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Oct
09
Choosing a Weight Loss Program
Posted (pooch) in Weight Loss Programs on October-9-2008
For a year, more than half of all Americans go on a diet to lose weight. For many people, it is difficult to lose more than a few pounds and few succeed in remaining in weight reduction. The difficulty in losing weight and keeping it off leads many people to resort to a professional or commercial weight loss program for help. When considering joining a weight-loss program, choose wisely.

Almost none of the commercial weight loss programs can work, but only if you motivate them enough to decrease the amount of calories you eat or increase the amount of calories you burn through physical activity each day (or both ).

What should I look for in a program to lose weight?

* Make sure it is safe. Whether you create your own or use a commercial program, make sure it is safe. A safe diet should include all the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for vitamins, minerals and proteins. Weight loss diet should be low in calories (energy) only, and not in essential vitamins and minerals.
* Slow steady weight loss. The program should be directed toward slow, steady weight loss unless your doctor finds his health would benefit from more rapid weight loss. Expect to lose only a pound a week after the first week or two. With many calories, diets, there is an initial rapid weight loss during the first 1 to 2 weeks, but this is largely due the loss of fluids. The initial rapid loss of fluid also is regained rapidly when you return to normal-calorie diet. Therefore, a reasonable goal of weight loss should be expected.

When asked about a commercial weight-loss program, be sure you are provided with a detailed statement of fees and costs of additional items, such as dietary supplements or food. Other important questions to ask of any weight loss program include:

* Is the staff composed of qualified counselors and health professionals such as registered dietitians, physicians and exercise physiologists?
* Are food choices appropriate and flexible?
* Are weight goals set by the client and health professional?
* What percentage of people who complete the program?
* What is the average weight loss among people who complete the program?
* What percentage of people who have problems or side effects? What are they?

If you are going to lose more than 15 to 20 pounds, have health problems or take medication on a regular basis, your doctor should evaluate before starting a program. A doctor can evaluate your overall health and medical conditions that might be affected by diet and weight loss.

In addition, a doctor should be able to recommend appropriate programs and help you reach a sensible weight loss goal. If you plan to use a very low calorie diet, you definitely should be examined and monitored by a doctor.

What else should I look for in a program to lose weight?

Your program should include plans for maintaining weight after weight loss phase is over. It is of little benefit to lose a great deal of weight only to regain it.

Weight maintenance is the most difficult part of controlling weight and is not used in weight loss programs. The program you select should help improve your eating habits, increasing physical activity, and help you change other lifestyle habits that may have contributed to his weight gain in the past.

Being overweight is too often viewed as a temporary problem that can be treated by a few months, with a strenuous diet. However, as most overweight people know, weight control must be considered a life along effortlessly. To be safe and effective, any weight-loss program should address the long-term approach or the program is a big waste of money and effort.
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Sep
30
A Weight Loss Program Based On Balancing 3 Key Body Systems
Posted (pooch) in Weight Loss Programs on September-30-2008

Losing weight the healthy way

It is often seen in a stronger-Leaner-Personal Best Program to lose weight, increase your energy levels, and feel better. They attempted usually the classic combination of caloric restriction and excess cardio. Their diet usually includes a lot of shakes, bars and other processed foods. This approach often leads to short-term weight loss, followed by the inevitable rebound. Once the rebound occurs, the frustration sets in, followed by another episode of calorie restriction and cardio.

The reality is that this old approach does not work because it does not address the underlying role of the three main systems of the body.

If you want to finally lose weight and keep it out in a healthy way, we need an integrated approach to get in shape. For most people there is no simple, single solution for losing weight, the three systems of the body must be addressed together with the addition of an intelligent exercise program and lifestyle changes. If you’re using fad diets and spending mindless hours in the gym, hit him in the end wall.

The three systems of the body and its role in the healthy weight loss

The three systems of the body are:

1. The hormonal system
2. The digestive system
3. The system of detoxification

The hormonal system regulates its metabolic rate and controls how to burn body fat. The digestive system provides the nutrients it needs to burn body fat. Detoxification and helps maintain the storage system that excess fat.

Most of the weight problems caused by years of bad choices in lifestyle such as eating processed foods and not bad getting enough sleep. These issues of lifestyle are in addition to hormonal imbalances, digestive problems and problems of detoxification.

The hormonal system

Most of the weight gain can be attributed to the adrenal hormones, also known as stress hormones. The adrenal hormone cortisol, better known for his pivotal role in the response to stress, also promotes the burning of body fat, helps regulate emotions, accountants and inflammation - all part of the body of the “fight or flight” response to situations of danger.

Cortisol levels rise under stress, but if the stress continues without sufficient rest for recovery, which is common these days, the adrenal glands are exhausted and falling levels of cortisol. This is a chain-reaction impact on metabolism, slowing its metabolic rate. The result: a fatter you. The more stress you are under, that store more body fat.

