Twenty-Five Shades to Shape Up Your Weight Loss - Part One

Summertime is here and the living should now be easy. That includes your weight loss plan. Here are the first twenty-five of my best suggestions to help you accomplish your weight loss goals.

1. Get a checkup: Assess how healthy you are. Know your numbers. Don't ignore any medical issues. Make a plan to lower that cholesterol or lose 10% of your weight in the next 6 months or take care of your teeth if you haven't seen your dentist in a year.
2. Fill up on fluids: When the heat is on nothing tastes better than an icy cold beverage. This is the time of year for smoothies, slushes and refrigerators filled with pitchers of mint, lemons, limes, apple slices, melon slivers, and cucumbers.
3. Use your muscles with your mind: Be smart about activity. Being outdoors is such a mind boosting experience. If you can take your workout outdoors please do so. Getting 15-20 minutes of sunlight will give your body a boost of vitamin D. And please breathe!
4. Get your 8 hours in: Staying active mentally and physically all day will ensure a restful night sleep. Summerize your bedroom. Bedding that is lightweight, light colored, and lavender scented, music of ocean waves, and a comfortably cool air temperature all add to the enjoyment of a good night sleep.
5. Get creative: There are so many foods to grill. Expand your palate try grilled pineapples over toasted angel food cake, or grilled parsnips, tomatoes, and mushrooms on thin crust pizza topped with feta cheese, and basil.
6. Grow an herb garden: Chives, basil, cilantro, dill, mint and rosemary are excellent flavoring to add for breakfast burritos, salads, salsas and dips, vegetables, fish, seafood and poultry, fruit ice desserts and summertime beverages.
7. Smell those roses: Find a botanical garden and take a stroll. Listen to the birds; take a picture of a garden you enjoy looking at. This can be an easy way to lower your blood pressure and relieve some stress.
8. Write yourself a letter: Where do you want to be a year from now? Are you working and happy at your job? Are you lacking computer skills? Is there a trip in your future? Do you have a bucket list? Why not?
9. Dance the night away: All you need is music. You don't even need a partner! Dancing is a form of exercise and has the additional benefit of taking your mind off any problems you might have in your personal life.
10. Volunteer: Do you have expertise or a hobby that you can share with others? Volunteers always get back so much more in rewards than they are giving. Our world can be a lonely place for a senior without family or an orphaned child or stray animal destined for death.
11. Get emotional: We often reserve our feelings for the sake of appearances. It is a fact that repressed emotions are a greater risk to our health. So let your feelings out. Wrap your arms around those loved ones; tell them they are important to you; remember birthdays and celebrate! Surprise someone with an unexpected gesture.
12. Start the day: Breakfast makes the rest of the day easier on your appetite. On the move either pack something the night before (English muffin, peanut butter and banana) or throw a shake together with coffee, cocoa, yogurt, ground flax cinnamon, fruit of choice, nuts, and ice. Add protein powder for additional staying power.
13. Make a date with yourself: Send an email, set an alarm on your watch to get up and move every hour even for 5 minutes. There are many free apps available.
14. Eat internationally: Each day create Asian-(stir fry), Mexican-(fajita), and Greek-lamb kebab), French, Italian-(cappuccino), Californian-(avocado salad), and Dominican-lentil stew), South American-(flatiron steak), Northeastern-(clam chowder), Southern-(collards), Tex-Mex-(chili). You never have to be bored.
15. Never be hungry again: The secret weapon is to eat every 4 hours. Have healthy snacks readily available in your car, gym-bag, on the job, in the freezer and pantry.

16. Lose the "disease to please": Be aware that practicing to say no is a positive behavior. No guilt attached. For the sake of your health and your planned schedule you might need to excuse yourself from volunteering to take over someone else's responsibility.
17. Strategize your kitchen: Check everywhere your eye will go. Place healthy products within your view. Please remove all foods and beverages that are not on your planned menu.
18. Measure your waist: Women 35" and men 40" are the numbers for you to not exceed. Abdominal fat is associated with increased disease risk.
19. Fill up your plates: That is a 9 inch one. When your plate is filled your perceived satisfaction increases. So trade in those large plates for smaller ones and beware when eating outside of your home.
20. Count your paces: Get a pedometer and aim for 10,000 steps a day. Sounds like a lot but the average woman walks 4900 steps a day without trying.
21. Know your family history: It might save your life. Talk to your relatives and share family medical history.
22. Brew a nightcap: Chamomile tea if left to steep all day might turn into a natural sleeping aid for you.
23. Om: Meditation has been around for centuries. It has been credited for lowering blood pressure and having positive stress busting effects so give it a try before saying nay. There are yoga classes, tapes, and books available.
24. Challenge your mind: Take a class, read a book, memorize a poem or do a crossword puzzle. Scientific studies show challenging your brain will help improve memory. It also will take your mind in other areas away from thinking about problems or hunger.
25. Say please to cheese: The calcium and appetite soothing benefits that cheese has goes a long way with satisfying the appetite. Cheese is versatile and healthy in small portions.
These practices are recommended by patients who have succeeded in losing weight, increasing their fitness levels and saying good bye to medications for high cholesterol, blood pressure, and high blood glucose or blood fat levels. I will be publishing my next twenty-five shades to shape up your weight loss.
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Lipozene Reviews Vs Proactol Plus Reviews

