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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Obesity And Weight Loss Awareness Is The Key




Obesity among Americans continues to be a threat and is expected to reach epic proportions by the year 2020. One way to avoid this situation is to make people aware of the risks of being overweight or obese.





Here are some important diseases that you are putting yourself at risk if you are obese:





1. heart disease



2. diabetes



3. cancer



4. arthritis



5. hypertension





Losing weight helps to prevent and control these diseases. The methods of rapid weight loss that have spread like fire these days do not provide long lasting results. More often, the methods that are involved like diet pills, so called magic potions or concoctions do not work and can potentially cause more harm than good. If they do work, the results are only temporary. Eliminating and losing weight is a lifelong commitment and a complete change in lifestyle that should happen gradually.





It is better to rely on an option to healthy weight loss that will last a lifetime. You must set realistic goals and not expect to lose many pounds in a short time.





Here are some tips on how you can lose those extra kilos in a healthy way:





First of all, do not starve yourself. You may seem happy and feel that you are losing those unwanted fat on your belly and thighs by skipping meals. But remember that it would not last long. Your body can not tolerate the lack of food to feed the energy you use up every day. If you do not eat meals at the right time, your body's natural reaction is to slow down your metabolism. In other words, it conserves body energy by burning your stored fat slower. In the end, no weight loss occurs.





Second, eat a healthy breakfast. Mothers always say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Take a healthy meal in the morning to boost your metabolism. That is why it is called breakfast. You need to break the overnight fasting you experienced. Also, eating breakfast prevents you from binging on your lunch leading to obesity. Lastly, food intake after you wake up is used to burn fat throughout the day, preventing obesity.





Third, eat small healthy meals often. Do not just sit down and finish all that is on top of the table. Five small meals per day are better than three hearty meals. Eat more often and in small servings, this in turn prevents overeating. This will also increase your metabolism and burn calories faster. Also notice that when you overfeed yourself, right after eating, you feel very sleepy and will be unable to do your work effectively. Going to sleep slows down your metabolism and leads to again, obesity ruining your goals of achieving weight loss.





Fourth, decide how you want to lose weight. Keep your goals realistic. In the long term, it is impossible to lose 40 pounds in 2 weeks. Losing weight and avoiding obesity is a commitment. It does not happen overnight. You have to be determined and persistent that you are willing to do the sacrifices needed to achieve your goals. Once you have decided on a weight loss plan or program, stick to it and make sure you follow what you have decided upon for yourself.





Fifth, drink plenty of water. Around eight glasses per day. Your body needs water to burn fat and keeps the cells hydrated and healthy.





Sixth, avoid excess sugar. Plan your meals around lots of fruits and vegetables, bread, rice or pasta for that carbohydrate fix that you need, as well as lean meat and protein rich foods. Sweets, sodas and pastries should be once-in-a-while indulgences only. Reward yourself with the sweets over the weekend. Only once a week of course.





Seven, eat the right amount and type of fat. Fat is not the culprit among obese persons. You will need this to keep your weight at an appropriate level. There is such a thing as healthy fats. When buying from the supermarket, check the label, eat fat of the polyunsaturated fatty acids type (PUFA). Olive oil, peanut and canola have these. Tuna, salmon and mackerel have omega-3 fats that are also good for the heart.





Lastly, leave your car in the parking spot farthest from the entrance of your work place, take the stairs instead of the elevator, jog, bike or skate. Use these simple activities and other chores if you are too lazy or do not have enough money to go to the gym and exercise regularly. You just have to make a constant and conscious effort to lose weight. Make sure you do it regularly and over time you will not even notice you're already losing a few pounds with these mundane activities.





Take it easy on yourself. If you have already lost 5 or 6 pounds, give yourself a little break then try to lose the next 5 pounds.





Live the life you want with a diet plan you can live with. Avoid obesity consciously and lose weight gradually.





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Making the Most of Healthy Meal Plans




Far too many people believe that in order to have a healthy meal, one must visit a fancy restaurant and spend a small fortune or attend a culinary school to become a chef. Nothing could be further from the truth since most people already have the basic skills necessary for both meal planning and the execution of healthy meal plans. Most can create a simple meal, but what they lack is the confidence to execute healthy meal plans correctly. Their own minds tend to betray them.





When it comes to meal planning, people can get caught up in the details. Unfortunately, there are many components to meals that causes cooking to become challenging. Between gathering of ingredients, like meat, fish and the various types of seasonings to following directions, it can seem overwhelming to execute healthy meal plans. Most people find it easier to make a simple, but unhealthy meal to save time and frustration. They forgo health for convenience. Meal planning is not rocket science; an individual only needs a guideline to properly create healthy meal plans.







For example, MealEasy.com is meal planning service that automatically creates entire healthy meal plans for its members. Through MealEasy anyone can go from cooking with the most basic of ingredients to executing "complicated" healthy meal plans. MealEasy only requires its members to read through the recipe and then take a trip to the supermarket for ingredients. For an individual who is used to burning water, meal planning may seem magical, but it is surprisingly easy with the proper guidance.





Increasing one's confidence cooking is the major difference between being unable to cook to preparing healthy meal plans with ease. An aspiring healthy eater might have never imagined cooking amazing meals would be as easy as it is with meal planning. The healthy meal plans provided are helpful for even the most inexperienced of cooks. With MealEasy, preparing a healthy meal becomes as simple as reading through recipes, selecting ones that sound appetizing, gathering the list of ingredients, and preparing the dish. The real difficulty is in one's mind: Once the lack of self-confidence disappears, one's inner chef can be set free.







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For those who want to create healthy meal plans easily and begin to live a more healthy life through a nutritional diet,please visit MealEasy.com for more information. MealEasy allows members to create meal planning that is easy and delicious.













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