It seems like low-carb diets are all the rage lately, almost everyone I know has either been on one before or is trying it right now. But did you know the low-carb diet is actually a terrible choice if you want to lose weight permanently?Here's why...if you start a low-carb diet, your goal usually isn't to eat that way for the rest of your life. In fact, most people just go into the diet with the plan to be on it for 3 months or lose 15 pounds...more
What do you think is the most important factor that will help you lose weight and keep it off permanently? If your answer is to eat healthier or workout a lot, then you're on the right track, but that's not it. No doubt what you eat and how active you are play a role, but this is the real key to permanent weight loss.You can learn all you want about your body and know everything there is to know about working out and exercising, but what good is...more
Low-carb diets are extremely popular these days. They can give people near instant results (in weight loss terms anyway) so it's easy to get excited about them. However, not many who do a low carb diet will stick to it or keep the weight off permanently. This is because it's not a life change that you are likely to live with for the rest of your life. Instead you do it for a few months, lose a few pounds, then gain it right back after you stop the diet. When you don't eat any carbs, your body is starved for energy, making you feel tired and lethargic all the time. You may think this is just a side effect of "losing weight" but it's not a healthy thing to do to your body. Since your body has no available carbs to use for energy, if you do any sort of activity like weight lifting, you will greatly struggle to lift the weight and you won't be building any muscle. And since building muscle is one of the best healthy ways to lose weight, you are depriving your body of that ability. Normally, when you break down your muscles by lifting weights your body will use available calories (carbs) to rebuild your muscles. But since you aren't eating any you won't get any stronger or build any...more
Losing weight. Everybody wants to do it but getting there is a drag. Diet and exercise don't work overnight. Maybe there's an easier way?Here's 3 offbeat ways of losing weight for your consideration:1. Take diet pills. There's an obvious attraction to taking a pill to lose weight. There's no tedious exercise involved, no hunger pangs due to cutting...more
In case you are a woman above 40 you need to have heard the oft quoted saying that you simply need to pick among your figure or your encounter.Traditional wisdom has it which you cannot possess a more youthful seeking figure along with a youthful encounter.Lately the aesthetic surgical treatment business has picked up on some study that seems to...more
We all fluctuate in weight throughout our lives and while it is a frustrating fact, it is sadly a reality of life. At any given moment most of us are probably on a diet, trying to lose weight or shed the extra pounds that we put on while on vacation. While intellectually, we tell ourselves that we are on a diet and must shed the extra weight, it is hard to find the motivation to actually follow your desire through and stick with your goal of losing a certain amount of weight by a certain time. The hardest part is feeling deprived of the foods that you love and wanting so desperately to raid your fridge while trying to maintain the will power not to. Luckily, your 4G wireless internet connection can help you get the motivation that you seek to reach your ultimate goal of shedding those last pounds and going back to feeling your best. To begin with, use your 4G wireless internet connection to consult nutritional websites and weight loss help sites for proper ways to manage your caloric intake and maintain your blood sugar throughout the day in order to ensure that you are satiated and dont end up binging on junk food at the end of the day. Trying to starve yourself in order to lose...more
The healthiest way to lose weight is neither crash diets nor bursts of exercise. The body likes slow changes in terms of food and exercise.For example, someone who has not exercised for years should not rush into running miles a day or pounding the...more
HCG diet is not an easy diet. There is more to complete the HCG weight loss program successfully than simply relying on the HCG injections or HCG drops. Dieters are required to remain true to the HCG diet and follow the protocol strictly. They must...more
Here are some real dieting myths! I am sure you have heard your fair share of dieting myths, some of which you probably do not know are actual "myths". The main one we are going to discuss today is below: BIG FAT MYTH: You have to have a good...more
There is no other way to gain weight unless you eat a lot more food.The standard advise for those who want to lose weight is that it is important to eat less food, but eat more often. If you want to gain weight, then you need to eat more food more...more
The very popular HCG diet was researched and developed in the 1950s by Dr. A.T. W. Simeons. Thousands of people have successfully lost and kept off significant amounts of weight with the HCG diet.The reason the HCG diet is so popular is that people...more
Losing weight can be an uphill battle for many. Dieting doesn't work without exercising; exercising doesn't work without a healthy diet. But the one thing that is needed no matter what you do is the right vitamins. They play an essential part in a...more