If you are looking for a weight loss supplement to help you lose the weight with minimal pain, I am so happy to be able to share the research I've done with you. After reading countless reviews and delving into these two weight supplement for weeks, the results of my findings will most likely save you lots of frustration, money and time.
Information overloading is the problem.
In the quest of finding the right one I came across this big problem. There are tons of weight loss supplements everywhere and no wonder so many people get confused and spend money on products that do not work or even cause health issues. The question is which company do you trust? Not everyone has the time to read reviews, so a few months ago I decided to read all the information and reviews out there to see which one is safe and effective.
Here are my findings.
There are many Diet pills made from fiber derived from plants. This type of diet pill is appealing to people who need to reduce the fat in their diet to lose more weight and prefer natural products as they are gentle on the body. This is particularly true if you are already exercising but lack the time or knowledge for a perfect diet. This type of diet pills binds and gathers fat molecules. So the fat in your diet passes though your system without being absorbed into your body. Lipozene and Proactol also known as Proactol Plus are the two diet pills which fit into the fat binder category.
Here are the reviews.
The claim on Lipozene's official site is that it can help you to lose weight without changing your daily routine. The ingredients in Lipozene are kola nut, green tea, glacomannan, vitamins B6 and B12.
According to the lab experiments, the ingredient glacomannan has the effects to treat constipation, high cholesterol and overweight. However their claims have not yet gained FDA's approval. The reviews revealed that with Lipozene:
You can get free samples from the official website but some users criticized that it's not easy to cancel once they decided not to use the product further.

The product is advertised as a fat burner however the ingredients made known to the public demonstrated that it does not have fat burning properties.
On the other hand Proactol has gained better reviews from the users:
The official website offers exercising and diet plans to compliment the product
Users get 6 months to try the product The ingredients are much safer and effective backed by clinical trials and medical professionals You can find many success stories
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Proactol Reviews Reveal Must Know Tips to Busting Out the Weight Loss Plateau

Trying to lose weight is not easy and lots of people are able to lose a decent amount of weight in the first few months and then hit the plateau period. Then whatever they do their body just won't response anymore. This is a common problem mentioned in many weight loss online communities and many weight loss products and services reviews. Proactol also known as Proactol Plus, is one well regarded diet pill since 2007. There are many positive proactol reviews about this product. After reading many of them, the one thing that really stands out is that it helps people bust out the weight loss plateau.
Here are 2 tips mentioned in many Proactol reviews which are proven to work. Here are the must know tips in detail.
1. Eat the right food and the right amount of calorie intake for your activity level. It is no secret that diet is the first and foremost important factor in weight loss. However the human body is particularly intelligent to alter its metabolism to maintain the weight it is used to. If your calorie intake is too low, your body will go into the survival mode and slows down your metabolism and makes your weight loss even harder. If you eat the wrong type of food, the weight you lose is going to be muscle. Once muscle is lost, your metabolism is going to reduce further and make your weight loss even harder. So the best way to combat this is to eat enough food with protein to maintain and build muscle so your metabolism is maintained or increased with exercise, which is another important component for successful weight loss.
As we know, meat has the highest and best quality protein however not all meats are low fat. That's why Proactol can be very useful to ensure you get the protein but not the fat in the meat product. You can read more on how Proactol can effectively and safely reduce the fat absorption below. This is so you can eat the right food without the excessive calories fat contains.

2. The secret to long term weight loss is building muscle mass to increase your metabolism. This is simply because muscle burns energy even when you are sleeping and fat does not burn energy regardless if you are exercising or sleeping. If you lose body fat and increase muscle mass through exercise and proper nutrition with lots of protein in your diet, your body can become a calorie burning machine. Have you even notice a well toned, lean person eats lots of food and does not gaining any weight. Yet some other people seem to put on weight just by drinking water. That's their metabolism playing ticks on them.
The problem for some people is that when they are exercising they feel hungry. If you don't eat then you don't have energy to exercise and if you eat you are afraid of excessive calories. This is another reason why Proactol is useful in achieving the balance by making you feel fuller for longer. Here is the tip that has worked for many Proactol users.
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The Ultimate Secrets to Weight Loss

New weight loss tipsI am sure all of you have tried at least one weight loss diet in your life. So have I. We place a lot of hopes on diets and follow them strictly, yet most of the time, we do not see any results.
We realize that good health is needed for social and physical well-being. We think of good health as more than just an absence of infirmity and disease.
Issues related to excess weight including obesity and overweight are major deterrents to health. These issues result in increased incidences of stroke, diabetes and heart disease. Increased incidence of low self-esteem and depression will also occur. The ideal weight loss plan will go a long way to prevent or lessen the effects of such debilitating life conditions.
What any credible weight loss diet should do, is be able to show you results that you can easily measure. A diet plan that does precisely that will quickly become popular and people following it will be very pleased with the results they get.
Such a plan should provide a complete package with sample recipes, and foods to avoid. A good plan would include information on foods that speed up the metabolism and are important to good health but are also easily available anywhere.
The plan should give you an easy step by step procedure that you can follow every day in order to make your weight loss plan go smoothly and easily.
It should be very quick and easy and at the same time, it should be very safe! It must work perfectly for both men and women regardless of age or physical condition. It should guarantee that you will lose fat and grow healthy muscle in its place.
Apart from diet, the program should help you with exercise - the other key to control that persistent fat bully. One of the top reasons people give for not exercising is lack of time. You should get tips on how to fit exercise into your busy work schedule.

New weight loss tips

Combining diet and exercise will unlock the secret to fat burning and weight loss that we all want. This next to perfect plan can only work for you if you follow it completely. As with all weight loss plans, initially you may accidentally over indulge a few times - but once you get a hang of it, you will see the difference in your body and in the way you feel.
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Weight Loss Tips to Live By

Using a food diary is a good way to keep track of what you eat and when you eat. From your entries you will realize the emotional states you experience that make you snack. Knowing that, you will be armed with information on how to reduce your eating. Closely monitoring what you are eating in this way makes it more difficult to stray from your diet.
When hunger pangs hit, you can delay eating for 10 minutes to see if they will pass. If tempted to eat sweets, go ahead and satisfy the desire but eat only a small bite and discard the rest. You may even brush your teeth afterwards to discourage you from eating any more. The sugar in sweets encourages cravings for even more sweets.
It is important to get enough sleep, possibly seven or eight hours a day. Care should be taken not to get too much sleep. Keep yourself hydrated, and consume six to eight glasses a day. Drinking water reduces water retention as it works as a diuretic on the body. Drink water before meals to help cut the appetite and will create a feeling of fullness.
Losing weight with a friend provides support to keep you going. You may also find and join support groups or create one yourself. You may plan activities that will draw your attention away from eating. If you find yourself thinking too much about food, go for a walk, or visit the gym. This works particularly well if you want to eat to ease anger you may be feeling.

