Hi! I am 35 years old lady and really becoming belligerent due to fast increasing weight. I made lots of efforts to reduce it but didn’t get any fruitful outcomes. I really feel uncomfortable when I come in contact with people who are slim and smart. I also want my appearance like them. Please give me some suggestions for reducing the constantly growing weight.

Don’t be so deprived it is really a familiar issue today. Many people are facing this problem like yours. But every problem has some solution also. Few days ago one of my friend met me and she was also facing the same problem in past but now she seems to be very happy and confident. She came across weight loss system which really helped her. I think you should try this. Hope it will help you too.

quentin,

You can turn it around. Maybe the things you tried so far simply weren't the right things for you. The Zone has worked very well for me. I eat sensible balanced meals, I'm not hungry, and have tons of energy. I lost the 100 pounds over the first two years of eating this way, and I've stayed lean and slim ever since.

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A lot of the problem is that it's not the food we eat, it's what's in the food. Stop eating processed and fast food all together. Those are even worse than the sweats. You should know that MSG blocks the brain receptors that tell it when you're full. Despite what most people think, MSG is not required in ingredient labels.

Once you change your diet, learn how to lose the fat and it's not with cardio or weight training. Here's a site mainly about ab workouts, but contains some great info on diet and the right way to exercise. Check it out, it's all free.

I think John's on the right track.

Unless you spend hours every day working out, you're not going to burn enough extra calories to make a difference. (You might want to exercise for other reasons, though. )

What made a difference for me, was cutting way down on fat. Fat has a lot more calories than the equal amount of carbs, so just that simple change was enough to drop the number of calories I consumed every day by enough for me to lose a pound a week.

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There can be no better alternative than a lifestyle change. I agree that at this age, it is difficult to change to a new life. But this can be the only solution. take up more physical work and also have a controlled diet which is under the dietician's guidance.

Good Advice Addy112.

Cheers

Hi quentin,
My name is Tony, nutrition counselor for www.getyourleanon.com an online nutrition process. This is not a diet program, this is a system that will not only help you in your quest for weight loss, it will also educate you and help keep you out of harms way of the many chronic diseases that go along with unhealthy eating, over weight and obesity. I hope you take the time to check it out and if there is anything I can do to help you please feel free to email me at Tony@getyourleanon.com.

There are some great tips here. I'm a buzz blogger for Prevention.com and we discuss topics like these all the time. Check us out for more weight loss ideas :http://buzz.prevention.com/community/virginia-lw/tracking-your-way-to-weight-loss

First, don't compare yourself to other people because everyone has a different metabolism and body type.
You shouldn't be so hard on yourself. Also, losing weight has to do with being healthy--being thin is just a result of being healthy. Don't focus so much on your outward appearance.

This will give you some helpful info. on how to take smart steps to lose weight.

http://buzz.prevention.com/community/dina-...the-healthy-way

Best of luck!

I think the best way to lose weight is to do it naturally - don't diet or binge on certain foods. One of the biggest changes you can make in your diet is to eat only whole foods. Skip the processed and pre-packaged foods because they are loaded with sugars, high fructose corn syrups and sodium that will sabotage your weight-loss efforts. Instead, cook healthful meals with vegetables and whole grains and other foods high in fiber. The fiber will keep you feeling full longer, so you will be less likely to snack on something unhealthy throughout the day. In general, I follow a 90-10 rule, which means that I eat healthful foods 90 percent of the time (I do it on a weekly basis), but 10 percent of the foods I eat can be indulgent. If you don't allow yourself some really enjoyable foods while you're trying to lose weight, you will end up eating far too much of those foods. So really savor those delectable foods, but then move on and focus on healthful foods. For more info about these tips, check out my blog at http://buzz.prevention.com/community/dina-...the-healthy-way

I think you've got a lot of good advice here.

Just remember it needs to be a "heart change" the way you look at things and yourself on the inside, this will allow you start making the needed things on the outside.

I recommend you meeting with a Registered Dietitian, who focuses on weight management. You not only want "lose weight" but also "sustain" and "maintain" that lose for a lifetime...

Anyone can lose weight... but it's a true art to sustain/maintain it. And you are indeed just as capable of this as anyone else.

Let me know if you need any professional advice.

I believe in you.

Healthy Regards,
J.R. - Registered Dietitian

Alot of good take-aways in this continuing "looking for weight loss ideas" correspondence...thanks.

Hi quentin, there is no need to worry about your health.This is not a permanent problem.Everything has a solution ... it just needs the right approach. My cousin, who was also fed up with his over-weight body had tried everything from the books to his friends advice. There was nothing like that would solve his problem, everything worked a bit but not to the level it was expected. A few days back , he joined a program on weight management and is just pleased with the results they have and the method adopted by them. He was never satisfied as much as he is now.It's just working great for him and I believe that it could be your solution too.

