LOSING WEIGHT THE RIGHT WAY!

In the quest for personal fitness through weight loss, there are many different approaches that can be taken.  Some of the approaches are pretty good, but quite a few approaches prey on the laziness of men and women. The weakness point that many commercial advertisers target is the lack of  time or effort that a person wants to invest into their health.
  


While thumbing through magazines of every sort and watching television, I’ve noticed many different “easy” methods for losing  weight.  I sometimes wonder how
many people are taken in by these advertisements. I’m not saying that all the methods are a scam, but there is usually a  catch or a hidden gimmick to most.  Let me explain.


 One such guaranteed weight loss system being pushed aggressively on radio
these days is the, “ take a pill or powder at night and you’ll lose the weight while you sleep”.  No working out involved, no change in the foods you eat, just take the
 special Amino Acid Pills before bedtime and your body will magically burn off
  the fat while you sleep.  Even the DJ’s from the radio stations are saying how well it worked for them and how happy they are of their 10 or 20 pound weight loss. 
But let’s take a closer look at the “weight loss system” being used.
 
                                                        Typical Day Of  Life!
 
 
It’s  a fact that most people do not eat breakfast.  By breakfast I mean a serving of
oatmeal or grits with honey as the sweetener, not sugar, and a protein source
like egg whites scrambled up with some tomato or zucchini added in as another
source of fiber.  Most people eat  nothing or have a breakfast bar (loaded with sugar) and a few cups of coffee or  cola (loaded with caffeine) to get them through till lunchtime. 
Lunch usually consists of a fast food restaurant burger or sub sandwich and maybe a small salad thrown in because the person is on a diet.  Finally it’s suppertime and that meal varies from day to day.  The dinner meal is usually loaded with calories because the side dishes  are packaged foods prepared from a quick and easy to make meal. 
Then most people binge snack right up to bedtime, usually consuming more
  calories than the other two or three meals combined.
 
                                              The Secret Is No Secret, Just Easy Math!

Now taking a closer look at the new  “wonder weight loss system”, we can find out why people are having success with  it.  In order for the special
“Amino Acid Pills” to function correctly and burn off the body fat while you
sleep, you need to take them on an empty stomach two hours before bedtime.  The stomach is considered to be empty two hours after its last meal.  So if you want to go to bed at say 11:00 pm, your last meal for the day should be eaten at 7:00 pm.
That way you can take the pills at 9:00 pm and retire for the night two hours later.



 Now if you’re the typical man or woman  you usually find yourself eating some kinds of foods throughout the entire evening on a regular basis and usually right before bedtime. 
Now if you were to just eliminate the eating of all foods after 7:00 pm every night, seven days a week, pill or no pill you’re going to lose  weight.  The fact that you have now
eliminated 500 to maybe 1200 calories a day from your diet is the reason you’re
going to lose weight. Less calories equals less body weight. Pill or no pill you
will drop the pounds. That’s simple  math, no magic formula or Nobel Prize breakthrough in medicine. You can save $40.00 a month and do the diet without the pills; the end result will be the same.  I guarantee it.  The real problem to be concerned with is your health.  Even if you were to follow the plan and lose weight, your health will
only be slightly improved because you’ll still be consuming foods that are not
healthy.  You are what you eat.  Fill your stomach with junk and it’ll wind up as fat in your trunk.

 
                                    The Formula For Losing Weight And Eating  Plenty!
 
Now let me take the time to explain how to lose weight, the correct and healthy way.  The formula for losing weight is this;  energy expenditure must be greater than caloric intake, which translates into  use of more calories during daily activities than are consumed in daily  meals.  That sounds and is pretty  simple, but I believe that 1,500 calories of processed foods are not the same as 1,500 calories of unprocessed nutritional foods. It’s like this, if you were to eat a 300  calorie sub sandwich which you believe to be healthy and good for you, you would  receive about 9 or so grams of protein, almost no natural fiber, very little  vitamin and mineral content, and lots of preservatives. 
On the other hand, if you were to make a homemade tuna fish sandwich
using 1 tablespoon of low fat mayonnaise, 3 ounces of tuna, and two pieces of
stone ground whole wheat bread, you would actually be consuming less calories,
about 20 grams of protein, plenty of natural fiber, and no preservatives.  But the real benefit of this food  choice is that you’ll derive energy from the natural carbohydrates, retain and  build muscle from the abundant protein, and actually burn off more calories,
because you’ll feel energetic and want to work out or go put some time on the
treadmill or stair stepper.  This is the most over-looked aspect of healthy eating. 
It’s not just calories you count but the source of calories you consume.  2,000 calories of
healthy foods will do more to aid you in your quest for weight loss than 1,200
calories of nutrient void foods.  If you cannot convert your food source into energy, it’s like putting  water in your car’s gas tank.  You’ll fill the gas tank up, but it’ll go nowhere because water will not convert into energy for your car.  
 
                                                      How To Eat And Still Lose  Weight
 
Before I continue I would like to bring up an economical point concerning healthy foods. 
It’s a fact that healthy foods actually cost less than restaurant fast foods.  The tuna fish sandwich I  mentioned earlier cost about 1 quarter the price of a commercial restaurants sub sandwich.  And if you purchase all of your fruits and vegetables from a farmer’s market or fruit and vegetable market, you’ll pay less than half of what you would pay if you bought from one  of the large grocery stores.  This can mean a lot of saving for the average family.  My kids are young and eat mostly fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats and oatmeal.  I’m sure that if I gave them a choice between a candy bar and an apple, they would pick the candy bar.  It’s just that I’m the adult and I don’t give them the choice.  I hope that they’ll develop good eating  habits that will carry on throughout their entire lives. 
 
 
                                                                  Healthy Weight loss Eating  Plan
 
·        
BREAKFAST –One-half cup (before cooking) oatmeal, 1
tablespoon honey for flavor, one-quarter cup blueberries or raisins, 3 or 4
scrambled egg whites, one yoke, and one-quarter cup tomato and zucchini, or
protein drink to replace scrambled eggs.


  ·        
SNACK – 8-ounce no-fat yogurt, and or banana, or 4 to 6 ounces of low-fat cottage cheese with pineapple, yogurt, or onions added for extra flavor.


  ·        
LUNCH – Home made Chicken or tuna fish sandwich on stone
ground whole wheat bread.  Apple, Jell-O, and sliced cucumbers or salad.
 
 
  SNACK – Protein drink, or 2 hard-boiled eggs, or salad with eggs and tomato, or cottage cheese and fruit.
 
 
·        
SUPPER – 8 to 12 ounces of lean beef, or chicken, or fish. Large salad with low fat
dressing. Baked or boiled potato or yam with sour cream and chives for topping. 6-ounce glass of low-fat milk.

  
SNACK – Air popped popcorn, Salsa and 8 ounces of natural tortilla chips, or cottage cheese and fruit.

                                           It’s Never Too Late To Get Healthy!

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