Limit food temptations in the home. Instead of leaving a pie on the counter top, you may freeze it so that it is out of your sight. To stop yourself from snacking late at nights, snack on a cracker or a slice of bread to reduce the cravings. Also, drinking a glass of water or sucking on a slice of orange will reduce the hunger pangs you may experience during the night.
Many people use food to reward themselves and for celebration. Establish a different reward system by treating yourself with a non-food reward.
Weigh yourself every week around the same time of the day to avoid weight fluctuation inaccuracies since you may weigh more at night than you weigh in the morning.
Make your meals a special event. Use a special plate and a special place mat. Place the food on the place in an attractive manner. If you are a chronic over-eater, this will help focus your mind on the food to be consumed and not on the quantity of food you are eating.
Never grocery shop when you are hungry. If you do, you will tend to purchase fattening foods, and finger foods that can be eaten in large quantities. Stay away from fattening liquids, as well as alcoholic beverages. Stock up instead on air-popped, fat-free popcorn and crunchy vegetables. These foods are high in fiber and will satisfy you hunger longer.
The decision to lose weight should be done for yourself and not for another person in your life. Stay out of the kitchen except at mealtimes, always eat sitting at a table and never while watching television or while listening to the radio. Never skip meals and when you eat, focus on the food you are eating. Eat slowly while savoring each mouthful and chew each mouthful for ten to twenty seconds.
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1200 Calorie Diet Plan Could Help You Lose Weight Substantially

Looking for an easy to follow 1200 calorie diet program that is going to help you slim down considerably? If you stick to the recommendations I am planning to offer you in this article, you would be able to accomplish it. This diet plan is risk-free and designed to make it easier for you to shed weight and more importantly, maintain it for a longer period time. This isn't a diet program that is going to result in a position where you regain the body weight you lost whenever you quit following it. It is rather a permanent diet plan that could not only help you shed the unwanted weight in a reasonably short period of time but also let you maintain it.
To begin with, consume several modest meals all day long. I understand this might seem a bit atypical but actually it is not since you are boosting your metabolic rate by consuming more servings all through the day. The important thing here is to consume several smallish meals during the entire day, and not 2 - 3 huge meals like a lot of us to normally do.
Secondly, try eating well balanced meals like fruits and vegetables, lean meats as well as whole grain foods. An excellent way for you to begin the day is with a serving of oatmeal which is rich in fiber and fat-free. It would be sufficient to curb your appetite. You can mix things up a bit in so that you don't get bored eating the same food everyday. Possibly you may substitute the oatmeal with some cereals and other well balanced meals from time to time.
Next, ensure that the breakfast you take is ample and is one of the larger meals that you take during the day. This boosts the rate of metabolism right at the beginning of the day and retains it - as a result you have much more vigor for the entire day.

Last but not the least, drink a lot of water. Try to drink at least 8 - 10 glasses (8 oz. glass) of water every day. Often your system misinterprets thirst as hunger and as a result you end up eating more food than you need. Well, it might seem insane but it has been confirmed scientific studies.
The basic idea here is not to let your daily diet go beyond 1200 calories. If you are planning to try out a diet plan but yet to get started with one, you are going to notice a decrease in body weight in a couple of weeks time provided you follow the low-calorie diet plan I mentioned above. However, if weight reduction is your main objective, you need to perform regular physical exercises to melt away the fat and burn the extra calories that you intake.
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Men, It Is Time to Lose Weight

Men, we cannot starve ourselves and get thin, and we have to eat to lose weight!

Somewhere along the way, food became way too high a priority in our lives. The worst foods became the top priorities. I am talking McDonald's, I am talking Wendy's, and I am talking about all the other fast food joints that became our drug dealers. If you are reading this, you probably know exactly what I am talking about. I was eating for 2 or 3 people every time I sat down in those awful plastic chairs and booths. Yeah, maybe it wasn't expensive, but I was paying for it in other ways.
Buying food at the grocery store had become sad as well, I was skipping whole sections (you know which sections, but in case you don't, the sections with the natural, unprocessed foods.) My staple ingredients were things that don't even occur in nature, plus meat. Well, let me tell you, several trips to the doctor and a week off work for a battery of tests later, my diet was due for a major overhaul.
But, enough about me already, I just wanted you to know that I will always be in your boat. After years of overfeeding myself some of the worst foods on the planet, I will always crave my drug: Fast food. And, I imagine you feel that way as well. Some of the foods that have put people over the edge into obesity are candy, cake, pie, burgers, fried foods, and deep fried foods. Okay, if you agree that it is time for a change, then the first step is to get an understanding exactly where you are.
Yep, I am about to suggest it, keeping a food journal. You know what that means right? Write down everything you eat and drink for a week or two. Let's be honest, this list is going to get long. But you can't know where you are going, unless you first know where you've been. All that means is, not everyone can just start eating the "daily recommended" diet on the back of every food we buy. That 2000-2500 calorie per day, 70g of fat, and 250g of carbohydrates diet is not a very good starting point, but, it can be the final goal.

