By John McCalister

When was the last time you eagerly stepped on to the weighing machine but became soon disappointed by the meager 1-pound loss in weight, even though you worked your guts out at the gym for a whole month? How many days have you run in your nearby park before you found out that there was no apparent change in your waist size? After walking for miles, have you ever wondered whether losing weight could be easier so that you had more time and energy to do things you like?

The goal of every weight loser is burning out more calories than eating in, or vice versa.  Exercising is just a way, albeit a very difficult one, to achieve calorie deficit. Usually, a deficit of 3500 calories means a loss of one pound of fat.

So, what are the other ways that you can adopt to achieve a significant calorie deficit? Now fanatic exercise believers will roll their eyes and say “Please don’t ask us to be anorexic.” However, I am absolutely aware of the harmful effects of starvation. Neither will I recommend the ineffective, and sometimes detrimental, diet pills which have been overly hyped by many spurious advertisements. What I am asking for is balanced and healthy diet habits that help our body lose weight naturally. Here is a pick of the 3 best ways that smart dieters use to lose weight easily and healthily:

1. Having a “big” breakfast: Ignore all those fraudulent diet programs which advise you to eliminate all traces of carbohydrates from your diets. In a recent research carried out in Virginia Commonwealth University, Dr Jakubowicz found that women who gorge down rice, breads, cereals and other high-carb, high-calorie foods early in the morning lose a fifth of their total body weight, 4 times more than those who forsake their breakfasts in pursuit of weight loss. What an irony! Does not it defy the law of “Greater- Calorie-Deficits-lead- to- Greater-Weight Losses”?

However, a closer inspection into the case reveals that these big-breakfast eaters have lower food cravings for the rest of the day and thus actually consume less calories per day. On average, they lose a whopping 40 pounds in just a year.  A swimmer will have to spend about 15 hours in the water to lose as much weight!

2. Eating slowly, Yes AGAIN: Before you say, oh no – not again! Let me re-assert this.. Do you want to be naturally thin like Nora Ephron, the famed American film director and screenwriter? Then try to eat “slowly” in “small, tidy” bites. Chewing your food well gives your brain ample time to find out when your stomach is more-than-enough full and thus prevents the No. 1 hurdle to losing weight, overeating. In fact, research at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, found that people who eat slowly consume almost 70 fewer calories per meal than people who don’t. Multiply that by three squares a day and you’ll drop 20 pounds by this time next year. According to Calorie Control Council’s “Get Moving! Calculator”, this Is equivalent to 360 hours of working in the gym.

3. “Swapping” out meat for fruits and vegetables: Vegetables and fruits contain a high percentage of water and are low in energy density (E.D.), and so provide relatively few calories for the volume of food consumed.

For example, in one of the experiments of Volumetrics Eating Plan, a popular weight management plan, Dr. Barbara Rolls found that young men who consumed 14 ounces of vegetable juice before lunch (88 calories) reduced their calorie intake by 136 calories at lunch, a net savings of 48 calories. By following this method before both lunch and dinner, dieters can successfully manage to have a deficit of 100 calories. On the other hand, work-outers need to walk for about 30 minutes every day to burn the same amount of calories.

By now, you will probably understand that losing weight need not be painful. Researchers have found the above ways make up the key components of a healthy lifestyle, which, in turn, leads to fast weight loss and a healthy Body Mass Index (BMI). In addition, simple activities such as drinking at least 8 glasses of water and sleeping for at least 8 hours facilitate the weight loss process. To know more about how to reach a healthy BMI, subscribe to our blog!

By John McCalister

Have you ever been a victim of fraudulent weight loss programs? Have you become tired of diet pills that don’t work? Have you lost all hopes of becoming slim?

In a 2008 survey, Consumer Reports found that successful dieters lose weight themselves, without the help of a commercial diet program or “slimming” pills. In fact, their successes are the products of their good eating and exercise habits.

