more calories.  The diet I stuck to was chicken or turkey breasts, vegetables, fruits, nuts but only a small handful, and lots of water. Don't drink calories which also means no alcohol. You can add back a small bit of alcohol after you start losing ...

  I found this post on WEBMD and thought it was worth reblogging. There’s good information here and at the end I added a paragraph of my own. 1. Change the way you describe your goals. “ Call it whatever you want, but don’t call what you’re doing a  diet, ” says David Grotto, RD, author of The Best Things You Can Eat.  When your trying to lose weight, you’ll never keep the pounds off permanently if you thing about this as a temporary problem that you can fix in a couple of months. The problem with  d iets   is they  have a beginning and an end. You will only succeed, when you make a lifelong commitment to a healthier lifestyle.  I call it “my new meal plan”. The Doctor has a point, using the word  diet  and convincing yourself that “this is just a diet and I’ll get back to those desserts after this is over”  is  not a good way to look at your weight problem. I liken a weight problem to a person who has a problem with  smoking. ...

Perhaps you’ve made a new year’s resolution to start eating more healthfully, or you just feel it is time to change your dietary habits to promote a healthier lifestyle as well as for weight management. But where do you begin? Start with and keep in mind these five key principles for healthy eating, and you will always be on the right track. 1 Focus on Vegetables and Fruits Study after study has shown that the more whole fruits and vegetables you eat, the lower your risk for many chronic diseases, including cancer, obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease—including heart disease and stroke. Fruits and vegetables constitute low-calorie foods. A report by WHO has stated that there is convincing evidence that eating fruits and vegetables decreases the risk for obesity. Compared to high-calorie foods such as processed foods that are high in sugar and fat, fruits and vegetables are less likely to contribute to obesity or overweight. And, because they contain higher amounts of dietary f...