Henry The Health Hound

What Will Help Me Lose Weight ?

Henry — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:40:12 +0000

The Health Hound Sniffs Out the Truth About Dieting and Weight Loss

Take a look at the gorgeous curves and washboard abs gleaming out at you from the cover of any number of men’s and women’s magazines on the newsstands, and you probably think to yourself, what will help me lose weight, and look like that? But the truth is those magazines paint a very unrealistic picture of what it means to be in shape and healthy.

In a country facing an obesity epidemic, and an astronomical rise in diabetes and cardiovascular disease, many people want to know “what can help me lose weight.” Those perfect bods presented by these Athenas and Adonises seem an ideal that few can aspire to – let alone achieve. But the truth is, you do not have to look like you just walked off of the cover of Cosmo, nor starve yourself, or spend hours upon hour in the gym to answer the question “help me lose weight now.” There are many ways to lose weight quickly, and at the same time, improve your overall health, and add years to life and life to your years!

We may not ever develop the strength, and stamina, or looks of a star athlete, but if you want to lose weight for your wedding, if you want to lose weight in your own home, if you want to get healthy and stay healthy at any age, you can take a page from their training manual. For the athlete, or trainer, it is all about achieving Peak Performance. Peak Performance at its most basic definition means the ability to do your best at a specific task. For athletes it means being able to not only compete at the highest of levels, but to achieve a “personal best” – to get the most out of their body’s, and themselves. That means setting clear goals, having a winning attitude – and putting only the best “fuel” in the engine as possible. With those three basic thoughts in mind, anybody can achieve peak performance at any age.

49-year-old Champion mountain bike racer Keith Sanders says, “Your mental fitness is as important as your physical fitness, and age is no barrier to staying fit or achieving your goals. You just have to believe there are no real ‘can’ts’ in life, just obstacles.”

Fueling Up

Peak performance in your body is just like peak performance in your car’s engine. If you want to lose weight quickly and safely, what you put in matters. So put down the donut, and read on.

First, let’s get an idea of how “out of shape” you might be. The quickest and easiest way to determine if you are “overweight” is though Body Mass Index, or BMI. BMI technically is a measure of how much mass your heart has to pump blood through, but basically it is a snapshot way to look at your body fat based on your height and weight. You can find a BMI calculator at the National Institutes of Health website, http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/. If you scored in the normal weight range, great you’re cool – but if you’re like most people you probably hit the overweight, or even the obese range. If you fall into either of those categories its a good idea to bring that number down. The bad news is there are only two ways to do that, grow taller, or lose weight.

But how is all that going to help me lose weight fast? The good news is; it is not as hard as you might think to shed 10 pounds in only two or three weeks. In some cases a loss of just 10 pounds is enough to drop someone from the “Overweight” range to the normal. For example a person who is 5’9 175 lbs. would have a BMI of 25.8 which puts them in the “overweight” category – that same person at 165 lbs. would score 24.4 – in the “normal” range.

Out with the Bad in With the Good

So how can you help me lose weight right now? The best way to get that BMI down, get healthy, and stay healthy is to start with as clean a slate as possible, and that means detoxification. Detoxification is the way to cleanse your body of accumulated substances from processed or junk foods and other toxins such as caffeine, nicotine and alcohol. Now don’t worry, we are not suggesting that you need to go spend two weeks drinking grass at a retreat somewhere. You just need to cut down on the coffee, booze, saturated fats, and sugar. A classic detoxification diet goes hand-in-hand with a diet that will improve your health overall.

In other words, the same recommendations that can detoxify your body can also help you lose weight and lower your cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure. A two-week detoxification starts with drinking water, and lots of it, at least two to three liters a day. An easy way to accomplish this? Try substitutng a glass of water for at least two cups of coffee and/or soda per day.

Other ways to detox over the next two weeks include:

Cut Out the Booze. It may be rough, but abstaining for two weeks will lower your triglycerides, and could help lead to weight loss. Like most of the recommendations you will find in this report, cutting out or down on alcohol has a ripple effect. Drinking usually goes along with eating junk food and salty snacks, cut out the drink and you cut down on the junk.

