Tuesday 19 March 2013

Stop Struggling With Weight Loss By Following These Tips

Are you struggling to lose weight? If you are like me then I am pretty sure you understand what I mean. Aiming for weight loss takes a lot of discipline and tons of inspiration. Going through diet and exercise routines can be exhausting especially if nobody is cheering you on or you do not have an inspiration to motivate you. For most of us, we look up to celebrities who have shown us that it can be done given the correct discipline - just like actress Sophia Anderton going to Revival Boot Camp Devon recently to undergo bootcamp training (to learn more about this method, click here). Here are some celebrity tips that I gathered to help you out:

Jillian Michaels: Weight-Loss Tips That Work



  1. Swear off fad diets - You know the kind, says Jillian: "Everyone's like: 'Give up carbs!' 'Give up fat!' 'Wait, no, now I'm taking pills!' None of them are manageable long-term—and they wreak havoc with your metabolism! Because you're either starving yourself or you're cutting out a major food group. Then you go back into weight-gain mode, but it's even worse, because your body has adjusted to all that crazy fad crap."

  2. exercising for weight lossBe an 80/20 eater - "Make 80 percent of the food you eat healthy and take 20 percent of your daily calories and make them fun." Otherwise, Jillian says, you'll feel deprived—and more tempted to go off the deep end.

  3. Speak in positives - "When you tell yourself what you 'have to' do or what you 'can't' do, the deprivation language makes you rebel. But if you say, 'I'm not going to have that—I won't' it's a choice and you're in control."

  4. Get your sleep - "Sleep is a cornerstone of weight management because of the impact it has on your hormones that control how you burn fat, how you store fat, and how you're maintaining muscle. The better your hormone balance, the better your weight management. I work my butt off to get eight hours a night, but right now I'm at six—the show is murdering me! Even if I go to bed early my son wakes up."

  5. Diversify your workout - "When you work multiple muscles at the same time, you're getting your cardiovascular exercise in while you strength-train. You're not only saving time, but you're burning more calories while you're doing it."

  6. Order wisely at restaurants - "Order without looking at the menu. Almost every restaurant has the basics—veggies, grains, and protein. If you go in knowing what you want, I guarantee you'll be able to make a meal. If you're too uncomfortable to ask for what you need, tell a white lie: Say you're allergic. I know it's controversial to suggest this, but women in particular can really have trouble standing up for their own needs. So if you want the broccoli soup puréed without cream, tell the waiter you're lactose intolerant."

  7. Scout out lunch spots near the office - "Make a 'slim lunch options' book of all the takeout places in your area where you know there'll be healthy things to eat. When I used to have an office job I'd think, OK, there's the Italian place, but I can get the antipasto salad with light cheese, no salami, dressing on the side."

  8. Travel with snacks - "Pack small meals you can make in a hotel room. I bring oatmeal packets like Nature's Path Hemp Plus, because you can make it with a coffeemaker, and snacks like a bag of almonds, a 22 Days vegan hemp protein bar, or Justin's peanut butter or almond butter in packets." 

  9. Fill up before parties - "Eat a filling, healthy snack before you leave home. And take a healthy dish so it's like you're contributing, but you've also covered your ass with something you can eat!"

  10. Eat citrus every day - "Vitamin C inhibits the production of cortisol, a hormone that essentially tells your body, 'Store fat.' Eat grapefruit slices with breakfast." original source


proper nutrition for weight lossFamous Celebrity Weight Loss Diets



  1. The Five Factor Weight Loss Diet: This particular diet is quite popular among celebrities and it assures to give you the desired results in a span of five weeks only. According to this diet, you ought to intake small meals five times in a day with every meal prepared from five distinct ingredients. The diet provides you the privilege of five cheat days, wherein you can relax and keep away from the diet once in a week. Apart from the diet regime, you need to perform a 25-minutes workout on a daily basis.

  2. Atkins Diet: The primary principle of this diet is that it should shift your body in a situation of ketosis through which the body can use the fat as fuel. This will lead to instant weight loss. During the first couple of weeks in this diet, you just have to intake meats, cheese and fats. You must eliminate carbohydrates from your diet. With the onset of third week, you must reintroduce carbohydrates into your diet. Nevertheless, refined foods and those containing sugar in high quantities such as white flour must be eliminated completely from the diet.

