Monday, August 09, 2010
Tips to change your life
Set realistic goals. The ability to focus on the task at hand will always be successful, to only focus on giant goals far in the future will result in a long hard road, and we want to have fun. So keep the giant goal for later and set smaller goals that you can achieve easily, like lose one pound at a time and eat a balanced diet every day.
• Stay on track and if you fall off get right back on. Start with the sensible eating, and if you cannot resist and attack a large plate of food, forgive yourself and restart your plan where you left off. Stay with it, and soon you will no longer have those food attacks, and will be a slimmer you.
• Listen to your body. Each person’s body reacts differently to different weight loss plans, so you may have to try different plans to see which one will work for you. If one plan seems to not be working, then substitute for a different program. Whatever you do, just do not quit and you will succeed.
• The same goes for your exercise program. To get the most weight loss the activity must be suitable to one's body. To ask a 500-pound woman to get off the couch and swim across the Atlantic would only end up in disaster. So find what is right for you. Just keep in mind that muscle looks far better than fat, so if you cannot seem to lose weight, then turn your fat into muscle.
• A little self-discipline goes a long way, and is cheaper than pills and surgery for weight loss. Just change one little thing at a time, you do not have to try to change all your habits in one day. Consistent effort is the best practice, stick with the plan and depending on your effort, it will work sooner than later.
For that weight loss success, remember: Light dieting, the right workout, and the right amount of supplements everyday will result in faster weight loss than not doing anything.
Be Blessed
PS. Make sure to click on the title of this post, it has a link to get you a free book on weight loss.
• Stay on track and if you fall off get right back on. Start with the sensible eating, and if you cannot resist and attack a large plate of food, forgive yourself and restart your plan where you left off. Stay with it, and soon you will no longer have those food attacks, and will be a slimmer you.
• Listen to your body. Each person’s body reacts differently to different weight loss plans, so you may have to try different plans to see which one will work for you. If one plan seems to not be working, then substitute for a different program. Whatever you do, just do not quit and you will succeed.
• The same goes for your exercise program. To get the most weight loss the activity must be suitable to one's body. To ask a 500-pound woman to get off the couch and swim across the Atlantic would only end up in disaster. So find what is right for you. Just keep in mind that muscle looks far better than fat, so if you cannot seem to lose weight, then turn your fat into muscle.
• A little self-discipline goes a long way, and is cheaper than pills and surgery for weight loss. Just change one little thing at a time, you do not have to try to change all your habits in one day. Consistent effort is the best practice, stick with the plan and depending on your effort, it will work sooner than later.
For that weight loss success, remember: Light dieting, the right workout, and the right amount of supplements everyday will result in faster weight loss than not doing anything.
Be Blessed
PS. Make sure to click on the title of this post, it has a link to get you a free book on weight loss.
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Habitual Weight Loss
Everybody has habits; we are built to have habits. Sort of like a car is built to run on four tires, and if one of them is missing the ride is seriously off. We humans are similar, we have habits, and if one of them is missing, we do not function correctly.
Weight loss is one of those habits we need. There are a lot of people out there with weight gain habits right now. They are overweight and out of shape because they have adopted the wrong habits.
You cannot quit a habit
As I was alluding to before, you have a set amount of habits; this is the way you are built to function. You have good habits and bad habits, and will always have habits. You can no sooner quit a habit than you can quit having skin.
To change your life you have to change your habits. This is especially true for weight loss. You have a bad habit of eating too much of the wrong stuff, you cannot quit, as it is a habit. The only way to “get rid of” a habit is to change it.
You have to make an effort to change your habit in order to be successful at weight loss. This is true in all areas of life, but is especially effective in the weight loss area of endeavor. To lose weight, and become fit and trim, you have to change your current habits to healthy habits.
What is a habit?
A habit is something you do, and have done so many times that you don’t even think about it anymore, you just do it on automatic. It could be something simple and harmless like always putting your right shoe on first, to something that is a bit more dangerous and harmful such as eating too often and too much.
To experience successful weight loss you will need to focus on your current habit, and then change it to a good habit. Let us say that right now your habit is poor diet, you eat too much of the wrong stuff. Another habit that is a major player in people being overweight is you have a habit of not being active, that is you find something non-active to do, like watch TV.
Replace your habits to improve your life
Therefore, to improve your health and your happiness you need to improve your habits. Start small by making it a point to start eating only nutritious foods, after a few weeks it will not be so tough and will be starting to become second nature. You will even see a few pounds have left you; this is a sign that you are successfully changing your habit.
Next, add some activity into your life. If there is a repeat on TV instead of watching it, go outside and go for a walk. Again, after a few weeks of going for a walk you will find that you enjoy them and they are becoming a part of your life. You also will notice you have lost some more weight and are starting to feel better.
Keep eating reasonable meals, keep being active, and soon you will find that you have replaced your bad habits with good. You will feel right as you still have the same amount of habits, but you will be getting healthy and that will lead to having a long and happy life.
Be Blessed.
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Weight loss is one of those habits we need. There are a lot of people out there with weight gain habits right now. They are overweight and out of shape because they have adopted the wrong habits.
You cannot quit a habit
As I was alluding to before, you have a set amount of habits; this is the way you are built to function. You have good habits and bad habits, and will always have habits. You can no sooner quit a habit than you can quit having skin.
To change your life you have to change your habits. This is especially true for weight loss. You have a bad habit of eating too much of the wrong stuff, you cannot quit, as it is a habit. The only way to “get rid of” a habit is to change it.
You have to make an effort to change your habit in order to be successful at weight loss. This is true in all areas of life, but is especially effective in the weight loss area of endeavor. To lose weight, and become fit and trim, you have to change your current habits to healthy habits.
What is a habit?
A habit is something you do, and have done so many times that you don’t even think about it anymore, you just do it on automatic. It could be something simple and harmless like always putting your right shoe on first, to something that is a bit more dangerous and harmful such as eating too often and too much.
To experience successful weight loss you will need to focus on your current habit, and then change it to a good habit. Let us say that right now your habit is poor diet, you eat too much of the wrong stuff. Another habit that is a major player in people being overweight is you have a habit of not being active, that is you find something non-active to do, like watch TV.
Replace your habits to improve your life
Therefore, to improve your health and your happiness you need to improve your habits. Start small by making it a point to start eating only nutritious foods, after a few weeks it will not be so tough and will be starting to become second nature. You will even see a few pounds have left you; this is a sign that you are successfully changing your habit.
Next, add some activity into your life. If there is a repeat on TV instead of watching it, go outside and go for a walk. Again, after a few weeks of going for a walk you will find that you enjoy them and they are becoming a part of your life. You also will notice you have lost some more weight and are starting to feel better.
Keep eating reasonable meals, keep being active, and soon you will find that you have replaced your bad habits with good. You will feel right as you still have the same amount of habits, but you will be getting healthy and that will lead to having a long and happy life.
Be Blessed.
To get a free report on weight loss fun click on the title of this post, to get a great guide on living your life click the banner above
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Weight Loss for a Better Future
Why worry about weight loss? One of the things that bothers a lot of people these days is how overweight they are, and how it limits their life. They can’t go to the places they want as they are too big. For example, some amusement parks now have a weight limit on who can ride certain rides. Forcing them to lose weight or not ride.
Another limiting factor of being overweight is that you can’t do things you want to do as you either are too embarrassed about your size or are not able to do the activity as it may be too strenuous and cause you to have a heart attack. This is just a way of life for you; it is a lifestyle, which is not the most enjoyable.
Remember your dreams
I am sure that you did not set your sights on becoming overweight and unhealthy. While most kids were talking of being astronauts or famous explorers, you did not talk about being overweight and watching TV for the rest of your life.
What was it you desired to be when you grew up? Have you thrown away your dreams for food? You can still be and do what you dream, and one of the first steps is weight loss.
This is now why you are looking for weight loss solutions, so that you can have a life, so that you can accomplish your dreams, and so that you can do whatever it is you want to do, or at least have the option to do it.
Weight loss simplified
You can lose weight by drastically cutting down on the amount of calories you ingest in a day. You can lose weight by exercising. Either one by themselves will make for a prolonged weight loss solution.
The best way for effective weight loss is to combine the two, eat responsibly and get active. If you want to see some pounds leaving your body, you have to do both to make the fat go away.
