Put Muscle In Your Diet

Key To Diet Success ........

 With Permanent Weight Loss

At last count , 17,653,753,421 diets were tried during the past five years. (give or take 10 billion) Carbohydrate diet, grapefruit diet, protein diet, cabbage soup diet, on and on.

This is not another diet.

Your key to a successful diet will be application of some common sense ideas instead of blindly following diet instructions.

One fact is............    All diets work.

That doesn't mean you lose weight and keep it off. It means you will lose if you follow diet instructions. Most diets say to eat less of this or that and to exercise more.

We agree......Exercise more and eat less fat. Not eat less......Eat less fat. If you are overweight you have too much mass ! (a nice way to say stored fat) To lose weight you must burn up some mass.

So just exercise. Even if it is walking around the house a few times a day. More than you do now.That activates the laws of physics to reduce mass. this is called BURNING CALORIES.

Heard that before?

The common sense mentioned earlier.

If you kept reducing mass day after day you would end up all bones. You have to replace excess mass (fat) with properly balanced mass (muscle). When you burn those calories, replace them with fewer calories.

THE FORMULA

G of F X 9 / TC X 100 = Losing Weight.

There! And you thought dieting was difficult. Let's take it apart piece by piece.

G of F = Grams of Fat Multiplied by 9. Each gram of fat contains 9 calories.

TC = Total Calories

I pulled a box of granola bars off my shelf to test the formula. Calories per serving 200. Total fat 10 grams.

G of F (grams of fat) 10 times 9 (calories per gram of fat)= 90 fat calories divided by TC (total calories) 200 becomes 45 multiplied by 100 equals 45% of calories from fat. That is 90 calories of fat. That is three times the recommended amount of calories from fat.

I should have mentioned that the granola bars were not plain. They were chocolate chip, and then dipped in fudge .

Do everything in your power to do the following......

Keep the percentage of calories from fat 30% or below.

Increase your activity just a smidgen. Pounds will peel off.

After you find all the many low fat foods you enjoy, the -not a diet - will become easy. Low fat foods can include foods made with potatoes, carrots, rice, peas, beans, citrus and other fruits, tofu, leafy greens, seeds and even nuts.

That list includes a lot of goodies you can fill up with.

Diets are too hard. Losing weight is easy.

It just takes a little common sense.

Bottom line is don't shovel more in than you plan to burn. 

Obesity: A major problem

It is not only an American problem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it's a global problem. Their understanding of the problem began with the original mission to eliminate hunger and malnutrition. We live in a world where many have nothing to eat, and many eat too much.  What is obesity, and what is overweight?

Overweight is an excess of body weight. This weight may be muscle, fat, bone,or just body water. You can be overweight without being obese such as a  bodybuilder or other muscled athlete. But many people who are overweight are also obese.The easiest way to determine whether you are just overweight or obese is with the body mass index.

To find your body mass index, divide your weight by your height in meters squared. Here is a web page that will figure it for you. National Institute's of Health BMI  This will very quickly tell you if you are in the proper weight condition.As a killer in America, obesity is second only to tobacco.

Acupuncture as a Weight Loss method.

How it works

It enhances the function of two neuroendocrine pathways that regulate bodily processes, including metabolism.

What it does

Lowers body weight, insulin levels, and lipid levels in your blood, decreases your appetite and makes it easier to satisfy your hunger.

Weight can be lost safely if done slowly and naturally. You can safely lose up to 2 lbs per week without gaining it back.

Join support groups like Weight Watchers and Overeaters Anonymous. There is nothing like positive friends to encourage you and keep you on track. OA members say that a spiritual program of action has changed the way they think of food.

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