  3. Blood Group Weight Loss Diet: The basis of this particular diet is that the lectins found in the food will respond to all types of blood groups and thus, an individual with a specific blood group must intake only specific types of foods to stay fit and thin. For instance, individuals with O blood group need to include loads of meats into their diet. People with A blood group must consume vegetarian foods as well as must avoid red meat completely. Further, people with B blood group ought to eat loads of dairy products, whereas people of AB blood group must consume a diet that is a mixture of the diet recommended for A and B blood group people.

  4. Exercise: Celebrities such as Denise Richards, Melanie Brown and Heidi Klum amazed the masses by shunning a straight 30-40 pounds off their bodies within a few months post delivery. According to these celebrities, exercising daily under the guidance of a personal and expert trainer is the best way to shun weight. A perfect and effective weight loss exercise routine is the one, which includes the blend of stretches and cardiovascular workouts along with weight training. original source


 


The first article above have given us very practical tips that worked. I like it very much because it has given emphasis to healthy habits that we can develop through seemingly unimportant daily routines.  I realized that aiming for weight loss doesn't mean doing huge actions that we cannot sustain but rather small consistent steps towards imbibing a healthy ifestyle. At Revival Boot Camp North Devon, working towards your goal becomes easier and fun. To know more, please visit there website at www.revival.com.

Theodore Miller

Monday 11 March 2013

Tired Of Diet Tips That Don\'t Work?

We are bombarded everyday with diet tips here and there. Over information causes more confusion and some are even out just to cash in on the ignorance of a lot of people. If you are like me who likes to follow these trends, I am sure you are overwhelmed as well by the sheer amount of infomercials you encounter. Knowing what is right and healthy is important before trying a program. That is why i prefer testimonials from boot camp weight loss participants because they have been there and can attest whether the program works or not.

Diet Tips to Help You Lose Weight Effectively



  1. exercise for fitnessThe Fit for Life Diet: which is based on the principles of food combining. Based on the principles set forth originally by the famous naturalist Dr. Herbert Shelton, one is to eat proteins and carbohydrates at separate meals. Each meal should contain abundant vegetables. See the Suzanne Somers Diet which is based on this principle as well. You will get many diet tips from this popular diet. Except for eating only fruits in the morning, the basic laws of food combining can be extremely effective in helping you shed those pounds.

  2. Atkins Diet: This approach has proven itself over and over again helping people consistently lose weight by totally abolishing carbs, including complex carbohydrates. According to Atkins, vegetables are adequate your carbohydrates intake, and will not cause weight gain.

  3. Calorie Restriction Diet: If you were to restrict your daily calories, you will most likely lose weight. The key is to do this wisely. Don’t rush. I’ve seen people lose weight quite effectively by starting out at 2300 calories a day, and each week or two, they would lower the calorie intake to 1600 calories. They suffered no side effects, no hunger and no cravings. They just continued to lose weight until they reached their goals.

  4. Independent of which diet you are on, stick to it. I have seen people do diets on a two week rotational basis. Either they would get tired of their present diet, or would run into a snag, such as cravings, and they would break the diet and try another one. This “yo yo” approach to dieting will never work. Pick a diet and make it work for you. Fix the holes, and create a balance. True, some diets may work better than others, but you can find the one that has given you the most results, and stick to it.

  5. Gymnema: Gymnema has always worked for my clients to break their cravings. Take one or two gymnema tablets at each meal to help balance your blood sugar.

  6. Antioxidants: Acai and goji berries make a perfect balance to help you with your weight loss. They help balance your blood sugar, as well as detoxify your body from years of toxic buildup and eating all the wrong “junk” foods.

  7. Water: Hydrating your body continues to detoxify as well as curb your appetite. Especially if the water itself is more alkaline such as in Liquid Coral Water. An alkaline body helps to flush out the excess toxins, so make sure to drink plenty of water!

  8. Homeopathic Growth Hormone: (over the counter, and not the kind of growth hormone taken by baseball players) can do wonders for increasing your metabolism and helping you lose weight.

  9. Exercise: Make sure to get enough daily exercise! Exercise works best in the mornings or afternoons. Aerobic exercise can pick up your metabolism, so if you exercise at night and then go to sleep, you will not get all the benefits of the increased metabolism. original source


 7 tips for diet success


boot camp routinesPrepare for the week ahead by making a meal plan and doing your shopping for the week. Buy enough for lunch and dinner and healthy snacks for the next five days, she suggested.


Cook at least two meals from your plan and freeze them on Sunday, she added.“I call them sacred Sundays. Use this day to reset and nourish yourself and that way you will find the week doesn’t pile up on you and you are more rested and in control. This prevents you from running on empty,” she explained.


