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Are there any easy methods to drop weight? It’s common knowledge that diet, cutting down on caloric intake, and exercise, increasing the number of calories you burn, work together as a formula for losing weight. But sticking to the diet is the hard part. It won’t be 100% simple, but with a little work it sure is possible. Here are some tricks to make it easier.
Keep a daily log of everything that passes your lips. Taking notes helps you eat less. Studies show that people who keep track of what they eat end up eating 15% less. 15% is a lot.
The average American consumes an additional 245 calories per day just from drinks. Make the switch to zero calorie water. 245 calories a day is nearly 90,000 calories each year. That’s 25 pounds. Water isn’t that bad, is it? Another fact is that despite their calories, drinks like soda and juice don’t trigger a feeling of fullness the way foods do.
Eat five or six smaller meals a day instead of three large meals a day. Studies show that eating in smaller portions more often results in eating 30% fewer calories. Furthermore, even the same number of calories eaten in smaller portions during more frequent meals can result in weight loss. You’re less likely to binge because the body releases less insulin.
Make sure your wardrobe only includes the “skinny” clothes. If you don’t have clothes that are comfortable when you’re fat, you’re more likely to be reminded to keep the weight off every time you dress. And if you have to purchase a whole new wardrobe you’re less likely to gain weight.
Switch to smaller plates. It’s been proven that people eat more when more food is available, and they eat less when less food is in front of them. Smaller plates mean smaller portions, so put the salad plates into use as the main plate.
Try serving meals on the plate, restaurant style, rather than in bowls and on trays. When the plate is empty the meal is over, instead of spooning another portion onto your plate.
Avoid white foods such as white bread, sugar, and white rice. Those are the foods with loads of carbohydrates which lead to higher blood sugar and weight gain. Do eat whole grain breads and brown rice. Don’t worry about the sugar, pretty soon you won’t miss it.
There are a lot of other tips for easy ways to lose weight. Don’t think it won’t take a little work. If weight loss were easy everyone would be slim all the time.
Filed under Health by on Feb 25th, 2009. 
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By Jim Nettleton
Many people who are overweight suffer from an accompanying potentially dangerous syndrome; lack of proper nutrition. Because their eating habits are not balanced, deficiencies in this vital area are relatively common in overweight people. This problem
becomes magnified when they go on a diet.
It is imperative that they pay close attention to getting the proper amounts of vitamins and minerals when dieting. Because dieters in many instances dramatically reduce their food intake while trying to lose weight, the amount of vitamins and minerals consumed are also often radically reduced.
But be careful in your choices of supplements. I’d recommend that you consult with a competent nutritionist who can help you choose supplements that will actually provide your body with the right amounts of vitamins and minerals and will ensure that they contain proper potency. Many commercial supplements do not deliver the potency that they claim. Further, when taken in tablet form, the actual amount the body absorbs is
lessened, thereby reducing the benefits even more.
While the bottle may claim to deliver 100% minimum daily requirements of various vitamins and minerals, by the time those tablets reach your blood stream you could be getting only 30% or less.
Using the best supplements can also help you in your weight loss quest. They contribute to making you feel more full. If you’re on a diet and you feel hungry most of the time, beware. Something about that diet is very wrong.
The best possible scenario, if you have it available in your region, is supplementation intravenously, a service along the lines of that offered by the Cherry Hill Center For Molecular Medicine, in Cherry Hill, NJ. You can call Dr. Molly Fantasia at 856-489-0505 if you’re nearby to their clinic. Sure, it costs more than other types of supplements, but the method ensures an extremely high degree of absorption of the nutrients.
If you can afford it, it’s best to have your diet personalized for you and you alone. This would require utilizing the services of a dietitian and a nutritionist, although in many instances those two fields are combined in one person, which makes it a lot less financially daunting.
If you follow this path, your chances of being successful in your attempt to lose weight will be considerably higher, since your body won’t be craving those things that are missing in less well thought out diets. A lack of the elements that your body needs is one of the major factors in the failure of dieters to achieve their goals.
So follow this plan. Begin by consulting with a qualified nutritionist to make certain you’re getting all the nutrients you need and in sufficient quantities. And if you can, go the intravenous route. The extra effort and/or expense will be well worth it.
I wish you the best in your dieting efforts.
About the author:
Jim Nettleton is a radio & TV professional with over 40 years of major market experience. His wide range of interests include nutrition and working with natural health clinics for many years. Check out his comprehensive weight loss website at
http://www.jaynetinc.com/LoseWeight
Filed under Health by on Jan 23rd, 2009.
Do you desire to lose 15 pounds fast? What kind of pounds do you want to lose – muscle, fat or water?
As you can see, most people that are talking about losing weight, do not really know what exactly this means. For nearly everyone fat comes into the mind, when they hear the word weight, but fat is only a part of it.
If the scale readout at the end is the most important part for you, then it probably doesn’t matter if you lose fat, muscle or water. When you are looking to lose that extra ring around your belly, then you are wanting to lose 15 pounds of fat fast.
Regardless of whether you want to lose fat or pounds, it’s important to know that water makes up part of that loss. Actually, especially in the first couple of days when dieting, the greatest part of your weight loss will be water.
Numerous websites are claiming that they are able to reveal to you how to lose 15 pounds fast. What they don’t always tell you is that losing weight fast can be dangerous to your health. Of course, it completely depends what you view to be ‘fast’. Many people consider a few days, maybe a week to be fast, while for others it is a month.
The most realistic goal would be to lose 15 pounds in a month, because that’s far more achievable. Yet, there is a possible risk involved if the weight loss is not approached correctly.
Water is the easiest to lose, but there is no way just to get rid of the water if you want to lose 15 pounds fast. The body can not survive without water. Take away the water and it will die.
To go hungry is not the solution either. In fact, not eating will cause your body to retain and even gain weight. Denying your body it’s nutrients, will trigger the alarm. Desperately trying to survive, your body will hold onto every little piece you eat – this will add weight.
You need to eat foods like fish or meat which needs a great deal of energy to digest to lose 15 pounds fast. Of course you could start eating nothing else then fish or meat, but this is not a very healthy option either. To stay healthy, you need to feed your body a diet that gives it all nutrients it requires. It is possible to feed your body with a well balanced diet and still lose fat pounds, you just need to choose the right foods. Take your weight and fat content of your body before you begin with your weight loss plan and don’t forget to measure your body. To measure the body fat content you can use special calipers, which are often part of tool kits available at weight loss centers. Always keep these measurements in your reach to see how you are progressing.
See below for 5 steps you can take to lose 15 pounds fast:
1) Try to avoid the use of salt, which causes the body to retain water. Use less salt and you will soon start to lose weight.
2) Always eat 4-6 small portions daily, instead of 3 big ones – this will help your body’s digestive system to work correctly.
3) Add foods that use more energy to digest, including meat, chicken, salmon, asparagus, cheese, carrots, squash and green beans.
4) Give your metabolism a boost with drinking water (ideally more then 8 glasses) throughout the day.
5) Additional to your weight loss plan, exercise frequently to develop muscles, as muscle tissue burns more energy, which in turn causes you to lose weight.
Re-take your measurements about every week or two and if you aren’t seeing results, adjust your weight loss plan accordingly.
Stay loyal to your plan and you can lose 15 pounds fast.
Filed under Health by on Dec 5th, 2008.