We are constantly told that we need to lose weight. The general population is getting heavier each decade. Heart disease, diabetes and cancer are the biggest killers of the western world and they are often caused by obesity.

However, we should not aim to just lose weight. Diets like the Lemon Detox Diet are not only unpleasant, they also can do permanent damage to your body. Weight loss, when done to the extreme (like on ‘those’ TV weight loss challenges) can cause irrepairable damage to your health.

There are no quick fixes, no magic pills (powders, shakes or drinks), no 5 minutes a day routines to permanent, healthy weight management.

You need to develop a maintainable diet and lifestyle program in order to retain muscle tone and optimum health. The human body needs exercise and proper nutrition every day. Fad diets are for the short term and do more harm than good.

Once you understand that dieting needs to be a lifestyle choice, not a temporary thing, you are going to find it easier to begin. Once you get into the habit of eating regular, healthy meals and exercising moderately every day you will find it becomes easy to choose the healthy option. If you make a poor choice now and then, it will not be a problem. You will automatically revert to your healthy lifestyle. It does get easier.

You also need to accept yourself and your body type. Not everyone, in fact, most people, will never look like a swimsuit model. Nor should we want to. Life would be boring if everyone was the same.

A great role model for those with low self-esteem is Julie the chef who posed on the front cover of a magazine in her swimsuit. She admits she is “cuddly” but she says she has stamina and strength to get through her busy day.

Aim for a healthy lifestyle and your weight loss will take care of itself. It won’t happen overnight but it will happen. Click Here to see more.

The Christmas season is one usually associated with food. Christmas dinner with the family is one tradition which remains strong even in modern times.

We usually think of Christmas and plum pudding, Christmas cake, turkey, ham, chicken, beef, seafood, mince pies, brandy custard, oh the list just goes on and on. Christmas is a time of feasting, presents, feasting, family and more feasting. Don’t forget the drinks. Everyone always seems to indulge in far too much alcohol at Christmas and again on New Year’s Eve.

So, how can you avoid gaining weight, without missing out on all the fun of the holiday season? The trick is moderation. You CAN have all the good things you enjoy but just have a taste. Sample a little here and a little there. Sip a bit of this and a bit of that. Drink plenty of water to help you feel more full. Talk and laugh a lot (but not with your mouth full) and enjoy the company of friends and family.

Remember to have a nice walk or perhaps encourage the family to have a game outside, depending on your country it could be cricket or baseball, maybe tennis or water polo. Anything to get the family together is good fun and healthy.

You don’t need to overindulge to have fun at Christmas. There is no need to be afraid of enjoying yourself. Stop thinking of weight gain and just enjoy everything the season has to offer, but in MODERATION.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Many people these days have a home gym, or at least some gym equipment, so they can get exercise without having to leave home.

You often see ads in the ‘for sale’ section of the paper for home gym equipment.

Usually this means that someone has bought the latest fad exercise machine and left it sitting in the spare room or the garage until they got sick of falling over it and decided to sell it.

You can pick up the latest weight machine, exercise bike or treadmill at heavily reduced prices but before you do you need to work out whether you will use it at home.

When you go to the gym you have others around to encourage you to try a little harder and to go a little longer. You have people to talk to and to watch. It is interesting and stimulating.

When you train at home you may be tempted to slack off a bit or to finish up early.It can also be boring and repetitive.

I like home gym equipment because when I’m pushed for time I don’t have to waste precious minutes travelling. I like the convenience of having everything nearby and available at all hours. I vary my routine so it rarely becomes boring and I enjoy competing against myself.

If you are similar you may find a home gym is best for you.

Before you go out and buy expensive equipment you may want to rent. It gives you a chance to try the equipment in your home without costing you a fortune. You may find the home version of some gym equipment is not to your liking. After renting for awhile and enjoying working out at home, you may decide to buy the equipment.

Working out at home is convenient and not as expensive as you may think. I enjoy it and perhaps you will too.

The fashion these days is to get 6 pack abs and the whole healthy muscular look.

It’s great if that is what you want. It is healthy and looks good.