Adrenal Exhaustion

With stress, increased cortisol prepares the body to fight or flee an attack. For millennia, this mechanism works under the conditions that must be followed by long periods of rest and full recovery. Today, however, are essentially locked in a 24 / 7 “fight or flight” of the state. Poor diet, lack of exercise and sleep, and work hours long leaving her body in a chronic state of stress, with many functions restorative perpetually behind.

Adrenal exhaustion leaves people feeling of lethargy and fatigue. It also impacts:

Muscle and joint function, leading to a series of aches, pains and injuries. The quality of sleep, causing trouble falling asleep and staying asleep immune function, so the frequent colds and / or illness

Reverse burnout adrenal requires a well-designed exercise program, improving sleep habits and stress reduction. If not, the fluctuations of cortisol have a profound impact on sex hormones, which leads to problems in women such as PMS, and low sexual desire in women and men.

The digestive system

The second body system, the digestive system which is sometimes called the “mother”, because the system feeds on your body the nutrients it needs to operate. A perfectly functioning of the digestive system is an important first step in any weight loss program, because your body needs to absorb proteins, the key vitamins, minerals and fatty acids to properly regulate metabolism and burn fat. In many patients I have treated, the weight gain has been linked to infections hidden in the GI tract.

Sensitivity to gluten (found in many grains) is the most common food triggers the reaction hormonal imbalance and weight gain, however, often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. If left untreated, intolerance to gluten can bring low energy, depression, obesity and diabetes, and a high risk of osteoporosis.

The system of detoxification

Detoxification pathways to remove harmful chemicals generated from the normal bodily functions such as breathing and physical exertion. If you’re taking in more toxins that can be emptied by the liver, kidneys, stool, and skin, has a backlog of waste products in the body that can cause a range of symptoms including fatigue, skin problems, irritability and poor concentration or memory.

Toxic accumulation also leads to weight loss resistance. The toxins are stored in fatty tissue in the body. People who are overweight held in the fatty tissue with tenacity in an attempt to protect the body from damage that would be caused by the release of these toxins are stored.

The toxins accumulate in the body as byproducts of what we consume, including alcohol, prescription drugs and medicines. Moreover, in their daily lives that are exposed to environmental toxins in the air, water and food supply. These chemicals accumulate in the course of their lives and contribute to excessive burden on the liver detoxification pathways.

Improvement of the three systems

The three body systems - hormonal, digestive and detoxification - can be improved through the application of the principles of stronger-Leaner, better programs. Get at least 8 hours of sleep each night. Reduce stress with relaxing activities like yoga, tai chi and walking. Be sure to get enough high-quality protein (3-5 ounces) at each meal. Find lean, all-natural meat as their main source of protein.

And last but not least, get regular exercise. All these approaches wise to let his 3 main systems of healing and rebalancing themselves.

I’ve written 33 days to a stronger-Leaner, better to help more people to apply this approach to weight loss healthy. The day 33 is a program step by step, day by day to change the way you look, the way you feel, and how they live. It addresses the 4 key pieces of a healthy lifestyle: nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress. It is a great starting point for building a stronger, more simple, the better. The 33 day program in the final stages of production, and will be available in the coming weeks.
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Sep
17
Losing Weight with an Online Diet Journal
Posted (pooch) in Weight Loss Programs on September-17-2008
If you want to slim down, but did not seem to maintain weight, start a diet magazine often keep you motivated and on track with their weight loss goals.

What exactly is a diet magazine?

A diet magazine tracks their progress through: their weight, the food you eat, how often you eat, and use a calendar to mark the results.

Diet journals can also:

* Monitoring calorie intake
* Monitor how you feel about what you eat
* Details of nutrients and ingredients in food
* Helping others later with a record registered

His diet magazine can be as simple as jottings in a notebook to Steno as complex as an entire software program dedicated to helping lose weight.

So why start a diet magazine?

* Maintain a record keeps you focused and forces you to have goals. Successful people often claim in writing the objectives and maintaining a registry is one of the biggest secrets of his success.
* By keeping track of everything you eat, you understand the process of weight loss better and learn more about your body. It may also be more inclined to eat more healthy foods and avoid adding that the negative results in her diary.
* Maintain a diary leads to a greater sense of achievement when you reach your goals.

Now that we have outlined what it is and why, let’s talk about a diet diary-keeping online.

Do you work at a computer most of the day?

Do you have Internet access at home or at work?

If the answer is yes, you should seriously consider starting a diet online magazine - in the form of a blog.

The blogs are popping up faster than ever these days. It’s easy to get a blog, and is even easier to learn how to use.

Blogs have all kinds of functions such as calendars and monitor the changes.

And here’s the kicker … your blog does not necessarily have to be seen by anyone except you!

Hence, save a tree or two and start a diet online magazine.

Some people report success with better diet journals when they are available to the public because they feel with others seeing them stay in their toes.
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