Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

The best time in your life to get the body you want is when you’re in your 20’s. When you are younger it’s easier and your skin will contract easier. Are you ready to get serious about your body?  This might be the first time you’ve had to really think about losing weight or getting in shape. If you are out of school now and you started to work this may be the perfect time to get in shape. But there’s no need to panic. You can take off the pounds and set up healthy habits to get skinny and keep the weight from coming back. Post this list on your bathroom mirror to serve as a daily reminder of the things you need to do to get in shape so that you not only get fit but stay lean and healthy for life. If you can get this right now, your life can be so much better going forward. 10 Ways to Get Lean and Healthy in Your 20s Redefine “skinny.” We often use the word, “skinny,” but let’s face it, ladies, skin, and bones are not sexy. What you really want is a sleek, tight physique. That means mu

Is there a best time of day to exercise? Two of the top reasons people give for not exercising regularly include lack of results and lack of time. So, for many people, the best time to exercise is the time that is most convenient and the time that fits into a busy schedule. Research on exercise and time of day is growing, but still limited and not without controversy. In general, if you can find a time for exercise that you can stick with consistently, you will be much more likely to train regularly and get better results. But if you exercising to help you lose weight, what works for me, is to exercise in the morning before I eat. The science behind that is that it takes 10 to 12 hours after you stop eating for your body to use up the food that you ate the day before. So when exercising in the morning to get the fuel your body has to burn body fat until you eat more food or drink more calories. Circadian Rhythms and Exercise Human sleep and wake cycles follow a daily cycle called circa

A great post from VeryWell.com tells us about the different fats in our body and which ones are dangerous to our health. Read all of this one, stomach fat is what causes your health problem when you age. If you intend to see your grandchildren grow up and maybe get married, the best advice I can give you is to stay thin and eat well. Good food is more expensive but you don’t have to eat as much. Visceral fat is adipose tissue (fat tissue) that surrounds your vital organs. Visceral adipose tissue is located deep inside your body and is sometimes referred to as belly fat. If you have too much visceral fat, you may be at higher risk for certain health conditions and diseases. Belly fat will double your risk for diseases and cancer that affect your organs. The Definition of Visceral Since visceral fat is often called belly fat, you might wonder why we use the term “visceral” to describe it. The reason is that there are two different kinds of fat in your belly and visceral fat is only one o

I get the question every week from someone. “Why can’t I lose weight? What am I doing wrong? I understand the frustration. Before I reached my goal of 160 pounds and that wasn’t really my goal, I just wanted to lose body fat. I didn’t know what weight I’d end up at. But once I fell below 160 and I knew I hadn’t been that low since high school, and I was 70 years old, it was time to stop losing weight and start building muscle. This is a 1200 word post, you might want to save it and read it when you have time. I was the king of yo-yo diets. Over 30 years, I gained and lost more weight than I can count. I started at 220 pounds back when I was around 35 years old. I’d lose some weight because I cut back on some foods and I was able to keep off some weight, but the progress I was making was very slow. It took me about 10 years to get down to 185 and maintain that weight. Yes, I was still yo-yo-ing but now I just weighed less. About 180 pounds was the plateau I couldn’t break. I stayed at t

You can get discouraged when you’re trying to lose weight and you see thin and fit people eating more than you and you still can’t lose weight. Losing weight requires you to eat fewer calories than your body burns. This is the complicated part of losing weight. “How many calories does my body burn in one day?”  Most people will get this question wrong. Everyone’s different, women are different from men and your size also matters. The more body fat you have the fewer calories you burn. That’s a general statement, so I’ll explain, let’s take two men or two women that weigh the same, one of the two will have more body fat, the one with more fat will burn calories slower. So, what’s the difference in how I burn calories? Well, if you burn calories slower than your friend, you will burn fewer calories per day. This means you have to eat fewer calories per day or you’ll gain more fat. Maybe your friend is more physical than you. You work at a desk all day and your friend works in a warehouse

(HealthDay News) -- Want to be good to your ticker? Load up on veggies — especially beans, Italian researchers recommend. They've published a comprehensive review of research on eating habits and  heart disease  that provides consistent evidence that eating less salt and animal  proteins  and more plant-based foods are associated with a lower risk of heart disease.  Those good-for-you foods include  whole grains , fruits, veggies, legumes, and nuts. The researchers also recommend replacing butter and other animal fats with non-tropical vegetable fats, such as olive oil. "A mistake we made in the past was to consider one dietary component the enemy and the only thing we had to change," said study author Gabriele Riccardi of the University of Naples Federico II, in Italy. "Instead, we need to look at  diets  as a whole and if we reduce the amount of one food, it is important to choose a healthy replacement." The findings were published July 7 in  Cardiovascular Re

Quick GuideBenefits of Exercise: Fitness Facts Prove the Benefits of Working Out Energize Your Life! Who said physical activity is all work and no play? In fact, it can be just the opposite! There is no need to think of strenuous workouts that are painful and boring. Instead, imagine doing fun physical activities you enjoy and look forward to. Do the physical activity for enjoyment and watch the health benefits follow! The importance of physical activity The evidence is growing and is more convincing than ever! People of all ages who are generally inactive can improve their health and well-being by becoming active at a moderate intensity on a regular basis. Regular physical activity substantially reduces the risk of dying of coronary  heart disease , the nation’s leading cause of death, and decreases the risk for  stroke ,  colon cancer ,  diabetes , and  high blood pressure . It also helps to control weight; contributes to healthy bones, muscles, and joints; reduces falls among older