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Weight Loss Tips You May Not Know

June 28th, 2009

Asian chicken salad Here are nine diet tips you may not have not heard yet. Some involve different ways to eat, or adding certain foods to your diet. Others involve learning new behaviors or strategies to help you stay on track. (WebMD).

1. Variety is Overrated.
2. Barley for Breakfast.
3. Add Protein and Fat to Your Lunch Salad.
4. Stock up on Frozen Veggies.
5. Make a Veggie Platter.
6. Keep Your House at 61 F.
7. Smaller Plates.
8. Make it a Hassle to Eat Treats.
9. Try on Your Tight Jeans Every Week.

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My Muscles are Confused Enough

January 25th, 2009

Looking to add muscle and create definition like those appealing ads that feature sensational before and after photos? Don’t think you can do it in just 90 days.

“To make a change in how you look, you are talking about a significant period of training,” Dr. Kraemer said. “In our studies it takes six months to a year.” And, he added, that is with regular strength-training workouts, using the appropriate weights and with a carefully designed individualized program. “That is what the reality is,” he said. -Fitness Isn’t an Overnight Sensation

Check out P90X that promotes a training concept called “Muscle Confusion.” Trust me, muscles don’t think and cannot get confused.

You will get results, but are you prepared to give this an hour a day as the program requires?

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Weight Loss Should Not Be Your Only Goal

December 4th, 2008

Have you recently been able to lose a few extra pounds? Don’t congratulate yourself just yet, because believe it or not, weight loss is not, or should not, be your final objective. You should always measure your degree of success by the number of pounds you are able to KEEP OFF, not by the number of pounds you are able to lose. Remember that next time you commit to a program.

–excerpt from my new book Lose It For Ever: Lose Weight and Improve Your Health-Do it the right way

© Dave Elger, 2008 All rights reserved

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The Truth about Aerobic Exercise and Weight Loss

December 3rd, 2008

A paper published in 1998 by George Washington University Medical Center researchers reviewed 493 studies performed over 25 years involving weight loss through dieting, exercise, or a combination of both. The good news is that subjects averaged a whopping 24 pound drop in weight over 15 weeks. Surprisingly however, there was little difference in total pounds lost between the dieting groups and the diet plus exercise groups (I suspect total calorie deficit in these studies was the same, and the diet only groups experienced a drop in lean muscle mass compared to the exercise groups). There was a difference, however, at the 1 year follow-up. The exercise groups did a much better job of maintaining their weight loss.

-excerpt from my new book Lose It For Ever: Lose Weight and Improve Your Health-Do it the right way

© Dave Elger, 2008 All rights reserved

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Are You Buying a Weight Loss Product?

December 1st, 2008

Globally every year, obese people waste billions of pounds on food products that ‘imply’ that they aid weight loss, but are totally ineffective, says a nutritional expert on the British Medical Journal website. -sciencedaily.com

MY COMMENTS:  Weight loss gimmicks do not work, especially those that promote quick results.

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Include Healthy Protein at Breakfast

November 28th, 2008

The study concluded that when people ate high-quality protein foods, from sources such as eggs and lean Canadian bacon, for breakfast they had a greater sense of sustained fullness throughout the day compared to when more protein was eaten at lunch or dinner medicalnewstoday.com

MY COMMENT: I like to mix an egg in with my bowl of oatmeal.  Extra protein in the diet has been shown to give weight loss a boost- apparently if you can get some in the morning, even better!

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Food Diaries Improve Weight Loss Efforts

November 28th, 2008

US researchers working on a study comparing approaches to weight loss, found that keeping a food diary can double weight loss as part of a managed programme; they said that the more food records they kept, the more weight the participants lost. -medicalnewstoday.com

MY COMMENT:  A good idea if you can stick with it- very painful for some.   That’s why I prefer to ask clients to record simple information such as fruit, vegetables, and grams of fiber.

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