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Is it better to exercise in the evening or morning for weightloss?

I am 14, and planning on losing 10 pounds. I go to school, and have a busy schedule, so only have time to exercise in the evening. I want the best results for my weight loss, so, would it still be okay if I worked out in the evening?

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Junk food tax could help fight obesity: US study

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It is no secret that most men would enjoy possessing a ripped to shreds physique that would make others highly envious of them. For those not familiar with the term, a ripped look is one with a very low body fat percentage that allows the muscles to be displayed in a clear and defined manner. Such a look is an enormously healthy one and it is understandable why so many would be envious to possess it. Of course, this does raise questions as to how it would be possible to develop a physique that embodies such a look. One way to achieve such a goal would be to use an Acai berry supplement to aid in facilitating such weight loss goals.

Yes, weight loss for men is possible employing a supplement that includes Acai. For those not familiar with what Acai is, this is a berry that grows in the Amazon Rain Forest that is known for its enhanced health and antioxidant properties. It has now been modified into supplement form and it is used as a reliable weight loss for men product.

Why is it able to deliver such an effective result? There are a variety of reasons why it can do so. The two most common reasons why the supplement is able to do so are because the supplement can greatly enhance energy levels and also curb appetite. The most obvious impact of such a process would be a dramatic reduction in calories which would lead to the weight loss that creates the ripped look.

When you have increased energy, you can put a lot more effort into your workouts. That means you will burn far more calories that you would in a common workout session. Also, your enhanced effort in the workout session would lead to the development of lean muscle mass that contributes to the amazing look of a ripped physique.

The appetite suppressant component of an Acai berry supplement is fairly self-explanatory. When you curtail your calorie intake, you will lose weight since your body will make up the difference by burning stored calories. Again, that helps to create a rather lean look that enhances a ripped physique.

By combining the reduced intake of calories with the expanded burning of calories, the body will start to take on the dimensions of a ripped look. A reliable Acai berry weight loss supplement can help achieve this goal.

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But like I said, I have always been relatively slim, so I was really shocked that I had a double chin, and it kept showing up in picture after picture.  I had to figure out how to get rid of double chin fast because I was starting to get self-conscious about it.  I was always stretching my neck out like a rooster thinking it was hiding it.

After doing some research online, and trying multiple things, I came up with 2 habits you must obey to get rid of your double chin fast – and I mean it can start to go away in as little as 2-3 days.  Actually,there are 3 ways, but the 3rd is surgery, and I’m not willing to pay that much to go under the knife.  Especially when that knife is so close to my neck!

So, here are the 2 habits, each described below – 1) supercharge your metabolism and 2) quality of fuel.

My Super Secret Metabolism Booster

If you want to get rid of your double chin fast, you have to not only eat right, but you also have to supercharge your metabolism – even if you are slim already.  Take it from me, I learned this the hard way.  

So, how exactly do you do this?

To supercharge your metabolism, you want to actually increase the number of times you eat per day.  Now, I’m not saying eat 5 Big Macs instead of 2!  The goal is to eat 5-6 small, healthy meals, or snacks if you will, per day.  

This does 2 things – it increases your metabolism and it keeps food in you constantly.  Increasing your metabolism will help you get rid of your double chin fast because your body will burn more calories.  Also, by keeping food in your belly, you won’t get “over-hungry” and stuff yourself in one sitting.

Quality of Fuel

How do you expect to get rid of your double chin fast if the fuel you put in your body is junk?  Surprising as it may sound, eating fast food and candy bars will actually make your double chin worse!  I know, it’s shocking.

But seriously, if you want to make that double chin disappear fast, you have to put the right fuel in your body.  The primary culprits here are salt, sugar and fat.  Salt makes you hold water, which makes you feel fat.  Sugar (empty calories) will be stored as short-term fuel.  And if not used, will turn to fat.  And fat is fat – you don’t really need an explanation on fat.

