Posts Tagged ‘Dieting’

I am looking for a healthy way to get a thinner stomach. i play sports almost everyday and every week but i need to eat healthier and not give into cravings. i want to not use pills or anything i just need some advice with some nutrition help and abb workout..thankss
**also, i would like the workout to be fast but efficient…and maybe it takes afew weeks..not months.
***im not fat its just my stomach was flat idk what happend!

The diet which is most standard in America is not devoid of alkalizing food and is not vegetarian. Animal proteins are inevitable in the diet of people.Despite, there is no compulsion to consume animal protein.It could be well compensted by the protein rich sources available in the vegetarian group.
A belief prevails in our society that the physical well-being and health of an individual is encouraged by proteins.Especially men, are demanded to consume huge quantites of meat to have vitality and strength.This figment has however prevailed for a long time. As early as the 20th century,scientists believed that consumption of meat equalled strength, prominently in the field of sport.This myth has essentially been the driving force behind meat eating in the last century.
In reality, the need for protein by a person’s body is less than assumed by most people.The sources of vegetarian proteins are plenty and are aceeptable on the miracle pH diet.There are plenty of sources from which an individual can choose.
But why is animal protein forbidded by this program?
Dairy, meats and eggs which are sources of animal protein,
have acidifying significance on our body. This tends to prevail on consumption of non-organic meat.
Consumtion of processed meat can lead to exposure of hormones, chemicals and drugs being given to animals before they are killed.Risks of the hormones prevail as there are no definte studies about them.Our consumption of antibiotics will increase as the animals are periodically fed with them. this increased consumtion will lead to reduction of helpful bacteria in our body.This leads to accumulation of metabolic acid in our system, leading to disastrous effects.The helpful bacteria which check the accumulation of metabolic acid in our system are killed by the antibiotics in the animals.
Good elements like minerals, vitamins and proteins can be obtained from vegetarian food without any dangers.20 grams of protein is contained in a cup of tofu, which is an alkalizing source.An average human requires only about 40 gm of protein per day.This can be easily satisfied without the consumption of meat.
Switching to vegetarianism is much of a mental battle than a physical battle.Infact, the absence of acidifying animal protein leads to effecient body.Consumption of meat is a routine and the advantages of consuming it is a figment.There is no need for meat physically.Omitting meat from our diet leads to opening our eyes to a huge variety of foods that convincingly replace meat.
When one follows the miracle diet, he/she will notice that Dr.Robert suggests an equity of 70 percent alkaline, and 30 percent acidic food.Hence,there is some extent for consuming items in the acidic group.Even though it would be tempting to consume proteins from animal sources,it is preferable to choose from the less acidic foods like oats, eggs, pastas and other products.
It is certainly the individual’s choice to become a pure vegetarian.Reducing the quantity of animal protein will lead to improvements in your health eventually.

