One Less Pound

Have you noticed that most people will never fail to include abdominal muscle exercises in their routines and yet somehow or other, they can never own that coveted 6 pack abs?

Have you been religiously doing your abdominal muscle exercises? Is your abs showing to your satisfaction? No? Why? Do you know that your abdominal muscle is one of the easiest muscles to build but yet why is it that most people have difficulty in developing that 6 pack abs?

Here is the truth. Those of you who are working out your abs regularly do probably own that much sought after six pack. Yes, you do. The only trouble is that your belly fat is covering them. Your abs will not show up well if you have a body fat ratio of more than 12%. The more fat you burn off, the more defined your abs will be. You will own that rippling washboard abs when your body fat is 10% or less. So if you have fat on your belly, forget about abdominal exercises and burn off the fats first.

There is another reason why people put in so much effort to develop their abdominal muscle and yet their abs are not showing although they have low body fat. Again, there is a simple explanation. They are doing the wrong exercises and working out in bad form.

Let’s take for example the most common abs exercises, the sit up and the leg raisers. Everybody seem to be doing these two exercises not knowing that these exercises really don’t do much for their abs. Don’t believe me? Ok…try this. When you do your sit up or leg raisers, place your palms on your hip on the area connecting to your thigh and perform the exercises. Tell me what did you feel? Ahhh….you are getting it. Those muscles there are doing most of the work. Those are your hip flexor muscles. Since your hip flexors are doing most of the work, how can you develop your abs effectively?

So you say, from now on I will do crunches instead. Well, I have another surprise for you. Most people perform their crunches wrongly too. Think about it. Why is the exercise called the “crunch”? It is because you must squeeze your abs so are that you are crunching them. In order to squeeze your abs hard, you have to curl up like a prawn and breath out all the air in your lungs at the top position and then squeeeeeeeze the muscles so hard that you feel a burn. That will take a few seconds to crunch out all the air before you lower to the beginning position again. You can’t do this effectively if you just go up, down, up down, up down rhythmetically. So, if you have been doing hundreds of crunches everyday with minimal result, now you know why. In fact, it is almost impossible for the average guy to do tens of properly performed crunches and not to say hundreds of them. The same squeezing principle applies to other abs exercises.

Ok….now that you know why your abs are not showing up well, so get on with burning your fats and perform your workout in correct form. You will then see your 6 pack abdominal muscle in no time.

Over the years, losing weight has been the dilemma of many people not just in the United States but also around the world. In fact, there are now a lot of diet system and weight loss medicines available. However, there have been so many negative feedbacks about most of these diet systems and weight loss medications. Some are not as effective as they claim to be while some even have bad side effects. Hence, people are still seeking for the best solution.

The experts in weight loss and diet programs are continuously struggling to give weight loss clients the best possible answer to their weight problems. And the latest trend introduced is natural weight loss. So what is this natural weight loss thing? Read on this article to know more about it.

Natural Weight Loss Explained

Since the procedures are natural, weight loss using this procedure is considered healthy and will really make you feel satisfied. Unlike the fad diets and “almost magic” diet programs and medications available today, natural weight loss will teach you how to shed those extra pounds in a proper manner. This weight loss means will tell you the opposite of what those unreliable diet programs tell you; that you will lose weight if you are going to religiously follow a long term but healthy weight loss plan.

Now, don’t you think it is much easier to believe to a weight loss procedure which does not promise making you sexy and fit overnight? But, what can you really do to lose weight naturally?

Here are some tips;

• Know what to eat

– It is important that you know whether a certain food on your menu can be a potential harm to your weight loss scheme. Learn how to be critical on what you eat. Avoid too much fried and salty foods.

• Read about natural weight loss

– there are lots of published, both online and prints, about natural weight loss. It would help you so much to read on some of these articles. You can read books or magazines with expert’s column about natural weight loss. Online natural weight loss sites are also available on the net as your reference.

• Participate on online forums

– yes, there are online communities and forums on the Internet where members talk about natural weight loss, its benefits and the different resources which you can find to shed that unwanted fat naturally.

• Visit websites

– there are different natural weight loss websites and you can visit any of them so you can get guides about losing weight. You’d be able to get tips and information about natural weight loss programs and pills on such sites.

• Don’t believe in magic

– when it comes to losing weight, there is no such thing as magic. Patience and perseverance are what you need.

Really, there are lots of ways for you to be fit the natural way. You just have to know the different resources that you have. And after some time, you will feel the difference between the commercial diet solutions and the natural way. It is because eventually, you will become perfectly fit while staying healthy. Yes, healthy because you are not restricting yourself with what you eat.

With natural weight loss, you don’t deprive yourself. You just learn what are the right amount and the right time to eat them. And you know what? Permanent fitness is the promise of losing weight naturally. That’s right; you don’t have to worry about gaining weight again.

