By Michelle Bery
In an age when weight loss has become a primary focus of most media outlets – you can tune in to any television broadcast or open the pages of the most current magazine to find the latest tips for fast weight loss – more and more people are motivated to seek the help they need to lose weight.
Weight loss can be achieved in a variety of fashions but none is more sought after than fast weight loss. For those for whom instant gratification is an absolute necessity, they will actively seek out those methods that will help them achieve fast weight loss.
Weight loss isn’t complex; it’s just difficult. Eating less and exercising more can be easier said then done; ask anyone who’s embarked on more than one weight loss program. It can be difficult to find the means to achieve fast weight loss, especially when you are someone for whom weight has always been a battle.
To begin the journey to fast weight loss you must take very simple steps. Immediately eliminate fatty, high caloric foods from your diet. Instead, focus on whole foods such as fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Carbohydrates derived from white flour can more easily be stored as fat if you are not adequately active. However, complex carbohydrates such as those found in whole grains will give you energy to achieve your exercise goals.
Fast weight loss does not mean unhealthy weight loss. You can not achieve fast weight loss by simply not eating. This will quickly backfire on you because this is temporary weight loss. Once you begin eating normally again, you’ll quickly regain the weight.
Exercise also plays a significant role in fast weight loss. Cutting calories is only half the battle. The other half includes the addition of consistent daily activity in order to successfully increase your metabolic rate and burn calories. Exercise also benefits your cardiovascular system and tremendously benefits every system of your body.
To help support your fast weight loss, it may benefit you to participate in the experiences of a person who is in a similar situation. The Internet offers tremendous opportunities to seek out and converse with people who are also attempting to achieve fast weight loss. The companionship and support may be priceless in helping you to achieve your goals.
Fast weight loss – done with the blessing of your doctor – and within the boundaries of nutritious eating can be very achievable. But you must be willing to make the sacrifices necessary to attain fast weight loss and a healthy, active lifestyle.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
How to Stick to a Weight Loss Program
By Craig Ballantyne
Q: I need help sticking to my fat loss program. What can I do to stay on track when the people around me keep trying to sabotage my fat loss efforts?
Answer: Explain to everyone what you are trying to accomplish. Emphasize that not only are you following a program to lose fat, but you are also trying to improve your health through exercise and better nutrition. Some people will tell you that you don't need to lose fat, but no one can give you a hard time for trying to improve your health. The people around you should be more receptive and helpful to this goal.
Social support is a key determinant of success in a fat loss program. If you have friends or family you can relate to on your fat loss journey, it will be easier. It's also important to have health professionals, such as doctors and trainers that you must report to on a consistent basis. These professionals will help keep you on track.
One other thing you can do is find an online community to be your social support. There are dozens of good websites that offer message boards and forums. Check a few of these out and dip your toes into the online waters. Eventually you will find a message board (perhaps your favorite exercise magazine has a helpful online forum?) and good people to help you stick to your plan.
So success isn't only about finding tips and tricks to make your dieting and exercise easier. In fact, finding a group of like minded people with the same type of weight loss goal is a big key to your success. And if you "hang around" online with people that are successful at weight loss, research shows you'll have an even better chance of succeeding with your own fat loss goals.
Q: I need help sticking to my fat loss program. What can I do to stay on track when the people around me keep trying to sabotage my fat loss efforts?
Answer: Explain to everyone what you are trying to accomplish. Emphasize that not only are you following a program to lose fat, but you are also trying to improve your health through exercise and better nutrition. Some people will tell you that you don't need to lose fat, but no one can give you a hard time for trying to improve your health. The people around you should be more receptive and helpful to this goal.
Social support is a key determinant of success in a fat loss program. If you have friends or family you can relate to on your fat loss journey, it will be easier. It's also important to have health professionals, such as doctors and trainers that you must report to on a consistent basis. These professionals will help keep you on track.
One other thing you can do is find an online community to be your social support. There are dozens of good websites that offer message boards and forums. Check a few of these out and dip your toes into the online waters. Eventually you will find a message board (perhaps your favorite exercise magazine has a helpful online forum?) and good people to help you stick to your plan.
So success isn't only about finding tips and tricks to make your dieting and exercise easier. In fact, finding a group of like minded people with the same type of weight loss goal is a big key to your success. And if you "hang around" online with people that are successful at weight loss, research shows you'll have an even better chance of succeeding with your own fat loss goals.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Weight Loss Through Dieting Is Not Enough - You Have To Keep Moving, Too
by Ellen Miller
Perhaps you've been fighting the weight battle all your life, or maybe just since you became an "empty nester," or after all those years of hard work, you've been promoted to that high-level, high pressure, but sedentary position in your company that you have always deserved, but the pounds and inches have come on, and come on, and refuse to go away. Physical limitations may be a factor, as well.
