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A Fast Way to Lose Weight – Fasting!

By GuestPoster on August 4th, 2010

Without question, one of the best ways to assure fast weight loss is also one of the most dangerous to overall health. It is called “fasting” and it is a great way to lose weight in fairly large amounts. Fasting is not a good way to lose weight to keep it off, nor is it a way to remain in good health if the fasting is continued for long periods of time. However, it is definitely a fast way to lose weight, and here are some of the steps to begin a fast.


The first step in “fasting” is to set a goal of the amount of weight that you want to lose. Let’s say you want to lose ten pounds, and you feel that you can spend at least ten days of intensive fasting to lose it. You will need to begin working on the fast way to lose weight about two weeks earlier.

For the two weeks prior to starting your fast diet, you will need to cut back on the amount of caffeinated beverages…coffee, tea, soft drinks…that you normally take in so that by the first day of the fast, you will have had none of these for several days. During this two week period you will also be cutting down on the amount of food that you consume. You can do this by merely cutting down the amount of food by about one forth at first, then one forth more until you are eating about one quarter of the amount you normally eat. You should be eating about twenty-five percent of your normal food intake one week before starting your fast.

On the first day of your fast, you will need to drink a lot of water and a lot of fresh fruit juice. Make the fruit juice yourself by buying fresh fruit and processing it through a juicer. At least ninety-six ounces of water must be consumed beginning on the first day of the fast, and you will continue to drink at least that much water each day of your fast.

By the end of the second day, you will probably experience some new sensations that will not always be pleasant. Nausea, headaches and dizziness are common, but these symptoms usually pass quickly. By the third day your system will be flushing because of all the water intake and your body will begin to experience a quick weight loss. This is commonly called “the water fast”, and for five days while on your fast diet, you will continue to lose weight.

At the conclusion of the fifth day, you must begin to end the fast. Gradually you will take nourishment in the form of light broth or light clear vegetable soup. Slowly you will begin the process of reversing the fast and by the end of the tenth day you will be back to eating normally, having experienced a fasting diet. Most people undertaking a fast will lose at least ten pounds in ten days.

There is one basic rule to the fast diet, and that rule is to carefully discuss the concept of fasting with your doctor. Let him or her decide if you are healthy enough for the stresses of going on a fast or if a different sort of lifestyle modification is best for you.

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The Magic of Fruits in Skincare

By GuestPoster on July 30th, 2010

Many women are dying to improve their appearance but are not sure on what type of products and treatments to use. They are always searching for the most popular and expensive product because they think that these are the only two things necessary to make it the best product. This kind of mentality is actually wrong. It might be true that commercial and expensive products are effective, but are you aware of the artificial ingredients that they contain?


The problem with these products is that they may contain substances that damage your skin. If you really want to look good but do not want to use commercial skin care products, why not consider fruit for your skincare?

Fruits are always good for the body. They contain essential vitamins and minerals that have positive effects on the body. Whatever is good to the body is definitely good for the skin too. So if put in the position of having to choose whether to go for artificial ingredients or natural ingredients, you should positively choose the natural ones. Here are some of the fruits that can do magical effects to your skin.

Apples

Mixing one tablespoon of fresh apple juice with a ¼ teaspoon of lime juice can be a very refreshing tonic for the skin. It is commonly used as a skincare treatment for oily skin. The peel can also be used as an effective skin cleanser.

Peaches

This fruit is considered an excellent skin care solution for all types of skin. The peel alone can be used for your daily skin ritual. The inner part of the peel is gently massaged on your face before you retire to sleep. This serves as a skincare cleanser which takes off all the dirt that has accumulated in your pores during the day. It also tightens the skin and gives rejuvenating effects.

Avocado

This fruit is very popular when it comes to skincare because it is a very good natural moisturizer. This is done by mashing a half cup of avocado and applying it on the skin. Just leave it for about 15 minutes and then just rinse with water.

These are just some of the fruits that can give you the younger looking skin that you have always wanted. If added with regular exercise and a healthy diet, it would complete your health regimen.