Calories that are not used are stored on the body for later use. If you eat and are not active you will store those calories somewhere on your body. This fat accumulates over time. When you get too much you also are at risk for many diseases like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke.
To lead a healthy life you need to lose weight and keep it off. To have you health is everything, as it is the one true thing that is yours. To throw away your health is to destroy your life, and since this is the only one you have, do not waste it.
Choose your life
There is a subtle meaning to that statement, you, and you alone choose your life. You may be overweight for a number of emotional reasons, whatever they are you need to forgive yourself, forgive all the others, forgive the hurts, and forgive the past.
You live now, and only now, you cannot change the past, so let it go into the past and stay there. You need to focus on now, and everything you do now effects your future. Decide for yourself what kind of future do you want, do you want fit and trim and happy? Or do you want unhealthy and unhappy?
Be Blessed
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Another limiting factor of being overweight is that you can’t do things you want to do as you either are too embarrassed about your size or are not able to do the activity as it may be too strenuous and cause you to have a heart attack. This is just a way of life for you; it is a lifestyle, which is not the most enjoyable.
Remember your dreams
I am sure that you did not set your sights on becoming overweight and unhealthy. While most kids were talking of being astronauts or famous explorers, you did not talk about being overweight and watching TV for the rest of your life.
What was it you desired to be when you grew up? Have you thrown away your dreams for food? You can still be and do what you dream, and one of the first steps is weight loss.
This is now why you are looking for weight loss solutions, so that you can have a life, so that you can accomplish your dreams, and so that you can do whatever it is you want to do, or at least have the option to do it.
Weight loss simplified
You can lose weight by drastically cutting down on the amount of calories you ingest in a day. You can lose weight by exercising. Either one by themselves will make for a prolonged weight loss solution.
The best way for effective weight loss is to combine the two, eat responsibly and get active. If you want to see some pounds leaving your body, you have to do both to make the fat go away.
Calories that are not used are stored on the body for later use. If you eat and are not active you will store those calories somewhere on your body. This fat accumulates over time. When you get too much you also are at risk for many diseases like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke.
To lead a healthy life you need to lose weight and keep it off. To have you health is everything, as it is the one true thing that is yours. To throw away your health is to destroy your life, and since this is the only one you have, do not waste it.
Choose your life
There is a subtle meaning to that statement, you, and you alone choose your life. You may be overweight for a number of emotional reasons, whatever they are you need to forgive yourself, forgive all the others, forgive the hurts, and forgive the past.
You live now, and only now, you cannot change the past, so let it go into the past and stay there. You need to focus on now, and everything you do now effects your future. Decide for yourself what kind of future do you want, do you want fit and trim and happy? Or do you want unhealthy and unhappy?
Be Blessed
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Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Weight Loss to Have a Happy Life
When you are overweight, you suffer from many ailments as well as low self-esteem, and a poor quality of life. Weight loss programs do not always address the life part, just the weight part of your problem.
Sure, you know that heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, and other serious illness are more common among overweight people, but did you know that there is a quality of life issue too?
Losing weight helps to prevent and control diseases
When you get down to a healthy weight, you are at a much-reduced chance for any of those serious diseases to affect you. With good eating and activity habits, you will remain free of the complications that being overweight causes.
You will lead a good healthy lifestyle, and that will result in good health. It will make for a much higher quality of life, as you will be able to do what you want when you want to. You will no longer have to consider your weight before you go to do something.
If you do not have your health, you do not really have anything
With poor health, you cannot do the things you desire, all you can do to satisfy those desires is to substitute food for them, which leads to even more weight problems, and therefore more unfulfilled desires. A deadly whirlpool of destruction, but you can give yourself the gift of a better life.
By choosing a weight loss program and sticking to it, you will increase your quality of life, as well as your life span. You will be able to enjoy so many more things in life, and this will lead to happiness.
With poor health, the most activity you can do is go see the doctor, with good health you can go and do almost anything you desire to do. Of course, some things will require you to learn a skill before you do them, like mountain climbing, but you can do that if you choose to because you have your health.
Weight loss is a lifestyle change
One thing that people seem to ignore is that a weight loss program must be for life. You cannot take a pill, lose weight and keep it off. If you keep doing what you are doing you will keep getting what you have now. To achieve something different you will have to do something different.
Pick a weight loss plan that you think you can sustain for the rest of your life. Do you think you could only eat tofu and eggplant everyday for the rest of your life? Probably not, look for something that offers a variety of recipes and choices in food. You are going to change the way you eat, and you are going to change it for life.
Choose an activity you like
Exercise in the gym is just too overwhelming for someone just starting out to change their life. Choose something easy like walking, dancing, or bicycling. Then when you are in much better shape, you may very well choose the gym, as there are a lot of friendly people there.
Increase your daily activity; park further away from the store so you can walk longer, take the stairs not the elevator, if it is a short distance walk instead of taking the car, do some extra chores around the house instead of enduring another repeat of a show. In this way, you will teach yourself to not be afraid of exerting yourself, and this will make you more likely to lose weight and keep it off.
Be Blessed
For a free book click THIS
Sure, you know that heart disease, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, and other serious illness are more common among overweight people, but did you know that there is a quality of life issue too?
Losing weight helps to prevent and control diseases
When you get down to a healthy weight, you are at a much-reduced chance for any of those serious diseases to affect you. With good eating and activity habits, you will remain free of the complications that being overweight causes.
You will lead a good healthy lifestyle, and that will result in good health. It will make for a much higher quality of life, as you will be able to do what you want when you want to. You will no longer have to consider your weight before you go to do something.
If you do not have your health, you do not really have anything
With poor health, you cannot do the things you desire, all you can do to satisfy those desires is to substitute food for them, which leads to even more weight problems, and therefore more unfulfilled desires. A deadly whirlpool of destruction, but you can give yourself the gift of a better life.
By choosing a weight loss program and sticking to it, you will increase your quality of life, as well as your life span. You will be able to enjoy so many more things in life, and this will lead to happiness.
With poor health, the most activity you can do is go see the doctor, with good health you can go and do almost anything you desire to do. Of course, some things will require you to learn a skill before you do them, like mountain climbing, but you can do that if you choose to because you have your health.
Weight loss is a lifestyle change
One thing that people seem to ignore is that a weight loss program must be for life. You cannot take a pill, lose weight and keep it off. If you keep doing what you are doing you will keep getting what you have now. To achieve something different you will have to do something different.
Pick a weight loss plan that you think you can sustain for the rest of your life. Do you think you could only eat tofu and eggplant everyday for the rest of your life? Probably not, look for something that offers a variety of recipes and choices in food. You are going to change the way you eat, and you are going to change it for life.
Choose an activity you like
Exercise in the gym is just too overwhelming for someone just starting out to change their life. Choose something easy like walking, dancing, or bicycling. Then when you are in much better shape, you may very well choose the gym, as there are a lot of friendly people there.
Increase your daily activity; park further away from the store so you can walk longer, take the stairs not the elevator, if it is a short distance walk instead of taking the car, do some extra chores around the house instead of enduring another repeat of a show. In this way, you will teach yourself to not be afraid of exerting yourself, and this will make you more likely to lose weight and keep it off.
Be Blessed
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Monday, August 02, 2010
Being Happy Through Weight Loss
Weight Loss is For The Rest of our Live
A diet alone cannot make somebody lose weight. The weight loss that we seek is more than eliminating excess fat from the body; we actually want a better life. To start and stop diets, results in frustration and makes us think we are destined to be fat for the rest of our lives.
There is the key, “the rest of our lives”, we must be willing to start and stay on a weight loss program for the rest of our lives. There it is, finally, after looking for so long you have just found the secret to weight loss success.
You are what you think
Look at you, then look at the way you are. Being overweight is just not as fun as you thought it would be. You are overweight for a variety of reasons, everyone has that in common, and what those reasons are must be forgiven. If you grew up overweight, or became overweight as an adult you must now change, or stay overweight.
A diet alone should never be used as the sole weight loss procedure, you will see minimal results. You will need to add activity as well as a mindset that you will have a better and healthier life.
A weight loss plan must include a balanced diet, as well as an increase in activity. Whether you exercise, play a sport, take up an activity such as bike riding, or even long walks is up to you, but you have to have the second part to lose weight and keep it off.