Okay, so you've kept your journal, and maybe it makes you a little sick to your stomach to read? Well good. Remember how I said we had to eat to lose weight? Why did I say that? I said that, because we aren't going on a diet. We are making a life change. In order to lose the weight and keep it off, we need to be doing something that we can do forever. Slowly, but surely, we can start to ease away from our drug of choice. Replace a burger binge with some fruits and vegetables, and guess what? Some fruits and vegetables taste good! Some drinks don't have sugar! Some snacks are natural! We just need to start making good choices. It starts with one step, and goes forever. Are you ready to start walking?
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A Guide To Getting That 've Always Wanted

So many people think that weight loss is too hard, but that is only the truth if you are unaware of how to go about it properly. It's important to have the right information if you wish to experience successful weight loss. Continue reading this article to learn about the best way to approach losing weight.
Consuming leftovers is a great way to maintain your weight loss regimen. Prepare enough extra at your healthy evening meal to take as your lunch the following day. For instance, use your grilled chicken to make a hearty salad. This also is very practical and saves you time and money.
Investigate MUFA food groups if you aspire to successful weight loss. Which food items can you find belonging to MUFA? Well, you'll find items like olive oil, nuts and seeds, fatty fish, and other items. MUFA foods are certainly effective for losing weight, but they also improve your health as a whole. Aim to include MUFA foods in your current diet.
When losing weight, instead of trying to achieve a specific weight, try to reach a specific clothing size. Do not step on that scale! Weight hangs differently on everyone. Everyone is different, so trying to reach an ideal weight when you are just starting out is counter-productive. Rather, work on fitting into your goal clothing size.
If you are about to begin a diet to lose weight, you should always consult with a nutritionist to find out what type of diets are most appropriate for you. Our bodies are all different, so you may not get the same results from one diet that someone else did. Seek assistance when you want to really maximize your weight loss efforts.
If you like chips and want to continue eating them throughout your diet, consider the baked chips. They offer a 30 percent reduction in fat and calories and taste almost the same as traditional versions.
When you can, wear comfortable, sporty clothing rather than restrictive clothing like suits, heels or tight skirts. People often feel like walking more when they find moving around comfortable. If your workplace allows casual dress or has a casual day each week, take advantage of it.
If you typically enjoy lots of dips and condiments, you may want to consider using fat free dressings or items such as hummus. Doing this will help you stay away from unnecessary calories and fat.
If you would like to quickly lose weight, one fundamental thing you need to get right is the type of food that you eat. Cleaning out the fridge and cupboards of food that will hurt weight loss efforts is imperative. Eating the proper foods is the most basic change you need to make to lose weight.
Get rid of your "fat" clothing. When you hang on to those clothes, you give yourself permission to put weight back on down the road. Additionally, this will allow you to maintain the motivation to be able to fit in your current clothing.
Throughout your weight loss program, it helps to offer yourself healthy rewards as you meet your goals. Rent a movie, go shopping or get a relaxing massage. Additionally, you can treat yourself to a materialistic award, to give yourself a pat on the back for good work.
If you start thinking negatively, rethink your thinking. If you want to have success in weight loss, a positive attitude is the key. Replace those negative thoughts with more positive mantras, such as "I can do this!"
Finding a weight loss buddy or partner can be an effective and motivational strategy to help lose weight. Whenever one of you is tempted to stray, the other can help to reinforce the importance of your shared goals and offer support and motivation. Your partner will help you find strategies if you are having trouble meeting your weight loss goal. It can also offer the excitement of celebrating milestones together.
Set realistic weight loss and fitness goals. You will never lose fifty pounds quickly. Setting small, realistic goals means that you can celebrate every time you make your goals, which means you are more likely to continue to lose weight. This way you are not getting frustrated when you don't reach a goal. A reasonable weekly goal is to strive to lose one or two pounds.
To really keep your weight off, avoid eating for a few hours before you go to bed. Avoid eating before you go to sleep. Food gets stored in your fat cells when you do this. Instead of eating, spend the evening doing something more productive, such as reading, thus avoiding temptation.
If you have been overweight in your life you should keep a routine in mind. Consider yourself an expert on losing weight and utilize everything you've learned to maintain your weight loss.
Instead of eating carbs for breakfast, such as bagels or toast, eat a food that is high in protein, for example egg whites. Protein fills you up and makes you feel satiated.
When you are trying to lose weight, it can never hurt to keep yourself hydrated and participate in strength training. These things will help you to avoid the stretch marks and loose skin that can be an unwanted part of losing weight.

A trick many dieters recommend is to pop a piece of ice in your mouth when junk food cravings hit. Sucking on some ice can be very effective in dispelling the urge to eat because sometimes it just boils down to having something in your mouth.
Trying to deprive yourself of a specific food when you are dieting may very well backfire. If you deprive yourself of your favorite foods, you may find that you want it so much that you will overeat. As a result, you'll just be consuming a greater number of calories. Instead, you should eat in moderation.
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Can Yoga Aid Weight Loss?

There are some yogasanas that are known for their ability to stimulate the thyroid gland. The hormonal secretion from the gland is improved leading to increased metabolism, which leads to unhealthy weight gain.

Yoga can definitely help in weight loss since they affect the whole metabolism and other aspects of the body's functioning. You need to learn about the asanas and pranayamas that help to regulate the secretion of thyroid gland. This gland is the main organ associated with weight gain or weight loss.
Breathing Exercises or Pranayama in Yoga for Weight Loss
If you practice deep breathing the supply of oxygen to the blood increases leading to burning of the fat cells of the body. Some of the excellent pranayamas or breathing exercises for weight loss are kapalbhati, anulom-vilom, bhrastika and the like. The good effects of these practices can be seen as early as after five minutes of practice. The layers of fat on your body are removed with each deep breath or modified breathing that you take.

The muscles of your body get toned and their ability to process fat gets improved, thereby improving the endurance level of the muscles. Certain yogasanas are specifically aimed to stimulate the lethargic thyroid gland in order to increase the hormonal secretion. Thus, yoga acts upon metabolism of our body --increases metabolic activity and helps in reducing weight.
Physical exercise or asanas of yoga for weight loss
 

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5 Tips On How To Stay Motivated On A Diet

When you begin a diet, in most cases you will be highly motivated and excited to be taking a healthier route. But as time goes by, you may feel that you are getting tired of the diet or just want to give up altogether. You can motivate yourself when your excitement has faded and here are some suggestions to keep you going.

