Showing posts with label calories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label calories. Show all posts

Friday, August 3, 2012

How You Can Maintain Your Weight And Enjoy A Great Health Continuously


Many people think that it is very difficult to lose weight. But, the fact is that this is only partially true. You may certainly find it difficult to lose weight if you do not take the right steps. So, you should know what steps you should take and understand their importance. Once you adopt them and lose your weight, you should try to maintain the right weight. Even dietitians agree that it is more difficult to maintain the right weight than losing weight.

The main step is to keep watching your weight periodically  The problem is that once you lose weight, your body metabolism also undergoes changes. In other words, the body adjusts itself to your new style of eating and exercising. Once it becomes accustomed to your diet and exercises regimens, it refuses to shed its weight any more. This is called the "yo-yo" effect. The body learns to come out with the same output even if you spend less energy. So, you do not spend as many calories for the same exercises regimen and for your physical activities as you did prior to losing your weight.

Another point is that you may lose your interest in your exercises and diet regimens once you lose your weight. When you start neglecting them, you start gaining weight once again. So, the two factors that contribute for your increase in weight are using less number of calories for the same output and secondly, neglecting the diet and exercises regimens. So, the surplus calories that you do not spend remain in your body. So, there will an increase in your weight once again.

So, if you want to sustain your weight loss and remain in good shape continuously, you should keep changing your dietary and exercises habits. If you keep making periodical changes to these habits, you will not have any weight increase and you can enjoy a great health on a continuous basis.

Friday, July 27, 2012

How To Burn The Fat Of Your Body And Lead A Healthy Life


There can not be anyone who does not want to be healthy. But, if you are fat, you can not consider yourself healthy though you may not at present have any problems with your health. There are many ailments that can be caused if one is fat. Diabetes, heart ailments, blood pressure, etc. are major ailments that may be caused if a person is fat. So, it is necessary that you should burn your fat if you want to be healthy.

For burning your fat, you should mainly focus on two things. Firstly, you should know what to eat and how to eat. The second point is you must know how you should burn your calories. If you eat wrong foods in the wrong manner, you are certain to get fat. Likewise, if you do not burn your calories also, you will become fat.

But, this makes some people take the drastic step of crash-dieting or cutting down on their foods. This can be highly detrimental to their health. If you also have such a wrong notion, you should change your eating pattern and make a switch in your diets also, instead of taking these drastic steps. If you are eating 3 large meals, you should change this eating pattern. Your system can not burn completely the calories available in large meals. So, the calories that remain unused accumulate as fats. But, if you eat smaller meals, your system will be able to burn the entire calories. So, you should be taking 6 smaller meals instead of 3 larger meals. This eating pattern will improve your metabolism. There should be a change in your diets also. You should stop eating processed foods, fat and sugary items, etc. and instead, choose items that can burn the fat of your body. These are called fiber diets. Green vegetables, fresh fruits, wholesome grains, beans, nuts, etc. are fat burning fiber foods. You should eat more of them.

You should have a lot of physical activity for burning your calories. If you are not able to devote time for exercises, you can make small changes in your routine. Instead of using lifts and elevators, you can use steps for climbing up and down the stairs. If your job requires that you should keep sitting for longer hours in the same place, you should get up once in 20 minutes and have a stroll. You can walk back from your workplace to home in the evenings. In a nutshell, you should use every opportunity to engage in some physical activity or the other. By doing so, you can burn your calories. If it is possible for you to devote time for doing exercises, you can do it but you should do your exercises on a consistent basis.

By making these changes in your diets and physical activities, you can burn the fat of your body and lead a healthy life.