Do You Know The Right Way To Walk Off Weight?

Want to Know The Right Way To Walk Off Weight?

Have you been walking but getting nowhere with your weight loss efforts? Don't despair, you're not alone. It turns out that a lot of people shares your dilemma, but help is right around the corner.

I found this wonderful article by Maggie Spilner, former Prevention Walking Editor. Her pearls of wisdom should shed some light on your walking weight loss efforts.

Prevention's Pedometer Walking Exercise Program

The Right Way to Walk Off Weight

Try our pedometer program if other weight loss programs haven't worked.
By Maggie Spilner , Former Prevention Walking Editor, Maggie Spilner, is the author of Prevention's Complete Book of Walking. She is currently organizing walking trips, lecturing, and working on a new walking book.

Introduction

You've walked your buns off, and you haven't lost a pound? All that hoofing, and you're still having trouble zipping up even your "fat pants"? We've heard your frustration, and we've developed a program to take your walking workouts to the next level-and finally blast away all the pounds you want to lose.

In my 15+ years as Prevention's walking editor, I discovered that one of the most common mistakes made by walkers who want to lose weight is getting stuck in neutral. Even if you're taking thousands of extra steps according to your pedometer, if they're always at the same comfortable pace, you won't drop an ounce. You need to shift your walks into high gear!

Prevention's "Walk Off More Weight" pedometer exercise program can help. This walking workout builds on our original pedometer program that appeared in the magazine in July 2001. Along with increasing the number of steps you take throughout the day, you'll pick up your intensity (thus increasing your heart rate) for a portion of those steps. Adding this type of intensity helps boost calorie burn, fitness, and endurance.

We asked 25 people just like you, people who'd been walking regularly but just weren't seeing any results, to try our pedometor walking exercise program for 8 weeks. Those with the most outstanding results diligently stuck to the pedometer walking exercise program and made simple but committed changes in their diets, such as eating less meat or sweets or eating more fruits and vegetables. (We asked them not to change their diets, so we could see the results of an exercise-only program. But once they stepped up their exercise efforts, they just couldn't resist shaping up their diets too!) After just 8 weeks, they were hooked.

Read the success stories of four revved-up walkers who lost pounds and inches, improved their fitness, and increased their energy levels. They also lowered their cholesterol and their triglycerides! Now, it's your turn.

All you need is a pedometer with a pulse meter. (Or use a regular pedometer, and track your heart rate.) First, figure out the average number of steps you take a day. To do this, wear your pedometer from the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed at night. Don't change your daily routine or walk more than usual. Do this for 3 days, ideally 2 weekdays and 1 weekend day. Total your steps for the 3 days, and divide by three to get your baseline.

To establish your daily step goal, add 7,500 steps (about 3 3/4 miles) to your baseline.

Reach Your Zone To calculate your target heart rate zone, subtract your age from 220. That's your maximum heart rate (MHR). Then, keep your pulse between 60 and 80% of your MHR. If you're 40, for example, your MHR is 180 beats per minute. Your target range is 108 to 144 beats per minute (180 x 0.60 and 180 x 0.80). These are only estimates; always consider how you feel as well.

Check your pulse by placing two fingers lightly on your wrist (on the side by your thumb) or on your neck (slightly off center). Count the beats for 10 seconds, then multiply by 6. Or, you can use a heart rate monitor. Get the full article here.

Will you be our next weight loss success story? Find out what some people who were having difficulty losing weight did to lose 8 to 15 pounds in a week with ease.

Do You Want To Know What the 5 Worst Beach Body Foods Are?

What Are The 5 Worst Beach-Body Foods

By David Zinczenko with Matt Goulding
Jun 03, 2011

David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding recently published an article on health.yahoo.net entitled “5 Worst Beach-Body Foods.”  They did an excellent job pointing out some of the hazards of consuming certain foods and drinks. 

The goal of the article was probably to make you aware of the foods that can make you look bulkier than you are, usually by making you bloated. Oh! I also suspected that it was also to introduce you to some new books out on the subject matter of weight loss.  

I have got you the #5 worst-beach body food, which is actually a drink below.  You can get the whole original story here.  

