In a study involving 133 overweight women, those with a genetic predisposition to benefit from a low-carbohydrate diet lost 2 1/2 times as much weight as those on the same diet without the predisposition. Similarly, women with a genetic makeup that favored a low-fat diet lost substantially more weight than women who curbed fat calories without low-fat genes. The women were followed for a year. Read more here Genetics Test Helps Predict Weight-Loss Success, Study Says – WSJ.com
Healthy snippets Feb 17th 2010.Jennifer Hudson will soon play in a South Africa based Movie,Winnie. She has lost 56 pounds to play Winnie Mandela in the movie. And the reason I write this today in my blogs because she did not use any pills or some magic diet but she exercised and stayed consistent to by eating right. It all gets down to exercise and eating right. Here are her own words “I’ve been exercising and trying to stay consistent,” she says. “I’m jogging and eating right.” The 28-year-old mother, singer and actress admits it’s not always easy sticking to the plan but the moment she feels the urge she,goes for it. It is very clear and well know even though we want to avoid it that weight loss is very possible if you get some lifestyle changes going. I wish Jennifer all the best and to the rest of us trying to lose weight I wish us good exercise and eating right!!
Healthy snippets Feb 16th. The university of Oklahoma, health and exercise department has unveiled a new weight loss supplement that has the potential t burn as many calories as a twenty minute walk. The supplement is called the tri-pepper blend. It contains caffeine, black pepper and red pepper capsaicin. weight loss supplements are just means by which you can help your body accelerate the fat burning process and help you get some weight loss going.
In 1999 Carie wilkerson underwent a gastric bypass surgery and lost over 150lbs. Well now years later she weighs 212lbs. In 1999 she was weighing 300lbs. It is not easy I guess. Having undrgown two pregnancies, all the pounds came rushing back. And now faced with a daughter who is growing and seeing all the how to lose weight adverts on Tv, she wants help! She has started her own reality show, like they all do, called Carnie wilson Unstapled and now the singer wants to get down to 160lbs. I wish all her the best. It is now clear to all us of, celebrity or not, the best way to lose weight is to have lifestyle changes. And most of us cannot afford the gastric bypass anyway but we can afford to run, walk, sleep right and yes we can afford to stop buying junk everyday and buy some real food, yes like beans, whole grains and yogurt. So the question how to lose weight fast, should be answered each one of us by the actions we are taking daily to actually loose the weight.
weight loss surgery is on the rise in the last two years as indicated by a report statistics on physical activity and diet;England 2010 published in Feb 2010 from the NHS information center. In 2008-2009 the NHS performed stomach stapling, gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy on over 4000 obese people compared to only 1,950 in 2006-2007. This is a clear indication that more and more people are getting overweight in the recent times. Another recent report has also indicated that weight loss surgery is more effective on teen compared to those who are undergoing lifestyle changes. With more and more people being overweight it is very important that we exercise more and eat right to avoid all the expenses associated with weight loss surgery. Find out more on weight loss, how to lose weight in six weeks and other weight loss products in my free report six weeks weight loss that you can read here.
In his new book change your brain, change your body that was released Feb 16 2010 Daniel G. Amen writes about taking care of your brain to get a better body and in the process lose some weight. Mental health problems can sometimes lead to weight gain, this is why I always say that to start the weight loss process it is important that you deal with your brain first, acceptance is the key. In addition to the book change your brain, change your body, Amen has also developed a 10 wee weight loss program that is based on the principles outlined in the book.
In Dr. Amens blog he states the following; One man lost 39 pounds by the end of the program! Another lost 35. Among regular attendees, the average weight loss was 9.9 pounds. Oh, and did I mention that we did this study group over the holidays when most people tend to gain weight? Our group actually lost weight during the week of Christmas!
This is how powerful the book change your brain change your body is when it combined with the program. This 10 week program will be availbale on their website for free sometime soon, you can keep on checking atlose weight the Brain Healthy Way – Amen Clinics
The ten week weight loss program has the following to offer
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Cookbook CD set
BMI Wheel
Change Your Brain, Change Your Body Questionnaire
Ultimate Makeover CD set
For those in Newport Beach California the ten week weight loss program will be available on;
Newport Beach, California
February 23, 2010
Every Tuesday at 5:00 PM
Please contact Jaclyn Frattali
949-266-3710 or marketing@amenclinics.com
The ten week weight loss program will be available in Fairfield, California March 22, 2010
Every Monday at 5:30 PM
Please contact Michelle Bass mbass@amenclinics.com or 707-429-7181
The ten week weigh loss program will be availabel in Reston, Virginia on
March 4, 2010
Every Thursday at 6:00 PM
Please contact Nic Sanchez nsanchez@amenclinic.com or 703-860-5600
I believe this is a great program and a great weight loss book too. The book change your brain, change your body is now available in Amazon from Feb 16 2010 for 17.15USD.
