Thanksgiving - Diet

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Every year, the same holidays come and go. We have our traditional foods for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Some years I have struggled because I was on some kind of a special diet and couldn't ("shouldn't") eat some of those traditional things. I still *wanted* them, but some years I made do with substitutes.

When I was counting calories, I used low fat cream of mushroom soup in the green beans, made gravy without any fat drippings, ate only white meat, and didn't put butter in the stuffing. When I was low carbing, stuffing was completely off limits as were the sweet potatoes, pies, and dinner rolls. On Medifast, there were none of the traditional sides... but I could have turkey and plain green beans and mashed cauliflower. Going gluten-free means the stuffing, pies, and rolls would need substitutions, and on AIP there would be nothing in my traditional menu that I could eat except turkey, plain steamed green beans, and baked plain sweet potatoes.

As I was planning for Thanksgiving dinner this week, with the kids coming home and expecting their favorite dishes, I contemplated just what to do with my menu. Some of it is easy: roasted turkey is always great for everyone, and I can make the gravy gluten-free and low fat easily. I can mash potatoes and bake dinner rolls and pies for the kids and not eat any. But what about the rest? Green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, Snicker salad... all can be made healthier as I discovered my first year blogging. My big decision was whether to try and make those things gluten-free and/or AIP compliant. I still have not returned to the AIP elimination phase and I have not been all that careful about gluten this week either.

I decided to just make them healthier and enjoy smaller portions. It's not so much because I want those foods *so badly*. My favorite Thanksgiving food is stuffing. Everything else I can take or leave. I just don't care enough about those foods to do all the extra work to make them AIP/gluten free, when I am 1) the only here who cares and 2) the only one doing all the cooking and associated work. I am going to make this as easy and non-labor-intensive for myself as possible and enjoy the time with my family, along with some turkey, gravy, green beans, and stuffing. If I feel like having other things I'll have them in moderation. It's one day. I am not going to stress over it trying to be perfect when I am not perfect any other day anyway. I want the focus to be not on the food, but on family and gratitude. That is what will bring me joy... not the food.

I hope all of you will take time on Thanksgiving Day to reflect on what you are thankful for, enjoy the positive things and beloved people in your life. I am thankful for my family and my home, for my friends and for all of the wonderful people I have met blogging. You make the world a better place by your kindness! I thank you and truly believe you will be blessed for the way you have lifted me up in my times of difficulty, with your words, your thoughts, your prayers. I am so happy to be associated with so many people with good kind hearts and I hope I can somehow return the kindness to you, and I pray blessings on your families! Happy Thanksgiving!

Amazing Weight loss strategies for Brides

Losing weight is an ongoing battle for Brides specially.. Fighting those cravings and hunger pangs are something most people deal with on a daily basis. Even after you lose the fat, it can be difficult to keep it off with the many temptations lurking at every corner. Yet, many people are able to successfully lose pounds and keep them off for life. These people don’t usually follow a specific diet or fad, but do what works best for them and their bodies, in order to achieve their weight loss goals.

To get you started, or encourage you along the way, we are sharing some great weight loss tips that have worked for countless to be brides who have lost the weight and kept it off. Pick and choose your favorites. Try a new one every week. Keep the ones that work for you, and ditch the ones that don’t. The main point is that if you adopt even just one of these strategies every month, by this time next year, you will be thinner and healthier.

Healthy eating tips

The healthy eating tips below could go a long way to make you weight loss strategies a success

1. Keep a water bottle with you all day that has eight elastic bands around it. Each time you get to a band, remove one elastic. By the end of the day you should have removed them all. That will give you your fat-fighting water requirement for the day.
2. Prepare for the day or week by apportioning out snacks into individual plastic bags. That way when you reach for some cheese, or even want a little treat, you won’t be tempted to eat the whole box!
3. Also prepare for meals. Many people have successfully gotten pounds off by using either ready-made frozen meals, or by making their own portioned meals for the week. There are thousands of ideas out there if you look – salads in a jar, freezing marinated meat and veggies for sandwiches. That way you’re always ready for a meal and never starving.
4. Go around the plate. One tip that works for a lot of people is starting with one food on their plate, or a particular section that looks appealing. Once you have had enough of that part of your meal, move onto the next food or area. Once you finish with one thing, consider it done and don’t eat any more.
5. Don’t drink your calories. Switching to drinking only water alone can help you lose one or more pounds per week without making any other changes!
6. Drink before, after and between. Drinking a cup of water before and after meals can help a long way in keeping you full. Drinking between bites – whether it’s water or your favorite low-calorie beverage – can help even more! That way your stomach is being filled
7. Snap a Pic. A big emerging trend for foodies is taking pictures of elegant meals that they have eaten. But this can be a beneficial practice for dieters too! Snapping a photograph of what you’ve eaten during the day can give you a good idea of your diet. Even if you don’t know the calorie counts, you can gauge whether to eat less tomorrow, or put extra time into your workout.
8. Plan for failure. When you do overeat, plan what you will do. Planning for slip-ups that may or may not happen will help you deal. Saying that you’ll fit in an extra 10 minutes of workout every day to negate the extra calories is better than giving up completely!
9. Follow the plate rule. Fill one half your plate with fruits or veggies, ¼ with carbohydrates or starches and ¼ with protein. This can be done when you’re making bigger casseroles or other one pot meals as well.
10. Find low-calorie replacements. Many dieters have success because they find lower calorie recipes of their favorite foods. Love stir fries with noodles? Try using bean sprouts or spaghetti squash instead. Can’t live without taco night? Try black beans instead of meat and big lettuce leaves instead of fajita. Be creative and search online for ideas – there are thousands

Workout Tips

1. Make your own challenges. Workouts can get boring quickly, but making yourself mini-challenges along the way can help. When one weight-loss success story went to the gym, he would scope out the person working the hardest and try to beat them in his own workout.
2. Get it done. Jumping out of bed and working out may seem like a radical idea for some people. But for many it has worked well. Getting up early and getting in even just 20 minutes of exercise can make a huge difference in your waistline.
3. Stop and…jump. Min bursts of exercise are as effective of one workout done all at once. If you are very time limited, then breaking up your workout into 2 chunks or even doing 5 minute spurts throughout the day all adds up to more calories burned.
4. Have an emergency workout plan. If you can’t get to the gym or out for your daily run, have a few backup options ready. A workout video, exercise machine or some bodyweight circuit exercises are some good suggestions.
5. Set your stuff up beforehand. Always work out the best way to implement your weight loss strategies. If you are working out at home, make sure to have a set area for your exercise equipment. If you’re heading to the gym after work, keep your gym bag in the car or next to you at work. It will be easier to get started if everything is right there in front of you.

