Showing posts with label weight lose exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weight lose exercise. Show all posts

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Liqued Weight Loss Diet

Liquid Weight loss Diet

Are you thinking about a liquid weight loss diet? Many people who want to lose a few pounds quickly resort to some kind of liquid weight loss diet. There are many doing the rounds from the well know cabbage soup diet to shakes that are supposed to be used as meal replacements. They promise quick weight loss without too much effort.


Let's look at the pros and cons:


  • Pro: you will lose a lot of weight fast

  • Pro: if you have to lose a few pounds very fast for a specific occasion, it may be possible

  • Pro: if it is a shake that is nutritionally balanced your health will not suffer

  • Con: most of the weight you will lose will be water that you will put right back on as soon as you re-hydrate

  • Con: you will be very hungry as calories are very low

  • Con: If it is a diet like the cabbage soup diet, your nutritional needs will not be met and your health will suffer

  • Con: because the calorie intake is so low, your body will go into starvation mode and your metabolism will slow down making weight loss very difficult in the long run

  • Con: you will be caught into the yo-yo diet pattern immediately

  • Con: you can keep this kind of diet up for only a very limited period and no real long term benefits can come from it


So, I think it is clear that this is not a very wise choice. A well balanced diet with slow but steady and healthy weight loss is a far better option. No permanent results can come from a fad diet. No weight loss diet, especially a liquid weight loss diet, which makes it impossible to do moderate exercise, is a good idea. A healthy diet and a moderate exercise program is the only safe way to go.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Weight Loss Success - Staying Motivated When It Comes To Weight Loss

For weight loss success it is vital to stay motivated. According to magazines, everyone sticks to a workout program for the first month or so. It’s fun and the gym is full of electric energy. You can’t help but come and be a part of it. Slowly though, the momentum begins to slow and we see the inside of the gym or the track at the high school less and less.

What can you do to stay motivated so you can have weight loss success? We all have our off days. Work drives us crazy, the kids are screaming, and on top of that we burned dinner. Okay so all of these things don’t happen at the same time, but they could. The last thing on your mind will be driving to the gym or throwing a tape in the VCR.

The problem with exercise is that when we miss one day it is easier to miss the second and the third day. Even when we enjoy it, other factors come into play. Family, work, stress, and things outside our control all can derail us at some time.

On the other side of the coin, we workout each day and watch what we eat. When we step on the scale after all that hard work and it hasn’t budged, that is not encouraging. It is a blow to the stomach and can send some people for the ice cream in the fridge to sooth their heartbreak.

Stay motivated by remembering why you decided it was time to lose weight in the first place. Losing weight can be the difference between living a healthy life and being on medication for conditions that are a result of obesity. Knowing that you may not be alive to see your kids grow up or grow old with your spouse is a major motivation to help you with weight loss success.

It is not the one cupcake or the one time you eat too much pizza. We all have times when we want to eat what we want as a way to kick back. It is falling back into bad habits that are the problem.

Another way to stay motivated is by changing your thinking. When you are stressed, exercise relieves stress. You don’t have to go to the gym. You can work in the garden. Ripping out weeds is a good workout and a way to beat the stress in your life. Imagine each weed is a problem you are gaining control over and pull baby pull.

I actually banned myself from using the scale. I stood on it to find out my starting weight, but then used my clothes as a guide for gauging how well I was doing with my program. This made a huge difference to my self-esteem and will to keep going.

Whatever matters most to you, remind yourself of that fact when you feel like giving up. Post it on the wall in big neon letters if you have to, just don’t throw away the progress you’ve made and remember Rome wasn’t built in a day and you’re weight won’t all come off that fast either. Simply keep at it, forgive yourself if you failed and carry on, this way you are sure to have weight loss success!


A good lose fat diet also needs to be healthy. For permanent weight loss your diet needs to be sustainable and supply all the nutrients you need. Part of weight loss success is a healthy diet

Remember, including exercise is very important. A good weight loss diet and moderate exercise is the best way to lose fat and lose it for good!