You are what you eat. That saying somehow describes me perfectly. Make no mistake. I love to eat. Period. I eat everything. Well. Almost everything. I love spicy and salty food and just cant get enough of sweet stuff. And the result is my body ballooned up to almost 140 kilogram (thats more than 300 pounds). Which of course, give rise to more complication, medically that is. Yes, overweight people are burdened with many diseases like...more
Contrary to popular belief, just because you want to lose weight doesn't mean that you have to starve. Many people tend to starve or follow crash diets but nothing beats eating the right way and losing weight. I believe that if you eat the right foods, you will not only lose weight but also become healthy. Like many people, I too have been following various eating plan that resulted in my weight going up and down. And then my friend told me that...more
Do you know that if you've been depriving yourself from drinking water (lots of it), you may be missing out on an easy way to jump start your weight loss. Yes people, drinking plain water may help you speed up your weight loss effort.In fact, researchers found that if a person drank 17 ounces of water, he or she may be burning as much as 30% more calories than when those who didn't drink the water. The raised metabolic rate lasted, on average, for half an hour. Increasing water intake obviously speeds up metabolism and enables your body to better digest nutrients from the foods and nutritional supplements you consume, the result being natural and healthy weight loss. "What exactly is 'metabolism', anyway?" Merriam Webster defines it as, "The process by which a substance is handled in the body." A little unclear, but that's really all it means. There are many forms of metabolism going on in your body right now, but the one everyone is talking about it the metabolism of fat. This is actually something that the liver does when it converts stored fat to energy. The liver has other functions, but this is one of its main jobs. Unfortunately, another of the liver's duties is to pick up...more
You've heard of exercising your muscles to lose weight. But how about exercising your willpower?Picture it. You're slim. You didn't use to be slim. But you learned how to exercise your willpower. Now, you eat less. You can pass up the gooey chocolate dessert. You can eat a few crispy steak fries, then decide to quit. You have self control around...more
For many people, yours truly included, fasting is an effective way to lose weight. Overeating or eating too fast, feeding cravings and emotions not hunger, eating calorie-concentrated foods with lack of physical activity, all lead to unwanted weight-gain. Much of what we eat feeds cravings and addictions rather than nutritional needs. The...more
Author: Osita ModozieIf you have tried various means to lose weight and none is working for you or you need an effective method to lose weight, then natural weight loss patch may just be right for you. Weight loss patch is not like the use of dieting or exercises to lose weight; rather the patch is integrated into your existing day to day activities and style of life. This is so because you will not be restricted from enjoying your preferred foods which make up of your diet neither would you visit the gym center to spend hours lifting weights. Read on the review to discover if it does work or not. The use of natural weight loss patch may just be the easiest and less stressful means to shed excess body fat, and lose weight in a natural manner as well as in a short period. One of the most effective natural weight loss patch is the SlimWeight Patch. The way it works is this: you will have to put on the patch straight on your skin. Once this is done, it will discharge its potent mixture of natural substances which can easily be taken up by your blood stream. You will need to bind each of the patches onto a small region of your skin for a full day. When the day must have been exhausted...more
Author: TonyThe Best Weight Loss Foods The best weight loss foods are the ones that are natural. The concept of weight loss is extremely simple; the body requires a certain number of calories that are burnt to maintain the regular body functions....more
Cellulite is a physiological change that occurs in the subcutaneous fat layer or better known as "cottage cheese, or an orange peel appearance. In fact 90% of all women suffer from cellulite, no matter how large or small they are.Cellulite has also...more
Author: Lila DiefenderferWhether you want: to lose five or 50 lbs or not gain any more weight get the beer gut under control or get rid of that baby fat It will be your hormones that tells you whether or not you will succeed or fail. And right...more
The gastric sleeve, which is also frequently called the vertical sleeve gastrectomy or simply the sleeve gastrectomy, has been around for a number of years and bariatric surgeons frequently carry out the procedure as the first procedure in a two part...more
Xenical is prescribed for one who are very much overweight (have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater). XENICAL can be taken by the people who are overweight (have a body mass index of 27 or greater) and also have other risk factors such as high...more
Author: Leslie R. CollinsHave you experienced the misery of wanting to buy a nice dress but couldn’t because it doesn’t fit you? Do you think of losing weight, but don’t know where to start and what to do? Losing weight is not as difficult as...more