Gambling, An Addictive Habit That Destroys Families And Healthy Living

Gambling has become epidemic as local and state governments have opted to use lotteries to increase revenue. They have opened the way for the casinos and slots to saturate our society with a Get Rich Quick mentality. Now with the internet and the open acceptance of gambling; many individuals squander their resources and they and their families suffer the crushing consequences. If this reminds you of someone who is hooked, I suggest you help that one find help with a trained professional. This addiction is as difficult to break as seeking to overcome a drug habit.

You may not be a gambler with cash, but we all have been gamblers at some time in our lives- not in the forms of cash bets placed or in the slots at the casinos or lottery tickets-but with our health.

When we take our health for granted, when we eat foods that are not good for our cardio system or continually overeat more than we should, we are gambling with our lives. If the doctor says we should eat healthier and eat less, and we dont take his advice, them we are gambling with our health. The real issue is how long will we gamble with our health by misusing our bodies? Constant late night binges and a lack of exercise; or any day when we do not invest in our health, is a day spent gambling with our lives, whether we admit it or not. When we carry excess weight around we gamble that we wont have a heart attack, or our blood pressure wont rise.

Yes, we have all sometimes during our lives been certified gamblers. The worst thing about gambling with our health is that we can never win. The fruit of neglect is a breakdown, not a breakthrough. The odds are against us if we do not exercise and are careless with our diet. We are heading down the road to physical bankruptcy. I dont care how wealthy you are or how much money you win in the casinos; no one is wealthy enough to gain back their health once it is lost. If you want to be a winner, dont gamble with your health. Our health is not to be gambled with-neither are the resources given to us to meet our families needs and bless others.

Here's your assignment on a sheet of paper make two lists one will be titled assets the other liabilities.

In the asset column list, everything that you do in an average day, they benefits your health, example if you go for weekly walks, put that down, if you have a regularly scheduled workout times, if you consume low fat, low calorie meals ect.

In the liabilities column write down anything that you do, that you feel is harmful to your health, or not benefiting your health, example if you are around second hand smoke, if you drink alcohol, if you have a sedentary job, if you,lie around the house a lot,

Making this list up, will help you to redefine your priorities, if your liabilities are higher than your assets than your heading down the road to physical bankruptcy, or in short writing a check with your body that you my friend cannot afford to cash,

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Stay fit.

Ron Henderson "The Fitness King"

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Want to Lose Weight? Change Your Staples!

Woah! Wait a second! Before you head out for the nearest office supply store let me explain. Im not talking metal staples, Im talking meal staples. Repeatedly I hear people who are so frustrated because they work out consistently but still cant seem to get the scale to budge. The first question I always ask someone facing this dilemma is What are you eating. It never ceases to amaze me how many people feel that exercising on a consistent basis gives them free reign to eat whatever they want, whenever they want, in as large of quantities as they want. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately this is not the way to achieve your fitness goals!

A healthy nutrition plan is responsible for 80% of your success when it comes to transforming your body. 80% thats no joke! So if you are exercising consistently and still not seeing results, lets take a look at the fuel you are providing your body with. What are the staples of your diet which you consume on a regular basis? If these staples consist of fast foods, fried foods, greasy foods, sodas, sweets or other unhealthy, non-nutritious choices we have nailed the problem on the head!

In a typical workout session, lets estimate that you burn 300-500 calories. Now lets say you go home after your workout and treat yourself to something like pizza, Chinese food, fast food, fried foods or desserts. You will easily consume double or even triple the amount of calories that you burned off! So even though your body may be stronger from working out, your body fat will not be reduced if you are still taking in more calories than you expend.

So if you are guilty of having unhealthy diet staples, where do you start in order to change your eating habits so you can actually achieve fitness success? First of all, you need to make small changes to your diet on a weekly basis. This is the only way to go if you intend to develop healthy eating habits which you can maintain for life. For example, if you are drinking six sodas a day, cut it back to four, with this one simple change you will be reducing your caloric intake by approximately 300 calories per day. In a week that is 2100 calories that you are cutting out, more than a pound! Now the trick is to replace this diet staple with a healthier choice such as flavored water or other low calorie (or no calorie!) substitute.