You don’t have to go crazy about it because with a little work and a healthy eating plan you can look great and feel amazing, without the body builder muscles poking out.

The weight loss is the important thing. Carrying extra weight in the form of fat is very unhealthy. It is tiring too!

If you want to feel great and look good you need to get some exercise and to lose fat. Gaining muscle is the easiest way to lose fat. Muscle burns more calories than fat so the more muscle you build, the faster you burn fat. Amazing isn’t it!

Tom Venuto is an expert on the subject. It is his life’s work. He believes in healthy exercise and eating to develop his body. He is a muscle builder who relies on a natural diet and (lots of) exercise to develop his physique to the max!

He has some information to share with you!

Click Here To See His Offer

You don’t have to get huge muscles but you can get healthy.

If you don’t like something you should just change the way you think. It sounds illogical but it works.

Many overweight people have self esteem issues. They think they are unattractive and so they are. When you think you are unattractive you tend to treat others as if they think the same. The way you respond to people has a lot to do with the way they respond to you.

I remember watching a girl flirting with her boyfriend and thinking how beautiful she was. When I tried to work out what made her beautiful it was difficult. She was overweight and was quite ordinary but she had the prettiest smile. Her whole face was alight with life.

This girl did not feel fat and frumpy. She was full of joy and loved life. She was beautiful and everyone around could see this.

The trick is to find something to be passionate about. We can’t all just fall in love but if we can find something more important than ourselves it gives us something to live for.

When we forget about how overweight or unattractive we feel and start taking interest in others, others find us more interesting.

When we feel passionate and alive we don’t need to overeat and we don’t just lie around on the couch. We get out and get into life.

What is there to feel passionate about?

Many people have hobbies-cooking, woodwork, painting, gardening, sailing, fishing, marathon running, travel, movies, budgie breeding, dancing, shopping, etc. They are involved and passionate about their hobbies.

If you can’t find anything interesting maybe you would like to volunteer for charity work. It is not all visiting sick people in hospital and doing a shift at the Op Shop, although these are options. You may be interested in volunteering as a fire fighter or emergency response worker. What about a first aid course? You could help out at sports events. Do something to help others and it will help you.

Maybe you are interested in educating your mind. Believe it or not, stimulating your mind can help with weight loss, if your weight loss is due to trying to fill a hole. Go back to school and study anything that interests you. Meet others interested in the same things and develop new friendships.

Explore the world around you. There will be something that gets your attention. Give it a try. It may change your way of thinking. It may change your life.

One of today’s news stories concerns a dilemma faced by pharmacists today. The McDonald’s “Do you want fries with that?” marketing techniques are being pushed by chain pharmacies and pharmacists are now requested to “push” diet pills and vitamin supplements whenever they fill a prescription. They feel it is unethical to recommend items which are unnecessary to patients who have come to trust the advice of their preferred pharmacist.

The ethical pharmacist refuses to bow to corporate pressure by pushing products that have little or no proven health results. They believe each person needs to have a proper medical diagnosis, made on a case by case basis, and not be given ‘the hard sell’ on unnecessary products.

Diet pills and supplements are not an effective long term solution to weight management. They can often create as many problems as they are supposed to be fixing.

A healthy diet consisting of mostly fresh unprocessed foods and a sensible exercise program are the only real solutions to a weight problem.

Vitamin supplements are intended as a top-up for those who are not getting enough from their food. Mostly, they are a waste of money. If you wish to take a vitamin supplement it is a good idea to see your doctor for information on what you need and the strength of the dose. Don’t waste your money on unnecessary  vitamin pills when you could invest in better quality fresh foods.

It is so frustrating to see little or no change on the scales after a week of eating right and exercising. It is so tempting to go for one of those diets that promise quick results.

You have to look at where you are now. How has dieting worked so far? Are you slim and healthy?

You need to look at the long term results. Today you may not see any difference in the scales but maybe you feel a little slimmer. Maybe you feel a little fitter. Sometimes your body will trick you into thinking you are not making progress when you really are. Muscle is heavier than fat but it looks better and it helps you burn more fat. Your body may be just developing more muscle because of your exercise. It will not show on the scales but you may be replacing fat with muscle.