Based on this knowledge, we have found the five best ways that will help you shed pounds without hitting a nerve:

1. Exercise:

The golden rule of losing weight is exercising regularly. However, you don’t need to jump in any vigorous physical activity that leaves you tired and breathless. Instead, go for a 55-minute brisk walk in a nearby park. Does it sound monotonous? If yes, then carry your iPods along. Try this exercise regimen for five days every week and you will lose 10 per cent of your body weight in less than 6 months.

2. Have a “big” breakfast

Apart from exercising, what should be the first thing on your daily to-do list? It’s having a full, high-carbohydrate breakfast that includes one or more of the following items:  breads, cereals and rice. Why is this so important? In 2008, US researcher Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz found that people who have big breakfasts lose weight faster than those who starve in the morning. This is because having a high-carb diet in the morning speeds up body metabolism and lowers food cravings throughout the whole day.

3. Drink Water

Forget the myth that water just quenches your thirst. Michael Boschmann, MD, a German researcher, says that water plays a pivotal role in weight loss. According to him, drinking eight glasses of cold water per day will help your body use up calories by heating and absorbing the water. Drinking before every meal except the “big” breakfast is especially useful since it makes you feel full earlier, thereby limiting the total amount of food you consume.

4. Try Vegetable

Now most meat-lovers here would cringe just reading the word “vegetables”, let alone incorporate them in their daily meals. However, a healthy diet is composed of a much larger proportion of vegetables than of meat. Vegetables contain dietary fiber, which the enzymes in your body cannot digest. In addition, they are low in fat and calories. All these features make vegetables the ideal food that you can gulp without gaining excess energy.

5. Eat slowly

Have you ever wondered why you often overeat? Part of the blame should go to your habit of eating fast and not chewing the food well. Research at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, found that people who eat slowly consume almost 70 fewer calories per meal than people who don’t. Chewing their food well gives their brains enough time to know when their stomachs get sufficiently filled. Take the case of Nora Ephron, the famed American film director and screenwriter. The New Yorker described her as a person who eats “slowly” in “small, tidy bites”. No wonder, even at 68, she has been able to maintain her slim and trim figure.

By following these ways, you will be thinner in no time at all. Subscribe to our blog to know more about how to lose weight fast!

It seems there are only two developments in the last two decades as far as fast weight loss and eating habits go:

• Addiction to junk foods
• Eagerness for maintaining a well-trimmed figure

However, these two, self contradictory issues, can never co-exist ( live with it ). So after consuming the quarter-pounder excuse of sorry greasy junk and leading the example of unhealthy eating habits – people start searching for QUICK FIXES to their health and ENTER DIET!

Tailored dieting habits are obviously amazing initiatives against obesity-but there are misconceptions surrounding this topic. Most of the people seem to presume that diet (the word), by itself, is a miraculous “tonic of losing weight” which comprises of only boring, dull and tasteless food. But that is not the TRUTH. The word ‘Diet’ refers to ( correctly as) :

• A combination of healthy and necessary food items in appropriate quantity to build a balanced meal (which apparently will help you in ensuring physical soundness AS WELL AS reducing obesity )

Most people might also think that tailored dieting habits should only be pursued when one wants to have a stunning figure – but, AGAIN – its not entirely true. Many of the popular diet schemes today have stemmed from the need of providing people healthy food solutions. Losing excessive weight is not only the necessity for a nice physique but it is the pre-requisite for a sound health.

Looking for fast ways to lose weight? But “Most people in this world love food OR everyone loves to eat”. Sometime people get unrestrained about their food habit and think that it won’t harm them in the LONGER RUN (as if anyone gives a shit). After suffering from various diseases, they get shocked and start over-dieting. But it won’t help you much rather hamper your health even more! Don’t get upset though- here are some tips for people who don’t want to leave their favorite menu but want to keep their weight controlled.

1. Get Some Exercise:

The best way for losing weight fast is exercise or workout. I know, many of us will yell out ( or pull your hair ) hearing the term of workout, but, believe me, it is necessary! A 30-minute free-hand exercise can help you to lose your weight efficiently and give the freedom to stay at your favorite menu! Don’t use motor vehicles when you are crossing a tiny distance. Walking or jogging ( even a mere 10000 steps a day resolution) can give you a sound life with a fit body.

