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Should You Be Using Green Tea For Weight Loss

Posted in Green Tea, colon cleanse, dieting, exercise, weight loss on June 7th, 2010 by Steve – 2 Comments

Many people are eager to lose weight and more than ready to pay for it. These people are also easily ripped off when it comes to weight loss supplements, as most of them think that eating supplements will help them burn fat. Most of these people think that weight loss teas are highly efficient because people usually lose weight while using them – the problem is that the weight will easily be gained back after discontinuing the use. Why is this?

First of all, quick weight loss is always about losing some extra water retention, and this does not contribute in your fat loss – muscles contain almost 80% of water, where as adipose tissue only has less than 5% of water in it. This means that when you lose water in your body, your bodyfat percentage actually goes up, as your lean body mass decreases. Using green tea for weight loss will usually cause you to lose water because these teas contain caffeine which is also a thermogenic. This means that it will boost your metabolic rate and induce some fat burn.

The problem with thermogenics is that you will develop a tolerance to them quite quickly, making them quite ineffective in the long run. Usually as they boost your metabolic rate temporarily, they will also slow your metabolism after you discontinue the use – this will make it even easier for you to gain the weight back.

All in all, it is not a good idea to base your weight loss project to green tea, or any other supplement that is designed for weight loss. You will not get permanent results, and in the end it will be quite difficult to achieve long term results with them. You should always focus on eating a healthy diet and increasing the amount of exercise that you do, and use supplements only when these two things are under control.

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Weight loss exercises that can make you lose 10 pounds

Posted in Acai Berry, dieting, exercise, weight loss on May 31st, 2010 by Steve – 7 Comments

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There are so many misconceptions about weight loss nowadays. Aside from that, there are many fast weight loss companies that tell you to cut down on your calorie intake. There are some that say that you don’t have to as long as you stick with your weight loss exercises. There are also those that take takes the safe side and tells you to have a good diet regimen paired together with physical exercises.

Despite the fact that a healthy diet is very essential for people who want to lose weight, most of these marketers fail to provide their clients the appropriate weight loss exercises needed to easily lose 10 pounds and promote a sustainable weight loss.

One of the most known appropriate exercises for people who want to lose weight is low intensity exercise. Through this exercise, your body uses oxygen and fat to fuel the exercise. During this type of exercise, your heart rate is 65% of your maximum heart rate threshold.

Exercising using this type for 30 minutes helps you burn up 300 calories depending on your weight.

However, low intensity training/ exercises while dieting burns protein which is the basic unit of muscles in the body. Losing weight while burning muscles is not what you should desire as your metabolism decreases its pace. Studies show that building up your muscle is important to increase your metabolism. Why? It’s because when you increase your metabolism, you speed up the fat burning process.

According to the University of New South Wales in Australia, combining low intensity training with high intensity training promotes quicker weight loss as well as the toning and building up of muscles. They observed that people who are doing a combination of these exercises have a better weight loss than those who are only doing low intensity exercises.

This training includes high intensity exercise for 8 seconds which is then followed with a recovery period of 12 seconds. This then repeated for 20 minutes. It is highly advised that you warm up before the exercise.

Some of the most effective way of interval training are cycling and jogging.

In order to lose 10 lbs. and prevent muscle loss it is very important to keep the weight off. Most common effect of weight loss method is that the weight tends to come back after the diet is finished or when an exercise regimen is stopped. This is the reason why most people fail to lose weight despite all of their efforts.

One of the most efficient ways to avoid gaining the weight back is by maintaining the rate of your metabolism and your muscle tone.

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How to keep from gaining weight on repositioning cruises.

Posted in Acai Berry, dieting, free trials, weight loss on May 30th, 2010 by Steve – Comments Off

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With several dining venues, countless meals, all-you-can-eat buffets, and pizzerias, grills, and pastries available on demand, cruises are filled with temptations.  And repositioning cruises are the worst, because during all those days at sea, there’s not much to do but eat.

But most cruise ships have fitness centers, jogging tracks, and other sports facilities, so it’s possible to keep up your exercise routine while you’re at sea.  And with a little restraint, and these helpful tips, you should be able to keep any extra pounds at bay.

For breakfast, the buffet is often a better bet than the dining room.  There’s usually plenty of fresh fruit, cereal, whole grain breads, yogurt, and leans meats like ham or smoked salmon.  These days, most of the omelet stations have yolk-free egg product.   An omelet or scrambled eggs made with the mixture is a good low-fat, low-cal source of protein.

Stay away from the pastries, sausages, and bacon.  Opt for a broiled tomato instead.

At lunch, most of the buffets will have all sorts of ingredients you can use to make a main-course salad.  If you want something a little heartier, the pool-side grill will probably offer grilled chicken breasts, turkey burgers, or even garden burgers.

For dessert, go back to the buffet for more fresh fruit, or find the frozen yogurt dispenser that most ships have.

Virtually all cruise lines now have vegetarian and healthy selections or spa cuisine sections on the menu in the main dining room.  These are usually delicious, and if you order them, you probably won’t feel deprived at all.  And you can always order a piece of grilled, fresh fish with steamed vegetables.

You won’t enjoy yourself if you don‘t indulge yourself a little, so pick and choose your battles.  If sweets are your weakness, order one of the wonderful soufflés and have just a few bites.  We have a friend who salts her food when she’s reached her limit.  It’s easy to resist when it’s inedible.

Be sure to watch your liquid calories too.  The cocktail of the day may sound appealing, but it could have more calories than you think.   In fact, a 10-ounce margarita has 740 calories.  So if you want to enjoy an adult beverage, stick to white wine or vodka and soda.

Follow these tips and you should maintain your figure even on a transatlantic cruise.

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Secret Exercise to Jumping Higher

Posted in Acai Berry, exercise, weight loss on May 26th, 2010 by Steve – 5 Comments

Yes, it is true that there are many exercises out there that can help you in terms of improving your vertical jump, but did you know that there is one secret exercise that can help you hasten the entire process? Want to find out what is this secret jump higher workout? Read on!

The squat is considered one of the best exercises there is when it comes to increasing a person’s vertical capacity. Then again, instead of focusing too much of your time and energy on performing your basic squats, there is a variation to it that you can do which will help develop and strengthen the front part of your quadriceps, which is actually the most utilized part whenever you go for a jumping movement and in effect, result to an explosively high vertical jump! The exercise is called the front squats.

With this routine, the barbell is placed along your front shoulders and upper chest, just below where your collar bone or clavicle is. For beginners, it is best that you make use of only the bar without any weight attached to it, until you get acquainted with the motion involved with this routine. It will also be ideal to place a weight plate under your heels while you do this routine since it will provide support and balance as you go about with the squatting movement.

To do this routine properly, pick the bar and place it along your upper chest. Both elbows should be pointing forward and the back of your finger tips touching your clavicle. You might find this a bit difficult at first because of the stretch that you will feel along your arms; hence, why it is ideal that you use only the bar first. Next, proceed to do your usual squatting action. Make it a point that you are pushing your body up using the force of your heels and not the balls of your feet. So, that is how you do the front squat!

As a bonus tip, there is one fantastic jump program that many have found truly effective and that is the Jump Manual! The Jump Manual review is available online and you can check it out first if you want to get a glimpse of what’s inside this eBook.

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