Posts Tagged ‘fat loss’

Why we get fat

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Our ancestors were the equivalent to olympic athletes in their health.They lived in a world of survival of the fittest. If they did not fight to survive, they would be somebody else’s food.Genetically, our bodies have not changed much since those times. We’ve had to evolve mechanisms that would keep us alive during times of famine.

Hunter/gatherers during this time endured long periods of starvation.It was rare that they had enough food.To combat this,our bodies have more systems that allow us to gain weight than they do for us tolos e weight.

Through hormonal changes in our body,our ancestors survived by gaining and storing weight to survive periodic famines.In society today, this just sounds ridiculous because we have plenty of food.

On the contrary, our food supply is completely devoid of nutrients.

Nowadays, our food is calorie rich and nutrient poor. We are literally in a famine amidst plenty.

We are literally poisoning our bodies by not exercising, poor food choices and mental stress. Foods such as high fructose corn syrup, sucrose, table salt, boxed and canned goods all contribute to destroying your health and your bikini body.

Remember: Our ancestors were literally built like Olympic athletes. Not because they wanted to be, but because they had to survive and in the wild, survival of the fittest prevails.

As we have adapted, our bodies created systems to get us through hard times such as droughts and even bad eye sight!This is why it is important to have a holistic weight loss program. This type of program is designed to give you nutrient dense foods that have a very low calorie value.

During our hunter/gatherer times, our sweets were fruits and honey. They were all natural and not in a concentrated form like the sugar and “fake” honey that we have now.

Nowadays, our stress comes from money problems, relationship problems, and work stress. It isn’t for our survival. The problem lies in the fact that our bodies don’t differentiate between mental and physical stress.

All forms of stress overcome our innate drive to shed fat.Mentally, we get discouraged and this causes us to give into temptation.When you add these events together, many of our dietary choices are shifted from biological necessities to psychological reactions.

Dr Charles Livingston is a structure/function doctor who specializes in advanced nutrition, detoxification and weight loss. He is also the author and creator of http://www.greenlifeweightloss.com which teaches healthy “green” principles for shedding weight fast and naturally.

Exercise Is The Key To Staying Young Forever

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Exercise is crucial to take years off your age and to improve your health.Remember that motion is life, and life is about motion We are creatures designed to move.Moving stimulates weight loss by increasing your metabolism ten fold.

Muscle is the most metabolically active tissue in your body.Our bodies were not designed to just sit around and watch TV all day. Our ancestors were hunter/gatherers and were forced to walk an average of 9 miles a day. Their physical fitness levels were the equivalent to today’s professional athletes. During that time, it was survival of the fittest.

We have a different choice now: Be fit or be fat, and die a painful slow death filled with disease.Statistics show that 50% of people in the U.S. have heart attacks. By following a green weight loss program, you are able to lose weight naturally and permanently. Exercise is a crucial part of living a “green” lifestyle. Exercise should be performed with a wide variety of activities. Your goal is functional movement that not only makes you look younger, but will also protect you from injuries.Studies have been done where the heart was worked at a variety of intervals. Not just long distance running, not just sprinting, but a combination.Below are some simple exercise tips to improve your ability to lose weight and live healthier.

  • Take a half an hour walk every day.
  • Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
  • Buy a pilates video and start doing it 4 times a week.
  • When doing cardio, try running in intervals. Go fast for minute and then slow for two minutes then fast for thirty seconds then slow for one minute and so forth.

Not only can the fat melt away, but your health will drastically improve when you exercise. Especially in the high stress world that we live in you can make a huge improvement to your quality of life.

Dr Charles Livingston is a structure/function doctor who specializes in advanced nutrition and weight loss. He is also the author and creator of http://www.greenlifeweightloss.com which teaches healthy “green” principles for shedding weight fast naturally.

 

 

The Fat Loss Answer - When Going It Alone Is Not Enough

Monday, May 25th, 2009

Increasingly in America, a trend has emerged that has both good and bad aspects. This is the fat loss trend, or movement, or fad, or whatever you wish to call it. Increasingly the target of specific products and regimens may not take all factors into account in creating these program which are very important, such as individual differences in body types, for example..that is why you must do your research to locate a system that is proven to assist in fat loss.

There are countless products out there that promise the earth, but are usually short on delivery. When a product does advise using combined with a workout , you are probably just being sold a system that might not work for you in the end.

Some of these products work well but will have an adverse effect as well – you might lose weight in some muscle groups that are beneficial? With so many programs, the weight loss itself, can usually be achieved without the need to target fat as an area in and of itself. The fat will be burned off as you exercise, as a byproduct of using your exercise regime to its best, as muscles use fat as the best releaser of energy to the body.

Many people think that if they simply cut the meals they consume each day into half or omit a couple meals, then that would be the secret to fat loss.  This is not true.You can eat more every day.When I say "more", I do not mean huge plates of food.  What I mean is that you have to eat more frequent smaller meals each day.Eating 5 to 6 smaller meals a day helps you lose weight rather than having 3 larger meals a day.

Losing fat can be as simple or as complex as we chose to make it. That is why it is so important to find an effective fat loss program that can guide you through the process and use it in conjunction with everyday ways to lose weight.

You could cut out fried foods and all the fats that they contain, to eating more fiber in your diet, which is both low in fats and makes you feel full.  Little things that can be done by all of us can work wonders. Just walk to somewhere you would normally drive - do that four time a week and you are getting a low impact cardio workout for the week. Walk the dog yourself every morning, make a point of it.

Some methods can be hard to follow and keep committed if you try to lose weight on your own.This is where a great weight loss program would come in to keep you on track and losing weight.