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April 25, 2008

What are some stomach exercises to do help get rid of belly fat besides diet?

Filed under: Diet & Fitness — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 9:43 pm
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R C asked:


What are some stomach exercises to do help get rid of belly fat besides diet?I am on a diet.

When can I expect to lose weight while dieting?

Filed under: Diet & Fitness — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 8:08 pm
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Lil E asked:


I’ve been on a strict diet for a week now, consuming less than 1500 calories per day plus exercise and weight lifting and havent lost a pound!
I weigh 130 and im a 5′6 woman. If that matters.

What is your motivation for dieting and exercising?

Filed under: Diet & Fitness — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 2:22 am
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Jillian asked:


I had a baby 2 years ago and I still have 15 pounds to lose. I just cannot get motivated. Bathing suit and short season is almost here and I still can’t find inspiration.

Just curious what your motivators are.
Thanks for all the good answers. Every day I tell myself, I’m going to start eating right today. I never do. I let myself eat junk and the same amount of calories every day :(

April 24, 2008

What is a apropiate diet or meal to eat the day of and before a swimeet?

Filed under: Swimming & Diving — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 4:45 am
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Demonio14 asked:


I ask this because my team usually says a high fiber diet like spaghetti or pasta is what we should eat on the day of and before the swim meet. Is this true? If not what is the correct foods to eat. I usually stick to liquids on the day of the swim-meet and easy to digest foods before.

April 23, 2008

A Dieting Revolution

Filed under: Wellness — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 8:55 pm
Diets In Review asked:


The South Beach Diet is a revolutionary way of looking at weight loss. It isn’t low carb or low fat—it’s all about balance and learning to choose good fats and good carbs instead of foods that don’t help your body. This diet was developed by Miami cardiologist Arthur Agaston as a way for heart patients to lose weight in a healthy way and keep it off, but it was so successful that soon everyone wanted to try it. During the first two weeks on the South Beach Diet you’ll begin the process of learning to eat in a new way. You’ll eat three balanced meals a day with normal size portions of meat, seafood, vegetables, eggs, cheese, and nuts. You won’t be hungry and you’ll learn how to ignore cravings and avoid wanting to overeat. You get to have snacks twice a day, drink diet soda, and eat out, but there are a few things you can’t eat in the first two weeks. You can’t have bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, baked goods, candy, ice cream, sugar, or fruit. You also can’t have beer or alcohol. But it’s only for two weeks. After that, you get to add these foods back into your diet in a healthy way. After the first two weeks, the next phase of the South Beach Diet begins. You’ll still eat plenty of lean protein, vegetables, eggs, cheeses, and nuts, but you also get to add in some of your favorite carbohydrates and sugars. You’ll learn the difference between good carbs and bad carbs and learn to balance foods so that you stay full and have plenty of energy! You stick to this phase of the diet until you reach your target weight. Then you can add in even more carbs and sugars while still maintaining your new weight. Once you know how to balance healthy options with not-as-healthy favorites, it’s easy to eat what you love and still keep the weight off.The South Beach Diet is less of a diet and more of a way of life. It teaches you how to eat so that it isn’t such a struggle to be healthy. The foods emphasized are universally considered to be healthy choices rich in vitamins, minerals, omega-3 oils, and good fats. There are even prepackaged South Beach meal options that can be purchased online or in grocery stores, which makes it even easier to stay on track. More diet tips and diet reviews at www.dietsinreview.com and the diet forum



Theresa

April 20, 2008

Is it ok to replace a meal with a protein shake when dieting?

Filed under: Diet & Fitness — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 5:39 am
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mattyboymma asked:


OK I’m on a diet to lose fat, but I’m also lifting to try and gain some muscle. Would it be ok to replace one of my 6 meals with a whey protein shake? Or should I use a actual meal replacement shake instead?
Yamster, you are wrong. You can gain muscle while dieting. I’ve done it before and I’ve seen countless people do it.

April 17, 2008

So What Types of Diet Pills are Out There for Me

Filed under: 2917 — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 9:29 pm
The Diet Guy asked:


What Diet Pills Are Out There For Me? The last 20 years have seen people become obsessed with losing weight, Meaning, they have spent billions every year on appetite suppressants, fat burners, and fat binders. With so many out there which one is right for you!

 

Appetite Suppressants

 

Many people think that their weight problem is caused by not knowing when to stop eating. They reason that if they don’t feel hungry, they won’t eat as much and will lose weight. The appetite suppressant was designed to lessen a person’s psychological motivation for food. Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), one of the most widely used appetite suppressants, affects the hypothalamus, a control center in the brain. PPA interrupts the ability of the hypothalamus to tell the body when it’s hungry. This curbs the appetite and the individual wants less food. By eating less, a person loses weight. PPA is found in Dexatrim, Vitaslim, Hungrex and Acutrim. PPA along with diet and exercise promotes weight loss. You must stay on PPA or your hunger will return and you will most likely regain your weight. The most common side effects include thirst, irritability, palpitation, tiredness and jitteriness. Major side effects include cardiac arrhythmias, intracerebral hemorrhage, acute dystonia, myocardial injury, psychosis, cerebral arteritis and hypersensitive crisis.

