Enjoy The Benefits From Weight Loss!
September 11th, 2008 by Go Weblog
To state the obvious, there are great benefits from losing weight. Though losing weight is not easy, the long-term effects would probably be of help to anyone considering to shed those unwanted and unhealthy pounds.
Here are a few of the remarkable advantages from losing weight.
1. Weight loss prevents high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke
That is a three-in-one benefit from losing weight. It is a fact that heart disease and stroke are one of the primary reasons for disability and death in both men and women in the US. People who are overweight have a higher risk to have high levels of cholesterol in their blood stream as well as triglycerides (also known as blood fat).
By decreasing your weight by a mere five to ten percent, it could positively decrease the chances of having or developing heart disease or a stroke. Plus, how your heart functions would also improve as well as your blood pressure, cholesterol and triglyceride count will decrease.
2. Weight loss prevents type 2 diabetes
Both types of diabetes, type one and type two are linked with being overweight. To those who already have diabetes, regular exercise and weight loss could help in controlling your blood sugar levels as well as the medication you may be currently taking. Increase your physical activity. You could simply walk, jog or dance. It helps get those blood streams moving as well as lose those unnecessary pounds.
3. Weight loss helps reduce your risk for cancer
Being overweight is linked to various types of cancer. Specially for women, the common types of cancer that is associated with being overweight include cancer of the uterus, gallbladder, ovary, breast, and colon. Men are at risk too from developing cancer if they are overweight. These include cancer of the colon, prostate and rectum. Extra weight, a diet high in fat and cholesterol should as much as possible be avoided.
4. Weight loss reduces/eliminates sleep apnea
Sleep apnea is a condition where one could temporarily stop breathing for a brief period and then would continue to snore heavily. Sleep apnea could cause drowsiness or sleepiness during the day and - because of being overweight - could result in heart failure. Weight loss could help eliminate this problem.
5. Weight loss reduces the pain of osteoarthritis
When one is overweight, the joints of knees, hips and lower back would have to exert double - if not triple - effort to carry the body through out his / her waking, walking and moving life. Weight loss decreases the load these joints carry and thus decreasing the pain of one who has osteoarthritis.
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The Secrets Behind Losing Weight Effectively and Safely!
July 19th, 2008 by Go Weblog
Fitness and nutrition go hand in hand. You can’t go out and expect to work out or “get fit” if you are not providing your body with the proper nutrition; you won’t get the results that you want. You will wonder why you still look the same or weigh the same even though you are swimming, biking, or jogging an hour everyday. (Well, I think it is safe to say you won’t get through an hour of any of these exercises if you aren’t getting at least some of the essential nutrients your body needs.)
Fitness is your ability to perform a physical activity. Everyone has limits to their fitness, like being on a certain “fitness level”. Fitness is easy once you get the health part down. You can train fitness and once you feel good, you can improve your body and make it as fit as you want it to be. Fitness levels range from people who get winded upon rising to people who can run a marathon in 2 hours and 15 minutes ( and that is a woman’s time!).
Health is how balanced all of your systems are. The nervous, muscular, skeletal, circulatory, digestive, lymphatic, and hormonal are your body’s systems. Mental and emotional well-being are a part of this also (Just nutrition alone can help do wonders for all of these systems.)
If you are healthy and fit your performance as a human increases. Human performances like creating and maintaining relationships with other people, increasing productivity and creativity are just some examples of human performance. You may be thinking of “winning a gold medal” as an example of human performance and while that is an example of course, even more important is the example of having the energy to spend time with your family or friends. Human performance to you should mean being happy and alive and feeling good enough to do the things you want to do everyday. This should be important to everyone! This is the most essential part of a good life!
A wonderful way to exercise whether you are advanced or just starting out is in water. In sports water therapy is often used in training rooms, where athletes are using it to rehabilitate an injury. Unless you are a swimmer, everyone should use water training as a supplement to their fitness routine. I use it to supplement my running. It gives my body a day off, but a day when I am still working on my cardiorespiratory system. The water creates resistance that I work against, without injuring or straining muscles. I find that even when I am sore from other training, by taking a water day, I am speeding up my recovery process from a typical training day (running and lifting weights). In one session of water training, I am stretching, improving balance and muscle tone!
Even if you aren’t advanced, pool training can be so beneficial. If you are overweight, even the slightest bit, jogging or walking can injure you. You will get “shin splints” or knee pain, or something else. Starting out running to lose weight is not a very wise choice. Swimming and water workouts are one of your best bets to lose some weight without injuring you.
By running in deep water and using upper and lower body movements, you can burn 400-500 calories in about an hour. Walking in chest deep water requires the body to do more work than if you were walking on land; therefore, you are burning more calories and getting a better workout just by walking in water with no stress to your joints!
Running in water can be done with a jog belt or without one, as long as you try to maintain your regular running form the best you can. You could even run in the chest deep water. I like running because there is no stress involved; however, it may take you sometime to get accustomed to it if you haven’t been working out regularly. That is why it is important to take your time and get comfortable to the feel of the water. Make sure you are at a pool with someone watching you in case you push yourself too hard!
There are also aerobic classes that are available at most recreation pools. These are good to use as a pre-cursor to water running. Don’t forget swimming. Swimming is another excellent way of losing weight. When I was overweight, I swam for about an hour a day before I could start running again. At first I had to take breaks, but the more I swam the more my body adapted to swimming and I became quite good after a while. Of course, I started to enjoy it once I was able to do it well.
Remember you don’t have to go to the gym to get fit. Being outside and just walking can sometimes be all that you need. So remember to keep it fun and interesting!
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July 1st, 2008 by Go Weblog
One of the most common misconceptions about dieting is that if you want to lose weight all you have to do is eat fewer calories then your body burns. Now don’t get me wrong, eating fewer calories will reduce your bodyweight in the short-term, but if that is all you do then you are looking at limiting your success. The human body is a very adaptable machine and will make adjustments to maintain a state of balance. Simply put, only reducing the amount of calories you eat a day will cause your body to eventually slow down the metabolism to a point where it only burn’s the amount of calories that you consume.
So what do you need to do to insure long-term success in your weight loss program? First of all you will need to make sure that you add both diet and exercise to your program. Excluding either one of these will limit your success and keep you from achieving your full potential.
The next step is to change up the diet so that the body is unable to adapt. The best way to confuse the body is to add a cheat meal at the end of the week. The cheat meal allows you to reward yourself by eating anything that you want. The great side effects of the cheat meal are that you emotionally set yourself up in a position to stick to your diet and you also confuse the body so that the metabolism becomes a fat burning machine.
Other key tips and tricks you will want to use to boost your metabolism are:
1. Eat at least six meals a day - If you eat only once or twice a day you body is going to slow down the metabolism to accommodate the infrequent feedings. When you eat six small meals a day your body gets the nutrients it needs while avoiding the “starvation period”.
2. Eat complex carbohydrates such as potatoes, yams and brown rice earlier in the day.
3. Switch to fibrous carbohydrates such as broccoli, salad, green beans for the later meals.
4. Eat fruit earlier in the day.
5. Avoid processed foods and sugars
6. Drink lots of water - Water passes nutrients and waste to and from the cells. You will want to try and drink at least a gallon of water a day.
Tying it all together
Dieting is not complicated but it does require discipline. There are a lot of programs and supplements out there promising amazing results with very little effort. From my experience the only program that really works is the good ol’ diet and exercise routine. The key rule to keep in mind is that if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.
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