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Losing weight is tough- even for fitness fanatics like me. Your body always seek to maintain the status quo and fight fat loss by slowing it’s metabolic rate. But, there are some things you can do-
1) Put less food on your plate. This Sunday is Easter and many people will gather with family for dinner. The simple solution for losing weight is to cut the amount of food on your plate by 1/3. If you do this, and eat slowly, you will find that you are still satisfied but not stuffed. Eating until you are stuffed is just a really bad habit and you need to train yourself to eat less at each meal. The simple fact is that you can eat more in 5 minutes than you can burn off in 2 hours on the treadmill!
2) Don’t deny yourself the things you like, but take a small portion of them. If for example you like scalloped potatoes and they are sitting there in front of you at dinner, take a spoonful and enjoy. But, leave it at a spoonful. Instead, eat more beans or salad or even meat. In other words, substitute good stuff for high fat, high calorie foods. If you do these 2 things, you will dramatically cut your calorie intake and start to lose weight.
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Eating at McDonalds
Since most of the obesity problem in America is lifestyle related, (check out this Newsweek article for some good info), it stands to reason that changing a few things in your lifestyle can have a big effect on your weight and overall health. So, here are 3 things you can do immediately that will make a big difference-
1) Cut out all sugary drinks like soda, sweet tea and especially the mega high calorie specialty drinks at places like Starbucks. Drink water instead of soda and plain coffee or tea instead of mocha’s or cappuccinos. The easy way to do this is to replace 1/2 of your sodas, etc with water each week until you are down to all water. This way, you aren’t going cold turkey.
2) Say NO to all fried foods. Whether it is french fries, or fried chicken, there are way better options even at a fast food place. This is really not hard since grilled foods are usually better tasting anyways. Get the fruit cup or carrot sticks or small salad instead of fries and you will save hundreds of calories. It really doesn’t take long to get used to this, it is just hard to do the first time!
3) Don’t eat and drive. It is crazy how much food is eaten while we are sitting in our cars. Most people are not really hungry, they are just eating for recreation. If you just cut out the food you normally eat while driving, you can save hundreds of calories per day. Plus, as a side benefit you are way less likely to got in an accident.
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The new Adkins Diet is out and is probably more controversial than ever. While it promises weight loss of up to 15 lbs in a couple of weeks, it relies on the basics of super high protein with almost no carbs. The problem with this is that the human body needs carbs to function- that is why the diet works so well but is potentially unsafe for some people. One of the other problems is that a diet that is super low in carbs makes it very hard for the person to have any serious exercise or fitness program. A diet like this does work well for a short period of time and bodybuilders will diet like this for the last couple of weeks before a competition to get super lean. But everyone in the gym knows that it is impossible to train hard on this type of diet- so it is seen as a very temporary thing. And that may be the big problem with the diet- most people cannot endure it for more than a month and typically start reverting back to their old eating habits.
So, what do you do? Well, if you want the big weight loss, try it for a couple of weeks. But I think you will find that switching over to a more balanced diet that includes 6 small meals per day with moderate carbs intake will be a much better long term solution. In either case, the problem will be in changing your lifestyle. But the temptation to go back to your old ways of eating will be much harder to avoid with diets like the Adkins plan.
Tomorrow, some simple steps toward healthy living that anyone can do without a lot of pain!
Weight Watchers Approved Meals at McDonalds
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This is just crazy… From MSNBC
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Meals approved by Weight Watchers are going on sale at McDonald’s in New Zealand, the companies said Wednesday, in a deal trumpeted as an enjoyable way to lose weight but that nutritionists criticize as a marketing ploy that doesn’t promote healthy eating.
As part of the deal — which the company says is the first of its kind in the world — McDonald’s will use the Weight Watchers logo on its menu boards and Weight Watchers will promote McDonald’s to dieters.
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Some of the items that are approved are Chicken McNuggets and the Filet-O-Fish. Both are high fat and fried. I suppose if you are just trying to get people to eat by a point system like Weight Watchers does, you can allow them to eat stuff like this but it is not a good way to get people to adopt a healthy lifestyle. In fact, it is probably damaging since there are now people who will eat deep fried food from McDonalds that never would have before. I would like to see how much money Weight Watchers is going to make off of this…