Summer is a challenging time for Kanye West, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry. I'm not talking about the pop charts; they seem to have those well in hand. I'm talking about the paparazzi.

Celebrity photographers love nothing more than to catch a pop phenomenon emerging from the surf in St. Barts looking a little flabby, so they can sell their "Shocking Weight Gain!" headlines at the drugstore checkout. Is it unfair? You bet. Are you and I going to stare at the pictures anyways? Oh, yeah.

We like seeing celebs look less than perfect because, come swimsuit season, we all feel like we're being gawked at; and whether those photos wind up in the tabloids or on our mom's Facebook page, we all want to look our best. So what can you do when the cover-ups are about to come off and the cameras about to turn on?

It's simple: Avoid self-sabotage by letting Eat This, Not That! 2011 guide you through the foods and drinks that can cause bloating, water retention, and short-term weight gain—snacks that can make you look flabbier than you really are. 

Below, I've listed the very worst beach-body foods and beverages, and some smart alternatives that will help you make this summer your leanest, fittest, healthiest ever! (Note to Lady Gaga: These are foods that you eat. Not foods that you wear. Just FYI.) 

 #5: WORST DRINK
Diet Coke (12 fl. oz. bottle) and other diet sodas
0 calories
0 g fat
0 g sugar

No calories, no fat, and no sugar—so what's the harm? For starters, the carbon dioxide that supplies soda's fizz will continue to burble and expand in your stomach, priming you for serious bloat. That's the short-term effect. The long-term could be even worse: The artificial sweeteners in diet soda might actually inhibit weight loss. 

Studies have shown that rats consuming artificial sweeteners consume more calories at subsequent meals. It's as if the promise of calories, without the payoff, causes the body to crave food. Below is a better beach-day beverage: 

Hint Water. By drinking water, you keep your body flushed out and your skin looking healthy, and since Hint uses natural flavors, you earn all the boons of hydration without suffering the downsides of sugar and artificial sweeteners.

Drink This Instead!

Hint Cucumber Water (16 fl. oz.)
0 calories
0 g fat
0 g sugar

DROP 15 POUNDS FOR SUMMER: You can lose a couple of inches fast--and without dieting. Follow me on Twitter right here for daily weight-loss secrets. And win a chance to show off your new body and tell your success story in Men's Health or Women’s Health by joining our Fit For Life Summer Challenge!

Looking to lose weight this summer?  It is not to late to get started.  You can lose 8 to 15 pounds in a week with ease. No dieting, no stress no mental or physical anguish.

U.S News Best Weight Loss Diets

Looking For The Best Weight-Loss Diet?

Health.yahoo.net, just published the results of a diet plan ratings that was done by some weight loss experts for U.S News. They listed a rating for 20 of the most popular diet plans out today. Their result surprisingly placed the Weight Watchers Diet plan as #1.

Best Weight-Loss Diets 

By U.S. News Staff  

Tue, Jun 07, 2011
They cautioned though that it may not work for everyone and actually gave it a rating of moderately effective. For long term weight loss. Below I've listed the top five of the diet plans. You can get the full story at “Best Weight-LossDiets.”