Be Accountable To Someone
It can be your personal trainer, your spouse, a friend or someone who is on diet with you. When you are accountable to someone it is easier to stick with your diet. Sometimes it is okay to take a break for a short while such as a day or a weekend. Eat the foods you are craving, in moderation then go back to your diet. This will also help you stay motivated for longer.
Take Photos Of Yourself Looking Slimmer
Take photos constantly of your weight loss so that you see how much you have lost weight so that you stay on it. Try and remember how you felt before with extra weight, probably tired and lethargic and how you feel now. You can keep the photos in a place where you can easily see them so you can see the results of your diet which will help you stay motivated.
Try Out New Recipes
Try new recipes and healthy foods all the time so that you have a lot of choice. If you are on diet with someone else or a group of people, you can organize get together where you try out new recipes so it is fun and will give you a wide variety of foods to eat.
Set Realistic Goals
It is important that you set goals that realistic so that you don't set yourself up for failure. If you are getting a diet plan from somewhere else like the internet or a book, go through it carefully and take note of what is allowed and what you may have in small quantities and what is forbidden. Ensure that you tailor it so that it is realistic for you. For example, if you love chocolate, coffee, wine and soda and the diet restricts the intake of all these, you may decide to cut back on the sodas and wine and leave the coffee and chocolate. As time goes by, you can reduce your coffee and chocolate intake so that you don't feel so deprived like you are being punished which can seriously de-motivate you.
Reward Yourself

You can reward yourself with a nice piece of clothing you have been eyeing, or a luxurious set of bubble baths or even ticket to a concert that you have been looking out for. It is easier to do something when you have a reward to look forward to. You can set a goal so that by a set time, if you will have lost a certain amount of weight you can get the reward. The reward should be special enough so that you are motivated.
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7 Top Tips To Stay Motivated When Losing Weight

In this article, we shall be sharing with you 7 top tips that will help you stay motivated to keep to your weight loss regime and ultimately, reach your weight goal successfully!

1. Make A Commitment
The way the mind works makes it hard to renege on a commitment. You can take advantage of this fact to help you achieve your weight goal by signing up for an upcoming charity marathon event.
By committing yourself to an event like this, you will take every ounce of effort to make sure that you train doubly hard for it so as not to let anyone (especially the beneficiaries) down, and this goes a long way toward helping you lose weight, and move steps closer to your ideal weight.
2. Own A Dog (If You Do Not Have One Yet)
As a dog owner, it is your ultimate responsibility to ensure its health and well-being. And part of what you need to do as a dog owner is to walk your dog daily.
By doing so, you'll be, in a way, "forcing" yourself to get your bum off your comfortable sofa and get a walk outside as well, allowing you to burn some calories in the process.
3. Finding A Partner
Another effective way to keep yourself motivated (to want to follow through your weight loss goals) is to find a partner who has the same weight loss aspirations as you. That way, the both of you can motivate and push each other along, allowing the both of you to successfully attain your weight goals at the end of the day.
4. Lose Weight By Joining A Group Exercise Class
Joining workout classes (such as yoga, Pilates, Zumba, etc.) is fun, motivating, and it also significantly improves your likelihood of eventually attaining your weight goals.
Simply because by joining such workout classes, you'll be "forced" to attend every single lesson (otherwise your classmates will keep calling you and asking about your absence). This will allow you to get the necessary routine workout you need in order to burn calories and ultimately lose weight.
5. Chart Your Progress
Several studies has been conducted, and concluded that those who weigh themselves, and chart their weight down every single day, manage to drop more pounds compared to those who did not.
The reason is because, such charts will give you a visual satisfaction (where you see yourself losing weight on a consistent basis), thereby giving you even more motivation to want to work harder to lose more pounds.
6. A New Lease Of "Sex" Life
When you lose weight and reach your weight goal, you'll find your sex life has a new life. A study at Duke University showed a person's sex life became more enjoyable when they have just a 10% decrease in their weight.
Also, it makes you will feel more attractive and increase your self-confidence when you lose any weight.

7. Hang Up The Sexiest Outfit You Want To See Yourself Fit In
At the start of your weight loss regime, take out or buy the sexiest outfit you can find and hang it on the door knob in your room. It gives you a visual reminder of where you want your weight to end up.
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Foods to Keep Clear of When Creating Good Diets for Losing Weight