Permanent weight loss is possible
The way you are now, and what you do now makes being overweight permanent. If you do not change this behavior, you will stay overweight. Realize the truth that a weight loss program is for the rest of your life. That you cannot lose a few pounds and then go back to the way you were.
You must never go back to the way you were, the change you seek would not yield permanent results with temporary efforts. You must stay with it for the rest of your life. You are in charge of your life, not your fat, not your parents, not your friends. You and you alone are responsible for you.
You must choose a weight loss plan that will fit you, something that you can do for the rest of your life. That includes eating right and exercise. The key here is variety, being able to choose different things to eat and different activities to do will lead to your weight loss success.
Exercise is not something to be feared
Often when the work exercise is used people will immediately become defensive and put off. To most of us exercise hurts, is uncomfortable and unpleasant. So find some activity that you can enjoy. To some workouts at the gym are great, to others brisk walks are the ticket. Try a few different activities and see what you like to do, then do it.
When you get bored of that activity, replace it with another activity. If you get bored with long walks, take up biking. If you get bored with the gym, try dancing lessons. Always have an activity that you do at least three times a week for twenty minutes or more.
You can succeed with weight loss, you just have to keep on the plan you chose. You can only fail if you quit, so don’t quit.
Be Blessed
A diet alone cannot make somebody lose weight. The weight loss that we seek is more than eliminating excess fat from the body; we actually want a better life. To start and stop diets, results in frustration and makes us think we are destined to be fat for the rest of our lives.
There is the key, “the rest of our lives”, we must be willing to start and stay on a weight loss program for the rest of our lives. There it is, finally, after looking for so long you have just found the secret to weight loss success.
You are what you think
Look at you, then look at the way you are. Being overweight is just not as fun as you thought it would be. You are overweight for a variety of reasons, everyone has that in common, and what those reasons are must be forgiven. If you grew up overweight, or became overweight as an adult you must now change, or stay overweight.
A diet alone should never be used as the sole weight loss procedure, you will see minimal results. You will need to add activity as well as a mindset that you will have a better and healthier life.
A weight loss plan must include a balanced diet, as well as an increase in activity. Whether you exercise, play a sport, take up an activity such as bike riding, or even long walks is up to you, but you have to have the second part to lose weight and keep it off.
Permanent weight loss is possible
The way you are now, and what you do now makes being overweight permanent. If you do not change this behavior, you will stay overweight. Realize the truth that a weight loss program is for the rest of your life. That you cannot lose a few pounds and then go back to the way you were.
You must never go back to the way you were, the change you seek would not yield permanent results with temporary efforts. You must stay with it for the rest of your life. You are in charge of your life, not your fat, not your parents, not your friends. You and you alone are responsible for you.
You must choose a weight loss plan that will fit you, something that you can do for the rest of your life. That includes eating right and exercise. The key here is variety, being able to choose different things to eat and different activities to do will lead to your weight loss success.
Exercise is not something to be feared
Often when the work exercise is used people will immediately become defensive and put off. To most of us exercise hurts, is uncomfortable and unpleasant. So find some activity that you can enjoy. To some workouts at the gym are great, to others brisk walks are the ticket. Try a few different activities and see what you like to do, then do it.
When you get bored of that activity, replace it with another activity. If you get bored with long walks, take up biking. If you get bored with the gym, try dancing lessons. Always have an activity that you do at least three times a week for twenty minutes or more.
You can succeed with weight loss, you just have to keep on the plan you chose. You can only fail if you quit, so don’t quit.
Be Blessed
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Weight Loss with the Law of Attraction
People who want to lose weight often worry about failure right off the bat. This is not the correct way to commence a weight loss plan, you must first convince yourself that this can and will work.
The Law of Attraction will bring into your life the things you think about the most, this is called manifesting. Everything that exists right now was once a thought, and through effort and concentration was brought into existence.
This is the same for you, if you brought extra weight into your life it is because you make the effort and concentrated your thoughts and gained the weight. Maybe a bit unconsciously, but that is what you did.
Your thoughts count.
If you want to lose weight, you must start with the right mind set. It is a fact that when seeking weight loss most people think about reducing the amount of food they eat. Therefore, instead of eating a pound of celery, they eat a half pound of pizza and think they have reduced. Volume not calories is all they are concerned about as inside they are thinking that weight loss will be painful.
What you think about will come out of your mouth. You will eventually speak the thoughts you are having; it is human nature to do this. When you hear yourself say things like “this won’t work” and “I can’t lose weight”, you are revealing what you are thinking, and this is what you are attracting into your life.
The Law of Attraction does not care
Whatever you are thinking and saying is what you are manifesting into your life. You are what brings it to you; it is your responsibility to make your life what you want it to be. To do this you have to correct your thoughts and your patterns.
To achieve weight loss goals you need to convince yourself ahead of time that you will succeed. Once you start do not quit, and whenever you catch yourself thinking that this will not work, correct yourself with a firm reprimand and a counter thought that it can and must work.
Losing weight does not have to mean sacrifice and suffering.
Weight loss programs are just methods that you can use to achieve goals in your life. To start a program gives you tools to use to achieve weight loss goals, as well as opening up to a more full and healthy life.
Thinking about feeling good about yourself, looking good, and doing the things you want to do. Do not focus on the fat, focus on the new and improved you. In a short while, always with the right attitude you will see the changes in your life.
With this, you can lead a healthier and happier life, being able to do and be whatever you desire...
Be Blessed
The Law of Attraction will bring into your life the things you think about the most, this is called manifesting. Everything that exists right now was once a thought, and through effort and concentration was brought into existence.
This is the same for you, if you brought extra weight into your life it is because you make the effort and concentrated your thoughts and gained the weight. Maybe a bit unconsciously, but that is what you did.
Your thoughts count.
If you want to lose weight, you must start with the right mind set. It is a fact that when seeking weight loss most people think about reducing the amount of food they eat. Therefore, instead of eating a pound of celery, they eat a half pound of pizza and think they have reduced. Volume not calories is all they are concerned about as inside they are thinking that weight loss will be painful.
What you think about will come out of your mouth. You will eventually speak the thoughts you are having; it is human nature to do this. When you hear yourself say things like “this won’t work” and “I can’t lose weight”, you are revealing what you are thinking, and this is what you are attracting into your life.
The Law of Attraction does not care
Whatever you are thinking and saying is what you are manifesting into your life. You are what brings it to you; it is your responsibility to make your life what you want it to be. To do this you have to correct your thoughts and your patterns.
To achieve weight loss goals you need to convince yourself ahead of time that you will succeed. Once you start do not quit, and whenever you catch yourself thinking that this will not work, correct yourself with a firm reprimand and a counter thought that it can and must work.
Losing weight does not have to mean sacrifice and suffering.
Weight loss programs are just methods that you can use to achieve goals in your life. To start a program gives you tools to use to achieve weight loss goals, as well as opening up to a more full and healthy life.
Thinking about feeling good about yourself, looking good, and doing the things you want to do. Do not focus on the fat, focus on the new and improved you. In a short while, always with the right attitude you will see the changes in your life.
With this, you can lead a healthier and happier life, being able to do and be whatever you desire...
Be Blessed
Labels: Fitness, Law of Attraction
Friday, July 30, 2010
Happiness Through Health
Hello again to you all
So what did I do with the happiness theme? You have probably been wondering why I have been on the weight loss kick lately. Well it has to do with my neighbors. Then you are wondering why I no longer talk about happiness.
Over the years neighbors have come and gone, some were good and we were sorry to see them leave, others were bad and we were happy to see them go, and this current batch seems to all be fat. Not a little overweight but just fat.
I have been talking to them a lot about weight loss, because they are fat. They complain about their health alot too. They fight with each other more than any other I have seen, they are just not a happy bunch.
This kind of proves my point that health leads to happiness. If they were not so fat they would not complain about their health so much, and would probably fight less as they would have more money for other stuff besides food.
Being overweight causes their health problems, like high blood pressure, pre-diabetes as well as diabetes, heart problems, breathing problems, and sore legs, feet and backs from all the extra weight they carry. If they lost about 100 pounds each they would all feel better and would be happier.
Good health leads to happiness, when you have your health you are worried less, and you can be more active. The heat bothers you less, the chores are easier, and life in general is just better.
