Unhealthy Eating Habits That Make You Fat

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Sep 112011

Choosing “low-fat” Foods form the Store

Foods labeled as low-fat or fat-free are not the best choice, when you are trying to control your weight. Basically, they save only a few calories because actually the extracted fats are replaced with carbohydrates. This lowers the amount of containing fats, of course, but raises the carb content instead. Those low-performing carbohydrates are digested quickly and cause high blood sugar peaks, immediately after consumed and also rebound hunger shortly later on. This means you’ll store additional body fat and your appetite will come soon afterward.

Eating Fast Without Noticing

It takes from about 10 to 20 minutes for your stomach to send a signal to your brain that you are full. In most cases, if you eat slowly with small bites, or fast and greedily, for the same time period – in both cases you will satisfy your hunger, and the only difference will be the greater caloric amount, if you are a quick eater. Continue reading »

6 Practical Weight Loss Advices to Obtain Faster Results

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Sep 042011

For many people, losing weight is an urgent task which has to be done quickly, but the real goal should be effectively and permanently. Following are some practical weight loss advices regarding fitness and nutrition rules that could help you to obtain faster and solid results:

1. Be Smart and Realistic
If you consider the fact that overweight problem do not happen overnight, then it is logically to realize that the reverse process of losing weight should be slow and continuous. Therefore instead of harsh and risky changes, try to begin with small, shorter, and easier goals, and gradually work your way up.

Carefully estimate how much free time you have to spare through the week and write down a plan including different activities, and how many times you can realistically perform them weekly, and for how long each time. In terms of nutrition – try to lower the consumption of sugar, flour and paste products, and then gradually exclude them. Continue reading »

Losing Weight Takes Lots of Effort

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Aug 282011

If you have been trying to lose those stubborn extra pounds, but haven’t really made an essential progress, then ask yourself, are you really putting enough effort into it?

Losing weight is not an easy task and there is not an easy solution. To reap the rewards, you really have to put some weight loss effort!

The desire itself is not enough, if you want to succeed, you have to be proactive and make it happen. There are different crash diets out there, that sometimes make tempting promises for faster and effective results. Although it may seem to be an easy solution it bears its consequences. Following such diets may turn to be dangerous and health-risky, and on top of that the results are never long-term. And there is always a chance (in fact it frequently happens) that once you stop a crash diet, shortly after – within a week, you would put back on the weight you have lost, and sometimes you could possibly end up weighing more than you did before. Continue reading »

Dieting Mistakes You Should Avoid

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Aug 242011

These are some of the common dieting mistakes you should avoid in order to reap the benefits of the healthy eating.

A common reaction of many people who have decided to lose weight at any cost, is to eat less food. The main reason for such reaction may be that it sounds simple and logical. In fact, this is the main principle laying at the foundation of many diets, but it is also one of the most widespread dieting mistakes (myths) as well. As losing weight does not only come to look slimmer in your clothes, but to maintain general health as well. Continue reading »

The Health Benefits of Exercise and Physical Activity

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Aug 212011

Exercise is beneficial to your health – this is the advice every health specialist will give you. Together with varied and balanced nutrition, adequate rest and relaxation, exercise is highly recommended to promote general health and well-being. A little movement is better than none. It can improve the health condition of people leading sedentary life, just by making changes from small to moderate levels of physical activity.

People who are physically active, tend to strive for even better results, to improve health and athletic skills. For achieving significant health benefits exercising doesn’t need to be strenuous. Considerable improvements can be achieved by constant changing of the exercise parameters: frequency, duration, intensity, etc. Continue reading »

Diet Myths and Facts

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Aug 172011

Common Weight Loss Diet Myths and Facts

The idea behind any diet for weight loss is to consume food that contains fewer caloric amount than your body needs for maintaining its current weight. In such case of calorie deficit, the body usually responds, by turning to the previously stored fat – as an alternative source of energy, in order to try and maintain its current state. Eventually the body will get accustomed to the new conditions (the new daily calorie intake) and will continue to maintain its new weight. But for a diet to succeed, it has to be tasty and nutritious, to make it more bearable and sustainable. Which is why, cutting down completely on some foods, especially those we like to eat, is not the best approach, because longing for a favorite meal, for too long, will result in breaking the rules. Continue reading »

How Are Calories and Weight Loss Related?

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Aug 142011

You probably have heard that the recommended daily intake for a women is of about 2,000 calories, while for men – 2,500 calories. Let’s see what exactly calories are and how are they related to weight loss.

calories and weight lossCalories are measure units for energy. The kind of energy which is used to raise your body temperature. One calorie equals the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water with 1 degree Celsius.

Calories are used for measuring the amount of energy, contained in the foods we eat.

Another metrical tool used to measure energy are joules, these measure food energy too and are also displayed on the labels with the nutritional content. Here is the relation between Kcal/KJ and the basic nutrients.

1 Kcal= 4.1864 KJ
1 g of protein = 17 KJ (4 Kcal)
1 g of fat = 38 KJ (9 Kcal)
1 g of carbohydrates = 17 KJ (4 Kcal)

When it comes to dieting and weight loss, we usually speak of Kcal as a calorie, so you just have to remember that: 1g of protein equals to 4 calories, 1g of fat to 9 and 1g of carbohydrate to 4 calories. Continue reading »

The Basic Principles of Healthy Eating

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Aug 102011

principles of healthy eatingAll you need to maintain a healthy diet, is to eat mostly healthy foods. It sounds simple enough, but in reality it’s not so easy.

Usually healthy foods are not so delicious, while unhealthy but tasty foods are tempting and almost irresistible. Fortunately, there is a solution! You will find that there are plenty of various healthier food choices, and you almost certainly may find and replace something that’s not tasty, with something that you would like (with similar nutritional value). Besides there is an ongoing tendency of increasing number of healthy recipes – designed to combine the tasty with beneficial. Continue reading »

How to Stay Motivated to Lose Weight

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Aug 072011

The key to successful weight loss and long-term results is to stay motivated. Being focused and determined is what will deliver fruitful results, and not only when you try to lose weight and get healthy.

how to stay motivated to lose weightLosing weight is not just about melting away a few pounds to look good in your clothes. For those with overweight issues, managing their weight is also essential for their general health and well-being. People who suffer from overweight problems, don’t tend to live as long and have significantly increased possibility for developing serious health conditions, than those within the ranges of a healthy weight. This thought alone may incite you to stay motivated to lose weight. Along with losing excess body fat, you may enjoy series of other benefits: metabolic health, toned muscles, improved physical skills, etc. Continue reading »

Start Running to Lose Weight for Natural and Faster Results

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Aug 032011

Is Running the Best Way to Lose Weight?

start running to lose weightThere are a lot of speculation about, whether running is the best way to lose weight, or whether good weight-loss results can be achieved without this hard and exhausting exercise. In my opinion it is one of the best (if not the best), because it offers strong and long-term fat-loss results, keeps the whole body physically fit (the next stage, after losing weight), and may play an important role for our overall health condition. Here are in short some of the benefits, which may motivate you to start running, or try harder, if you are already practicing it.

Benefits of Running to Start Losing Weight and for General Health

As a general exercise, it is a natural way to burn the excess body fat, and respectively it’s a long-term and healthy process.
Running engages all the major muscle groups in the body and keeps us physically strong and fit – from head to toe. It works highly efficiently to shape and strengthen the legs, harden abdominal muscles and fights with the stubborn belly-fat layers. Continue reading »

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