Think of how long it took you to become overweight and how long you have battled to become fitter. If you look at weight loss in perspective it is not so frustrating. The important thing is to stick to a healthy eating and exercise program.

You should be thinking of eating and exercise every day for the rest of your life, not just for the next few weeks. You need to follow a plan that allows you to enjoy going out with friends and taking holidays, as well as day to day living. Quick weight loss diets cannot cope with everyday lifestyle events and will fail.

Every time you begin to get frustrated with slow weight loss just remember that quick fixes have never worked for you in the past. Keep with a healthy plan and you will see results that last for the rest of your life.

If you are trying to lose weight and are concerned about your health you should avoid these foods.

1. White sugar- found in most processed food including bread and breakfast cereals, it has no nutritional value.

2. Chocolate- tastes great but will stack on the weight.

3. White bread- little nutritional value. There is a correlation between the availability of white bread and an increase in weight of the general population.

4. Soda/Soft drink-include sweetened fruit juices here too. Deceptively full of calories and you feel like drinking more than you need. Stick to fresh water for the best rehydration and cleansing results.

5. Bacon- full of chemicals, especially if you like added smoke flavour. This includes salamis, sausages and hams.

6. Fried foods- anything fried in fat or oil should be removed from your diet entirely. The nutritional value of any food fried in hot oil is mostly destroyed. There is also some debate over the danger of oil that has been overheated too often. The calories in fried food are easily stored by your body so your weight loss efforts will be wasted.

7. Icecream- has little or no nutritional value and is very fattening.

8. Cakes and Pies- full of sugar and fat, these foods are a dieters worst enemy. They taste so good that you are tempted to eat more.

9. Fast Food- most fast food like hamburgers are full of calories with little nutrition. They are mostly made of sugar and fat, with a little meat and salad to make you believe it is real food.

10. Low Calorie/Low fat snacks- beware of snacks claiming to be healthy. Many are full of fats or sugars and have little nutritional value. Always read the label and shun any with high fat, sugar or sodium content. In order to make these foods palatable manufacturers often add unhealthy but tasty ingredients.

Today’s latest news “Diet Spray A Con- Dodgy Websites Shut Down”.

Who could have seen that coming (dripping with sarcasm)

Anything that promises a quick fix is probably some sort of scam to part you from your hard earned money and it could also be bad for your health!

Beware of anything that contradicts basic common sense health rules.

You cannot lose large amounts of weight overnight and remain healthy.

Instead of looking for a quick fix try a commonsense approach based on good nutrition and gradually increase your exercise level.

Your body should feel good and you should feel energised. If you are in pain you are probably overdoing things and should take it back a notch. Pain is a warning sign that there is a problem. Listen to your body.

If you are feeling tired and hungry all the time you should eat more food. Most people think that starving is a good way to lose weight. It is not! You will put your body into ‘survival mode’ and will find it very difficult to lose weight and you will be irritable and probably have a lot of headaches. Eat when you are hungry but limit the portions and stick to healthy unprocessed food.

Start today by going for a walk. Think about how a healthy diet and regular exercise will improve your quality of life. Don’t go for the quick fixes.  Decide to make a permanent change right now!

Do you want to lose weight or fat? Most of us say we want to lose weight but we actually mean we want to lose fat. Throw away those scales, toss out those diets and get ready for a new you!

Click Here to see more

Once you realise that weight is not the problem and start thinking about losing fat then it gets easier. Your goal is to look great, feel great and be at your peak in health. All you need is to eat healthy foods and exercise a little every day.

Click Here to see more

All the information you need is supplied in this book. Tom Venuto has make it his life’s work to help people get the most from their lives. Over twenty years of research has gone into this information. Tom has helped thousands while researching this and now you can get all the information you need. This information has been proven on real people.It is not just theory.

Click Here to see more

Check it out for yourself. How much are you willing to spend on gimmicks that don’t work before you realise you can get results here. Tom gives you the facts and the system to get into shape and to get your health back.

Don’t just lose weight today, only to put it back on tomorrow. Lose fat permanently and get your life back.

Lose fat, gain muscle and feel great!