“The best diet to lose weight on is Weight Watchers, according to weight-loss experts who rated the diets below for U.S. News. The Jenny Craig diet program and the Raw Food Diet come in close behind. Some other diets outperform these for fast weight loss, but long-term weight loss is more important for your health.”
#1. Weight Watchers Diet
(3.8 out of 5.0)
This popular points-counting diet helps dieters drop pounds—and keep them off. In experts' ratings, Weight Watchers bested all other ranked diets for both short-term and long-term weight loss. But that doesn't guarantee it will work for everyone. Its average rating of "moderately effective" for long-term weight loss reflects the difficulty dieters have staying on the wagon, even when using the best weight-loss diet available.
#2. (tie) Jenny Craig Diet
(3.5 out of 5.0)
As a weight-loss diet, Jenny Craig outranked nearly all of its competitors. Experts appreciated, among other aspects of the program, the value of the emotional support provided by its weekly one-on-one counseling sessions. A few experts, however, questioned whether dieters can expect to keep the weight off once they're weaned from the diet's prepackaged, portion-controlled foods. Though not factored into its ranking, Jenny Craig's cost is relatively high.
#3. (tie) Raw Food Diet
(3.5 out of 5.0)
The raw food diet can deliver both short- and long-term weight loss, experts concluded, since raw foodists typically eat fewer calories than other people. But the restrictive and labor-intensive diet certainly isn't for everyone.
#4. Volumetrics Diet
(3.4 out of 5.0)
Volumetrics helps dieters drop pounds—and keep them off. It scored well in both the short- and long-term weight loss categories, comparable to or better than many other diets. Because it focuses on satiety, or the satisfied feeling that you’ve had enough, it’s “more likely to be successful” than other diets.
#5. (tie) Slim-Fast Diet
(3.3 out of 5.0)
Slim-Fast claims dieters will drop one to two pounds a week. Experts awarded the program relatively high scores for short-term and long-term weight loss, indicating their optimism the pounds will stay off, too.
#5. (tie) Vegan Diet
(3.3 out of 5.0)
Going vegan gives you good odds of losing weight and keeping it off, according to experts. Veganism is also an effective weight-control method. But vegans must be “very committed,” as one expert put it, because forgoing all animal products can be challenging.

Get the full story at “Best Weight-LossDiets.”

See what others are doing to lose weight in a week and keeping it off.

Can Gastric Bypass Weight Loss Surgery Raise The Ods For Alcohol Abuse?

Can Gastric Bypass Weight Loss Surgery Raise The Odds For Alcohol Abuse?

MONDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News).  HealthDay Begs the question, "Could gastric bypass weight-loss surgery raise the odds for alcohol abuse afterwards?"

According to HealthDay News, "A team from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm tracked more than 12,000 patients who underwent primary bariatric surgery between 1980 and 2006."  What they found is alarming.

From the results of their research, they concluded that it is a high probability, that gastric bypass weight -loss surgery can raise the odds for alcohol abuse after undergoing the surgery.

 The study found there was greater risk of hospitalization for depression, attempted suicide, substance abuse and alcoholism following Gastric Bypass weight-loss surgery. (The bariatric patients also had a greater risk than the general population of hospitalization for psychiatric disease before their weight-loss surgery.)

The patients were matched against a control group of almost 123,000 patients from the general population.

That's the finding from a group of Swedish researchers who were slated to present their data this past Saturday at the Digestive Disease Week conference in Chicago.

Wow! Wow! Wow! Do you know anyone who had a gastric bypass weight loss surgery? 
Do you know if they have regained their weight or have been hospitalized for any reason?  
Do you know if they had to have a second surgery?  
Do you know anyone considering a gastric bypass weight loss surgery?
Do you know if that person has considered a weight loss alternative with testimonials that may be safe and effective at the same time with less side effects?

Get a Bikini Body

 Bikini Body

Have you seen 'Bikini-ready'? Who's judging?' by CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS

I market pain free weight loss products for people who  have tried dieting, pills and potions to get a bikini body, but just can not lose the weight, like what happened to Tanya above.

Do you know anyone who might like to know about those type of products?

Do you desire to get a bikini body?  Do you want to torture yourself with a starvation diet or arduous workout plan in order to have that perfect bikini body this summer?  If your answer is yes. You are not alone, thousands of people are and will be doing so.

“Bikini-ready? Who’s judging,” Is the title of an article, reprinted here in the Seattle Times, by Catherine Saint Louis. Catherine, wrote, "Skin Deep: As our culture increasingly enshrines physical perfection, the bikini has come to inspire dread and awe."

Should women torture themselves, every spring in order to get a  bikini body for summer?  What do you think?  According to Catherine Saint Louis, “every spring, as sure as cherry blossoms bloom, so does the notion that women should diet, exercise and even liposuction their way to bikini-ready bodies.” 

I found Catherine’s article originally printed in the New York Times interesting and hilarious. She wrote that, “Magazines like Shape and Self reinforce the idea that preparation is essential, with months-long bikini body countdowns (100-calorie snack tips included) and workout DVDs like “Bikini Ready Fast!” as if the beach reveal were a test on par with the MCAT and only a slacker would settle for a one-piece.”