2. Change Your lifestyle ( Perspective Weight Loss ):

Don’t get scared! I am not telling you to change your whole lifestyle; I am just telling you to moderate it. Don’t diet, cause it is a temporary solution. If you want to be fit for your lifetime ( thinking LONGER RUN ), then improvise! Don’t get to choose “rules” which don’t suit you or goes against of your daily routine. Just eat on time AND don’t bite off more than you can chew!

3. Share with your Family:

You are trying to lose your weight; it’s not something to be ashamed of.  Share it with your family. Let them help you to achieve your goal. It will help you to moderate your weight loss scheme easily and swiftly!

4. Identify Your Weight:

Just identify your ideal (wannabe) weight; weight that fits your body type. Set that goal as a milestone and don’t expect anything! Just get along slowly and seriously from the first day and you are sure going to be the winner!

5. Change Your Food Habit:

You are trying to lose your weight but can’t stop eating junk foods and other calorie rich diets. You can’t avoid fatty foods totally but you should know your calorie limit.(I know..making charts are boring but nevertheless). So, measure your daily calorie needs in your way and eat healthy and fresh.

6. Sleeping Time:

Don’t let your hectic lifestyle consume all your times. Don’t ignore your sleep by working hard.  If you want a sound health and want to lose your weight faster, then sleep at least eight hours a day.

Follow these tips, you are surely going to lose your extra weight in a breeze. Don’t follow them and be Mike Tyson! OR these Disney Buttocks!

“Don’t believe her..For heaven’s sake! No matter how awesome she looks..shes going to recommend some BS product in the end. So tamper your BS-meter and save the below configurations permanently for future references. Here we Go.. “

By John McCalister

Losing weight fast is no easy job, and many times some common yet illogical notions come in the way of effective weight loss programs. You believe them; you follow them- when there is no basis for all these beliefs!

• Weight loss Myth 1:

The idea was generated sometimes around 1970’s- they said: You should always follow a diet according to your metabolic type! Under such notion it was believed that, gene types actually have an impact on deciding the effective diet plan- and the dietitians used to do a thorough physical taste in order to decide on the respective person’s diet. With the aide of modern advanced science, this myth has however been found illogical.

• Weight Loss Myth 2:

Complex carbohydrates: the all-time-supervillain for Fat Joes; if anything is to blame for obesity- it has always been the damn carbohydrates. Although many articles and journals have constantly tried to tell people that carbohydrates are NOT the only liable constituent for being fat; still people don’t seem to account the fact that, there are also other nutrients which also contribute to fattening.

• Weight Loss Myth 3:

This myth however has been found harmful in many cases. Even some of the diet related web-pages circulate such ideas like: killing your appetite or increasing the amount of metabolism leads toward fast ways to lose weight. Such ideas not only lack proper scientific back up but they also might become a threat to your sound health! Recently some so-called herbal products are pretty popular in the market. No matter how much the marketers claim, controversies still remain regarding their reliability.

• Weight Loss Myth 4:

Spot reducing body weight is another very popular yet very much illogical myth. How can you ever spot-reduce your weight?  Think logically- is it possible to reduce fat preferentially at any particular part of your body while keeping the other parts same? Of course not. Whoever claims such ideas- don’t believe them! The best you can do is, spot-build the body mass in some part of your body, e.g. you can do sit ups for toning your abdominal muscles.

• Weight Loss Myth 5:

Many a times you will hear expert dietitians (more precisely wannabe-expert-dietitians) prescribing you to have many smalls meals a day, instead of having two or three big chunks of meal per day. The dietitian will tell you that, glucose level in your blood decreases heavily if there is a substantial gap between meals which eventually leads to higher craving for foods in your next meal. Like many other myths- this idea doesn’t have any scientific support either! However, the recent studies have shown that, frequent intake of foods harms the energy required to digest food!

There are many other myths those you will hear every once in a while- just make sure before believing any idea that it has sufficient scientific background.