Showing posts with label Faster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Faster. Show all posts

Monday, April 26, 2010

How to Lose Weight Faster - 6 Tips to Slash Weight Now

Ever wondered how to lose weight faster, when tackling the problem too fast and not specifically, it can be the hardest thing in the world, but by using these tips, you can get great results. Don't use weight loss pills unless the case is extreme, as the weight loss tends to reverse when you stop taking them. It's the actual habit of exercise and bad eating that you have to concentrate on.

Do a purge of all the food in your house that is unhealthy, this will give you mental clarity and make it easier to not take that snack that you see when you go to get something healthy. Tell friends that if they catch you going off of your diet that you have to perform a forfeit. Possibly putting money in a jar.

Also use positive reinforcement and give yourself rewards when you complete goals you set yourself. Negative reinforcement and positive reinforcement used together tend to work for me. Take the diet slowly, don't try and go from unhealthy to healthy in one day, take it a week at a time lasting change. Maybe get rid of chocolates for the first week, then get rid of other snacks next week etc.

Do it with friends! - Support is great when you are trying to get rid of weight, try and get a group of you together for moral support, or join a local weight watchers programme. When you feel like you will let down the team, it gives you a sense of urgency.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Lose Weight Faster - 2 Primary Ways to Increase Metabolism and Lose Weight

When we refer to your body's metabolic rate we essentially mean the speed at which your body burns calories.

Since excess calories are converted to fat stores on your body, it should be clear that either ingesting fewer calories or helping your body to burn the calories faster are key factors in maintaining or reducing body mass instead of getting fatter.

If you believe that losing weight is destined to be a very long, slow process, you may be following advocates of weight loss programs that focus primarily on cardiovascular exercise.

While cardiovascular exercise is important for burning fat, and quick-fix weightloss programs are rarely healthy, you may be relieved to know that you can speed up the weight loss process quite a bit by incorporating metabolism-boosting exercises and a healthy meal plan.

The fundamental premise is that muscle mass is more active metabolically than the other body tissues, in particular fat. This means that even while resting, the muscle on your body is burning more calories up than the fat that is on your body.

So, to really jump-start your weight loss, especially if you are obese or a couch potato, you may want to discuss with your medical practitioner or a fitness trainer the possibilities of getting started on a muscle-building (weight-training) program. That way as you begin to developing more muscle, that muscle mass chips in to help burn more calories as you do other cardio (aerobic) exercises.

Another way to increase your metabolism is simply through eating small healthy meal portions regularly. I know firsthand, and maybe you do too, that some people still believe that skipping meals or starving themselves is the way to lose weight - until it doesn't work, that is.

In fact, not only is it unhealthy, that practice will most often result in weight gain. Essentially, when the body is not nourished and energized appropriately, it will go into 'starvation mode' where it tries to use less of the calories you ingest while still maintaining your level of activity.

That means your body becomes more energy efficient, using less and storing more as fat.

Hey - since it looks like you're beginning to starve, it has to protect itself and stock up for the long-term. Your body will choose to use up its muscle stores instead of fat. That means you will be losing your metabolic power and layering on the fat, which is the opposite of your goal.

So, don't starve yourself. Eat healthy, regularly and ensure you add weight-training to your exercise routines and you should find that you will be kicking your metabolism into high gear.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Weight Loss Tricks - How to "Cheat" Weight Loss by Losing Weight Quickly Without Much Effort!

Here are some weight loss tricks that allow you to cheat your way to losing a lot of weight quickly. If you have a few minutes a day, then you have enough time to start REALLY losing some serious weight.

Weight Loss Tricks

1. Spinning to balance hormones for rapid weight loss

Balanced hormones are a key to losing weight. Since most people don't have balanced hormones, most people are fat and have a hard time losing weight. Spinning is increasingly becoming really popular for weight loss due to the fact that it does balance the hormones.

So if you spin around in a circle... much like what kids do naturally, you can unleash your body's own natural ability to lose weight quickly and efficiently even if you don't change your diet or exercising. So get spinning! It only takes 15 seconds.

2. Belly rubs

To burn off fat deposits from your stomach, rub your hands together for 15 seconds (to generate friction heat) and then rub small circles around the belly button.

Do this for 25-40 seconds each time and for a few minutes twice a day. This works because of the heat... it attacks the fat cells. To put a picture to it, basically the fat cells get zapped and loosen up and get shuttled out of your body.

3. Eat apples

Ok, ok, this isn't anything new or exciting like the above 2 tips. I know, but that doesn't mean eating 2-3 apples a day doesn't significantly help with weight loss. IT DOES!

You can literally lose a few pounds a month with just this tip alone. So why wouldn't you take every opportunity to get rid of every extra pound that you can? So why not cheat weight loss and use these weight loss tricks so you can start making your extra weight disappear without much effort at all?