By FitFarms Health and Fitness Editorial

Planning to lose weight? You’re not the only one. Weight loss is simple enough, conceptually. After all, it’s simply a function of burning more calories than you take in. It should be as simple as having a proper diet and getting enough exercise. However, as we all know, it’s usually never as simple as these sounds. Most fitness programs fail well before target weights are reached. Those who succeed also typically eventually gain back the weight they’ve lost. Keeping it off may even be harder than losing it!

Many attempts at weight loss are often met with cynicism precisely because most fail to stick to their planned regimen. It often takes an enormous amount of willpower to be able to carry through with a fitness plan. This isn’t usually because dieting and exercise are physically difficult- most do not necessarily have a problem with the physical aspects of exercise. Rather, it is often the mental aspect that stymies most fitness programs.

Knowing this, it’s important to know that eating the right food and doing the right amount of exercise aren’t the only things to consider when you’re planning to lose weight. You will need to have some sort of strategy to cope with the psychological aspects of your diet plan. Fortunately, there are many ways to do this without relying purely on your innate willpower.

An Easy Way

Perhaps the easiest way to do this is to join a fit camp. It’s been proven that weight loss programs tend to be more effective when done in groups. The spirit of competition often gives participants the motivation they need to keep working towards their goals and to maintaining their target weights afterward. A fitness or weight loss camp takes this concept to a whole different level by pushing the concepts of fitness camp into higher gear. Read more…

By FitFarms Health and Fitness Editorial

Taking the first step in losing weight and staying fit is a very important. However, the decision as to what to consider keeping motivated and being successful in your goal is a difficult challenge. Many of the weight loss programs like diet pills both natural and synthetic are easily available in the market but always keep in mind to be extra precautious on what will fit for you best. You may shell out a lot of money and time with these things and still there is see no result.

Being mindful and aware of what you need and what your body needs are two utmost factors to consider before jumping into anything that has something to do with cutting off some weight and being healthy. Read more…

Are you tired of all your failed attempts to lose weight? Or are you trying to lose weight for a significant occasion in your life? Perhaps you are contemplating to take a major decision of enrolling in fat camps. If you are, then the article “Fat camps for grown-ups: Do they work?” Sarah Klein, Health.com which is featured in CNN Health.

It is quite a detailed article which will definitely help you decide whether such option for weight loss is effective for you or not.

Read more about the “Fat camps for grown-ups: Do they work?” from CNN news Health.

By Julie Brealy

Have you watched the biggest loser? Is it amazing to see their body transformation from obese to healthy and well toned physique? You witness how they train hard and are challenged to take their body’s limits in weight loss and fitness boot camps.

These rigorous physical activities s are indeed effective in shedding unwanted pounds and building fitness fast. So if you consider this option to get fit, here are at least the five things you can expect in any fitness or weight loss camps.

Varied Activities. The exercise activities are varied because a fitness boot camp aims to break the boring and monotonous routines in the typical gym.

Spirit of Teamwork. It is more motivating to workout with people who shared the same goals as yours. Also, your group and instructor can be source of inspiration and support to help you continue with your fitness program. It will be a teamwork motivation and effort for a common goal.

After-Program Support. It is easy to workout if you are surrounded with motivated individuals however the greater challenge awaits after you finish the boot camp program. It is important that your boot camp has support group or person you can contact after the program is over.

In this way, you can rely for support and find a source for motivation in situations where you are discouraged to continue keeping a healthy lifestyle.

Educational. As part of your training, it is expected that your trainers will impart you with tips and information about health, weight, fitness and nutrition. These are valuable information that you can use particularly once the fitness or weight loss program is over.

Qualified Personnel. It is not only about the trainer’s qualification. There should be qualified nutritionist and dietitians too. A long term weight loss is sustained through proper balance in nutrition and exercise.

These are at least the five things you can expect from a weight loss or fitness boot camp. You pay to get fit so make sure that it happens and you get back your money’s worth.

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FitFarms is running its 7 day weight loss camps on 13th, 20th and 27th November.

We are running a special offer on these weeks of a £300 discounted rate. The courses will fill quickly so call on 0800 634 3070 or email info@fitfarms.co.uk if you wish to attend.

Julie Brealy the health manager and one of the major driving forces behind the success of FitFarms is is having a special fitness year starting on Thursday. Julie has been with FitFarms from day 1 and has developed the course into an award winning weight loss camp.

You will be able to follow Julie’s special fitness year on Twitter and Facebook. She will also have a section on the FitFarms blog where you will also be able to be updated.

FitFarms has had a major change around this year to keep up with the growth of the company. We moved into larger offices in July to create space for a larger team that is now helping us bring our new product FitParks to the market. On 27th of November we’re moving are Exmoor site to a luxurious victorian manor house with views over the national park. Even though this is a lavish upgrade to the accommodation side of the course we have decided to keep our prices the same to help our clients in the recession.

Remember to keep an eye on the www.fitparks.co.uk website as we’re rapidly moving into all major parks around UK and Ireland. Once we have opened in all the major parks we will be looking at the more rural areas.

Michelle and I met at our anternal class in October 2005, our babies were both due in December. Each week we would meet for a coffee and biscuits and be 3lbs heavier! Eventually I’d put on 3 stone and Michelle 3 and half stone. Once we’d had our babies, we sat back and waited for the wait to fall off!! - Strangely, contrary to belief very little happened.

We started an 18 month cycle of diets. Weight watchers, slimming world, south beach, atkins, cabbage soup, detox, fasting, blood type, personal trainers (3 x per week). We gradually lost some of the weight, although 18 months later we were both still two stone overweight. In desperation one afternoon we scanned the internet for fasting retreats and stumbled across the FitFarms website….. After piling on a few more pounds over Christmas and a depressing (couldn’t fit into any clothes) New Years Eve we couldn’t procrastinate any longer. We booked to go to FitFarms in February 2008 and not wanting to be totally useless on arrival we started exercising in the 6 weeks leading up to our departure.

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FitFarms stands alone in the residential weight loss boot camp market by doing the opposite of the celebrity-backed military boot camp and carefully working with people to achieve sustainable weight loss and personal health goals.

Dee Kelly from Cornwall who went through the fitness and weight loss camp week long programme in November 2008 said ‘FitFarms has made me look at my health in a different, healthier way. As a teenager, I suffered from Bulimia so I have always had a bad attitude to food, whether for comfort or celebration, food was always my partner in life. Through sensitive support from FitFarms on nutrition, exercise and behaviour change I have now re-evaluated my relationship with food and my body. I now know that the way to sustainable weight loss and good health is about a new way of life - exercise and the 80/20 rule is the way forward.

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