Excellent advice Charles Martin the only things I would add is to pig out on low energy food and go easy on high energy food, and smile a lot, find a reason each day to smile and be happy, this makes everything so much easier.

Make weight loss a challenge not a chore.

I think it is better to weigh yourself daily also, I know experts do not agree with this because of water gain/loss, but it helps me and the patients I have treated, simply because they become aware earlier of weight gain and take steps earlier; if you weigh yourself weekly you may get a nasty shock and find you have put on 3 or 4 kilos, and that is harder to face than 1 kilo.

Cheers

Hi Quentin, there is no need to worry about your health.This is not a permanent problem.Everything has a solution ... it just needs the right approach. Losing weight is not a big task or difficult task to do. These days a self improving company Mark Patrick Media LLC specializing in Weight Management & Smoking Cessation is running various programs in order to make the people more fit.The programs are just incredible and a new way to get better health. I hope that you would love to know about this.You can get more info on http://markpatrickmedia.com/

Weight Loss is not as such a serious issue if you tackle that in the right way.To cure weigh loss, everyone has his own ways. My friend was very much concerned about his weight and after certain attempts he took up effective hypnotherapy sessions that made him feel good and was very pleased to take the sessions by a practiced hypnotherapist.

well, i'd like to cntradict with you a bit...
who said persons who are fat are not smart.. be fore i met my husband i was also fat... and he liked me coz who i was, not how i looked!

Hi! I suggest that you start by watching what you're eating and replacing bad habits with good ones. Cut out fatty, fast, and fried foods and sodas. Drink a lot of water and eat at least 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day. Exercise, walking is great, 5 times a week for 20-30 minutes. You can lose weight and feel good too. It's really a lifetime journey. Good luck. If you're interested in learning more check out tips on prevention.com site.

1) Check out Dr Eric Berg's book - 7 Principles of Fat Burning. He basically states that their are several different body types and depending on where you are holding your weight, determines which type of diet is best for you.

2) In all of his recommendations, he suggests eating more greens. If veggies don't taste good to you, he suggests Green Barley Grass Juice Powder. Barley grass juice is loaded with nutrients that alkalize the body.

Why is alkalinity important? Well.... if you're overweight it's likely because you're body is acidic. An acid body is a sick body, so the brain uses fat (which is alkaline) to buffer the acid. Turn your body from acid to alkaline and you're likely to see tremendous results. Dr Morter has been a pioneer in this field (my mom lost 25 lbs on his weight loss shake, Alka Slim) and he, like Dr Berg suggestion that slimming done requires a boost in alkalinity.

More green veggies, a barley grass supplement, and alka slim are a great way to do this.

3) Believe that it is possible. The biggest key to achieving your goal is knowing you can do it.

Best of luck!

Hi Alkalinelife421,

If your body is alkaline or acid to any degree your probably dead!!!!!


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Busting Cancer Myths: Acidic Foods and Cancer Risks

by the American Institute for Cancer Research

The Claim: Acidic foods can alter the body’s pH balance and promote cancer.

The Facts: The unsubstantiated theory is based on lab studies that suggest cancer cells thrive in an acidic (low pH) environment, but cannot survive in alkaline (high pH) surroundings. While these findings are accurate, they apply only to cells in an isolated lab setting. Altering the cell environment of the human body to create a less-acidic, less-cancer-friendly environment is virtually impossible.

While proponents of this myth argue that avoiding certain foods and eating others can change the body’s pH level, these claims stand in stark contrast to everything we know about the chemistry of the human body. Acid-base balance is tightly regulated by several mechanisms, among them kidney and respiratory functions. Even slight changes to your body’s pH are life-threatening events. Patients with kidney disease and pulmonary dysfunction, for example, often rely on dialysis machines and mechanical ventilators (respectively) to avoid even small disruption of acid-base balance.

Lastly, home “test kits,” which measure the pH of urine, do not relay information about the body’s pH level. True, foods, drinks and supplements will affect the acidity or alkalinity of urine, but it is the only fluid that is affected. In fact, excess acid or base is excreted in the urine to help maintain proper pH balance in the body.

The Take-Away: What you eat can have a profound affect on your cancer risk, but the acidity or alkalinity of foods is not important. Instead, focus on making dietary choices that can truly affect your risk: Eat a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans; limit consumption of red and processed meats; enjoy alcohol in moderation, if at all.

With the ease and availability of the Internet, many myths regarding cancer risks are easily spread to consumers and it can be difficult to expose fact from fiction. AICR’s brochure, Everything Doesn’t Cause Cancer is a great way to dispel some myth

A lot of people prey on the gullible..ahhh but I'll bet it did wonders for book sales.