For more information about this topic, please read about the best acne face wash and the anti aging anti wrinkle cream.

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Increase Your Muscle Mass With Adjustable Dumbbells

By GuestPoster on July 29th, 2010

Do you want to save gym fees and effort going to the gym daily to do exercises to lose weight or to build up your muscles? Well there are other choices for you. There is actually a wide variety of exercise equipment you can buy so you can do your muscle building in your own backyard or in your living room.


Save some money by giving up the nanny calls and gym membership when you do your workout at home with adjustable dumbbells and other muscle firming equipment.

There’s usually an easier solution to everything, like when you want to firm up your muscles but do not have the luxury of time to go to the gym everyday. You can choose to buy adjustable dumbbells that you can use anytime in your home while taking care of your kids or whenever you have the free time.

Workouts consist of a great routine and changing habits, especially eating habits. There are lots of guidelines and tips online and it is a good idea to learn as much as you can about working out to avoid muscle strain. If you are a first time user of dumbbells, or exercise equipment in general, it is a good idea to watch some videos online on how to properly use different equipment such as adjustable dumbbells.

Also watch and learn how to properly build up muscles. The first you should focus on is your upper body. Starting with some regular exercise such as pushups, set your goal and aim for 3 sets out of 10 in the beginning, then you can set your aim a bit higher every day. Do not over exercise your body in the first 3 days as this will leave you feeling beat up the day after. This is why it is advisable that you start small with fewer pushups and sit-ups as well. And learn also the proper way to stretch before exercising to avoid muscle pain the day after.

The great thing about adjustable dumbbells is that you can adjust the weight of your dumbbell set day by day according to your exercise and goal to build muscles. Also it is easy to store away after use, and you can do your muscle building anytime you prefer.

Adjustable dumbbells can be very expensive. Getting a whole set is cheaper of course, and you are mostly paying for the convenience it brings you.

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Trick Your Metabolism to Lose Weight

By GuestPoster on July 28th, 2010

Sausage, eggs, turkey, baked beans, Chicken, Cheese, Shrimp, Halibut, Apples, peanuts, bacon, cottage cheese, tuna, ham milk, macadamia nuts, oatmeal, yogurt, soda, ketchup, BBQ sauce, salsa, seasoning, and cold cuts….look like the buffet line at the nearest casino or the menu from the local truck stop?  No… this is actually the ingredients of the 11 day diet.


This diet is about quick weight loss – easy and real results without changing the food that you eat now.  What we are doing is actually training your brain to make healthy choices without even knowing you’re doing it.

Here is how it works.  Your body is smart…real smart to put it correctly.  If we ingest 1200 calories per day, then our metabolism will adjust to burn 1200 calories a day.   If we ingest 2500 calories per day then our metabolism will adjust to burn 2500 calories a day.

To effectively burn the fat we all want to burn, we need to trick our metabolism.  To do this we need to shift our calorie intake so our metabolism is running on high and burns more fat.   If we do this we will see the results we are looking for.  Our bodies will literally burn fat at a rate that will blow your mind!!!  Let’s get into some of the details so we know more about this diet.

This is what the diet will include:
-Meals will alternate between protein rich and carbohydrate rich foods
-4-6 meals/ day with no limit on calories…your discretion
-Eat at home
-Alternated foods….good foods

-Diet can be found entirely online.  Here are samples of the first 3 days http://11daydietmenu.com/menu.php?page=ify
Meal 1  Tuna Salad Plate, Low Fat Milk, Fresh Apples
Meal 2  Delicious Shrimp, Chicken
Meal 3  Ham Slices, Bacon Strips, Baked Beans
Meal 4  Roast Beef Slices, Broiled Halibut, Mixed Vegetables
Meal 1  Deli-Style Meat Sandwich
Meal 2-4 Fresh fruit chosen from Oranges, Pears, Apples, Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Strawberries, Kiwis and Grapefruit
Meal 1  Turkey Slices, Cottage Cheese
Meal 2  Broiled Sea Bass, Hard Boiled Eggs
Meal 3  Walnuts, Tuna Salad Plate, Fresh Peaches
Meal 4  Low Fat Milk, Delicious Shrimp

Now that doesn’t sound too difficult.  If you have a challenge dieting on those foods then…well…I don’t know what to tell ya.  That is about it for the general details.  If you want some more information on this diet, all of the details can be found online for free.  Follow the links on the page and Diet Away!

