Burning Fat & Weight Loss

The Light Walk: Burn Fat while you Walk

noreply@blogger.com (SimulationGamer) — Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:04:00 -0800

The Light Walk: Burn Fat while you Walk

Walk can burn much fat as an intense exercise. It also helps to lose weight and keep it.

Discover how to implement a smart walk plan for good results with little effort.

Physical activity have important implications for the metabolism. Loose weight means, precisely, to take a physical activity that allow us to restore the balance of our "set point." But what we mean by physical activity?. Not necessarily mean that we should "kill ourselves" in the gym until we get exhausted.

Walking is a primary aerobic activity that improves, the combustion of fat, decreases appetite and allows the production of endorphins. The same goes for cycling. Walking and / or pedal become as essential in the first phase of the diet. In a second stage, when we already have some "training" we are in a position to start with exercises that increase muscle tone.

Choose the right path to reach the goal.

According to coach Beth Rothenberg, personal trainer of many of the most famous Hollywood stars, there is a way of walking to spend more calories, increase muscle mass and decrease the fat mass and achieve a good heart rate. These are your golden tips:

* Choose a path with many trees.
* Choose roads that have curves and low walls.
* Be self, do not be distracted looking shops, people, or other things.
* Please note that the pace of the walk is important, it should be intense, but not to run.

Complete guide to walk.

From the pounds that you try to download to your body size and why not, the courage that you have... There are various factors to decide on an alternative, to other or do all of them. The best thing here is to experience at first hand. So, let´s go:

♦ Start walking with some velocity . Note that the speed is dependent on your physical condition. Not demand more than you can give. Keep in mind this golden rule: If you can not talk while walking, its because you are walking too quickly.

♦ When you feel tired, do not stop at once, try the following exercise: Place both hands on the sides of the waist, deep breath, lift a hand 45-degree and describe with your hand ten semicircles, repeat the same with the other hand.

♦ Support your feet on the ground separating the left leg to the side, with the palms of your hands resting on your knees. Move the extended leg with a short upward and downward movement, without ever touching the floor. After ten repetitions change the leg.

♦ Skip this step if you have to lose less than 6 pounds. Jump three times on the left leg and then on the right with the other leg bent back. Repeat several times a day, until you feel tired.

♦ Walk through the cordon of the village, on a trunk or on a low wall with open arms for balance. This exercise will improve your coordination and will give your body more grace.

♦ Jump in place, without moving, trying to form a right angle with respect to the body with the thigh that arises every time. Repeat until you feel agitated. If you have to lose more than six pounds, do it slowly, not shaken.

♦ Walk with military exaggerated way: lift the knee of the leg that is moving until the thigh is at right angles in relation to the body. Simultaneously, move forward and up the opposite arm.

Burst your Exercise: Warm to get best Results

noreply@blogger.com (SimulationGamer) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:55:00 -0800

Burst your Exercise: Warm To Get Best Results

What do you normally do when you get up out of bed in the morning? ¿Start to run?

Most of us get up, yawn, stretch the arms, legs and start the day slowly. Then, gradually, we begin to move faster. The exercise should be very similar.

Literally warming, heats the body for the activity we are going to do. Such activity may be to walk slowly or run 10 miles. No matter the intensity of the activity you want to make, sure that the heating is always part of your routine.

Warming up before exercise offers many benefits. First, warming the muscles helps you to not feel tense. Secondly, it increases your heart rate, preparing the body for physical exercise. Third, accelerating nerve impulses, improve reflexes, and sends oxygenated blood to the muscles. Finally, increasing flexibility and mobility of joints, the warming reduces the risk of injury, especially in the connective tissues and tendons.

The warming should last 5 to 20 minutes (may take longer in cold weather to warm the muscles that are very cold). You can combine a gentle jog, gentle stretching and massage to get the perfect warming. The heating must be strong enough to raise your heart rate and prepare the muscles to be used during the activity. For example, if you run five minutes at a leisurely pace, you can warm up starting to jog slowly or you can walk a minute or two before you start to run.

Stretching should also be part of warming routine. It should stretch the muscles after doing the warming exercises(such as walking). When you stretch a muscle, do it until to feel a slight discomfort. If it hurts, its because you are stretching too much in a particular area, so you should reduce the tension. Hold each stretch about 10 to 30 seconds. Remember to stretch opposing muscle groups one after another. For example, stretches the quadriceps (the muscles in the front of the thighs) and then stretch the tendon of the Corvo (the muscles in the back of the thigh). Always breathe when stretching.

Now, I give you some stretch exercises for some of the major muscle groups:

Quadriceps (front of thigh): Standing, Hold on to a wall or chair for balance. Bend your right knee back as you take the right ankle with your right hand. Be sure to keep your knee close to your body as you bring the heel toward the buttocks. It must feel a little tension in the anterior part of the thigh. Hold this position about 15 seconds and repeat in the other side. Do not stretch too much your knee.

Tendon Corvo (back of thigh): Stand with your feet open to the distance of the shoulders, knees slightly bent and your toes pointing to the front. Bend forward and hold the ankles with your hands. You should feel a slight tension on the back of the thighs. Hold this position about 15 seconds.

Biceps (front arm): This stretch can be done standing or sitting. Extends your right arm in front of your body with the palm facing up. Take the fingers of your right hand with your left hand and gently stretch the finger right back and to your body. It should feel a slight tension in the anterior part of the arm. Hold the position 15 seconds and repeat on the other side.

Triceps (back of arm): This stretch can be done standing or sitting. Lower the chin to the chest and put the right arm over the head with the palms facing forward. Bend your elbow and put the hand in the back of the neck. Now the palms look inwards. Bring your left arm above the head and your left hand grabs the right arm just below the elbow. Gently pull your right arm to the left. It should feel a slight tension on the back of the right arm. Hold the position 15 seconds and repeat on the other side.

Calf (area behind the lower legs): Standing about three feet from the wall, feet apart at the distance of the shoulders and flat on the floor. Put your hands on the wall with your arms straight for support. Bend the hips forward and bend your knees slightly to stretch the legs.

Hips and lower back: Sit on the floor with the legs crossed, lift and cross the right leg over the left leg, which should remain bent. Take the right leg and bring it to the chest and bent the trunk so you can look over your right shoulder. Change legs and repeat, that is, peering over the left shoulder.

If you follow all these steps and do a good warm-up, the workout is easier and more efficient. Even, it is possible that you feel so good that you exercise will be longer than usual!

Eat well, combine well

noreply@blogger.com (SimulationGamer) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:16:00 -0800

Eat Well, Combine Well

While every human being has his tastes when its time for eat, you have to know that the human body is prepared to absorb the food properly when they are consumed. That's why we need to do a good combination of the wood that we consume:

Both the milk and yogurt mixed with vegetables hinder digestion. On the other hand, if we approach the cheeses (particularly the hardest) there are no problems. For example, it is advisable to replace the white sauce in noodles for some white cheese or ricotta.

The cereals are a good combination with legumes (four parts of cereal and one of legume). If you do not have digestive disorders, they can be combined with cheese, especially the skimming ones.

Fruits are compatible with cereals, except bananas. Should not mix banana with flour. The same goes for the orange.

For the sweet fruit is advisable to exclude citrus fruits (oranges, tangerines, grapefruit), because if they are combined with milk hinder digestion.

The strawberry is best to combine with yogurt. The same applies to the dried fruits. It is not desirable to mix with milk.

It was first advised to eat acid fruit and then the sweet. The lemon or grapefruit are drunk half an hour earlier than other foods.

We must always bear in mind that our body is the best food alterations detector and that will allow us to know what we should eat and what not. In addition we must take into account factors such as anxiety, fatigue, nervousness, the environment, fighting, etc.. can upset the digestive process.

We must bear in mind that you can not mix:
- Fruit with vegetables (except the apple that is neutral)
- Lemon with tomato or rice
- Banana milk or flour
- Potato with flour

Candies and Sugar Control Tips

noreply@blogger.com (SimulationGamer) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:30:00 -0800

Candies and Sugar Control Tips

There's no need to feel guilty if at some point you felt provoked to eat the cereal of your son, frapuccinos, tomato sauce, ice cream or delicious brownies!. We are most in need of fresh or baked things and sodas .All boils down to high levels of sugar .The bad tihgs of all this is that they have a lot of calories with few nutrients. In addition, their increase our weight.But everything has a solution, there are ways to train the mind and body to avoid these high sugar consumption.

The first is to reduce your consumption, obviously it´s difficult, I know, but it's a start. Giving less sugar to the body, it will be accustomed and it do not need higher doses, thus avoiding the cravings. Analyze how much sugar you're eating, because when you discover this, you can control your intake. To do this, read the labels and take the count. Do not be fooled, dehydrated fruit has more sugar than fresh fruit . Take an eye with that.

Breakfast is important because it prevents the fall in blood sugar that makes you want to take sugar later.

Satisfy your sweet cravings with apples, berries, melons, because they have natural sugar, this sugar helps you with the provision of fiber and antioxidants.

When you consume any snack, be sure it have at least 100 calories.

Avoid the things that make you more damage, by gradually lowering its consumption. If you take Frappuccino always try to take one every two days, later one per week and finally one per month.

This whole process takes its phases, it is necessary to be patient with you and overcome obstacles. It is logical tha whe you make these changes, you will be irritable the first days but little by little you will feel great.

You'll find that with just a little bit of sugar will be sufficent, you will get a healthier body and you loose the overweight.

Activate In The Office

noreply@blogger.com (SimulationGamer) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:23:00 -0800

Activate In The Office

Being all day at the office sitting in front of the computer can generarte spinal pain, circulation problems and can make that your ass have the same width of your chair!!

It's good to stand up, walk around the office while you read a report, to stay upright in a reunion, because you move your skeleton and burn fat.

Try not to eat much if you are sit, organize your snacks and aware of what you eat, because when you eat food while you are doing some activity on the computer can cause that you eat a lot because you are distracted. Knowing what you eat is vital to keep in track.

Drink coffee or green tea. They can help you to control anxiety, fill the stomach also these drinks have ingredients that help the body to burn calories and fat.

Have a flavoring on hand. The vanilla is very good, because whn you smell the fragance when you have cravings, helps to suppress appetite rather than stimulate it. It's more, the simple fact of having the smell of a lemon, tangerine or apple on your desk could decrease your cravings.

Motivate with your co-workers and make a diet together. So to the extent that you are losing weight, you will motivate each other and comment your progress and successful stories.

The important thing is not to stay seated, move and be smart to not add pounds more.

Myths About Diets

noreply@blogger.com (SimulationGamer) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:52:00 -0800

Myths About Diets

* Not to fruit after 4 pm?

There are no scientific studies to verify this. In fact, now speaks of the importance of consuming some carbohydrates past this time, because the insulin works better at night. The fruit is always good, except in cases of intolerance.

* There are fruits that make more fat than others?

No, what happens is that some have a higher caloric density than others, such as Cambur or bananas, for example, because it has more starch. So these fruits contribute to gain weight when you eat more than one in a day.

* Take eight glasses of water make you thinner

The consumption of water does not help you to loose weight, it produces an effect of satiety, and we must not abuse of it if we have a problem of fluid retention. The important thing of drink water in large quantities on a day basis in that it helps to metabolize food in nutrients and in a better kidney functioning and enzymes.

* Forget bread, potatoes and rice

Dieting may not be synonymous with the exclusion, in one fell swoop, of this type of food because the ingested protein will be converted into energy, when its true function is to build tissue and cells. Hence the importance of consuming meals that are sources of carbohydrates.

* Only proteins

Eat only animal protein diets like many proclaim that it help you to lose weight, the problem is that the day whe I bore of eating the same thing and I choose to eat a bread, for example, the metabolism will accelerate and keep all the proteins, instead of a part of them.

* Butter vs. margarine

Here the question, in fact, is what is least harmful. The answer would be butter, because it has a number of vitamins and essential fatty acids, but whenever you can, does not tilt in any of these; just optfor the olive or canola oils.

* Increase the Wheat foods?

Without abusing it, have it on hand, it should consider its lower caloric density and are rich in fiber, which helps to better intestinal transit.

* A Farewell to Fat

Do not remove them, remember that, modestly, are necessary for proper production of enzymes, hormones, for the transport of fat-soluble vitamins, and to maintain the temperature of the body and protect organs.

Reasons why your diet does not work

noreply@blogger.com (SimulationGamer) — Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:05:00 -0800

Reasons Why Yor Diet Does Not Work

Limiting in excess of Candies

* Simply too much on the intake of sweets generates extreme anxiety that leads you to desesperarte and eat a lot of candies later. Give you a taste once in a while does not mean you're weak or have no will power. You are simply human, and eventually your diet does not hurt. Even leaving the diet two days does not mean that everything is lost. One recommendation is to eat the sweet in the morning, because you have all day to burn it.

Spoilsport

* Sometimes your family or friends influence your respect to diet, either because your mommy loves you so much and that makes you a super special meal loaded with calories or because a friend who is jelous about your successful weight down, invite you to a party and ask you to eat a huge piece of cake. In situations like these acts intelligently, do not deny it completely to eat what your mother prepared, just eat a small portion, tell hem that it was delicious, but you can not over. As your friend, try not to focus on who is doing you damage, because it probably does not do so badly, but to commiserate his own guilt about his failed diet, so explain delicately to your friend that you're looking to eat healthier and not obsessively.

The Jeans Test

* It's easy to obsess with the scale and watch daily our weigh , but this can be harmful because we are never the same and our weight varies with the hormonal changes in addition to fluid retention, among other factors. The most important thing is not desanimarte or frustrate whenyou can´t fit in your jeans. it's best to go making changes slowly, trying to be ever more healthy, like doing some excersice and focusing more on all the benefits that brings you the new regime. Do you have more energy? Does your skin is radiant? Spend more time outdoors and less in front of the TV? Do you feel stronger? All these are reasons to help in the goal of losing weight healthily.

Order The Same as your Model Friend

* When we lose weight always seek to imitate such a model friend with a fast metabolism who can eat a plate of pasta with a chocolate cake for dessert and coffee cappuccino, without her figure is altered in the slightest, but in oir our bodies our entire figure is inflated. We must learn to listen to our body, is the best guide to not eat more and to help us to lose weight, without falling into the cravings. Remember, we are unique beings and we have different needs.

5 Tricks to avoid dependence on addictive food

noreply@blogger.com (SimulationGamer) — Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:29:00 -0800

5 Tricks to avoid dependence on addictive food

1.- Learn to listen to your body. Some of the cravings can be really hungry because this is the way that the body informs us that it needs more energy. In that case you can opt for nutritious snack and also healthier for example: some almonds, a piece of fruit, a yogurt skimming etc ...., Instead of the tentative sweets, bread or chocolate bars.

2.- Do some exercise and rest. These measures are so important because it stimulates production of endorphins, which promotes a feeling of well being.

3.- Eat until you are satisfied, not full. Many times we eat so quickly that it does not give the brain time to realize that the stomach is full. So when the signal reaches the brain it's too late: the stomach is too crowded. That is why it is important to eat slowly and chew well. So our body can react and tell us when is enough.

We have to make several meals a day and follow a schedule. If we knew detect signals of hunger and satiety, we are going to have appetite every two or three hours, so we can take a mid-morning "snack" and another snack in the afternoon, because both are very healthy habits that everyone should acquire. In this way, calories a day are distributed in a more reasonable and also help the metabolism work harder and therefore burn more. Of the five meals, recalls how important it is for breakfast, because you come from a long number of hours without eating for being asleep and if you ingest food when you wake up, you will not feel hungry and avoid the anxiety during the day.

Choose "satisfying" ingredients. Foods rich in fiber help you to control levels of blood sugar and give the feeling of being full.

The importance of satisfy cravings in diets

noreply@blogger.com (SimulationGamer) — Thu, 4 Dec 2008 15:08:00 -0800

It's normal that when we are on a diet is precisely what we want its the food that its banned, because to be honest we are not enthusiastic about a broccoli as much as the idea of eating an ice cream with a layer of chocolate or French bread just out of the oven! But calm, whatever your weakness is something that can be controlled and forgiving. On the one who repeatedly break your diet plan will not affect much on your weight, unless you really miss the control and you go out completely from your system.

When we eat any of these cravings, our organism is asking the sensory properties that satisfy our palate, Activating our brains and sensory knowledge of that particular food.

It's very common to think that cravings are a nutritional need, because if the body calls for them, its for something .... But if true, we love spinach! But it is not. This is very important to know because not everything we asked that the body must pass it, because it may be due to other factors. The best thing is to eat every 3 hours, to keep the body nourished and not hungry, because if this is carried to the limit of hunger is more likely to eat the first thing that will put you ahead.

In the evenings it is more common the need for something rich off the diet, try to eat some crackers, or a few strawberries with a light touch of chocolate and not deprive your body.

A very helpful tool to avoid the cravings is to recognize that craving is (sweet, salty, creamy) and try to please the body with the most healthy version of it. If it is something sweet, go for the fruit is the best option, though if you are hungry you will wantsomething sweet to recover energy quickly. A fruit with a touch of cinnamon will fall you very well, cinnamon has a very good effect in the mouth that gives a different taste sensation in the fruit.

If the craving is salty, avoid sodium, because this can be very damaging. Opt for a few almonds or merey

If it is creamy, try to get a dressing in olive oil or light cream.

If it is carbohydrates, choose whole wheat bread, Swedish bread with cream cheese, pita bread, oats, brown rice.

The most important thing is to understand that it can turn over cravings, but no ban a good piece of pizza or a basket of chocolate, because at the time that we limit something, the stronger the desire to obtain it. Be smart, listen to your body, do not be fooled, do not be justified, learn, think and please your body from time to time.