Are there really any good diets for losing weight? People get pumped up about many things, nevertheless I haven't ever in my days met one individual who's delighted about being too heavy. I have on the other hand, seen way too many people who are tired of the up and down roller-coaster of trying to find good diets for losing weight. Rather than encounter any more dieting disappointments, some of these people decide that living "large" is just in the cards for them.
Throwing your hands up in defeat and opting to waste the rest of your days (miserably) overweight is not any way to exist. A choice like this can whip your self-esteem into the ground and cut years off of your life. C'mon, you owe your self and those you love so much more than that.
There's no secret system to losing fat - if there were, everybody and their mama would be skinny. The best way to accomplish successful fat loss results is to know what types of foods to keep from your eating plan.
Just Say "No" to Processed Foods
Processed foods are affordable, convenient and quick to prepare. Sadly, these types of food are bad for your health. Naturally, you'd never learn this by looking at some of those over hyped t.v. ads. Considering that businesses are not going to give you the dirty on the ingredients they use in processed foods, I'll happily do this for these guys.
Let's start off with trans fat. This particular ingredient decreases good cholesterol, elevates bad cholesterol, and will raise your chance of heart disease. When you consider coronary disease is considered among the top killers of both males and females, trans fat is really one ingredient you would like to try to avoid.
If you're curious about where that double chin came from, the high fructose corn syrup included in most of your beloved processed foods may be partially to blame. This ingredient has been getting a whole lot of press nowadays because it's perceived as a significant player inside of the ever increasing obesity epidemic.
Don't even get me going on the chemicals corporations use inside processed foods. If I attempted to name just a few of these kinds of chemicals, I'd be tongue tied for days. On top of that, you'd probably believe I was reading the label for a can of insect spray instead of the contents from your favorite microwavable dinner.
Send Sugar Packing
The average man or woman takes in about 150 pounds of sugar per year. When we think of the reality that sugar is inside almost everything, it's not hard to eat lots of this stuff with out even knowing it. So what's the big deal? There isn't sufficient time in the day for me to tell you about all the harm sugar will do to your health. However, I will present a brief rundown.
Sugar is made of nothing but empty calories. When you chow down on this stuff, a sizable part of it is kept in your body as fat. If your primary aim is to drop some weight, being heavy-handed when using the sugar isn't gonna help you. This isn't even the worst of it. Sugar may also depress the immune system, feed cancer cells, contribute to cardiovascular illnesses, boost your potential for weak bones and make you look decrepit.
Give Artificial Sweeteners the Boot
Before you run out and stock your freezer with a lots of these zero-calorie diet sodas, there's something you should know. The low calorie sweeteners used within diet soda and also other low-calorie items are lab-created. Yep. You heard me correctly - combined in a lab like something out of a Frankenstein movie.
A lot of these artificial sweeteners can create or play a role in a laundry list of neuropsychiatric diseases and acute disorders - depression, stress and anxiety, migraine headache, mood changes, panic disorder, vertigo, loss of memory, Alzheimer's, brain tumors - must I go on? And if you think you're planning to shed some fat by using sugar substitutes, you better think again. Some of these sweeteners increase your appetite and make you eat more food.
If you've tried using diet upon diet and not one produces results, it might easily force you to wish to throw in the towel. But you owe it to yourself and to family to live the healthiest life possible. Processed foods, sugar and low calorie sweeteners are considered the main culprits of weight gain. After you eliminate these foods out of your balanced and healthy diet, you significantly improve your prospect of slimming down and coming up with good diets for losing weight.
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Follow These Tips For An Easy Way To Shed Pounds

Weight Loss (novel) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Those of us who have struggled to lose weight know that it can often be an extremely frustrating task and that actual results often feel very elusive. When we're trying hard and yet don't see any results, it can feel pointless to continue. This article can help you find a way to lose weight and keep you encouraged!
It may seem counter-intuitive, but fats must be eaten in order to be burned. All fats are not the same. In fact, some fats, like Omega 3,6, and 9 fatty acids, are good. These fats aren't found in preservative packed foods. These healthy fats are a great aid in weight loss and can even lower cholesterol.
Do not skip meals when trying to eat better. When you skip a meal, your body will store more fat because it does not know when it will be fed next. Even if you are not really feeling hungry, eat something little and healthy at least three 3 times a day.
Weight loss should come at about the rate of 1 to 2 pounds per week or 1 kilo per week. If you're obese, you might need to double that, at least in the beginning.
The biggest obstacle to weight loss success is a poor sense of motivation. It's simple to remain motivated when signing up for a gym initially, but after some weeks, that may wear off. Look for ways to keep your motivation high and your eyes set firmly on your goals.
Cardiovascular exercise is a great way for you to maximize your weight loss. Cardio includes any activities, such as running and swimming, that increase the heart rate. Once you achieve your target heart rate, you will begin to burn fat quickly. It's best to practice cardiovascular exercises for half an hour, three or four times weekly.
Stay off the phone and workout. Try walking around while you talk on the phone instead of sitting. Simply circle the rooms in your house or try picking up a little; you will be burning calories before you know it!
Weight loss starts in your mind, so learn how to win the mental battles. You have to work on convincing our mind that you can easily do this and you have the power. When you have the confidence in what you're doing, it becomes easier to be successful.
Every time you reach one of your weight loss goals, even small ones, take time to celebrate your accomplishment. Have a massage, take an extra yoga class or enjoy a healthy treat. This will help keep you motivated.
Incorporate fruits and vegetables into tasty dishes by learning to make healthy sauces or dips as an accompaniment. Natural apple sauce is a very healthy and tasty alternative to some of the fattening condiments out there.
Try eating three bean salad to lose weight. You can quickly make the low-calorie version at home. Take three different types of canned beans, add a low-fat Italian dressing and combine well. This recipe will offer you snacks throughout your week.
Work out often when attempting to shed extra weight. It doesn't matter what's on your plate, you need to make time for weights or cardio within your daily life. A good example would be making use of the time you are cooking dinner. Use the counter top to do some dips or the wall to do some squats.
Regular sex can help you lose weight. Sex has shown to lessen a person's cravings for harmful types of food. Furthermore, sex can burn a great deal of calories. There are even ways of having sex in which you can burn as many as 150 calories every 30 minutes.
Yogurt is a friend to anyone on a diet. Yogurt offers weight loss benefits, but be sure to choose the low-fat, plain, or Greek varieties. Plain yogurt could be used in making a salad accompanied with cucumber slices. You can add salt and pepper to make it more appealing. If the sugar in certain yogurts gives you pause, you can add some strawberries or blueberries to plain yogurt instead. Yogurt is a good source of calcium; calcium will help you have stronger bones.
Unused calories do not evaporate from the body, they are stored in the body as fat. Do not eat if you are planning to go to bed soon or this food will be stored. Only consume food when you plan on being active for some time afterwards. If you do this, you will burn off the calories that you have just taken in.
Take a little break during the mid-point of your meal. This is because your body may not be able to determine if it has had enough. Make it a habit to stop and consider how full you feel halfway through your meal. Take a second to think about how hungry you really are. Adjust the amount you eat accordingly.
Pizza lovers don't have to give up pizza; you can easily cut calories when eating it. You can blot each piece of pizza that you plan on eating with a napkin, and that will soak up a lot of excess grease.
Be sure to find an exercise buddy! This will make your exercising feel like socializing and less like work. Both of you will be able to push each other and tell your stories of success. More than likely this will lead to you enjoying your time exercising and even looking forward to it, and pretty soon you won't even realize you're losing weight.
Purchase your clothing at thrift stores as you lose weight. You shouldn't spend a lot of money on clothing that will soon be too large for you to wear.
Do you want to actualize your weight loss goals no matter what your current situation is? So, what are you waiting for?

