Weight Loss - Give Things Time To Work
Are you one of those people always in a rush to lose weight? Maybe you should stop and have a think about what you’re doing. Read on for a fascinating insight…
Weight Loss - Give Things Time To Work
There are plenty of shady drug manufacturers out there who will try to convince you that their products are the key to quick weight loss and the truth is that weight loss is not a quick process. Weight loss doesn’t happen over night. After all, you didn’t gain all of your weight within a few days, why would you think that you could lose it all in that time period? In reality, it takes more time to lose the weight than it does to gain it.
It is important that you understand that your weight gain is the result of leading an unhealthy lifestyle. Logic dictates, then, that to lose weight you will need to start leading a healthy lifestyle. It seems so simple but there are plenty of people who just don’t understand. When these people are told to go on a diet, they usually choose a fad diet that is talked up by their friends, get bored with the fad diet and then they cheat on the diet and end up doing more damage to themselves than good.
Exercise works the same way. Most people understand that exercising regularly can help them lose weight and can help to speed the weight loss along. These same people will be great about regularly going to the gym and working out for a couple of months but then they get bored with their workouts and eventually stop exercising completely!
In both of these instances, people fail in their weight loss efforts because they expect weight loss to happen quickly. They think that the fad diets are popular because they work but when the diet doesn’t deliver the desired results, they quit the program altogether.
The sad truth is that people who quit their weight loss programs end up mired back in their unhealthy lifestyles more often than not. They end up eating just as much junk food as they did before they began the fad diet and go back to lying around instead of staying active. Then they get mad and wonder why they spent so much money following a program that didn’t work. If any of this sounds familiar to you or (be honest) sounds like something you have done, here is the truth: weight loss takes work. Laziness won’t ever get you the trim body that you’ve been wanting.
Here are the steps you need to take to make sure that you successfully lose weight (and keep it off):
1. Develop a plan for losing weight that involves a healthy diet and regular exercise program.
2. Make yourself stick to the plan even when you get bored or the results take a while to become visible.
3. Remind yourself that you will not lose a lot of weight or develop a slim and trim body overnight.
When you start to feel discouraged, remind yourself that Rome was not built in a day. You didn’t gain all of your weight in a single night and if your body is made up of more than thirty percent fat then you will need to truly commit yourself to a weight loss program if you ever want to see those six pack abs. This program might take months or even years to give you the results you want. It will take a lot of hard work, but trust us when we tell you that, in the end, the results will absolutely have been worth it.
By: Terry Edwards
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The Science Of Weight Loss
A great article on the "science" of losing weight. Read on for more information…
The Science Of Weight Loss
3500 calories equals one pound. Every overweight and obese person attempting to lose weight at one time hears this. But what does it really mean?
After losing over 140 pounds in 2005, I learned how to apply this scientific principle to lose weight safely without feeling deprived while eating the foods of my choice.
Food is made up of calories. Everything we eat and drink contains some calories with the exception of water. Calories are changed into energy by the body. Energy is necessary for every cell in our body to function correctly.
The science behind weight loss involves the use of a simple mathematical equation. weight loss equals energy taken in (calories consumed) minus energy spent (calories burned), where the amount of energy spent is greater.
There are several ways to achieve weight loss using this equation. You can reduce your intake by 3500 calories through food and beverage restriction. You can eliminate 3500 calories through increased activity such as exercise routines or daily tasks. Finally, you can use a combination of both calorie reduction and elimination. My success resulted from a combination of both. In fact, best practices in weight loss and long term management rely on this combination.
How can you apply this equation to your weight loss goals? Here is an example. Say you want to lose 10 pounds. To do so, you will need to reduce or eliminate 35000 calories (10 x 3500) per month. Because safe weight loss involves losing no more than 10 pounds per month, you would need to reduce or eliminate 1167 calories per day (35000 divided by 30).
Using a food journal like I did, you would need to know the amount of calories you eat per day. After keeping track of your intake for at least 24 hours, add the amount of calories you consumed. Taking the amount of calories you ate in 24 hours, subtract 1167 from this number. This is the net amount you should eat per day for 30 days to lose your ten pounds.
For example, if your food journal showed you ate 3000 calories in 24 hours, reducing your daily intake by 1167 calories daily, you would need to net 1833 calories for 30 days to lose your 10 pounds. Of course adjustments would need to be made for your activity level. The more active you are, the fewer calories you will need to restrict from your diet to lose the same 10 pounds.
