Weight loss has always been a hot topic issue but in the day and age we live in it’s become much more than just an “issue”, a necessity for the constantly rising number of overweight individuals in our society.
Some of you might be reading this and saying to yourself why is he stating the obvious and repeating what nearly every weight loss commercial has said for the past 5 to 10 years? Isn’t he going to help? Of course I am. But I’m not going to make bold claims of rapid weight loss or being able to eat all you want. You will need to alter your lifestyle but after reading this article you’ll be well on your way to a healthier, slimmer you and most importantly it will be so easy you’ll wonder why you weren’t doing this all along.
1. Get up and off of your couch and get active. I know it’s not what you wanted to hear but it is the single most important aspect of a weight loss plan. Get active doesn’t mean that you have to start running marathons or lifting ridiculous amounts of weights, it simply means that you must do an activity that will increase the speed of your metabolism in order for your body to create a caloric deficit. Did you know something as simple as a brisk walk can burn nearly 500 calories if done for an hour? See what I’m trying to show you is that you don’t have to be an elite athlete you just have to pick an activity that you like because then and only then will you continue to do it!
2. I touched on this in the first tip but now I will elaborate. Create a caloric deficit! I know some of you might be sitting there and asking yourself, what exactly does that mean? It simply means that you must burn more calories then you are putting into your body. I know many of you already know this but I bet most of our society doesn’t know how to achieve it. The simplest way is to use a proven mathematical formula. If you are looking for a moderate weight loss you would multiply your current bodyweight by 12 and that would give you your daily caloric requirements.
If your body is ultra resistant you can go as low as 10 times your bodyweight. The second method and the one I recommend is to find your daily caloric value by eating a certain amount of calories each week and finding the number where you don’t gain or lose any weight and deduct 500 calories from that number. Whether you use exercise, diet or both to create the deficit is up to you but it must be done in order for you to lose weight!
In addition to the two tips in this article you should try to drink as close to a gallon of water a day as you can and try to stop eating two to three hours before you go to sleep. If you adhere to the tips in this article, you will undoubtedly be on your way to your ideal weight.
By: Michael Russell
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January 2nd, 2010Posted in Article
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Dieting Made Easy
December 17th, 2009
Unlike other diet regimens that require you to sacrifice calories, carbohydrates, fats, and whatnot, the calorie shifting diet does not require to make any sacrifices at all. It does not require you to learn self-restraint, change your old habits, or engage in self-denial. The calorie shifting diet is made easy to follow.
On this diet, you can eat as much food as you want at each meal until you are satisfied, but not too full. You are required to eat food from all four food groups while on this diet. In fact, you are required to eat four full meals every day.
All you have to do is generate a personalized meal plan that you will follow for a period of 11-days (the significance of the number 11 is explained later), in accordance with the principles of calorie shifting. In other words, the choice of foods you eat at each meal determines what you are allowed to eat at every other meal for the next 11 days. You are rotationally shifting what types of calories you consume at each meal.
Research has shown that it is possible to manipulate your body’s metabolism at will and induce weight loss through fat burning, simply by withholding and reintroducing certain nutrients from your diet at set intervals. If done in the proper way, you can literally trick your body’s metabolism into compensating for a perceived nutritional deficit by tapping into your body’s fat reserves.
While on this diet, you can expect to lose 9 pounds every 11 days. One distinguishing feature of this diet is that you are required to take a mandatory 3-day break, often referred to as a “cheat break”, from this diet every 2 weeks. Hence, in every 14-day period, you follow the diet for 11 days and rest for 3 days before you resume it again.
By: Hyder Khan
How to Lose Stomach Fat Quickly – Stomach Fat Loss Made Easy
November 13th, 2009
Let’s face it, losing stomach fat isn’t easy! Men and women alike struggle with losing stomach fat for various reasons. Usually our stomachs are one of the last places on our bodies where we lose fat which can make it more difficult to lose. For women, issues with hormones and pregnancy can make losing stomach fat even more difficult.
The good news is that losing stomach fat doesn’t have to be as difficult as it may seem. Part of the problem is that most people approach their stomachs incorrectly, focusing on sit-up and crunches, lots of cardio and low fat or low calorie diets. While these things will help to a point, they are not the best way to tackle belly bulge. Here are some tips on how to lose stomach fat quickly and get the sleek, toned stomach that you want.
One mistake that most people make is doing tons of sit-ups and crunches thinking that it will help them to drop the fat from their stomachs. Here’s the deal, though. While sit-ups will help you to build your stomach muscles, they don’t do anything to get rid of the fat that you carry in your midsection. That means that while you may have awesome stomach muscles they are hidden away under a layer of fat so you can’t see them.
To combat this most people try doing cardio. Now, cardio is a great way to burn a lot of calories, but it is not the best way to get rid of stomach fat. Rather than focusing your efforts solely on cardio you should work on adding lean muscle mass to your body. See, muscle takes a lot more energy for your body to maintain than fat does.
To give your muscles the energy they need your body burns calories. That means that the more lean muscle you have in your body the more calories you are going to burn. Even better is that you don’t just burn extra calories while you are working out, but even while you are sitting around watching TV or sleeping as well. Lean muscle will boost your metabolism and help the fat start to melt away.
To get the biggest impact focus on adding muscle to the biggest muscle groups in your body like your legs and backside. A great way to do this is by doing lunges and squats. And ladies, don’t worry – you won’t bulk up when you add muscle. Instead your body will become sleek and toned, much like the bodies of models and celebrities.
Finally, you need to take a look at your diet to get the best fat loss results. Starvation diets, low fat and low carb aren’t the answer to losing stomach fat. The problem is that most traditional diets focus on losing weight rather than losing fat, and that means you can lose both lean muscle and water weight along with fat.
Not only that, but most diets don’t give your body enough calories and as a result your metabolism slows down. That makes it harder to lose weight and easier to put it back on when you go back to eating normally.
By: Beth Larson