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Detoxification and your skin
Learn to help your body glow from the inside out. Nourish it with foods that are pure and natural. Remove harmful substances from your diet and you will notice a difference in the way you look and feel. What is detoxification? Detoxification is...
Dietary Guidelines For Adults
Based upon response to previous weight control articles the need for this dietary guideline for adults became apparent. We have always taken the approach that the more you understand why weight is gained the less likely you are to make the mistakes...
Finally...The Truth About Calcium Supplements
Undoubtedly calcium has become a hot topic of controversy. We are bombarded with advertising telling us exactly what will give our body more calcium. Between the “Got Milk?” slogans on one end and the Coral Calcium “cure-all” TV spots on the...
Fitness: Improve the Health of Your Diet by Avoiding White Flour
I’d like to share some research with you that may make you think twice before eating your next sandwich on white bread. It will also help your efforts to lose weight and will improve your health.
Eliminating white flour in favor of whole wheat...
Giving Up the Diet is the Way to Go
If you're thinking of going on a diet to lose those extra pounds think again. Long-term weight control through dieting is near impossible, for the simple reason is that diets promote only short term solutions not long term.
After dieting...
Low Carb Diet Plan - When More Is Better
When most people want to lose weight the first thing they usually do is start a diet. And a diet to most people means "stop eating".
Wrong!
A healthy diet should consist of eating less of the foods that contain calories from simple...
Serious Dieting Tips, Humorous Explanations
A few months ago, I set out to lose 22.6 pounds, then to put back on at least half of it. Huh? Anybody who's ever found herself stuck on a yo-yo diet is probably thinking that I am either crazy or planning way too hard for the inevitable...
Weight Loss Tool: Food Journal
All the weight control experts recommend keeping a record of what you eat. Seeing your daily intake in black and white reality can boost your pride in your self-discipline, gently confront you with some less than stellar choices you've made, or cast...
What is Good Health, Part 2
Copyright 2004 by http://www.organicgreens.us and Loring Windblad. This article may be freely copied and used on other web sites only if it is copied complete with all links and text intact and unchanged except for minor improvements such as...
Why the Mediterranean Diet is Good for Women
Six Reasons the Mediterranean Diet Promotes Good Health
Introduction
Over the course of the past forty years, women the world over
have become particularly concerned about their diets. They have
become concerned about diet related issues...
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Avoid Holiday Weight Gain With These 5 Easy Diet Tips
If you're worried about gaining weight over the holidays you're
not alone.
The average North American gains 7 to 12 pounds over the
Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. But it doesn't have to be
that way.
Follow these simple holiday diet tips and tricks and you'll
avoid the holiday weight gain that afflicts so many other
people:
#1 Drink Water - and Lots of It.
Boring I know - but the reason this tip stays around year after
year is because it works. Adequate water intake keeps your
metabolism humming along at a maximum rate and staves off hunger
cravings as well.
In fact many people mistake thirst for hunger and end up eating
to quench their thirst. This results in more calories than you
body needs and - you guessed it - excess pounds.
Models and celebrities all know about the powerful slimming
effects of drinking water which is why you often see them
holding a bottle of water in their hands as they dash through
airports or stand around at fashion shows.
#2 Increase Your Exercise A Little Bit Every Day
Everyone deserves to indulge in holiday treats. Part of the fun
of the holiday season is the amazing treats that are only around
at Christmas and/or Thanksgiving.
Accept the fact that you're going to indulge a bit - and then
enjoy it! But make sure you make up for it elsewhere by
increasing your exercise.
You don't have to double your exercise time or sweat till you
fall off your treadmill. Just increase your exercise time a bit
every day, maybe ten minutes here, fifteen minutes there. It all
adds up.
You'll burn off those holiday treats and easily avoid extra
weight gain. I have several girlfriends who have been doing this
trick for years and they never gain a pound over the holidays
(in fact they often lose a few!).
#3 Cut Back Where You Can At Other Meals
Did you know that the average number of calories consumed by one
person during a typical Thanksgiving dinner is 7,100! That's
about 2 pounds strictly in terms of calories alone.
But not to worry. All you have to do is make small calorie
cutbacks at other meals the week before and you'll easily make
up for the extra calories.
For example, instead a huge slice of pecan pie (which normally
will run you
about 500 calories) for desert, why not try some
blueberries mixed with low fat yogurt? Instead of the bag of
potato chips you usually indulge in for the big game, why not
munch on air-popped, low fat popcorn?
You can save as much as 500 calories and you're still having a
salty, satisfying snack.
Bottom line: cut back where you can in little ways. You won't
miss the little sacrifices and you can then enjoy your holiday
meals - guilt free!
#4 Eat What You Like - But Only A Few Bites
If you absolutely cannot imagine giving up any of your favorite
treats this holiday season, give yourself permission to have a
bite of everything - but only a bite!
I read somewhere that Jessica Simpson never denies herself any
of her favorite foods - but she only allows herself one or two
bites. And let's face it the first couple of bites are the best
tasting anyways!
#5 Don't Eat After 7:00 pm
Experts tell us that the earlier in the day food is eaten, the
more likely it is to be burned off. However when you eat late at
night, this food is more likely to be stored as fat.
Celebrities like Oprah use this knowledge to their advantage and
refuse to eat after a certain time like 7:00 p.m.
So if you know you absolutely must have a sweet indulgence
during the day, try to have it before noon. Then towards the end
of the day, snack on healthy, lower carb foods like salads,
vegetable broth, fruits or lean protein.
This keeps your metabolism elevated but won't pack on the
pounds. I've personally used this trick before every holiday
Christmas party for 5 years running and it certainly helps for
getting into those slinky Christmas party dresses!
So those are 5 diet tips to avoid holiday weight gain
this year. Follow them and you're guaranteed to save yourself
the stress of unwanted weight gain. Heck, you'll probably even
lose a few pounds, all in time for New Year's Eve!
About the author:
Vienna Miller is a contributing writer to Diet Reviews, a website
focusing on diets that actually work and practical weight loss
tips.
For the latest weight loss tips and diet reviews, visit http://www.FreeToBeThin.com.
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