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Monday 16 May 2011

An Apple a Day Keeps the WEIGHT Away

It's fall for those of you living north of the equator, and that means fresh, crisp, juicy apples are readily available once again. Where I live in the Pacific Northwest, you can spend an entire day touring apple farms and sampling the different varieties.
Apples, as well as other fruits, are naturally low in calories, fat and sodium. And they contain vitamins, minerals and fiber, making them a perfect food to enhance any meal or eat as a between meal snack.
The nutritional qualities of fruits combine to make them an ideal elixir for weight loss. Being low in calories means you can eat several servings without consuming a hefty number of calories. The fiber helps by providing bulk and making you feel full, decreasing your appetite and the desire to eat other (higher calorie) foods.
Another benefit of eating apples or other fruits is their high water content. The water, along with the fiber, further aids in making you feel full. Yet because fruits are low in sodium, they will not create excess water weight for you to carry around.
One last idea is to try having an apple BEFORE your meal. It will make you feel just that much more satisfied with your meal. And remember to always eat slowly, so that your body has time to begin feeling full before you eat too much.
Enjoy the season, and make sure to take advantage of it by including fresh fall apples in your diet plan. You might even enjoy an apple or other fruit before every meal -- and end up having to tighten your belt!

Calorie Burning Drinks

To counter the declining sales of sugar-sweetened drinks, and the criticism that they increase the risk of obesity, beverage makers have created so-called "calorie burning" or "negative calorie" drinks. The manufacturers claim that their particular combination of ingredients, such as green tea extract and caffeine, boost your metabolism enough to help you lose weight.

In the small number of controlled studies done on these products, the slight increase in metabolic rate was insignificant to weight loss. According to The Center for Science in the Public Interest, many of these drinks are ineffective and their advertising claims false.
A better choice would be to simply replace caloric beverages with no-calorie drinks like water. Or for a "calorie burning" drink, try ice water! Your body will burn calories as it warms the water to your body temperature.
It takes one Calorie to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree Celsius, and you will burn just under nine Calories warming up an 8-ounce glass of ice water. That's not much, but if you drink eight 8-ounce glasses of ice water a day that would be about 500 Calories a week. But remember, water has no calories to begin with -- this won't work with ice cream!
Of course I recommend sound nutrition and exercise as the solution to maintaining a slim and healthy body. But if you want a gimmick to burn a few extra calories, you might do as well drinking cold water as spending your money on dubious calorie burning drinks.

Grapefruit Juice & Squats

Ferriss said that you have roughly one hour from when you eat junk food to drinking grapefruit juice and doing the squats to counteract the “mistakes” you make on your diet. Dr Oz said that when you have grapefruit juice and do squats, you open up all of your receptors in the muscles so that the sugar goes into your muscles to become fuel rather than the sugar being deposited as fat around your belly.
Dr Oz and Tim Ferriss demonstrated how to do an Air Squat by putting both arms out in front of you for balance. Make sure to sit slowly in a pretend chair until your thighs are parallel with the ground (or as far as you can go).

30 G Protein For Breakfast

Timothy Ferris said that the next fat burning tip is to eat 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking up. For example, you can eat 5 eggs, turkey sausage, or protein shakes made of unflavored whey protein. Ferriss says that this is critical because it starts your day off with the right fat burning hormones. Dr Oz said that eggs are a safe way to get protein and generally do not increase your cholesterol unless you have a genetic pre-disposition. Tim Ferriss said that this will also help you not to get a mid-afternoon slump after lunch. You should always follow how you feel as an indication of how much fat you are burning.

Ice Therapy

Dr Oz: Ice Therapy: 4-Hour Weight Loss Strategy #1

Dr Oz asked Timothy Feris what is Ice Therapy and how does it work? He said that Ice Therapy triggers hormones that are helpful for fat loss. You can do something as simple as a cold ice pack on your upper back and your upper chest for 30 minutes when you watch tv at night. Then you can buildup to taking a cold shower the next morning. And Ferriss said that the final step, which is what he does, is to take an actual Ice Bath up to your waist for 10 minutes, three times per week. But take it slowly – you should not go from doing nothing straight into an Ice Bath.

Dr Oz: Why Do Ice Baths Make You Lose Weight?

Dr Oz said that he checked out this theory of Ice Therapy and that when you are cold, your body has to do a lot more work to do the same things as when it is warm – so you burn much more fat. You have something called Brown Fat that is located around blood vessels and keeps your blood warm. By cooling off with ice, your body is forced to burn a dramatically larger number of calories. I have heard that sucking on ice cubes or drinking cold water also helps you to lose weight because your body has to use energy to bring the cold water or ice up to your body’s temperature. Sounds like a similar phenomenon!

saunas &weight loose

  • It works as a stress reliever by helping you to relax and unwind. Relieving stress can lower blood pressure, decrease headaches, and elevate you mood. This will make you more productive, and more pleasant to be around!

  • Saunas cause your body to burn calories. Your sweat glands produce sweat, which requires energy, and therefore increases caloric expenditure. Saunas should not be solely relied upon, however, 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

  • 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.

  • When you take a sauna, you lose a great deal of fluids through the sweating. This might cause a sudden loss of a few pounds, but it is only fluid loss. When you re-hydrate (and you should take in liquids before, during, and after a sauna) your body, the weight will return. There are certain sports that require athletes to make a certain weight class in a very short period of time. These athletes often use saunas as a means of rapid weight loss. Any type of weight loss through dehydration is not safe.
    The use of a sauna should be moderate. Sessions should only last for about 20 minutes, due to the increase of body temperature. And older people, or those with heart conditions should consult a physician before trying a sauna.
    Using the sauna provides a variety of health benefits, and can be included as part of a sensible diet and exercise program. It can help you maintain your weight, it can rid your body of toxins, keep your complexion clear and bright, and it can help to reduce stress. Saunas are an effective method of health maintenance, if used moderately and properly.

    diet&workout

    What you eat before and after a workout is as important as the regimen itself...

    An effective workout depends on many factors - the most important one being your diet. What you eat before a workout prepares your body for the stress and the meal after that is responsible for muscle building and body repair. Here's what you must keep in mind so as to tailor your meals and maximise your workout.

    PRE WORKOUT:

    Get the carbs

    Give your body a dose of carbohydrates one hour before you hit the gym. Eat a fruit (apple would be ideal). You may also have toast, cornflakes or idlis. You could also just eat a banana for the complex carbohydrates it provides. These foods need comparatively little time to digest, are easy on the body and provide you with maximum energy during the workout. Also, ensure that you drink a glass of water before the workout, so that your body is well hydrated

    10 Day Diet

    10 Day Diet for Effective Weight Loss


    Visit 10 - 30 Day Personal Diet Plan

    The only way to lose weight is to eat less calories than you take in. We recommend consuming 25% less calories than you normally would eat in a day. If you can maintain a sensible diet for 10 days, you will not have trouble staying on a long-term plan for permanent weight loss.
    Below is a copy of a single day of our diet plan. You get a different diet plan each day of the week. In 10 days you can lose as much 3 real pounds. We recommend a variety of foods to make dieting easier. There are all types of foods you can eat that taste good and will keep you under your calorie limitation. See our sample plan below.
    If you need help designing a good diet plan, we can create a powerful diet for you. You will have access to your diet plan for 2 years. There are 10 to 14 different food items to choose from on any day of the plan. Click Personal Diet Plan to get started.

    Calorie
    Favorite Cereal with 1% fat milk - 1 Bowl 200
    1 cup of strawberries 50
    Coffee (if desired) or Water (1 cups) 0
    subtotal
    250
    Mid Morning Snack
    1/2 bagel (preferably whole wheat) with 1 tablespoon of Philadelphia Light cream cheese 125
    water (1 cups) 0
    subtotal
    125
    Lunch11:30 am - 1:00 pm
    1/2 bagel (preferably whole wheat) with 1 tablespoon of Philadelphia Light cream cheese 125
    1 cup of Healthy Choice Chicken and Rice with 2 ounce ground turkey and 1/2 cup steam or cooked carrots. - make at home the night before
    - brown 4 ounce of ground turkey
    - cook or steam 1 cup of carrots
    - warm 1 can of 10 3/4 cup ounce of Healthy Choice
    - add turkey and vegetables and put in plastic container, refrigerate and take to work the next day.

    Use half of contents for lunch and the other half for mid afternoon snack.
    200
    Sliced orange or favorite fruit 50
    Water (2 cups) 0
    subtotal
    375
    Mid Afternoon Snack 2 pm - 4 pm
    1 cup of Healthy Choice Chicken and Rice with 2 ounce ground turkey and 1/2 cup steam or cooked carrots. 200
    subtotal
    200
    Dinner 5 pm - 8 pm
    Diet Forum Recipe or Beef Stroganoff
    Beef StroganoffServes 4
    - Brown 1 pound of extra lean ground beef with 1/2 chipped onions
    - Cook 6 ounces of egg Noodles (cook as directed on package)
    In medium pot stir in
    - 10 3/4 ounce can of reduce fat mushroom soup
    - 1 cup of non fat sour cream
    - 1 ½ tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
    - cooked noodles

    Heat for 8 minutes or until warm. Stir frequently.

    300
    1/2 steamed or cooked green peas 60
    Slice melons (1 cup) 50
    Water (1 cup)

    Dr Oz’s 11 Weeks Diet Plan

    Dr Oz’s 11 Weeks to Move It & Lose It In 2011 sounds like a wonderful 11 Week Diet Plan. Doctor Oz said that 2010 was a great year for many of us, but now we want to replace the chubby 0 in 2010 with a slender 1 for 2011. If you have tried to get fit and lose weight for a long time, Dr Oz said that his 11 Week Diet Plan will change your life starting today! In the past year and a half, Dr Oz has helped 100’s of 1000’s of people lose weight, including people like Rocco the Cowboy. Now, Dr Oz is teaming with Nike for his first ever customized and interactive fitness plan and diet plan. Every tool that you need for this diet is online and free such as your own personal health assessment, a food tracker to help you make better food decisions, your own personal training guide, and motivation to keep you going in order to make this diet a success. The Dr Oz 11 Week Weight Loss Challenge really is a revolutionary program. I am committed to trying out this diet plan myself – starting today! So, I will be updating everyone on my progress and I would love to hear about how everyone else is doing on the Dr Oz Diet Plan too – please keep me posted and lets help to motivate each other! And, just in case you missed it, here is the article we posted last week announcing that we heard about Dr Oz’s 11 Week Weight Loss Program for 2011: Dr Oz: 11 Week Weight Loss Challenge

    Sunday 15 May 2011

    fast loosing weight

    The reality is, that green tea does indeed help in weight loss – significantly so. However, it’s not a silver-bullet. You still need to watch what you eat, and ideally you should do some exercise three times a week. But as far as being a diet aid you need to pay attention to, yes, green tea certainly can help you reach your ideal weight fast. Here’s why:
    What makes green tea work is a substance in it called polyphenols or as it’s sometimes called catechins. Catechins help the body to effectively burn calories while decreasing body fat. Here’s how they work:
    They prevent extra weight gain by blocking the usual movement of sugar or glucose in fat cells and they work with other beneficial compounds to intensify the body’s rate of fat oxidation. It’s the leaves of green tea where you’ll find catechins. Now let’s go a little deeper here.

    It’s been proven that green tea has the ability to speed up your metabolism – or rate of burning calories. Now if you’ve envied those women with great looking bodies who could seemingly eat and eat and eat yet barely gain a pound, you might be curious to know the reason why is because they have a fast metabolism. By drinking green tea, you can join the fast metabolism club!
    there are two more links you can use for how to loose weight with green tea:
    http://www.wulongtea-info.com/greenteaweightloss.asp
    http://www.streetdirectory.com/food_editorials/beverages/teas/the_link_between_green_tea_and_losing_weight.html