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Showing posts with label weight-loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weight-loss. Show all posts

Monday, 13 May 2013

How to Lose Weight


You might read now what you have been reading everywhere else. However, you wouldn't read this article if you didn't want to lose weight. So, you may ask "what is the secret to lose weight?" and I will say "There is no secret!". 


However the golden rules are (and will always be):

  • Eat plenty of vegetables to keep you fuller.
  • Eat light meals at lunch time and vegetables soup at supper.
  • It is recommended to drink approximately eight glasses of water a day.
  • Exercise often. The best methods of weight loss tends to be from cardio exercising because it burns calories and keeps it burning after your workout. You should also add strength training for your muscles. 
  • Exercises also helps speeding your metabolism.
  • Stay away from quick loss diet schemes. Any program that promises you more than two or three pounds of fat loss a weak is not healthy especially on dieting alone.
  • Your weight loss should not be tracked every day. This can be discouraging and you can back track if you are not where you would like to be.
 
The key to safely and effectively lose weight is to get more exercise and eat less hence avoiding the 'plateau'

It is advisable to lose one or two pounds a week, so you need to burn approximately 500 calories more than you eat daily. 

You need to cut out excess starches (white bread) and salt. This helps you to loose water weight because you reduce your fluid retention as well as control your blood pressure.


    What Are Effective Weight Control Methods?

     
    Weight control is important once you get to the weight you want. You can easily gain the pounds back. The key again is to stick to a plan.

    • Stress can lead to nervous conditions, which can change your hormones and slow your metabolism. So, REDUCE your stress.
    • Keep a food journal. Your food journal should include information such as when you eat if you did so because you were hungry or possibly bored or nervous. Identify what types of food you crave at that moment. Keep note of everything you eat. Make yourself accountable.
    • I know that sometimes is hard to get started: it all depends how motivated you are...
      So why not getting a partner? Chances are if you start a weight control plan with a friend or family member you two can keep each other accountable. Join a gym or get a few exercise DVD’s. Set up a time at least every other day to meet and exercise.


    The most important rule: allow yourself to take personal responsibility of your life and health!! Change your habits!!

    Thursday, 2 May 2013

    Weight-Loss... becoming a non-smoker... old habits, but how can you overcome them?

    Our automatic thoughts can help to keep us stuck in old habits and emotions which are often not the best habits and emotions for us. However, if we become more aware of the impact of automatic thinking on our lives, we will have more options and change will be easier.

    Teaching someone to see their own thinking patterns is like teaching a young gardener how to identify a rare type of plant. The gardener needs lots of examples of what the plant looks like and they also need to know where it usually lives.

    For instance, some people may think: 

    What caused the weight problem

    "I don't understand why I am overweight. I don't stuff myself all day".  
    "I may have slow metabolism"

    What to do about the problem and what this "solution" will be like

    "My life is busy and difficult enough already, I can't cope with losing weight at the same time"
    "Losing weight will be awful. I will have to go running and do aerobics and go to the gym the whole time"

    And many other thoughts such as:

    - Thoughts about what you "can" or "can't do" or
    - Thoughts that happen "on the spot" whilst trying to lose weight or stop smoking or 
    - Thoughts about yourself...

    Being able to "catch" or spot an automatic thought is a hugely useful skill, but it is not easy or straightforward - like the new gardener trying to spot the rare plant - it takes practice.


    However one can try to pinpoint the most important automatic thoughts such as:


    What was going through my mind just before I started to feel this way?
    What does this say about me? What does it say I can/can’t do?
    What does this mean about me? My life? My future?
    What am I afraid might happen?
     
    Once those automatic thoughts have been spotted, we may choose to question/challenge them:

    What is the evidence for these thoughts? What is the evidence against it?
    What are some other ways of thinking about this situation?
    Am I blaming myself for something over which I do not have complete control?
    Am I always thinking that things will go badly?
    Am I exaggerating how bad things would be if they did go wrong?


    Ok, so... you may ask me, is that all? I am afraid not... this is only a glimpse of what I use to help/empower my clients to overcome their eating/smoking habits. I employ other techniques such as Hypnosis, CBT and NLP to find out the reasons for those thoughts and behaviours

    This is not aimed to be "a" guide but it helps those people out there wanting to either lose weight or stop smoking as well as start thinking differently about their habits.


    As I mentioned before, our automatic thoughts can help to keep us stuck in old habits and emotions, however it is never too late to start the process!












    Wednesday, 7 November 2012

    The 15 Best Fat-Burning Foods


    These are foods that start winnowing your waistline the moment they leave your fork and enter your mouth (with moderation within the daily average intake of calories - approx 2500 for men and 2000 for women). They build muscle, promote fat burning, or simply use energy (i.e., burn calories) just to digest them!

      The 15 Best Fat-Burning Foods 
    Almonds and other nuts (with skins intact) Build muscle, reduce cravings

    Dairy products (fat-free or low-fat milk, yogurt, cheese)
    Build strong bones, fire up weight loss


    Eggs
    Build muscle, burn fat


    Turkey and other lean meats
    Build muscle, strengthen immune system


    Berries
    Improve satiety, prevent cravings


    Enova oil (soy and canola oil)
    Promotes fullness, not easily stored as fat


    Peanut butter
    Boosts testosterone (a good thing even in women), builds muscle, burns fat


    Fatty fish (such as salmon, tuna, mackerel)
    Trigger fullness, fire up fat burning


    Grapefruit
    Lowers insulin, regulates blood sugar and metabolism; be sure to eat the fleshy white membranes


    Green tea
    Fires up fat burning


    Chili peppers
    Spikes metabolism


    Spinach and green vegetables
    Fight free radicals and improve recovery for better muscle building


    Whole grains (quinoa, brown rice, whole grain cereal)
    Small doses prevent body from storing fat


    Beans and legumes
    Build muscle, help burn fat, regulate digestion


    Whey
    Builds muscle, burns fat 


    source: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/best-fat-burning-foods