Also, it is recommended to stay above 1200 calories, unless supervised by a doctor. Very low calorie diets less than 1200 calories per day can lead to nutrient deficiencies that can harm your body in the long run.
Because weight loss is based on science, it was easy for this registered nurse to use this principle to lose my weight safely and naturally without drugs or surgery. This is the same principle I use today to maintain my weight loss after three years.
Georgene Dana Collins is a registered nurse who educates the public on safe natural weight management strategies. Drawing from her personal experience with obesity as well as her professional nursing training, Georgene shares how she lost over 140 pounds using the most current researched information to help others reach their weight loss goals. Check with your doctor before making changes to your health.
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Plain Speaking About Hypnotherapy For Weight Loss
Weight loss and hypnosis - surely not? Read on for a very interesting article on the said topic…
Plain Speaking About Hypnotherapy For Weight Loss
Hypnosis is something we typically think of as a type of entertainment, but have you ever considered hypnosis for weight loss? It’s easy to be skeptical of trying to use hypnosis to deal with a problem as serious as obesity, but maybe it’s not as ridiculous as it sounds. Hypnosis for weight loss is certainly an appealing idea - it gives people a relatively easy out of their weight problem, by stopping their cravings for food at the source.
One problem with weight loss through hypnosis is the same problem that plagues other weight loss solutions. There are a lot of scams out there, and the people behind them will not think twice about trying to take your money for a product that doesn’t do anything at all. Hypnosis has the same problem. You may be able to trust some claims about hypnosis weight loss therapy, but there are just as many ones that are full of lies.
The old adage usually proves true in these situations: if something looks too good to be true, then it probably is. If hypnosis for weight loss treatment claims it can help you lose some crazy number of pounds in a couple weeks or similar exaggerations, it’s pretty safe to bet that it’s a scam. If you find claims that state that hypnosis can completely alter the way the mind works to prevent eating, they’re probably bogus.
However, the fact remains that hypnosis can help you lose weight. It’s just that it won’t cause those love handles to magically melt away overnight. Hypnosis is more science than magic - all it really is when a person enters a state of deep, relaxed concentration in which they are more suggestible. This means that ideas put into a person’s mind during a hypnosis session are much more likely to stick.
A session of hypnosis won’t make you into some sort of robot that’s immune to cravings and programmed not to overeat. What it can do, though, is make a person more likely to adhere to a proper dietary plan. The effects are entirely mental. Hypnosis can’t ‘convince’ your body to speed up weight loss, it can only implant the idea in your brain that maybe you really don’t need to eat that second piece of cake.
People seeking hypnotic solutions to weight loss should be especially careful of group hypnosis sessions. In order to work, hypnosis must be tailored specifically to the person receiving it. Group sessions clearly won’t work, as the hypnotist cannot interact with any single person on his or her own. You should also be warned against hypnosis cassettes or videos, as they share this same issue.
Hypnosis for weight loss is a very tempting thought. If you can train your mind to reduce your cravings and increase your willpower, you’ll be well on your way to losing weight. The important thing to remember is to be careful and study all the options before you buy a product or see a hypnotist, or else you might end with nothing at all.
By: Isabelle Boulay
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Fat Loss Nutrition Blog - Low Fat Diets Ineffective
A meta-analysis of low fat diet studies has shown that fat restricting diets are no better than other reduced calorie diets for overweight and obese individuals. In several cases the control group achieved better results than the low fat group.
There were no significant differences in cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure or blood glucose.
PMID: 18646093
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Is Coconut Oil Good For Weight Loss
I bet no one has ever connected coconut oil with weight loss? Well, here is a fantastic article explaining all about it…
Is Coconut Oil Good For Weight Loss
Whether coconut oil is good for weight loss or not, it is becoming an increasingly popular component of a weight loss diet. So how justified is this in view the fact that fats and oils are not normally regarded as being the best form of food to take if you want to lose weight?
Apart from any other considerations, fats are actually very important components of any diet. Consider, for example, how many vitamins are fat soluble: vitamins A, D, E and K are all fat soluble, and without fats in your diet vitamins would not be able to circulate and be taken to where they do most good. Fats are also essential building blocks for hormones and cell membranes. In short, you cannot survive without fats. Coconut oil is a fat.
