Are there any weight loss guarantees? I know that what we are all looking for is a plan that we know will tell us that once you start you can not fail. This does not seem like a lot to ask but let’s see why we do not believe that it is possible.

First of all there are so many diets, actually there is a diet that stresses everything out there and at the same time there are so many diets because there is no shortage of people looking to try the latest diet or weight loss scheme.

The best way to see why there is not guarantee is to look at what the regular cycle of a diet is.

How Diets Fail

Here is usually what happens. You find out about a diet from a friend, then another friend mentions the same diet, you try the diet and are initially excited, lose weight the first week, don’t lose the second or third weeks, tweak the diet for the fourth week but if it does not work then you tank it.
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The craze of weight loss is not just affecting those who are either obese or overweight. Even people of normal body weight are looking forward to shed a few pounds, for they “feel” that they are overweight. The funnier part is how most people start their weight loss journey.

They would go around hunting for the latest and best weight loss and fat burning tips available out there. However, once they find those tips, they would do nothing and sleep over them. It is as if they believe that merely finding the best weight loss tips and then sleeping over them at night is going to help them get rid of fat.

Folks, weight loss can happen only when you wake up from your sleep and take ACTION. Taking action doesn’t mean hunting for the latest fat burning tips or fad diets; rather, it means making a few simple changes to your current lifestyle. This means that you should stay away from bad foods – bad carbs, bad fats, etc., and focus on good carbs and good fats. Read the rest of this entry »

Mens Health has a great article on the nutrients and eating skills necessary to lose fat. I usually hate the slant of these articles because I thing the target them at 18 year old kids getting ready to go to the bar but thats just my attitude. The article is great and I am going to paraphrase the points here as I think there is some knowledge I can add and the article was a little wordy.

1. To lose weight, you must cut calories
The low-fat/low-carbohydrate debate comes down to this: You still have to eat fewer calories than you burn if you want to lose weight. Every study I looked at shows this. The perfect weight-loss diet is the one you can live with, whether you cut fat, carbs, or some combination.

2. Take Whey protein
A daily shake made with two scoops of whey protein, fruit (fresh or frozen berries or a banana), and water or crushed ice will decrease hunger. You can buy whey protein at any grocery store nowadays, this is the best option for protein enhancement in your diet.

3. Meat kills fat
Protein takes the most calories to assimilate and digest, followed by carbohydrates, followed by fat. Animal proteins increase thermogenesis more than vegetable proteins, so the best calorie-burning foods are lean meats. Build your dinner around lean chicken, beef, or pork. That way, you’re burning the most calories through digestion at the end of the day, when your metabolism is slower. This is one of the big reasons that I think people are too concerned about their fat intake but at the same time do not eat enough protein.
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MSNBC has this article about losing weight as you get older. Thought it would be great info for people that are struggling these days.

While time may adorn you with new lines on your face, a new color hair (gray) and a new waistline, the passing decades are not to blame for all of the changes in your body. Your eating habits, your attitude and your approach to everyday experiences also play key roles.

As we age, our bodies lose muscle and gain fat. Our nutritional needs change, as well. But you don’t necessarily feel these changes on a daily basis. Metabolism gradually slows each decade after age 20, so it’s not as if you suddenly wake up 10 pounds heavier. It creeps up slowly. Fortunately, you do have some control over your changing body and slowing metabolism. Some strategies to help you avoid a midlife diet crisis: Read the rest of this entry »

One of the keys to losing weight is to burn more calories than you eat. One way to do this easier is to raise your metabolism and allow your body to burn calories faster

Metabolism is a term that describes the number of calories your body burns each day. It has become a very popular term in the weight loss community with many people believing that boosting your metabolism is the key to loosing weight.

While metabolism does not have as big an impact as everyone believes it can still help you burn additional calories each day. That is why in this article I am going to be providing you with five fantastic tips to maximize your metabolism. Read the rest of this entry »

Itching to shed those postbaby pounds?

Dr. Karen Nordahl, cofounder of Fit to Deliver International, suggests cutting yourself some slack.

“It took nine months to put it on; give yourself at least nine months to take it off,” she says.

To make the most of that time, focusing on fun activities will definitely be more effective. So, to aid the bulging battle, here are a few mommy workout ideas with a little extra spice.

WII

It’s amazing how much more enjoyable a workout can be when it comes in video-game form. Moms on the pregnancy and parenting site TheBump.com are all about Wii Fit workouts. “Love the Hula Hoop and boxing,” says one mom on the message boards. The Wii won’t give you all the exercise you need, but it can be a fun supplement that concentrates on your core. Get your husband to join in – he might just lose a little “baby fat” of his own. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you heard about the HCG diet? This is a diet that Kevin Trudeau made famous again (it was famous once before years ago) in his book “Natural Cures They Don’t Want You To Know“. First off I hate that there is supposed to be some secret that the “Diet Industry”  is trying to keep from people. If there was you can bet I would be exposing it.

Anyway the HCG diet is actually a shot and a low calorie diet. You take a shot everyday for a few months and this shot of HCG is supposed to help you metabolize your fat easier. Human Chorionic Gonadotropin is expected to burn fat when you are starving yourself instead of buring both fat and muscle.

The diet part of the HCG diet is what makes this diet very hard to take. The diet is the lowest that I have ever heard of and that is 500 calories a day. 500 calories a day is not very much and this is designed to make it so that you will easily lose weight. Trouble is you are starving yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you a woman who is very desperate to lose weight fast? Then I am sure you have fallen for those bold weight loss ads which get published in women’s magazines one time or other. Truth to be told, if ever there was any truth in the saying “tall hype and minuscule result”, it would surely apply to those magazine ads. These ads make you believe that you would lose weight in just a week or two with the recommended diet programs. Fact is, you would lose only your time and money instead of weight.

These ads are very well-tuned to a certain demographic: educated women belonging to middle and upper classes who want to lose weight fast with the least effort on their part. There are many women, young and old, who are very desperate to lose all the extra pounds as fast as they could.

Naturally, any diet program which claims to fulfill their desire would attract them. What they don’t know is that such diets are good only for a few days; in other words, you would be losing weight rapidly for the first few days after which, it would be an upward trend (read weight gain). Read the rest of this entry »

If you are on a diet and yet struggling to lose weight, it is pretty clear that you need to get rid of your poor food choices. Most importantly, you need to bid goodbye to your junk food buddies and embrace the organic and REAL foods in their place.

Nevertheless, no matter how much we monitor our food consumption habits, one or two bad foods almost always manage to sneak past our sharp eyes. One such food is the innocuous rice cake.

Yep, rice cake is one food which is usually eaten by wannabe weight loss strugglers, especially those who are dieting. They believe rice cakes are low on calories. Funny enough, they seem to be ignorant of the fact that this “low-calorie” food is preventing them from losing weight fast. Read the rest of this entry »

As soon as summer hits, people, especially women, start thinking about weight loss. This is that time of the year when they start working on their body in the hope that by the time Christmas arrives (or maybe even before that), the extra burden of fat would be gone forever and they would be able to flaunt their slimmer and sexier bodies to their friends and beaus. These women usually go for the common route of dieting for weight loss.

At the same time, there is also a section of women who are already dieting. They are in a dilemma over whether to continue dieting or quit it forever, because the results they are getting are either absolutely disappointing or far from what they expected from the diet program.

No matter which group you belong to, if you wish to lose weight this summer with the help of dieting, this article is the answer for you. Read the rest of this entry »