What Is Healthy Weight Loss?

With all the adverts about losing 30 pounds of weight in a matter of weeks, is it really healthy weight loss if it's this quick?

Healthy weight loss means it should be coming from as much fat loss as possible. Now it is highly unlikely that anyone can lose 30 pounds of pure, stored body fat within a few weeks. So we want to focus on a more realistic target. It will depend on how much you need to lose but generally you'll want to set a goal for a percentage of weight loss.

Some experts believe that a healthy weight loss would be around 10 percent of your body weight over a six month period. So if you weigh 200 pounds, you should be looking at losing 20 pounds. Or breaking it down means 3-4 pounds each month!
This way there's more chance the majority of the loss will be from fat storage and less from water. It will also mean that the loss will be more sustainable and last longer term.

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Sweating Off The Stored Fat

Some people believe that fat loss means sweating hard and long in the gym. Not always!

It's impossible to sweat off excess fat. Sweating causes dehydration which results in loss of water from the body. Obviously water loss will mean some weight loss, but this will simply be replaced from drinking water and fluids during the day.

Sweating could be seen as a rough guide to how much energy you're burning. More sweating during a workout will generally mean more calories burned because you're working harder. Greater amounts of calories burned is good for weight loss to some degree, however if you work too hard your body may end up burning far too much glucose for energy. This means fat is NOT being removed from the stores!

For some people, especially those very overweight and/or unfit, they may be better off working out at a more gradual pace. Maybe not so the workout is too easy but not so much where they're sweating too much or breathing too hard. A nice managable pace, but for longer periods so sufficient number of calories can be burned directly from fat storage.

Maybe it's time to give up those sweat suits, sweat belt and wraps!

Burn off the body fat with good quality exercise on a regular basis!

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Is Weight Loss Really Worth The Effort?

Chatting to a client yesterday and she made it clear to me actually how much work is involved in losing sufficient amounts of weight to reach the main goals.

She said if she worked out for half hour every day without fail, how long would it take to lose 10 pounds.

Well, roughly half hour of moderate exercise should burn around 150 calories. She said, is that all!!!

Yes, that's all I'm afraid!
What this means is to burn off just 1 pound of fat (3500 calories), you'll need to do more than 23 similar workouts. Now that sounds like hard work, yes I agree. Especially when this client revealed that she ate a chocolate bar as a treat for doing well at the gym. What, there's around 200 calories in a bar of chocolate. This means that she had just undone all of the day's workout in a few bites!

So what's your choice, miss out on a few luxury treats or spend more time in the gym?

I prefer the former thanks. Im just hoping she can start to realise the true work involved.

However, looking on the bright side, it's not all doom and gloom here.
Remember, losing pure fat from stores rather than just losing "water weight loss" will make you look fantastic in the long run. So, it's worth the effort I think!

Good luck, keep working it!

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How to calculate energy burned for yourself


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Question from visitor about Sandwich Calories

Can eating ham, salad sandwich on rye bread help control provide energy for the day?


ANSWER:

Yes, certainly.
Rye has a low glycemic index rating (a low G.I index for blood sugar control) and therefore is a slow-burning carbohydrate energy source. The ham provides a little protein, plus the salad helps add some vitamins, minerals and fiber. Overall, it could be part of a healthy balanced diet.

It is also lower in calories than many other forms of sandwiches, and therefore may help with slimming but only as part of a low-calorie diet.

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Sauna Use for Weight Loss?

The other day I was asked whether using saunas can benefits health or maybe even help in losing weight. Losing weight requires a number of small changes to calorie intakes and expenditures. Many little changes can add up to a big difference, and saunas can add little benefits to energy expenditure. Therefore, it may help towards weight loss goals.

So what are the main benefits from using a sauna:

• Saunas cause your body to burn calories. Your sweat glands produce sweat, which requires energy, and therefore increases caloric expenditure. So yes, they can help a little towards losing some weight, however saunas should not be solely relied upon as a weight loss system.
• Saunas raise your body temperature slightly, which gives the effects of a fever. This prompts the body to fight off any viruses or bacteria that can cause illness, thus boosting your immune system.
• Saunas provide a slight cardiovascular benefit in that the heat and steam require the heart to work a little more to send more blood to the capillaries.
• It works as a stress reliever by helping you to relax and unwind. Relieving stress can lower blood pressure, decrease headaches, and elevate your mood. This will make you more productive, and more pleasant to be around!
• Saunas are an effective way to rid the body of toxins that we ingest from the environment around us through sweating, such as mercury, lead, sodium, and sulphuric acid.