Little by little you need to change the staples of your diet to foods that are high in nutritional value and lower in calories. Excellent food choices which will aid you in transforming your body include vegetables, fruits, whole grain breads and pastas, lean meats such as turkey, chicken and fish, skim or low fat dairy products including yogurt and cottage cheese. When you change the staples of your diet, not only will you achieve the physique that you desire, you will experience improvements in your health, elevated energy levels and reductions in stress levels! So forget the office supply store, make the trip to the grocery store and stock your home with healthy and nutritious food staples today!

Diana Chaloux is the co-founder and owner of Destined 2 Be Fit (http://www.destined2befit.com). Diana is also a certified personal trainer through ACE, AFAA and FPI, a certified Fitness Coach through Wellcoaches, Lifestyle Management Nutrition Specialist, NPC National Level Figure Competitor (http://www.dianachaloux.com) and Fitness Model. Diana also has her own personal training studio located in San Antonio, Texas allowing her to work with clients and members both online and in person! For more information on how you can work with Diana visit http://www.destined2befit.com or write to her at contact@d2bfit.com

CLA and Weight Loss

CLA, otherwise known as conjugated linoleic acid may be a supplement you want to consider for help in your weight loss efforts. CLA has become popular because of its reported benefits of fat loss, cancer fighting, improving cholesterol, immune system improvement, and possible prevention of atherosclerosis.

Researching CLA may leave you wanting to take it whether or not fat loss is your goal.

CLA is a fatty acid that is found in small amounts in meat and dairy products. However dont plan on getting the benefits of CLA from eating these foods. There is just not enough CLA present. Supplement companies have found a way to convert the linoleic acid from safflower oil into conjugated linoleic acid. This allows you an affordable way to get the benefits of CLA.

Studies that have shown promise were done using dosages of 3 to 4 grams of CLA per day. Most supplement companies sell CLA in dosages from 500 milligrams to 1 gram per pill This means you may have to take several pills per day to get the optimal results. CLA is different from many weight loss supplements as it does not contain stimulants and you probably will not feel any immediate effect from taking CLA. You will want to stay on CLA from 4-6 weeks before expecting to see any results.

If you decide to do further research on CLA you will undoubtedly find it listed on many bodybuilding sites. The reason for this is that CLA has also shown promise in helping to maintain lean muscle tissue. Do not let this deter you from trying it because this will help you improve your fat to muscle ratio. In other words you will look better

The opinion of many health and fitness professionals is that CLA may be something you want to consider adding to your daily health regimen. I recommend purchasing your CLA online in order to save money. Tonalin is a brand name that you will see on many different companies form of CLA. Tonalin is the most researched, highest quality CLA that you will find. Purchase from a reputable company and give CLA time to show some effects.

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Weight Loss Guide - 3 Golden Tips to Maintain a Healthy Weight Loss Program

Weight loss is undoubtedly advantageous for people who are overweight and have been diagnosed with any medical condition, usually adult onset diabetes or cardiovascular disease. However, we do need to realize that weight loss is a time-consuming and difficult process, but one that can be made easier if you are ready to adapt to lifestyle changes. You must also be willing to reach out for support from health professionals, friends, and family members.

Weight Loss Tip 1 - Stop Chasing the Latest Diet Fad

Diets that emphasize changes in the proportions of protein, fat, carbohydrate, fiber, and so on do not have special properties for weight control. Dieting or any fad diets may produce results for the short term, but almost always, the dieter regains the original weight PLUS added weight.

It's true; the success of the first days of dieting is mostly water and "crap" from our stomach. Everyone who has dieted has had the experience of losing weight, and then gaining it right back. The promise of "quick and easy" weight loss is actually one of several "red flags" signaling diet fraud.

Weight Loss Tip 2 - Get up the Couch and Start Exercising

Exercise is definitely an essential factor in losing weight and burning calories. Nowadays, I will try to give more time to exercising, eat small and healthy portions of food throughout the entire day, limit my sugar intake and drink lots of water. The important thing to remember is that you have to gradually increase the amount of exercise that you are doing each day.

