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About Dieting

01/12/12 by Debbie weight loss | No Comments

Posted in: About Dieting, Blog

There’s no greater reason to diet than for your personal health and welfare. Those of us who are overweight understand better than most the risks and possible consequences that might result because of our weight. Much like smokers however, the risks don’t always appear quite so cut and dry till we reach our very own turning point.

 

Whether you’re eating habits are born of an addiction to particular foods, an emotional need, or years of learned behavior and conditioning things won’t change until you totally adjust your eating habits and your life-style choices.

 

Dieting for most has become a life-style in and of itself with individuals rapidly flip-flopping or yo-yoing from one diet to another with little success and growing desperation over a sheer lack of results. The truth is that till you decide to forgive yourself for your failures and get right back on the wagon, as it were, after falling off no diet is going to be successful.

 

A simple diet isn’t going to as if by magic make the pounds disappear and constantly depriving yourself of those things you enjoy most may have a more damaging effect than a positive effect.

 

The number one thing most individuals need to learn is that dieting isn’t always a great thing. What most individuals who are overweight need more than anything else is to incorporate positive lifestyle changes into their daily routines.

 

One more thing you should remember if it comes to dieting is that the scale may be your best friend or your worst enemy if dieting. If you’re weighing yourself daily in hopes of watching the scale tick off yet another pound you’re dooming yourself to failure.

 

You’ll never accomplish the results you’re hoping for you if you’re going into depressive bouts of Rocky Road or Chunky Monkey nightly because you didn’t lose 10 pounds overnight.

 

If it comes to dieting there are really few diets that work. There are however, a lot of lifestyle changes that if practiced consistently and aggressively will work. The thing to remember is that you’re the one who must work because it’s quite unlikely that any diet will.

Weight Loss & Fitness

10/21/11 by Debbie weight loss | No Comments

Posted in: Weight Loss & Fitness

The world we live in is a busy place. Most people have at least two places they have to be in at the same time, every minute of every day. They wake up in the morning and they are already behind schedule. Maybe you are one of the people who wants a waterproof 4G phone so you can read your emails and answer your tweets while you are in the shower. That’s just the kind of world we live in.

 

Trouble is, when all day everyday is about getting stuff done, about multi-tasking and deadlines, its hard to find time for yourself. It used to be that people just drove to work and maybe listened to the radio, now there are laws everywhere to prevent people from emailing, texting and talking on the phone without a headset in the car. Life is really busy.

 

If you are the kind of person who never has minute for yourself from getting up to going to bed, it is a very real possibility that you are overweight. Actually, just the fact that you are reading this is probably a pretty good indicator that you think you are in need of some fitness help. Finding information about losing weight and getting into shape is one of the very real benefits of the internet.

 

And fortunately there are some things you can do, even if your to-do list is 14 feet long.

 

It is important to find a diet plan that you can live with. One that emphasizes a healthy kind of food to keep you fit and strong without adding extra calories to your day.

 

But it is equally important to find a way to work some fitness exercise into your daily life. Even more important if you think you can’t possible add another single thing to your day.

 

We live in a world of labor-saving devices. And many times those machines and other mechanisms take away opportunities for everyday exercise that can help us stay fit. So we have to consciously add those opportunities back into our day.

 

For instance, you don’t really have to circle the parking lot like a shark trying to grab the spot closest to the door. Most times, you spend even more time waiting for somebody to vacate their parking space than you would if you simply parked at the opposite end of the parking lot and walked to the store.

 

Do this a couple of times a day, whether its going to work in the morning or stopping at the store on your way home and this is nice friendly way to add some easy exercise into your day.

 

Going to store for only a couple of items? Grab the hand basket instead of the cart. Doesn’t matter if you are going to get a gallon of milk or a bunch of bananas. Milk only weigh 8 pounds per gallon and carrying that through the store on your way to the checkout stand is a great way to tone up those arms. And you can always put your basket on the floor when you get to the checkstand if it really gets to be too heavy.

