Liquid Diet Weight Loss Tips

February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Would you like to lose weight? Have you tried almost all diet programs and supplements and yet still not satisfied with the results? Well, liquid diet weight loss is the way to go.

Liquid diet weight loss is one of the easiest ways to get rid of those unnecessary fats. While its results might be a little rapid, improper ingredients or infrequent intake of it would surely ruin all your efforts to lose weight. To get the information on what works well for your aim to lose weight and how to maximize efforts has always been a smart choice. With liquid diet weight loss, you’ll surely get satisfying results with only a number of simple steps. This article will help you out with that. Read on.

First step is to choose a self-sustaining liquid solution. Most people would mistakenly assume that liquid diets must be low-calorie. This is wrong since it is unhealthy and would not be able to sustain the body. In most cases, low-calorie liquid diets would result to collapse, fatigue and unhealthy eating in the future. You need to pick a meal-replacement liquid with the nutrients and antioxidants needed and they are the ones that could be found in vegetable and fruits.

Second step that needs to be followed is that you must not combine with exercise. If your diet includes liquids, your body if being fueled properly would sustain itself through everyday activity. However, the energy being exerted once you exercise is exhausting on a liquid diet. Exercise periods of more than 30 minutes are all advised for those on meal replacement shakes. Once you engage in liquid dieting, weight loss is rapid and unless you are really overweight, exercise isn’t always necessary. A doctor needs to monitor progress if you engage in exercising on a low-calorie liquid diet.

Third step is to keep up a decent caloric intake. Calories are the last thing any dieter would want to ingest however the body needs a sensible amount in order to work properly. The juice fasting is not suggested for a long-term dieting as it would have few of the calories the human body would need in order to live. Liquid diet solutions must be able to carry more than 500 to sustain the human body. Liquid diet meals under 420 calories each are not suitable and could result to fatigue, anemia and muscle loss. It is being written that the average human body would need at least 1200 calories daily in order to function and work properly and also is able to lose weight still. So, if you have three liquid meals in one day, each meal should add up to at least 400 calories.

Lastly, you need to take a break and eat solid food. Liquid diets are not meant for long-term usage. You must not plan a staple diet around liquid meals. Also, you must be aware that there are nutrients your body would get from solid foods that don’t transfer well into liquid. Liquid diets must not be followed in more than three months.

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Diet Willpower is Overrated! Lose More Weight by Cheating

February 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Diet willpower is often thought of as the necessary ingredient in successful weight loss but actually practicing the will to keep your calories low for weeks or even months on end can actually slow your weight loss.  Research and real life cases show that regular cheating on your diet will cause you to lose weight faster and keep the weight coming off week after week.

Keeping your calories low week in and week out requires willpower, there is no doubt about that.  You find yourself in many situations where you must, using your will, turn down your favorite foods and keep on track.  Yet when calories are kept low for a sustained period of time your body slows your metabolism making weight loss very difficult.

Here is what happens…

You restrict your calories.

A hormone in your body registers a red flag fearing you are in a famine.

In an attempt to keep you from starving your body slams the brakes on your metabolism so you don’t burn up your energy reserves, i.e. FAT.

So by restricting your calories you are actually causing your body to save body fat!  Not good.

Instead of focusing on diet willpower, focus on dieting smarter.  And the number one rule of dieting smart is to keep your metabolism high.

How do you keep your metabolism high while dieting?  The answer is simple, you cheat.  By holding strict to your diet plan for 6 days of the week and then having a scheduled “Cheat Day” on day 7 you boost your metabolism and reap the benefits of a fully functioning fat burning machine.

Now, I know you are thinking that you will just reverse all of your hard work by cheating but this is not what the research and real life case studies have shown and here is why.  While it is true that you will retain water weight after the cheat day this weight will quickly drop off during the 6 days you diet plus you will have the invaluable benefit of a metabolism working at full steam.

So stop leaning on diet willpower to lose those stubborn pounds and look into how adding a cheat day can actually accelerate your results.

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Reduce Midsection Fat - Do Rapid Weight Loss Diets Really Work?

November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

At some point in everyone’s life we look in the mirror and wonder if we need to lose weight. We want to reduce the midsection fat that has appeared every year as we get older. However most people don’t have patience to follow a diet though and as a result resort to rapid weight loss diets. The question is asked though if rapid weight loss diets really work?

The best way to think of rapid weight loss diets is they are the same to starving yourself and as quick as you lose the weight, it will be replaced just as quickly when you start eating properly again. There are also some serious side effects that people must be aware of if they insist on carrying out rapid weight loss diets.

The first one is a constant feeling of hunger which leads to irritably and you won’t be able to focus on the normal day-to-day tasks such as work or cleaning the house. Think of it as an addiction withdrawal. The body needs food and if you starve it by following rapid weight loss diets then the body will suffer maybe even in the form of depression.