A study by Bloomberg reported on Feb 10 2010 has indicated that weight loss surgery is now more effective in providing a weight loss alternative to severely obese teens. The surgery involved being fitted with Allegan lab band device.
Since most people do not follow through with lifestlye changes to lose weight, weight loss surgery is on the rise in the US. And with childhood obesity and teen obesity on the rise, these is an urgent need for such drastic measures. Children, teens and adults who are overweight have an increased risk of obesity. And believe me obesity and its effects will cripple the health-care system if it is not tackled now.
This is a section from a report on the weight loss surgery in business week about the study; For the study, researchers at Melbourne’s Monash University followed 50 adolescents ages 14 to 18 over two years. All participants were deemed severely obese, having a body mass index, or BMI, greater than 35. Half were randomly selected for gastric banding and the remainder was asked to follow an individualized diet and exercise plan.
After two years the results indicated that the group who underwent the weight loss surgery lost more weight than the ones who followed a change in lifestyle.
It is important to note that weight loss surgery is not for everyone and with rising health care costs, instilling good eating habits and exercise in our children life is very important. I also push for online weight loss programs such as demandfitness.com online weight loss program that can help with daily motivation and healthy options, exercise ideas and online weight loss forums to help the already overwhelmed parents who may also be overweight.
If an overweight parent can also try to lose weight fast, then they will be a perfect exmaple for the children in the family and in the community.
The first lady Michele began a nation wide campaign this month Feb 2010 against childhood obesity. She launched a website www.letsmove.gov, you can read more in the website about, ways to feed our children healthy options and different ways to help children lose weight. Even adults will benefit too, since it is always the parental effect in a way a child turns out having that extra weight. Parental or adult support is very important.
As we welcome the the weight loss surgery as an alternative. The first line of defense should be eating a healthy breakfast, exercise, eating more fruits and vegetables.
I thought that it was crazy to fast for days to try and lose weight ( I try some fasting thought to cleanse the body and help accelerate my weight loss, but not to use it to lose weight ), but my oh my, there are other better crazy ways. In Hongkong, people are eating worm eggs to try and lose weight. There are diet products being hawked in Hongkong that look so gross and one of the major component in there are worms. GROSS. The diets use the eggs of tapeworms. I read this article in examiner. You can read more here;Hong Kong issues worm diet warning: Would you do it?
Welcome, this is yet another post in my ongoing series of my six week weight loss program. This is week five and here I will combine all the strategies together to offer you a quick weight loss strategy. In summary we have been through the following steps.
In week 5 I want to combine week two to week four together into a daily schedule.
If you follow my strategies, then I suggest that you do the exercise in the morning for two very practical reasons. You will burn more fat, since you do the exercise before eating, you are using stored fat and in addition doing the exercises in the morning makes you get it out of your mind and over with. You will feel more energized and feel good that you have taken care of YOU before you take care of others, and this is a good thing.
So here is the plan.
Waking up and drinking your water, warm water, add some lemon if you feel like it. Getting out of the door and doing a good running or walking for thirty minutes, sweat, sweat and sweat.
Drink plenty of fluids and wait for one hour before eating.
Make the super duper weight loss-reduce cravings breakfast smoothie and drink before you take your coffee or tea. Avoid all sugar filled, empty calorie, mystery stuff, like doughnut and soda. If you must have something sweet, the try dried fruits or orange juice.
This is how I was able to lose weight in six weeks. Weight loss is an honor to your body and your body will love you for giving that honor.
If you need help, there are some online weight loss programs that can help you stay on track, they have forums and places people do exchange ideas. Some of the online program that you can check and sample are these;
fat loss for all of us ( I do not like their use of the word idiots, so I replaced it with all of us, but they are good)
If you feel you have no physical support from friends and family, then online forums are the best places to be.
Know that once you get rid of the sugars and replace them with food suggestions I have in week one, then you are on the right track to losing weight fast.
I hope this helps you and mke you realize that anything you put your mind on will always work.
If you have any questions, then leave me a comment and I will get back to you.
After two weeks of intensive cardio and continuously taking the breakfast smoothie which helped reduce my cravings, I started doing some weight lifting. I had never before done any weight lifting so I started with light weight dumbbells and moved on to heavier ones as I went one. There is no rule here.
There are many workouts that you can do, I got my work out ideas online and by reading books like the and then doing them. The one thing I did was to lift the weights until my arms went spaghetti, this means that my arms could not carry anything anymore, the muscles are done. Here is a simple work out from you tube that I do, it is easy and works really well even for women.
Important: Just like in the intensive weight loss cardio, make sure you lift the weights until your arms get so weak, this way your muscles will continue burning the fat, long after you have stopped doing exercises, it will burn fat the whole day, that is the joy of lifting weights. Another thing with weight lifting is to do them while your stomach is tucked in, contract the stomach, this helps lose belly fat. I will discussing more about belly fat later.