I am seeing for myself the effects of obesity on people. I myself am well within my weight limits, a 32 waist, thats good for a 6 foot guy, not even close to what size these people are. There is one guy who is so fat he is trying to get on disability for his weight.
So if you are still wondering why I am talking about being healthy, now you know. Happiness is a state of mind, but there are other things that make you happy too. Like good health!
Be Blessed
So what did I do with the happiness theme? You have probably been wondering why I have been on the weight loss kick lately. Well it has to do with my neighbors. Then you are wondering why I no longer talk about happiness.
Over the years neighbors have come and gone, some were good and we were sorry to see them leave, others were bad and we were happy to see them go, and this current batch seems to all be fat. Not a little overweight but just fat.
I have been talking to them a lot about weight loss, because they are fat. They complain about their health alot too. They fight with each other more than any other I have seen, they are just not a happy bunch.
This kind of proves my point that health leads to happiness. If they were not so fat they would not complain about their health so much, and would probably fight less as they would have more money for other stuff besides food.
Being overweight causes their health problems, like high blood pressure, pre-diabetes as well as diabetes, heart problems, breathing problems, and sore legs, feet and backs from all the extra weight they carry. If they lost about 100 pounds each they would all feel better and would be happier.
Good health leads to happiness, when you have your health you are worried less, and you can be more active. The heat bothers you less, the chores are easier, and life in general is just better.
I am seeing for myself the effects of obesity on people. I myself am well within my weight limits, a 32 waist, thats good for a 6 foot guy, not even close to what size these people are. There is one guy who is so fat he is trying to get on disability for his weight.
So if you are still wondering why I am talking about being healthy, now you know. Happiness is a state of mind, but there are other things that make you happy too. Like good health!
Be Blessed
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Weight Loss Is Work
The ideal way to produce weight loss is through a balance of good nutrition and exercise. While this one sentence says it all, it would be an extremely short article if I did not elaborate a bit. What we are saying here is that you will have to expend some effort to accomplish your goal.
Realize the truth of weight loss; it takes effort and dedication to you to truly lose the weight and keep it off. You will have to change the way you live your life. If you are not ready to accept this fact then you will not succeed with any weight loss program you try.
Bad Diets
There are so many diet plans out there that it would take a whole book to list them all. Most of them are quite restrictive and boring. You will start with great enthusiasm as skilled copywriters usually hype the plan up. Then as you proceed, you will find that your enthusiasm wanes, and you cannot sustain such a program, as it does not offer any reward except the far distant hope of losing a few pounds.
These weight loss programs are usually only focused on eating a certain food over and over, replacing everything else you eat. Sometimes they are pills designed to remove water from your system, and sometimes they are nothing more than a way to take your money without any real permanent success. There is no such thing as something for nothing; you cannot achieve permanent weight loss with no effort.
Real weight loss
To lose weight and keep it off will require a smart, well-informed approach. You will need to find out before you start a program if it will be able to followed for a long time, usually measured in years not days. You will need to know if you can accept the changes that a particular plan suggests.
One of the big things that most weight loss plans neglect is the activity part. You will need to get some exercise. There is no way around it; if you do not increase your activity level, you will not lose weight. Now here is where you must make a careful choice as once you start you will have to do this for many years to come to achieve permanent results.
You must combine a nutritious balance diet with activity to experience real weight loss. This is the winning formula; any other plan that suggests otherwise will not work out in the end. You may get a temporary quick result, but you will gain it all back, and you will run the risk of developing health problems beyond what you may already be experiencing.
What you really don’t want to hear
The activity part of the equation is also known as exercise. For some reason people cringe at hearing that word, and pale with the prospect that they will have to do some. Get over it, anything worth having requires some effort, if you want to have a healthier you, you will need some exercise.
Exercise can be as simple as taking a daily walk to as complicated as a full gym workout, to as strenuous as participating in a sporting event. Only you can determine what the right level is for you. Also take into consideration your tolerance of other people, if you get along well with others you may very well like a gym workout, if you are competitive you may enjoy sports, and if you are a bit shy and need to spend some time with yourself you may go for the long walks.
You can do it
You are the one who got out of shape and overweight, and you are the one who will get fit and trim. You simply must desire to be healthy, and then find a weight loss plan that will both work for you and can be sustained for the rest of your life. You must change what you are doing now to become a better you, to hope to someday end the plan is to hope to fail. Fit and trim is a lifestyle, just as being overweight is a lifestyle. Which one do you want the most?
Be Blessed
Realize the truth of weight loss; it takes effort and dedication to you to truly lose the weight and keep it off. You will have to change the way you live your life. If you are not ready to accept this fact then you will not succeed with any weight loss program you try.
Bad Diets
There are so many diet plans out there that it would take a whole book to list them all. Most of them are quite restrictive and boring. You will start with great enthusiasm as skilled copywriters usually hype the plan up. Then as you proceed, you will find that your enthusiasm wanes, and you cannot sustain such a program, as it does not offer any reward except the far distant hope of losing a few pounds.
These weight loss programs are usually only focused on eating a certain food over and over, replacing everything else you eat. Sometimes they are pills designed to remove water from your system, and sometimes they are nothing more than a way to take your money without any real permanent success. There is no such thing as something for nothing; you cannot achieve permanent weight loss with no effort.
Real weight loss
To lose weight and keep it off will require a smart, well-informed approach. You will need to find out before you start a program if it will be able to followed for a long time, usually measured in years not days. You will need to know if you can accept the changes that a particular plan suggests.
One of the big things that most weight loss plans neglect is the activity part. You will need to get some exercise. There is no way around it; if you do not increase your activity level, you will not lose weight. Now here is where you must make a careful choice as once you start you will have to do this for many years to come to achieve permanent results.
You must combine a nutritious balance diet with activity to experience real weight loss. This is the winning formula; any other plan that suggests otherwise will not work out in the end. You may get a temporary quick result, but you will gain it all back, and you will run the risk of developing health problems beyond what you may already be experiencing.
What you really don’t want to hear
The activity part of the equation is also known as exercise. For some reason people cringe at hearing that word, and pale with the prospect that they will have to do some. Get over it, anything worth having requires some effort, if you want to have a healthier you, you will need some exercise.
Exercise can be as simple as taking a daily walk to as complicated as a full gym workout, to as strenuous as participating in a sporting event. Only you can determine what the right level is for you. Also take into consideration your tolerance of other people, if you get along well with others you may very well like a gym workout, if you are competitive you may enjoy sports, and if you are a bit shy and need to spend some time with yourself you may go for the long walks.
You can do it
You are the one who got out of shape and overweight, and you are the one who will get fit and trim. You simply must desire to be healthy, and then find a weight loss plan that will both work for you and can be sustained for the rest of your life. You must change what you are doing now to become a better you, to hope to someday end the plan is to hope to fail. Fit and trim is a lifestyle, just as being overweight is a lifestyle. Which one do you want the most?
Be Blessed
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The Fat Free Weight Loss Trap
If you are learning about weight loss there is something you must know. There is a huge misconception going around today that low fat and fat free foods are good for you. These foods still have calories, and most of those calories are known as an empty calorie, as it does nothing to improve or nourish the body.
The foods that have the huge low fat and fat free labels are usually junk food. Low fat candy bars? Fat free potato chips? Come on people just because it may not be as bad for you as they once were doesn’t make them good for you.
Am I asking you to give up your junk food? Of course not, just eat less of it. One candy bar a week is plenty; make it your Saturday afternoon treat, but to eat one or two every day is just asking to put yourself or keep yourself in the overweight crowd.
The weight loss plan
Now a lot of people are seeking various weight loss techniques because they have gained a little too much weight and now it is a problem. It is never too late to start a weight loss program; the sooner you start the easier it is.
It is common knowledge, almost legend that most people who start a weight loss regime fail. They lose a few pounds then go back to their old ways and not only gain all those pounds back, but often a few more as well.
The reason those people failed is that they quit, if you start a weight loss program you cannot fail if you do not quit. Don’t go all guilt trip just because you could not resist a candy bar in the middle of the week, or you had seconds at the buffet, just get up the next morning and continue your program that you started.
