Richard’s Healthy Outlook & Weight Loss

It may help motivate you if there was a picture of you at your B.F time period.  B.F. meaning before kids, before marriage etc., etc. Often we have points in our lives where we just let go and the weight starts to creep on and then one day we seem to notice that out of nowhere our waist lines grew and other parts as well.  Perhaps when you take that step to lose some of this excess it may help to have a picture of yourself when you were lighter. The picture will alway look younger and that can be depressing but if it’s a reasonable one to inspire or help you focus on what your target is then put it somewhere that’s highly visible. This is a journey with lots of ups and downs and losing weight is a very emotional issue as well as physical so any little thing that can help move you in the right direction you can be a bonus.

If you understand the “why” the how will come to you so much easier.  Why you want to lose weight will go along way towards you long term goal thinking. We start on this journey with the “how to tools” but not the the “why tools”.  All the methods and skills won’t do you any good if you can’t find your reasons to start and complete this goal. You should spend some time building your list of reasons of what you want from this effort. Set aside some time to learn new habits and a why list or goal board that you can see everyday. I know we all start with great expectations but somewhere along the way we lose momentum and start to back slide. Find you reasons why and this will keep you on track towards your weight loss targets.

We tend to look at the visual weight loss goals of our plan and by doing so we let the bathroom scales dictate our success and failures in this journey. Depending on how hard we are working out if at all we may be replacing body fat with muscle so the scales may not tell us the truth as we are looking for it. Another way to look at weight loss is by inches or really how our clothes feel. If our pants etc. are starting to feel loose then perhaps we are being successful after all. I like to say we must have a long term outlook and it takes time to learn new habits and we are creatures of habit. Remember you have spent many years developing the eating habits you have so why do you think you can change them in a matter of a few days. Yes of course you are going to fall off  your diet sometimes, guess what your human. We must learn to forgive ourselves for our little failures and celebrate our achievements instead, we are simply too critical.

We have great intentions when it comes to dieting but the best intentions don’t cut it if we do not follow through. It seems we always have some excuse or a way of procrastinating simple a decision although life changing they may be. What could be so difficult as to drop a few pounds or more, lack of knowledge on how to, lack of will power, fear or many other obstacles that are too numerous to count. I will say that many so called “fad” or whatever category they fall into “diets” seem to offer quick solutions and fast acting etc, etc. Dieters have so many things or programs to look at when it comes to weight loss, I like to compare them to trying to find a cell phone provider with the minute and extras package that is right for you, way too many choices. Sometimes we make it more complicated than we need to in order to lose the desired weight. Do you realize that if we just wanted to drop 20lbs over 90 days that it’s only about 1.7 lbs a week. How hard would you have to try to lose 1.7 lbs a week. We often look at the big picture and get that overwhelming feeling but if we break things down to small goals and start to create a new vision for ourselves of how we would look just losing 20 lbs. It may not seem like much but if you can start small and celebrate the little accomplishments over time many little achievements can add up to a much bigger victory in a couple of years.

When the average North American sits down to eat, each ingredient has typically travelled at least 1,500 miles—call it “the SUV diet.” On the first day of spring, 2005, Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon (bios) chose to confront this unsettling statistic with a simple experiment. For one year, they would buy or gather their food and drink from within 100 miles of their apartment in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Since then, James and Alisa have gotten up-close-and-personal with issues ranging from the family-farm crisis to the environmental value of organic pears shipped across the globe. They’ve reconsidered vegetarianism and sunk their hands into community gardening. They’ve eaten a lot of potatoes.

Their 100-Mile Diet struck a deeper chord than anyone could have predicted. Within weeks, reprints of their blog at thetyee.ca had appeared on sites across the internet. Then came the media, from BBC Worldwide to Utne magazine. Dozens of individuals and grassroots groups have since launched their own 100-Mile Diet adventures. The need now is clear: a locus where 100-milers can get the information they need to try their own lifestyle experiments, and to exchange ideas and develop campaigns. That locus will be here at 100MileDiet.org—turning an idea into a movement.

My question for the audience is “Do we have any idea how many diets or weight loss programs are on the market today? Better yet do we have any history of when the first diets started?
Also what is the success rate of these programs and what kind of cost?  Feel free to leave a comment below.

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There are many great things about starting an aerobics program for your body.

While you are building up a sweat and working on your heart rate, all of your muscles are also getting great things out of the aerobics work that you are doing. As you bring new blood and oxygen to all of your body systems, you are going to find that you are giving yourself the best chance to really get rid of all that unwanted fat as you go along.

When you body is in constant motion, all of the body systems are working hard to maintain body functions at a normal rate. Because your heart has to work harder your lungs need to work harder to provide your heart with the oxygen that it needs to keep pumping. All of these things are going to work in tandem with each other to make a situation in which you are really getting the most out of your entire work out.

There are a number of very dangerous eating disorders that effect people of all ages, races, sexes, and economic statuses. While you may hear a lot in the news about anorexia and bulimia, one of the lesser-known weight loss disasters sweeping the nation is binge eating. Binge eating is very bad for your body and can cause heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other medical conditions, which actually could result in death. Therefore, it is important to learn about binge eating and to seek help immediately if you think this could be a problem for you.

Binge eating is basically a form of overeating at its worst. There are times when we all overindulge in good foods, such as at a holiday or when eating out at a restaurant. However, a binge eater faces overeating problems more than a few times a week. Binge eaters often find themselves overweight and unhappy, which can make the situation worse.

 Binge eaters will overeat to the extent that they feel sick. In many cases, they will eat thousands of calories in one sitting, and many of the foods they are eating are not very nutritional and include comfort foods. Binge eaters may enjoy sweet or savory foods, and may also have a problem with alcohol. In one day, a binge eater may eat more than the normal person will eat in a week. Foods that a person will binge eat vary and can even change for a particular binge eater from day to day.

Unlike people who are suffering from bulimia, binge eaters will not induce vomiting in order to rid themselves of the food they’ve eaten. Therefore, binge eaters tend to be overweight. In some cases, a binge eater may eat non-stop for an entire day, but then spend the next three or four days starving him- or herself and exercising vigorously in order to stay at the same weight if possible.

Binge eating goes hand in hand with a number of other physical diseases, but it can also effect a personal mentally and emotionally. Man binge eaters star because they turn to food for comfort as a way to work out their problems, which is unhealthy. Binge eaters are also usually very emotionally charged about their body weight and may experience depression because of it, regardless of if they are overweight or not. Binge eating is not only dangerous for the binge eater, but can affect everyone in his or her life. If you or someone you know is suffering from this disease, it is important to seek help as soon as possible. This is not a good way to lose weight.