There is a recent article entitled “An hour of daily exercise ‘needed to stay slim’” featured in BBC news in which it stresses to exercise at least an hour to stay slim. It is a common knowledge that exercising at least half an hour a day will do wonder to your body and health.

However, if you have an inclination to gain weight then it is worth to consider increasing your workout duration. If you are still young like in your early twenties, maybe exercising for half an hour is fine but if you are in mid thirties or approaching already the forties, you can prevent increasing your weight by exercising longer at least an hour. Read more…

Do you hate housework? Well, most of us do but the article in HeathKey entitled “Housework is Good for Every Body!” will convince you not to hate housework. There are many demons within us that draw us away from our desire to exercise and to lose weight.

We enroll and pay hefty membership fees in the gym yet we do not utilize it regularly. We can always take a walk in our neighborhood for half an hour but we always have endless excuses to avoid it.

Now the good news is we can start considering housework as a form of exercise. The article “Housework is Good for Every Body!” outlines its effective role in our goal to lose weight or increase our fitness level.

Now we can look forward to carrying out our housework because of its benefits to our body. We can always have excuses not to exercise but we cannot put off the housework for so long. So it means we are keeping a tidy house while keeping our body in good shape. Doesn’t it sound very interesting?

Read the full article ‘Housework is Good for Every Body!’ from HealthKey.com

Are you overweight? Are you trying to lose weight but don’t have a strong motivation to keep it going? Then perhaps reading the article of Ginny Graves entitled ‘The Surprising Reason Why Being Overweight Isn’t Healthy’ will convince you to shed those extra pounds.

Graves highlighted not only the typical hurdle that every overweight individual faces in a  discriminating society we live in but it uncovers about the serious health predicaments which can possibly happen to overweight people.

One of the striking realities mentioned in the article is the “higher risk of being misdiagnosed or receiving inaccurate dosages of drugs”. If you are ill, you put your faith to the physician’s ability to cure you, right? Then it becomes scary to entertain the idea of being misdiagnosed and treated for some illness which in reality you don’t have.

There are many reasons which contribute to this unpleasant situation. One of it, as mentioned in the article, is the limited size of diagnostic machines. It is ideally built for people with average weight or even slightly overweight but not for extreme obese persons.

The article ‘The Surprising Reason Why Being Overweight Isn’t Healthy’ is really an eye-opening. If you are battling with overweight issues, then read the article of Ginny Graves. Maybe it can enlighten you to take your weight loss program seriously.

Read the full article, ‘The Surprising Reason Why Being Overweight Isn’t Healthy‘ from CNN.com - Health.

Fitness Editorial Credits to Ginni Graves, Health.com.

The article ‘From fat to gym rat, woman loses 200 pounds’ of Steve Almasy is really inspiring for those who wants to lose weight or to get fit. The article is about the story of Becky Griggs whose weight ballooned to 352 pounds and dropped over 200 pounds within six year.

Her primary motivation to lose weight is her rising blood pressure. This is the same reason that sustains her to drop 200 pounds and maintains a healthy life for the past few years. Her tough journey is a proof that losing weight is possible provided you are equipped with the strong motivation and proper weight lose program.

Griggs successful recipe to losing weight is simple and very basic. The equation is a tag-of-war of calorie in and calorie out. Her diet is comprised of high protein while she eliminates sugar and flour.

She also stressed the importance of believing in yourself that you can do it. Indeed no one can motivate you best to keep a healthy lifestyle but you. Also, the rewards for determination and discipline to shed those extra pounds benefit no one else but you.

So if you are about to fall from your goal to lose weight, then try to reinforce your goal by checking the real motivation which prompted you to journey this path. Your commitment to weight loss is tantamount to your motivation to shed that extra weight.

Stay focus and believe in yourself!

Read the full article, ‘From fat to gym rat, woman loses 200 pounds‘ from CNN.com - Fit Nation.

The article of Leah Zerbe entitled ‘Eat Slowly to Lose Weight’ is not actually a new idea about weight loss. This concept has been taught to us since childhood. Perhaps it is not about losing weight that our parents taught us this manner. Our parents want us to eat slowly and to have small bites because they don’t want us to choke. And it is precisely correct!

According to the ‘Eat Slowly to Lose Weight’ article, an ideal time to chew each small bite is at least nine seconds. So count from one to nine while chewing a bite-size piece of chicken. In this way, you are making sure that you are eating slowly.