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How to Detox with the Spicy Lemonade Diet

By GuestPoster on July 15th, 2010

The Spicy Lemonade Diet has become very popular in the last few years as many celebrities have promoted the program. It also attracts people who are normally not interested in fasting with vegetable juices or herbal teas, because the lemonade mix you drink during the diet is much tastier than most fasting juices.


You will need to prepare a home made lemonade mixture with cayenne pepper, fresh lemon or lime juice, purified water and maple syrup, and drink a minimum of 4 to 6 glasses of the mixture for 4 to 14 days. Some participants in the lemonade diet program recommend a minimum of ten days, but some have experimented with fewer days and some with longer fasts.

For each portion of the drink, you need ten fluid ounces of purified, distilled or spring water, 2 tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon or lime juice, 1/10 teaspoon of cayenne powder, and 2 tablespoons of organic grade B maple syrup. Make the drink fresh every time if you can, or at least daily, as it can lose some of its enzymes when left to stand for long periods of time.

Lemon TreesNo solid foods should be eaten while on the lemon detox, but you should drink a lot of water. There are also laxative herbal teas that are recommended for the diet. Some side effects you might experience for the first few days include headaches, feeling tired and lethargic, and feeling down or irritated. If your normal diet includes a lot of caffeine or lots of unhealthy foods, the side effects can be worse but will usually pass after a couple of days.

Participants generally report quick weight loss and increase in energy and vitality after the program. The lemon detox diet, also called Master Cleanse, became known as the Beyonce Diet when the singer told the media she had lost a lot of weight by following this cleansing diet.

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Creative Weight Management Tips

By Jo Ann on July 15th, 2010

Weight has a way of creeping up on us, doesn’t it? Weight gain is easy to ignore when it is just a couple of pounds over the holidays, and a few more from summer vacations. You can ignore it until your favorite jeans no longer fit or until you are brave enough to get on the scales and realize that you have gained fifteen pounds. It is time to get serious about your food and exercise to pare down the pounds. Here are some creative weight management tips that you can incorporate any time of day, whether you have 30 minutes or just a couple.


Make a commitment to someone besides yourself. Offer to walk the dog for an elderly neighbor, then get out there and walk their dog twice a day for at least a mile. You will feel better and so will the dog.

It is easy to make excuses when you make commitments only to yourself, but it becomes much harder when you enlist the help of others and they are watching you to make sure you are staying on the right path.

Weight Loss Motivation

Let everyone know that you are trying to lose a few pounds. Post updates on your favorite social media site. You will be surprised by the support and motivation that you get from friends and family. Post any information that you want others to hold you accountable for. Challenge others to participate with you and set some food or activity goals of their own. You will likely find that there are people in your circle who need to do the same things and will be glad to jump on board. Once you reach your goal, celebrate with your friends with a spa treatment or tickets to a special event.

Keep your cabinets and fridge stocked with healthy foods and snacks. If you have the junk handy, it can be too much temptation when you’re in a rush and need to grab a quick snack. Fresh cut-up vegetables or fruit slices stored in the fridge make a great satisfying snack in hurry.

Weight Loss Exercises

Try a new physical activity. Take a look around at the new fitness trends for something that you have always wanted to do. Exercise doesn’t have to be boring or tedious. For instance, dancing, martial arts, boot camp, tennis and lots of other activities can be quite fun and are great ways to get some exercise.

What looks interesting and challenging and what will fit into your lifestyle and schedule? Go ahead and sign up for a beginner class and dive right in. Do not make the mistake of attempting an activity that is not designed for your fitness level. This will result in your getting discouraged and giving up too soon. Start at the beginning and work your way up to your desired skill level.