In summary, what you want to do is eat 5-6 small meals per day consisting of fresh vegetables, lean meats (if not vegan), beans, nuts, and egg whites.  Stay away from milk, sweets, chips, fruit (yes fruit – it has a lot of sugar), orange juice, processed meats (like hot dogs), etc.

In essence you are putting only natural, fresh foods in your system, and cleaning out all the junk.  

Great, you are halfway there!  To get rid of double chin fast and supercharge your results,  you have to know the correct exercises for a double chin (notice I said “correct” exercises – be wary of all the so-called “advice” on line for double chin exercises). 

Head on over to http://LoseDoubleChin.net where I detail the 3 best “silly” double chin exercises to firm up your neck, chin and jaw line.  Not only do they work, but they are so fun too!

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When comparing weight loss programs, there is nothing that I’ve seen that beats the vegetarian diet. I’ve lost a consistent 10 pounds a month whenever going on it. My skin has looked better. I’ve felt better. You get the picture. Okay, so what is the problem with the approach?

Well, to lose weight you need a calorie deficit. The calories needed each day to lose weight are the number you consume minus those you expend. If you eat fewer calories then you expend, you lose weight. This is how the vegetarian diet works. Meat is a very calorie intense food. Vegetables are not. An entire bag of frozen broccoli is something like 150 calories. Ah, but this is where the problem starts.

If you want to lose weight by dropping meat, you need to understand that going vegetarian won’t do it. There are plenty of fat vegetarians. No, you really need to go vegan. This basically means you only eat vegetables, brown rice and other foods that contain nothing from an animal. This includes milk, cheese and so on.

I don’t know how people do it. I’ve tried. I’ve even pulled it off for three months on one occasion and six on another. That being said, going vegan is brutally difficult. One can only eat vegetables over and over for so long. Then there is the social problem Going out to restaurants and parties can be a real challenge. Most restaurants are not offering up truly vegan choices. It can be annoying.

In my experience, you can lose a little weight going vegetarian. If you really want to drop big pounds though, you have to go vegan. It turned out to be too tough for me as far as a lifestyle change went. Perhaps you can do better.

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Exercise, Weightloss, Calories, Diet?

So when I joined the gym, my membership consultant said that the best time to workout is in the morning because firstly, you get it out of the way and secondly because it boosts your metabolism for the rest of the day or something like that?

So he advised coming to the gym at like 7am, working out for an hour or so and then having a good breakfast. The problem is that as I am overweight and trying desperately hard to lose weight without much success, I feel very very guilty about eating after I workout… I feel that if I eat anything, all the hard work I've done would have been for nothing. But obviously I cannot, not eat especially when I have work and uni and other stuff to do after the gym.

So what is a good breakfast to have after going to the gym that is healthy, low-cal, which will get me off to a good start for the day but not make me feel too guilty about eating?

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The Maharishi Ayurveda Approach to Weight Loss with Nancy Lonsdorf M.D.

Maharishi Ayurveda Approach to Weight Loss:

5 Easy Steps to A Healthier Weight

Although different people have weight problems for different reason, these 5 tips address fundamental lifestyle habits that affect virtually everyone. The really good news is that these 5 powerful tips are easy to implement and can bring about great changes in your life and health once in place.

Point 1. Eat a light evening meal with easy-to-digest foods.

Everyone dealing with weight loss issues needs to know that it is virtually impossible to make serious progress if you continue to eat large evening meals with heavy foods!

I cannot emphasize this point too much. Ayurveda describes that digestion is less strong in the evening, plus lying down to sleep a few hours later further slows down digestion, metabolism and circulation. The body simply cannot assimilate large evening meals properly. The result is that much of the food is digested poorly and eventually creates toxins, fat and excess weight. For most people using the approaches of eating less during the day, herbs, pills, special powders and drinks, and even exercise cannot overcome this most serious of all weight loss mistakes.

