So many people today live such busy lifestyles that they are not paying attention to their health. A sedentary lifestyle, ie. Sitting at a desk or computer allday, relaxing by watching TV, lack of exercise or sport coupled with poor eating habits can and will lead to obesity.
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Being busy often means relying more on fast [...]
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Some of you may have taken Fat Tuesday and the Mardis Gras period before Lent a bit to heart. All that gluttonous eating has left you with a few extra pounds! How to lose the weight? Here are some foods that will boost your metabolism and get you on your way to losing weight:
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15 Metabolism [...]
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While it does not seem fair it is a fact that as we age our metabolism slows down. With every passing decade we lose 5-6 pounds of muscle. We are burning perhaps 100 calories less per day at 40 than we did at 30. But don’t worry, there are ways to boost burning fat at [...]
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Every food we eat serves a purpose and function in our body. Below are the common functions for every food type:
·        Protein: regenerates lean tissue
·        Carbohydrate provides energy
·        Fat that protects an organ
When there is leftover food that the body hasn’t utilized, it gets turned into added fat. This fat is then stored into [...]
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Consider the following tips to incorporate into your weight loss plan. They are basic requirements for losing weight yet easily forgotten and skipped by the overzealous dieter looking to take short cuts.
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Drink water. Add a squeeze of citrus to add flavor.
Add fruits and vegetable to your meals.
Helps meet fiber goals.
Displace fat in your diet.
Work it [...]
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In order to lose weight we always think we need to slash or reduce calories…but what if there was another way? By cutting calories we deprive the body of fuel and thus the body slows down. On the other hand food fuels the system and stimulates energy metabolism. Reducing calories slows the metabolic rate. The [...]
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Posted in Dieting Tips on Nov 7th, 2007
The new calorie shifting diet is a diet of its time. Today we want things to be fun, simple and yet effective. These attributes are rarely used in the explanation of weight loss dieting. Try to explain to anyone that a VLED (Very Low Energy Diet) is fun or simple. Tormenting is never fun, is [...]
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Posted in Dieting Tips on Oct 4th, 2007
No matter if your trying to control your appetite or are just looking for nutritionally balanced meals, the internet can provide you with very popular and highly recommended diet and weight loss food programs. There is something for everyone.
Millions of people have been able to lose weight and enjoy a healthy weight loss program with [...]
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Posted in Dieting Tips on Sep 24th, 2007
FOOD is more powerful than any prescription weight loss diet pills. You are overweight for the most simple of reasons; because you are eating the wrong foods, the wrong types of calories per meal, and you are also eating meals in the wrong patterns of the day!
If you are making the same deadly diet mistakes [...]
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