Positivity Tips

1. Just keep going. Inevitably there will usually be some pitfalls along the way. Even those who are able to lose weight quickly and successfully usually face some sort of challenge along the way. Whether it be a difficult life event, or having eaten too much cheesecake, so try to stay positive. Most people who have hit their goals say that they were successful because they didn’t let little slips stop them.
2. Use Visualisation. Visualise yourself at your goal. Athletes often use this strategy when training, and it works for fat loss or fitness too. People who do visualisation exercises everyday tend to lose more than people who do not.
3. Watch your progress. Sometimes you can get so caught up in reaching your goal, you might forget how far you’ve come. Keeping pictures of yourself along the way has helped many dieters see their progress and how far they have gone on their journey to the quickest way to lose weight.
4. Make it visual. A lot of dieters find they feel encouraged when they can see a visual of their pounds lost. Many keep two jars next to each other – one filled with stones, each one representing a pound they wish to lose. When one pound is lost, it goes into the second jar.
5. Throw out old clothes. Either give away or trash your old ‘fat’ clothes. Doing so can help you see your level of success. Make an attempt to let go of your former self. Many dieters find this also adds an extra incentive to not gain back the pounds – you’ll have no old clothes.
6. Celebrate each victory, no matter how small. Whether it’s losing a pound or finally being able to lift heavier, celebrate every small victory. Treat yourself to a non-food luxury like taking a bath or having a night out with friends. Even if you tell no one why you’re celebrating, you’ll feel great and want to keep going.

There is always a feeling of some pride when you manage to achieve a particular feat. Trying to lose weight quickly could be a very daunting task to many. But, by adopting the right weight loss strategies and taking steps to implement them effectively, your journey to the quickest way to lose weight will not be in vain.

1 minute work out for Bride - Weight loss

We need 30 minutes a day of moderate intensity physical activity, according to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. It’s a great goal but it can feel unattainable for many people. If you’re new to exercise, jumping from zero to 30 minutes EVERY DAY can feel as daunting as being asked to run a marathon. This is especially true if you have no idea where to start or what to do for those 30 minutes.

Even for experienced exercisers there are days with back-to-back meetings or when the alarm doesn’t go off – again. Exercise can get pushed off the plate to balance out the daily demands on our time. With the holidays upon us, time for workouts becomes even more precious and scarce then usual. Rookie or pro, we can all fall into the “all or nothing” trap.

By the time I drive to the gym, I’ll just have to turn around and come right back. If I can’t get my whole workout in why even bother?

I can’t walk on the treadmill for FIVE minutes, how am I supposed to do 30? Where am I even going to find 30 minutes in my day?

If the “all or nothing” mentality is holding you back from getting your daily workout, I’ve got good news for you. The latest research says our minimum dose of exercise may be lower than we once thought. A recent study in the journal Lancet looked at exercise patterns and life expectancy of over 400,000 men and women. They found that as little as 15 minutes a day provided health benefits and reduced all cause mortality.

Exercise professionals know that it doesn’t have to be a consecutive amount of exercise to gain the associated health benefits. In an attempt to get our 30 minutes a day, fitness professionals have long preached breaking up workouts into five or ten minute segments. If five minutes multiple times a day works, why not do it one minute at a time?

If you stopped for one minute each hour for some form of physical activity it could add up to 15 or more minutes a day. So what can you do in a minute? Here are some ideas to get you moving all day long, a minute at a time.

Plank a Day: I love planks because they engage almost every muscle in the body. This is often the first piece of homework I give new clients because it’s achievable at ANY skill level. If my clients are pressed for time or traveling they will agree they can at least find time for one plank first thing in the morning or right before bed.

Stairs: When taking the stairs don’t go straight to your destination. If you’re headed to the second or third floor, turn around and go back down when you get there. Repeat this process until your minute is up.

Burpee Challenge: Challenge yourself to see how many burpees you can do in a minute (with good form). Burpees are another example of an exercise that works multiple muscle groups plus they are a great way to get your heart rate up. You can also keep the challenge fresh by increasing the complexity of your burpee by adding a push-up at the bottom or using dumbbells and adding a shoulder press at the top.

5 Exercises You Love to Hate but Should Do Anyway

Squat/Push-Up Ladder: Ladders are one of my favorite techniques for time-saving workouts. Start with one body weight squat, followed by one push-up. Then do two squats, followed by two push-ups. Next are three squats and three push-ups. Keep going “up the ladder” alternating exercises until you get to 5 repetitions each or you reach the one minute mark. If you have time left at 5 repetitions, then start back down the ladder until you run out of time.

Turkish Get Ups: The Turkish Get Up is a full-body kettlebell exercise that will also get your heart rate up. Practice first when you have more time and without a weight to get your technique down on this complex exercise. Keep your kettlebell handy so you can stop and do 2-4 Turkish Get Ups per side. I love this exercise because it also mimics a very important test of strength – getting up from the ground unassisted. People who can get up from the ground without help or using their hands live longer than those who can’t.

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Giving yourself permission to workout for only ONE minute is also a great way to convince yourself to exercise when you don’t really feel like it. We can do just about anything for one minute, right? Odds are that once you start moving you might just keep going for the whole 15 minutes you need in your day.

5 Food Habits to Practice When You Want to Lose Weight

5 Food Habits to Practice When You Want to Lose Weight

There's a reason that grocery stores put all of the tempting foods at eye level and within easy reach. We like things easy and fast and when we see our favorite fattening foods, it can override our willpower.

It's even worse if we're tired, moody or bored. How tired we are, how we feel and what we're experiencing can influence food choices. Denial can also be an issue when you're thinking of changing your food habits in order to lose weight.

When most women hear the word "diet," they immediately start thinking about all of the foods they can no longer eat. Losing weight is not as much about denying yourself food as it is simply choosing to eat more good foods over the less healthy ones.

The first food habit to practice is to plan for successful weight loss. This means that you don't want to have the foods that are your weakness within easy reach. You don't want to avoid them altogether because the more off limits a food is, the more your body will have a craving for it.

If you have certain foods that are your weakness, you should still buy them, but get them only in single serving sizes. 

 

The second food habit to adopt is to use portion control.

We tend to underestimate the size of the portions on our plate and it can be too easy to stay in that super sized mindset. It's always better to measure out portions.

 

The third food habit is to learn how you're sabotaging yourself. You should ask yourself if you're truly hungry or if you're reaching for something simply because it's your fallback mechanism kicking in.

Your fallback mechanism is what you rely on when you're feeling down or worried about something or you simply have the munchies. This is when you can eat more than you intended.

The fourth food habit is to fit your weight loss eating plan into your lifestyle. This is the area that trips up many women who want to lose weight. They plan out all of their meals at home, but fail to plan for the times when they might be working late or out with friends.

It can be too tempting to think that you've blown it for one night so you might as well over-eat. Figure out ahead of time what you're going to do to eat healthy for the times when you can't make it home by dinner.

 

The fifth food habit is to monitor your hunger level. When you get hungry, this can cause you to override all of your good intentions. Keep healthy snacks on hand and eat more often than you normally would.

You can break up three large meals into six smaller ones. Not only will you feel fuller all day, but you'll eat better and keep your metabolism revved up to burn more calories.