In referring to coconut oil here, we are discussing virgin oil, not the refined form that is high in cholesterol. Refined, or processed coconut oils, is hydrogenated, which renders it more in nature to the longer chain fatty acids. Virgin coconut oil contains what are known as medium chain fatty acids (MCFA), which are easily metabolized by your liver into energy.
The longer chain fatty acids, also called triglycerides, are not easily broken down into smaller components, and tend to be stored in the body as fat. This fat can be particularly dangerous if stored round the midriff, and so long chain fatty acids are dangerous to your health. This does not apply to MCFAs, and a possible mechanism for this is discussed later.
An inability to distinguish between the different types of fats and oils in your diet is largely due to a lack of education in the chemistry of fats, and the lumping together of all fats and oils under the ‘fatty’ flag. Perhaps it is the use of the word ‘fat’ for the overweight condition and the fact that the triglycerides and other chemicals are known generically as ‘fats’ that triggers a connection between the two, but although this is logical, and in some cases justified, it is not always the case. There are fats and fats, just as there are lubricating oils and greases, and edible cooking oils and greases.
The fatty acids in coconut oil are composed of relative small carbon chain lengths. Caprylic acid and capric acid contain 8 and 10 carbon atoms in the backbone compared to the 18 of the stearic acid that is commonly contained in animal fats. The longer the carbon chain in the molecule, the more difficult it is to break down, and the more likely it is to be stored in the body as a dense fatty deposit that places a strain on the heart.
Due to the shorter chain length the medium chain fatty acids hold less energy per unit weight. Apart from any other reasons then, coconut oil contains fewer calories than other fats and so if used as the bulk of your fat requirement, will be less liable to generate body fat. Not only that, but as inferred earlier, due to the smaller molecule these calories are more readily released as energy for use by your body rather than stored unused.
However, that is not the whole story on either count: coconut contains saturated fats, and also monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, although in small quantities. These, however, are present in only small amounts, although would still be expected to undergo oxidation and produce the rancid taste commonly found in aged unsaturated oils and fats. However, even after a year this does not happen, which indicates that coconut oil possesses some form of antioxidant properties. This is confirmed by the fact that people eating a diet rich in coconut oil has less of a need for the strong oil-soluble antioxidant vitamin E.
In fact, the metabolism of fats is usually connected with the carnitine transport system in the mitochondria, although the shorter chain fatty acids do not need carnitine for their metabolism. What happens then is that because carnitine promotes oxidation during stress, and causes oxidative damage to body cells, its absence in metabolism of coconut oil fatty acids results in a reduction in the oxidation that degrades unsaturated fats. Hence the lack of rancidity.
Taking this further, then, this lack of oxidation infers that those that take a diet rich in coconut oil (for example using it for cooking rather than animal and vegetable oils containing longer chain fatty acids) should be partially protected against cell oxidation in general. Oxidative effects such as aging, cardiovascular diseases and some cancers should be reduced, and studies have shown this to be the case. Those consuming coconut oil rather than other oils tend to age more slowly, suffer less from heart disease and tend to experience fewer incidences of cancer.
With regard specifically to weight loss, it is believed that consumption of medium chain triglycerides, as opposed to longer chain triglycerides, results in a higher rate of thermogenesis, or the conversion of carbohydrates to energy (fats are also carbohydrates). The first step in this process requires the presence of Coenzyme A in the form of the enzyme acyl-CoA-dehydrogenase, and measurement of the activity of this enzyme has indicated that medium chain triglycerides exhibit much higher expenditure of energy than the metabolism of long chain triglycerides when being converted to fatty tissue. However, though the energy used up in this reaction, known as lipogenesis, was higher, the formation of fatty tissue was the same.
Hence, MCA uses more energy to produce the same amount of fat as LCA, and therefore, although more energy is used up, no new fat is generated by the liver. Since your dietary fat intake can ultimately have only three fates: burned as energy, stored as the emergency energy source glycogen, or deposited as fat, then it is logical that the more energy generated then the less fat will be stored.
In this way, coconut oil, with a high content of medium chain fatty acids, has a scientific explanation for causing weight reduction when used as a source of fat in the diet rather than animal or other vegetable fats or oils. It is converted to energy rather than fatty tissue, and if you exercise to use up that energy then your weight loss can be significant.
What this theory also states, however, is that coconut oil should be used as a replacement for other fats, and not in addition to it. If you take coconut oil in addition to your normal diet, do not expect to see results.
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