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Diet tips for the sensible dieter who wants to succeed – Part 6
Jul 29th
You should have a gym regimen in place before you begin a diet. Trying to establish a diet regimen and an exercise regimen at the same time is too demanding. A good exercise plan includes weight training at least twice a week, with a coach at first if possible, while you are still learning a routine, plus walking briskly at least a half hour almost every day. By themselves, these actions won’t do the job, but dieting without them won’t either, certainly not for most women.
The most effective diet to combine with exercise is a modified Atkins-stype diet: heavy on proteins (meat, fish, cheese, eggs, nuts), eaten alone or with fruit; alternating with meals made entirely of carbs (vegetables both raw and cooked) which may also be combined with fruit. Most meals are proteins and only proteins, with all-carb meals staggered in among them every couple of days, an occasional all-veg or all-fruit day, and a very rare protein-carb mixed meal just to throw your metabolism a curve and not let it get too comfortable with any one pattern.
But their are additional rules that make this diet burn fat like crazy, and without which it does not work very well.
1. First, Don’t eat til full, but only til another bite will satisfy. Then *don’t* take that next bite. Stop right there, flat, til your next meal. (Try using Hoodia to restrain appetite over the longer stretches, like from lunch to dinner and from dinner to bedtime). It helps to put your portion for each meal in a bowl or on a plate and then not refill. Never eat directly from the pot or food container. It’s too hard to stop.
2. Drink water all day; you’ll have to just deal with visiting the bathroom often.
3. Favorite vegetable combos are ratatouille, and a light sautee of onions, garlic, carrots and celery, made in big batches and reheated in the microwave in smaller batches for lunch. Use some Accent (if you’re not allergic to it) to bring out the flavor of the vegetables, and liberal dustings of season salt and garlic powder – NOT garlic SALT – which makes vegetable dishes tasty. A frozen package of mixed cauliflower and broccoli, steamed, with a little walnut oil and some garlic and season salt, makes a good lunch. Steamed just til tender, these vegetables are slightly sweet and pleasantly crunchy. Avoid corn: it’s mostly starch.
4. Don’t eat your next meal until AT LEAST two and a half hours have passed since you finished the last one. You’re eating smaller meals so the time gap
The Perfect Weight Loss Plan
Apr 17th
If you go to the weight loss section of any bookstore, you will see hundreds of diet books. The authors of these books all claim to have the perfect weight loss plan. They all have the secret to help everyone lose weight and keep it off forever. The truth is, there is no perfect plan for everyone. However, there is a perfect plan for you. You can find it by keeping an open mind, being realistic, and not giving up.
Keep an Open Mind
Most diet experts believe their plan can help everyone lose weight. They think their plan is the “end all, be all”. The experts believe this because their plan worked for them or worked for some of their users. Their plan will not work for everyone, but it may work for you.
When it comes to weight loss, you should keep an open mind. Read and learn as much as possible. Take it all in. Try different plans. You should also consider mixing and matching plans. You may have to create your own plan because your perfect plan may not have been created yet.
Don’t Be Foolish
You should not be close minded when selecting a weight loss plan. However, you should be realistic. Do not adopt a plan that offers miracles or strategies that may be dangerous. If a diet requires that you only eat celery for three weeks, do not do it. Also, stay away from plans with miracle weight loss pills. They do not work and they may have side effects.
Persevere
You may have to try many plans and read many books or magazines before you find the plan that is right for. You may have more failures than successes. Be patient. Do not give up. It will be worth it in the end when you find the perfect plan for you. Losing weight is not a sprint; it is a long distance race with hurdles. Persevere and you will succeed.
There is a perfect weight loss plan for you. However, you may have to go and find it yourself. You can increase your chances of finding your perfect plan by keeping an open mind, being realistic, and not giving up.
Lose Pounds Once and for All Through the Greenwich Diet
Jan 27th
Do you hope to shed those surplus pounds of yours and improve your well-being? Dieting combined with exercise may be the correct choice for you. But the importance in most of today’s diets is set on lowering carbohydrates and fat intake, by suggesting sub-optimal supplies of protein, which is an essential nutrient.
The Greenwich Diet can be the ideal answer. It’s a method of eating planned to change your metabolic rate so you perceive less hunger for all the foods that make you get fat. As your metabolic rate increases, your body will become more effective at oxidizing fat so you will begin to lose those extra pounds more easily.
You should boost your protein intake, which elevates the basic metabolism by roughly twenty-five percent. This can be achieved by ingesting fish, whey protein, whole eggs or egg whites, skim milk, lean steak, and chicken breast. Keep-off foods that are high in carbohydrates like pasta and rice. Eat only fibrous complex carbohydrates: Cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, celery, cucumber, and onions. Additionally, you should supplement your diet with two to three servings of whey protein, which is a by-product of cheese manufacturing. It functions as an energy source for someone who is dieting and exercising.