Taking weight loss tips like the ones listed here seriously has helped many others and they will help you as well. Get out there and experience life and take some action before your weight gets out of hand. Let everyone know that you are working to improve your health. Your new healthy habits will keep you fit and trim.

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Benefits Of Running – Join The Cross Country Team

By GuestPoster on July 6th, 2010

If football or cheerleading isn’t all that high on your priority list of weight loss solutions, and basketball leaves you wondering why anyone would ever bother, then what about cross country running? Cross country is a challenging and unique sport that could really change your life.

Benefits Of Running

There are so many benefits to being part of a cross country team – social, physical , and mental. XC can actually transform you into a whole new person. You can discover a healthy activity that you can enjoy for the rest of your life without having to sweat it out in a stuffy gym or having to ever worry about putting on unwanted weight again. Is that how you feel about football?


Check out some of these reasons to join a cross country team:

Keep Healthy and Trim

Running cross country means running a lot of weekly miles, which is a fantastic way to stay fit and keep off unwanted weight. You will gain muscle tone, endurance, and a healthy profile.

Over time you will almost crave the good feelings you get from running, which is the famous “runner’s high” caused by the release of the body’s natural endorphins. It feels great, and gives you more positive energy that will carry over into all aspects of your life.

Everybody Runs

There’s nobody on the sidelines in XC. Everybody runs. In some other sports, you sit out the game if you don’t make the cut, and even then you can get swapped in and out of the game at random. But in XC, if you can run the distance, you’re in the race. It’s a sport of determination and hard work, not flash. It’s almost guaranteed that, if you keep running and working hard, you will make the team and get to run in every race!

Low Budget

There’s no need for any fancy equipment or specialized gear to run cross country, just a decent pair of cross country shoes. And won’t that make the parents happy for a change? Enough said.

Happy running!

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Golfer’s Elbow: Treatment & Prevention

By GuestPoster on June 27th, 2010

Weight Loss Exercises And The Golfer’s Elbow


In our desire to lose weight, we often turn to weight loss solutions such as diets that will help us out in this area, but many of us also like to include a rigorous exercise regime to speed the process along. And there are many different ways we can accomplish that part of our weight loss program.

For instance, some people like to workout, either in the gym or at home, others like different types of sports, and still others are content to just add a walk around the block to our exercise routines.

All of these methods are wonderful ways to help us to lose the weight, but just keep in mind that some, and probably all, methods of working out come with a certain amount of risk, so it’s important to be careful and take proper precautions anytime you are working out or participating in sports activities. It’s not uncommon for those who do weight loss exercises on a regular basis to have injuries such as pulled muscles or sprained ankles, but how about ‘golfer’s elbow’. Have you heard of this one?

This is an arm injury that is similar to, but not as popular as, tennis elbow. What differentiates the arm disorders is the location of damage. In tennis elbow, it is on the lateral epicondyle, as for golfer’s elbow, the point of damage is on the medial epicondyle. All of its signs and symptoms which include swelling, inflammation, bruising (not always present), stiffening of the arm and of course, that unrelenting pain are all the result of the repetitive use of the forearm, arm, wrist and finger flexors.

Golfer’s elbow is a type of tendinitis. It can be caused by a single or collected trauma because of the overuse or repeated abuse of the tendon, and thus leads to mild to severe pain. This type of arm injury is extremely common, especially if the duration or the intensity of contributory activity is amplified. No one is immune to this injury. Apart from playing golf, which is being considered as one of its main contributing factors (hence the term “golfer’s elbow”), there are also other sports as well as work-related activities which can lead to the development of this condition. Carpentry, for instance, wherein a person is required to forcefully make use of hand tools for extended periods of time, is an occupation that has frequent occurrences of this condition.

Then again, long term disability rarely happens with this condition, just the same as that of tennis elbow. Simple treatments such as rest in conjunction with physical therapy are often more than enough to overcome this condition. Surgical procedures are oftentimes unnecessary for this type of injury. Other golfer’s and tennis elbow treatment options include the following;

- Intake of NSAID’s or Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs

- Lifestyle modifications

- Following correct swinging techniques and/or changing of gears or equipments

- Cortisone injections (note: this will only be advised if conservative forms of treatment have been proven unhelpful)

The addition of any kinds of exercise routines to your weight loss program is definitely encouraged, but be aware that injuries can occur and just be prepared to do what is necessary to prevent as many as possible.