Say Goodbye to The Sweets. Having a “sweet tooth” isn’t just an expression – it’s a genetic reality. Our brains are wired to crave sugar. It’s been found that sugar stimulates the same “pleasure centers” in the brain as morphine. But the “high” comes with a “high” price, such as “high” cholesterol and “high” blood pressure, since most of the foods laden with sugar, are also loaded with fat and cholesterol. The key to cutting down on sugar intake is not so much in cutting out the obvious like cakes and Snickers bars, that is not where most of us get “sugared up” anyway. You need to avoid the “sneaky” added sugars like high fructose corn syrup that manufacturers load into all sorts of prepared foods, including breads, pasta, ketchup, and salad dressing. Sugar is not always obvious. Look for things on the label like sucrose, or anything else ending in “-ose”, dextrin, and malt, or corn syrup – these are all sugar. To wean your body off of sugar – try using spices such as cinnamon, or almond, or vanilla extract to sweeten foods and beverages. Feed your craving for sweets with fruits. The fiber and antioxidants will again have added benefits and help you achieve your goal of peak performance.

Boot the “Bad Fats”. You have heard the drill; there are “good fats” and “bad fats”. The bad guys are the saturated fats which are in many of our favorites, such as beef and most animal products and full-fat dairy products, and the man-made bogeymen; trans-fat and hydrogenated fats. You know how some products seem like they can stay on the shelf forever? Usually that’s because of trans-fats. The problem is once the stuff gets into our bodies, it’s damn hard to get rid of too. Let’s not get confusing with the alphabet soup, but as you have probably heard there are two kinds of cholesterol, one “good” one “bad”. Saturated fats raise the “bad” kind (LDL). The nasty trans-fats, not only raise the “bad” cholesterol, they decrease the “good” (HDL). Switch from cream to low fat, or skim milk, stop the “add-ons” like mayo and butter. Of course the rich desserts have to go. If you have an uncontrollable urge for a piece of chocolate cake, or hunk of pie, try this: instead drink a large glass of water and set a timer for 10 minutes, by then the craving should pass – and if it does not, go for half the portion you would normally take.

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Superfood!

OK, so maybe you instinctively know that there are some foods that are better for us than others. But, how will that help me lose weigh fast? Well, did you know that increasing the consumption of certain foods could boost your immune system, reduce stress, combat disease, and lengthen your life? They are the group of foods collectively known as Superfoods. Some superfoods will come as no surprise. Remember how your mom always told you to eat your broccoli? Seems she knew what clinical studies have now proven. Broccoli is one of the most potent superfoods there is. Others may surprise you such as beans and certain nuts.

What makes them so super? Superfoods may not dress up in tights and capes, but many of them are rather colorful and easy to spot. That’s because one of the things that all superfoods have in common are phytochemicals. Phytochemicals are the substances that give plants their color, their nutrition, and their disease resistance. Also it goes without saying that all superfoods are “all natural”. You will not find anything processed or refined in a superfood. The other attributes that all superfoods have in common are antioxidants, high nutrition, and fiber. It’s a triple punch that adds up to peak performance.

As a group, all of the superfoods contain key nutrients that have been found in study after study to maximize health. Yet these are the same nutrients that are lacking in the diets of most Americans. The superfoods are rich in Vitamins A, B, and C. Critical minerals such as folate, magnesium, and potassium are found in the superfoods as are the “good fats” such as Omega 3’s and Gamma-Linolenic Acid.

Examples of superfoods include:

Green Tea
Tart Cherries
Blueberries
Wheat Germ
Dark Chocolate – not milk chocolate – it must be dark chocolate to have any health benefits, with at least 80% Cocoa
Broccoli
Beans
Pumpkin
Spinach

Don’t Panic – Go Organic

Toxic tomatoes, poisoned peanut butter, lethal lettuce. It seems like hardly a day goes by that the news isn’t shouting about another food recall. Well don’t panic – buy organic.

