Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

“Cheat Meals” like at the holidays can throw you back two or three weeks on your weight loss goals.  That’s what you want to remember when you sit down to a festive meal. How much will this set me back? How long will it take to get back to my weight yesterday? I know all about overeating at those family gatherings. In this case, we are talking about Thanksgiving. Around my house or at anyone’s house I know there are two parts to the big feast. First, we eat a huge dinner, sometimes three kinds of meat, two different types of dressing, two types of cranberries, several types of potatoes, and several different vegetables. The idea is that no one, no matter how fuzzy, will go away hungry. There is always something for everyone in unlimited quantities. Then comes the second part, which usually is about one hour later, “dessert”. This is what everyone has been waiting for. If it’s a big gathering like 10 or 12 or more the whole table will be filled with pies, cakes, chocolate candies, brown

  I had a comment from one of my readers. I wrote a post about the benefits of quitting sugar and my reader said she tried it. She quit sugar for Lent. It's about forty days and just in those forty days she told me she felt the difference. She actually felt better just by not adding any sugar or other sweeteners. She lost 5 pounds and isn’t experiencing the food craving or mode swings she had before. A great article that explains why we workout but don’t lose any inches. The article explains why you could be working out just to burn the sugar and other sources of energy but not real fat. by Shaun Hadsall Did you know that the years of eating processed foods, lack of exercise, and normal eating patterns have literally PROGRAMMED your body to burn NOTHING but calories and sugars from the foods you consume everyday… …INSTEAD of burning off your ugly body fat? In fact, today’s exercise programs take way too much time and use old-school methods that cause you to crave more food and calo

Do you know that things you do every day can cause you to look older than you really are? Pills and beauty creams are not the real answer. It’s all about what you eat and drink that ages you. You probably see people on the street that look really good and have all gray hair. You probably think, “Boy they look good for their age.” Those people might be older than you think. I saw a senior on TV being interviewed about his service in the Army during the Second World War. He was the oldest survivor of the D-Day invasion. I was listening to the interview and thought “This guy looks awful young to be in a war 70 years ago”. He looks and talks like he’s maybe 75 or 80. He looked good physically, he stood up during the entire interview and talked like a younger man. At the end of the interview, the Host congratulated the man on his One-Hundredth Birthday last week. That blew my mind. I only hope I can be in that kind of shape when I’m one hundred. I did a little research and found that the li

Tight deadlines, bills, kids—whatever your source of stress, having too much of it may make it harder for you to drop unwanted pounds, especially from your middle.  And it's not just because you tend to reach for high-fat, high-calorie fare when stressed, though that's part. It's also due to the stress hormone cortisol, which may increase the amount of fat your body clings to and enlarge your fat cells. Higher cortisol levels have been linked to more visceral fat, or belly fat. Get At Least Seven Hours of Sleep Each Night Approximately 35% of Americans sleep less than seven hours a night. If you're one of them, here's one simple way to reduce your waistline: catch more Zs. People who regularly sleep less than seven hours per night are more likely to have higher average body mass indexes and develop obesity than those who sleep more.  What to Do When Anxiety Is Driving You to Overeat?  I recommend you take a walk. A 30-minute walk will help you focus on other things,

  I was always a chubby kid. Back in preschool, when I look back at photos, I was not thin. At age 16, I was still chubby. My last year of high school I had to loss 20 pounds for sports, but due to an injury I was on crutches for several months and I gained most of it back. When I was 22, I worked construction and lost my chubbiness. For the next 10 years I worked that job and stayed thin until I was injured. At this point, I weighted about 172 and I smoked, not good. I had to quit the job and quit smoking. After that I moved to Texas and bought a restaurant. Just a word about that, if you’re trying to loss weight don’t buy a restaurant. Then I wasn’t paying attention to my weight, and I gained about 40 pounds over about three years. A few more years past and we sold the restaurant. By that time, I knew I had to loss weight, I was up to 220 pounds. My wife and I got a membership to a big health club chain, and we both started to eat healthier. I did start to lose weight, but I had thes

 As you get older, your body changes how it gains and loses weight. People experience a declining metabolic rate, or the number of calories the body needs to function normally. On top of that, menopause further complicates the metabolic process for some people. "If [cisgender women] gain weight after menopause, it's more likely to be in their bellies," Michael D. Jensen, MD, chair of the Mayo Clinic Obesity Specialty Council in Rochester, Md., told Health. In menopause, the production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone slows down. Lower estrogen levels may play a role in weight gain after menopause.2 Weight gain may also be caused by metabolism slowing down with age, less-healthful eating habits, and being less active. In addition, you lose muscle mass as you age, so you use fewer calories. You can't fight aging, but you can adopt lifestyle changes that keep your weight in check. It comes down to exercising more and eating a healthy diet rich in whole grains, f

Everyone has a hard time starting an exercise program. But the process can be especially hard if you are overweight. These are just a few of the reasons that an overweight exerciser might struggle at the gym: Why Workouts Are Harder for Overweight People The equipment doesn’t fit. Some exercise equipment is not appropriate for larger bodies. Weight lifting machines, for example, may not accommodate a bigger body and that can make using the machine both uncomfortable and ineffective. Different movement dynamics. People who carry more weight move differently than people who have smaller frames. The center of gravity is different for an obese body and for that reason, taking some group exercise classes may be less comfortable. Overweight exercisers may have a hard time keeping up with the tempo of a fast-moving class, not because they aren’t coordinated but simply because it takes more time for them to move through the steps. Trainers aren’t qualified. An exercise program for an overweigh