Especially avoid in the evening: cheese, yogurt, rich desserts, red meat, leftovers of any kind, cold foods, processed foods

Avoid or reduce in evening meals: fowl, fish, desserts

Evening meals should be vegetarian, hot, light and liquidy. If you are significantly overweight the foundation of the evening meal should be 1) non-cream soups, 2) grains cooked in water (for example rice, quinoa, cous cous, barley), and 3) vegetables either steamed, roasted or sauteed with small amounts of extra virgin olive oil. If you must have dessert, I recommend cooked fruit desserts made with only small amounts of organic sugar.

2. Eat the largest meal of the day at lunch with a wide variety of warm, cooked food.

Lunch is the time our bodies can best digest and properly assimilate larger quantities of food due to the fact that digestion is strongest at noon and we have many active hours to metabolize the food before we sleep. Lunch is the most important meal of the day and the meal we most need to plan and prepare for.

Lunch should be warm, cooked foods with a wide variety of tastes and dishes. Warm food is essential as it can be more easily digested and assimilated. Cold foods suppress digestion (remember your chemistry- cold temperature suppresses chemical reaction, and digestion is chemistry!) The result of regular meals of cold foods is indigestion, the accumulation of ama (undigested molecules that clog the channels,) and weight gain.

Having a wide variety of foods is essential for nutrition and to prevent the body from developing food cravings-the downfall of many a well-meaning diet plan. Food cravings often occur because of imbalanced diets that included only a few food types. Diets restricted to mostly carbohydrates or protein or fat eventually lead to undernourished tissues that rightfully send hunger messages to our brain. Even though we have just finished eating a large quantity of food, parts of our body are still truly malnourished and hungry. Unfortunately if we don’t realize this when the hunger signals come we may reach for even more carbohydrate rich and dense foods like desserts when actually we need green vegetables and legume soups.

A good, balanced lunch also helps us feel less hungry in the evening, making it easier to stick to that all-important light evening meal.

3. Drink hot water frequently throughout the day

By sipping hot water throughout the day you help cleanse the digestive tract and entire body of blockages and impurities. Hot water drinking improves digestion and assimilation of food and helps prevent the body from becoming toxic and clogged. It also is a great aid in reducing food cravings between meals. I have known people who lost over 50 pounds by following only this single recommendation.

Most people can accomplish the hot water recommendation by getting a good thermos and having a cup sitting on a small cup-sized hot plate. You can pour your hot water in the cup, put it on the warmer and sip it throughout the day as you work.

The most purifying and cleansing water is water that has been boiled for about ten minutes. Boiling water for ten minutes reduces its heaviness (you will usually see a fine powder at the bottom of the pan that consists of precipitated materials from the water) and energizes the water. Drinking water from your hot water dispenser at work is better than not drinking any at all, but is not as effective as boiled water.

4. Avoid leftovers

Maharishi Ayurveda holds that putting food back in the refrigerator after it has been cooked seriously deteriorates the quality of the foods and their digestibility. Even if you heat it up after you take it out of the refrigerator, it has lost its life giving freshness.

We get more than molecules from food. We also get freshness, life force (prana) and nature’s intelligence from our foods. Physics tells us there is a classical world of molecules but also a quantum mechanical world of vibration. The vibration of the deeper fields which comprise nature’s life-force and intelligence get destroyed by cooling cooked food. As a result leftovers easily lead to improperly digested waste products called “ama” that accumulate in the body causing toxins, blockages, excessive weight gain and lead to many diseases.

The converse principle sums up the essence of Ayurvedic food guidelines.

“Eat fresh food, freshly prepared”

Because of the activity of our lives, and logistics of shopping and cooking, this simple statement can be difficult to achieve but every step in this direction will help us with weight management and overall good health.