The best exercise plan should have cardiovascular and weight training exercises. Writing down what you eat, when and how much you exercise and your moods will keep you on track and motivated. Exercise can be considered as the golden rule to achieve long term weight loss.

Weight Loss Tip 3 - Eat Right, Eat Slowly and Eat Healthy

Eating slowly is one method that can help take off pounds. Eating more nutritional foods, like fruits and vegetables is also another approach that could help to slim your body down. Healthy eating and regular physical activity are the real keys to maintaining a healthy weight over a lifetime.

Assign a section of your time everyday to note down what you have eaten and how much, your hunger level before eating. Do record any feelings or emotions present at the time. I struggled with my weight for most of my adult life and finally discovered a lifestyle of eating that I enjoy and that keeps the weight off by eliminating certain foods. Ask your doctor about ways you can improve your eating plan and become more physically active.

One very significant thing to remember as you undertake your research and planning for weight loss is how far you've come simply by taking the first step. The key to successful weight loss is making changes in your eating and physical activity habits that you can keep up for the rest of your life. Many researchers now believe that the key to successful weight loss is to accomplish comprehensive lifestyle changes. This is a process that involves eliminating bad habits and replacing them with good eating behaviors and physical activity.

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How To Burn Fat Fast

If you are looking for some magical pill to lose fat fast good luck with it.
Perhaps it doesnt exist but at this moment I dont know anyone who has found it.
However there are pills and supplements who helps you with it.
If you want to burn fat fast you will have to do exercises for it.

In order to lose body fat you must find a balance between dieting and exercises.
Look if you take a look on the internet or in your library you can find hundreds of books about this topic in
order to help you out I give you four tips that will help you to burn fat fast.

Tip 1 # Water

If I drink two litres of water in a day will I lose weight?
No, sorry you wont lose weight with drinking water alone.
But drinking a lot of water is essential if you want to burn fat.
Drink at least six glasses of water each day.

Tip 2 # Eat fruit

You should eat a least five different pieces of fruit every day.
Not only has fruit the potential to lower your cholesterol level
but it is good for your health in general.
There are different kinds of fruits but you should eat least one apple and one orange in a day.

Tip 3 # Dont skip breakfast

The most stupid thing you can do to burn fat fast is skipping your breakfast.
The breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
If you havent eaten breakfast you are more likely to eat high fat and sugar snacks.

Tip 4 # Exercises

You will not burn fat if you dont do exercises.
It helps you to speed up your metabolism.
The best fat burning exercises are the cardio exercises.
Do exercises for at least thirty minutes, doing it less means no results.
Weight training is also very efficient your body will eat a lot of body fat in order to build muscles.

Remember every person is build different so always ask your doctor for advice if you change your eating patterns.
I hope you found these 4 burn fat fast tips useful.

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How to Make a Diet Really Work

You are thrilled and excited to start off a new diet system, by the time you're done you will be looking sleek and trim.

After going through the first day or two, you start to feel how burdensome and hard this process is, to add insult to injury, everyone you know, is aware that you're working on a diet, and everyone is examining your body's shape every time they lay their eyes on you, disappointing you by saying "You look quite the same, aren't you suppose to be on a diet?"

That by its self adds a lot of pressure and stress on us, feeling judged and monitored all the time by people's harsh perceptions, while all we want is to benefit our selves by simply loosing some weight.

The main problem could rise because we don't really understand how our bodies works, so let's take a closer look at understanding how the human body works.

To make things clear and easy, think of the human body as a primitive tool, its main objective is merely to survive no matter what, it doesn't care about how it looks from the outside, as long as it is alive and well.

By using diets which are based on any type of fasting or depriving your self from food, would lead the body to think that it's under attack and won't get any food soon, which makes it start to react in a way we don't want, it will think that you're stranded on a desert island or alone in a jungle with no food around to eat.

The body will think that it should start to preserve its self as much as possible, just incase the worst happens, by storing energy in the form of fat into its fat cells, and by doing so, it will either start to gain weight, especially on cheat days that are included in the diet system, or at least preserve its fat reserve banks as long as it could.

