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Decrease Your Weight, Not Your Health Mar 12, 2010, 2:39 pm.

If you are trying to lose weight fast, there are some things that you should know in order to do so while remaining healthy. If you are not careful you could wind up losing the weight and then gaining it back again because of an unsustainable diet. Losing large amounts of weight and then gaining it back again creates chemical imbalances in your body and it could lead to serious health risks. For this reason you should be very cautious when selecting your weight loss regimen. Try to avoid regimens that require unrealistic amounts of exercise coupled with low food intake, that could pose a risk to your nutrition and therefore your health. The following are a couple of tips that you should follow to stay healthy while losing weight.

Before you lose weight, you should know that losing weight extremely fast may work, but it is not the best option if you are trying to keep that weight off. A lot of the time people lose weight fast and because they believe they can do it again they just eat whatever they want, and they wind up gaining it back again. Then they try the method they used the first time and it doesn’t work as good, leaving them just as unhealthy as they were in the beginning. The key is to select a diet that would be easy to sustain over long periods of time, and also to set your goals at a realistic pace. A good diet will promote a fast rate of weight loss while at the same time being sustainable and healthy. Starving yourself while running 3 miles a day, is not only unsustainable, but it is also very unhealthy for you.

Any diet that tells you don’t need to exercise is not letting you get the full potential out of your diet, and ultimately you will not be as healthy as you would be if you exercised. Exercise is a great way to lose weight because it builds muscle, which in turn burns fat…even while you sleep. A good diet will always involve counting calories. If your diet tells you that calories are irrelevant, then you need to switch diets immediately. No matter what diet you chose you should always use common sense, and don’t drink soda or eat junks foods. Avoid regimens that say you can eat anything as long as you exercise. While this is true to a certain extent, it doesn’t mean you can live off of junk food and then try to exercise vigorously, this will lead to serious health risks, and it will not help you lose a lot of weight.

If you are looking for a well balanced diet then I would recommend you download the personalized FatLoss4Idiots diet plan.

Top 10 Benefits of Water Aerobics Mar 11, 2010, 1:00 am.

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Water equipment has also become more popular. Water weights, floating belts, and other useful equipment are used to increase water resistance as well as help with flotation and balance. Water aerobics can be performed just about anywhere; from health and fitness clubs to public or private swimming pools to even shallow lakes. All you really need is the motivation and dedication to splash around a little bit (warm weather wouldn’t hurt either).

Benefits of Water Aerobics:

1. Non-weight bearing exercise
2. Improves muscular endurance
3. Improves core strength and endurance
4. Great exercise for pregnant women
5. Improves flexibility
6. Improves cardiovascular conditioning
7. Burns enormous amount of calories
8. Keeps the body cool during exercise
9. Fun and enjoyable exercise
10. Great way to modify or spice up normal routine

Safety can be a huge issue when it comes to combining water with exercise, so be sure to take note of these safety tips!

Water Aerobics Safety Tips:

1. Contact physician before starting program
2. Make sure lifeguard is on duty
3. Know your limits (listen to your body)
4. Give yourself space for movement
5. Stay hydrated
6. Be aware of wet surfaces while WALKING around pool area
7. Properly stretch before and after exercise
8. Make sure instructor knows your health background if you are at risk
9. Get CPR certified
10. Use sunblock if you are outdoors

Also Read:

Swim for an Effective Total Body Workout

A Beginner’s Guide to Swimming Workouts

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Top 10 Benefits of Water Aerobics

Burn Fat Fast Mar 10, 2010, 4:37 pm.

Many people wonder if there really is a diet that will let you shed pounds quickly. Many times, in search of such a diet, people wind up picking a temporary solution that will give them quick results. Unfortunately these quick fixes will not address the real problem and are not sustainable over long periods of time. If you want to lose the weight and keep it off then you need to chose the right diet.

The process of how fat is burned is a very delicate one, and it may be confusing to some. There have literally been hundreds, maybe thousands of studies conducted regarding the use of fat for energy and there is still a lot that needs to be learned. One thing is for sure though, without exercise diet can only do so much, and without diet then your exercise is pointless. Both need to be used in order to create successful and fast diet.

Measuring calories is essential to every diet. A calorie is a measurement of energy. Every time you move you need energy to do so, if you are eating more calories then you are expending, you are causing the extra calories to turn into fat. In order to keep the pounds off, and shed the existing ones, you’re going to need to track the input and output of your calories. Monitoring calories is an essential to any good diet, no matter what you’re trying to do.

A good diet will not to tell you to starve yourself, in fact a well informed dietitian will tell you that you need to eat more often. While you will be eating more often (5-7 times a day), the meals will be smaller and have more protein. You don’t want to eat a bunch of food that has no nutritional value. If it is high in fat don’t eat it. If it is low in nutrition don’t eat it. That is the definition of a well balanced diet.

Professional fighters sometimes use saunas to drop extra pounds quickly before a fight, so they can weigh in without exceeding the weight limit. You can use this tactic to sweat off more than 10 pounds in a couple of days. If you are going to use a sauna to drop some pounds then I would recommend you drink lots of water. Another way people quickly lose some pounds is colon cleansing. Colon cleansing will get rid of all of the toxins in your system and it will help you to digest and pass your food easily. This prevents your last meal from turning into fat.

If you want to know more about dieting and weight loss then check out all of the articles on this site, and be sure to download the diet plan as well.

Daily Stretching: When Work Is a Workout Mar 10, 2010, 12:00 pm.

Filed under: The Good, The Fat and The Hungry, Fitness, Motivation

In a past work life many moons ago, I sat at a desk all day. I stared into the face of a monitor and only moved from that spot when I wanted or needed to. I was pretty much sedentary during the day, but worked out regularly to compensate. Running and lifting weights gave me extra energy that I did not miss until I stopped doing it. Looking back, I had it pretty good.

Fast forward to my current work life as a real estate broker in New York City, where I am up and down six-story walk-up buildings all day in addition to beating the streets akin to the postman — in rain, sleet or snow — and needless to say, I am exhausted.

Finding the time to exercise regularly has been near impossible. When my phone rings, I have to go. In a business where you eat what you kill, willingness to go is an absolute must. However, without exercising I don’t really have the energy I need to keep going at this speed. What I have done is form some semblance of compromise by committing to daily stretching. I know that stretching does not burn a massive amount of calories but it does keep me from feeling stiff. After hours of walking and stair climbing my calves and lower back were beginning to hurt.

Traditionally I have been taught to stretch before working out but never considered working an actual workout. I am aware of the benefits of stretching and the fact that it increases flexibility but had not considered the benefits outside the gym. Now that my work is so physically demanding I can not only see but also feel the benefits. Doing it daily has diminished the tightness in my calves and has alleviated all back pain. Not only has stretching increased my flexibility but the deep breathing also relieves stress. I feel better and am keeping up with the rat race at its impossible pace.

By no means is stretching meant to replace my exercise routine. Once I am on firm footing with my schedule it will once again be in addition to. However, right now doing something is better than nothing. The fact that I still am not at 100 percent is motivation to get back to an exercise routine that will help bolster my energy. I’m looking forward to a time not far away when all my running around will simply be for my pleasure.

While stretching may not replace a workout routine, find out how mastering the stairs can!

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