Burrell suggests writing down an exercise plan for every day of the week. Prioritise Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for exercise so that if things get busy later in the week you have at least three sessions done, Burrell said.


“Given our sedentary lives and jobs we also need to include half-an-hour to one-hour of walking to make up for how much we don’t move during the day. This could be walking to the station, or taking a half hour walk at lunchtime,” she said.


Burrell recommends drinking only one milk coffee a day, eating breakfast before 8am, making vegetables the focus of your snacks and having one, low calorie day per week. Bring lunch to work four days a week and avoid eating at your desk, she suggests.


Take a good combination of protein, carbohydrate and vegetables, followed by a cup of herbal tea and try for at least a 20-minute walk after you eat to aid digestion and up your movement quota.


Get up early and don’t sleeping too late, as it can set your day back and can lead to problems spiralling out of control, she said. Eat the majority of your food by 3pm. Breakfast by 8am, lunch by 1pm and dinner by 7pm, she recommends.


Learn how to compensate, she said. For example if you overindulge for one meal make sure the next one is as light as possible, like a replacement-meal shake or a salad. original source


Did you find the articles helpful? I like the second article so much because I find it sensible and does not over promise. It teaches us how to work for it by following sensible weight loss tips. I love the video as well. The suggested meals are not only healthy but also nutritious and easy to prepare. Dieting becomes exciting if we make nutritious food delicious too. I learned from my brother that the boot camp diet given to them at fat camp uk is like this too - nutritious and sumptuous. And the best part of it all? I saw him drop a size down in a week's time. Now, isn't that amazing?

Nicholas Brown

Friday 1 March 2013

Ways To Win The Fitness Battle

Every sensible man and woman wants to stay fit and healthy. We all recognize that the quality of our lives depend largely on the the state of our body's wellness. Optimum health is not only freedom from debilitating illnesses but is a condition where one can embrace the fullness of life without the help of synthetic medication. We will never know the value of good health unless we lose it. Carrying extra pounds makes our heart work harder and will cause a host of diseases. So before we get to that point, it is best that we start doing boot camp workouts and lose weight 

Tips for Winning the Weight Loss Battle


bootcamp exercise routineFitness expert Mary Drake you owns Ultimate Body Shaping in Cedar Rapids says if you want to lose weight you should be consuming about 15-hundred calories a day. Your exercise routine can also be weighing you down.Drake says the key is to find a workout you love. That way it's not boring and you won't hit the snooze instead of getting up and getting active. She recommends classes because they keep you accountable and you have a group of people with the same goals to help motivate you. No matter what kind of workout you're doing she says you need to switch it up every 8 weeks to keep from hitting that plateau. And don't just do cardio. "Weight lifting for everyone. Definitely men and women, but women as they tend to get older you want to prevent osteoporosis. So you definitely want to add adds muscle in there as well and muscle will rev up the metabolism,” said Mary Drake, Owner of Ultimate Body Shaping. Drake says achieving your weight loss goals is possible for everyone! But diet and exercise really do go hand in hand and you can't achieve your goals without both. original source



Weight Loss Made Simple With These Tips



  1. fitness bootcamp weekendThere will be lots of natural fluctuations in your weight. It is more important to pay attention to your weight’s overall trend than to its day to day shifts.

  2. One of the best ways to ensure that you stay on track with your weight loss goals is to prepare large meals once a week and freeze them into individual portion sizes. Having a freezer filled with healthy meals that could easily be reheated will help you stay away from buying pizza or ordering fast food.

  3. Add lots of fruits to your diet to lose weight quickly. Eat fruits with lower calories more often than high calorie fruits like grapes.

  4. Walnuts are a wonderful food to have when on a diet. A scientific study showed that eating walnuts in the morning will make you feel more full for a longer time than normal breakfast foods.

  5. You shouldn’t eat within three hours of going to bed, and be sure it’s a low-carb meal. It will also keep you full throughout the night.

  6. You can lose weight by walking. Walking is not only good for losing weight, but it can keep your appetite satisfied. original source



The articles above are well written and offers sensible advise. The second article says it is good to know that it is normal to have fluctuations in weight so we should not sight of our goals. We are also reminded that a healthy weight loss is never achievable is we put the combination of exercise and proper nutrition out of the equation. The video is also very informative. Weight loss is indeed a transformation for the better. If we want to attain health and fitness, we need to make a decision. Visit revivalbootcamp.com and learn how to be truly fit and healthy.

 

Jeremy Klinger