Cheers

This is new, never heard of this...losing weight with green tea! how does it work and what quality of green tea should we take. and is there any special way of preparing it?

John Bobbin BNat-

Thanks! Interesting stuff! You're totally right! Once your too acidic.... your prolly dead!

Good on you alkinelife421,
It's all a learning curve, so often in the past I was certain something was right and subsequent research proved I was totally wrong.

People that can not accept they are wrong about something never learn much, they finish up only communicating with like minded people, so of course they are always right, and their sacred cows never get shot.

Charles Martin said" You need to drink 8-10 cups per day so I take green tea concentrate". When Asian researchers are talking about green tea they are using their cup size not American cup size, which is about double in size, we have an Asian family as part of our extended family and when we are out to dinner with them I find it is easy to drink 8-10 cups at a meal, they are always filling my cup.
Green tea offers a lot of benefits to health, some of those benefits have been mentioned recently on Gloria's podcasts, (Dr McCleary talking about dementia). Lots of research papers (abstracts) have been written extolling the virtues of green tea.


Faqs.org homepage :: Abstracts index :: Health
Green tea consumption and mortality due to cardiovascular disease, cancer and all causes in Japan: The Ohsaki study

Article Abstract:

The association between green tea consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality was investigated among Japanese adults without history of stroke, coronary heard disease or cancer at baseline. Results indicate green tea consumption is associated with reduced mortality due to all causes and due to cardiovascular disease but not with reduced mortality due to cancer.
author: Tsubono, Yoshitaka, Nishino, Yoshikazu, Tsuji, Ichiro, Kuriyama, Shinichi, Shimazu, Taichi, Ohmori, Kaori, Kikuchi, Nobutaka, Nakaya, Naoki
Publisher: American Medical Association
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2006
United States, Care and treatment, Cardiovascular diseases, Patient outcomes, Nutritional aspects, Cardiac patients, Green tea

Here is one for weight loss.

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1: Physiol Behav. 2008 Feb 27;93(3):486-91. Epub 2007 Oct 18.Click here to read Links
Effectiveness of green tea on weight reduction in obese Thais: A randomized, controlled trial.
Auvichayapat P, Prapochanung M, Tunkamnerdthai O, Sripanidkulchai BO, Auvichayapat N, Thinkhamrop B, Kunhasura S, Wongpratoom S, Sinawat S, Hongprapas P.

Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, 40002, Thailand. aparad@kku.ac.th <aparad@kku.ac.th>

This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of green tea on weight reduction in obese Thais. A randomized, controlled trial involving 60 obese subjects (body mass index, BMI > 25 kg/m2) was conducted. All subjects consumed a Thai diet containing 3 meals (8373.6 kJ/day) for 12 weeks, prepared by the Nutritional Unit at Srinagarind Hospital. The diet contained 65% carbohydrates, 15% protein, and 20% fat. Body weight, BMI, body composition, resting energy expenditure, and substrate oxidation were measured at baseline, and during weeks 4, 8, and 12 of the study. Serum levels of leptin and urine VMA were measured at baseline and during the 12th week. Differences over time and between the treatments (green tea or placebo) over time were determined using two-factor ANOVA with repeated measures. In comparing the two groups, differences in weight loss were 2.70, 5.10, and 3.3 kg during the 4th, 8th, and 12th weeks of the study, respectively. At the 8th and 12th weeks of the study, body weight loss was significantly different (P < 0.05). At the 8th week, the difference in resting energy expenditure was 183.38 kJ/day (P < 0.001), the difference in the respiratory quotient was 0.02 (P < 0.05), and no significant differences existed in satiety score, food intake, or physical activity. Urine VMA was significantly different in the 12th week of the study (P < 0.05). We conclude that green tea can reduce body weight in obese Thai subjects by increasing energy expenditure and fat oxidation.

PMID: 18006026 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

This study is hard to check because they do not tell you the participants height/weight/age or sex, so you can't use the Harris Benedict equation to see if that number of kilojoules alone presented a kilojoule deficit, in which case the kilojoule deprivation would have been responsible for the weight loss.

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Great advice indeed Charles.

First things first:

1) Have the right attitude!
2) Have a realistic goal
3) Do it with friends if possible. Morale support is so important.

Be careful of what you eat. This is hard!!!!! Bottom line is you need to change your attitude with food.

Be more active - pick up a favorite sport

Go to the gym - get on the treadmills, rowing machines, and exercise bikes..

Dont worry about this, because in this age this happens. I think you should do some exercise daily and take light diet, and if doesn't work well then you should try some weight loss supplements.

thanks