5 Medical Weight-Loss Solutions That Can Help You Lose Weight

Are you trying to lose weight, but you just don’t know which medical weight-loss solution is the best?
We’re going to present and explain 5 basic solutions, hoping that you will be able to pick the right one for you!

What Exactly is Medical Weight Loss?

Before we go any further, let’s answer the question: What exactly do we mean by the term “medical weight loss”? Loosely speaking, we mean the treatment of obesity that is based on established science. But to be more specific, let’s consult our favorite oracle, Wikipedia.
Wikipedia calls it bariatrics, and it gives it the following definition:

Bariatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity.

What Types of Medical Weight-Loss Solutions Are There?

Obesity can be treated in several different ways, in which exercise and dieting are the two most common medical weight-loss solutions. But there are three more: Pharmaceuticals, surgery and behavioral therapy. If we put the 5 of them in order of how popular they are, it looks like this:

1. Dieting
2. Exercise
3. Pharmaceuticals
4. Bariatric surgery
5. Behavioral therapy

Let’s dig deeper into each one.

1. Dieting

There are literally thousands of diets, all claiming to do miracles. Don’t believe them! Instead, read up on the diet you are interested in and use your common sense and logical thinking. If it’s still an interesting option, try it! But don’t forget to evaluate the effects once every one or two weeks. You will learn a ton by studying, thinking, trying, and evaluating (in that order).
A medical weight-loss diet that I believe could be helpful is the Cohen diet. It’s an individually adapted diet, based on your levels of three weight-affecting hormones. The levels of these hormones are measured by analyzing your blood, and if they are out of balance, you are likely struggling with your weight. Through a proper Cohen diet, you can force the hormones back into balance and thereby get a much better chance of actually losing weight.

2. Exercise

Since the essence of losing weight is to burn more calories than you consume, exercise is important (along with the food you eat). A lot can be said on this subject as the number of theories on how to best work out is as many as there are sports and activities to choose from.
Our advice would be (as usual) to use your common sense, and also to pick an activity that you enjoy. It will be so much easier to motivate yourself to work out if you think it’s fun than if you hate it.
So, if you enjoy tennis, go play tennis! If you love swimming, go swimming! I think you get the point…

3. Pharmaceuticals

There are an endless number of drugs and pills that promise fast and effective results. You have probably received your fair share of promotional emails selling these things. But even though most of these products are trash, there are some that actually works.
A few of these products are becoming more and more popular. Things like lipotropic injections and body wraps are now selling more than ever. Other pharmaceuticals – like l-carnitine and metformin – are also starting to stir up some interest in the weight-loss community.
But in general, you should steer clear from these types of products. They are most often not the solution to your problems.

4. Bariatric Surgery

If neither dieting nor exercise seem to help (and not any magic pill for that matter), many obese people turn to bariatric surgery. It is often seen as a last resort, as morbid obesity is very unhealthy and dangerous (and definitely life-shortening). For extremely overweight individuals, bariatric surgery can be an effective method, and that’s why it is growing in popularity.
Modern medicine is constantly getting better and safer, but you should be aware that there are still risks involved with this type of surgery.
Another thing to keep in mind is that before and after undergoing this type of surgery, a medical weight-loss diet must always be followed.
Three of the most common surgical procedures are:

• Sleeve gastrectomy – The size of the stomach is permanently reduced to about 15% of its original size. Before and after undergoing a sleeve gastrectomy, a special diet must be followed.
• Gastric bypass – The stomach is bypassed by creating a small pouch and connecting it to the intestines. When doing a gastric bypass, you need to stick to this diet.
• Gastric banding – A silicone band is placed around the upper part of the stomach, which restricts the intake of food.

There are several more bariatric procedures apart from these three. You can read more about them here.

5. Behavioral Therapy

Another solution to our weight-loss problems is to change how we think and act when it comes to food and exercise.
Because habits play such an important role in our lives, breaking bad habits and replacing them with good and healthy habits can make a huge difference. In life in general, and in losing weight in particular.
But how do we do to change our habits? Willpower works for a while, but only so far. For the long run, you need something bigger than willpower. You need a change in mindset. And to change your mindset that will allow you to lose weight sustainably, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can be of great service.
CBT is just one form of therapy. There are others. For example hypnosis. Yes, that’s right. Hypnosis can actually help you in changing the way you think of food and weight loss.

Effective Weight Loss Tips & Techniques for Women

Every now and then, we all want to lose some weight. It would be easier to lose weight, if we understood our bodies better. Women and men’s bodies are physiologically different. So, we have different fat storage patterns, hormones, psychology and a lot more. All of these affect the way women gain weight and so understanding them, would help you lose weight too. Besides weight loss, it will also be helpful in improving your overall health & overall fitness.

Fat Storage Patterns among Women

To start with, let’s understand how women put on weight and their common fat storage patterns. There are 2 most common body shapes among women – apple and pear. Typically, most women range between apple and pear shapes based on how their body stores fat. Apple shape refers to those, who primarily store fat on torsos and bellies. Pear shape refers to those people women primarily store fat on their lower half.

Implication of your body shape: Research has shown that people who store weight around their bellies are at higher risk of heart disease. This puts ‘apple’ shaped women at a higher risk of lifestyle diseases.

Myth of body shape: But there is a myth that people with certain body shapes should follow a particular lifestyle pattern of diet and exercise to lose weight.

Your body shape is your body’s pattern of storing fat. If your body stores fat around hips and thighs, then those are what you could call your ‘problem areas’. And this is primarily dependent on the physiology of your body. Regardless of where the fat is being stored, the point is that, to lose the fat around your problem area, you need to burn it.

Doing a particular exercise or eating a certain kind of diet will not change your body’s physiology. But if you lose weight and burn fat, your body will naturally reduce the fat stored in your body, and thus in your problem area.

Diet

Healthy diet remains an area of concern for many women, as they may not focus on what they are eating and at what time. Irregular meal times, unhealthy snacking, lack of fruits in diet, focus on quantity not on nutrition quality are some of the common weight gain triggers among women in India.

Below are the points that as women you should consider to have a balanced and healthy daily diet to lose weight.

1. Skip your daily tea/coffee and replace it with black tea. Avoid sugar completely and replace it with honey, add a dash of lemon to it for taste.
2. Instead of oily snacks and biscuits enjoy your cup of tea with seasonal fruits for your daily dose of vitamins and minerals.
3. Include more protein in your diet. Lean meats, soy, low fat dairy, eggs and nuts are some of the common sources of protein. Protein rich diet is more filling, thus reducing hunger and makes you consume fewer calories.
4. Avoid white bread as it is made using refined flour. Eating white bread makes your blood sugar spike (higher risk of diabetes) and store fat, it does not satisfy your hunger and makes you eat more at each meal.
5. Control the portion of rice in your daily meals. Ideally, it should only occupy 25-30 per cent of your plate. The rest should be for vegetables, proteins and other foods, for a balanced meal.
6. Adopt healthy cooking habits in your daily life. Avoid frying, instead try baking, steaming, broiling your dishes. Healthy cooking methods can help preserve nutrients in the food apart from making it delectable.
7. With their busy morning schedules, some women tend to forget the most important meal of the day, breakfast. No matter how busy you are, make sure you have your breakfast. Starting your day with a healthy breakfast helps in controlling cravings at odd hours. Eggs, whole wheat bread, poha, fruit and yogurt smoothies, etc. are some of the healthy options that can be made in jiffy for breakfast.
8. Apart from this, having a balanced lunch and dinner is equally important to lose weight. Make sure you limit the intake of food that are rich in simple carbohydrate.
9. If you cannot do without your mid meal snacks, then go for fruits, almonds, green tea instead of chips and cookies to keep your weight in check.