Bikini-ready and get a bikini body is now Big Business, a niche in the weight loss world.  At first it was just weight loss, but now it is weight loss-bikini ready.  Catherine points out that, “The bikini has become the star of several fear-inspiring marketing campaigns. 

Yes you read that right.  They are installing fear in women now to get a bikini body.

A recent advertisement for Yoplait Light features an itsy-bitsy yellow-and-red polka dotted bikini hanging on a wall as a future award for the diligent yogurt eater.”  You may have seen the ads.  It lead to more aggressive ads campaign worth millions for bikini body.

Catherine also points out that, “Nivea has a Goodbye Cellulite, Hello Bikini! Challenge, which prods women to slim down and buy its products. Nivea also sponsors the Cosmopolitan Magazine Bikini Bash, which last year involved 100 lithe dancers in blue-and-white ruffled bikinis tossing their hair violently to the Midi Mafia's song "Two-Piece" in front of 1,000 attendees at the Planet Hollywood resort in Las Vegas. 

The two male singers of "Two-Piece," fully clothed, belted, "You all look like models off the cover of Cosmo."”  

So what are people paying to have a bikini body? Catherine has the following two examples. “Amansala, a "bikini boot camp," in Ibiza, Spain, and Tulum, Mexico, sells six-night stays starting at $1,875.”  That can be an awesome adventure.  You can come back from such a trip with a bikini body and fully tanned.

Ah-ha! She points out a visit to a publicized doctor Levine visit about getting a  bikini body in New York.  “This month, when I visited the doctors, at the end of the interview, I hoisted my shirt, pointed to the crepey skin under my bellybutton, and grabbed a pinch of fat that wasn't there before childbirth, back in my triathlete days.

The Levines' prescription: liposuction, a skin-tightening procedure, or a tummy tuck, which costs $10,000, with a painful recovery.” “It might just be cheaper to gain a fresh perspective.”

Ohhhh! Yes. A $10,000.00 procedure.  Is it worth it?  To some people it is. For some with the money it is the easy way out. 

Maybe it is just me.  But, I agree with Catherine that,   “It might just be cheaper to gain a fresh perspective.”  And yes, I found, what could quite possibly be that cheaper perspective to get a bikini body, with less stress and pain free.

If you’d like to get a bikini body or wear a bikini with confidence for a lot less & without starvation diets, mental or physical anguish and without  trauma or workout drama check out lose weight in a week get a hot body.

Thanks for visiting.

Germey Baird

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About the Author: Germey Baird is a budding multi-interest blogger who prefers to enjoy the many spices of life. He finds pleasure in guiding people to take control of their health, their wealth and their happiness. You can reach him by email: jovialgwt2@gmail.com or text @ 510-239-6735 or just leave your positive comments or questions here on this blog.

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What if Six Steps Gave You a Hot Body Like Courteney Cox's Bikini Body?

Can You Follow Six Steps to a Hot Body Like Courteney Cox's Bikini Body?

Photo by Angela Weiss – property of and © 2011 Getty Images –

See original bikini photo and article here.

OMG! OMG.Yahoo has an article featuring Courteney Cox’s bikini body.  At 46 Cox is sporting a hot body, and the author Lizbeth Scordo, referred to her as “hot mama Courteney Cox.  She also begs the question, “but how does she stay in such great shape?”  Lizbeth, credited trainer Michele Lovitt, as the one whose training routines with Cox help her keep that bikini body.

She listed six exercises from one of the routine Lizbeth does with Cox to maintain her hot body.  The 6 exercises sound like basic exercises until you read the instructions.  They are, in my opinion not for the majority of people who are carrying some extra weight and who have never set foot in a gym.

I had a hard time understanding the instructions and doing them comfortably, maybe it was the terminology used.  I guess that is why you’d need a personal trainer to work with you. Below I listed the exercises mentioned in the article, that when done will get you Cox's bikini body.

You can find the instructions here. The six hot body exercises for this particular bikini body routine are:

1.      Squats

2.      One Legged Deadlifts

3.      Reverse lunges

4.      Supermans

5.      Chair Pose

6.      Half Moon Pose

 I thought it was just me who had a difficult time understanding the instructions, until I read some of the posted comments, one in particular by Nonparieldolls.  I totally agree with her.  Here is a part of her comment.