The reason to eat right
As you are probably well aware, being overweight is more than just a cosmetic condition that may make you less attractive to the opposite sex. Being overweight also has some significant health risks and can cause self-esteem issues. There is no good reason to be overweight. Therefore, you need to get on and stick with a weight loss plan.
We have all been taught in school what it is to eat right. We know about the food pyramid, and the required daily values we need to survive and be healthy. It seems that we have begun to ignore that knowledge out of convenience. It is much easier to eat food that someone else has already prepared, so we do not have to expend any effort to enjoy it, all we need to do is stuff it into our face.
Depending on your activity level, you need a certain caloric intake to maintain that level. If you are a professional athlete, you have a much higher calorie need than a person who sits on the couch and watches sports. The problem here is that the person on the couch consumes as many calories as the athlete, yet has way less activity. Therefore, the person on the couch gains weight.
The secret to weight loss
The best way to lose weight and keep it off is portion control. There are many charts and books of charts out there that will tell you what activities burn what calories. All you need do is write down your normal activities and then look them up in the chart to see how many calories you burn in a day. On the same note, many publications tell you how many calories a food has. So write down what you eat in a day.
You will probably be shocked to find out that you eat many times what you burn off. This is the reason you are learning about weight loss. If you are burning 1500 calories a day, and you are eating 3500 calories a day, you are gaining weight. To stop this you either need to increase your activity level to match what you are burning to what you are eating, or decrease your intake to match your activity.
Portion control is the solution
The best weight loss plan is a combination of decreasing your caloric intake and at the same time increasing your activity to burn off your stored calories. At first, you may be a little disappointed at the size of your meals, but as you see the pounds melting off you will be happy to stick with them.
One of the first things you must do is called the “push away” technique. Push away from the table when you start to feel satisfied. Satisfied is better than full, it allows you to continue to function normally without any restrictions. Push away when you offered seconds, push away from the large piece of dessert, push away from the extra roll. With just a little practice, this becomes second nature and is so easy you will wonder how you ever ate so much in the past.
Then to help you to fight hunger, especially when you are first starting a weight loss regime, have a snack that is healthy for you. When that hunger strikes, drink a glass of water and eat a light snack such as a rice cake or a granola bar. Only one, do not make a meal of them, just a light snack. If you are still hungry, drink another glass of water.
You can succeed if you do not quit. To quit is to fail. You can achieve weight loss, and lead a happy and healthy life if you start and never quit.
Be Blessed.
The foods that have the huge low fat and fat free labels are usually junk food. Low fat candy bars? Fat free potato chips? Come on people just because it may not be as bad for you as they once were doesn’t make them good for you.
Am I asking you to give up your junk food? Of course not, just eat less of it. One candy bar a week is plenty; make it your Saturday afternoon treat, but to eat one or two every day is just asking to put yourself or keep yourself in the overweight crowd.
The weight loss plan
Now a lot of people are seeking various weight loss techniques because they have gained a little too much weight and now it is a problem. It is never too late to start a weight loss program; the sooner you start the easier it is.
It is common knowledge, almost legend that most people who start a weight loss regime fail. They lose a few pounds then go back to their old ways and not only gain all those pounds back, but often a few more as well.
The reason those people failed is that they quit, if you start a weight loss program you cannot fail if you do not quit. Don’t go all guilt trip just because you could not resist a candy bar in the middle of the week, or you had seconds at the buffet, just get up the next morning and continue your program that you started.
The reason to eat right
As you are probably well aware, being overweight is more than just a cosmetic condition that may make you less attractive to the opposite sex. Being overweight also has some significant health risks and can cause self-esteem issues. There is no good reason to be overweight. Therefore, you need to get on and stick with a weight loss plan.
We have all been taught in school what it is to eat right. We know about the food pyramid, and the required daily values we need to survive and be healthy. It seems that we have begun to ignore that knowledge out of convenience. It is much easier to eat food that someone else has already prepared, so we do not have to expend any effort to enjoy it, all we need to do is stuff it into our face.
Depending on your activity level, you need a certain caloric intake to maintain that level. If you are a professional athlete, you have a much higher calorie need than a person who sits on the couch and watches sports. The problem here is that the person on the couch consumes as many calories as the athlete, yet has way less activity. Therefore, the person on the couch gains weight.
The secret to weight loss
The best way to lose weight and keep it off is portion control. There are many charts and books of charts out there that will tell you what activities burn what calories. All you need do is write down your normal activities and then look them up in the chart to see how many calories you burn in a day. On the same note, many publications tell you how many calories a food has. So write down what you eat in a day.
You will probably be shocked to find out that you eat many times what you burn off. This is the reason you are learning about weight loss. If you are burning 1500 calories a day, and you are eating 3500 calories a day, you are gaining weight. To stop this you either need to increase your activity level to match what you are burning to what you are eating, or decrease your intake to match your activity.
Portion control is the solution
The best weight loss plan is a combination of decreasing your caloric intake and at the same time increasing your activity to burn off your stored calories. At first, you may be a little disappointed at the size of your meals, but as you see the pounds melting off you will be happy to stick with them.
One of the first things you must do is called the “push away” technique. Push away from the table when you start to feel satisfied. Satisfied is better than full, it allows you to continue to function normally without any restrictions. Push away when you offered seconds, push away from the large piece of dessert, push away from the extra roll. With just a little practice, this becomes second nature and is so easy you will wonder how you ever ate so much in the past.
Then to help you to fight hunger, especially when you are first starting a weight loss regime, have a snack that is healthy for you. When that hunger strikes, drink a glass of water and eat a light snack such as a rice cake or a granola bar. Only one, do not make a meal of them, just a light snack. If you are still hungry, drink another glass of water.
You can succeed if you do not quit. To quit is to fail. You can achieve weight loss, and lead a happy and healthy life if you start and never quit.
Be Blessed.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Finding a Weight Loss Plan that Works for You
Are you looking to lose weight? One of the best ways to experience weight loss is with a plan. Just deciding that you want weight loss is not enough, you must find a plan that not only will match your personality, but will help you too. You need a plan that involves three elements: Your mind, your body, and your spirit. For you are all these, and just focusing on one will not bring you the results you desire.
Finding a weight loss program
Looking for a weight loss program involves finding something that addresses more than just a food diet. For example, if you eat nothing but toast, you will lose weight, then when you have lost a few pounds, you will want your regular food, and then when you go back to eating the way you used to you will gain all your weight back. You need a plan that will still allow you to eat real food and not starve.
You will also need something that will also help you determine why you eat, is it for energy, to replace your lack of sleep, or as an emotional replacement. These issues also need to be addressed, so that you can enjoy weight loss success. As you can see, you will need to find a plan that addresses all these things together so that you can enjoy your life.
Joining a weight loss program
As you look around you will find that you have a number of different options. There are do it yourself programs, on line programs, and local programs that you go to at least a few times a week. You need to determine what fits you the best. Do you have strong willpower? If so you can use one of the do it yourself courses. Do you have a need for some direction and to have goals set for you? Then an online program would probably work very well for you. Do you need support from others when you are feeling unsure and hungry? Then a local weight loss plan would be best for you to join.
Once you have made your choice, make a commitment. Determine to yourself that you will stick with the plan for at least six months. Then if it is not working to your satisfaction then you can switch plans. You cannot fail unless you quit, so once you start stay with the weight loss goal you set for your own self. Everyone is different; some need only a book to change their life, while at the other end of the spectrum other people need a clinic. Only you can decide what is right for you.
Staying the course
Starting a weight loss program is a lifetime commitment. You will be changing the way you do things, the way you use food, and the way you live your life. Be aware of this aspect and you will have a far better chance of succeeding with your goals. As with all things, it gets easier with practice. Then after a while, it will seem just an easy routine to you, it will be a part of your life. This is what leads to permanent weight loss, as well as a happier and healthier life.
Be Blessed
Finding a weight loss program
Looking for a weight loss program involves finding something that addresses more than just a food diet. For example, if you eat nothing but toast, you will lose weight, then when you have lost a few pounds, you will want your regular food, and then when you go back to eating the way you used to you will gain all your weight back. You need a plan that will still allow you to eat real food and not starve.
You will also need something that will also help you determine why you eat, is it for energy, to replace your lack of sleep, or as an emotional replacement. These issues also need to be addressed, so that you can enjoy weight loss success. As you can see, you will need to find a plan that addresses all these things together so that you can enjoy your life.
