Burning Calories

  • Posted by Alvin on October 8th, 2008 filed in Diet

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There are tactics that can speed up our metabolism to burn more calories. Here are some factors that can help our metabolic rate rise in a drastic way.

Increase the amount of muscle in the body can burn extra pound because muscle is metabolically active even when it’s not moving; taking every opportunity to move can make a dramatic difference to the amount of calories we burn. So remember to keep moving. There is evidence that shows spicy foods raise the metabolic rate just like drinking green tea or caffeine contained beverages. High intensity exercise like vigorous walking, step aerobics, jogging and swimming makes us burn more calories even for several hours after. Meal frequency or eating I small portions may affect our metabolism faster than larger meals. It can also help to control hunger and makes us less likely to crave.

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Zippy Dieter’s Tip

  • Posted by Alvin on September 29th, 2008 filed in Diet


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Most of the countries today are becoming a fast food nation and for a good reason is that our world is fast phasing. We often eat out in fast foods and restaurants because it’s the cheapest option, but unfortunately, not usually the healthiest one. Eating just one fast food meal can pack enough calories, sodium and fat for an entire day, but the quick-and-cheap temptation can be hard to resist.
Fries are one of the most favourite foods to order. It takes so little time to gobble down and they taste so good. The downside is that they contain more calories than a full meal and are packed with sodium, as well as fat. We all know that when dieting, french fries should be taboo – but as Diet Bites, the current methods in place for dropping pounds are not working we end up eating. Inserting moderate amounts of favorite foods into the daily diet keeps the dieter in familiar grounds. While a too-relaxed diet can lead to disaster, a mood-relaxed diet is stellar. Now for that zippy dieter’s tip and can’t seem to resist fries. You’ve probably heard it mentioned recently on the television, in commercials, in print and in the news. Lycopene which is a powerful antioxidant is abundant in ketchup. Therefore, dip, dip, dip! But if we are watching sodium intake, both french fries and ketchup should be approached with caution.
The good news is that by making ourselves knowledgeable and choosing carefully at chain restaurants we can maintain our healthy diet goals when eating out! On a very simple level, your weight depends on the number of calories you consume, how many of those calories you store, and how many you burn up. But each of these factors is highly influenced by a combination of genes and environment. The level of physical activity, and your resting energy expenditure (the number of calories your body burns while at rest).Both can affect your physiology (such as how fast you burn calories) as well as your behavior (the types of foods you choose to eat, for instance). If you consistently burn all of the calories that you consume in the course of a day, you will maintain your weight. If you consume more energy (calories) than you expend, you will gain weight. The interplay between all these factors begins at the moment of your conception and continues throughout your life.
Excess calories are stored throughout our body as fat. Our body stores this fat within specialized fat cells either by enlarging fat cells, which are always present in the body, or by creating more of them. If we decrease our food intake and consume fewer calories than we burn up, or if we exercise more and burn up more calories, our body will reduce some of our fat stores. When this happens, fat cells shrink, along with our waistline.
The best key to weight loss is finding what works for you and then sticking to it.

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START LOSING WEIGHT EFFECTIVELY AND PERMANENTLY


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What do we need to lose weight and never get them back? It sounds so difficult to answer. But you know what? There are only few things to do it. Exercise, and eat healthy foods.
The very basic step of weight loss is to move your body. Exercise! Try to walk from school to your house after the class if your school is just few blocks away. Go around the neighborhood on a bicycle. If you work, try to use the staircase if you are going just to the next floor.
Another thing that will help for people who want to lose weight is eating the right food and never cut calories. Calories give us energy to perform our daily activities. Just be sure to burn them off. Do not eat calorie-rich foods when you know you have nothing to do because the body will store it as fats.
The last but not the least: maintain a healthy lifestyle by following what I have said. Add yoga in your weekly routine. It will help you relax and be worry-free.

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Aerobic Exercise for better health

aerobic.jpgAerobic exercise regimens are those that involve the whole body without total exertion on a particular part. Activities like walking, Bicycling or swimming can help us live longer and healthier in as little as 30 minutes a day. Aerobic exercises uses all the major muscles strengthening them along with the lungs and heart with little effort. A strong body is resistant to most viral infections for they cannot overcome the strong immune system resulting from such activity. Even chronic disease sufferers can benefit from them helping manage the illness keeping progression at bay. As people get older, they are encouraged to stay active to maintain self sufficiency and independence, for simply resting as the old ways suggest, tells the body to degrade like muscles which atrophy with disuse and the organs also suffer from the same effects. Keeping active forces them to stay fit and healthy allowing a long and productive life for many years.