Weight Loss & Fitness Exercises for Women

We all lead busy lives, some with more physical activity than others. Many women hardly get any time to exercise, in their bid to juggle between household chores and professional life, which often leads to weight gain.

But if you can spare just fifteen minutes everyday to add a punch of physical activity in your routine, you can keep annoying fat storage in your body at bay. For healthy and toned body, women should focus on doing the below provided exercises. These exercises especially focus on the common weight gain problem areas for women.

Thigh Exercise: Having toned thighs is a dream of many women, which they find difficult to achieve. Try this simple exercise to get your thighs shape up for good.

• Lunges and Squats are the best exercises for working out both inner and outer thigh. Lunges improve your everyday movements’ performance besides sculpting your legs. Add variation like side lunges, lunges with rotation or even dumbbell lunges to hail additional benefits. Dumbbell lunges works especially on ‘core’ muscles (i.e. abs, oblique’s, lower back) to help core strengthening as well.

Butt Exercise: When women are asked to train their glutes, they get confused among the kinds of exercises available for shapely butts. Here we provide you a simple exercise to train your glutes.

• Glute Kickback is one of the best exercises for glutes. When doing glute kick back, make sure to get a full range of motion by bringing your leg as far forward and then extending leg back as far as possible. This exercise targets your butts and hamstrings. Performing glute kickbacks regularly strengthens and tones your butts & hamstrings.

Belly Exercise: Belly and love handles remain a common area of concern among women. Try these simple belly exercises at home to get perfectly toned abs.

• Plank is an exercise for abdominal muscles. It is also called front hold or abdominal bridge. It is one of the best exercises because it tightens the deepest core muscles. You should hold this position for at least 30-40 seconds and perform 3 repetitions.

• Mountain climber strengthens multiple groups of muscles in addition to the cardiovascular system. It improves heart rate and increases intensity of your cardio workouts. 3-4 sets of 15-20 repetitions should be done to get good results.

• Seal Jumps are an excellent cardiovascular exercise. It increases your heart rate, and includes full body movement. Your legs, arms and core are all working during this movement. You can perform 3-5 sets of 10-15 repetitions each.

Additionally, women should include some cardio training in their workout. Including cardio in the form of aerobic or running in your daily workout makes your heart work more. It helps pump blood to the heart, which keeps your heart stronger and healthier. 30 minutes of running or aerobics can burn approximately 300 calories. Proper cardio training can help you not only burn effective calories but also to prevent injury.

Daily exercise can do a lot more than keeping your weight in check. It burns excess fat & calories, strengthens muscles, protects bones, improves bone density, improves nutrient absorption, balances hormone levels and most importantly keeps you active throughout the day.

Fitho founder & fitness expert, Prachi says, “Being a mom and a working professional, I have a packed day. I start my day with 10-15 minutes of exercise. Being healthy is not just for me. If I’m healthy, I will have more energy & be able to manage my life better. When it comes to food, I eat regular food along with the occasional indulgence, but just make sure to control my portions.”

So, regardless of the shape of your body and how it stores fat, for you to lose weight, what is most important is that you burn the fat. Just get on a proper weight-loss plan consisting of diet and exercise. It’s that simple.

Ways to Burn the Most Calories to Lose Weight for young Brides

Ways to Burn the Most Calories to Lose Weight for Young brides

What do you usually do every day to release energy in the body? There are many simple but very effective ways that you do not expect such as walking, drinking green tea, and eating many meals... You should properly apply them to burn the most calories to lose weight effectively.
Walking

Exercising is the best and simplest way to burn calories. Whenever you have free time, you should go jogging, walk, climb stairs, or take a walk in the park... That period is the very time you burn the most calories. With each minute walk, you can burn 3 - 4 calories.
However, to burn more calories, you should occasionally run small steps instead of walking. This will help change the heartbeat and stimulate the calorie burning in the body. Besides, it also helps you have a healthier and sexier body.
Do housework
On holidays and weekends, you often have the habit of staying in bed late or relaxing, but you need to abandon this bad habit if you want to burn calories. You should turn on music loudly and start cleaning the house, and cooking... instead. The chores will help you burn lots of calories, relieve stress, and enjoy life more.

Participate in social activities
If you have spare time, you should participate in social activities, volunteer works or an exchange meeting with people. Maybe it will consume much of your time but it is also an effective way to help you burn calories.
You should be open, talk with people, and enthusiastically participate in group games so that you not only release energy in the body and feel happier, but also expand the communication and relationship with people around. Cutting two trees with one saw, why don't you try?

Eat many meals
You do not think wrongly that when you eat many meals, your body will be loaded with too much energy. According to many studies, to burn more calories, you should eat every 3 hours. It does not mean that you eat all the time but it means the interval between meals is 3 hours. You should eat foods containing abundant fiber, protein, and healthy fats. You eat just enough to keep you from gaining weight and maintain energy for the body.
In addition, during meals, you should eat slowly and chew thoroughly because it not only helps you enjoy the taste of the dish but it is also "the gentlest exercise" of the teeth helping to burn excess calories in the body.
Drink green tea regularly
One study showed that you can burn 35-43% of fat in the body when drinking 3-5 cups of green tea every day. A cup of hot green tea after meals not only helps the stomach to digest food faster but also can burn 100 kcal in the body.
Green tea also help to lose weight through three main mechanisms: enhancing the metabolism,
increasing the fat burning, and decreasing the fat storage in the body. Therefore, you should not forget to enjoy a cup of green tea after every meal.

