Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

For those that are having trouble losing weight, you have to look beyond the simple "cutting calories" method to lose weight. An in-depth look at how the body loses weight, is really about losing body fat. Depending on the amount of fat you have, there will be a different approach to your weight loss journey. We all just can't cut out 1 meal a day and lose weight. Or maybe you have even tried cutting out 2 meals and still can't lose. Well, It's true that you do have to cut your calories every day but you don't have to starve. More of us that need to lose fat are eating high calorie foods that add body fat. So for those people changing to low-cal diet should work for you. That means you can eat most things if they are low in calories. For instance, if your choosing meat for dinner, Choose a chicken breast instead of fried chicken wings dipped in sauce. Those chicken wings at WingStop might be 1000 calories but the chicken breast salted without dipping sauce o

Because of my age I'm one of those staying home and for me it's tuff staying away from the kitchen. I'm on a maintaining diet and while it's pretty easy for me because my wife and I both eat the same things; when there's only two in the house we just don't buy the wrong things. Many of our neighbors and several of my readers are not in the same situation. When there's 3 or 4 people living under the same roof, maybe it's your kids, maybe it's your parents, the diets will vary. I understand that cooking a meal will be challenging. I you're staying at home now because of the virus, this is the time to concentrate on making the changes in the household's diet to accommodate everyone. Use your time wisely and by using the internet you should be able to create a menu that is healthy for everyone and for those weight loss people, you don't have to eat some of every dish on the table. You know what you should be eating and those foods

What's really making us fat? 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 gathering 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

It's extremely common to hit a plateau at some point during your weight loss journey. And, obviously, it can be really discouraging when the number on the scale doesn't move. Good news — there are certain things you can do to help bust through that plateau and watch the scale number lower. First of all, I want you to know that your not alone. I hit many plateaus over the ten years it took me to lose 60 pounds. I'm not saying that it will take you 10 years to lose your weight.  All of us can become discouraged when we don't reach our weight loss goals, but the mistake I made was to settle for a smaller amount and for several years I quit trying. I maintained the weight loss I attained but I gave up trying to lose more. My mistake, I finally realized that I might have lost some weight, but I still had the fat. That's when I realized the the real goal was to lose the fat. It wasn't that important what the scale said, it was more important to lose my extra f

The answer is different for all of us. Maybe you've been working on getting back to the weight you were at in high school or on your wedding day. But do you really need to go that low? Or can you weigh more than your ideal weight and still be healthy? O.K., that's a question everyone wants to know the answer to. Actually people lose weight for dozens of different reasons. Maybe you gained weight because you ate the way your family did, the way you grew up eating and that can be the beginning of your overweight problem. But as you get older you see the other school kids and the clothes they wear and you naturally want to fit in, and so your battle with weight begins. Others gain weight later in life, because of their occupation or maybe they've become overworked and depressed or maybe they've done well in life and food and drink is the reward. My neighbor has a sales job traveling, he's in and out of airports two and three times a week. Eating restaurant food eve

Low Carb is very popular today but carbs are energy food. The trick is to trade the bad carbs for good carbs. Easy to say, but what are the bad ones and what are the good ones. First the bad carbs; An example of bad carbs in the picture above and example of good carbs below So how much carbs should I eat? There are different opinions but in general 50% of the calories you eat should be carbs. 20% of your calories should come from protein and the rest from fats. Why should I eat fats you might say. Good fats are necessary for maintaining body functions like joint health but they must be good fats. In the picture above you can see some like the olive oil, the oil in fish, the oil in avocados, nuts, and cheese. These are all natural oils and you this is the fat your body needs.  Now depending on age you want to be careful how much red meat you eat. I go heavy on the seafood and the poultry and only eat red meat once a week in small amounts. Red Meat is not really imp

Are you exercising and not really seeing the results you hoped for? Maybe you're actually GAINING WEIGHT (very common, actually). Fact is, numerous research studies have shown that individuals who start on exercise programs actually subconsciously eat MORE calories due to the fact that exercise also stimulates your appetite. This is why folks who begin exercising--without consciously getting their diet under control at the same time--often actually GAIN body fat. Do you want to put in the time and the effort in the gym to GAIN weight? Me either. Actually that's what happens to more people then you might think. I had the same problem. I was getting too heavy and the first think I thought of was joining a gym. So I spent $40 a month for many years and got nowhere. I’d lose a little and then gain it back and the cycle would repeat itself over and over. Finally my wife told me I wasn’t counting my calories and I was eating the wrong things. "Exercise is good for yo