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Obesity : Making Weight loss a must

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As we have stated in the welcome page, obesity is a growing concern for many a health organizations and is fast becoming a global health problem. Weight loss is a simple way of yes becoming un-obese but in a way that can stick and be managed correctly allowing the body to adjust appropriately. Do a search on the net for weight loss and you get a lot of stuff about obesity so in this post we get to know the problem from the roots.
In the past, obesity was restricted to adults but with the proliferation of more and more junk foods childhood obesity has increased during the years.
Many doctors agree that the right monitoring of diet and weight with respect to the age and according to well established BMI (body mass index) tables should start at home and while the child is still young. This eliminates health problems such as organ failure resulting from too much strain and many other problems that would be carried into adulthood.

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Keeping fit with less calories

  • Posted by Alvin on May 24th, 2008 filed in Diet

Look for foods which are high in protein and fiber. This means your menu would consist mainly of fruits and veggies. Protein-rich foods give you as much energy as carbohydrates do. Plus you gain control over those hunger pangs. Your breakfast may consist of 2 scrambled egg whites and a whole wheat toast with peanut butter. Add up a glass of skim milk to keep you going during mornings.

To keep your energy throughout the day, eat one cup of butter popcorn, one small orange, and 3-4 small slices of peaches as snacks. You’ll have less than 100 cal. In your diet. To ensure you’re getting vitamins and minerals, include veggies in your daily menu. You could eat a chicken sandwich on a wheat bread, or green salad topped with shredded chicken and low-calorie dressing for a healthy, less-than-20 calories-diet. Resist the urge to eat so much during the evening. Avoid late-night snacks. Baked fish or chicken, steamed veggies, and fresh fruits are a perfect companion for dinner.

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Flatten Abs Using Fitness Balls

  • Posted by Alvin on May 11th, 2008 filed in Excercise

Most gyms have an fitness ball which is used to stregthen your abs. It is an inflated equipment that is made of rubber or PVC vinyl. It’s also called a stability ball,and is helpful in performing stretches and isolation exercises. Before using the ball, make sure you’re physically healthy. Exercises which require a fitness ball are as intense as aerobics. Secondly, purchase a high-quality fitness ball to avoid unexpected bursting. The ball should also fit your height and weight. Choose the one that is perfectly right for you.

The fitness ball crunch works best for your six-pack. Interlock your fingers behind your head. With the ball resting under your lower back, lift your torso off the ball, pulling your upper back toward your hips. You should feel your abs contracting. Then curl up your kness slowly, but be sure the ball wouldn’t roll. Stretch your abs by lowering your back down. Basically, it’s a crunch-stretch-crunch routine to make your abs more toned. Do this for 12-16 repetitions.

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The Bicycle Exercise

  • Posted by Alvin on May 3rd, 2008 filed in Excercise

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Tired of having a bulging tummy? Why don’t you lie on your back and get ready for some abs exercises? A piece of advice, though: these exercises won’t guarantee a flat tummy in just one shot. It requires discipline both in what you eat and how often you exercise. Nevertheless, these exercises help speed up metabolism and build muscles.

The bicycle exercise is the easiest and most effective abs exercise since it doesn’t only target the rectus abdominis, but also the obliques. This workout helps you achieve super sexy six-pack and curves. First, you have to lie on your back. Make sure you lie on something flat yet comfortable, such as a mat. Interlock your fingers behind your head for support, and to avoid neck injuries. Slowly bring your right knee toward your chest, while lifting your left shoulder blade off the ground. Straighten the other leg out to make a 45-degree angle. Do this simultaneously, in such a way that your left knee meets your right elbow. It’s like you’re pedaling. Keep doing this for 12-16 repetitions.

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Bariatric Surgery (Part 3)

  • Posted by Avatar on April 30th, 2008 filed in Real World

bariatric31.jpgThe next group of bariatric surgery, are the restrictive procedures which can have the stomach either permanently made smaller with stapes or have an elastic adjustable band attached to it allowing adjustment of the volume it can contain.
The last group, are the most successful for they combine the good points of all the previous procedures, making the stomach shorter and bypassing most of the intestines lessening the absorptive powers of the digestive tract. Gastric bypass surgery, has the stomach stapled making it smaller then the intestines is cut and attached to that smaller pouch. This has seen the most success for it still maintains the function of the whole digestive tract and just diminishes the ability of the organs within to absorb nutrients through volume reduction and bypassing most of the intestines through re-attachment.

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Bariatric Surgery (Part 2)

  • Posted by Avatar on April 29th, 2008 filed in Real World

bariatric2.jpgMalabsorptive procedures are generally done to lessen the stomach area that is available to absorb and digest nutrients. This can be a bilo-pancreatic division procedure where the stomach is made smaller and the small intestine is then connected to that smaller pouch. This is now loosing appeal due to some problems associated with malnutrition in patients who fail to eat proper diets, succumbing to the opposite of obesity. Another procedure, the Jejuno-ileal bypass is no longer performed due to complications. The act of lessening the area of the stomach is usually permanent and the tissue is absorbed by the body as it is no longer used.

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