Posts Tagged ‘lifestyle’

Take my Fat, PLEASE, or How to Lose Fat Quickly

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008

Let’s face it:  The only way to lose fat is to eat fewer calories than you use during a day.  Call it diet, call it lifestyle, call it anything you want – this fact is still true.  Good news:  there are ways to quick start your weight loss giving you an increased momentum on your weight loss journey.

One way to start your ‘diet’ or prepare for it is to detoxify your body.  This can be done in a number of ways, some more effective than others.  Fasting is the simplest way – but your health conditions can affect the method you choose.  If you have any medical conditions, consult your doctor before fasting.  Here are three types of fasting.

  1. Water. Drink only water for a period of time – normally at least a day (64 oz a day).  This is an extreme fast which will flush those toxins out of your body.  It is hard on your body since you have no nutrients during that time.  If you are diabetic, this is not a smart thing to do.  And after this period of basically starvation with a body flush, your body will carve more food than you normally eat to store up in case of another starvation period.  So, while it is affective, it can be self-defeating.
  2. Juice. Drink 32-64 oz of juice a day (no added sugar).  This is a little less extreme, but also is recommended to last 3 days.  Before going on this, you might want to try the fruit fasting.
  3. Fruit. I have never attempted this fast.  Again, you have to consider any medical conditions before going on this fast.  You start with 24 hours of eating only fruits (and drinking water).  Then go back to normal eating for the rest of the week.  Fast again for 48 hours, then a week of normal eating.  Continue this pattern of adding a day to the fast each time with a week in between each fasting period until your fasting period is 21 days in length.

If any of you are like me, one or two days of water and/or juice and/or fruits is the longest I would make it.  I do see where you get used to a water fast one day a week, or even one day a month.  I have tried to fast on a liquid diet:  the key word being tried.  That being said, I have been looking further into this.

Another way is to purchase one of many good detoxification plans with various products to drink. These can be expensive.  They do take a commitment for several days to complete.

If you are one of my subscribers, you know that I don’t push products and plans at you.  I finally found a system that actually works I have to tell you about.  It is called STRIP THAT FAT. This is a metabolic diet.  Knowing your metabolic type you can identify the types of foods that your body chemistry metabolizes the best will encourage weight loss.  Using the STRIP THAT FAT guidelines for eating and exercise (80% is the eating, only 20% is exercise), you can lose 2 pounds of FAT a week, not just 2 pounds of weight.  (And you have 60 days money back guarantee).

I have to go – time for my exercise!  Leave a comment please.  I love hearing from you.

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Do I Have to Diet on a Holiday or Vacation?

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Do you have to?  No, dieting is a series of choices.  This is one choice of many choices you will make during your special holiday or vacation trip.

Let’s talk about it a little more.  I am on a trip, with my daughter and family, for the Labor Day weekend.  I am staying in a motel room without a refrigerator or a microwave.  How do I stay on my eating plan?  Most veggies need a refrigerator, especially those for a garden salad.  I like warm food; without a microwave or anything to cook  on, how do I heat any food?

I have some of my choices decided by the motel room I choose to get.  I can choose what to drink in my room.  I can choose diet pop (soda for some of you), water, or a crystal lite, or some other ‘non diet’ drink.  When I go out to eat, I will choose my foods from the menu.  In fact, I will choose where to eat.

Now that we have established that what we eat is a choice and that we don’t HAVE TO diet, let’s remember that to lose or maintain weight we have to change our lifestyle and/or our habits.  If I am changing my life style and habits, I will be choosing healthier meals and snacks.  If I am changing my habits, I will be more likely to automatically choose the foods I would eat on a diet.

If I eat off my eating plan, what happens?  Well, to put it simply, I eat off my diet plan.  Lightning is not going to strike me because I did.  A huge boulder is not going to come crashing down on my head.  I will not have a sign on my shirt or hanging above my head to announce this fact to everyone.  It won’t even be on the evening news!

What really happens is that I make a choice which I either offset by what I eat before or after, or by increasing my activity.  Or I gain weight, or don’t lose weight.  It is not a world changing decision.  If I continue on this path, I will not be moving towards my goal of a healthier, slimmer me.

I feel so much better.  I can eat what I want.  This is the first day of the weekend.  I have made my choices by habit to be on my eating plan.  Since I will be walking most of the next two days, I can have a special meal of something I would not regularly eat while losing weight – and since I am in the habit of eating fewer calories, I will eat smaller portions.

What do you think?  Leave a comment.

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