Trying To Lose Weight With Natural Weight Loss Supplements?

Thought I would do a short post on trying to lose weight with all the TV Commercial Ads out there today promising, NO exercise, NO cutting back on calories or fat, or carbohydrates, and promising some sort of miracle results.

For my money, save your own money. I am old enough to have seen literally hundreds and hundreds of these fad "Miracle Fat Melting Wonder Pill Diets" come and go.

The ONLY way to lose weight and keep it off is to exercise more and eat less. Weight gain is a direct result of taking in more calories than you use and the end result is that those calories are stored as FAT. It has always been that way and always will be.

My recent post on SENSA is another in a long line of just sprinkle this MAGIC powder on your banana split with extra chocolate syrup and then go home and take a NAP and watch the pounds just melt off your body.
This is normally followed up by photos of actresses in bikini's with every curve in place telling you how easy this plan is to lose unwanted pounds and inches.

You also need to pay attention to not only the number of calories you take in, but the source of those calories as well. I remember many years ago, the "Ice Cream" diet was popular. You don't eat anything but ice cream and the fat just melts off. The ice cream diet is history, however the excess pounds are not.

Highly processed and refined foods especially carbohydrates are digested quickly and are detrimental to your blood glucose readings. This in turn sends signals to your body to store fat.

In addition to NOT working, many weight loss supplements are dangerous. Many contain stimulants that elevate blood pressure, and can cause irregular heartbeat, insomnia and anxiety. After all that, you are still overweight and depressed. You need to make a decision to not just lose weight, but to also improve your health.

The miracle cure for obesity while allowing you to eat anything and everything you want and not exercise simply doesn't exist. That is the TRUTH no matter how many TV infomercials say otherwise.

My advice is to walk two miles every day of your life whether indoors or out, work your way up to 25-35 grams of fiber in your diet, and cut back your total caloric intake by 25% making sure you get adequate protein, fat and complex carbs in your diet along with fruits and vegetables.

Dan

Importance of Aerobic exercise and Strength Training

I thought I would post an update on exercise routines and how they can help you. I did a few posts already on push ups and walking which is more or less the mainstay of my personal program. I am doing on average 400 plus push ups every week which puts me on track if I maintain the pace to do about 20,800 this year. I was doing 500 a week, however I have modified that program somewhat. I also try to walk briskly for 2.5 to 3 hours a week.

Recently I have started adding some curls with the weights and some pull ups to help balance out the strength training so I do not over train one set of muscles and end up with unbalanced strength training. The push ups are terrific for over all core strength, including abdominals' , however it neglects the opposing muscles that pull and perhaps puts too much emphasis on those that push.

I am having the same difficulty with pull ups that I did with push ups when I first decided to start doing them. (TRUTH be known - MORE trouble...it has been a long time). The key is to be disciplined enough to keep at it until you get it right. It beats the alternative of spending the last 5 to 10 years of your life in a nursing home for no other reason than not taking care of yourself, or that you are unable to get up out of a chair without assistance. I full well realize that one could end up in a nursing home or disabled because of circumstances entirely beyond your control. I PRAY that does not happen to me or anyone reading this blog. I am talking more about preventive medicine. Such things as eating right, walking, doing basic strength training exercises, certain balance exercises etc. to keep oneself mobile.

I do 100 to 150 push ups one day, and take the next day off. The following day, I do perhaps 75 push ups and add to that regimen two sets of curls with the weights, and a few pull ups. I also walk at least three days a week (indoors at a local facility during the winter months) and outside the rest of the time. During the fall I do a fair amount of hiking steep hills and rugged terrain during deer hunting season.

Dan

Psalm 30:2
O Lord my God, I cried to You and You have healed me.
Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
Psalm 107:20
He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit and destruction.
Isaiah 58:8
Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your healing (your restoration and the power of a new life) shall spring forth speedily; your righteousness (your rightness, your justice, and your right relationship with God) shall go before you [conducting you to peace and prosperity], and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

See links below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pull-up_(exercise)

http://www.livestrong.com/article/543598-can-you-be-buff-from-just-doing-pushups-and-pullups/

FOR THE REAL ENTHUSIAST SEE BELOW:

http://www.military.com/military-fitness/fitness-test-prep/spec-ops-push-ups-and-pull-ups