A convenient way to get a home-cooked, nearly fresh meal of pure, wholesome ingredients for lunch each day, is to cook barley and lentils (a good fat-busting combination) overnight in a crock pot. In the morning, add chopped vegetables and some spices sautéed in olive oil (try cumin, black pepper, fresh ginger root, coriander and turmeric.) Put in a wide-mouth thermos and bring for lunch. Add some rye crackers (another fat busting grain according to Ayurveda,) and fresh fruit for a well-balanced, pure and nutritious lunch.

5. Get Moving!

I saw a headline in a health paper some time ago that made a good point “Stop Dieting and Start Moving”

Exercise is an antidote for almost everything that ails us. It improves digestion, metabolism, elimination, complexion, body tone and strength, bone density, and helps us normalize weight. It is also emotionally positive as it can be enjoyable, increase self-worth and bring us greater energy, freshness and success throughout the day.

At least take time every day to get out and walk. Evaluate your schedule and take walks whenever you can squeeze them in. Be vigilant to take opportunities to walk. It is especially good to walk after meals and especially healthy to take a walk after the evening meal.

Additional tips:

Go to bed by 10:00 PM. Metabolism of waste products takes place after 10 PM and is reduced by being awake and active, or eating the proverbial “midnight snack,” at this time
Add digestive enhancing, fat-busting spices to your meals like fresh ginger, cumin, black pepper, turmeric and fenugreek.
Keep GOOD snacks around to prevent you eating bad snacks. Examples of good snacks are fresh fruits, dried fruits, nuts, fresh squeezed vegetable juices and whole grain crackers.
Practice meditation and yoga daily to keep mind and body balanced reduce the mental cravings for food. (Based on hundreds of scientific studies documenting its health benefits, I recommend the TM technique for my patients)
Take a walk in the morning. Exercise of some type outdoors in the morning sun has a powerful positive influence on mind, emotions and energy throughout the day.
Take Panchakarma treatments twice a year. Maharishi Ayurveda recommends panchakarma (the massage, heat treatments and internal cleansing therapies of Ayurveda) be done twice a year to prevent impurities from accumulating and eliminating their buildup in bodily tissues. (A recent study published in Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine documented the reduction by 50% of the cancer causing chemical PCB in the blood after five days of Maharishi Rejuvenation Treatment, a specific program of panchakarma.)
Ingest mainly organic extra virgin olive oil. Organic ghee is also acceptable in small quantities (1-2 tsp. per day)or not at all if you are overweight and/or have high cholesterol. Avoid any non-organic vegetable oils especially corn and soy oil. Oils are perhaps the most important food group to get right, as impure oils can contribute to so many diseases if not used properly

Summary

Health is won or lost in how we live day-to-day life. I encourage everyone with weight management issues to take initiative and get on an upward spiral of healthy activity. Your quick reward will be greater freshness, happiness and a lighter, healthier body.

About The Author

Nancy Lonsdorf M.D. received her M.D. from Johns Hopkins and did her postgraduate training at Stanford. She has studied Ayurveda with some of the world’s most renowned Ayurvedic physicians in India, Europe and the U.S. Dr. Lonsdorf has 18 years of clinical experience with Ayurveda and is currently the Medical Director of The Raj Ayurveda Health Center in Vedic City Iowa.

Dr. Lonsdorf has authored two books on Ayurveda and women’s health:

1. A Woman’s Best Medicine (Penguin/Putnam 1995 ; ISBN 0-87477-785-2) describing the Ayurvedic approach to the major issues in women’s health

2. The Ageless Woman: Health and Beauty after Forty with Maharishi Ayurveda (MCD Century Publications 2004 ISBN#: 0-9721233-5-0) on anti-aging recommendations and longevity for women.

Doctor Lonsdorf’s contact information is:

Nancy Lonsdorf M.D.

1734 Jasmine Avenue

Vedic City, IA 52556

641-472-8246

web site url: http://www.ayurveda-ayurvedic.com/

e-mail address: info@ayurveda-ayurvedic.com

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