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1. 2 Responses to “What are some great diets and exercises for losing weight?”

2. By Gigi on Jan 20, 2010 | Reply

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   Hi, Liza, there’s two ways you could go and I think either way will work for you. First of all, my best suggestion is to learn to eat healthy.
   That means understand the food pyramid, the food groups, the recommended servings, etc. That is how you should eat for life! If you eat that way and have 3 small, healthy meals a day and 2 small, healthy snacks, you will lose weight. Each meal should be less than 400 calories and each snack should be about 100-150 calories. Eating highly nutritious foods is the key, so think in terms of lean protein, veggies, whole-grains, fruits, low-fat dairy, and heart-healthy oils.

   The second option is to do a short-term drastic diet that is designed to last for 2 weeks max. This would take off the most weight rapidly. There are several on the site under Diet Plans but my favorite is the 5-4-3-2-1 diet.
   You get to pick what you eat, but you’re going to want to pick highly nutritious foods to keep your metabolism working efficiently. Again, the eat healthy page can help you determine what highly nutritious foods are, if you need help with that. If you go on the short-term diet, then once it’s over, follow the guidelines on the eat healthy page.

   Make water your main source of hydration and save the sweet drinks (even diet) for special occasions. Eliminate as much salt and sugar from your diet as you can.

   The biggest component to fast weight loss is going to be your workout. You will want to make sure you do a good (30 minute minimum) cardio workout every day for weight loss (3 times a week is sufficient to maintain health). Activities that use the large leg muscles burn the most calories. These activities also tone the lower body quite effectively. Think in terms of power walking, jogging, biking, skating, swimming laps, jumping rope, dancing, racquetball, and jumping jacks. To make sure that you’re burning fat, you need to be sweating and huffing and puffing. In addition, do some good stretches and some strength training. Here are some great exercises for your abs. You can do these at home, without special equipment.

   You’ll find some really good information on the same website, including about five pages of weight loss tips, printable weight loss journal pages, printable exercise log sheets, motivational ideas, healthy recipes, etc. Good luck–you’re lucky that you only have 10 pounds to lose and smart for doing it before it gets out of hand.

3. By ny on Jan 23, 2010 | Reply

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   When you are losing weight, you should exercise and diet together.
   If you exercise without dieting, you will get bigger appetite, which
   will lead to increase of weight, or muscle grow
   underneath the fat layer, and make you bulkier. If you diet without
   exercising, you will become flabby and will have excess skin. For
   diet, go wheat free. No pasta, pizza, bread and so on. And no food
   after 7 p.m. People achieve marvellous results with it. Depending on
   your initial weight, you can drop upwards from 20 pounds a month. If
   you don’t eat wheat then you don’t eat all those sticky, fatty goey
   cakes, you don’t eat junk food, and you don’t eat biscuits. But your
   diet is still balanced. It costs nothing, and you do not have to
   calculate points or to buy special meals or plans. For exercising,
   start with walking, and then switch to running/jogging. Running is the
   most efficient and calorie-burn exercise ever. If you are overweight a
   lot, walk first or you may have health complications (heart attack,
   disjointed bones and so on). Weight lifting is a good means to target
   your problem areas for men and women. It’s not necessarily to become a
   bodybuilder or even join a gym - a couple of dumbbells will help you
   to target your problem areas (stomach, butt, legs, arms, chest).
   an excellent exercise, you can do it in front of your TV: sit on a
   stool, and put your toes under something (piece of heavy furniture,
   for example). In your hands hold a little dumbbell. Please, make sure
   that it is not very heavy, start with one kilo, for example, or you
   will damage your back and spine! Slowly move the upper part of your
   body back, until it’s parallel with the ground. Stop for a second and
   move it back to the sitting position. Repeat ten times. Every week add
   to the number of repetitions. You will see the results in a week,
   guaranteed! You will see or feel under the fat - if you have any - six
   pack and muscles. Dumbbells do wonders. Much better than these
   crunches - I came up to three hundreds and there was no results AT
   ALL. With the dumbbells you will see it in a week.

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