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How To Use Fat Binders Weight Loss Supplements

By GuestPoster on June 26th, 2010

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Many people are struggling with weight loss, but what many of them actually need are products that will help them form better eating habits rather than products that only take away their appetites for quick weight loss, which usually returns to normal as soon as the appetite suppressants are stopped. One very popular group of weight loss supplements these days are the fat binders that bind to the dietary fat you eat and prevent it from absorbing. This action reduces your caloric intake and makes you lose some fat, but just be aware that there can be some unpleasant side effects.


If you eat really fat-rich foods while you are taking fat binders, for instance, the fat that isn’t absorbed causes most people to feel nausea and discomfort. But this isn’t necessarily a bad thing as it will help you to recognize the foods that you should be eating and the amount that is safe for you to eat without the side effects, as well as the foods that you should probably stay away from.

You want to look for the best fat binders that contain the patented fiber complex from Opuntia Ficus Indica. There are many products out there that don’t contain the right type of fiber and thus fail to bring you the results that you are looking for, so make sure the weight loss supplement you choose fits into this category.

The way you can use these products most efficiently is to learn from them. Fat binding supplements are the ultimate way to force someone to lower their caloric intake that comes in the form of fat. Some of the best products can bind up to 30% of the fat that you eat per meal, preventing it from absorbing. Assuming that you are eating a reasonable diet, about 30% of your calories probably come from fats. However, if you are trying to lose weight, I would guess that your diet isn’t as healthy as it could be, and you could be taking in as much as 40% of your calories from fat – or even more.

Since fat contains twice as many calories as carbohydrates or proteins, you will get significant results in your calorie reduction by inhibiting the absorption of fat. At the same time, you will learn to choose foods that are lower in fat as well as healthier for you, which will certainly be a benefit to you in the future.

This is why the best fat binders are better for use in the long term, because they also teach the person using them how to eat properly for a healthier life. That way, they will be less likely to revert back to their old eating habits once they have reached their ideal weight.

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5 Steps For Losing Fat And Getting Lean

By GuestPoster on June 25th, 2010

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In this article, let’s take a look at 5 steps that you can take to lower your body fat percentage. The weight loss tips outlined in the following steps will ensure that you succeed in your fat loss goals.

Step 1 – Motivate yourself

When you are finally ready to lose weight, the first thing you will need to do is to take whatever steps are necessary to keep yourself motivated.


One way of doing this is by writing down your top reasons for wanting to lose body fat in the first place. Review those reasons at least twice a day and this help give you the drive you will need to succeed.

Step 2 – Set goals

When you feel like you are sufficiently motivated to get into action and begin working on losing fat, it will be necessary to come up with a plan to help you get the results that you want.

You can do so by setting goals (exercise, diet and other goals). Make sure that your goals are specific and realistic, and that they are ones you can reasonably live with indefinitely.

Step 3 – Go on a fat burning exercise plan

You will need a good fat burning exercise plan to help you lose fat.  These fat burning exercises should include  both weight training and cardio workouts. For maximum fat loss, you have to aim to exercise at least 5 days a week.

Step 4 – Go on a fat burning diet

Your diet also has to be of a fat burning nature to give you the best results. You will need to include fat burning foods in your diet, and in the correct portion sizes. To give you an idea of the amounts of the different types of food you should have, half of your plate should consist of salads and veggies, a quarter should be whole-grain carbs and the other quarter should be lean protein.

Step 5 – Be dedicated and stay motivated

Being dedicated and motivated will ensure that you follow through and that you are successful. Make a point of striving to achieve your goals and to remain motivated.

All you really need to lose fat is contained in these 5 steps. If you implement them today you will start to burn fat right away.

If you want to lose some weight, weight loss foods can help you achieve that. I hope these diet and exercise tips have helped you to get leaner and healthier.