Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Choosing the Right Diet Plan

More than anything in the world, a successful diet requires a good plan. It is important that you maintain exercising and burn calories, but it is equally crucial that you watch what you eat. There are many companies out there that have "suggestive meal plan for diet" for weight loss. And to be honest, I am going to say that while some are complete fraud, many have worked for various individuals.

That's why they can say, "Anne lost 40 pounds with (insert the name of diet plan) and is looking better than ever!" Now, what you do NOT hear is whether they like the experience. You don't hear this because most people did not like what they had to go through, not just because they gave up their usual greasy and cheesy food, but also, they had to suffer through poor diet plans set by their diet plan selector. But what can they do? They were losing weights so they continued to do that.

365 Day 70


Image credited to Collin Harvey.


There has to be a balance in successful diet plan and this requires two factors. The first is that it has to be somewhat tasty. I don't mean salty or fatty, but it has to be somewhat acceptable that you can get used to be eating for rest of your life - or at least for length amount of time that you can change your eating habits (and trust me, this does NOT come easy!). So, that's how I came across Bistro MD while looking at some choices. I've seen many diet plans for eating before, so when I saw the menu from Bistro MD, I thought, "Hmm, this might work well with keeping people motivated to exercise."



While I was browsing their menu, I saw that it fulfilled my second concern: healthy.I know that some people want to lose weight because they want to be away from diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and many other symptoms that accompany them if they are overweight. Bistro MD stated that its menus were created under the guidance of a physician, and under its Testimonials, Dr. Phil approved it. To me, this was somewhat assuring because what if you underwent dietary plan and came out skinny but sick? What then? The diet plan will certainly not take care of your medical bills.

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Take a look at the menu "Stuffed Chicken with Baby Carrots" for example. It resembled something that I once ordered from Applebees. Yet the difference was that the one from Applebees was probably loaded with sodium and fat while this one looked like it was going to be healthy - while still maintaining taste. True, I knew I wasn't going to get Applebees taste from this menu, but neither I can by spending money on other restaurants.

I think you can best judge whether this will work for you, but it's worthwhile to at least check out. What's there to lose? You can at least give it a try and if it's something that you cannot handle (remember, I based my view on the photos they provided and web content) for some reason, then you can choose not to continue it. But I think it should be at least said that unless you try, you will never know for sure.

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It seems that we are sometimes too afraid to try something new. But when it involves your weight and health, maybe Bistro MD is not such a "new" step for you to begin.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Olympic Sports To Fit Your Exercise Schedule

Being overweight can pose a serious health problem, including cardiovascular problems. So, don't want to have a heart problem? Consider exercising and watching out what you eat.


Because heart is SO important to our health, we have to do everything to protect our heart and stay away from unhealthy habits that may damage our heart. And as always, exercising is a good way to maintain our health as well as our heart.

Have you been watching Olympics? If so, you may have noticed how fit these athletes are. You don't have to become one - obviously - but three of Olympic sports are easily accessible to you and are fun to do (and highly effective).

1. Swimming

Swimming is a known cardio exercise that can make you lose weights (a lot of them too!) and maintain you in healthy condition. Swimming lets you to exercise your entire body and is a SAFE way to do it (just don't jump into the water suddenly). It's safe because you will be exercising in the water with much less amount of resistance.

2. Running

Maybe, you don't have a good experience with water. Well, running is a simple and perhaps the easiest one that requires NO investment at all. Nada! You still want to spend enough money to get a good pair of sneakers to avoid hurting your bones or joints. It may be a good idea now to charge up that old iPod and fill it up with some exercise songs as well. If you are married or are in a relationship or have a good friend, getting someone else to join you in running is another great thing to do.

3. Cycling

Cycling takes a lot of energy, but it can build stamina, endurance, and of course, gives you a huge weight loss. It's simple, but you need to purchase a bike, and it's best (if you are not used to cycling) to do it in the park or other safe areas away from cars. You don't need to do this a lot everyday, but about 30 minutes at least is recommended, and honestly, use a real bike - not one of those "sit-down" bicycles in the gym.