First lets define organic. There really is not an official definition of the term organic. Organic refers to the way food is grown or processed, not the food itself. Generally any food can be called organic if it has been grown or produced using all natural and no synthetic means. In other words, any food or product that has been grown or created without the addition of chemical pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, hormones, antibiotics, or artificial or chemical additives of any kind is considered “organic”. Organic fruits, vegetables, grains, and other plant products must be free from genetic engineering or the use of radiation. An organic wine can only have the trace amounts of naturally occurring sulfites, and cannot contain added sulfites. When the term “organic” is found on food products, it is assumed that at least 95% of the product uses organic ingredients.

True, organic foods do cost a little more – but if you care about your health and the health of the planet there are a lot of very good reasons to use them. We are living in a “toxic soup”. Every day we are exposed to known cancer causing chemicals and heavy metals in the water we drink, the foods we eat, the very air we breathe. Using organic products not only minimizes our exposure to these toxins through ingestion, but organic farming and production techniques ensures that less of these chemical poisons are created as waste products that would otherwise wind up in the soil, ground water, rivers, lakes and oceans.

Organic foods taste wonderful. Organically grown produce that is not adulterated with hormones and chemical pesticides have the good green fresh taste that nature intended. Most people are amazed to experience what food “really” tastes like when they start switching over to organic.

It’s Not Only What You Eat, But How You Eat

In our “Super-Size” culture, most Americans also have no clue as to what a “normal” portion is. Instead of just crying out in frustration “help me lose weight fast, please!” Sometimes all you have to do is, cut back on the portion size. Without getting into a lengthy discussion of “how many ounces of lean meat” and “how many calories” should be on your plate, you can downsize by simply not continuing to eat until you feel you can’t take another bite, but only until you feel just about full. Or better yet, put out your normal portion of whatever, and cut it in half.

Also have a glass of water before and with every meal. Studies have found that drinking a glass of water before a meal reduced the amount of calories consumed in that meal by as much as 75 calories. That may not sound like a lot but 3 meals a day, 365 days a year, that’s over 82,000 calories or about 14 pounds on the average person.

It would be a great idea to cut out fast food from your diet altogether, but if that seems like a daunting task, try going every other day instead of running to the drive-thru for every meal, everyday. Skip the vending machine and replace between meal snacks with veggies or unsalted nuts. Have your biggest meal mid-day, and a smaller meal in the evening, with a light low-fat snack before bed.

What if you are a “Foodie”? Do you have to give up dining out? No – but consider:

Asking for whole grain instead of white breads, with olive oil instead of butter
Asking for skim rather than whole milk or cream
Asking for your salad dressing on the side
Asking the chef to cook your dish in olive oil rather than butter or other oils, and trim all visible fat from meat or poultry
Ordering your dish steamed, broiled, or baked whenever possible

Get Moving

What else will help me lose weight now? Sorry, here’s the one you were waiting for. I know you were hoping this was going to be one of those guides that said lose weight and get in shape without exercise. Sorry, that’s just not going to happen, remember the subtitle is “The Truth About Health and Fitness.”

Now that does not mean that you have to go out and join a gym, (although that is not a bad idea!) but you do need to get moving. You need to do something everyday at least once a day that raises a sweat.

15- 20 minutes a day of actual aerobic exercise is great, but if that is not you – then do yard work, wash your car, make love – anything that gets the heart pumping and the sweat pouring. Walking is great. Start out walking the first day for 15 minutes, build to 20 minutes the second, and up to 30 minutes a day by the third day. Once you are vigorously walking for 30 minutes every day you can burn 200 – 300 calories a day.

Of course sports are great, volleyball, tennis, basketball, or swimming – but again we do not expect you to go from a couch potato to an Olympian overnight, just find ways to be less sedentary and more active everyday. Consider:

Washing and waxing a car for 45-60 minutes

Washing windows or floors for 45-60 minutes
Gardening for 30-45 minutes
Raking leaves for 30 minutes
Pushing a stroller 1.5 miles in 30 minutes
Dancing fast (social) for 30 minutes

If you are starting to feel ambitious, as Arnold would say – “pump some iron”. Adding some weight training to your routine is great, not only for strength training, but muscle burns more calories than fat. The more lean muscle mass you have the more calories you burn. Your metabolism will soar, your BMI will drop, and you will start to look great too!

Weight Loss and Nutritional Supplements

Take a look at aisles in any Health Food store, or cruise the internet for awhile, and you cant help but be bombarded by nutritional supplements and “natural weight loss” pills and powders. Do any of them work? Yes – and no.

Nutritional Supplements can be very valuable to an overall healthy weight lose plan – but they are called “supplements” for a very good reason. No “supplement,” vitamin, or mineral, should be taken as a “substitute” for a healthy diet. They are meant to “supplement,” as the name implies, or enhance, or add to – the weight loss you can achieve by following a healthy diet and lifestyle designed to get you in shape and lose weight.

Even vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that are known to be helpful in boosting metabolism, enhancing weightloss, and improving overall health such as those mentioned that are in the Super Foods – work better when they are ingested in food. A supplement can never replace processes that even modern science still does not fully understand that allow nutrients within food to work together in complex ways, along with the proteins, carbohydrates and phytochemicals, to improve health. For example, if you lack Calcium you are better off getting it from calcium rich foods such as dairy products, dark leafy greens, soybeans, beans, fish, and raisins. The same for the B-vitamins – thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B-6, and vitamin B-12 – that many people take to reduce stress and improve health – but they should be gotten by adding more whole grains and dark green veggies to your diet, and not another jar to your medicine cabinet.

So what supplement should you take? Again along with a healthy diet, a daily multivitamin- multi-mineral, targeted for you age and sex, is good “nutritional insurance.” Meal replacement shakes and powerless can be helpful in managing weight in some individuals, but getting the same calories and nutrients from a variety of foods is more recommended.

Sports or performance enhancing drinks with Creatine, have been proven effective in building muscle, when combined with an exercise program designed to shed pounds and increase lean muscle.

The Hound says when buying any nutritional supplements, stick with well known brands that you can trust, and be wary of the claims made by the manufactures. Trust your “Animal Instincts”, and if any claim seems to be to good to be true… you probably are right on the nose!

Reduce Stress

You now what else can help you lose weight, now? Reducing stress. You cannot do your best or be your best – if you are stressed out. Taking steps to reduce stress in your life is as important as diet and exercise to getting healthy and staying healthy for life!

Lowering stress and anxiety helps lower your blood pressure, improves the immune system, can reduce back and joint pain, and increases fitness overall. It’s known as the mind body connection, and there is now incontrovertible proof that things like stress and negative emotions can and do affect our physical well-being. To get in shape and achieve peak performance, you may want to try engaging in some specific stress reducing activities such as yoga, or meditation – but if not, here are 10 things you can do everyday to help you calm down and chill out.

Learn to relax. Remember the old ads that said “you deserve a break today”? (OK I know that was for a fast food joint) but the point is, it’s true – you need to give yourself a break, everyday. At some point walk away from your desk, if possible, or if not right there, just slowly take a deep breath in, hold it, and then exhale very slowly. Do this at a 2:1 count, in other words inhale for four seconds, and exhale for 8. At the same time, just let go – smile, and say something positive like, “I am r-e-l-a-x-e-d.”
Practice acceptance. Many people get distressed over things they won’t let themselves accept. Often these are things that can’t be changed.Try accepting the things you can’t change – and stop stressing over it.
Get a good night sleep. It is recommended that you get at least 8 hours of sleep.
Get organized. Develop a realistic schedule of daily activities that includes time for work, sleep, relationships, and recreation.
Exercise. We’ve covered this a lot so for, but exercise is not just good for your physical well being it is a great stress buster, and it creates endorphins, which improve emotional outlook as well.
Reduce time urgency. Slow down, pace not race, if you are the kind of person who frequently checks your watch, learn to take things a bit more slowly.
Disarm yourself. Leave behind your “weapons” of blaming, shouting, having the last word, and putting someone else down.
Quiet time. Find something you like doing and –do it. Balance your family, social, and work demands with a hobby or other private time.
Learn to delegate. You can’t be responsible all the time, stop trying to do everything yourself, and start getting help from others.
Talk to friends. Friendship is good medicine. Daily doses of conversation, regular social engagements, and occasional sharing of deep feelings and thoughts are excellent stress reducers.

Final Thoughts

The questions “What can help me lose weight, now or “what can help me lose weight quickly, should be followed by another one. You need to think about why it is you want to lose weight? To look better, younger, to feel stronger – sure, all of those probably come to mind. But really the main reason for anyone to lose weight is to improve over all health. Health is more than just the “absence of disease” as the dictionary might define it. To the Health Hound, it means more than just enjoying good physical health and fitness; it is also about emotional and spiritual well-being. In that respect “good health” includes not only maintaining good level of energy and vitality, but also an ability to reduces stress, and enjoy life. You can only do that by feeling good about yourself – and that comes down to the old but true adage – you are what you eat.

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Green Tea for Weight Loss

Henry — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:48:17 +0000

It seems as if there are a lot of products on the market that promote easy weight loss. Many magazine articles, television ads and even talk shows now say that green tea can help you achieve fat burn and shed the pounds but can that be true? Can it really be as simple as that?

You’ve seen the ads and now you wonder if drinking tea can actually make you skinny. The short answer is ‘No.’ Simply drinking green tea will not cause the pounds to shed, BUT drinking green tea or taking green tea supplements can help you lose weight. It’s true!

The fat fighting components in green tea are called catechins. These compounds work to increase your metabolism all day long so you can actually burn more calories while you’re watching TV!

While it is not true that drinking green tea is the best way to lose weight, it is a great little helper! This is something you can easily add to your daily meals. Have a cup of green tea with breakfast, that’s enough to spike the metabolism for hours. Of course, if you don’t like the taste of green tea, you can simply add a green tea supplement, as these have the same effects on your metabolism.

The question you should really be asking is just how many cups of green tea do I need to drink each day in order to see real results? Well, the experts say four. But even if you just add one cup it will help.

When you are shopping you might note that there are many new ‘diet’ drinks out there that use green tea and promise you results. However you should really read the nutrition info and the ingredients. If the drink is chock full of sugar and calories, you’d be better off just brewing up a cup of green tea!

Weight Loss In A Bottle

Henry — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:45:55 +0000

Weight loss in a bottle, can it be true? If you believe what the television ads and magazine ads tell you…but common sense should warn you that things that seem too good to be true usually are.

There are several new products on the market that claim to be ‘high energy’ or ‘fat burners’ in a bottle. These drinks promise you weight loss, a speedier metabolism, and a great fat burn. However, do they stand up to their claims?

No. They do not. There is simply no drink on the market that can make you skinnier by just drinking it— at least not healthily. Some of these are juice drinks that may tell you to drink only their juice and lose weight, which you will, but you need to eat right in addition to drinking ‘juice.’

Another important component to weight loss is exercise, and these new drinks do not ask you to do any! If you are not eating right and exercising, you will not lose weight and keep it off.

The best method for weight loss is to eat small meals, five to six per day, and exercise for at least thirty minutes most days of the week. This will increase your metabolism and help you burn more fat, which these bottled drinks just won’t do!

Good luck with your weight loss, and remember to save your money and bypass those pricey so-called fat burning drinks!

Stretch Marks and Weight Loss

Henry — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:43:31 +0000

Did you know that when you have rapid weight loss, you actually cause your body to create stretch marks? It’s true. The striae on your body come from rapid weight can and weight loss, so if you do lose a great deal of weight it will show in your skin.

How can you remove these stretch marks that are related to your weight loss? There are several options—you can try over the counter stretch mark creams, which often take a while to work, or you can spend the extra money and opt for laser surgery.

If you decide not to use the creams, removing stretch marks can be quite expensive. But you do have a few options when it comes to removing the striae on your body.

One option is to have laser treatments. Lasers can be used to improve the appearance of stretch marks, especially those new ones you’ve gotten from rapid weight loss. These laser treatments cost anywhere from $200 to $700 per treatment, and it can take up to six treatments to get rid of them, but this will depend upon the severity of the stretch marks on your body. If you have the treatment while the marks are still new, they are easier to remove and will take fewer treatments.