You've tried all the popular diets, seen some short term success, but reached the virtually inevitable conclusion that diets, alone, just don't cut it. Don't lose hope; Isometric Weight Loss Exercise can swiftly, dramatically, and painlessly get you back into those beautiful clothes that have languished in the back of your closet.
There is, of course, a difference between "diets" and diet. Healthy eating is a smart lifestyle change, but in order to achieve, and maintain, the results you desire, sensible food choice must be combined with painless strength training and moderate aerobics, in order to trim you down, and keep you there. Take the phrase "no pain, no gain" out of your lexicon. Isometric Exercise proves that working out doesn't have to hurt in order to work. Just ten minutes a day of low impact Isometric Training, when combined with the proper rhythmic breathing patterns, can help you lose inches, tighten your muscles and increase your energy level in the first week. Gain self-confidence and precious time, but not weight.
Nutrition, exercise and aerobics are the keys to your success, no matter what your age. As low-impact as Isometric Weight Loss Exercise is, always check with your physician before starting a new regimen. Your Doctor can easily explain the mechanics of Isometrics.
Stated simply, Isometrics are a series of muscle contractions that increase muscle tension within the already existing muscle length. No machinery except your own body is involved, yet you expend energy and burn calories by maintaining the contractions. There is no age limitation: whether you are forty-five or seventy-five, combining the three key elements mentioned above will work for you.
The aerobic component can be as simple as taking a ten minute walk, at whatever pace is comfortable for you. Swimming and bicycling are also great approaches, but walking is usually the easiest way to start.
Choose whatever you enjoy, but the fact is that you need to burn the calories you take in. Learn the simple techniques, which also include rhythmic, oxygenating, breathing, set aside ten to fifteen minutes each day to practice what you learned in the comfort of your own home, usually in a chair or on the floor, and in whatever outfit suits your mood, and give it a week. You will be pleasantly amazed at the swift and measurable results.
Add simple changes to you dietary habits and you have all the tools you need. Once you start seeing the results, you can even indulge you junk food desires on a moderate basis. You are busy, and your health is priceless: isometric weight loss exercise will work when diets never have.
Perhaps you've been fighting the weight battle all your life, or maybe just since you became an "empty nester," or after all those years of hard work, you've been promoted to that high-level, high pressure, but sedentary position in your company that you have always deserved, but the pounds and inches have come on, and come on, and refuse to go away. Physical limitations may be a factor, as well.
You've tried all the popular diets, seen some short term success, but reached the virtually inevitable conclusion that diets, alone, just don't cut it. Don't lose hope; Isometric Weight Loss Exercise can swiftly, dramatically, and painlessly get you back into those beautiful clothes that have languished in the back of your closet.
There is, of course, a difference between "diets" and diet. Healthy eating is a smart lifestyle change, but in order to achieve, and maintain, the results you desire, sensible food choice must be combined with painless strength training and moderate aerobics, in order to trim you down, and keep you there. Take the phrase "no pain, no gain" out of your lexicon. Isometric Exercise proves that working out doesn't have to hurt in order to work. Just ten minutes a day of low impact Isometric Training, when combined with the proper rhythmic breathing patterns, can help you lose inches, tighten your muscles and increase your energy level in the first week. Gain self-confidence and precious time, but not weight.
Nutrition, exercise and aerobics are the keys to your success, no matter what your age. As low-impact as Isometric Weight Loss Exercise is, always check with your physician before starting a new regimen. Your Doctor can easily explain the mechanics of Isometrics.
Stated simply, Isometrics are a series of muscle contractions that increase muscle tension within the already existing muscle length. No machinery except your own body is involved, yet you expend energy and burn calories by maintaining the contractions. There is no age limitation: whether you are forty-five or seventy-five, combining the three key elements mentioned above will work for you.
The aerobic component can be as simple as taking a ten minute walk, at whatever pace is comfortable for you. Swimming and bicycling are also great approaches, but walking is usually the easiest way to start.
Choose whatever you enjoy, but the fact is that you need to burn the calories you take in. Learn the simple techniques, which also include rhythmic, oxygenating, breathing, set aside ten to fifteen minutes each day to practice what you learned in the comfort of your own home, usually in a chair or on the floor, and in whatever outfit suits your mood, and give it a week. You will be pleasantly amazed at the swift and measurable results.
Add simple changes to you dietary habits and you have all the tools you need. Once you start seeing the results, you can even indulge you junk food desires on a moderate basis. You are busy, and your health is priceless: isometric weight loss exercise will work when diets never have.
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