Losing weight, and keeping those extra pounds off, is one of the most elusive goals you might ever encounter. If you are serious about losing weight, watching what you eat is only part of the formula. Is it possible to lose weight by eating well? Well, yes. Eating well is a key part of losing weight. Being careful about what you put on your plate, and controlling your portion size can definitely help slim your waist size. But the hard truth is that diet without exercise will only get you so far in the weight loss game.
In order to lose weight, and keep it off, you will have to integrate some kind of exercise routine into your weight loss regime.
What happens when you attempt to lose weight without exercising? Reducing your caloric intake while not exercising can actually harm your chances of achieving weight loss! If you try a low-calorie diet, you can actually be sending signals to your body that triggers a slow-down effect on your metabolism. When you make a significant reduction in your food intake, your body may react by preparing for starvation. That is, your body may prepare itself for not getting it’s accustomed ration of calories. When your body goes into ‘starvation mode’, your metabolic rate slows down. Thus, you end up burning up fewer calories.
Another negative side effect of going on a low-calorie, no exercise diet is that it can threaten your muscle tissue stores. If you find yourself losing weight through diet alone, you can be sure that you are probably losing valuable muscle tissue. Exercise helps you lose fat, while retaining and building muscle tissue. Having more muscle means having a higher basal metabolic rate, while losing muscle can cause serious long-term health problems.
Exercise and Metabolism
Simply stated, diet without exercise will only get you so far because if you are not exercising, your metabolism remains stagnant. We hear a lot about metabolism, but do you know exactly what it is? Metabolism refers to the amount of calories burned by your body. This number can vary, depending on several factors. The most basic metabolic calculation is known as your basal metabolic rate (or BMR).
Your BMR is the number of calories your body uses simply to keep your vital functions going. Vital functions include your breathing, brain function, and your heartbeat. In some ways, you can think of your BMR as your ‘standing’ metabolic rate. Everyone’s BMR is different. Factors that influence your BMR include age, body composition, activity level, and diet, height, gender, and stress level.
Individuals with a higher BMR will burn calories faster than those with lower BMR. If you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off, one of your goals should be to increase your BMR. This is where exercise comes into the picture. One of the best ways to increase your BMR is to add some forms of regular exercise into your weight loss plan.
Adding Exercise into Your Weight Loss Plan
If you the type of person who would rather live on celery sticks and water than do sit-ups, you are not alone. Adding exercise to your weight loss regime can seem difficult, especially if you are not active. The truth is that exercise doesn’t have to be painful, time consuming, or simply mind-numbingly dull. Here are a few valuable tips for adding exercise to your life in a way that will spare you the pain and boredom of traditional weight loss routines.
1. Start slow. Many people make the mistake of setting high exercise goals after long periods of inactivity. Just because your becoming more active doesn’t mean you have to sign up for a marathon. Start slow by doing active things that are easy to work into your schedule. Go for a short walk with a friend, or take the dog out for a walk. Just focus on working in 15 to 20 minutes of walking into your day.
2. Make it fun for you. Make a list of activities you like to do. Are you a gardener? If so, there’s good news for you. Gardening is an excellent way to get exercise while having fun. You’d be surprised how many calories you can burn simply by mowing the lawn, or pulling weeds. Do you like to play softball? Tennis? Golf? All are good ways to get your body moving, while having fun at the same time. Pick out a sport or activity you’ve always wanted to try, or return to an activity that you once loved.
3. Get an exercise buddy. Any type of activity or exercise is more fun if you do it with a friend. Working out with an exercise buddy can help keep you committed and motivated. Even if you’re not a big fan of jogging, you’ll find that it can be fun with a good friend trotting along side you. Again, focus on finding something fun that you both enjoy.

I’ m really clueless when it comes to weightloss and dieting.
I currently need to drop quickly around 6kg – 8kg. I have actually been told this by my instructors. I train in Muay Thai (kickboxin) & I’m training up for my first fight, I’ll make weight grading for this fight but I’ve been told that I need to lose weight for my next fight as most of the women at my current weight range are tough bodybuilders & franlky I’d stand not a good chance at winning but a good chance getting seriously hurt. Plus, at this weight I’m not at my full fitness level.
My details are:
(H) 178cm, (W) 73.2kg
Exercise is vigerous – IE: Mon – Fri
Running 8 laps of foot ball oval, skip for 20 minutes, kick boxing for 2 hours, x2 reps of all crunches, x 2 reps of 15 push ups on medcine ball
Sat: As above but double the ammount inc chin ups
Sun: Running 5 – 10 times up a steep hill
DIET:
x2Lts water
3 pieces fruit – (banana, watermelon, strawberry, apple, carrot)
x1 small ammountl of pistachio nuts

If you are trying to stick to a diet, there isn’t an easier way than having diet food delivered right to your front door.  You don’t have to mess around with counting carbs, calories or points.  This is a stress-free and idiot-proof weight loss food system.

There are two parts to weight loss: Eating the correct diet foods in the right proportions, and getting enough exercise.  I find the eating part a lot more challenging than the exercise part.  Getting exercise is simple; all you have to do is move your muscles around a little bit.  Anything can be considered exercise, whether it is dancing, playing sports, running, hiking, even walking!  The idea is to just pile on as much exercise as possible.  You don’t have to be a scientist to create an exercise plan that will help aid in your weight loss.  Read more... (575 words, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)

Almost every female celebrity has had her name associated with a certain diet at one point or another. However no matter how much you trust and admire a celebrity they don’t always recommend good dietary advice.