Another option to get rid of stretch marks from weight loss is the fractional laser. This type of laser is usually more effective on older white stretch marks, as these are the ones that have more texture. Since these are harder to get rid of, the lasers will take a bit longer to work, and of course, cost a bit more. But how do they work? Well, these lasers create ‘vertical injuries’ to the skin which will then heal. Your uninjured skin will heal quickly, and then unite with the new skin. The healed skin will not have any stretch marks, and will be completely smooth.

These will take a few months to show improvement, and do include some downtime.

Stretch mark removal creams can help with the newer stretch marks from rapid weight loss. The sooner you start the better. They are much cheaper than lasers.

Stretch mark creams with the right ingredients will work to remove stretch marks and even work to prevent new ones as you continue with your weight loss. If you decide to use one of these creams, make sure to do your homework and research each one’s ingredient list and look for customer reviews.

Kelly Osbourne Diet

Henry — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:55:16 +0000

Kelly Osbourne’s diet has been in all the magazines and on all the entertainment news outlets lately. She lost a staggering amount of weight, and she says she did it simply by changing her eating habits.

She says that before, she never ate breakfast, she drank a lot of soda, and she snacked too much. Now, she eats breakfast every day, drinks water instead of soda, and keeps portion control in mind when she fixes herself healthy snacks!

Kelly Osbourne’s weight loss is one that everyone should aspire to, since she did it in a healthy way. She used no pills or gimmicks, simply watched what she ate.

She also exercised and watched her carbohydrate intake and made sure to fuel up on protein–which is essential when you work out.

Kelly says her diet consisted of eating breakfast, a morning snack, then lunch, then an afternoon snack, dinner, and finally an evening snack. Everyone probably knows by now that eating five to six small meals a day keeps the metabolism up and keeps you from overeating because you do not starve yourself.

Kelly Osbourne’s diet consisted of egg-white omelets with turkey bacon for breakfast and a chopped salad with tomatoes, salami, mozzarella and garbanzo beans during lunch. She would then have a turkey burger with salad or steamed vegetables for dinner. She also admits to having all the sugar-free Jell-O for snacks she wanted.

You too can lose weight like Kelly Osbourne. Stick to healthy snacks, watch your portions, and eat five to six small meals a day. Add in 30 minutes of exercise most days of the week and you will lose the pounds in no time!

Adderall Weight Loss

Henry — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:54:29 +0000

Have you heard of using Adderall for weight loss? You may already know that Adderall is used to treat ADHD. This drug is actually an amphetamine; it is used to increase dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain. This works to improve mood and decrease fatigue. Studies have found that this also can cause weight loss in those who use it, as they move around more.

Adderall weight loss has a great deal of side effects. If you are already taking the drug for ADHD, then a benefit can be weight loss, but if you are trying to take Adderall just for weight loss, you should know the downside. These side effects can include heart attack, stroke and even sudden death.

If you continue to use Adderall for weight loss (or for any other reason), high doses can lead to extreme insomnia, fatigue, mental depression and irritability. This drug can also increase blood pressure which could lead to other adverse side effects. Some users have reported experiencing seizures and having increased aggression. Women who are pregnant are advised not to begin taking Adderall.

Users also say that Adderall keeps their appetites at bay, helping with weight loss. However, studies show that in the long term, users need to take increasing amounts in order to get the same appetite suppression. Again, this can lead to some serious side effects.

Remember, Adderall is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of ADD / ADHD only, it has not been approved for weight loss.

Weight Loss Surgery

Henry — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:53:39 +0000

Weight loss surgery is a risky and expensive undertaking. Should you do it? Are there other options? The first question is completely yours to answer, but yes, there are alternatives.

If you do decide to have any type of weight loss surgery, make sure to get more than one opinion from qualified health care professionals and make sure that the doctors you are seeking have excellent reviews from former patients. Go to a doctor who has performed many surgeries and look at his or her before and after photos.

The cost of weight loss surgery will range from $480 and up for a mini-gastric bypass and from $18,000 to $35,000 for a full gastric bypass. The Lap-Band system can cost anywhere $17,000 to $35,000. Pretty pricey, eh?

What do these costs cover? The cost of gastric bypass surgery will cover the pre-op lab and X-ray fees, anesthesia, hospital facility and the surgeon’s fee. These costs do not cover post-procedure like nutrition plans, a fitness regimen, behavioral modification, nutritional supplementation or even extra body contouring surgeries to remove excess skin or lift certain areas of the body. Add on those extra costs and you may be looking at another $10,000 to $15,000, at least.