Beautiful first couple days over the coast range along the Smith River


Image credited to gabriel amadeus.


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Friday, July 20, 2012

How to Begin Exercising

One reason why exercise is the right way to lose weight is that to lose weight, the idea is to burn more calories than you consume so basically you have to eat has less than the amount you consume. This is like the fine print when you sign a contract - when you are going to begin exercising, resist the temptation to eat that leftover pizza at 11:00 PM at night.

Pizza
Image credited to CeresB.

Don't do it! And yes, I did include a picture of pizza above just to make sure you don't go eat pizza now!
 

Starting Your Exercise Program

Step one is to find an exercise that is right for you and be easy with it. One of the problems that people make is that they attempt to go for several mile run the first week and then realized that their bodies are not able to handle that much workout. And they give up. So, it is important to know that when you're starting to want to weight loss program with exercising, you have to know this type of exercise that you can do and how much you can handle so you can keep with it and then not injure yourself. It's much better to run half an hour everyday than try to run 4 miles one day - why? Because our body has tendency to replenish what's lost and needs to "adapt" to different situations.

Another reason why exercise weight loss program is effective is that when you exercise, you are increasing body's metabolism rate and hence you will be burning your body's fat much faster so it's not just about the exercise that time period. So, once your body gets used to this, then you will be able to improve how you can manage your weights better.

Here is a list of some great songs to listen to while you are exercising.

To change how your body stores the fats and be able to get rid of it much easier, you need to keep with your program by adjusting the times when you are not exercising. For instance, when you exercise, you have to control type of food you're eating so make sure you're good with enough vitamins fruits and vegetables and reduced amount of meat and fish. This is to ensure that you're not going to overload the fats and cholesterol for each day's intake compared to time do you spend exercising.

One of the things that I recommend is to always hydrate yourself and not go into eating mode right after workout so that's another reason why you shouldn't be working out too much. If you lose too much energy, your body will force you to eat much more than usual - and that will actually cause weight gain! So, moderate, easy-to-do everyday exercise is a key to lose weights through exercising.

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Turn Fats Into Abs!

For average men and women, nice and toned abs are huge dreams to attain. I call them "dreams" because it's far easier to accumulate fats and imagine them disappear. I have here provide you tools that you can use - and provided that you will follow them religiously - to build abs for your body.

1. Crunch Twist

See how this is done below:


This one burns. To make sure you don't get any injuries, you want to make sure you are in a flat floor to support your backs. Remember, any form of exercise to remove your fats will "hurt" but you don't want to injure yourself - especially your back.

2. Hip Raise/Leg Raise


From my personal experience, this exercise is particularly popular with women. Of course, the video above shows a man doing it, but it's still very popular with women.
3. Jackknife


This one is similar to hip raise/leg raise, but more dramatic and "complete." As opposed to just your legs moving, your whole body moves to "meet."

I'm sure if you look in the internet, you will be able to find hundreds of workouts just for abs. What I have here is just a small assortment of three easy (but not easy workouts) exercises that you can do at home! My belief about exercises to burn fats and build tight muscles like abs is that it should be easy. A complicated exercise is bad in that it can easily hurt you, and you won't be able to persevere it.


Also, I am fully aware that not everyone has time in the day to go to the gym to workout or want to pay for full membership in the gym. These exercises can be easily done with the help of yoga pad, a flat floor, and will to succeed.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Can Push-Ups Help?

Let me begin by saying that any type of exercise is better than nothing, and the least effective exercise is more healthy than any sort of weight loss program targeting eating habits, needle injection, and so forth. This is because exercising introduces nothing new - or subtract what's been used to your life - so your body will not negatively react. Of course, you do not want to exercise to the point of being dying, but for the most part, exercising is very healthy and right way to lose weights and burn unnecessary fats

Push-Ups

It's simple but burns a lot of energy to do so. A lot of people will have trouble doing just 10. There's a website dedicated to doing 100 in a row in 7 weeks. Take a look and give it a try. More on push-ups...but it's definitely one of well-known websites that do not stress your body with unknown weight training program like heavy lifting.