Obesity and overweight are the second most major reasons of preventable deaths in America. Stagnant lifestyle and junk food is to be blamed for more than three hundred thousand deaths per annum. The sad thing is that this problem is on the rise. Obesity is a chronic disease which poses serious health risk to the health of an individual. Also, obesity is the easiest recognizable medical problem, but is very difficult to deal with.

People usually confuse obesity with overweight. Overweight is gaining of a few extra pounds. A person is considered obese when the total body weight is minimum ten percent more than the recommended weight for his/her body structure and height. According to an estimate every year hundred billion dollars are spent on the obesity problem. It is very important to treat the problem as early as possible. Obese children between the age of ten and thirteen have eighty percent chances of growing into obese adults, unless they change their ways and adopt a healthier lifestyle. The obesity problem starts from the age of five and continue till adolescence.

Obesity can be caused due to complex reasons including biological, genetic, cultural and behavioral factors. Usually a person gets obese when he/she consumes more calories than the body burns. Also there are fifty percent chances of becoming obese when both one of the parent is obese and when obesity has affected both the parents, the chances increases to eighty percent. One percent of obese people can have that fat because of health reasons, as obesity can be caused due to few medical disorders. The causes of obesity in adolescence are overeating, family history, bad eating habits, little or no exercise, medical illness, low self esteem, medications, depression, emotional problems, stressful life, and family problem.

Obesity can cause many major problems. Some of them are diabetes, sleeping disorders, high blood pressure, breathing problems, emotional problems and increase in heart disease risk. Teenagers are more prone to get emotional problems. Because of the weight, they develop low self esteem. They get into depression, obsessive compulsion disorder and anxiety.

Adolescents who want to tackle the obesity problem should approach a pediatrician who will thoroughly evaluate the cause. If no physical disorder is to be blamed, the weight is reduced by limiting the calorie intake and increasing physical activity. The doctor can advice a weight management program and change the eating habits of the teenager, slowly. The patient must avoid oily, fatty, fast and junk food. The potions must be reduced in order to decrease the calorie intake. If the adolescent has developed emotional problems because of obesity, an adolescent psychiatrist can collaborate with the pediatrician in order to make a comprehensive plan for treatment. The plan includes reasonable goals, behavior modification, family participation, and management of physical activity.

Self motivation is extremely necessary in loosing weight. Because obesity is more a family problem and not an individual problem, the whole family can switch to eating healthy food and exercising regularly. This can make the weight control program a success. Parents can play a major role by boosting the self esteem of their children by concentrating on their strengths and encouraging them, instead of targeting the weight problem. The whole family should eat meals together, instead of eating individually while watching a movie. This helps all the members to focus on the food and the quantity being eaten. If the teenager isn’t getting support from his family members, he/she can join support groups which can help towards the goals.

After the adolescent has lost weight, it is very important that he/she maintains it. In majority of the cases, people shift back to their old eating habits after loosing weight. That is the reason why obesity is more of a lifetime issue. So the main aim of any weight loss program must be make the adolescent like healthy food. He/she must also be made to exercise regularly, irrespective of the weight.

Super Walnut-Super Fat Burning Superhero Extroadinaire!

Every year in January, millions of people across the world resolve to change an aspect or aspects of their life. These resolutions range from career changes to relationship improvements, but here at www.onelesspound.com, the absolute most common resolution is to improve their diet and exercise. Sadly, by February these resolutions are abandoned and forgotten until next year rolls around and the resolution-abandonment cycle continues anew.

This cycle cannot be broken by willpower alone, but must also consist of structural changes to one’s life. In terms of diet and exercise, you can greatly improve your chances of success by incorporating these 5 fat burning super foods into your daily diet. As we will see, adding avocados, eggs, nuts, berries, and grass-fed beef or bison to your new diet can mean the difference between meeting your weight loss resolution or failure.

Blueberries
According to research conducted by the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center, dieters that consumed blueberries as 2 percent of their diet had less abdominal fat, lower triglycerides, lower cholesterol, and improved glucose and insulin sensitivity, which are measures of how well the body processes glucose for energy. Nutrients within blueberries called polyphenols prevent the formation of fat cells while simultaneously promoting lipolysis, or the breakdown of fat cells already in the body.
In addition to their fat burning properties, blueberries can be considered a super food thanks to their cancer fighting properties. Ellagitannin and pterostilbene – two highly prized compounds in blueberries – have been shown to block metabolic pathways that can lead to cancer while reversing motor-skill decline due to aging or cognitive impairments. So not only do blueberries contain great fat-burning nutrients, they are also great cancer fighters and brain foods! If those benefits weren’t enough, adding blueberries to your daily diet can prevent and relieve constipation, inflammation in the digestive tract, and promote healthy mood.