There are alternatives to weight loss surgery, though. You can always learn to eat right and exercise. Sounds very simplistic, but with the right weight loss program, you can change your body, and your life. Learn, with a nutritionist’s or a doctor’s guidance, the right foods to eat and the right times to eat them, and then start to train with a personal trainer and you will see great gains very quickly.

You do not have to go under the knife to change your life!

Weight Loss Programs

Henry — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:52:32 +0000

Weight loss programs are a great way to lose the extra pounds, because they are usually conducted in a safe, healthy manner. Those who choose to lose weight this way usually succeed in much greater percentages than those who follow fad diets or take diet pills.

Healthy weight loss programs are those that encourage participants to eat good for you foods and exercise regularly.

Many weight loss programs, such as Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig or even Nutrisystem, have foods that you can purchase (although Weight Watchers gives a point system to regular foods, so you do not have to purchase their frozen foods at the local grocery store). This allows the company to control portion size and ingredients, helping you maintain a more balanced diet, and teaching you to eat well even when you leave the program.

Other weight loss programs include ones that focus more on exercise. These are often done out of local gyms, with personal trainers, or even through a doctor’s office. The trainer or doctor will provide you with an exercise plan and then monitor your progress.

Both forms of weight loss programs can be beneficial if one has the will power to stick with them. It is very important to follow the guidelines of any program in order to get the results that you want. But be sure to check out the program before you begin. Look for success stories, reviews and other clients’ in the area to get their feedback. Know what you are going into before you start, especially since many of these programs can be quite costly.

Need a Weight Loss Calculator?

Henry — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:51:35 +0000

Do you need a weight loss calculator? How can you tell, and if you do need one, where can you find one?

First of all it is important to know what these tools are. A weight loss calculator is a tool that you can use to measure out how long it will take to lose weight and hit your goals.

A weight loss calculator can tell you how many calories you have burned during an exercise and how many calories you need to burn to lose a pound or to reach your goal weight. Because of these items, these are handy tools if you are trying to lose weight and are not having any luck. These calculators can help keep you honest and keep you working towards your goal.

Additionally, a weight loss calculator can help you calculate the amount of calories you need to reduce from your daily intake. This will help you moderate what you are eating and lose weight. Remember in order to lose weight, you must cut your daily calorie intake so that the total is less than the amount you expend. The weight loss calculator will help you figure this out!

Now, where can you find a weight loss calculator? You can purchase one online or in a fitness store, but you can also find these for free online. Do a simple internet search and find these great tools for no money at all.

Some of these free weight loss calculators can help you to see exactly what you need to do to drop those extra pounds. These tools will help you figure out your correct calorie intake, it will calculate how many calories you will burn during exercise, how many calories each food is worth, etc.

A weight loss calculator is definitely a good tool to have on hand if you are trying to lose weight or even maintain your healthy weight.

Metformin Weight Loss

Henry — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:50:54 +0000

Metformin weight loss is a diabetes drug that lowers LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels. However, users now promise to it can also help you lose weight. The makers of the drug do not promise this.

Metformin was designed to help those with diabetes, but in studies it was found that users were also losing weight. Currently doctors are not sure why this drug causes weight loss. More studies are being done to see how this is happening and if it guarantees long term weight loss.

One recent clinical trial was conducted by New York Medical College. In this study, 80% of women who took a modified carbohydrate while following the Metformin weight loss plan lost on average 10% of their body weight after one year. And the study also found that 90% of the women in the study who used Metformin for weight loss kept the weight off–and did so for four years.

The use of a Metformin weight loss plan does have side effects. Those reported were gastrointestinal upset, including diarrhea, cramps, nausea, vomiting and gas.

Metformin comes in 500mg, 850 mg, and 1,000 mg tablets and must be prescribed by a doctor. The normal dose of this drug is 850 to 1,000 mg twice per day. Some people are told to take it three times a day, by their doctors, but make note that 850 mg is the maximum safe dosage to take three times daily.