Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

You might think this is too complicated for me, but you want to understand the principles behind weight loss if you're going to succeed in your weight loss journey. Body composition  refers to the proportion of fat and fat-free mass in the body. A healthy body composition is one that includes a lower proportion of body fat and a higher proportion of fat-free mass. Body composition is one measurement that is used to assess your health and fitness level. The health care system judges you by your percentage of body fat. Our doctor make a judgement call and will determine your percentage of body fat and that number will go into your medical records. You can find out from your doctor what your number is. What you pay for you health insurance can increase if you have too much fat. What Is Body Composition? Your body is composed of two types of mass:  body fat  and  fat-free mass .   Body fat   is fat that is located within the body. Body fat can be in muscle tissue, under the ski

Because so many of us want to lose weight, at any given moment, most of us know how much we weigh. Most of us even have a favorite scale, the favorite being the one that gives us the lowest number possible. We talk about weight, think about weight and, sometimes, lie about weight, but how often do we think about what that number means? For too many of us, weight isn't just a number but something that can actually change how we feel about ourselves. But, what does your weight really mean and how useful is it when it comes to tracking weight loss progress? Learning the answers to those questions may just have you tossing out your scale forever. I have written about losing fat for years. All we hear every day in the form of advertising is weight loss and if you have excess fat, most of us want the fat gone. So because that's all we hear about on the internet, TV, and radio, that's all we think of. That's advertising doing their job. They get paid to program your min

Losing weight isn't as hard as some might think. You want to start by changing the food your eating. This is a common mistake many people make. They think if they just cut back on calories by eating less they'll lose weight. Maybe if you just want to lose 2 or 3 pounds. It's your diet that put on your extra weight and by the way that's extra body fat, not just weight. You can gain healthy weight and that's okay. Pro-athletes will gain healthy weight by adding muscle, but if your gaining fat that's the stuff you want to lose. The before and after picture above is a good example of someone who losed 95 pounds by simple changing the foods he was eating and being more active. Changing your diet and eating healthy will give you more energy to exercise and be more active. The extra activity will help your burn more calories and you'll lose fat. Now the hard part is to get your body to burn the stored fat. Your body only processes or burn enough to give you

All the promises from Weight Loss 'so called' experts are only sales gimmicks to get you to spend money. You don't have to spend money to lose weight. Shortcuts are awesome. Who doesn’t appreciate a nice back road that slices a commute in half? I’ve been known to skip ironing because the wrinkles usually fall out in a couple of hours, anyway. Sometimes, steps can be skipped or shortened without compromising the result too much. Unfortunately for dieters, weight loss is generally not something that can be rushed along... at least, not if you want long-term success. Then you’re right back where you started. Before you buy out your local produce section’s entire stock of grapefruit, consider the following reasons why quick-fix diets are not the answer to your waistline woes: But... I always see good results with quickie diets.  It’s true that quick-fix diets can help you get the pounds off, but most of the time the pounds come back with a vengeance. The smarties over

This post from WebMd verifies the fact that excess body fat over several years increases a person's chances for Cancer. Now this post was written about women and the cancers that women are more likely to get. But overweight men that carry excess body fat for years are also at high-risk for those cancers that men commonly get later in life, like colon cancer and prostate cancer. The more years a person spends overweight, the higher their risk of several cancers. Is it any wonder, with two-thirds of our adult population overweight, that it seems like all of us know someone that has or had cancer. A study, which followed nearly 74,000 U.S. women, found that the longer a woman carried excess poundage, the greater her risk of breast, endometrial, colon and kidney cancers. "We've known for a long time that excess weight is important in cancer risk," said Susan Gapstur, vice president of epidemiology for the American Cancer Society. The cancer society says excess we

When you want to lose weight, is your first choice to run to the latest fad diet? Often a quick 5 to 10 pounds will come off, then your old eating habits return. If you stick with it to attain your weight goal, you may still find yourself back at the same weight or higher in a few months. Why don't diets work? A Diet is a Lifestyle, Not an Event On many diets, you are not eating the way you will eat for the rest of your life. You eat foods you may not like very much and don't find satisfying. If you are determined enough, you stick with it until you reach your goal. But you know this is "just for the diet" rather than finding healthier foods you enjoy in amounts that don't cause weight gain. The big reason the weight always come back is that your not losing body fat. If you lost the weight but still have that flabby waist, the weight will be back quicker than you might think. Diets Can Be Downers The very word "diet" is depressing to many of u

This is a great post you should read. Some of us still shake their head and wonder why they can't lose weight, but if you read this it will spell out the problem that most of us have with our weight. What's the Worst Time of Day for Sitting Too Much? By Wendy Bumgardner Prolonged sitting is a risk factor for heart disease, even if you exercise, according to studies. Now that so many people are wearing activity trackers, Fitbit looked at anonymous aggregated data from over a million users to see who sits the most and when. It is enlightening. The Worst Times of Day for Being Sedentary Fitbit's data showed three times of day were the most likely to find you sitting or slumped at your desk. Afternoon from 2 pm - 3 pm After-coffee/before lunch - prime work/meeting time of 10:30 - 11 am After work and after dinner, specifically from 7:30-8:30 pm. Everything health problem you have or don't know that you have is caused by your inactivity and your diet. If you