Fat Loss Tips.

Archive for January, 2010

I am about 10 and a half stone, walk 2 miles to & from work most days, & do regular excercises, use weights (only 5 kg twice a day) & walking an extra 2 or 3 miles a day. I am running twice weekly, about 4 miles each time, and although I do feel healthier for doing it, I often find I get very tired these days and wonder if this schedule is too much or too little?
Do the benefits of running & jogging depend on the individual or are there any golden rules?

I am about 10 and a half stone, walk 2 miles to & from work most days, & do regular excercises, use weights (only 5 kg twice a day) & walking an extra 2 or 3 miles a day. I am running twice weekly, about 4 miles each time, and although I do feel healthier for doing it, I often find I get very tired these days and wonder if this schedule is too much or too little?
Do the benefits of running & jogging depend on the individual or are there any golden rules?

I am wondering what are some NATURAL supplements to help in aide of weight loss. I am currently taking green tea extract, a multivitamin, a B vitamin complex, fish oil, L Glutamine, and L Carnatine… Are there any other out there that help with metabolism or weight loss?

Diet helps a lot, but don’t forget to exercise, too!
Lean proteins are your best bet. Fish and Soy are the healthiest, but poultry cooked without much fat, or butter is okay, too. You need to make sure you get enough amino acids (building blocks of protein) in the right balance. If you don’t get the right balance, the left-overs end up being stored as fat. Red meats tend to be very high in fat, but without the red-meat, your balance gets thrown off. I’m not one to push supplements, but there is an amino acid, called L-carnitine, that helps supplement, when you cut down or eliminate red-meat. For vegetarians, it’s an absolute must. Recently, L-carnitine is also being promoted to help reduce fat, and help build healthy muscle tissue.
Also, make sure your body is running effeciently. Take a multi-vitamin. One I’m a big fan of is GNC’s “B-complex 75 complete”. It’s an effective multi-vitamin, with plenty of B-vitamins, as well as guarana seed extract. Guarana is a safe, natural source of caffeine, that can give you a little extra energy to motivate you to exercise (the REAL key to fat loss). There’s no “caffeine crash” from guarana, plus the vitamin is timed-release. It’s only $10 for 60.

Cabbage and chicken soup diet achieves its goal of weight loss by reducing considerably the number of calories consumed. It is a variant of the famous Cabbage Soup Diet and offers an alternative to those who demand more variety in the meals and makes it easier for users to stick to the plan.

Recipe:

Cabbage and chicken soup is prepared using a head of cabbage shredded, four celery stalks, chopped, two green peppers, five carrots, a can 16 ouncestomatoes, two onions, two cups of vegetable juice, two cups of chicken broth and half a kilo of beans. Sauté onions in a pan (use an oil jet for that) then add all the above ingredients and heat until boiling. Towards the end, add herbs and spices to suit your taste. Simmer until done.

Diet Plan:

A cabbage soup diet chicken and works best when you follow the rules and eat as much soup as you want for a period of seven days.

Avoid consumption of bread andalcohol or sugary drinks like sodas. Drink plenty of water because it helps not only diet, but is important for your health.

Breakfast Day 1:

Mix one cup of vanilla yogurt with fat free half-cup of chopped fruit salad. This can be dusted with wheat germ.

Breakfast Day 2:

Combine half a teaspoon of sugar with 1 cup of ricotta cheese and a pinch of cinnamon.
Two pieces of wheat toast.
Three driedfigs.

Breakfast Day 3:

One and a half cups of whole grain.
Half cup of orange juice, preferably calcium enriched.
Cup nonfat milk.

Breakfast Day 4:

A small bagel meal with an ounce of low fat cheddar cheese melted.
A half-cup of prune juice.

Breakfast Day 5:

One and a half cups of cooked cereal Wheaten.
A half-cup of nonfat milk.

For days, choose any breakfast in the list above. You may eat one ofthese dishes breakfast each day for meals, as cabbage and chicken soup as you want. Bananas and skim milk in May to add the fourth day. The fifth day, 10-20 oz of chicken may also be added to your eating plan.

Stay on the diet than seven days is not recommended. It is a diet to lose weight in the short term (3-5 days).

Special concerns:

Because of the low carbohydrate intake, levels of blood sugar is low, which maycause hypoglycemia. Symptoms include headache, drowsiness, sweating, irritability and anxiety. If this happens, eat a sandwich with whole grain bread, a slice of ham and a piece of low fat cheese. Do not use butter or margarine. An alternative is a cheese with low fat and a tomato sandwich. If these symptoms persist, consult your doctor.

Cabbage and chicken soup diet is not conceived as a continuous feed, so after a week you must be ready to move to a safer worldmore sustainable and healthy food strategy. There are some excellent programs available for use long term that will continue the work you have begun to put your body in shape.

something bad as in breaking your hip and your femur in a road accident and on crutches for three whole months! Thats the situation im in at the moment and i am dying to lose weight and tone up because it is gonna be my engagement soon! What shall i do in this case?

How do these concepts help weight loss? What can I do to follow these concepts? I go to gym everyday for the last 3 weeks. thanks.