Weight Loss FAQ
August 21st, 2008 by Go Weblog
What because my weight loss web sites gain other esteem, I espy myself answering more and more emails with questions about various weight loss programs and spare diet tips. I have noticed that many of these questions about weight loss are very much the same to one another. Then, I have put together a list of the ten most frequently asked questions on diets and weight loss.
1. What is the best diet plan or weight loss program? My solution to this is simpleany diet that provides each and every the nutrition that you need for health, and in addition, provides fewer calories than your body burns. While this may not happen the plea you wanted to hearken, the fact is there is no one weight loss program that is best for the whole world, you prerequisite inquiry the various weight loss plans and find the one that is highest for you. Honest cause sure your diet is a healthy diet.
2. How much should I weigh? Your give medical treatment can solve that question most accurately. More important than how plenteous you contemplate is your trunk cadaver mass index (bmi), which measures your height against your weight? There are lots of free bmi calculators all over the internet.
3. How can I keep unavailable bad the weight that I miss? The best way to lose weight is piece by piece. Most weight loss experts would agree that 1-2 pounds per week is the best rate to lose weight. On the assumption that you miss weight gradually and re-educate both yourself and your body about food, you’ll retain accept a beneficial start. The secret to keeping weight unavailable bad is to compensate for your exertion needs with your food intake. Eat enough calories to supply your body’s
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August 9th, 2008 by Go Weblog
Here are a couple of quick and easy ways to reduce the calories your child consumes:
Change to diet drinks
When I counsel my patients and their families, I stress the importance of making small changes slowly to maximize your chances of long-term success. A relatively small change that offers great rewards is simply changing from regular sugared drinks to sugar-free.
Every 8-12 ounce serving of a sugared drink (like regular soda, juices, powdered flavored drinks, etc.) contains 140 to 180 calories. Four sugared drinks can have as many calories as a Big Mac!
Only eat at the table
Most junk food snacking is done either on the couch or on the run. Make a rule that all food must be eaten while seated at the table.
If your child is watching television and wants a snack, she’ll have to get up and eat in the kitchen. This can translate into less snacking as well as less time in front of the tube.
Drink lots of water
Have your child drink a glass of water just before sitting down to eat snacks and meals.
Drinking a glass of water first will help the stomach send your child the “I’m full” signal quicker and should cut down on second and third helpings.
Cutting out needless calories is a great first step in helping your child achieve longer term goals of weight control and physical fitness. Make sure that you discuss any weight management program with your health care professional.
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Tags: calorie, child, diet, health, healthy, kid, nutrition, obese, obesity, over weight, overweightUse It or Lose It!
August 5th, 2008 by Go Weblog
Who can forget that song from the 1980s about nobody walking in L.A? It turns out that far too many seemingly took it to heart. People just don’t walk that much these dayslet alone bicycle, swim or engage in other forms of movement that does a body good. America has become a car driving, desk riding, TV watching, video game playing, Internet surfing, elevator taking, fast food eating society. Is it any wonder that we are fighting a veritable epidemic of obesity, when pressing the buttons on the TV remote, clicking the mouse, and handing the fast food drive-thru clerk money is the extent of our “exercise.”
Researchers, again, have recently underscored the severity of the problem this lack of activity is posting to our nation’s collective health. According to an October 2005 press release issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health, a recent Framingham Heart Study shows that “we [Americans] could have an even more serious degree of overweight and obesity over the next few decades” and that “If the trend continues, our country will continue to face substantial health problems related to excess weight.” In response to these findings, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D. boils it down to this: “taking simple steps to make sure that the overall the number of calories you consume do not exceed the amount you burn can play a major role in lowering your risk for many chronic conditions. How is this done? You guessed itexercise!
Even with the knowledge of study findings and other health news-making events, it seemingly goes in one ear and out the other. People continue on the same unhealthy track despite medical warnings about lack of activity. The study’s leading researcher and Boston University Medical Professor, Dr. Ramachandran Vasan, cited a litany of dramatic, life-altering conditions that can be experienced from lack of activity. Even with the threat of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and osteoarthritis, most of us still do not budge from the sofa unless we absolutely, positively have to.
For those who really do wish they were more active, it can, admittedly, be difficult to put that desire into action. In today’s fast paced society, many of us cannot find time to sit down as a family for dinner let alone get in the car and drive to and from the gym. Even with the best of intentions, many with home gym equipment end up using the devices as (very expensive) clothes racks. With enough stuff piled on it and shielding it from view, perhaps they don’t feel guilty when passing it by on the way from the couch to the refrigerator to bed.
Others who do have the time to get to the gym may feel intimidated by all of the strange equipment. Some feel uncomfortable next to the cute girl in spandex who looks like she doesn’t even belong at the gym, not to mention the beefy guy snarling in front of the mirror as his biceps appear poised to explode. And, while some can afford to hire a personal trainer, many must venture into this unfamiliar territory on their own. This can lead to ineffective workouts, a serial lack of motivation or, worse, injuries. Soon after any of these events, enthusiasm naturally drops and it’s just your credit or debit card that it’s getting a workout as the gym continues to charge - whether you show up or not.
On the upside (sort of), the spike in gasoline prices has got a few people moving a bit more. Recent news reports indicate more people riding their bicycles to work and, yes, even walking! So if medical advice is not enough motivation, maybe a dent in our collective pocketbooks is enough to get America on its feet.
At the end of the day, it’s all about making time for something you want - make that NEED - to do. Even a minimal amount of time and effort can make a real difference when compared to no body movement whatsoever. In this case, something is indeed better than nothing.
Child health advocate, weight-loss industry veteran and former bodybuilding champion Merilee A. Kern is co-founder and CEO of Healthy Kids’ Catalog
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