How to Start Losing Weight and Keep Losing Weight
September 7, 2008
I have put off writing a motivation article because of two reasons: 1) There is a glut of articles out there already; 2) My philosophy is so simple, I didn’t think it justified an entire article. I was amazed at the incredible number of articles on the net and in the news that dealt with motivation to diet and exercise. Everybody and her cat have written about ways to trick yourself into exercising or changing your frame of mind, or making the exercise or diet more enjoyable. I can’t compete with that sheer volume, but what I can do is make my Best Weight Loss Program for Men complete by including my tip for motivation to exercise and diet.
Defy Gravity
Gravity is pulling you into the grave. The heavier you are, the more pull Death has on you. So try to become Weightless, like me. I usually phrase my philosophy in a positive way, saying, “If you lose weight, you will feel better and live longer and be able to evolve, defy gravity!” But that doesn’t work for most people. So I have to yell: “Lose weight or die!”
Its All In The Numbers
September 6, 2008
Offer a woman the choice between a dress she likes a lot, that fits well but is size 12, and a dress she likes, which also fits well but is labeled size 8, and she’ll take the lesser preferred every time.
Why are we so hung up on sizes? Men don’t care. If something is too snug, they just go to a larger size. If the fit is a little tight for a woman, she’ll buy it anyway, and swear to lose a few pounds so it fits more comfortably.
Many years ago, I worked in the garment district. I was shocked to learn that, as manufacturers, we were allowed to change a label two sizes in either direction if that was necessary to fill the retailer’s order. Two sizes is a big difference! That’s when I learned to ignore labels, especially during sales. Often the only reason something really nice is still hanging on the rack, despite deep price reductions, is that the marked size is inaccurate. I acquired a lot of inexpensive, beautiful clothes that way.
Weight Loss Superfecta
September 6, 2008
If you are a fan of horse racing, you are familiar with the exotic bet called the Superfecta. It requires that you pick the first four horses to cross the finish line. Depending upon the size of the field and the odds of the winning horses, the pay-off is frequently tremendous.
Approaching our weight loss efforts with a bettor’s attitude, we’re going to pick four sure winners in the dieting game. To improve our chances, we going to “box” our choices, meaning that they can finish in any order as long as our picks run first, second, third, and fourth.
1. Restrict your eating to mealtimes.
We often control ourselves relatively well when we sit down at the table. Whether at home or eating out, we have put some thought into the food on our plate and have made a conscious decision about what we will allow ourselves.
It is what happens between actual meals that is often our downfall. We act without awareness or forethought, absent-mindedly picking on leftovers or items just “hanging around” - candy, potato chips, last night’s unfinished bowl of popcorn, a last lonely cupcake. With little genuine memory of doing it, we have doubled or tripled our daily caloric intake and completely subverted our best intentions. Whether you eat twice a day or “three squares” stick to that, and keep your teeth firmly clenched for the rest of the time.
The French Fry: Weapon of Mass Destruction?
September 5, 2008
Americans have their French fries, the British have their chips, Latin America has its papas fritas, and the French have their pommes-frites.
We love them. The potato, that most ubiquitous and perennially popular vegetable, is simply sliced into strips and deep fried. The fast food chains have managed to create total consistency so that fries at a McDonalds in Kalamazoo are identical with those offered in San Francisco, Atlanta, Moscow, or Madrid. They are the ultimate finger food, easily consumed behind the wheel, standing in the subway, or walking down the street. Some of us choose to add ketchup, or vinegar, or salsa, but they also taste great just as they are.
The civilized world has a giant addiction to the lowly tuber. It is hard to conceive of the centuries of eating that took place before potatoes were brought back to Europe from the New World and became a staple of every country’s cuisine. What did the poor eat before potatoes made their appearance? Bread? Grains? Vegetables?
The advent of the potato changed our diets forever. It was easy to grow, plentiful, and cheap. The flavor was mild, marrying well with almost anything we chose to eat with it. Its texture changed depending upon how it was prepared. And how many ways we invented to cut it, cook it, and use it with every meal imaginable!
Five Reasons NOT To Lose Weight
September 5, 2008
We are inundated by exhortations to lose weight - from the media, from our friends, from our family. As the richest, fattest, nation on earth, we idealize the impossibly thin supermodels who smile (or smirk?) at us from every magazine cover. We spend a fortune on trying to lose weight and despair when we don’t.
Enough of the diet gurus, the nutritionists, and the weight loss experts (including me), let’s enjoy ourselves for a while. The diabetes and clogged arteries will overtake us all too quickly. For today, let’s feast freely at the banquet of life.
1.Ordering in a restaurant is incredible fun.
Your dining companions may be limiting their selections, counting carbs and fats and calories but you are free of all that. You can pick the creamiest, juiciest item on the menu without a single twinge of guilt. Go ahead, have the baked potato with extra butter and sour cream. Chew the divine crispy bread with your creamed soup or artichoke dip appetizer. Go exotic with beef Wellington in its flaky crust shell or dive into that impeccably marbled steak. And while your companions sip coffee, order peach pie - a la mode, no less. Now, weren’t you the one who made the most of the evening?