Avoid the diet and instead choose a diet to maintain a healthy and sustainable weight

You diet? In the local today's diet came to an understanding, to lose weight. The food and drinks that consume continues to diet and weight loss can (paleo diet, South Beach Diet, etc.), cause weight gain (Bodybuilding Diet, etc.) or weight (healthy eating).
While it may seem like it's all just semantics to play, this is the big difference between them. If you lose weight diet, you are probably making a mistake-most diet find ' Yo-Yo ' dieting forever syndrome, lose a few pounds, then they reset over and over again, often resulting in slowly increasing their total weight.
You start seriously most diets restrict calories and drink plenty of water. Severely limit their calorie intake works only for a very short period of time-usually your body slows down metabolism (the speed at which it consumes energy) accounts by the end of the first week in the lower supply. You may lose one or two pounds weight of true body, but most will increase absorption of water loss.
The body of a truly effective in their work, and water is the single most important part of your diet. Can people on approximately 30 days without food, but shut down system will be without water for 6-7 days. As a result your body retains water, based on supply and demand. If you regularly drink more water, your body does not see the need, so much to save so that it releases its water stores anymore. How to increase your water consumption during diet, your body is more fat more easily carry less water than burned.
And what happens when you have reached your goal weight and end your diet? Go back to your "normal" number of calories, but now your metabolism is slower, so you actually have more calories surplus than before you started dieting. If and as long as your metabolic rate will return to store the excess as body fat as insurance against the following deficit. And it's less the same with water-when you start to drink, your body will return to save more of them.
The Result? Has your weight in a short period of time before more than initial weight again went further and you are in weight loss diet. Not quite what you had hoped for, was it? This time the break to get the cycle and to maintain a healthy body.
Assess current eating and start if necessary, make any necessary changes. You will need 3 times a day, each with a mixture of fibrous carbohydrates, protein quality and some healthy fats in food. Replace white bread, whole grain bread, sandwiches, etc. really good breakfast-no sugar-laden cereals and salt Laden Instant Oatmeal or toast and coffee. Instead, go to Bacon and eggs, oatmeal, and eggs or grapefruit and protein shake, for example.
Dinner tuna, salmon or have a small percentage of lean red meat with a side of roasted or steamed vegetables or salad but skip the useless calories from fat dressings and opt for oil and vinegar or a drizzle of olive oil. Lunch should be fish, chicken or lean red meat and green vegetables or beans. Pour half of the plate to get the best results for a couple of vegetables.
If you want to have a snack in the afternoon or after dinner, choose fruit, weighing peanuts or walnuts. Keep in mind that while healthy, any calories is so limit how you afford. If you are one hour before going to bed is still hungry, treat yourself to a cup of cottage cheese. The cheese is high casein phospho proteins slowly digesting protein, which not only helps to curb hunger, but keeps the body burn more calories while you sleep your body digests it.
Check whether you are traveling in the direction of your goal weight loss your weight around once a week. It is always better as the first morning on the growth, which bring to test. Their weight ranges from a few pounds during the day, so it is best to test at the same time of day, and doing the first thing that helps to eliminate fluctuations in food.
If you progress, just keep doing what you're not making any changes to try and rush this process. Let you customize your body and continue to own preferred price. On the other hand if you still lose, try something to cut calories at each meal, either replace the additional protein a little portion of carbohydrate.
Once you have the goal weight, keep monitoring for another couple of weeks. When your body will drop more weight on your part before you level up easily. Now when you reach your weight you would like to stay, easy to maintain, because you are already more appropriate right to maintain weight-other changes are necessary, because now you live the lifestyle and a healthy diet food. And till the time strange slipping, you should increase your event, even go for a couple walks a day usually helps hide your thermal leaks!
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Fat Loss Idiots Diet Plan

You can now get a very quick burning fat diet plan that does not require you to go on a hunger strike. The fat loss 4 idiots is a loss weight diet program that comes with an automated calorie generator which will work out your daily menu without the hassles of manually calculating the numbers from nutrition charts and tables. This easy to use method to losing weight is by far the best priced and cheap. It is easily available online and is offered at an affordable cost.
Most people have tried to go on a diet with no success. Infact over 95% of people that have tried to lose weight with conventional diet programs have failed. The successful 5% are the people that know one simple but very crucial secret to effective weight loss.
This fat loss secret is so simple and yet the supplement and pills companies have gone to great lengths to convince you that losing is the next most difficult thing next to climbing Mt. Everest with a limp.
After learning this simple secret to losing pounds of fat, you will begin too understand why weight supplements and pills companies are getting away with murder and making a killing while they are at it. It is painfully easy that you will hit your head on the table for all the money that you spent on this and the other supplement, diet and pills. Heck, some people who I have recommended this program to swear they used to spend $200-$300 a month on supplements.
The secret to overweight cure is simple and goes by the name calorie shifting. Its not the low carb lifestyle diets or the no fat regimens, or the low calorie programs and definitely its not the magic weight loss pills or virtually living in a gym.
Calorie shifting simply means the act of varying calorie content in your foods, such that you are able to switch your metabolism on and off like a light switch. It is being able to harness the great potential of your body's metabolism rate to work for your and eventually burn all the fat in your thighs, legs, back, chest and love handles.
Metabolism is the process through which calories in food is burnt down to produce energy for use in our bodies. The process is controlled by a hormone produced in our brains. Since we do not have any conscious control of production of the hormone, the brain depends on the recent history of your menu to determine how much of the metabolic rate to produce.
In all cases, the brain produces just enough quantities of the hormone to break down calories found in the food only. It will not touch any fat cells in the body since the fat is seen as the body as storage for a rainy day. Or should I say a dry day.

