Archive for November, 2008
Will Walking Help Me Lose Weight?
Written by success on Sunday, November 30, 2008 | 3 Comments
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: burn calories, Burn Fat, interval training, lose weight, lose weight by walking, walking to lose weight, Weight Loss
Many people ask this question. Let me state a few things up front. If all you can do is walk because you have a physical limitation that prevents you from running then, yes, by all means walk. No one has ever gained weight becaue they walked. They gained weight because they ate half of a large pizza or a quart of ice cream along with their walking. Walking will burn calories. It just will not burn many calories. On average a good brisk walk (not a leisurely walk) will burn about 250 calories every half hour.
Now assuming you were eating only enough to maintain your body weight prior to beginning a walking program you could expect to lose about 1 pound every two weeks or so. But if you want to step up you fat loss then I would suggest you to pair your walking with interval training.
Let me be a little tough on you right now. Excluding those who have a physical limitation, the rest of us are interested in walking merely becuae it is easy. Many have the mindset to take the easy way out. Honestly, there is no easy way to burn fat and lose weight. It takes work; often it takes hard work. But we gravitate to what takes little work. Little work produces little results. Hard work produces great results.
If you want to lose weight, I would recommend that you take up some form of interval training. What is interval training? In essence, interval training is a time of all out exercise followed by a time of low level exercise. As an example, interval training might consist of running hard for 30 seconds followed by walking for one minute. You would then repeat that cycle over and over again until you had reached your time goal or your distance goal.
In recent studies, it has been shown that an interval type training program burns much more fat than a steady state aerobics exercise like jogging. To put it simply, if you did interval training for two miles you would burn more fat than if you jogged for 2 miles.
So the answer is walking can help you lose weight but it is more beneficial when included in an interval training regimin. If you are interested in an exercise program that implements interval training you can read about it here.
Why We Have An Obese Nation
Written by success on Monday, November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: burn calories, lose weight, obese
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Now if you are reading this, you are an individual who has determined not to find yourself in this condition. Or if you have been categorized as obese you have determined that you are going to change your condition. I applaud you. I hope I can be a consistent resource for you in the battle that most of us face: the battle against added weight.
But here is the problem. We all want to burn calories and lose weight but “want to” isn’t enough. If you asked most overweight people is they would prefer to be thinner their answer would be a resounding yes. But yet they aren’t. The question is why not? I believe the answer to that question involves many aspects. Here they are:
1. They don’t have a diet plan.
2. They don’t have an exercise plan.
3. Their task seems overwhelming and difficult.
4. They don’t have a support group.
5. They don’t have access to gym or can’t afford gym.
Over the next week, I would like to take each of these factors and show you how to overcome them. You can achieve your desired weight and with a little help you will. Keep your head up and stay positive. See you tomorrow.
Review of Strip That Fat Program
Written by success on Sunday, November 16, 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Uncategorized Tags: burn calories, diet, diet program, lose weight, Strip That Fat
Strip That Fat is a solid weight loss program. The stated goal of the program is to lose 14 pounds in 14 days. Now I am not a general fan of programs that are mostly diet oriented that state that they are going to enable you to lose 1 pound per day. In order to achieve something along this level you would definitely need to be exercising.
To its credit Strip That Fat acknowledges that you need to workout and it guides you in the direction of building muscles. However, this is not the main thrust of the program.
The huge plus about the Strip That Fat Diet System is that it is a diet generator. Now I don’t know about you but my biggest problem with going on a diet has always been what they ask me to eat. Look, I am not a big cottage cheese fan or a fan of so many other things that they want you to eat. This is what I love about Strip That Fat. They have a huge online database that generates healthy meals for you (After all, one of our big problems is that we don’t eat very healthy).
The database is very simple to use. All you have to do is choose foods from each of the 5 meal categories and the program will create a 14 day menu for you. It will also create a handy dandy grocery list of the food that you can take with you to the grocery store.
Now, obviously, no diet is meant to be continued for only 14 days. At the end of the 14 days you create another diet plan. The nice part about Strip That Fat is that is has saved you previous menus and you can kind of determine what has worked for you and what hasn’t or what meal that you didn’t care too much for.
Strip That Fat is a diet program that you can stay on for life. As with all diets you need to be patient and not expect the world. If you stick to the diet you will lose weight. But in order to lose the weight that they say you will you will most likely have to combine it with a stronger exercise program.
Overall, I highly recommend the Strip That Fat diet program. The flexibility that it provides is fantastic. There is a 60 day money back guarantee so you can’t go wrong with it. The cost is only either $47 or $57 (two program levels) which is quite affordable. When you consider the stupid things that we spend money on then $50 or so to buy something that can help us achieve a lifetime of health is a no-brainer.
I would still recommend that you package it together with a program like Turbulence Training for the exercise side of it. I hope this was helpful. Good luck in your pursuit to Burn Calories and Lose Weight.