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The Best Way for Women to Lose Weight

The Best Way for Women to Lose Weight

Losing weight is a hot topic and always will be. Whether you have a lot or a little to lose, you want to know the best way to shed those unwanted pounds. There's a lot of one-size-fits-all advice making the rounds, and it's just not working for women.
The reason that it's not working is because men and women don't lose weight the same way - even when using the same methods. You only have to look at the difference in a man and a woman's distribution of fat cells to understand this.
A woman tends to have all over body issues when it comes to the distribution of fat - from the neck to the arms to the midsection to the thighs. A man generally gains most of his weight in his belly, but everyone is unique, so you can't generalize too much.
The Role of Your Metabolism in Weight Loss
You can watch what you eat and work out just as hard as the next person and find yourself struggling to shed every single pound. A body's metabolic makeup is one of the reasons that people differ in how quickly they can take off excess weight.
When it comes to metabolism, there is no level playing field here. For example, men easily lose weight faster than a woman because their muscle mass plays into how fast their metabolism works.
It doesn't seem fair, but that's the way it is. Your metabolism is the way that the food you eat gets turned into energy. Your metabolism is what uses your calorie intake.
So, depending on how fast or slow your metabolism rate is, you'll either burn calories quickly - or you won't. There are three main things that determine how well your metabolism will help you lose weight.
The first is whether or not you're a man or a woman. Despite thoughts to the contrary, men actually have less body fat than women. This is the case because with rare exceptions, men carry more muscle on their bodies than a woman does.
Men are often more focused on having muscles than women are. The more muscles that you have, the easier it is for your metabolism to work for you, burning calories.
If you have less fat - along with having a great muscle mass - then whenever you try to lose weight, you'll do if faster than someone who doesn't have those advantages.
This is why women can struggle to lose ten pounds over the course of a month and a man can drop it in a couple of weeks. Your bone structure also plays a part in how fast your metabolism works.
The bigger boned a person is, the quicker he or she will burn calories because of a faster metabolism. People that have a larger bone structure will also burn more calories while they're sleeping because their resting metabolism is faster.
Age also plays a part in how fast your metabolism will help you to burn calories. When you grow older, your metabolism slows down due to the changes that take place in your body.
Even if you're sedentary, your metabolism will burn calories, but you'll fare better with weight loss if you're exercising consistently - regardless of whether you're a man or a woman.
Avoid Quick Fixes
It can be very tempting to focus your weight loss on whatever rapid diet fad is floating around. But a quick fix isn't really a fix at all because the weight loss doesn't last for the long haul.
Most quick fixes are fad diets that involve cutting out complete food groups or eating weird foods that smell or taste horrific. If you eliminate entire food groups, your body isn't getting the nutrients that it needs.
You may also end up severely limiting calorie intake. When your calorie intake becomes too limited, your metabolism will slow down because your body will go into preservation mode.
Any diet that claims it has a miracle solution to all of your weight loss needs isn't being truthful. If there were such an easy fix, everyone would use it. There are scammers that will eagerly prey on your desire to lose weight.
These quick fixes create a yo-yo effect. You'll lose weight, but it will come right back. And when quickly lost weight returns, it often brings with it more pounds than you originally lost.
Not only that, but quick fixes can be dangerous to your health - especially if they're extreme. Any quick fix that involves dangerous methods should be avoided.
By using safe methods, you can lose weight and you'll be healthier while doing it. You can tell if a method is a quick fix with phony claims if it promises dramatic results overnight or in a very short time period for a huge amount of weight. There's no such thing as overnight weight loss.
 

Discover How a Quick Weight Loss Can Be a Healthy Weight Loss - Phase II

We left off with my last article of "Discover How a Quick Weight Loss Can Be a Healthy Weight Loss - Phase I". As a recap, you learned how you should adjust your diet to ensure that your healthy weight loss is also a quick weight loss. Now, we are on to Phase II of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey. So, what is the next fitness tuning path that I must pursue after you have adopted a complete and healthy diet?
Phase II of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey is exercise. Now that you have adopted a complete and healthy diet, and your body has all of the vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates and proteins that it is supposed to, it is time to put all of that good work to use! Exercise is the next key ingredient to the amazing recipe of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss. Not only must you exercise, but you must do so intelligently. There is no need for you to try to kill yourself in the beginning. Instead, it is better for you to take baby steps and to work yourself up to advanced workout routines. The road to a healthy weight loss and quick weight loss will only be as bumpy as you choose to make it!
Start you healthy weight loss and quick weight loss workouts slowly. That means that you should work yourself up to doing advanced workouts. My working out started with cardiovascular activity, and body training. I would suggest that you do the same. Body training will consist of using your own body weight to train your muscles. This means that you do push-ups, sit-ups & crunches,

pull-ups, squats, lunges, dips, reverse crunches, calf-raises, and flutter kicks. These are excellent exercises to start Phase II of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss, and builds up your muscles' endurance. Do as many minutes of cardiovascular exercise that you can, following the completion of your body training exercises. Start yourself at ten minutes and work your way up to thirty minutes. This is the preparation step necessary for a successful Phase II of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss.
The next step of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss is to move your fitness tuning efforts into the gym. Once you are able to pump out your body training exercises like a professional, then you are ready for weight and resistance training. Depending upon your body type and desire for body type, the method of gym training for your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey differs. To plainly put it, if you want to put on muscle size and increase strength, you will use more weight with fewer repetitions; if you are solely concerned about core strength and toning your body, then you will use less weight and more repetitions. Deciding upon what body type you want is the easiest part of a healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey. With either method, use the pyramid set structure. This means to increase your weight with each set of the exercise, and complete 3 sets per exercise. Refer to my fitness tuning website, listed below, if further information is needed regarding healthy weight loss and quick weight loss exercises or exercise techniques.

During Phase II of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey, remember to use your head. When you are starting a new exercise for the first time, use an extremely light weight. Not only will this ensure that you don't injure yourself doing the exercise, but it will also allow you to use proper form for the exercise from the very beginning. Achieving a healthy weight loss and quick weight loss is impossible if you injure yourself in the gym. In fact, a gym injury can set your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss exercise program back weeks, even months. Remember, if you can't do ten repetitions of your third set of an exercise, that's OK as well. As long as you can do ten repetitions of the first two sets of the exercise, then eventually your strength will build enough for you to do ten repetitions of the third exercise. This is the fitness tuning method of Phase II of your healthy weight loss and a quick weight loss, and has been working for fitness enthusiasts for years.

The gym portion of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss is simple. You do three exercises per muscle group, and do two muscle groups per day. This means you can do chest and triceps the first day, back and biceps the second day, and legs and shoulders the third day. Finish your exercise routines off on those three days with twenty or thirty minutes of cardiovascular exercise. On the fourth day, do only abdominal exercises, unless you are working your abdominal muscles on the other three days along with the other muscle groups. If this is the case, then the fourth day is a complete day of rest. In order to be completely successful in your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey, you must give your body time to recuperate. You are giving your body the nutrients that it needs to recuperate from your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss efforts, but the last ingredient is rest.
By utilizing these exercise methods and techniques, you will ensure success in Phase II of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey. Once you have mastered the gym routines listed above, then you are ready for more advanced training methods. You are able to find out more information on all of the fitness tuning training techniques for a healthy weight loss and quick weight loss program listed in this article, as well as more advanced training methods, by clicking on my website's link below. You can join my free membership website, and gain access to all of the nutrition, dieting, and fitness information that I send to all of my members. You will also be able to build the workout routine that is best for you, and ensure your success in Phase II of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey today


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Discover How a Quick Weight Loss Can Be a Healthy Weight Loss-Phase 1