If for example your normal daily diet contains 2500 calories, your metabolism rate is set to burn down just 2500 calories. If you are feeling overweight and go on an abrupt and strict low calorie diet and reduce it to 1000 calories a day, the system resets the metabolism rate again to just burn 1000 calories. Still, no fat cells are burned whatsoever.
This is what happens when you go on those low calorie, low cab, no fat diet plans. This way, it would take a miracle to shed a pound of fat.
Calorie shifting method employed by the fat loss 4 idiots fool proof calculator randomly varies the calorie content in the food. The result of this random variation of calories in your menu, is that the metabolism rate get confused and errant.
The brain will produce just about any amount of hormone which in turn sustains the metabolic rate to continue burning fat way after all the food in the stomach is used up. This will gradually reduce the fat cells in your body and as the sun rises in the East and sets West, you will start losing pounds upon pounds of fat.
It is always important to know that food is important to your body, it's never the enemy.
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Ways to Lose Weight Really Fast

Many ways to lose weight really fast. Walking is free and easy way to lose weight and it does not require any membership fee to give you one of the best exercises you can have. You can do it every day and there is no need for trainings and especial equipments. Walking ensures that you speed up the rate at which the body burns calories. Invest in small plates of food. Walking regularly is important for maintaining cardiovascular system. Dieters can get the best results if they experience the hormone HCG, take 500 calories per day and do regular activities.
Exercise also is an important piece but it only accounts for a fraction of weight loss. Exercise fatigue can also be caused by eating an inadequate diet. When you do exercise on a regular basis your body needs more nutrients and carbohydrates to feed and power the body. Exercise not only increases the calories burned in a day but also firms the muscles. Skin is attached to the muscles beneath by connective tissues so keeping the muscles firm can help keep the skin firm too. Exercise no less than 30 minutes a day, five days a week. That's the minimum amount recommended just to stay healthy.
The best time of exercise is from 9 o \'clock in the morning before and after sunset. Should choose moderate exercise forms, canter, swim, do exercise every day, such as setting-up exercise 1 hour. Exercise 45 to 60 minutes every day. While 30 minutes is enough to keep you healthy, you'll need about double that to lose weight rally fast. Exercises like cycling can be good for weight loss. Jumping rope is another good and fun exercise to lose weight fast.

Drinking more water also cause you to lose weight really fast as you feel full and therefore eat less. Drink H20 Before You Eat Drinking water before you eat will fill you up so you don't eat as much. Try to down 2 glasses of water 10 minutes before each meal.
Eating a variety of grains, especially whole grains, as well as a variety of fruits and vegetables daily is important. When choosing your diet, make sure it is low in saturated fats and cholesterol, also moderate in total fat. Eat a variety of fruits - fresh, frozen, canned, or dried - rather than fruit juice for most of your fruit choices. For a 2,000-calorie diet, you will need 2 cups of fruit each day. Eating fried fast food (like french fries) or other high-fat foods like chocolate once in a while as a special treat is fine -- but try to split an order with a friend or order a small portion.
Eat your food slowly with each mouthful taking 30 seconds. Pause your eating half way through for 5 minutes. Eat a hundred calories and burn a hundred calories with exercise and it equals zero fat; pretty simple formula. No matter what fast weight lose diets you choose your body must consume more calories than you take in daily to lose weight. Eat breakfast combined with eggs and milk and you are on the way to lose weight really fast.

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HCG weight loss tips

It's been a while since I wrote anything about the HCG diet. When I first did the diet I had managed to lose over 40 lbs and have kept it off for over a year. I still currently run Healthy Solutions at my office to offer quick weight loss to help improve your health. But over the last year there has been more research and articles with changes to the diet. So I never would advise any of my patients to stray from the original Dr. Simeons Protocol, but I wanted to test this new research and see if there are any complications with doing any of it. So since I felt like I had a few more pounds to lose, I thought lets put them to a test.

Weight Gain
Funny thing is loading was a lot harder than and not as enjoyable as I anticipated. At first, I felt sick from having to eat a bunch of foods that my body was no longer used to and I would fill up faster than expected. I decided to start the diet on the new year like so many other people do for their New Years resolution. Well the first few days of loading did not go as well as planned. So I only increased 2 pounds for the loading phase.
Starting HCG Diet- Quick Weight loss again
Then I started the quick weight loss diet on Monday. My starting weight was 218.8 lbs. Today is Sunday and I weighed in at 207.4 pounds. Not a bad start for my first week. I did have 2 days this week where I had minimal to no weight loss. The first came on the second day of the diet where I only lost 0.4 lbs, but up to this point I hadn't changed any of the protocol, but I had lost 4 pounds that first day. So sometimes a big jump in weight loss will slow you a bit to allow your body to catch up. The second time was last night. However I did have a big change in the diet protocol. I had made a French Onion Soup for lunch and then a Beef soup for dinner. I had already had the French Onion Soup earlier in the week with no stall. I believe it had to do with either to soups or the beef soup. I believe it was the beef soup because of the spices I used. I used Season All which is allowed on the diet and contains salt, but I made the beef soup with an Organic beef broth which also has a lot of salt. So I think the lack of weight loss last night was from all the salt causing water retention.

Diet Changes
The main diet changes I made this week (please don't try this without doctor supervision and especially if it is the first time you are doing the diet. I have not completed my research and can not tell you if this will cause any stalling in your quick weight loss):
1. Made Kool-Aid using Stevia (No more than one glass a day)
2. Using Bell Pepper as a vegetable in some of my meals
3. Using Poblano Pepper as a vegetable in some of my meals
4. Mixed a tiny bit of Celery with a cup of Onion, in my French Onion Soup.
5. Had home-made Salsa with one meal.
6. Using Walden Farms Salad Dressing
These are some of the different things I have done this first week on the HCG diet that are not part of Dr. Simeons Original Protocol. As stated above, I only had two stalls this first week, with the second being from the change in protocol. As I go through this I will continue to update you on my progress and also share many of the recipes I use with everyone.