Now that is not what you wanted when you started the diet, did you? So how do you make your body react in the way you want it to, you want to loose weight not gain, right?

The trick is to delude your body, by making it think that there is more food coming in on regular bases, while all the food you give it is low in calories but large in quantities.

By feeding your body around the clock all the time, it will relax and start to burn beyond the actual needed metabolism it really requires, every time you eat something light in calories and large in amount it will burn a little more from the stored fat reserve banks it has. Fooled by the amount you've just had.

Understanding this simple concept and keeping it on your mind, the next time you begin a new diet, people will start to notice how effective it really is, but most importantly, is the fact that you feel full all the time, and good about your self and your results, by the time you're done you will be looking sleek and trim.

Mazen Al-Angary is the author of The Last Option: When Other Diets Fail (ISBN 1589397754). For more information about Mazen, visit: http://www.Al-Angary.com

Burn Excess Calories and Gain Control of your Weight

A healthy weight is where you are not too thin and not too fat for your height. Healthcare professionals use a particular method to work out a person's healthy weight for his/her height. This method is known as body mass index (BMI).

BMI = your weight in kilograms divided by your height in meters squared. To convert your weight from pounds to kilograms multiply by 0.4536. To convert your height from feet to meters multiply by 0.3048

For example: Mary weighs 65kg and is 1.64m tall 65 (1.64) squared = 24.17

A healthy balance should be between 18.5 and 25. If your weight is less than 18.5 then you are underweight, but if your weight is over 25 then you are overweight and if it exceeds 30 you are obese. However, some people feel more comfortable at a higher weight while others feel healthier having a lesser weight. Sometimes the BMI reading can be misleading and you may need to undergo a body fat measurement and waist-height ratio to determine if your weight is putting you at risk. Whether you are an 'apple' or 'pear' shape, your shape affects your heart's health. Fat around the waist increases your risk of heart problems. A waist measurement of more than 89cm in a women and 102cm in men puts their heart at risk. Normally obesity is obvious, weightlifters and body builders have a high BMI but low proportion of body fat. Therefore the risk of cardiovascular problems is low.

Before losing weight there are a number of factors to consider.

There are short-term solutions

Short, sharp diets invariably lead to gradual return to previous weight levels

Rapid weight loss is unhealthy

A good idea is to assess your present diet and identify high-fat and high-sugar foods that you eat. Try to calculate on average the amount of calories you consume, including alcohol intake, which is high in calories too. If you do not eat much fat, then you need to reduce your overall caloric intake or increase your energy expenditure or even both. 2000 calories for women and 2500 calories for men is the recommended daily caloric intake. Eating smaller meals more frequently will help maintain steady blood sugar levels and make you less likely to binge on unhealthy foods. If you are unsure, speak to your doctor or dietician for advice.

Here are some useful tips to follow for a successful weight-loss programme:

Set realistic goals that are achievable

Reduce your consumption of fried foods, red meats, cakes, chocolates, sweets, cheese and dairy products, as they are high in calories.

Cut down your consumption of alcohol and fizzy drinks

Choose fruits, lean meats and fresh vegetables that are low in calories

Drink 1.5 liters (2 and 1/2 pints) of water every day, which not only improves your health in general but also assists with metabolic changes necessary for weight loss.

Increase your physical exercise activity, either by taking long brisk walks, cycling, or swimming. This will help shed the unwanted weight and increase energy levels.

Avoid quick fixes

Use any slimming pills under the direct supervision of your doctor. Some pills increase blood pressure and heart rate, cause insomnia and increase levels of anxiety.

Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Weight Loss

Obesity - The Rise of the Epidemic

Obesity is gradually spreading its wings across the globe. The dreaded ailment has taken under its grip nearly one-third of the adult American population (approximately 60 million), and is on a rapid increase world-wide. The saddest part is that its gradually taking the shape of an epidemic and in the process causing a big threat to our life.

Obesity is usually referred to as an excess of body fat frequently resulting in a significant impairment of health. Obesity normally occurs when the size or number of fat cells in a person's body increases. A normal-sized person has between 30 and 35 billion fat cells. When a person gains weight, these fat cells initially increase in size and later in number.