Weight Loss And Nutrition Myths ? What You Need To Know! Part 1
September 4, 2008
MYTH: Fad diets work for permanent weight loss.
FACT: Fad diets are not the best way to lose weight and keep it off. Fad diets often promise quick weight loss or tell you to cut certain foods out of your diet. You may lose weight at first on one of these diets. But diets that strictly limit calories or food choices are hard to follow. Most people quickly get tired of them and regain any lost weight.
Fad diets may be unhealthy because they may not provide all of the nutrients your body needs. Also, losing weight at a very rapid rate (more than 3 pounds a week after the first couple weeks) may increase your risk for developing gallstones (clusters of solid material in the gallbladder that can be painful). Diets that provide less than 800 calories per day also could result in heart rhythm abnormalities, which can be fatal.
TIP: Research suggests that losing ½ to 2 pounds a week by making healthy food choices, eating moderate portions, and building physical activity into your daily life is the best way to lose weight and keep it off. By adopting healthy eating and physical activity habits, you may also lower your risk for developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.
Fighting Cellulite and Winning
September 3, 2008
Cellulite ? a word most women are very familiar with. Cellulite is the formation of tiny dimples on the skin, usually appearing on the thighs and your bottom.
Now dimples were really cute when we were children, but the puffy puckering dimples we find on our body are a curse to most women. Statistics say that over 80% of women develop cellulite.
Cellulite is very difficult to treat. Cellulite is constructed of small pockets of waste and studies indicate is tied to poor circulation and a sluggish metabolism.
The most effective treatment involves enhancing your natural cellular function and speeding up your metabolism so it is better capable of eliminating toxic waste from the body.
There is a huge selection of cellulite remedies on the market, all claiming to reduce or rid the body of cellulite. It’s pretty easy to get caught up in the hype of the miracle cellulite cure.
So how does one determine what will or will not help? Below is useful information to help you make an intelligent choice. Up until recently most of the treatments for sale were merely topical treatments which by themselves are not very effective at treating cellulite.
Is Body Mass Index or BMI a Real Measure of Obesity or is It Flawed?
September 3, 2008
Body Mass Index (bmi) A Misleading measure of Obesity
Many professionals use body mass index also known as bmi as a measure of excess fat or obesity, but the system is totally flawed and misleading. So…
Don’t use body mass index, otherwise known as bmi, as a measuring stick to see if you are overweight or obese, because it’s totally misleading.
Yes if you are obese, the body mass index measurement will tell you that you are obese, there’s no doubt about that, however…
You could be only a bit overweight and the bmi tells you that you are obese.
Also…
You could be totally normal and the body mass index could tell you that you are overweight. So…
Why is bmi used?
That’s a good question!
First, it’s convenient. Anyone can take your height and weight, look on a chart and "label you" as obese or overweight.
Secondly, it allows weight loss clinics to sell a lot of memberships, and allows even non professionals to sell a lot of weight loss products.
So… bmi charts make it real easy to fool a lot of people, so it’s important you understand how it works.
Is Natural Weight Loss Really Possible?
September 2, 2008
Natural Weight Loss Is Permanent
Only natural weight loss can be permanent. Going on diets and taking weight loss pills to eliminate food cravings is only temporary and leads to obesity.
Not only is natural weight loss safe, but you’ll eliminate food cravings without taking weight loss pills.
Most weight loss systems are not natural, and that’s why the "failure rate" is over 98%.
There are no diets whatsoever, which lead to natural weight loss, because every single diet slows down your metabolism, which means that when you go off the diet, you will eventually gain back more weight than you lost.
How many people do you know, who actually kept it off?
So, dieting is just not an option, if you want to keep the weight off for good.
Weight Loss Pills
Most weight loss pills or diet pills are nothing more than appetite suppressants, which help to take away food cravings so that you don’t eat, or don’t eat as much.
So in reality, what you’ve done by taking weight loss pills, is actually putting yourself on a very drastic starvation diet, during which your body is getting progressively more starved for nutrition, and also…
Healthy Supplements Make Diet Pills Obsolete!
September 1, 2008
Diet Pills
Taking diet pills is definitely not an effective weight loss strategy, because as soon as you stop taking them, all the weight you lost will return with a vengeance, because…
Most diet pills are nothing more than drugs which act as appetite suppressants, and the side effects can be devastating or even deadly so it’s not a good way to lose fat.
Most of them will usually act as effective appetite suppressants, which means that you won’t be hungry and will stop eating. Of course you are going to lose some weight, but…
When you are not eating, you are on a starvation diet, and your body responds by slowing down your metabolism, because it is being deprived of essential nutrients which it needs to survive.
Eventually, you have to stop taking the pills or you’ll die. When you do stop, your hunger will return with a vengeance, because your body is trying to replace the nutrients it’s been lacking, and just look at the…
Side Effects of Diet Pills
Many of these diet pills are addictive and some of the side effects are high blood pressure, liver irritation, headaches, dizziness, sexual difficulties, increased heart rate, diarrhea, and even death, plus…