If you do decide to try using saunas for any reason you should first consult your doctor!!

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Seaweed May Help Overweight People

News that seaweed will eventually help overweight people lose weight. It's won't be a miracle cure as it only helps limit absorption on fats in each meal. However, it can be a great boost to any fat loss program. Although, there's talk that this new weight loss help won't be available for another 4 years!!

You can read more about this new seaweed story by clicking on following links:

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Mitochondria Care for Better Energy Production

A cell's mitochondria are tiny little power plants that do the actual work in converting glucose, a sugar, into usable cellular energy.

Mitochondria are important to lose weight because they help burn up the fat from stores using an indirect biochemical method.

You take care of your mitochondria in the following manners:

• Do not eat rich foods. Eat light foods that are easy for your body to break down and assimilate. Whole foods are best by far.
• Eat less foods overall. When you eat less, your mitochondria have less work to do. With less work done, the life of your mitochondria is elongated.
• Exercise more. Regular physical activity increases mitochondrial production levels.
• Provide the body with sufficient healthful nutrients, vitamins, minerals, water, healthy fats and loads of antioxidants.
• Be consistently attentive to other methods for increasing your metabolic rate. For instance, take the steps instead of the escalator. Park in back of a parking lot instead of waiting for that spot right up by the doors. Take your dog an extra walk every day. Do whatever you can think of in order to create an increased level of physical activity in your life.

By increasing the longevity of your cell's mitochondria, you increase your own longevity. You are your cells! Your cells are you. If you wish to lose weight, maintain a healthy weight level, prevent and/or reverse diseases, optimize your health and live happier, then you have to embrace the concept that you are nothing more than a conglomeration of cellular structures that need proper fuels (the foods that you eat) and regular physical activity to thrive.

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New Research on Keeping Children Slim When Young

A new report reveals 3 tips on how children can help themselves to stay slim.

These include getting a good night's sleep.
Reducing time in front on TV.

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All Parents Need to Set a Positive Example to their Youngsters!

Parents face many challenges in addressing their children’s weight issues. For their efforts to succeed parents must understand that weight control is not just about dieting, it’s about lifestyle and it’s a lifelong effort. Being role models for healthy eating and physical activity is the first step for parents to help their children control their weight.

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Helping Children to Tackle With Their Obese Condition

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Diabetes Signs & Symptoms

Diabetes Symptoms to watch out for.

Symptoms to look out for are:

Frequent urination at night
Excessive thirst
Tiredness
Burred vision
Numbness in the feet
Weight loss.

If you have a sore or a bruise that takes longer than 2 weeks to heal, then it could be a sign of diabetes. Undiagnosed diabetes will have too much sugar in the blood, which can make it hard for white blood cells and oxygen to travel to the infection and heal it.

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form, and most widespread in people over 40. With type 2, your body isn't producing enough insulin, a hormone that regulates sugar levels. With type 1, your body stops producing insulin altogether, buit this affects people of all ages and its symptoms are easier to diagnose.

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The Best Diets Never Work in Reality!!

Yes, it's true. Some people will believe that the "BEST" diet would be one with the lowest calorie intake so weight is lost quicker.

Where in fact, cutting calories too much actually forces the body to reserve its energy stores (fat storage around belly!) so the energy lasts longer for survival reasons!

So, if we really want to win the battle on weight control, the real way is not to diet at all, but rather eat sensibly. Sounds boring yes, but the best part is we can use many physiological tactics that speed up the fat loss process.