 

Fat Burners

 

A fat burner does two things. It acts on the hypothalamus, the region of the brain that helps to regulate appetite. It also causes the release of certain brain chemicals that trigger the body’s “fight or flight” mechanism, preparing it to take action. In effect, the body burns extra calories to be able to respond to a physical or emotional attack. To stay ready for the attack that never comes, the body keeps burning calories even when it is at rest. Until 2004, fat burners usually contained ephedrine, caffeine and aspirin as their active ingredients. After the FDA banned the use of ephedrine in diet pills, some manufacturers began using herbal ephedra or Ma huang. Others used Citrus aurantium (CA) and green tea extract (GTE). CA, also known as Bitter Orange, comes from manadarin orange peels, seville orange juice, and certain types of potatoes. One of its primary active ingredients, synephrine, acts similar to ephedrine in the body. Scientists have said that combining synephrine, caffeine and other substances found in weight-loss products, can lead to high blood pressure, heart attacks, and strokes. Most health professionals agree that the risks of synephrine far outweigh any potential weight loss benefits. GTE is ephedra-free. Recent studies have found that it may play a role in stimulating thermogenesis (fat burning) and increasing calorie expenditure. GTE contains catechins, which increase norepinephrine levels in the brain and prepare the body for “fight or flight.” In high doses, GTE and caffeine may result in heart palpitations, insomnia, and other negative effects.

 

Fat Binders

 

Fat binders are also known as fat magnets. They claim to be able to lower cholesterol and contribute to weight loss. These products usually contain chitosan. It is derived from chitin, a polysaccharide found in the exoskeletons of shrimp, lobster, and crabs. Chitosan is supposed to cause weight loss by binding fats in the stomach and preventing them from being digested and absorbed. Although chitosan can decrease fat absorption, the amount in fat burners is too small to have much effect on cholesterol levels. Your doctor can prescribe a number of drugs which can actually lower cholesterol. Both the British Advertising Standards Authority and the FDA have won suits against advertisers of chitosan. As a result, advertisers must make clear in future that the product had not been proven to aid slimming or prevent weight gain.



Christopher

Do Diets Really Work?

Filed under: 3020 — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 10:26 am
stefexec asked:


It seems as if just about everyone has tried a diet or weight loss plan at one time or another – and it also seems that every time you turn around, there’s another new diet that promises results with very little effort. For example, there are and have been some crazy fad diets floating around…the popcorn & ice cream diet, the soup diet, the sardine diet, the hot dog diet, and now there’s…. the cookie diet !!!



Some popular diets today are: the South Beach diet, the Zone diet, the Atkins diet, Macrobiotics, Weight Watchers, Raw Foods, Life Choice….etc. and they promise to deliver – if you can stay with the program to the letter.

But the question is: do any of these diets really work ? If some of these popular, highly advertised diet plans do achieve the weight loss promised, why do so many dieters tend to re-gain their weight back, and more times than not, why do they eventually end up gaining back more weight than when they started on the diet?

From experience, I can tell you this : these diets are not made for everyone – if every person who wanted to lose weight all went on the same diet, it would work for some, and not for others. Everyone has a different metabolism, different systemic needs, different digestion – every person is an individual with a body system that is different in some way from every other person.

Popular diet plan promoters want you to believe that everyone who is really motivated to lose weight, should choose their special _____________( fill in the blank…) diet – and they will lose weight and succeed !!! And of course, they show you numerous “before and after” photos to convince you that their diet is the only one that really works, and that you too will soon be thin and attractive.

Many people have had success with low carb and other popular diets. On the other hand, many others fail on these diets, as not every diet is for every person. Some diet-educated people actually make up their own personalized diet and this works for them…but in most cases, losing weight requires guidance, discipline, and life style changes which a good diet guide or diet plan can provide.

So, if you need to lose weight, do some research and learn all that you can before starting on any diet. Look it up online and check out the successes – and the side effects… Consult your doctor and take the diet information with you and ask questions.

In my own experience with dieting I learned Rule # 1 about weight loss: If you take in more calories than you burn off every day, you will gain weight. If you burn off more calories than you take in, you will lose weight – sounds simple and it is, but even this rule has it’s own rules… a starvation diet of 1,000 calories a day will eventually put your system on “hold” – you won’t lose any more weight, as your body thinks it’s starving, and will “hold on” to any calorie it can get for survival. Eventually, you will eat – and gain.

I have personally found that a balanced daily diet combined with different forms of exercise up to 3 hours per week works best for me – but many people don’t have the time to exercise 2 to 3 hours or more…

As mentioned above, it’s best to do the research on any diet that you are interested in first, and then make an educated decision for yourself.