How can a quick weight loss also be a healthy weight loss? Truthfully, if this is the thought on your mind, you are miles ahead of the majority of people interested in weight loss today. In fact, the true thought that the majority of weight loss seeker are having is, "How can I have a quick weight loss?" There is no mention of a healthy weight loss at all! The problem is that everyone wants the results, but doesn't care about what they have to do to get there. More importantly, they don't care about the long term negative affects that will follow their quick weight loss. In order to achieve your healthy weight loss and for it to also be a quick weight loss, you must make some fitness tuning changes to your body.
Now that we've identified that your mind should be on how a quick weight loss must also be a healthy weight loss, let's get you there! We are going to address several things regarding your life and how you live it. I will give you the paths that you need to take in order for you to get to a healthy weight loss. Then you will need to go down those paths, one at a time. How well and how dedicated you are to accomplishing the completion of those paths will determine whether or not you have a quick weight loss. I will give you the tools to make a healthy weight loss also be a quick weight loss, but you must use them, and use them properly, for your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss to occur.
Step one, to achieve your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss, will be to make some changes to your diet. You must, and must want to, start with your diet. If you are a person that has a minimal or non-existent amount of exercise done each week, then trying to tackle that step first can be disastrous. If you run into the gym, before you correct your dieting deficiencies, you will feel a great deal of fatigue during exercise, and possibly faintness, dizziness, and extended muscle soreness and fatigue afterwards. To begin your stepping into a healthy weight loss and quick weight loss, you must first begin with giving your body the nutrients that it needs. Otherwise, your quest towards a healthy weight loss and quick weight loss will be that much more difficult, not to mention less enjoyable!
The dieting change to begin your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey is your daily food intake. You should have three meals a day, each containing a carbohydrate, a fruit or vegetable, and a protein. These items must also be evenly proportioned for each meal. You should get plenty of whole grains in your diet, so make sure that your carbohydrate sources are whole grain as often as possible. Ensure that you also get plenty of good cholesterol in order to keep your cholesterol level under control. This means that you should be eating a variety of nuts, eggs, and fish and including olive oil in your diet. In fact, I would recommend at least one meal a day which contains some kind of fish. Not only is it a good source of protein, but the Omega-3 oils that are contained in fattier fishes such as salmon and mackerel are essential for a healthy weight loss and quick weight loss, as well as healthy living.

Some fitness tuning suggestions for your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss diet.In the morning, I start my day with a fruit, a bowl of oatmeal and some bacon or sausage, followed by a multivitamin. For lunch you should also plan your lunch to contain a protein source, a carbohydrate, and a vegetable. I only have fruit with my meal in the morning, due to the fact that the sugar will help you to start your day by giving you the energy that you need. Vegetables contain more vitamins and minerals than fruit and therefore must be of higher concentration in your diet. My dinner always contains a meat, pasta or potatoes, and a steamed vegetable or salad. The fiber from the fruits and vegetables will slow down the absorption of the carbohydrates into your body, and will allow you to burn off absorbed carbohydrates before they can be stored as fat. By following these diet guidelines, your healthy weight loss will become a quick weight loss as well. Plus, you will have the energy to begin the next path towards your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey that will be found in Phase II.
Believe it or not, your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss plan involves snacks! In order to ensure that you are supporting your body's needs for Phase II of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss journey, you must have two between-meal snacks. I continually use protein bars and protein shakes as my between-meal snack. However, I have also been known to use trail-mix that contains more nuts than fruits. Your goal is to ensure that your body is getting all of the proteins that it needs to support Phase II of your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss plan. If you should ever feel a craving for something sweet, then have a piece of fruit. Some fruits have more sugars than others, such as bananas, grapes, pineapples, raisins, and mangos, and should be eaten sparingly. These are the desserts that will help to lead to your healthy weight loss and quick weight loss, not to mention a healthier you.


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Strategies for Weight Loss Motivation

One of the most important aspects in the journey of weight loss is motivation..... Its easy to start it but at times it becomes difficult to sustain. Read on to this amazing Free article.

What's the secret to weight loss motivation? Where does it come from, and why can it seemingly disappear in a flash, for no apparent reason?
Most of us embarking on this mission to improve our health and fitness have at some point experienced a jolt of motivation, a fire that has been lit under our butts, which propels us off the couch and into the gym/back-yard/park/whatever. I look on those moments with immense gratitude, because without them there's every chance nothing would have changed.
If you've yet to make that move for yourself, I wish I could tell you how to get the ball rolling, but I can't. Each and every person will have a different 'propulsion' moment - your motivator will be something different depending on your lifestyle and circumstances. For me I still recall how incredibly ill I felt the morning after eating an entire tub of Ben and Jerry's ice cream, circa February 2012. Photos, a comment from a friend, facing an apparently easy physical task that suddenly proves impossible because you're so unfit all appear regularly in the anecdote file of what it was that first motivated someone to change their life.
As quickly as it comes, it can easily disappear, and that's the sad truth. Most of us have probably experienced this sudden disappearing act, and somewhat disheartened have turned to Google or books, for 'list of ways to stay motivated', or 'strategies to increase motivation', searching desperately for that 'magic bullet' which will keep you away from the biscuit tin. Michelle Bridges, arguably Australia's most famous personal trainer, argues that this magic bullet doesn't exist. In an article in Mamamia she is very real about the fact that she doesn't particularly enjoy exercise. She doesn't wake up every morning pumped to go for a run or lift weights. The fist pumping enthusiasm is saved for the cameras, it seems. She says, you "just do it", and stop searching for motivation. Exercise, and making healthy food choices, needs to be so ingrained in your lifestyle - just like cleaning your teeth or having a shower - that it becomes automatic. Don't think, just do.


I agree with Michelle to a large extent, however I argue that you can, and will enjoy exercise when you push yourself to get past the pain barrier. Exercise endorphins are powerful. They've kept me off the anti-depressants during periods in my life that might otherwise have overwhelmed me. As I write this post, I'm on holiday, sitting on the couch sipping coffee. It's cold and wet outside, the weight plates are stacked next to the door, and the last thing (almost) I feel like doing when I've finished this is to go outside and get on with the leg/cardio workout plan I wrote myself up last night. But I'll do it. Why? Because I am guaranteed to feel good afterwards. I can guarantee that in an hours' time, when it's all over, I'll have recharged my batteries, I'll be energised, and I can then happily sit on my butt for the entire rest of the day if I choose, guilt free. How will I feel if I give in to the laziness and don't do my workout? Rubbish. Guaranteed. Every. Single. Time. The same goes with making unhealthy food choices. How will I feel in an hour if I eat this cake/biscuit/bag of chips? Remorseful? Almost definitely. (Except for cheat days, which I've blogged about elsewhere).
My tips for weight loss motivation
While I agree with Michelle's philosophy about needing to incorporate exercise into your daily routine as automatically as possible, on days when that isn't enough, some strategies that you might turn to for motivation include:
1. Ask yourself how you'll feel in an hour when the work is done. You never regret working out but almost always will regret NOT doing it.
2. Photos. Keep some handy, either of yourself in the 'bad old days', before and after photos of other people who've had great success, or a photo of someone doing something that you'd like to be able to do, like rock-climbing or a chin-up or chasing their kid around a park. Whatever works. Vision boards, although the idea can sound a little trite, are powerful things.