Joining a weight loss program
As you look around you will find that you have a number of different options. There are do it yourself programs, on line programs, and local programs that you go to at least a few times a week. You need to determine what fits you the best. Do you have strong willpower? If so you can use one of the do it yourself courses. Do you have a need for some direction and to have goals set for you? Then an online program would probably work very well for you. Do you need support from others when you are feeling unsure and hungry? Then a local weight loss plan would be best for you to join.
Once you have made your choice, make a commitment. Determine to yourself that you will stick with the plan for at least six months. Then if it is not working to your satisfaction then you can switch plans. You cannot fail unless you quit, so once you start stay with the weight loss goal you set for your own self. Everyone is different; some need only a book to change their life, while at the other end of the spectrum other people need a clinic. Only you can decide what is right for you.
Staying the course
Starting a weight loss program is a lifetime commitment. You will be changing the way you do things, the way you use food, and the way you live your life. Be aware of this aspect and you will have a far better chance of succeeding with your goals. As with all things, it gets easier with practice. Then after a while, it will seem just an easy routine to you, it will be a part of your life. This is what leads to permanent weight loss, as well as a happier and healthier life.
Be Blessed
Monday, July 26, 2010
Weight Loss from Getting out of The Chair
It seems that we as a race have developed habits that are naturally causing us to grow fat. We need weight loss because we live our lives like penned animals; we put ourselves in a cage, and keep ourselves there. We have bodies designed for doing things yet today in these modern times we have built a lifestyle where we are simply do not move much. Sure, we are moving from the bed to the breakfast table; from the table to the office chair; from the office to the restaurant booth; from the restaurant to the couch, then the dinner table, and then back to the bed. No wonder we need to learn about weight loss.
Today, our daily obligations keep us tied to chairs, with the resultant lack expending any real physical effort, and thus we gain weight. There are health experts that insist that obesity problems are caused at least as much by lack of physical activity as by eating too much. This means that if we want exercise, then we have to seek it out.
It is important that people move around.
Now this does not mean that walking a lap around the house will offset a daily dose of donuts. Exercise alone is not enough, if you just exercise and do not watch your diet; you may be able to prevent weight gain but will not experience the weight loss you desire.
Weight loss is not something that you are likely to sustain unless exercise is part of an overall program. The more regularly you exercise, (please note that the word regularly was used) the easier it is to maintain your weight. Therefore, you must make some sort of physical activity a normal part of your day, just as sitting in a chair is part of your day.
Getting yourself moving
As with any exercise program, always check with your doctor. One of the safest and most effective physical activities is walking. A brisk walk will help you experience weight loss without the high impact exercises. Start out by walking around the block or around the track at the park.
Make it something you do every day. If you eat that day, you take a walk that day. Now if it is raining go for the walk anyway, if you can safely take a shower you can safely walk in the rain. Make walking a habit, you should walk at least 20 minutes for every meal you eat, this will at least help you from gaining weight, if not help you get the weight loss you are working towards.
Some other ideas to help you to walk more; are park your car further away from the entrance to a store, it is easier to find a spot and it does you good to walk a bit. Take the stairs for at least one floor, the line for the elevator is far shorter and you will feel better for the effort. After dinner, make a part of the routine to walk off your dinner, it will aid you in digestion as well as weight loss.
Be Blessed
Today, our daily obligations keep us tied to chairs, with the resultant lack expending any real physical effort, and thus we gain weight. There are health experts that insist that obesity problems are caused at least as much by lack of physical activity as by eating too much. This means that if we want exercise, then we have to seek it out.
It is important that people move around.
Now this does not mean that walking a lap around the house will offset a daily dose of donuts. Exercise alone is not enough, if you just exercise and do not watch your diet; you may be able to prevent weight gain but will not experience the weight loss you desire.
Weight loss is not something that you are likely to sustain unless exercise is part of an overall program. The more regularly you exercise, (please note that the word regularly was used) the easier it is to maintain your weight. Therefore, you must make some sort of physical activity a normal part of your day, just as sitting in a chair is part of your day.
Getting yourself moving
As with any exercise program, always check with your doctor. One of the safest and most effective physical activities is walking. A brisk walk will help you experience weight loss without the high impact exercises. Start out by walking around the block or around the track at the park.
Make it something you do every day. If you eat that day, you take a walk that day. Now if it is raining go for the walk anyway, if you can safely take a shower you can safely walk in the rain. Make walking a habit, you should walk at least 20 minutes for every meal you eat, this will at least help you from gaining weight, if not help you get the weight loss you are working towards.
Some other ideas to help you to walk more; are park your car further away from the entrance to a store, it is easier to find a spot and it does you good to walk a bit. Take the stairs for at least one floor, the line for the elevator is far shorter and you will feel better for the effort. After dinner, make a part of the routine to walk off your dinner, it will aid you in digestion as well as weight loss.
Be Blessed
Friday, July 23, 2010
Weight Loss Success Can Be Yours
Weight loss requires a plan, and more than a plan, weight loss requires that you take action on and with that plan. You will succeed as long as you stick to the weight loss plan at hand. To quit is to fail, to keep working at it even though the results are not coming fast enough will result in success. Change you plan a little here, and a little there, and never give up.
Weight loss requires some work
To achieve any weight loss goal, you will need to do some actual physical movement. To cut down on calories and food intake is good, but that alone will not achieve a healthy life. You need to have some exercise. I hear you groaning over there and making excuses, but exercise does not mean going out and running a marathon, it means doing something besides sitting.
One thing to do that is easy is to stretch; stretch and stretch some more. Before actually doing any exercises and whenever you just feel like it. Stretch when you wake up, stretch when you stand up, stretch while waiting in line, get used to making your parts move. In addition, a little stretching after your work out will help avoid any soreness in your body.
Rome was not built in a day
It is not a good idea to go for the gold when first starting out. Avoid the “push” or any marine corps mottos (like no pain no gain) and just start easy. Do not try too hard, one push up a day until it is easy, then two a day, and so on. Find the level of exercise and training that suits you; it should be easy enough for you to be comfortable, but not too convenient that it will not be much of a challenge.
Weight loss is not about being an Olympic athlete; it is about getting yourself healthy and fit. If you want to be an athlete you can work on that later, but for now, keep in mind the goal is to get healthy. Set your goal, write it down and then keep working at it until that goal is achieved, then set the next goal and work towards that, and the next goal, and the next goal, until you have your healthy and happy life.
The habit of exercise
Right now, you do not have a habit of exercising; you have the habit of just the opposite. You will always have habits, that is human nature; the idea is to have good habits that lead to a healthy lifestyle. To change your habits you must start out by doing something repeatedly until it becomes easy. One of the best ways to start exercising is just a little every day. After a while, you will be used to a little exercise every day, and then you can add a little more. In a few months, you will find yourself looking forward to your exercise time rather than dreading it, as you do now.
The greatest tool for weight loss is being honest with yourself; you must look at you with a keen eye for detail, and see what is there. To go on a weight loss plan you must be honest with yourself and stay with it. To cheat is only hurting you. In the words of Shakespeare “To thine own self be true”. Be firm with your ego and demand compliance from your inner self. To be fit, trim, and happy will take some effort at first. Stay with it, never give up, and you will find yourself becoming happier and fitter every day.
Be Blessed
Weight loss requires some work
To achieve any weight loss goal, you will need to do some actual physical movement. To cut down on calories and food intake is good, but that alone will not achieve a healthy life. You need to have some exercise. I hear you groaning over there and making excuses, but exercise does not mean going out and running a marathon, it means doing something besides sitting.
One thing to do that is easy is to stretch; stretch and stretch some more. Before actually doing any exercises and whenever you just feel like it. Stretch when you wake up, stretch when you stand up, stretch while waiting in line, get used to making your parts move. In addition, a little stretching after your work out will help avoid any soreness in your body.
Rome was not built in a day
It is not a good idea to go for the gold when first starting out. Avoid the “push” or any marine corps mottos (like no pain no gain) and just start easy. Do not try too hard, one push up a day until it is easy, then two a day, and so on. Find the level of exercise and training that suits you; it should be easy enough for you to be comfortable, but not too convenient that it will not be much of a challenge.