Most of us who are extremely fond of fast food and seldom participate in exercise are highly prone to obesity. The ailment is often linked to a lack of physical activity and high calorie food intake. An individual is usually considered obese if he has a Body Mass Index (BMI) >30, and extremely obese with a BMI >40.

We should never take obesity lightly as it puts us at the risk of developing serious and grave conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease and some cancers. The occurrence of various medical conditions increases in the case of overweight and obese men and women. It makes our life vulnerable and fragile.

Many people suffering from obesity have taken diet pills such as Phentermine to get rid off the ailment. These diet pills work as appetite suppressants and help you lose weight without any effort. The diet pills work very fast but their result is not everlasting. Therefore you need to implement a proper diet plan and some form of exercise in your routine life to make your weight loss an everlasting affair.

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What is Metabolism?

The dictionary defines metabolism as the sum of all biochemical processes involved in life, or the sustaining of life. In application concerning our health, metabolism is related to the intake and use of food. In reference to the case in point it is our ability to utilize our food to the fullest extent.

The bodys metabolism is a unique process for each individual person. No two people metabolize food at the same rate therefore no two people have the metabolism. We all use our calories at different rates, with different results. Our metabolism, like our fingerprints is unique to each of us. But the need to understand and accommodate this metabolism is an issue that we all face.

Some people have really high rates of metabolism. In other words, when they consume food, their bodies burn it up almost as fast as then consume it. Then there are those of use who use our food intake so slowly, as to not even notice that were burning calories. These people who burn quickly are often slim and trim, the people who burn more slowly are the people with a tendency toward obesity.

All of this metabolic process is related to our calorie intake, our vitamin and nutrition needs, our thyroid and endocrine production, and how well all of these processes come together. For years, people have sought ways to raise the metabolic rate. If you can raise someones metabolic rate, you are then better able to control the burn of calories, especially for overweight or obese people. This would make the goal of better or improved health a much easier reality for those people. Efforts to date have produced very little results. There are foods that we can consume that naturally raise our metabolic rate, but not to a great extent. What we need is a way to directly alter the rate. We need to be able to raise our metabolism to a point where we can actually see a benefit.

Right now, the greatest results in raising our metabolism come from exercise and building our muscle mass, while reducing our body fat. Adding more muscle to the body, in turn causes us to burn more calories, and this helps to elevate our metabolic rate.

What determines our metabolic rate, as far as our genetics? Generally, we tend to inherit the same tendencies for metabolic rates, body frames, and other related body functions from our parents. Thus, the origin of well, she comes from big people; naturally shes going to be big.

Our metabolism functions also depend on how well we have taken care of our nutritional needs. The process of burning calories and creating energy is a delicate one, and one which must be carefully tended, or it can become imbalanced. It is often through these natural imbalances that we tend to inherit our metabolic rate.

I believe through careful analysis, and attention to each persons unique needs, we could bring about a more natural balance of the metabolic burn vs. the calorie intake. To a level where optimal health and weight control are in equilibrium.

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Weight: The Thanksgiving Hangover

The feasting is over. The turkey has disappeared: roasted and hot, microwaved leftovers, then cold sandwiches and eventually croquettes or thrown into soup.

You climb on the scale with trepidation and breathe a long sigh of relief when the dreaded poundage fails to appear. Before you relax and think you got away with it, remember that your sneaky little body is playing its usual tricks. Two or three days of Spartan eating will make you feel virtuous again -until you step on the scale and find you've gained 5 pounds. "Fraud" you shriek. "I've been so good!"

Remember the holiday feast? It has finally caught up with you as you knew, deep down, that it would.

What to do?

We all need brief periods of self-indulgence - it's part of the human condition. Expect a setback on your weight loss goals and let that knowledge mitigate your disappointment. Then continue on your diet with the assurance that a special occasion blip doesn't define your future. Enjoy the memories of a family gathering while carefully planning your next week's intake.

Appreciate what you have accomplished so far and avoid loading yourself down with guilt and self-reproach.