3. Sometimes I describe myself to myself in the third person. "Gen is fit and strong. She lifts things and throws things and hikes for miles through mud. She can run and jump and skip". Then I tell myself that even if I've only done one of those things once, I've done it, therefore it's already true. Live as though your vision is already true and your goal has already been reached.
4. Motivational sayings can work for some people. One of my favourites is "nothing tastes as good as being slim feels". I think this may have been old Weight Watchers slogan (any copyright infringement here is purely accidental - *gulp*), but it works for me (sometimes). Even though chocolate cake can taste out-of-this-world amazing, walking down the street and feeling my flat, toned stomach under my shirt, is priceless. I often put my hand on my waist, just to marvel again at the fact that I HAVE a waist, when for so long this was merely a dream. To feel light, energetic, fit, strong, confident - these things are immeasurable.
And even more tips...
Speaking of measurement, two more suggestions include:

 5. Take regular measurements. I advise waist and hips primarily for women. You can of course do upper arm, chest and thigh as well, but you'll likely put on muscle here and don't want to be discouraged. You can weigh yourself as well of course, but the scales fluctuate so much, and putting on muscle weight is normal, so again you don't want to give yourself any reason to feel discouraged. Measurements can be powerful. I've had weeks where it feels like a hopeless cause and I think I'll never get to where I want to be, only to get the tape measure out and see that despite feeling like I've made no progress, I've lost a centimetre off my waist (for example). Remember it's progress, not perfection that's key.
6. If motivation disappears for days or weeks at a time, maybe consider revisiting your goals. Look closely at them and make a hard-nosed decision about whether they're SMART - Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely. If you've said "I want to have a hot body within a year", is that a smart goal? Of course not. What is a 'hot body' anyway? Why a year? How will you know when you're there? The sad truth is that most of us who've known what it's like to be overweight and unfit will have a permanently warped self-perception and may never truly believe that we're 'there'. Instead you could say to yourself "I want to be able to do 10 real push-ups within 3 months" (by real I mean on your toes, not your knees, and chest as close to the ground as you can manage). The next goal then becomes I want to do 5 one-handed push-ups within 12 months. These are just examples of course, chosen because of my own personal obsession with the humble push-up!
If all else fails, you've tried every single motivational strategy in the book and still feel no more inspired, it's time for a holiday. Don't sit on your butt eating cake for a week, as

I've been known to do, but take a good few days with mostly healthy food, as much incidental exercise as you can fit in, read all your favourite books and just relax. Know that you didn't become overweight and unfit overnight, and you won't then stack weight back on if you allow yourself a few days' break. There's every chance that you're physically and mentally exhausted, and the constant thinking and obsessing over your goals has done your head in for the time being. I know how that feels and have experienced it many times!! Try to trust yourself and your body that the seed of good habits has been well and truly planted, and a few days' break will be enough for that mysterious motivation to start to return. There's every chance you'll miss exercise, and I find that only a couple of days of eating the way I used to in the old days (big servings of carb-heavy food) sees me craving salad again. True story!

Over the past 4-5 years I've lost almost 30% of my body weight, going from a miserable pre-diabetic size 18 to a fit, healthy size 8-10. I'm keen to share this ride with you - the highs and lows, the triumphs, what's worked for me and what hasn't. I want to state right up front that I am no expert - the content herein is the culmination of many years of self-exploration and learning. Losing weight has changed my life in more ways than I could possibly have imagined. I will be sharing as many of these insights with you as I can.

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Day 9 - Love your treadmill - Treadmill weight loss

Day   9 -
Treadmill Weight Loss Workouts to Build a Leaner, Healthy and Fit Body

Tradmill was the main cause to lose weight for me

Treadmill weight loss is one of the more successful methods of losing weight. Treadmill weight loss helps individuals to loose weight by implementing workout routines on a treadmill machine. A treadmill weight loss workout enables user to build a healthy and fit body. Doctors, medical specialists, gym trainers and health specialists provide treadmill weight loss workout tips to individuals who desire to lose weight, build body sculptures and get into shape.

Treadmill walking workouts for weight loss have consistently provided quality results and lasting benefits. These exercises allow people to work at their own pace to burn calories effectively.

Using a good treadmill workout program has worked for many people and individuals. Treadmill workouts not only enable users to lose weight but also help users to maintain their weight loss. Treadmill weight loss is achieved by performing workouts on treadmills by virtually any age group and individuals of any activity level.

It helps people to lose weight and maintain weight loss by implementing a treadmill workout routine. A sensible, healthy and planned diet that will help users to shed their weight by unwanted pounds is implemented with along with the workout. While performing workouts on treadmills to reach treadmill weight loss targets, users need to be consistent in their planned workouts. Treadmill weight loss can be achieved if the user spends a certain length of time on the treadmill machine.

Treadmill weight loss workouts make the user walk or jog on a treadmill for certain time length and at least 5-6 days per week. Treadmill weight loss requires workouts that user spends 45 minutes or more per session on a treadmill machine. Consistency in treadmill workouts is the key to the success of treadmill weight loss.

Initially treadmill weight loss workout starts at a nice and easy pace but over the period of time the intensity and length of the workouts is increased to achieve the targets of treadmill weight loss exercise. During treadmill weight loss workout users need to keep in mind that they have their body moving for as long and fast as they can and still remain comfortable. The faster the pace during treadmill weight loss workouts on a treadmill, the more calories will be burned which will eventually lead to weight loss. Regular workouts on a treadmill increase the body's metabolism and make more weight loss.Treadmill weight loss exercise is the best way to lose weight provided users plan their workouts on a treadmill and make it a daily habit. Consistency in maintaining workouts is the key to success of treadmill weight loss.

Treadmill weight loss tips during walking workouts on a treadmill include maintaining a proper posture of the body, keeping the head up, relaxing the neck, swinging the arms at sides, holding the tummy in, keeping the hips relaxed & loose and concentration on breathing. Treadmill weight loss tips also include listening to music, watching TV, or talking to a friend next to you to avoid the boredom during treadmill weight loss workouts.

Treadmill weight loss workouts include numerous programs. Making treadmill weight loss workout a daily habit makes achieving weight loss ambitions more likely. Incorporation of 3-4 treadmill workout sessions each week is a planned program of treadmill weight loss. Forcing the body to become conditioned to more intense workout is another treadmill weight loss program. Treadmill weight loss sessions or interval workouts cause people to burn more calories and make the workout less monotonous. Treadmill weight loss workout includes swinging of arms and variety of arm movements during walking workouts, which increases the metabolic rate and causes weight loss.

Treadmill weight loss workouts help users to achieve their weight loss goals and have a positive impact on all aspects of their life including fitness, the way they look, the way they walk, etc. Treadmill weight loss workout on a treadmill machine is a simple way to reach weight loss goals.