Weight loss is not about being an Olympic athlete; it is about getting yourself healthy and fit. If you want to be an athlete you can work on that later, but for now, keep in mind the goal is to get healthy. Set your goal, write it down and then keep working at it until that goal is achieved, then set the next goal and work towards that, and the next goal, and the next goal, until you have your healthy and happy life.
The habit of exercise
Right now, you do not have a habit of exercising; you have the habit of just the opposite. You will always have habits, that is human nature; the idea is to have good habits that lead to a healthy lifestyle. To change your habits you must start out by doing something repeatedly until it becomes easy. One of the best ways to start exercising is just a little every day. After a while, you will be used to a little exercise every day, and then you can add a little more. In a few months, you will find yourself looking forward to your exercise time rather than dreading it, as you do now.
The greatest tool for weight loss is being honest with yourself; you must look at you with a keen eye for detail, and see what is there. To go on a weight loss plan you must be honest with yourself and stay with it. To cheat is only hurting you. In the words of Shakespeare “To thine own self be true”. Be firm with your ego and demand compliance from your inner self. To be fit, trim, and happy will take some effort at first. Stay with it, never give up, and you will find yourself becoming happier and fitter every day.
Be Blessed
Labels: Fitness
Weight Loss Program That You Make Easy
Weight loss is something that you have to do individually, there is no one size fits all when it comes to a plan or program that will help you shed the pounds and get into shape. The idea of any program is to be able for you to develop a consistent approach to your weight loss as well as develop a happy attitude while exercising. To be successful with your plan you must have the two main parts, a control of your caloric intake, and a burning off the excess.
Weight loss can be easy, however it is never quick, sure you could lose a few pounds fast by not eating for a whole week but that is neither healthy nor can you keep the weight off permanently. To be successful at the goal of weight loss you have to develop a plan and a program that works for you. Then when you have your plan in place, you must go with it, and stay on it. If there is something that isn’t working you can change the plan a little, but you must continue your program, to quit is to fail.
The change in your eating habits
Now one of the keys to your weight loss plan is to get rid of the excess fat in your body, not the healthy and lean muscle tissues and body fluids. To do this you still need to eat, but you must eat healthy food, and you must eat less. Everybody loves fast food burgers, the trick is to only eat one, and only one a week. There are many other examples but this is an article and not a book.
The next part consists of you being ready both mentally and physically. Make sure to check with your doctor to make sure that there are no medical conditions that may preclude you from any part of your plan, and then be ready to get started. Set a start day, and on that day go grocery shopping and only buy the healthy good foods you know you will need. Don’t buy any clothes; feel free to start your exercise in the clothes you own. As you see your weight loss success, you will be getting fitter and those big clothes will not fit any more.
The program requires your focus and dedication,
Once you start, you must remain positive and keep the end result in focus. You did not get overweight and out of shape overnight and you will not get fit and trim overnight either. In fact, it is going to take the rest of your life to maintain the fit and trim you desire. Weight loss is not a quick fix; rather it is a change in life. It is important to keep in mind that when starting on any weight loss program, to realize that you are not just changing your weight, you are changing your life. Some people get impatient easily but if you do not give up, then the effects you desire assured.
Be Blessed
Weight loss can be easy, however it is never quick, sure you could lose a few pounds fast by not eating for a whole week but that is neither healthy nor can you keep the weight off permanently. To be successful at the goal of weight loss you have to develop a plan and a program that works for you. Then when you have your plan in place, you must go with it, and stay on it. If there is something that isn’t working you can change the plan a little, but you must continue your program, to quit is to fail.
The change in your eating habits
Now one of the keys to your weight loss plan is to get rid of the excess fat in your body, not the healthy and lean muscle tissues and body fluids. To do this you still need to eat, but you must eat healthy food, and you must eat less. Everybody loves fast food burgers, the trick is to only eat one, and only one a week. There are many other examples but this is an article and not a book.
The next part consists of you being ready both mentally and physically. Make sure to check with your doctor to make sure that there are no medical conditions that may preclude you from any part of your plan, and then be ready to get started. Set a start day, and on that day go grocery shopping and only buy the healthy good foods you know you will need. Don’t buy any clothes; feel free to start your exercise in the clothes you own. As you see your weight loss success, you will be getting fitter and those big clothes will not fit any more.
The program requires your focus and dedication,
Once you start, you must remain positive and keep the end result in focus. You did not get overweight and out of shape overnight and you will not get fit and trim overnight either. In fact, it is going to take the rest of your life to maintain the fit and trim you desire. Weight loss is not a quick fix; rather it is a change in life. It is important to keep in mind that when starting on any weight loss program, to realize that you are not just changing your weight, you are changing your life. Some people get impatient easily but if you do not give up, then the effects you desire assured.
Be Blessed
Labels: Fitness
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Weight Loss Success, Make it Happen
Failure is an opportunity
Weight loss is a choice that many people choose every day, and most of those people will fail. They will either lose the weight and then gain it right back, or will not lose weight fast enough and quit. The great Henry Ford said, “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently”. So what this means is that you learned something, and now you can use that knowledge to come up with a better plan.
Weight loss is not a hard thing to do, if you approach it in a proper manner for you. You must examine why you failed your last diet, and take the steps to correct that problem, and then keep trying until you do see success. If you do not find the reasons for this failure, you are dooming your weight loss plans to failure from the start. Most people when they know they are going to fail don’t even try, they give up before starting.
You are in controlof you
Weight loss success is up to you, and is for you, by you and because of you. Realize this: You are the only person who can take control of your life. You and you alone can get yourself out of your chair and on your feet. You are the only one that can take the responsibility for the condition in which you find yourself. That’s right, you are responsible for you.
Now if you are trying diet after diet and failing over and over again then you must at some point in time realize that it is quite likely not the diets that are failing. You must be willing to change your life to succeed at weight loss. Are you trying to lose weight just for one day, and then you want it back? Not usually, most want to lose weight and keep it off. That means a change, not in just weight but in life.
We are accountable for our successes
In work and play we are accountable for our actions, this is no different when it comes to weight loss. It won’t go away by itself, and it certainly did not show up by itself. You are what makes you what you are, and if you do not like the way you are now you must change it.
It is very satisfying when a person notices your efforts and compliments you on the things you have done. However, when you are dieting and changing your life it may take a more time for people to actually notice the weight you have lost. Weight loss is not an instant gratification type of activity. Do not give up simply because no one noticed you lost a pound. You must continue your efforts; you just might surprise yourself, after a while with a roaring success.
Weight loss is a life change, and you must hold yourself accountable to your stated dieting and weight loss goals in order to achieve any lasting results. To change your life requires a degree of accountability, you must be the one to make it happen.
Be Blessed
Weight loss is a choice that many people choose every day, and most of those people will fail. They will either lose the weight and then gain it right back, or will not lose weight fast enough and quit. The great Henry Ford said, “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently”. So what this means is that you learned something, and now you can use that knowledge to come up with a better plan.
Weight loss is not a hard thing to do, if you approach it in a proper manner for you. You must examine why you failed your last diet, and take the steps to correct that problem, and then keep trying until you do see success. If you do not find the reasons for this failure, you are dooming your weight loss plans to failure from the start. Most people when they know they are going to fail don’t even try, they give up before starting.
You are in controlof you
Weight loss success is up to you, and is for you, by you and because of you. Realize this: You are the only person who can take control of your life. You and you alone can get yourself out of your chair and on your feet. You are the only one that can take the responsibility for the condition in which you find yourself. That’s right, you are responsible for you.
Now if you are trying diet after diet and failing over and over again then you must at some point in time realize that it is quite likely not the diets that are failing. You must be willing to change your life to succeed at weight loss. Are you trying to lose weight just for one day, and then you want it back? Not usually, most want to lose weight and keep it off. That means a change, not in just weight but in life.
We are accountable for our successes
In work and play we are accountable for our actions, this is no different when it comes to weight loss. It won’t go away by itself, and it certainly did not show up by itself. You are what makes you what you are, and if you do not like the way you are now you must change it.
It is very satisfying when a person notices your efforts and compliments you on the things you have done. However, when you are dieting and changing your life it may take a more time for people to actually notice the weight you have lost. Weight loss is not an instant gratification type of activity. Do not give up simply because no one noticed you lost a pound. You must continue your efforts; you just might surprise yourself, after a while with a roaring success.