“If anyone actually reads the article, it is a joke, right? I'd like to see the average person who could perform those "simple" exercises. Especially from the description given, with no pictures. And I most especially would NOT want to see someone seriously overweight attempt one of them, not without paramedics standing by.”

If you understand the instructions and have the equipments needed if any or have the money for a personal trainer, then go for it and enjoy your new hot body-bikini body.

Some of the posted comments mentioned Courteney’s money and not having a regular 9-5 as to her hot bikini body.  That maybe so; however, I have a friend in her mid 50’s with a very hot body.  She works a regular 9-5 and works hard.

One difference is that she doesn’t have any kids and oh, she is now single. This particular friend has been able to maintain her hot body with a strict, disciplined life style.

She eats healthy wholesome meals with lots of fiber, vegetables and nuts and rarely eats after 7:00pm.  After 7:00pm it would be shakes, nuts or fruits, if she gets hungry.  She has some basic floor exercises that she does every day, including stretching.  She also walks for 45 minutes to 1 hour at least 3 times a week and would put in what she calls her long walk which is for 2 hours once a week.

I have been out on her long walks on several occasions and they lasted 21/2 hours long.  Now that may be extreme for some of you, but it is what she does to keep a hot body.

She makes those sacrifices, she doesn’t pay a trainer.  She uses basic common sense, discipline and dedication and listens to Dr. Oz.  She makes the time to go walking.  She doesn’t find time, she makes it.  Now I understand some of you may not have the discipline to make time or control your eating habits.

But what if, you started making a little changes by maybe cutting out or cut down on your daily $5.00 coffee or cigarettes or weekly alcohol or daily fast food run?  And what if with the money you saved, you do what  Ms. T. Whiteman did?

Ms. Whiteman did a little change, major sacrifice, in her hectic lifestyle, and now she is slimmer, well, sexier with a hot body.  She is also healthier, happier and richer and so can you.  Check out what Ms. Whiteman in her hot bikini body and see what and some of her associates are doing to lose weight in a week.

Managing Stress To Lose Weight

Do You Need to Manage Stress and Lose Weight?

Are you over weight and under undue stress?  Stressed out from job, business, family, relationship and unemployment etc.?  Does it look like there is no way out?  You are trying to manage stress but the bills aren’t going anywhere.  Job demand and family demands are surely going to be there.  Things may seem bleak now but you have a lot more control over managing stress than you think.

According to Melinda Smith, M.A., Ellen Jaffe-Gill, M.A., and Robert Segal, M.A contributing authors to HELPGUIDE.org, “Managing your stress level is all about taking charge: taking charge of your thoughts, your emotions, your schedule, your environment, and the way you deal with problems.”  Of course you may think that there is nothing you can do about the job stressors, but that’s not necessarily true.

With some planning and some sacrifice you can balance your life and manage stress with time for work, family relationships, relaxation, and fun plus get the resilience to hold up under pressure and meet challenges head on with ease and thus manage your stress level.

Earlier today I was on a phone conferencing call with some very excited business partners.  It turned out that the majority of the call leaders and some of the guest speakers were in Jamaica.

Yes, celebrating their free trip from the parent company for certain achievement of helping people lose weight and changing their lives. They are all living a somewhat stress free life style but it has not always been that way.

One lady in particular, Cala had a heart wrenching story.  She said, she got into Network Marketing, with a skin care company right after college.  She did well but many people had a hard time selling the products and the business. 

Before long she was losing money and needed to manage the stress.  She then went into the retail business and again did well.  Then came along family and kids, but she endured. She opened another store and before she knew it she was spending a lot more time away from her family.

The stress became more demanding and she started gaining weight.  She tried several weight loss products to no avail.  She was about to give up when she was introduce to this company.  Halfheartedly she tried the products and lost 13 lbs in 8 days and she was able to lose the weight in a week with ease.  She went on to lose 44 pounds in 90 days, with ease.

That prompted her to start sharing what she was doing with others, which led to her making money on a daily basis and eventually to a practically stress free life style.  she now spends a lot more time with her family and a lot less time on managing stress.  You can find out more stories similar to Cala at weight loss stories.