Even fruits are not advisable in excessive amounts on this diet. Because something is natural, it does not mean that it is good for you. Fruits are high in sugar, which can cause diabetes and obesity. But vegetables high in fiber such as salad vegetables, carrots and spinach are good for you. The golden health rule – drinking water, can aid you in your efforts to get rid of extra weight. People of all ages need to drink lots of water since it is an essential nutrient. Most often, even health conscious people neglect the need to take sufficient amounts of water.
As in any acceptable weight control program, exercise is also associated with the Greenwich Diet. This program is actually more of a healthy way of living than it is a diet. When you follow this program you will know what to eat and what to stay away from, thus raising your metabolic rate. The key for a successful weight loss plan is not just the diet itself, but actually FOLLOWING THE DIET! All diets can help you to lose weight, but very few people are able to stick to any diet, even just for a relatively short period of time. That is because the major problem faced by someone who needs to lose weight is that they can’t control their eating habits and appetite.
Appetite can be subdued by taking diet pills. But pills can be dangerous, and all of them have harmful side effects. And besides, once you stop taking the pills, you’ll pile the weight back on because you haven’t dealt with your cravings at their root. So to lose weight, you’ll have to discover a way to adhere to the diet. To attain a permanent weight loss, you need to know how to condition your mind to enjoy adhering to your plan.
In 1958, the American Medical Association accepted hypnosis as a useful method for dealing with stress related symptoms like overeating. You might believe that hypnotherapy is just a magic trick done in a stage show in which a hypnotist is demonstrating his or her powers before the people. But actually hypnosis can provide the motivation to keep you moving in the direction of your weight loss goals. And it can enable you to escape many of the barriers that get in the way of your weight loss.
Hypnotherapy for weight loss is the perfect tool for re-educating your unconscious – the part that creates cravings and impulses. Self hypnosis CDs can give you back the inner strength to achieve the appropriate choices about what you eat.
Although hypnotherapy is at times referred to as a method of treatment, it can be regarded as a facilitator of a number of diverse treatment methods for weight loss through hypnosis. The hypnotic state is characterized by heightened concentration, suggestibility, and relaxation. Lasting weight loss occurs with a change in lifestyle and not just a change in diet. Hypnosis for weight loss can help you lose weight more quickly and more easily than you ever imagined achievable. Self-hypnosis for weight loss is not just about solving problems and changing undesirable habits. You can also acquire new, more helpful behaviors, such as increased concentration, greater confidence or stronger motivation.
One-way to obtain hypnosis weight loss help is to go to a professional hypnotherapist, which usually costs around $200.00 to $300.00 for a single hour. A popular option is to order a self-hypnosis weight loss cd from a reputable, certified hypnotherapist. A good pre-recorded program will begin with a session that explains the misconceptions about hypnotism for weight loss, and how self-hypnosis actually works. Since everyone is different, it will then supply several different self-hypnosis weight loss sessions, and each session will use a variety of different hypnotic techniques. Hypnosis weight management programs are available for as little as 25 to 30 dollars. Since CDs are more affordable, they can be a workable substitute for visiting a hypnotherapist.
Conclusion: All diets can work, if you are able to adhere to them. Some diets, like the Greenwich Diet proposed by Dr. Carlon M. Colker, MD, are better than others in providing the nutrients indispensable for an increased metabolism. The Greenwich Diet can be easier to follow because it is more of a lifestyle than a diet. Self-hypnosis for weight loss can annihilate your cravings and compulsions, and provide the motivation needed to keep moving in the direction of your weight loss goals. It can also help you accomplish your goals rapidly and without any harm.
Negative Calorie Foods for Weight Loss
Jan 8th
Are there really any foods that cause you to burn more calories than they provide to your body? The answer to that question is yes. We are going to present a list “negative calorie” foods below. But first, let’s clarify the meaning of the term “negative calorie” foods.
To begin with, you need to understand that there is actually no such thing as a negative calorie. A calorie is a unit of heat and it cannot be negative. So when people use the term “negative calorie” foods, they are referring a food whose calorie level is low enough that it takes more energy to eat and digest it than the food contains.
Take water, for example. If you consider water to be a food, then cold water is certainly a negative calorie food. It offers you no calories at all and the body has to expend energy to warm it up to blood temperature. This means that every time we drink a glass of cold water, we burn a couple of calories and lose a little weight just to process the water. But there really are very few foods like this. And, while it’s wholesome and vital, water is not among those things ingested that we usually think of as delicious and satisfying.
Most foods that are on the list we are going to show do not, by themselves, technically use more calories to process than they add., or if they do the effect is negligible. However, at all times, the body expends energy to do nothing more than just to keep alive and breathing. What this means is that, when you eat celery, for example, it does not provide enough calories to cover both the energy that it takes to digest it, plus the energy that we expend even when we are doing nothing. So that is why people call it a negative calorie food.