For More Information  Please Visit The FREE Weight Loss Information Website at: http://best-infosite.com/dietinfo 



Vera

April 16, 2008

Balanced Diet Facts

Filed under: Nutrition — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 3:03 am
Bella Mclaine asked:


Want to achieve a destined balance in your life? The Diet Control is the answer for it Control on Diet has wonderful power to make the hormones to be in balance and be contained in a flourishing range. Want to balance your diet then there is a best way to

Balance your diet with Zone (Balance) Diet. It is the Zone (Balance) Diet’s goal to support one person attain a healthy, better, and longer life.

When you hear the Word Zone Diet, the word balance is directly related with it. What is Zone diet? The Zone Diet is a personalized diet based upon the dieter’s gender, activity level, and ratio of body fat, and includes 40 percent of its calories from carbohydrates, 30 percent from protein and 30 percent from fat. All meals and snacks follow this 40-30-30 distribution ratio, causing the body to work within its peak performance “zone” for maximum energy and weight loss. Principally because it deals with balancing the hormones in a medium range that controls hunger. also with less calories but not neglecting the proper nutrients our body needs to sustain a longer flourishing life.

The excellent thing in Zone Diet is that it promotes equilibrise among the body’s hormones not for a destined limited punctuation of time but for a lifetime (as long as one sticks with the diet), and it does so in a medium level. What do medium level here means? This means that Zone Diet offers level in the following areas:

1. A Diet should be a very low fat protein.

2. A Diet has little glycemic carbohydrates that can be found mostly in vegetables and fruits.

3. A Diet has monounsaturated fats that are friendly and good to the heart.

4. A Diet should include a variety of food and vegetable.

5. Well Balanced diet helps the metabolism to balance the amount of fats it absorbs as it diverts its efforts to absorb other nutrients along with it.

6. Say yes to vegetarian and a no-no to non-veg, for a simple reason that animal protien is readily absorbed by the body.

7. Remember that extra protein is then converted into fats and stored in the body as fats, so eating heavy amount of proteins instead of fats might not be a good option always.

8. Make a Time-table and stick to that, in some diet plans like Weight Loss 4 Idiots the time table changes to bring a change in metabolism of the body.

9. The aim of any diet should be to talk to the metabolism and teach it how not to absorb unnecessary fats in the body.

10. You should never cut down your fat intake to 0%, fat are essential requirement of the body and should become a part of every meal only the quantity should be less of course.

Want to know whatever breakthroughs regarding the Zone Diet? According to the Joslin Diabetes Research Center of the prestigious Harvard School of Medicine, the Zone Diet is Excellent expressed as:

1. Medium in carbohydrates diet

2. Medium in Protein diet

3. Medium in fat diet

Basically, the Zone Diet can be understood in the ratio where there is one conception of fat for every digit parts of Proteins and three parts of carbohydrates. This ratio helped in the treatments of identify 2 diabetes and obesity. See the morality Zone Diet gives to our lives? There is more to conceive about this amazing Zone Diet at Diet Fads.



Rachel

April 15, 2008

New Site Provides All-inclusive Resource for Diet Shoppers

Filed under: 2828 — Tags: , , — chatyak @ 1:57 am
Diets In Review asked:


Everyday it seems we learn about the newest quick-fix, must-work, end-all, be-all to dieting. With diets available on the market as plentiful as excuses for not following one, it’s hard to weed out the right choice for you. With so many options available, it can be a difficult task to determine which diets are healthy, fads or guaranteed to help you find success.

Diets In Review is a new site that offers consumers a one-stop-shop for diets. Here you can find reviews of nearly 100 diets and weight loss plans- everything from the tried-and-true to the more obscure. With a simple interface, shoppers can quickly find diets in four categories and compare and contrast for themselves with informative reviews of each plan. You’ll quickly be able to identify what you’re looking for- be it quick weight loss for an event or benefits for long-term weight loss and a healthier lifestyle.

Diets In Review organizes the plans into four categories:* Lifestyle Diets – meant to help makeover not just the number on the scale, but your overall health. * Calorie Counting Diets – require you to keep tabs of exactly what you’re eating and how much. * Meal Based Diets – centered around a prescribed meal plan, either via pre-assembled or strict guidelines. * Diet Supplements – a variety of pill, powder and beverage supplements that can aid your efforts for just about any other diet program.

The most exciting part about Diets In Review, is that it is completely customer-centric. Offering visitors the opportunity to post commentary on each diet, give ratings and participate in discussions in the forum. Diets In Review is a well-rounded dieting community, and they’re not only helping you take control of your health, but take control of the site and content.

It’s important to be armed with as much information as possible before making such a decision. After all, your health should be your top priority. Diets In Review is continually updating with new and valuable content to help you remain sharp and fully informed.



Carrie
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