The second most noticeable side effect is a loss of energy. If you don’t put petrol into a car it won’t work and the same applies to the body and food. The loss of energy will give you a reduced sex drive, fatigue and possibly even result in you fainting. Bloodshot eyes and a dull skin will make everyone think you suffer from Anorexia.

So to reduce your midsection fat, rapid weight loss diets do not work because the success is short-lived and also defeated by all the side effects that go with it. The key to losing weight is to follow a diet that provides all the nutrients that your body needs whilst still fitting into your average day. A low carbohydrate diet for example does not do this and once again energy levels are drained because of the lack of nutrients.

The Mike Geary diet plan allows you to put together a diet which suits you and still provides you with all the nutrients you need. The basis of this diet is to know which diet foods that are said to help us lose weight actually help the body to store fat. It involves staying away from foods that have Estrogen compounds and surprisingly including a certain type of saturated fat in our diet. This saturated fat helps the body to burn its overall body fat to under 10% and at the same time allows you to keep up weight loss that will stay off and not re-appear two weeks later.

Let’s recap what you’ve learned in this article:

*This diet aims to reduce midsection fat whilst toning the body all over and it is the complete opposite to rapid weight loss diets.

*It does not have serious side effects and provides results that make your all over body firm, lean and looking sexy for years to come.

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No time to lose weight? 4 simple nutrition tips to get you going

January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments

Today is the 4th day of Chinese New Year, and I’m very glad that I’ve exercised for the second time this week! Yeah, sweat to burn off the extra calories consumed over the past few days. Even if I am not losing weight, at least I am keeping those extra pounds off this holiday! :)

It’s kinda weird that how we keep hearing people saying they want to lose weight, yet everyone seems to complain they can’t find the time to lose weight. With all of the responsibilities and events packed into our busy days, it really makes us wonder how are we able to keep ourselves healthy and maintain an optimal weight, right? In addition, when we think of weight loss, we think of diet and exercise, both of which already sound time consuming.

If you ask Isabel, the author of the Diet Solution Program, she’ll give you all the reasons why exercise is so important. However, she believed that following a healthy eating regimen is the priority number 1, because based from her experience with client that she helped, Isabel noticed that those who followed their nutrition plan without exercise would always lose weight. However, if they didn’t follow their nutrition plan but are consistent with their workouts, there is no weight loss.

To kick start your way to your health and weight loss goals, below are some simple tips to adjust your nutrition plan from Isabel that will help to take off an initial 5-10 pounds.

1. Only drink water as your beverage (with the occasional unsweetened tea or black coffee).

Eliminating all sugar drinks, “diet” drinks and sodas will automatically cause a dramatic weight loss. Studies have shown, when all else is kept constant, people lose up to 10lbs just by giving up diet coke. But it has no calories you say? Equal (Aspartame) and all other artificial sweeteners are toxins to your body and cause weight gain, even more so than sugar!

Squeeze fresh lemon in your water or make flavored herbal teas and cool them to make ice tea to make water drinking much easier. Always consume half of your body weight in ounces of water per day to experience adequate hydration and weight loss (ex. If you weigh 150 lbs, you must drink 75 ounces of water each day).

2. Eliminate the 4 white devils

White Flour, Refined Salt, White Sugar, and Dairy. If you just stay away from these 4 things, you will automatically see a drastic drop in weight and will instantly feel more energetic throughout the day. Most people are well aware of the harmful effects of flour, refined salt and sugar but dairy? Doesn’t it do a body good? Definitely not! Dairy is one of the number 1 reasons people have such a hard time losing weight. It causes inflammation in the body, digestive problems, clogged arteries, and weight gain. Get your calcium from leafy greens and avoid dairy at all costs. When moms bring in their children to see me with weight and health problems one of the first things I do is take them off dairy. The results are miraculous! Chronically sick kids are now automatically better. And those who have had such a hard time losing weight experience automatic weight loss without dairy.

3. Know exactly where to find the healthy food!

It is honestly just as easy to run in to the local supermarket and get a bag of carrots and some almonds as it is to run into a Quickie-Mart and buy some harmful processed food. You can go absolutely anywhere now and find healthy meal options but you must know what you are looking for. Stay away from most packaged foods as the label indicates more of a science experiment than anything that would be close to food. No one needs all of those toxins in their body. Labels should have 2–3 items, at most. And the best foods don’t have labels.

Don’t let time be your excuse. If you stop to eat 2-3 times per day and snack in between it is just as easy to find something healthy as it is to find something harmful. Don’t let your body come to a shrieking halt before you decide to do anything about your weight and your health. You know what will be a huge impediment on your time? If you or a family member becomes ill due to poor nutrition and lifestyle habits. So tackle the problem now before it really does begin to affect your time and your life! You can replace cars, homes and all material items, but you only get one body! Take good care of it.

- Isabel De Los Rios

Before you start any diet plan, make sure you know these 5 Essential Truths - yours for FREE Here. You can also learn much more about losing weight, living healthy, and great food in The Diet Solution Program.

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