Little tips like:

• The more we sweat the less fat our body tends to burn off during exercise!
• Avoid too many refined carbohydrates after a workout - consuming them straight after working out may limit your fat burning process
• Consuming a little dairy every day has been shown to limit fat absorption meaning reduced calorie intake
• Fat requires oxygen to burn so when exercising inhale a little deeper, and exhale slightly faster. This will supply more oxygen to muscles
• Having a healthy, light snack before exercising can improve performance and help burn more fat calories
• Warming up properly before exercise will prolong your ability to work out and increase your fat burning potential
• Train your cell mitochondria and you'll dramatically improve fat burning potential
• effective macro nutrient ratio combinations & correct timing can help burn fat without a calorie deficit
• Developing a consistant and rhythmic style when exercising helps keep the body in the last "gear" of our energy system which burns a greater percentage of fat!
• Regular exercise performed a few weeks before lowering calories will help maintain a stronger metabolism
  

Imagine saying to your friends you managed to lose the weight without the need for a silly, restrictive diet that was full of things you hate to eat.

In his updated book, Tom Venuto shows how you can learn the most effective ways to train for burning off body fat directly. So you can burn fat without starving the metabolism.

Tom reveals the 8 most powerful strategies to permanently lose fat without diets or deprivation.

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New Articles Added to Site

We just added some new articles. The topics range from the basics of cardio fitness, an overview of various exercise regimes, breathing methods during exercise to the age at which children may need to start looking at their weight.

With the latter one, we believe parents should try to teach their children some good, activity habits like take them swimming or allow them to play their favourite outdoor games. This is so they too can learn to enjoy leisure activities, which may help tackle the long term effects of weight gains!

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Research Finding for Help Losing Weight

Losing Weight through Soup-a-day!

A recent study has shown that a meal blended into a soup will help keep hunger at bay longer than eating the same meal normally presented on a plate. The reason is that a meal blended with some water prolongs gastric emptying. In other words, it takes longer to empty the stomach thus, the stomach wall is stretched for longer periods. A stretched wall causes the stomach to send messages to the brain to stop eating, because it is full. However, simply drinking water along with a normal meal won’t have the same effect because the water will simply pass straight through and be absorbed.

WEIGHT LOSS TIP:
Drink more freshly made soups during the day. Here are some some low-calorie soup recipes

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Persistence - the Ultimate Key to Real Weight Loss

No one will lose weight if they don't put effort into their required physical and dietary changes.

As one famous writer was wrote:

Perseverance:
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will.

All of us need to be persistent if we want success in any area in life. This includes losing weight, gaining fitness or building muscle.

It doesn't matter how much knowledge a person has, if they don't use that knowledge effectively, they'll never reach their target weight goal.

So, no matter how "lost" or how much of a struggle I believe losing weight is, I would always push through my workouts or stick to my dietary calorie intakes.

I always remembered that every little benefit helped!

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Weight Loss Accountant

So what accounts for lost weight if we lose it too quickly?

Can it all account for fat loss?

There will be a loss of:

Water - Less food eaten often results in slight dehydration and a net loss of water.
Glycogen - Carbs stores in muscles are lowered so there's a net loss of further fluids from the body.
Protein - protein usage for energy needs results in additional water loss.
Less feces in system - more is excreted than replaced due to lower food intake.
Fat - fat loss will acount for a small percentage.

All the above losses from the body will depend on several factors such as; how strict the calorie intake is, how much exercise is done, age of individual, etc. It is fact that all of us will lose some of the above losses from the body. The difference is how much of a proportion for each individual. Some people will obviously lose more stored fat than some others. And generally, those who tend to struggle with their weight will more than likely lose too much protein from the muscles. This affects the metabolism rate quickly, so he/she stops losing further weight and reaches a plateau quickly.

At the beginning of a strict diet program, fat will be lost. Although, it will more for the first day or two. When the body lowers its metabolism (due to loss of protein for energy), the fat loss will decline rapidly because the body will require less energy.

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Which is the Energy Source for Training?

I often get asked about fat burning, especially during exercise routines. Many people seem to want to know how to burn the maximum amount of fat during exercise.

The body is actually always using all three energy sources. The type of activity simply shifts which is the major fuel. In fact, intense training like resistance training uses as much as 20% of calories from protein, as branched chain amino acids become a major source.

When you are primarily burning fat, you rarely burn more than about 60% - 70% of the calories in optimal conditions ... the rest are a combination of carbohydrates and proteins.

The best way to burn as much fat as possible during exercise is to make sure you're not too much out of breath when training. I would say that ideally, you'll want to be breathing slightly harder, but certainly not gasping. A good guide is to always remain in a state where you'll be able to maintain small conversations with other people around.

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Jogging exercise energy usage, is it too much?

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