 

If you live almost anywhere but in an earthquake zone, there should be stairs in many of the buildings you go to. Forget the elevator and use the stairs. It does take a little longer, but the benefits you are going to get by adding that little extra exercise into your day can really add up.

 

Even though we live in frantic world, there is no reason why you can’t take advantage of some of the fitness opportunities that come up in the course of a day. A little bit of weight lost, and little bit better fitness, adds up to a great feeling of accomplishment when you get to the end of your day.

Healthy Food Choices for Weight Loss

10/21/11 by Debbie weight loss | No Comments

Posted in: Healthy Food Choices for Weight Loss

 

One of the biggest changes you can make when it comes to losing weight in a safe and sane way, is centered around the way you make personal choices. As a matter of fact, the issue of making changes in your life is almost completely about choice. Learning how to make healthy choices instead of keeping on with the options and choices that have led you to the overweight place you are right now.

 

There is nothing wrong with the choices you have made up to this point, and in fact many people are quite comfortable with their level of health and weight. But if you are not happy with the way you feel or the way you look, and you wan t to change, then learning how to make different choices is a good first step.

 

When we were growing up, the habits of the people around you, like your parents and your siblings, became your choices in life as well. No blame there, they were only doing the best they could with what they knew how to do. Sometimes, those were the only choices that were available at the time. It’s not like when you are a small child that you are going to tell your Mom that the food she is giving you is not healthy for you. You are pretty much just going to eat it.

 

Of course, there are always some kids who throw tantrums at mealtimes, but for the most part, you learn to eat what you are given to eat. As a result of this choice on the part of somebody else, you learned that these choices were the correct ones. If those choices included lots of good healthy food, then you probably grew up with a healthy body weight.

 

But if the food you were provided as a child was high fat, or high calorie or all carbohydrates, then you learned that those were the correct food choice to make. But now maybe those choices don’t serve you so much anymore.

 

Time to try out a new set of food choices that can help you in your quest to losing weight. So here are some new options that you can try to help you release some of that extra weight.

 

New Choice #1

 

Include some sources of protein with your meals that are NOT beef or pork. Beef and pork are not the horrible bogeymen that they have been made out to be by lots of dieting gurus. But they are usually higher in hard to digest fat than choices like chicken, fish, peanuts or cottage cheese.

 

Your body goes through different steps to metabolize and release the nutrients in each of those foods. What happens is that the energy and nutrients like amino acids help your body perform well. So you want to eat sources of protein that burn cleanly in your body and have fewer calories.

 

New Choice #2

 

At least once a week, try having a meatless lunch and dinner. These two meals don’t have to be on the same day, but they certainly can be.  A lot of people have grown up with the idea that if it doesn’t have meat in it, it’s not a meal. And that is just not true.

 

A meal does not have to include meat and in many parts of the world, meat is served at only one meal and sometimes no meals during the day. Sometimes as little as once a week. Now that doesn’t mean those people are healthier than you, but if you are looking for an easy kind of choice to make in your eating habits, this could be one to try.

 

There is no reason why you can’t have a meal with whole grains, fruits, vegetables and legumes. Legumes are things like beans and split peas. Legumes have a fair amount of protein in them. And if you don’t have things like pork and beans, but instead make your meal of chili beans without meat or something like split pea soup with no ham, you will fell very full. You will get a good nutritious meal and you will have eaten way less calories of fat than you would if you had meat.

 

These choices are actually pretty easy to make in your life, and if you really want to lose weight in a non-suffering way, try a couple of these changes and you will be quite pleasantly surprised with the results.

Overweight and Feeling Down

10/26/09 by Debbie weight loss | 2 Comments

Posted in: The Story of Being Overweight

Hey I used to feel like that every day of my life just like you are would you like to feel proud of your instead of wanting to hide it would you like to feel youthful again, and healthier

rather than remain overweight and feeling down. Then keep reading to read my story and let me introduce myself.