All blueberries are not created the same. Canned grocery store blueberries tend to be exposed to heat during the canning process, thus destroying their antioxidant potential. Stick with raw or frozen berries, and avoid mixing them with milk or other proteins (no whipped cream!), since doing so will decrease your body’s ability to absorb the fat-burning and antioxidant nutrients within the berries.

Avocado
An avocado a day keeps thepounds (and the doctor) away! A nutrient within avocados called L-carnitine has been shown to boost your fat burning metabolism. Additionally, high levels of monosaturated fat contained within avocados lowers cholesterol which in turn lowers the hormones that store abdominal fat. L-carnitine is sold as an individual nutrient, but you can improve your chances of adding its fat burning properties to your diet by consuming it through avocados. After all, it’s easy to forget to take a pill, but not so easy not to overlook an avocado sitting in your refrigerator when you are hungry! Avocados can be consumed in salads, as guacamole, as an alternative to mayonnaise on sandwiches, or by the slice. In addition to L-carnitine, Avocados are rich in a number of powerful nutrients, including
• Lutein has been shown to protect against macular (eye) degeneration and cataracts
• Oleic acid has been shown to prevent breast cancer
• Folate has been shown to decrease the risk of stroke and heart disease
• Vitamin E, an essential vitamin that protects against many diseases, has been shown to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer

As you can see, adding avocados to your diet can have benefits that far exceed fat loss!

Whole Eggs
The debate on the health properties of eggs has raged on for decades, but one thing is for sure: there is no better source of low fat dietary protein than the egg! One egg provides 6 grams of protein, or 12% of the Recommended Daily Value.It’s important to note that half of the protein content of eggs comes from the yolk, and one should therefore consume the whole egg. Egg yolks also provide all of the essential amino acids our bodies need in a near-perfect pattern.DHA fortified eggs are packed with tons of other nutrients, including omega 3 fatty acid: a nutrient that has been shown to stabilize blood sugar levels and purge the body of excess insulin that would normally settle within the body as fat.

Nuts
Almonds, pecans, peanuts, walnuts, pistachios, and macadamia nuts have too many health promoting and fat burning nutrients to list here, and are so easy to incorporate into your diet that it’s impossible not to include them in this list!
In the case of almonds, research has shown that when two dieters ate the same calories but one of them ate 520 of those calories from almonds that the almond dieter lost more fat.The science behind this is that almonds are a great source of magnesium, a key element that your body needs to regulate energy and fat burning hormones. Macadamia nuts are Atkins neutral, and have also been shown to increase metabolic rates by as much as 10%. Pistachios provide your body with over 30 vitamins, minerals and other super nutrients. These nutrients include copper, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, and high amounts of omega-3 fats. These nutrients are responsible for more than 300 different important biochemical processes in your body, and good for your heart and blood pressure as well as your waist line!

Grass-fed Beef or Bison
Both beef and bison can be consumed as part of a fat burning diet, but grass-fed bison has gained recent popularity due to its superiority over beef as a fat burning and muscle building food. Bison has less fat than both chicken and salmon, has 2.42 grams of fat and 143 calories (compared to 18.54 grams of fat and 219 calories in choice cuts of beef), and has 35% more protein than beef. The act of replacing beef withgrass fed bison alone could lead to could lead to a ten-pound weight loss over the course of a year.
Bison is packed with a nutrient called conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), which promotes the development of lean muscle mass. Muscle mass promotes fat burning even in your sleep, meaning building muscle mass with the help of bison also promotes weight loss.

There are some important benefits to grass fed meats over commercial meat products. For starters, grass fed meat is leaner, lower in omega-6 fats that are linked to heart disease,is higher in beneficial omega-3 fats and conjugated linoleic acids, and it tastes better, too! Grass fed beef and bison are also more environmentally conscious in that raising cows in pastures is more sustainable than raising cows in feedlots. Feedlots require tons of fossil fuel consumption while producing inferior meat product and promoting inhumane treatment of animals in the process.

By adding these 5 foods to your daily diet, you will look and feel better, improve your odds of achieving your weight loss goals, and live longer. Will power is not enough to make lasting changes in your lifestyle, but with www.onelesspound.com, you can make a new and healthy lifestyle a permanent reality!

One of the first things that I did that really helped me to lose massive weight was to follow the Sacred Heart Fat Burning Soup/Diet Plan.  My wife was given this plan by one of her co-workers and I have also found it published on the internet on various sites with a few alterations here and there.  Thanks to this plan I lost almost fifteen pounds in one week!  Here is the plan that I was given:

Eat These 5 Foods and Burn Fat

Good luck in your weight loss efforts!

God bless,
Mark
Isaiah 40:31