Get back on your program as quickly as possible because (sorry to bring this up now) Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat.

Virginia Bola is a licensed psychologist and an admitted diet fanatic. She specializes in therapeutic reframing and the effects of attitudes and motivation on individual goals. The author of The Wolf at the Door: An Unemployment Survival Manual, and a free ezine, The Worker's Edge, she recently published a psychologically-based weight control e-workbook, "Diet with an Attitude" which develops mental skills towards the goal of permanent weight control. She can be reached at http://www.DietWithAnAttitude.com/index2.html She provides support and guidance in use of the workbook through her regular blog, http://dietwithanattitude.blogspot.com

Weight Loss Programs - Which One Is Right For You?

Mustering up the willpower to keep on a schedule weight loss program routine is not a problem for some people. For others, staying focused on a weight loss goal is a major challenge. For these types of people weight loss programs are essential. They will not have the willpower to do the research and carry out the necessary actions independently. They would benefit from a helping hand.

For the individual that needs a helping hand and a structured weight loss program, they need to answer a few important questions in order to get the best weight loss program.

1.This is the most essential question: What are the facts about diet, exercise and weight loss?

With the advent of fad diets, special exercise regiments and all manner of junk science, it won't be easy for the less trained practitioner to sort the wheat from the chaff, to sort fact from fiction. The untrained practitioner has to make common sense decisions were to find reliable information to make educated decisions about weight loss programs. Scientific studies don't stand in isolation; they either support or contradict others. When you find that a number of serious sources agree, there could be good reason to give that weight loss program some credence.

2.Once you have educated yourself and made a educated determination of a weight loss program with a gym, then its time to find a knowledgeable and experienced trainer and nutritionist at the gym.

These professionals can be distinguished by the information that is passed along. Is the primary purpose of the information give to sell something? If so, the person giving this information may not be the person to pick. Pick someone that caters a weight loss program around you, someone that is trying to give wise counsel by directing you to wise eating habits, someone that offers something worthwhile and fundamental to the weight loss program.

Once you find a gym and/or nutritionist that can offer you good guidance and moral support, take advantage of the benefits offered. Such people can help remind you, when the going gets tough, of why you chose to make the effort in the first place. It's difficult to adhere to a long-term program when the progress is slow.

3. Pick weight loss programs that have exercise programs that are oriented towards lifestyle changes that will help you lose weight and keep it off and will also keep you healthy and fit.

Counseling provided by fitness and nutrition professionals can help you do that. They can help you unlearn bad habits and learn better ones, and encourage you to stick with them.

Your trainer and/or nutritionist should monitor your progress. Trainers and/or nutritionist will use test and special tools to monitor your progress. It will be a good idea that you learn the same techniques. As you get further in your development you will start to make these habits in your lifestyle.

Some of those tools are as simple and inexpensive as a scale, a flexible tape measure and a mirror. Others may be a heart rate or pulse monitor, a device that measures body fat percentage and other things that often accompany a treadmill.

4. Last but not least, you'll want to judge any program by how many people have actually found success using it. Beware of the hype. A few unsolicited opinions from people you don't know won't tell the whole story. Find out how many finished, and how much they lost, and were they able to keep the weight off. Also, learn whether there were any downsides or side effects.

It's your health. That's worth doing some homework to find the right weight loss program for you.

Kenneth Elliott is the owner of Diets. A website that reviews common weight loss programs. Also see: Weight Loss 4 idiots - A guide to 10 idiot proof rules to weight loss.

Should You Enroll in a Canada Weight Loss Center?

A Canada weight loss center can guide you in shedding off those unwanted pounds. There are a lot of franchises and there could be one near your place! Heres what to expect from them.

What is it?
A Canada weight loss center is a diet program focusing on providing individualized plans and programs for clients who want to lose weight. Since they have a lot of franchises worldwide, you can easily find one near you and you can simply go there if you want them to help you lose weight.

How they can help you
The Canada weight loss center is going to evaluate you by determining your weight and overall fitness before giving you a plan that is fit for your needs. Their programs are designed for you to take in certain amounts of vegetables, protein-rich foods, fruits, and enough dairy products in your diet. The food they will recommend you can be easily bought from local food or grocery stores.