Weight loss is a life change, and you must hold yourself accountable to your stated dieting and weight loss goals in order to achieve any lasting results. To change your life requires a degree of accountability, you must be the one to make it happen.
Be Blessed
Labels: Fitness
Weight Loss Success, Making it Happen
The weight loss mindset
Weight Loss and dieting are often approached with the wrong mindset; people just think from the start that they are going to fail. The reason for this is that they tried a diet or two in the past and since they did not become a super model or beefcake overnight that the diet did not work and they had failed because of the diet.
Something to understand about any plan is that you do not fail until you quit. If you have a setback, or you are not losing weight fast enough, just keep going with it. As long as you are working towards your weight loss and fitness goals, you are still in the game. A setback is only a learning experience and not failure. You are not a failure until you quit.
What happens to many people is that they have tried and failed many weight loss diets, and when they try the next new diet, they start with the knowledge that they will fail in this attempt as well. Unfortunately this is a self-fulfilling prophesy, because they will fail. They have gotten used to quitting and are ready to accept their fatness as their future, and would rather not make the effort to change their life.
A success is a change in life
That is what a successful weight loss program is, a change in life. Face it; if you keep doing what you are doing, you will get the same result. If you want something different you have to do something different, and so it goes. Many people quote Henry Ford when he said, “whether you think you can or you think you can’t, your right”.
If you want to lose weight and get healthy then you must make a lifelong commitment. There is no “lose a few pounds” and go back to doing what you were doing before, you simply gain the weight right back. To successfully lose the weight you must change your behavior for the rest of your life. For weight loss to be permanent, you must make a permanent change in the way you live your life.
Of course, if you think you are going to fail at the next diet you will, you are dooming yourself to failure before you even start, so why bother. Think about why none of the other diets have worked for you. Is it because you started and then quit at the first sign of difficulty? Please realize that the difficulty is a good sign, that you are making a change. The change is not measured in pound but in happiness.
You started the weight loss program because you were not happy with the self that you have, yet your inner habits do not want to change because it fears success. Do not fear successes, success is only a journey, the rewards are long lasting. If you lose the weight and get fit, you will be a lot happier, not to mention healthier.
Be Blessed
Weight Loss and dieting are often approached with the wrong mindset; people just think from the start that they are going to fail. The reason for this is that they tried a diet or two in the past and since they did not become a super model or beefcake overnight that the diet did not work and they had failed because of the diet.
Something to understand about any plan is that you do not fail until you quit. If you have a setback, or you are not losing weight fast enough, just keep going with it. As long as you are working towards your weight loss and fitness goals, you are still in the game. A setback is only a learning experience and not failure. You are not a failure until you quit.
What happens to many people is that they have tried and failed many weight loss diets, and when they try the next new diet, they start with the knowledge that they will fail in this attempt as well. Unfortunately this is a self-fulfilling prophesy, because they will fail. They have gotten used to quitting and are ready to accept their fatness as their future, and would rather not make the effort to change their life.
A success is a change in life
That is what a successful weight loss program is, a change in life. Face it; if you keep doing what you are doing, you will get the same result. If you want something different you have to do something different, and so it goes. Many people quote Henry Ford when he said, “whether you think you can or you think you can’t, your right”.
If you want to lose weight and get healthy then you must make a lifelong commitment. There is no “lose a few pounds” and go back to doing what you were doing before, you simply gain the weight right back. To successfully lose the weight you must change your behavior for the rest of your life. For weight loss to be permanent, you must make a permanent change in the way you live your life.
Of course, if you think you are going to fail at the next diet you will, you are dooming yourself to failure before you even start, so why bother. Think about why none of the other diets have worked for you. Is it because you started and then quit at the first sign of difficulty? Please realize that the difficulty is a good sign, that you are making a change. The change is not measured in pound but in happiness.
You started the weight loss program because you were not happy with the self that you have, yet your inner habits do not want to change because it fears success. Do not fear successes, success is only a journey, the rewards are long lasting. If you lose the weight and get fit, you will be a lot happier, not to mention healthier.
Be Blessed
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Lose Weight with a Good Plan not Will Power
Losing weight is not hard
Sure, it requires effort and takes a while but it is not hard. A reason that many people start and fail so many diets and fitness programs is because they fail to realize it is a lifetime commitment. They got fat and out of shape because they chose a set of habits that caused them to be where they are now. To lose weight and stay fit requires that one choose a different lifestyle. If you start a diet or fitness program, you stay with it for the rest of your life.
Maybe people think that they only need to diet for a few weeks and then when they have lost a few pounds they can get off the diet and go back to what they were doing before. When they do, they gain the weight right back and then declare that the diet did not work. The diet did work to help them lose weight, but their lifestyle helped them gain it back again.
When you start a diet or an exercise program, you must be prepared to stick with it for life. This means that to lose weight you will have to change your habits. You will have to exchange your sets of behaviors for new sets of behaviors, and this will cause you to live a happy, healthy, contented life.
Strike a balance
You will have to strike a new deal with yourself, to lose weight you will need to learn some new life skills, you will also want to do some of the old activities as well as your new activities. So to make it easier on you choose a exercise that is fun for you, be it team sports, hiking, mountain climbing, skiing, cycling, or whatever you choose, as long as it is something you will truly enjoy.
To lose weight and keep it off you need to grasp the concept that making a long-term healthy lifestyle change is essential. You can no longer accept that once you have started you can quit and go back to the way you used to behave.
That is why so many people fail their diets is because they think that a diet is temporary when it is not. You need a diet to lose weight, and you need a sustainable diet for keeping the pounds off once they are gone.
Sure all that fast food tastes good, but so does that good food. You must simply replace one for the other, and the fast food becomes a monthly or weekly treat not the main diet. Find a diet that is a good fit for you; ask yourself if you could eat this kind of food or in this manner for the rest of your life. Once you discover a diet and exercise plan that seems to work for you stick with it. It took a while for you to develop bad habits; it will take a while to replace those bad habits with good ones. You may make minor changes along the way, as you may find that you like jogging better than biking, or you may like your fruit in a shake instead of a bowl and so on.
If you stay with the plan, it becomes easier and easier until it is second nature and you will wonder how you ever lived life before.
Be Blessed
Sure, it requires effort and takes a while but it is not hard. A reason that many people start and fail so many diets and fitness programs is because they fail to realize it is a lifetime commitment. They got fat and out of shape because they chose a set of habits that caused them to be where they are now. To lose weight and stay fit requires that one choose a different lifestyle. If you start a diet or fitness program, you stay with it for the rest of your life.
Maybe people think that they only need to diet for a few weeks and then when they have lost a few pounds they can get off the diet and go back to what they were doing before. When they do, they gain the weight right back and then declare that the diet did not work. The diet did work to help them lose weight, but their lifestyle helped them gain it back again.
When you start a diet or an exercise program, you must be prepared to stick with it for life. This means that to lose weight you will have to change your habits. You will have to exchange your sets of behaviors for new sets of behaviors, and this will cause you to live a happy, healthy, contented life.
Strike a balance
You will have to strike a new deal with yourself, to lose weight you will need to learn some new life skills, you will also want to do some of the old activities as well as your new activities. So to make it easier on you choose a exercise that is fun for you, be it team sports, hiking, mountain climbing, skiing, cycling, or whatever you choose, as long as it is something you will truly enjoy.
To lose weight and keep it off you need to grasp the concept that making a long-term healthy lifestyle change is essential. You can no longer accept that once you have started you can quit and go back to the way you used to behave.
That is why so many people fail their diets is because they think that a diet is temporary when it is not. You need a diet to lose weight, and you need a sustainable diet for keeping the pounds off once they are gone.
Sure all that fast food tastes good, but so does that good food. You must simply replace one for the other, and the fast food becomes a monthly or weekly treat not the main diet. Find a diet that is a good fit for you; ask yourself if you could eat this kind of food or in this manner for the rest of your life. Once you discover a diet and exercise plan that seems to work for you stick with it. It took a while for you to develop bad habits; it will take a while to replace those bad habits with good ones. You may make minor changes along the way, as you may find that you like jogging better than biking, or you may like your fruit in a shake instead of a bowl and so on.
If you stay with the plan, it becomes easier and easier until it is second nature and you will wonder how you ever lived life before.
Be Blessed
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