Achieving your weight loss goals will not only require a change in your diet, increased physical activity, but also a change in the behaviors and beliefs that may have blocked you from reaching your goals in the past. Your mindset and motivation are just as important as food and exercise in achieving your weight loss goals.
What are the first thoughts and feelings that come to your mind when you think of yourself going on a diet or going to the gym? The first thing you need to do is throw out your old dieting mentality and think of your journey as a lifestyle change. Do not think of it as something that starts and then stops. That type of thinking does not serve you. Continue Reading »
Making small changes in the way you eat can help you shed unwanted pounds and lead to long term success in managing your weight. Try to incorporate the following healthy eating tips into your day and you will be amazed at what a difference these small changes can make in helping you achieve your weight loss goals.
1. Portion control is a highly effective way for you to control the calories you consume while still being able to enjoy the foods you love. Enjoying the foods you love in healthy portions and in moderation prevents feelings of deprivations. When you do not feel deprived, you can stick to your healthy eating plans for the long term. Continue Reading »
If you are obese, chances are you are not happy about your obesity even though you do your best to pretend otherwise. It is never too late to lose weight and the only thing that holds you back is laziness. Remember, this is something nobody can do for you, so GET UP AND LETS GO TO WORK, OK? Losing weight is difficult in the beginning but very soon it becomes routine and then the pounds start to drop if you stick with your plan. Many people make losing weight their New Year’s resolution and many do take steps towards achieving that. Gym memberships go up as well as the sale of exercise equipment. Unfortunately too many give up before they reach their goals when they don’t see quick results. This article describes a few simple things you can do to stay motivated.
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Weight loss with green juice and water is not a fad diet. If you are looking for quick weight loss look elsewhere. If you are looking for a healthy and gradual weight loss consider green juice and water. Green tea is also beneficial for dieting, but, we are talking about green juice. There is a difference.
The green juice I’m referring to is made mostly from green vegetables. Some formulations include forms of green algae and other include grains. I have seen formulation recommending green fruits as well. All of the above mentioned green juice formulations are beneficial to your health. I am talking about green tea from green vegetables. Continue Reading »
Done correctly, cardio exercise can be an extremely effective tool to living life lean. But that certainly doesn’t mean you have to engage in hours upon hours of mindless and unproductive sessions like so many people do… But check this out: I recently read one of the most inspiring books I have ever read. And trust me that says a lot, because I’ve read LOTS of books! It’s called “Ultra-Marathon Man” by Dean Karnazes. Now as I said, you don’t need to do hours and hours of cardio to live life lean, yet this book tells an incredible story about what LIVING life is all about… See, at 30 years old Dean Karnazes hadn’t run in over 15 years. He had an all around successful life living in beautiful SanFrancisco: happy marriage, two children, nice home, great career, financially successful, luxury car…etc, etc Continue Reading »
Why do people automatically think of starvation when talking about dieting? Not all diets require painful physical effort on your part. Actually, the diets that work are the ones you don’t even think about. They become part of your everyday lifestyle. The only thing you need to worry about is eating fewer calories than you normally do to go along with exercising enough to burn off those calories. Continue Reading »
This is a question healthy and in shape individuals must ponder all the time. After all, they are in shape how hard could it be? Well, I can answer this question very simply. WE LOVE FOOD!
People who do not struggle with their weight simply see food as a necessity to stop their hunger pangs. Overweight people however have an addiction to food. Some people might think what I am about to say is a bit far fetched but I believe that food addiction is the hardest of all to break! My simple reasoning is that we all need food. We cannot live without it. This is like asking someone who is struggling with alcoholism to have just half a beer, 3 times a day! Continue Reading »
Food apart from being a necessity and one of the most important basic needs is also a thing of delight. It is surprising to note that in the modern times the youth all over the world spend an exorbitant amount on food or to be more precise on “eating out”. If and when something special happens in the life of a person, he or she shares his or her happiness with others by giving them a treat which usually means that the said person will arrange for edibles for his or her friends and well wishers. Continue Reading »
Many people are surprised to learn that they can lose weight simply by eating certain types of foods. How is this possible, you ask? Everyone knows that if you burn more calories then you take in you will burn excess body fat. The problem is most people go about this the wrong way by cutting to many calories only to find out that their metabolism begins to slow down because of the lack of caloric energy. Continue Reading »
If you’ve ever tried to lose weight by starving yourself then you already know that not only does this not work, but it actually backfires, and usually makes you GAIN weight. When you try to go for extended periods of time without eating (more than four or five hours) you’re basically working against your body. Not Smart. See, eating is natural. It’s instinctive. We are hard wired as human beings to eat. So what normally happens when someone tries to starve themselves is they eventually end up succumbing to their natural instincts, and instead of eating… They binge eat! Now here’s where it gets even worse: When this happens someone might believe that they “failed” and they need to develop more “discipline” or “will power.” Continue Reading »