Weight Loss
Anyone Struggling to Lose the Last Few Pounds?
I’m still struggling to loose the last 15 pounds I want to get rid of. I can’t believe it’s so hard for me to lose 15 pounds. I have been trying so hard for about 1 year now. I’m doing exercise regularly 4-5 days a week and am watching what I eat. But it seems I can’t lose that stubborn 15 pounds. Help!!! What’s wrong with me? I’m not sure why.
My weight has been stable for about 3 years. I want to achieve my desired goal of weighing 100lbs but it seems so hard. The reason why I want to loose 15 pounds is because I’m not that tall. I’m only 4″11 and I think 100lbs is the best weight for my small frame. What do ya’ll think? Read More
Reasons To Create Your Own Diet Meals
Did I tell you that I quit the Nutrisystem program a few weeks a go. Why? not because the program was bad, but because I want to challenge myself. I found interesting that the food provided by certain diet programs was actually similar to the food that I eat regularly. So I’m thinking why I need to spend money while I can find my own way and create my own diet meals. Okay I confess, the honest reason is actually because I’m too stingy to spend money. It hurts my heart when I have to pay $300 a month just to get the same food that I believe I can make it my own.
Its a lot cheaper and you can be more fun because you won’t get bored to eat the same food over and over for a year. If you eat the same food all the time, like vaccines, your body will be immune. In that case, YES! you will loose weight, not because of the program, but because you are tired of the food and you don’t want to eat it anymore. Just to see the food makes you lose your appetite (heheeh…… that’s my theory ). Read More
10 Powerful Tips to Lose Extra Weight Fast
To lose extra weight fast, it doesn’t require miracles, potions, and secrets. All it takes is the proper mindset that you CAN do it and understanding simple principles that are very easy to adapt to. Here are 10 powerful tips to lose extra weight fast.
- Do not focus on REDUCING the amount of calories you take in. Focus on BURNING off calories in order to lose extra weight fast. Dramatically reducing the amount of calories your body needs will slow down your metabolism…which will then lead to stored fat.
- Don’t jump in to a healthy lifestyle full speed ahead. Learn and comprehend everything first dealing with getting your body in better shape. Know what is right for YOU and your body.
- Focus more on building muscle as building lean muscle will burn more calories…even while you rest.
- Eat 6 small healthy meals daily.
- Exercise first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. Read More
Nutrisystem Review
I joined Nutrisystem weight loss program 3 months ago and I will give Nutrisystem a big thumbs up. Believe it or not, in 5 days, I lost 5 pounds. And in 2 months I lost 10 pounds. The combination of less calories, well proportioned food from Nutrisystem and a 5 times a week work out speed up the weight loss process. The process of joining Nutrisystem is hassle free. All the information can be found in Nutrisystem user friendly website. Nutrisystem is divided into 7 programs where you can select the one that suit you best. The programs are :
- Women’s Program
- Men’s Program : A program that is tailored for men
- Women’s Silver Program : A program that specifically for older women who want a convenient way to slim down
- Men’s Silver Programs : A program that designed to help older men shed pounds simply and conveniently
- Women’s Diabetic Program : A program that designed specifically for women with Type 2 Diabetes.
- Men’s Diabetic Program : A meal plan for men with Type 2 Diabetes
- Vegetarian Program : A program for vegetarians Read More
My Favorite Weight Loss Workouts
I learned that dieting alone is not enough. Combining your diet with the right exercise will absolutely help increase your metabolism and speed up the weight loss process. Not only does it help you shed the unwanted pounds but it also gives you more confidence. You will feel good about yourself, healthier, stronger, happier. You will have more energy to face your daily life.
Doing an exercise doesn’t mean that you need to hire a professional trainer, go to the gym or join a yoga class. You can do exercise anywhere, anytime on any budget. The only thing you need to have is “will.”
If you do your exercise, do not focus too much that your do it because you want to loose weight. Don’t pressure yourself too much. Do your exercise in happy way and enjoy it. Believe me you will feel good about it. Do your exercise because you “want to” and not because you “have to”. Read More
Diet Exercise
Diet and exercise go hand in hand when it comes to healthful weight loss. Many of us know this to be true yet have a difficult time incorporating both into our lives. We live busy hectic lives and sometimes eating properly is replaced by eating whatever we can find in a hurry. We know that taking the stairs or parking farther away from the store can be great ways to burn a few more calories on a daily basis, but with tight schedules, we may not be able to do this.
Coming up with good ideas for a diet exercise plan can be difficult, but I’m here to help! Here are some rules that will help you incorporate proper diet and exercise into your life and set you on a path to better health, energy and weight loss.
Rule Number One
- Plan ahead!
In order to eat properly throughout the day on a consistent basis, you need to get in the habit of planning ahead.
There’s nothing worse than setting out to make a healthful meal and realizing that you are missing one or two ingredients. So close, yet so far! To avoid this, make sure you plan your menu for the week and make a shopping list based on the menu. Try to plan for five days at a time which will allow you to keep fresh produce on hand at all times.
As well, keep a magnetic pad on the fridge with a pencil handy so that you may write things down as you run out. When you make the actual list, categorize each section of the store which will make shopping a breeze. Don’t you just hate having to go back and forth across that giant super center when you’ve missed something important on the list? Of course, I suppose this could be considered exercise. Read More
The Zone Diet
About the Zone Diet
The Zone Diet (www.zonediet.com)
was developed by Dr. Barry Sears. The diet itself is set up to give moderate amounts of the three major nutrients: protein, fat and carbohydrate. By doing this, Dr. Sears believes that the zone diet will balance and stabilize the three major hormones or hormone types: insulin, glucagons and eicosanoids. In addition, Dr. Sears believes that zone diet food is capable of controlling gene expression by turning on or off particular genes.
- The Plan
The basic concept is that based on your daily protein needs, to stay in the diet zone you will eat a balance of protein, fat and carbohydrate throughout the day using three meals and a few snacks. These are measured in blocks. A block of protein is roughly 1 ounce of meat. As a rule of thumb, women will have three blocks, or three ounces of lean meat and men will have four ounce of lean meat per meal. You then use equal blocks of fat and carbohydrate. Read More