No starvation required
The Canada weight loss center boasts of the fact that their plans and programs do not involve starvation diets. Furthermore, they even allow their clients to eat in fast foods and restaurants. The biggest portion of the plan involves a soy protein bar that they called LA Lites, which tastes like a typical chocolate bar.

Lose weight now
Their program claims that you can lose weight up to 2 to 3 times faster compared to other programs offered by other weight loss centers. Clients claim that they lost weight even in a short period of time. Even online testimonials from people who have tried the program state that they have lost 23 to 90 lbs with LA Weight Loss.

Is it all worth it?
Although claiming to be effective, the program is being criticized by some people because of its price ranging from $219 up to more than $1000. However, if losing weight is really your priority and you can shell out that amount of money, then don't hesitate to try their program.

Phillip England is a weight loss expert and Author of the popular report "The Ultimate Weight Loss Secret". To receive your free information on the secret that doctors, and health companies either don't know, or don't want you to know, please see http://www.theultimateweightlosssecret.com/secret

Metabolism 101

She has such a fast metabolism. She can eat anything and not gain and ounce. He has a slow metabolism. If he just looks at food he gains weight. We talk about metabolism all the time. We know it impacts our weight, but what is it and how does it work?

Metabolism is the general term applied to all the chemical reactions which occur in our bodies. These chemical reactions provide all we need to allow our cells to grow and reproduce, and carry out all the functions necessary to keep us alive.

Metabolism is typically divided into two categories--Catabolism and Anabolism.

Catabolism is responsible for breaking things down and providing you with energy. A good example is fat being broken down into energy. Another example of catabolism is breaking down your muscle tissue (protein) to provide energy.

Anabolism is responsible for building things up and using energy. A good example of this is your body using amino acids to make proteins which become part of your muscles.

Balance is Key to Health

The balance between catabolism and anabolism is critical for our health. If they are out of balance your health will deteriorate.

If your body is in an excessive state of catabolism, (breaking down, without building up) say, in your bones, you end up with osteoporosis. If this occurs in your muscles, you end up with sarcopenia, a loss of muscle mass which decreases your ability to perform basic activities like walking, feeding yourself and bathing yourself. You definitely do not want unbalanced catabolism.

If your body is in a state of excessive anabolism (building up rather than breaking down) you end up with the runaway replication of cells we call cancer. You dont want that either. You want a balance between the two.

Homeostasis-Staying the Same

Our bodies are always doing their best to keep anabolism and catabolism balanced. It takes a lot of consistent effort to change your body. For instance, if you consistently eat more calories than you need and make a habit of not moving much, you will unbalance your metabolism toward building up fat stores and you end up overweight, unhealthy and out of shape.

If you consistently eat fewer calories than you need, and make a habit of exercising a lot, you unbalance your metabolism toward breaking down (catabolism). Taken to an extreme, this leads to anorexia, being severely underweight and unhealthy.

Health, wellness, and vitality is in the balance. Go too far in either direction and you will become unhealthy.

So, now you can see weight loss or gain is all about unbalancing your metabolism. Our bodies dont like unbalanced metabolisms.

Unfortunately, for us modern day humans who now eat a whopping 175 pounds of sugar per person per year, our bodies are more comfortable being unbalanced toward getting fat than they are toward getting skinny.

Losing Fat

If you are overweight and you want to lose weight, you need to unbalance your metabolism toward catabolism or breaking down. The way you do that is by burning more energy, more calories, than you are taking in. The best way to do that is be eating less and moving more.

Enjoy the journey!

Derrick DeLay, B.Sc. is a NASM-Certified Personal Trainer and ACE Certified Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant. He specializes in working with people who are dissatisfied with the way they look and feel and are ready to feel healthy, vibrant and alive again. Derrick is also a fitness and wellness presenter and his peers chose him as Northwest Personal Trainings Personal Trainer of the Year in 2005. Derrick may be contacted at http://www.your-weightloss-wellness-solution.com, a free resource for weight loss and wellness success, or http://www.novasoma.com