Actually, this is also a good eating habit to adapt. Aside from it helps you to lose weight; it is a great way to savor the flavor of the food. As what Zerbe mentioned, relishing the taste of the food makes you feel more satisfied.

The article also suggests filling our fridge with small packs of nutritional snacks like fruits.

Indeed we always take for granted the thing that we had been taught since childhood. Simply remember your Mum’s yell to eat slowly when you were a child and you are on your way to shedding those extra pounds.

Read the full article, “Eat Slowly to Lose Weight” from MSN Health and Fitness.

Editorial Credits to Leah Zerbe, Rodale.com.

Yes! You read it correctly – cookies for weight loss. Are you wondering how on earth can cookies help you lose weight? Apparently ‘cookie diet’ is the latest craze now in the arena of weight loss.

In the article ‘A Few Cookies a Day to Keep the Pounds Away?’, Abby Ellin has written an in-depth details about the cookie diet.  The mind behind this revolutionary diet program is Dr. Sanford Siegal and it is claimed that there are approximately 500,000 people who have lose weight using cookie diet. You can expect to lose up to 10 pounds in a month by eating cookies.

Hence, it is no wonder that this concept of weight loss hits the market because we are in an era where people want quick-fix solution and instant results. We forget that those extra kilos in our bellies and thighs were gained in weeks or months of overeating. And now, we want to get rid right away those extra weight without sweat.

Though the cookie diet is a success, it also gains numerous criticisms. Critics are concerned about its nutritional value and the side effects of consuming below 1000-calories. It is a fact that the basic equation for weight loss is diet and exercise, a formula that withstands the test of time. If we want to lose weight for good, it means changing our eating habits and keeping a healthy lifestyle. And this doesn’t happen overnight.

Let’s face it. There is no magic formula for weight loss. Perhaps there are quick-fix options but still in the end, it is all about being healthy for longer life. So before you succumb to any diets, remember that you have only one body. Make sure that you prioritize first your health and safety.

Read the full article, ‘A Few Cookies a Day to Keep the Pounds Away‘ from NYTimes.com - Fashion and Style.

Not all of us possess an innate virtue of patience. On the contrary, we anticipate immediate results and quick-fix method. This is particularly true when it comes to weight loss. We gain that extra pounds for weeks or months of indulgence and we aim to lose the extra weight in a matter of days only. If there is an overnight solution the better it is, right?

The article of Carey Rossi, ‘One Week to a Slimmer You: Focus on the Little Things’, outlines strategies that we can do to shed our weight in a period of one week. You can start your week with recording your food intake but this is a new concept of food tracking.

Forget about jotting down everything you chew today. Instead Carey Rossi suggested keeping a virtual diary of your meals or food. Therefore, a handy camera will be a great help. This method will help you lose 5% of your weight.
Another strategy to consider is tripling your vitamin C intake to burn more fats. So make sure to include citrus fruits and other vitamin C rich foods in your meal. You will burn 30% more fat during your workout.
There is also the Yogic breathing, a strategy that makes you relax. It is believed that people who are in the relaxed state choose better food than people who are under stressed.

Indeed the strategies in ‘One Week to a Slimmer You: Focus on the Little Things’ is really interesting and easy to do. So what you are waiting for? Start your week now with these strategies for a slimmer you.

Read the full article, ‘One Week to a Slimmer You: Focus on the Little Things‘ from CNN.com - Health

by: Gergana Ganeva

Can you acknowledge how many times in the past year you have openly told yourself, “from now on, I start working out every day so that I can get in shape, lose some weight, and look better?” Now, think of how many times you actually made this happen? I am almost sure that you have not had a serious reason for not starting to exercise, you were either lazy or tired, am I right? The truth is that laziness and tiredness are the top two opponents of fitness.

Is it a sin to be lazy?

I believe that there is not a single person in the world who would honestly say that he/she has never been lazy. Even people whose whole lives are surrounded around sports tend to get lazy sometimes. It is simply in our nature to get sluggish, and honestly it is very hard to fight this feeling. It is normal to relax and get lazy sometimes but we should not let it happen very often.

Many years ago in Christianity laziness was viewed as one of the top seven deadly sins. Although over time the nature of this concept has overcome a big change, today it is still perceived negatively. Psychology defines laziness as a mental problem, medicine as a medical condition, and biology defines it as an instinctively behavior of saving energy.The only positive effect that comes out of laziness is that we can relax by doing nothing. Relaxing is a great feeling but we do not want to make it a constant daily routine.

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