Remember Oprah Winfrey pushing the Cabbage Soup Diet about a decade or so on her television. This diet alternated eating one certain food all day with drinking a high sodium broth made from cabbages, V8 juices and Lipton’s onion soup mix. One day you would eat nothing bananas, another day nothing but soup and another day nothing but meat. The problem with this diet is that it was basically a calorie deprivation diet that many people found hard to stick to. It was also a diet that was extremely high in sodium. Oprah later retracted her faith in this diet, but this is a good example of “When Good Celebrities Diet Wrong.”  Read more... (661 words, estimated 2:39 mins reading time)

It’s no secret that the key to a healthy life is an adequately balanced diet. Keeping an unhealthy, unbalanced diet leads to several disorders, the most frequent of which is obesity.
As you may know if you already tried one or more diets, the first couple of weeks are the hardest; starting a new diet with the wrong foot may not only be useless, but it may also lead you to eat even worse than before.
Here are some tips that will help you start a new diet and successfully keep following it.
Don’t even try a new diet without asking a professional: Although some diets are often advertised as very effective and very fast ways to lose weight, keep in mind that every body is different from each other, and consequently so are their needs. Always ask your physician or nutrition professional about which diet suits you best, for he will always look for your wellness above all. After checking certain things like your lifestyle, your ideal desired weight and the overall health status of your body, he will be able to carefully plan a step by step diet for you, based on your body’s actual needs. If you think a diet plan you saw somewhere may be useful, show it to a professional and ask him to make any changes necessary to make it fit you. For instance, if you see “Angelina Jolie’s new amazing diet” on a magazine and you think it may be useful for you, get a professional to evaluate it first. Chances are that the perfect diet for some people is harmful for others. Besides, a diet that is too hard will end up frustrating you, and a diet that is too easy will be quite ineffective.
Complement your diet with physical activity: Unless you have a very physically active lifestyle, obesity is not the effect of consuming an excessive amount of lipids, but of accumulating them. The key is to burn that fat as well as reducing its consumption: both must be done together. The best way to get rid of that excess of undesired fat is to complement a healthy diet with everyday exercising. A daily walk, playing a sport or doing aerobics may be suitable companions for your diet. But, again, ask your physician or professional personal trainer, he will tell you the right amount of physical effort your body can sustain, and set a plan to make it fun and useful for you.
Avoid temptations: When you have just started on a diet, it may be hard to follow it. That is because your body is used to eat disorderly, and it takes some time to get rid of that habit. It is a good thing to keep all that “forbidden” food out of your fridge, at least until your body gets used to your new eating habits and you are fully confident in being able to have access to that food and yet not take it. Let’s be realistic; it is way harder to get on a diet if you have that piece of chocolate cake in your kitchen!
Get busy: Try to find a hobby or activity that keeps your mind away from food, especially at the beginning of a diet. Reading is a good activity to accomplish this, because it’s fun, useful and a great way to get the time flying until dinner time.
These are just simple tips, but I hope they prove to be beneficial for you. Good luck on your new, healthy life!

The power of the mind has been well known to successful and fulfilled people for centuries. Experts of the sub conscious mind such as hypnotists have come up with ingenious ways  that bypass the conscious mind and speak directly to the sub conscious. Often hypnosis is used to help people achieve their weight loss goals. In this article I will show you how to do that without any fancy hypnotist or high fees.  Read more... (2514 words, estimated 10:03 mins reading time)

If you have decided to go on a diet you are probably going to get confused by the large number of products and diet plans available in market. It does not matter which diet or diet plan you choose, remember your ultimate aim should be a healthy weight loss.

Here are some useful tips that may be helpful to you in choosing your diet plan:  Read more... (1172 words, estimated 4:41 mins reading time)

Everyone is in competition nowadays to look good and live healthy.
So to look good usually they go for dieting with the aim of losing weight as personality with overweight is not pleasing.
People diet for many reasons. Some are at an unhealthy weight and need to pay closer attention to their eating and exercise habits. Some play sports and want to be in top physical condition. Others may think they would look and feel better if they lost a few pounds.
Lots of people feel pressured to lose weight and try different types of diets. But if you really need to lose weight, improving your eating habits and exercising will help you more than any diet.
Dieting could be a solution if done in a right manner.
Unhealthy Dieting, especially extreme food-intake reduction and rapid weight loss, can have the following side effects: