5 Ways To Maintain Your Motivation Level

Posted on February 17, 2013 by SHERRY

Are your weight loss resolutions waning? But letting them go now means you’ll be wasting your achievement till now and all the efforts you invested. It is important you stay motivated. What you need now is these 5 tips to keep your inspiration kindled.

#1. Overcome Obstacles With Optimism

Right attitude greatly influences your weight loss goals. There are all the chances of gaining back weight due to your lifestyle. But positive attitude always makes it easier to get back on track, instead of dooming into despair.

Staying optimistic, reduces half your weight loss problems!

#2. A Strong Buddy Circle Is Good

At times, you may get frustrated when you don’t get desired results. During such times try seeking support from your family and friends. These emotions adversely affect the way you see yourself when you want to lose weight. Support from family and friends will help you build positive attitude about your progress.

Family and friends can help you keep sticking to your goals.

#3. Stay Confident, It Helps A Lot

Staying confident is an important part in losing weight. You tend to have a positive attitude when you are confident. Be patient and track your progress regularly.

And, surely you can do it

#4. Yoga: Lose Weight & Keep Positive Attitude

Yoga, an ancient physical, mental, and spiritual discipline is the most effective exercise in losing weight. Some of the benefits of yoga include relieving stress, improving digestion, increasing energy levels and strengthening muscles. Yoga also helps in getting rid of constipation and increases balance and flexibility. Self-acceptance plays an important role in maintaining a positive mental attitude during weight loss. Yoga teaches you to accept your body the way it is, rather than the way you like it to be.

Yoga: Plenty of benefits to count, naturally

#5. Track Your Progress

If you have put in a lot of efforts, you need to track it as well. Knowing you achieved your goals, boosts your confidence and helps you persevere. And, if you lag behind, you’ll want to know the reason.

Keep yourself informed

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5 Dances To Melt Away Weight

Posted on July 23, 2012 by SHERRY

There may be plenty of ways and endless diet regimen to lose weight. But most of them aren’t as interesting and exciting as dancing to your favorite tune. Most of you will prefer exercises, but adding a dancing regimen to it will help stick to your workout session for longer periods.

If you dance for an hour, it helps to burn about 200 to 400 calories. This weight loss is equivalent to the calories you burn by swimming, cycling or walking. In addition, dancing to your favorite beats is stress relieving and relaxing.

So here’s a list of 5 intense dances to make you lose weight. Put on your dancing shoes this time:-

1. Freestyle: Dance The Way You Like

It is a free spirited dance with Latin influence and poise. There is particularly no choreography involved and you are free to choose your steps. This dance is an amalgamation of many dance styles. If you want benefits for weight loss from this dance style – keep music fast, your steps quick and minimum 30 minutes dancing session.

2. Ballet: Elegance Personified

The best thing about ballet – it targets every bit of your body muscles. Doing a ballet routine daily for an hour helps to shed 400 calories. Ballet exercise raises metabolism in your body, which means body will burn fat during and after the workout session.

3. Pole Dance: Sensual yet Strengthening

Sensual body moves and seductive steps aren’t just what pole dance has to offers. Now day’s pole dance is one of the latest fitness craze among people. It is a fun way to practice aerobics, gain strength and amass cardiovascular benefits. Pole dance also helps to lose weight and build confidence

4. Hip-Hop: Stylish, Rhythmic & Fun

This is the latest and uber cool way to get slim. Hip-hop is an active and well choreographed dancing style which requires an amazing attitude. But now days many gyms and fitness centers offer hip-hop dance classes for its benefits to lose weight. A daily 60 minutes hip-hop routine increases your strength and helps to burn 219 to 327 calories.

5 Zumba: Feverent and Energetic Dancing Style

Zumba is popular Latin American dance style and part of many fitness programs. There are 12 million people taking Zumba classes weekly, in over 110,000 locations across more than 125 countries. Practicing Zumba helps you to burn 500 to 800 calories depending on your body and the intensity of class. Try it and lose weight!

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We Are Obese, Our ancestors Weren’t: Lets Find Why?

Posted on July 3, 2012 by SHERRY

We suffer from obesity.

Our ancestors didn’t.

There are multiple reasons (both scientific and observable) for it and this post explores observable facts this time.

This is 21^st century with highly advanced and improved medical facilities; still obesity is gripping our generation. Ever wondered why? By ancestors we mean way back into caveman time.

Human evolution shows that after our ancestors descended from trees, they went from being quadrupedal (moving on four legs) to bipedal (moving on two legs). Our modern evolution made us walk from two legs to four wheels. This can be one reasons for obesity; but not the only. There are many more, such as:-

1. Obnoxious Modern Food Habits:

Food habit is essential for our health. There is a big difference in what we eat today and what our ancestors used to eat 1000 and 10000 years ago. Besides, the fruits, grains, vegetables etc. were genetically and biologically different in that time. The acquired modern eating habits have there own ill effects causing severe health and weight issues.

Evolution in the modern food Habits

2 Lack of Workout

We have become extremely lazy and workouts seems boring to us. Our ancestors on the other hand were hard working, adventurous and roamers. They were fierce hunters which made their body agile and fit. If not hunting, you can atleast spare quick 20 – 30 minutes for workouts to keep your body fit.

3 Habitual to luxury and comfort:

Comfort and luxury are boon and bane of modern evolution. The accessibility to a comfortable life has its own implications and is one of the contributing factors to obesity. We have an A.C. drive to work, our walk is minimized by escalator and elevator, and a click gets all services delivered – What about physical activity? Our ancestors never tasted luxury. In fact adversities made them stronger, and spearheaded evolution. This doesn’t means you have to become a primate to lose weight. All you need is judicious and limited use of these comforts.

Habitual to luxury and comfort

4 Technologies:

For our ancestors the biggest technology was discovering fire by striking two stones. For us nonetheless, there are infinite modes of technology. Most of the work is just one click far and it put us further into a safe comfort zone. Technology is equally responsible for obesity, but depends mostly on the way we use it.

Dependency on Technologies

5 Illusion about obesity:

Over exposure to obesity and glamorizing weight loss has lead to many myths and illusions. Various studies show that there is no radical increase in terms of overweight and obesity like everybody thinks. Often there is more myth and less science when obesity is seen. All people want is to look slimmer. If you are underweight it seldom bothers, but if you gain even a single pound you become worried. Our ancestors weren’t figure or appearance conscious.

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Who Helped Winfrey Lose 25 lbs In SIX Weeks?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Dev

Oprah Winfrey doesn’t need any introduction. She is well known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show which had highest ratings and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. But we are not talking about her professional success, but her recent leaner look.

Recently Oprah dropped 25 lbs in just SIX weeks. She had gained a lot of weight over past 18 months due to pressing preoccupations of running her OWN network. And the secret to her success is a lean, low-calorie diet planned by her new chef. Yes, her new chef helped her lose weight by planning smart low calorie diet strategies.

Besides low calorie diet, she also resumed her regular treadmill workouts with her trainer Bob Greene. Her personalized diet included a combination of fruits, vegetables, fish, chicken and lean meat that played pivotal role in her weight loss. Oprah spoke publicly about her struggles to maintain healthy weight and said that her personalized diet is low in fat and calories, but still leaves her feeling full.

The fact that in 1988 Oprah was lissome bodied may surprise you. But in 2008 she was detected with thyroid problem that took her weight to almost 200lbs. Once she wrote in O magazine, ‘The thyroid diagnosis felt like some kind of prison sentence. I was so frustrated that I started eating whatever I wanted – and that’s never good. My drug of choice is food. I use food for the same reasons an addict uses drugs: to comfort, to soothe, to ease stress.” [Sources: Dailymail.co.uk].

Oprah in 1988

Oprah has amazing willpower, right approach for weight loss and consistency of sticking to her workout routine. We’re eager to see Oprah get back to her 1988 look.

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The New 5w’s Of Weight Loss

Posted on June 11, 2012 by SHERRY

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Miracle Molecule Making You Slim & Healthy Found!

Posted on June 8, 2012 by SHERRY

Beer and milk are source to miracle molecule that can make you slimmer, stronger and healthier. Researchers say this miracle molecule called Nicotinamide Riboside (NR) is potent enough to fight obesity, strengthen muscles and increase lifespan without any side effects [Sources: Dailymail.co.uk].

Have big smile at the mention of beer? However, don’t plan to take beer in excess as the researches are in its initial stages. The exact concentrations, required to bring in this effect are not yet known. Besides NR is extremely small making it – difficult to detect and expensive to synthesize.

Writing for a Cell Metabolism Journal Johnan Auwerx, head of the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne, Switzerland reported the effects to be remarkable. He said that “NR appears to play a role in preventing obesity.”

Working with Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, his team found out that mice being fed with NR and high fat diet gained 60 percent less weight and performed better over ten weeks. In comparison, the mice being fed with same diet, without NR supplements showed considerably lesser results. However there were no side effects discovered.

NR works similar to resveratrol, found in wine. It gets trapped in cells where it boosts metabolism. In addition, NR host benefits for Mitochondria which is thought to be connected to aging. According to researches and increase in molecule poses improvements in mitochondrial function (process which supplies energy to cell). By arousing mitochondrial function with the NR molecule; they saw health improvement in health and increase in longevity.

Though current experiments have been conducted on mice, future could see some human testing as well. Commenting on this Mr Auwerx said “At the moment, we can’t even measure its concentration in milk, so it’s impossible to know how much you would have to drink to be able to observe its effects.”

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Cutting Weight Loss Into 5 Easy Steps

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Dev

There is no dearth of weight loss programs and tips. This makes it extremely difficult to keep a tab on what really works and what doesn’t. Most of you have tried those unfruitful tips many times, but with little results. It’s time you step over to a more healthy side of losing weight. We bring you some really healthy, weight-friendly habits to stick by life. Before starting with weight loss tips here’s a fact – about 80 percent of your body composition is determined by what you eat. This means if you want to look svelte just concentrate and control food habits first. Here we go:-

1 First step in weight loss is to decide how much weight you need to lose. Mostly we start our weight loss journey by claiming to be “xyz” kilos overweight. But to achieve weight loss success calculate your desired weight against height – this is often half the battle won.

2 Quite often we start with our weight loss program but don’t stick to it for long because of our busy life schedule. Before we start with our exercise we should have proper time management system because time management is most important aspect of weight loss program, remember unplanned planes will never work and you won’t be able to sustain your weight loss efforts.

3 You don’t need to reduce your food intake- “ya” you are reading that right. You don’t have to reduce your food intake; just replace your food habit. Switch to home cooked and less spicy meals. This is the healthiest way to lose weight, but with this skip all those aerated drink, ban those unhealthy junk snacks and you’ll start seeing results in no time.

4 Generally we don’t get time for exercise and we think that it’s sufficient if we’ll have 30 to 60 minutes of physical activity per day but its not. I must tell you that your healthy weight loss program is incomplete without proper workout. You can either start a home workout or rely on gyms. But if you have atleast one active hobby like dance, outdoor sports etc then its okay to relay on 30-60 minutes of physical activity per day. Don’t forget to drink plenty of water, because our body relies heavily on water for all important bodily functions.

5 Last but most important thing that detrimental to healthy weight loss in the long run is STRESS. Most of the time we simply ignore this but it’s a major hurdle in our way of success to lose weight. So you have to find solution to combat stress. Thinking about how to combat stress? We have an answer for this – you can do yoga, meditation, deep breathing exercises, reading and by planning healthy vacations to fight stress.

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Are Your Circadian Rhythms Making You Fat?

Posted on June 4, 2012 by SHERRY

Circadian clock, popularly known as body clock or biological clocks has a strong connection with weight loss. Your body is bound to circadian rhythm that spans around 24 hour oscillation of protein and mRNA transcript (messenger RNA) levels in your body. Researches have shown that disruption in these circadian rhythms not only cause obesity but cancer, premature aging, cardiovascular disease and psychological problems as well.

Upsetting circadian clock for any reason – jet lag, random work shifts, casual and untimely eating habits can lead to weight gain. Majority of people are oblivious about the fact that their body has its own timetable for eating and sleeping. To be more comprehensive our entire body is synchronized with this circadian clock in such a manner that it can work in correspondence with external environment.

How Circadian Clock Links To Weight Loss

Food Anticipatory Activity (FAA) of the body, i.e. the time when body anticipates food increases the oscillation of metabolism hormones (ghrelin, insulin, etc). This helps the food to metabolize correctly (i.e. digest properly). However if our body’s circadian clock is off the sync or disrupted, this cycle breaks which leads to food being stored as fat( usually visceral ) as your body is not prepared to metabolize food .

Therefore when it comes to losing weight, it is not only what you consume each day that matters, but the timing of every food you consume that matters as well. Consuming right foods at the right time can maximize your chances to lose weight successfully.

Tips To Turn Your Body Clock Right

Exercise Regularly - Get some cardio workout for 20 minutes after you wake up in the morning. Research findings point out regular exercising in the morning everyday on is effective in burning fat faster.
Wake – Sleep cycle – Keep it consistent, atleast waking time for each day.
Keep you sleep time between 8-6 hours, because that is just optimum.
Consume heavy breakfast; keep lunch health and dinner as light as possible. Food consumed during the day transforms into energy and when the same food is eaten at night, it stocks up as fat in the body.
Have a light nap in the afternoon and do some walking or cardio in the evening to maintain weight.
Keep you dinner time preferably before 8 pm.
Curb false appetite or food cravings. If you are still unable to control appetite then snack on fruits with high fiber content.
If you are gaining weight and have a 24/7 lifestyle you need to amend it soon. Somewhere the inconsistent eating, sleeping and working is putting those extra pounds on your body.

Keep Checking In For Future Editions On Body Clock & Weight Loss!!

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Beyonce’s First Stage Performance Post Pregnancy Was Simply Stunning

Posted on May 29, 2012 by SHERRY

Beyonce in her first scintillating performance at Revel Beach Ovation Hall in Atlantic City she looked stunning. She was overjoyed with here weight loss efforts and shared here joy with here fans.

Her delight at losing whopping 60 lb baby fat to get her curvaceous body back is indeed commendable. Thrilled she said “Tonight I’m gonna get chocolate wasted!”

But this stunning transformation was not at all easy for this mum. Excited, Beyonce told her audience, “Y’all have no idea how hard I worked. I had to lose 60 pounds. They had me on that treadmill. I ate lettuce!”

We tracked Beyonce’s weight loss journey through here pregnancy. Have a look!

Beyonce Announces Her Pregnancy

Beyonce first announced her pregnancy at the MTV’s Video Music Awards, August 2012. Husband Jay-Z and Beyonce were expecting their first child in spring this year. The mum to be was in perfect bliss as she showed here baby bump at award function.

Blue Ivy Is Born

Quashing all rumors about fake baby bump, Beyonce was glowing after their baby girl was born earlier in January, 2012, This up-close snap of the mom and new born, Blue Ivy Carter captured the real essence.

Beyonce’s First Public Appearance after Child Birth

Beyonce Knowles first post baby outing was made for her husband Jay-Z at his Carnegie Hall concert in Manhattan, just after four weeks after pregnancy. Here curvaceous body still looked a bit out of shape. However, Beyonce stole the show by wearing a hot red Alice by Temperley.

Baby’s First Day Out

Blue Ivy’s first outing after birth too made headlines. But mom looked still out of shape, though all the baby fat hid cleverly behind the black color.

Beyonce At The Fundraiser Party

Beyonce Knowles looked like she was gaining here pre pregnancy shape, as she was spotted at the fundraiser event hosted by First Lady, Michelle Obama. She wore a body hugging blue Victoria Beckham dress to flaunt her flat stomach and curves after just two months post pregnancy.

Beyonce’s First Stage Performance Post Pregnancy

So when Beyonce performed this weekend showing off her perfect body post pregnancy she was not afraid to share here weight loss experience with her fans. Proud of her efforts she ahs lost 60lb baby fat, which was not an easy journey.

She said that, “I counted calories. I worked out maybe three to four times a week. I did a lot walking in the beginning and now I’m running. But I had to work my way up. I couldn’t just go right from being pregnant to running.”

Elated with her weight loss efforts Beyonce added, “I lost most of my weight from breast-feeding and I encourage women to do it; it’s just so good for the baby and good for you,” she told People magazine.

Cheers to the proud mom for losing weight beautifully!

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Workplace Etiquettes For Weight Loss & Health

Posted on May 24, 2012 by SHERRY

Workplace is where you spend maximum time of your day. Most of our eating habits are either influenced or cultivated at workplace. Moreover at work, time is precious and snacks seem to be a reliable option. This is where your weight loss pitiful starts because:-

People indulge in unhealthy eating habits more at work than at home.
A nagging time limit at work makes you eat rapidly, popularly known as “mindless eating”. Your brain isn’t aware what and when you are eating. This contributes to your growing calories.
If deeply lost in work you will generally lose track of having had something making your carvings more intense.
Researches have found that men who sit more than six hours a day are twice as likely to be overweight than those sitting for 45 minutes or less. Women do better by staying 20 minutes on feet on an average.

Sedentary jobs have been accused of increasing health problems. But it is our habits that are the biggest contributors. We have come up with some tips.

5 Tips For Healthy Eating At Work

1. Home Based Lunch & Snacks

Preparing lunch and snacks at home is taxing when time pressed. But it is best for your heath. You can plan week’s menu in advance and even stock some preparations in your refrigerator. Keep all your preparations healthy and nutritious.

2. A Water Bottle & Glass

Keep sipping water throughout the day. It keeps your body hydrated and is effective tool to beat unhealthy food cravings. Have water either through sipper of glass, it is better as you are able to consume larger amount.

3. Go Nutty or Fruity

If you feel snacking real bad, opt for something healthy like a few nuts, almonds and fresh fruits. Pistachios are an excellent source of fiber and protein. While fruits provide quick energy and pulp value, without preservative or high sugar content normally associated with fruits juices.

4. Resist Temptation

Colleague’s invitation for lunch, coffee or anything that is specific to food is sure hard to resist. But a refusal will ensure that those fats don’t build up. If the insistence is too hard to refuse opt for healthy options like salads, green vegetables, soups and low-calorie juices. For snacks include options like plain popcorn, low-fat yogurt, oatmeal and healthy snack bars. Also don’t take birthday parties and other office celebrations as an excuse to over indulge. Try sieving out healthy option among the menu to eat.

5. Cut Sugary Drinks

Tea, coffee and juices are commonly sipped in office. Often these beverages are high in sugar content. Cutting back on them and limiting them to twice or just once will definitely do you good. Furthermore you can also try unsweetened tea, coffee or drink green tea to stay healthy and energized throughout the day.

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Skipping Temptations By Understanding Food Cravings

Posted on May 21, 2012 by SHERRY

The desire to binge on your favorite foods is irresistible. Losing weight would in fact be much easier if food cravings did not hinder it at all. Healthy eating habits are essential to maintain ideal body weight which makes it important to get rid of food cravings. But it is first important to understand food cravings – here’s a complete guide.

Hunger Vs Food Craving: Just Thin Line Separating Them

You eat more at the hands of food cravings than due to sensation of hunger. Most find it difficult to differentiate between two sensations- Hunger and Cravings.

While food cravings are controlled by mind, hunger is controlled by body. That’s why cravings are harder to resist. Food cravings are often associated with stomach growling, hollow feeling or intense hunger pangs. If you are really hungry the intensity of hunger will keep on increasing, and will be satisfied with any food, not some “specific food”.

The bottom line: If you are craving for a specific food particularly unhealthy, then just ask one question from yourself – “Can I substitute this food with any other? If yes, then you might be genuinely hungry. If not, then you are just craving for that food.

Food Cravings Mostly Point to Nutrient Deficiency

Food cravings have often been associated with deficiency of certain nutrients. But that’s not the case, because more often these cravings are for foods high in calories and fats. Once you guzzle fatty or sugary foods, brain releases Opioids in bloodstream. It is a chemical that induces feeling of pleasure. Even for a brief time the act of satisfying your cravings makes your body somewhat happy.

5 Foods That Limit Food Cravings

Apples are best to fend off food cravings. Fiber rich fruit like apple leaves you feeling less hungry, as it needs more time for chewing.
Oatmeal has high fiber content and keeps you fuller for long time.
Salads consumed in small amount before meals curbs food cravings.
Ginger is known for its digestive properties since the ancient times, is good for limiting food cravings.
Delicious green leafy vegetables suppress appetite and keep craving subdued.

Practical Ways To Fight Food Cravings

Indulge Gently By Learning to Rule
If you don’t satiate your cravings, chances are that it might fire up often. So once in a while treat yourself but know when to stop.

Cravings Just Last 10 Minutes
“Cravings typically last ten minutes,” says John Foreyt, PhD, of Baylor College of Medicine. This means you have to hold on for 10 minutes which can be done by plenty of ways.

Be Intelligent, Not Emotional Eater
Stress, depression and loneliness make you eat uncontrollably. As mentioned earlier there’s temporary pleasure associated with fatty and sugary food. And it is pleasure and sense of cozy warmth that you need to beat stress. Learn to control and stay away from unhealthy foods. Get healthy substitutes stocked, exercise and try to be happy.

Whiff is All It Takes to Trigger Food Cravings
Your walking past you favorite bakery and you smell those amazing muffins. Your brain immediately triggers the craving button and you end up buying handful. So if delectable aroma’s trigger your carvings just distract yourself – listen to music, read, watch movie, change you route past bakery etc.

Fill Up With Water
You can misinterpret body’s signal for thirst. Just have a glass of water before getting some snacks.

Make Snacking Healthy
Snacking in between meals is not bad, but it can too be guided more by unhealthy food cravings. This is why you need to make your snacking more healthy and nourishing.

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Smart Workouts For Stay At Home Moms

Posted on May 10, 2012 by SHERRY

Stay at home moms are busy looking after their family’s health and often forget to look after their own. Working out is the best option for mom’s to relieve stress and stay in shape. Exercising provides energy for carrying out household activities that can never be neglected. Mom’s having kids can exercise with them and make the routine enjoyable.

Exercise at home becomes easier, if stay at home moms take out some time to view exercise videos and DVDs. There are numerous workout DVDs available in the market these days. Moms will get an opportunity to do different types of workouts every day with the help of videos and DVDs.

At times moms are unable to take out time for exercise due to their busy schedules. At such a time moms can break their daily exercise routine into two or more sessions. The best idea would be to begin a 15 minute yoga session in the morning, which will leave you rejuvenated throughout the day.

If you are one of those round the clock busy moms, here are some ideas to keep you in best shape. We have listed 10 exercises that can be done in the comfort of your home.

Even more interesting, is that most of these workouts are part of your daily chores. This means you require no trainer, equipments or extra time to try them. All you need is a quick reminder, so have a read…

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Testosterone Supplements Might Help Men Lose Weight

Posted on May 9, 2012 by SHERRY

There could be some relief for obese older men, wanting to lose weight [sources: BBC Health News]. Recent findings as published at the European Congress of Obesity suggest that older obese men could lose weight by taking Testosterone supplements.

The study involved principle similar to HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) for women. Group of men who were deficit in hormone were given testosterone. On an average 16 kg weight loss was observed after testosterone levels were restored.

However, experts are bit skeptic about these findings. According to them such supplements can’t be an alternative to weight loss in older men, as increased testosterones could lead to prostrate cancer and heart disease.

Prof Richard Sharpe from the University of Edinburgh Centre for Reproductive Health said, “The notion that this is a quick fix for obese older men is, as always, simplistic. It is far more sensible and safer for men to reduce their food intake, reduce their obesity, which will then elevate their own testosterone.”

Further, the study also suggested reduction in waist circumference and blood pressure. According to lead author of study Dr.Farid Saad the result analyzed from this showed that for five year men who were part of this study had lost weight. This he suggested could be due increased testosterone that in turn increased more energy and physical activity in them

Experts, however remain divided. While some have linked low testosterone levels equivalent to male menopause, others haven’t found such relations. Often low testosterone levels in older men are accompanied with symptoms like changed sleeping patterns, poor concentration and anxiety.

Prof Ashley Grossman, an endocrinologist from the University of Oxford was quoted saying, “This is interesting, but not absolutely convincing. We cannot say for sure that this is the effect of the drug rather than being involved in such a trial.

“I will remain skeptical until I see a large scale study in a more robust fashion. The gold standard test would be to pitch the testosterone injections against a dummy drug in a controlled trial.”

There have been many researches and studies conducted prior to this which suggest a link between low testosterone levels and obesity, but findings lack explicit evidences.

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Walking For Weight Loss: Importance of Speed and Distance

Posted on May 8, 2012 by SHERRY

Walking is an excellent exercise that helps maintain fitness and health. It is a simple form of exercise that is accessible to anyone and doesn’t require any special practice. Neither does walking require any high paid gym membership or special equipments. All that is required for a refreshing walk to lose weight is a pair of good shoes and will power.

Similar to other form of exercises, walking accompanied by a healthy diet plan has numerous health benefits which include:-

Lowering cholesterol and blood pressure.
Minimizing risk of type 2 diabetes.
Strengthens heart and mind
Natural way to burn calories
Walking also keeps you rejuvenated throughout the day.

How walking helps in weight loss

Research reveals walking a few miles before breakfast for at least 45 minutes helps in weight loss.

Walking helps boost metabolism and reduce appetite, which in turn minimizes food cravings.
You tend to feel less hungry, thereby resulting in weight reduction.
The weight loss benefits from a brisk walk regularly can be noticed after 6 weeks.

Walking at a slow pace will not bring you effective results. Walking as a form of exercise must be done at a fast pace, which will help burn calories faster.

Importance of speed in walking

Speed plays a vital role in burning more calories while walking. You burn more amounts of calories when you walk faster. A person weighing 125 pounds burns nearly 60 or more calories when he/she walks 4.5 mph rather than 3.5 mph. Brisk walking and bicycling help in burning more calories than running.

Walking at a fast pace at the same distance as jogging will burn more calories. Jogging will not burn the amount of calories as a brisk walk does. The reason is because a greater portion of fat is utilized for fuel when walking.

Speed vs. Distance

Walking for fitness or for reducing weight, speed matters a lot. According to a new study walking speed is important if you want to live longer. However, when it comes to opting for speed and distance for weight loss, distance matters a lot more than speed. The reason is because walking at long distances helps burn more fat than walking at shorter distances.

Increasing walking speed results in an increase in calorie burn. Speed is also equally important whether walking or running. Brisk walk by an individual at a pace of 5 miles per hour will burn the same amount of calories as a person running at the same speed and distance.

Amount of calories burned while walking

A form of low intensity aerobic exercise, walking helps burn fat faster as compared to calories burned while doing cardiovascular exercise. A person can burn approximately between 300 to 500 calories in ten days by walking for 60 minutes daily. However, the amount of calories burned while walking depends on the person’s body weight.

The amount of calories burned while walking also depends a lot on walking speed. The most amounts of calories are burned when you walk faster. Walking speed depends on the age and fitness level of an individual. A person weighing 180 pounds (82kg) burns approximately 245 calories by walking for an hour (2.5 miles per hour).

The amount of calories burned while walking depends on the surface on which you walk. An individual weighing 150 pounds will burn 350 calories per hour if he/she walks 3.5 miles per hour. Similarly, a person walking at the same speed uphill will be able to burn 340 calories per hour.

Conclusion

Make walking a permanent part of life in order to stay fit and healthy. It is important to take into consideration both speed and distance while incorporating walking into your daily life for effective weight loss.

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80 Pounds in 9 Months! One Amazing Weight Loss Journey For Jennifer Hudson

Posted on May 1, 2012 by SHERRY

Several people desire to shed off those extra pounds and resort to taking weight loss pills, workouts, treatments and various diet plans. These weight loss plans promise quick results. However, people end up getting disappointed if the weight loss plan does not work. Choosing the right weight loss plan that works for you can be a daunting task. Not getting the best results from your weight loss plan can be because of not seriously sticking to the plan or the plan does not work for you. However this is not the case with award-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson, who lost 80 pounds in nine months by opting for the right weight loss program.

Why Jennifer Hudson chose to lose weight

Jennifer Hudson’s weight loss journey began after giving birth to a baby boy in August 2009. She had to lose weight before coming on the show ‘American Idol’ and her obese body was reducing her confidence level. Many people have been surprised to know how Jennifer Hudson lost her excess body weight. No one would have ever imagined Hudson could drop 10 dress sizes and look her very best. Jennifer Hudson opted for the Weight Watcher’s program to shed off those extra pounds. Besides this program, Hudson’s work out trainer guided her in every step to accomplish the weight loss goal.

Jennifer Hudson’s weight loss diet

The weight watchers program offers a healthy diet list for effective weight loss. The program lists out things to eat and foods you must avoid. It also offers tips on how to lead a healthy lifestyle. Jennifer strictly adhered to the weight watchers program and followed a healthy lifestyle to lose weight. She included fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, whole grains, yogurt, breads, tea, and water in her diet. This was the secret behind her weight loss success.

Jennifer Hudson’s Exercises for weight loss

Exercising is vital to achieve weight loss goals. Jennifer Hudson followed a regular exercise regimen by including her favorite exercises like stair workouts, jogging and walking. She loves playing basket ball and indulged in various physical activities to lose excess weight. Jennifer Hudson followed a 25-minute circuit training regimen by adding cardio, lunges, shoulder presses, and ab exercises to her five day week workout. She did enough exercise by working up to 50-minute routines in addition to extra 25 minutes of cardio.

Jennifer Hudson’s weight loss story

Before beginning the weight loss program, Hudson weighed 200 pounds (90) kilos. Jennifer worked really hard to keep herself in shape. It was the hard work and commitment that helped Hudson achieve her weight loss goal, she says. Prior to joining Weight Watchers Jennifer began exercising regularly beginning with walking for 45 minutes after two months of becoming a mother. Jennifer Hudson is proud of her toned body and says people now treat her differently. Her weight loss journey has helped her gain immense opportunities. Hudson continues to follow the same diet and exercise plan to maintain her weight.

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