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Lose weight wisely: Tricks to shed off those extra pounds
Tags: Losing Weight, Salads, Sleeping, Weight Loss, Workout
Posted in Weight Loss on December 30th, 2011
You might have read quick weight loss tips which somehow trim off some weight but losing more weight for the long-term can be a bit trickier. You will get those curves or maybe that much sought after sick pack abs with healthy diet, steady changes in your eating habits, and a good exercise regimen. Remember though that dieting should not be boring at all. It should not mean that you will not be eating anything or only eating things that you can barely swallow. Here are some tried and tested weight loss tips:
Numbers on ingredients? Drop it!
If you are trying to be healthy and check out the labels of your food items, anything that has a lot of numbers on the list of ingredients should not end up in your grocery basket. These foods are convenience foods which has a good amount of preservatives and fat.
Salad alone is not good enough
The green leafy mix in that salad bowl is great for you but dieticians recommend that you eat it with something else like sandwich or a bowl of soup. The veggies coming into your system without any carbohydrate will not pull down the level of the hunger hormone called ghrelin which basically tips your brain to eat more. So when you get a serving of salad, get a bread, some fruits, grains, or some pasta to go with it.
Get enough sleep
If you sleep less than 5 hours a night, you are 73% more at risk of being obese. Get enough sleep and you will trim the odds of gaining more weight than usual down to 27%. So getting that pillow time is an essential part of losing those extra pounds. The body also releases less hunger hormone when you have had enough sleep. Some experts even say that you may want to get that 5 to 7 hours of shuteye rather than lack sleep and go to the gym.
Workout before breakfast
Experts say that doing an aerobic workout before breakfast is the best way to burn off the fats as your insulin is at its lowest. For the rest of the day, the insulin level of your body will be elevated and somehow that protects the fats since they will not be tapped when you exert some energy during exercise.
Rules to follow if you want to eat right
Tags: healthy diet, healthy food, Lose weight
Posted in Diets, Weight Loss on November 21st, 2011
There is really no secret when it comes to keeping a healthy diet. There is no list of magic spells and mysteries but simple things that you can do starting with the following:
Have smaller plates
If you have already trimmed down or planning to lose weight, one good way to help your body is by getting smaller dishware. Smaller plates lead to smaller calorie intake.
Eat more fruits and vegetables
Ideally you need to make half of your everyday meal fruits and veggies. Let’s say for breakfast, fill your bowl with cereals until half and top it off with berries and banana. During lunch get half a sandwich plus two kinds of fruits. At dinner, make sure half of your intake are veggies.
Avoid eating on the run
If you love eating on the run during hectic days, most likely you will be settling for fast food. The usual burger and fries combo gives you a bit short to 1,000 calories. You will tend to over eat as your brain thinks of it as a snack.
Shorter recipes are better
The lesser the ingredients, the better. When you deal with longer ingredients list means more salt, artificial flavors, and more sugar. It might mean more unhealthy stuff in the food. Simpler one ingredient deals like broccoli, blueberries, or spinach always gets a green light.
Healthy food should not mean expensive food
The smart choices from the supermarket do not differ much from all the usual junk foods that fill up the grocery cart.
Eat with your family
Make meal time as a holy hour for the family where everyone sits around the dining table. You will have more control and avoid overeating when you are with everyone. You are what you eat so make the wises decision for a healthy body and a good life ahead.
3 Great Healthy Snacks
Tags: Calories, Celery, Eating, Food, health, Pretzels, Snacks, Vegetables
Posted in Diets, Weight Loss on March 23rd, 2011
A-lot of times people get hungry between meals and want to grab a snack. There is nothing wrong with snacking as long as one is eating something healthy. Our cravings are what drive us to pick out the wrong foods, but there are just as many healthy snacks as there is unhealthy snacks. Three 3 great healthy snacks are: pretzels, celery and peanut butter and vegetables chips. In the subsequent paragraph, each one will be discussed, respectively.
Sometimes, we crave things that are salty. Many of the snacks that are high in salt are also high in fat and calories. Generally speaking, those type of snacks should be avoided as much as possible. Pretzels are a healthy replacement snack. They are low in fat and calories and will satisfy any salt craving that one is having. All of us have suffered from the case of the sweet tooth. When one has a sweet tooth, there is temptation to run to the store and buy a pack of cookies or cupcakes. Those things are not only high in sugar, but high in fat and calories. Instead, one should try celery and dip it in peanut butter. The celery is high in the fiber that the body needs and the peanut butter can satisfy those sugar cravings that we all get from time to time.
Many of us like to eat potato chips and they are not the healthiest choice for a snack. If one absolutely has to have chips, he or she should try vegetable chips. They are made from real vegetables and are filled with the nutrients that the body needs. There are many different brands of vegetable chips and they all average around 130 calories per bag, which is must less than the average bag of potato chips.
When one gets the urge to snack, he or she should try one of the above delicious and nutritious foods.
Using Pineapple Concentrate For Weight Loss! 2
Tags: Natural Remedies, natural weight loss, pineapple, Pineapple Concentrate, using pineapple concentrate, weight, Weight Loss
Posted in Weight Loss on September 29th, 2009
Now that we have talked about pineapple concentrate being one of the wonder fruits, let’s go head and talk about why pineapple is so important and why it can truly help you lose weight. Pineapple actually contains an enzyme named Bromelain. This is actually an anti-inflammatory agent, which is good not only for your skin and muscles but also fantastic for getting rid of cellulite.
It is also claimed that this particular enzyme can help cure a host of ills from minor cuts all the way to heart disease and arthritis. While most people can not eat the recommended eight servings of pineapple a day – that is why pineapple concentrate is awesome!
You can just take a little pineapple concentrate supplement and you will absolutely see a difference.
Using Pineapple Concentrate For Weight Loss! 1
Tags: Diets, natural cures, Natural Remedies, natural weight loss, Pineapple Concentrate, pineapples, Weight Loss
Posted in Weight Loss on September 28th, 2009
When you think about it – there are a ton of different ways that you can lose weight. Whether you are doing it via pills, exercise or you have just changed around your diet a little bit. However, you always want to make sure that you do it healthy and that is exactly what we are going to talk about in the next couple blogs. How you can lose weight using something as simple as pineapple concentrate!
Pineapple concentrate is not the next miracle weight loss item; however it is certainly one of the few fruits that can truly help you get off those pounds. It is a wonder fruit however, unlike the Acai Berry, it is not as hyped up and most people do not know about it.
In the next blog, we are going to talk about what makes pineapple so great for losing weight, so stay tuned!
Diet Dogma: Calories In, Calories Out
Tags: Dieting, Diets, Obesity, Weight Loss
Posted in Diets, Obesity, Weight Loss on May 28th, 2009
Scientists reveal that it doesn’t really matter if people will have a low carbohydrate or low fat diet but what matters most is to get rid of the calories you take in.
Through the years, amid the struggle of millions of people against obesity,
popular diets like Zone, Ornish, South Beach, and Atkins diet regimens were fighting over the other as the best in helping one get rid of the extra poundage.
Experts from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Harvard, and Pennington Biomedical Research declare that the most vital factor in losing weight is controlling ones intake of calories and burning them off through regular exercise.
The study subjected 811 overweight individuals to one of four diets that had varying amount of carbohydrates, protein, and fat. The study did not directly compare the commercially popular diet plans.
About 66 per cent of the subjects were adult females. The subjects were asked to cut 750 calories per day from their diet and were asked to have exercise activities amounting to 1.5 hours per week. They were also required to maintain a food diary online and consult on a regular basis with their counselors.