Hey Debbie here,

If you’re looking for the best way to stop feeling overweight and feeling down then I’m so pleased you got to this website and you really need to keep reading…

Because this is the story of someone who has experienced the ups and downs of being overweight and all that comes with it which diets worked which didn’t and then at long last the one that did help me overcome being overweight.

I thought you would be interested to know that I have had a weight problem all my life in my younger years I was actually 17st 3 lbs. (109.2kg) a fact that I feel ashamed to admit to cut a very long story short, I joined weight loss clubs, dieted and lost 2-3 st, only to pile the pounds back on again as soon as I stopped dieting. I was at my lowest point I was sick and tired of it and wanted to do something about it.

Believe me I have done it I tried this that and the other and then I’d try something else all these failed miserably joined weight classes costing me money every week missing one week going back the week after more weight put back on usually more than what I started with that’s a fact I know you’ve been there buying their latest bar, magazines, standing on the scales while all around you are watching

I’ve tried the latest diet plan eat this don’t eat that it’s just so hard to stick with them we have all got our life to lead job, children, husband, family, housework, I know and you know the list is endless and as for the gym in my world that was just a no go zone it was so embarrassing full of muscle bound guys and girls already got perfect bodies.

I would just start to feel more down always wearing baggy clothes to hide myself and the most frightening thing that really shook me up was the day my hubby once looked at me in almost disgust I just cried for days and knew it had to change I had to solve my problem and make a stand for myself.

Eventually I just happened to stumble across a solution to me being overweight and feeling down I couldn’t believe it and it worked like a dream all my troubles were over I really mean that after suffering nearly all my life with my weight issues I found the answer.

At one place Drop the fat  with this weight loss system everything is laid out for you. Why eating fat is actually good for you, what to eat and when to eat it for maximum weight loss, how to trick your body into being full, why they recommend you add breakfast back into your diet and there big secret about water click here if you want to read more on drop the fat.

There was one thing I didn’t like about it was they can be a little harsh with you sometimes but they only do this to safeguard your health and make sure you reach your goals like I did 14 pounds in 14 days unbelievable I know but true in my case just believe in yourself.

I really do hope you found this information to be an eye opener for you I really don’t want anyone else to suffer like I did you can click here to find out all that is to offer at drop the fat.

 

 

Overcoming Feeling down

10/23/09 by Debbie weight loss | 1 Comment

Posted in: Overcoming Feeling Down

Being overweight and feeling down sometimes feels a bit like being on a rollercoaster. One minute you’re up and the world is a wonderful place, the next you’re plummeting down. Those ups can feel like a long haul, yet the downs seem to happen with startling speed.

You’re filled with happiness one week, despondency the next. The experience is deeply emotional. In fact, if you’ve had the feeling of being in love, you’ll recognise that the similarity is amazing. Maybe it’s because when you’re on a high, you are in love with yourself. It’s the most delicious feeling. You become beautiful from the most vital perspective of all-from inside.

But we know that when it comes to losing weight, it can be hard to hang onto that ‘in love’ feeling. If losing weight is something in the past you’ve found difficult then its little wonder that you have no confidence. We could describe this feeling as being out of love with yourself.

It’s a painful place to be in this psychological state your emotions are all over the place and you can easily slip on to a downward spiral very easily

Stay on the Rails

I want to help you hold on to that special feeling and the surest way of all to do so and i know this from experience is to stick to your diet plan. You really have to do this and with the encouragement you get it will work just let it work its magic and lose weight but i also know all too well the danger zones that can send your emotions careering downhill.

Working out what they are is the first step towards avoiding them one of the most common danger zones is stepping on to the scales just one week they register no loss or worse still they show a gain in your weight it can send you plummeting feelings of confusion despair and frustration sweep through you the world isn’t a wonderful place again.

But be assured the problems to your weight loss there is a solution they are there inside you just believe in yourself and it will all happen for you and stick to your game plan never let go of the being in love with yourself and you will meet you goals and succeed.