Here’s the bad part: Negative calorie foods are the favorite of anorexics. Eventually, a negative calorie diet would result in starvation. Now that’s real weight loss. But all kidding aside, even when you consider a less extreme scenario, nutritional deficiencies do occur surprisingly quickly. And, the calories burned usually come from muscle mass. The result is debility and wasting.
A more healthy purpose for a negative calorie diet is as for short term fasting or detox. For example, detox is something you can do for one to three days right after the Christmas season or other times when you have been eating an overly-rich diet. Certainly, it can be a great way to clean out the system – provided you are otherwise healthy. However it is best to get medical advice from a doctor before trying a negative calorie diet for any reason!
If you do decide to use a negative calorie detox, keep the following thoughts in mind:
1. It is a bad idea to eat a single type of food in large quantities, especially fruits. If you consume too much of a single food, the damaging substances it contains will harm you! For example, your stomach lining is at risk if you eat too much grapefruit or pineapple because of the acid they contain. Other foods, if eaten alone in excess may cause diarrhea or put an excessive burden on the liver, causing liver damage. So it is always best to remember to try using all the different foods, but in small quantities each.
2. Even though you are eating “negative calorie” foods, do not spend all day eating. You will become bloated and feel sick. However, you can safely plan four or five salad meals each day, and let your digestion rest at other times. If you are only doing this detox or negative calorie dieting for a couple days, you should not feel too hungry.
3. Remember that if you eat slowly and thoroughly chew your food, you will feel more satisfied. Also, you will burn more calories by eating slowly and chewing thoroughly. Likewise, if it is possible to eat the foods raw, the calorie burn will be higher than if you cook them! When eating raw vegetables, you will find that foods like beets and carrots will be more satisfying if you eat them grated!
4. Please undertake this project at a time when you do not have any important commitments! As with fasting or any kind of detox, some uncomfortable symptoms may come your way. These include headaches, irritability, tiredness and depression. If such symptoms become severe, stop the diet and see a doctor.
5. Plan a gradual return to normal eating, when you end the diet. Don’t make a complete switch all at once. .
With all that having been said and noted about the general approach, let’s move on to the list of foods. There are some pretty tasty and surprising items on this list! Here they are in alphabetical order:
Apples, Asparagus, Beets, Blueberries, Broccoli, Cantaloupes, Carrot, Cauliflower, Celery , stalk, Celery root, Cranberries, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Endives, Garden cress, Garlic, Grapefruit, Green beans, Green cabbage, Lamb’s lettuce, Lemons, Lettuce, Onions, Papayas, Pineapples, Prunes, Radishes, Raspberries, Spinach, Strawberries, Tangerines, Tomatoes, Turnips, Zucchini
Please be careful when undertaking this diet for a few days and use this list of negative calorie foods wisely.
5 Tips for Easy and Healthy Snacking
Sep 26th
Do you understand how important healthy snacks are to you healthy lifestyle? If you live a healthy lifestyle, then snacking is something that is not new to you. However, are you snacking properly? Sometimes the temptation to grab that handful of chips or cookies or candy can be overwhelming. When that occurs, your healthy lifestyle goes sailing out the window.
In order to live a healthy lifestyle and maintain a healthy weight and attractive body, you have to avoid these temptations. The first step to doing so is to get rid of them as much as you can. Once this is done, you will need to stock up on healthy snacks, which the following list will help you to do.
Tip for Easy and Healthy Snacking #1 Fruits and vegetables
These are the general go to snacks. They’re easy to prepare. They often only requiring you to wash them and then enjoy, or if you prefer, you can slice them up first. In fact, vegetables like celery and carrots lend themselves to being great snacks to take to work or on trips because they fit into any small sandwich bag and can be easily carried around.
Tips for Easy and Healthy Snacking #2 Trail Mix
This does not mean that you should go to the store and purchase the trail mix that has already been made for you. Absolutely not. Store bought trail mix is extremely high in the sugars and fats you don’t want in your system. However, you can make your own using a whole grain cereal, dried fruit and nuts. But please leave the candy pieces out.
Tips for Easy and Healthy Snacking #3 Sliced chicken breast
A cooked and sliced chicken breast that has been left in your favorite marinade makes for a great afternoon snack, especially a few hours before you workout.
Tips for Easy and Healthy Snacking #4 Crackers
Low fat, no salt crackers are great for making munchies go away. Crackers break down in your digestive system in a way that coat the stomach, which in turn quells the hunger pangs.
Tip for Easy and Healthy Snacking #5 Almonds
Almonds are great for snack time because they contain nutrients that actually help your body burn fat while exercising, and are known to be great for helping to get rid of the pesky bulge around your midsection. What’s more, you can eat quite a few of them for a snack. However, it should be noted that the almonds must be plain, with no flavor added.
Healthy snacks do exist, though some taste better than others. However, part of living a healthy lifestyle is understanding that food is not always about taste, but getting the healthy nutrients that keep your body healthy, as well as attractive. Once you master this conviction, you’ll look at your daily snacks as fuel to help your body, as well as to please your taste buds.