5 Healthy Diet Plans for Women to Lose Weight Fast

The health and well-being industry is huge, and a large chunk of that is focused on weight loss. With so many options, and more popping up every day, it can be hard to know what’s a real, effective diet, and what’s not. Fad diets (and miracle products) come and go, but the overall health problem still remains.
There are many designed and packaged diet plans for women to choose from, and a lot of these have been heavily vetted by health experts and reviewed by medical professionals.
There are also “lifestyle” diets, which mean complete changes in diet and behavior, like becoming a vegetarian. Alternatively, you can develop your own diet based on simple nutritional choices and portioning.

Diet Systems

Most diet systems follow a general rule system or guideline system, and some of them sell product lines that make it easier to have meals ready when you need them. They are all slightly different, and it can come down to personal preference as to which a person will choose.

1. Weight Watchers’ diet

Weight Watchers seems to be the most agreed upon diet system amongst dieters and experts.
Benefits with their diet system are:

• Established point system
• Flexible food choices
• Fast short-term results
• Longer lasting results (a year or more after the diet started)
• Ability to eat more of the foods you like
• Points allow for three meals a day plus a couple of snacks

The system itself is relatively easy to follow, and has both online support and in-person support. The food choices and regulations are nutritionally balanced, and there’s no need for ultra-low calorie consumption. Studies have shown that the diet system is effective and safe.
Complaints about the system are normally about the cost or points system. Weight Watchers counts the effectiveness of a food as well as calories, and assigns a specific score. Foods that keep you satisfied for longer have lower points, and this makes them more attractive to eat during the diet.

2. Jenny Craig diet

Jenny Craig is another popular diet system, but it comes with a tailored diet and exercise plan and a one-on-one consultant.
Benefits include:

• Simple food choices, no point counting
• Ready-made meals that arrive at your door
• Fast short-term results
• Three meals a day plus snacks
• Reported to be some of the nicer tasting diet food available

The Jenny Craig diet attempts to teach the dieter about portion size, fat content, and healthy choices. The diet is nutritionally balanced and safe, and most people do not feel hungry when they are on it.
Most complaints about the system are about the cost or the limitations around home-cooked meals and meals from eateries. There are also concerns about how a dieter will do after they are allowed to stop eating the prepared meals and regulate their own foods.

3. Biggest Loser diet

The Biggest Loser diet (named after the famous TV show Biggest Loser) is the cheapest of all the top-rated, healthy diet systems. It is also the one that takes the most effort.
Some of its benefits are:

• No membership fees, just a book purchase
• No pre-prepared meals, you make everything yourself
• Ability to make cheaper foods
• Ability to eat more of what you want
• Focus isn’t just on weight loss but health benefits as well

The Biggest Loser diet is nutritionally sound, and the food regulations are safe. Weight loss is fast, and if you continue eating correctly and exercising, also long-term. The level of exercise tends to be the largest complaint about this diet, and some may find it hard to follow.
The focus of this diet is on plenty of exercise, portion control, calories that fill you up for longer, and educating yourself about moderation.

Lifestyle Diets

There are diet systems that teach you about portion control, calorie management, and healthy levels of exercise, but there are also diets that require so much change, that a whole new lifestyle has to be adopted.
Becoming a vegetarian is an example of adopting a new lifestyle diet. Anyone that has ever gone to a restaurant with a vegetarian can tell you how hard it can be for them to find a meal they can eat, in an average restaurant, that isn’t a side salad.
These types of diets take a lot of work and mean major changes. Most pre-made meals do not fit the criteria for these diets, so most food has to be made by the dieter, from scratch. There are many limitations that may also take some time to get used to.

4. Raw food diet

The Raw Food diet is an example of a lifestyle changing diet plan. It is said by dieters and experts to be incredibly effective for short-term weight loss, and because it is a whole lifestyle change, if you stick to it, the long term results will stick.
Key points include:

• Lots of fruits and vegetables
• Nothing is ever cooked, or heated higher than 115 degrees F.
• Food prep is how you gain variety in the diet
• Very natural and organic
• Low calorie, but very filling

Highly Rated Book on the Raw Food Diet

Most complaints about the diet come from the amount of time it takes to prepare meals, and the appliances required to do so. Food processors, dehydrators, and juicers are standard diet requirements, and food items can take days to prepare. The start up cost is high, and sourcing organic foods can be difficult.
The Raw Food diet is becoming more accepted as a diet, and there are eateries popping up around the world that cater to it, but they are not high in number. People on this diet will struggle to find foods that they can eat out of the house.

5. Vegan diet

The Vegan diet is normally adopted by people who do not wish to use animal products in any way, with some vegans refusing to wear anything made with animal products as well. Reports show that it is a healthy way to lose weight and keep a low-calorie diet, so more people are now going on the diet for improve their health.
Key points are:

• Never eating any type of animal product (including gelatin)
• Strong leaning towards eco-friendly products
• Short-term results don’t vary much from long term
• Low-calorie diet, but you should always feel full

The normal complaints about diets don’t really surface with the Vegan diet, as most people are on the diet because they don’t believe in using animal products. Commitment to the diet is normally long term if people can cope with the short term.
The cost of the produce can be high, as well as specialty items for cooking, but the high cost of meat is avoided. Eating out can sometimes be difficult, but there are more vegan eateries popping up in large cities.
Many vegans take supplements, and these can be quite expensive. Vegans will not use pills that are made with gelatin, so gelatin-free supplements need to be sourced from health food shops. This diet can become unhealthy if it is not followed properly, and most vegans plan heavily to avoid this.

Exercise

Every diet system or plan needs to also have an exercise plan, whether it’s part of a paid system or part of a lifestyle diet. Eating less calories will cause weight loss, but adding exercise will boost that weight loss.
If a woman wants to be healthy and lose weight fast, she needs to be exercising regularly. This doesn’t have to be vigorous exercise for hours a day, but half an hour of walking every day can make a big difference.
Some people find that it’s easier to exercise at home, so getting a treadmill or an exercise bike can be a good option. There are people who complain that exercise is boring for them, so sitting on an exercise bike for half an hour, while watching TV could be a good compromise.
Everyone needs to start somewhere, and easing yourself into exercise is a healthy way to start.

Making the Change

There are many diet plans for women to lose weight fast, and the list above is only a handful of them. Other diet plans worth looking into that we didn’t even mention are one that is based on green tea, and one that involves eating Yoplait yoghurt. Be careful when choosing your new diet, and make sure that you’ve done your research!
If you can’t find a diet that sounds right for you, consider creating your own, based on healthy food choices and calorie counting. It can be harder work, but you may find that you can have variety and flexibility as well. As a little tip to get you started, you should definitely consider making delicious (but healthy) smoothies. Again, make sure to research your food choices to avoid an unbalanced or unhealthy diet.
Regardless of your choice, be prepared to make a firm commitment to your new diet and remember that fast weight loss comes from the combination of diet and exercise!