The Truth About Diet Myths

February 18, 2010
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A lot of people who try to lose weight complain of not losing weight even if they are working so hard.  These people are usually misguided by false promises, unproven gimmicks and misguided perceptions about dieting.  To help you truly lose weight for a better and healthy body, stop believing and following these 3 diets myths:

1. You can lose 10 lbs in 2 weeks.

If you crash diet, you will definitely lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks.  Losing weight fast will also make you regain weight quickly.  To truly lose the pounds, you have to work patiently.  Don’t risk your health by exercising a lot and eating small amounts of food.

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Healthy Snacks To Control The Calories

February 16, 2010
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Making sure that your metabolism is consistently working to burn fat is the key to losing weight.  Make sure that your metabolism is perfectly working by choosing and eating healthy meals every day.  Here are three simple and yummy snacks to help you lose the weight and control the calories.

1. Apples and Natural Peanut butter.  Natural peanut butter contains healthy fat and it is a great source of fiber just like apples.  Fiber keeps you full for a longer period of time and gives you energy.

2. Goji berries and Almonds.  Almonds are a great source of Vitamin E, help lower blood pressure and prevent heart disease.  Goji berries help fight…

Laughter Can Help You Lose Weight

February 14, 2010
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According to a study done by the Vanderbilt University, laughter can contribute to weight loss.  The kind of laughter that can help lose weight is a genuine laughter that lasts for about 10 to 15 minutes.  Laughing heartily can burn the same number of calories that people get when they eat a medium square of chocolate that has about 50 calories.  If done everyday and assuming that everything else stays the same, a person can decrease their weight by up to 4 pounds just by laughing.

Laughter has other health benefits aside from decreasing weight.  Laughter also produces natural endorphins that stimulate our brain to release chemicals that lower blood pressure…

How To Prevent Diet Relapses

February 12, 2010
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Anyone can have a diet relapse.  But you can certainly prevent it by following these simple steps to help keep your body healthy and fit:

1. Weigh yourself regularly.  Limit your increase in weight by 3 to 5 pounds.  If you go beyond that limit, then it’s a signal that you need to act immediately before the pounds build up again.
2. Ask yourself why your weight is increasing.  Look objectively at what brought the relapse.
3. Be positive.  It doesn’t mean you’re a failure just because you gained weight.
4. Remind yourself of all the hard work you did to lose the weight, and how disappointed you’ll be if you go into relapse.
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Higher Altitudes Can Help You Lose Weight

February 12, 2010
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A recent study found that overweight people who spend a couple of weeks at a high altitude mountain facility managed to lose weight without dieting.  Twenty overweight men with an average weight of 230 pounds participated in the study.  The participants were taken to an elevated place of about 8,700 feet above sea level.

During the participants stay at a mountain location, the participants were allowed to eat anything they like but they are not allowed to take part in rigorous exercise.  The study revealed that there is a significant amount of weight loss in higher altitudes than in lower altitudes.

The researchers theorize that part of the loss in weight could…

Why Sports Are Good For You

February 9, 2010
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Playing sports is not only a fun activity; it is also an effective workout routine to keep your body and health in check.

When you engage in sports like soccer, football, basketball, hockey and baseball in an early age, you develop stronger bones and muscles and a toned body.

Sports increases other physical activities like stretching, running and jumping that increases your use of energy.  This will give you an effective full body workout.

Playing sports will also make you feel happy and healthy.  Sports generate happy molecules in your body that triggers you to be happy.  This will contribute to your mental well-being and positive energy.

You also get healthy when playing sports…

How To Increase Your Metabolism

February 8, 2010
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Have you ever wondered how some people stay slim even when they eat a lot?  That’s because they have a faster metabolism.  Metabolism is basically how many calories you burn each day and it keeps on burning fat the whole day.

Don’t lose hope if you have a slow metabolism.  Metabolism naturally decreases as we age but that doesn’t mean you will gain weight.  What you need to do is to follow these simple strategies to increase your metabolism.

1. Do strength training.  Perform hard exercises like pushups and advanced bodyweight exercises to increase metabolism by up to 10%.

2. Successful weight loss is associated with eating a hearty breakfast so start your…

An Effective Way to Burn Belly Fat

February 8, 2010
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Unless you’re a fitness instructor, an athlete or a model, then you definitely have some problems concerning belly fat.  There are a lot of exercises and diet programs out there making it hard to figure out which one really works to burn that nasty belly fat.  Don’t waste your workout time by running or jogging, sure it will burn calories but it will not build a better and toned body

The best way to burn belly fat is: bodyweight exercises as a warm up followed by strength training supersets to build the muscle and the last is interval training.  These three steps only require 45 minutes of your time everyday.

Perform 5…

How To Keep Your Body and Mind Fit

February 8, 2010
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Being fit increases our physical strength and helps our mind become stable.  Staying fit doesn’t only make our bodies look good; it also protects us from diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis.

You can start being fit by adding a little bit of physical activity in your daily routine.  Try fitness exercises like running, swimming and cycling.  Once you get the hang of it, change your routine to help you keep motivated and keep you from being bored.  Your body will also adjust to the routine after a certain period of time making it less effective for your body so it is suggested to change your routine from time…

Exercises That Burn More Calories

February 4, 2010
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The most effective way of burning calories and losing weight is to exercise daily.  A lot of products out there promise faster results in a few days only to find out that you have been fooled.  So stop taking the easy way out and start exercising.  Be patient because it will take a lot of time and work but you’ll be satisfied with the results.

To help you choose, here is a list of exercises that burn more calories than any other physical activities.

1.  Running.  You burn more calories when you run.  But if you have been running for the same distance for a long time, change your routine.   Your body…