Who Said You Have To Eat It All?

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By Jim Nettleton

Remember your mom saying something like “You can’t leave the table until you finish your food”? Usually, this command was accompanied by a solemn statement concerning the number of hungry children in the world and was fashioned into the reason that we were not to waste our food.

The more sarcastically inclined among us would retort with a snappy line, urging mom to send the food to those kids. This response was rarely well received. The serious side of this childhood ritual was that it implanted a life long psychological bombshell that sneakily nudged us toward consuming large quantities of food. Following that blueprint is one of the major ingredients that lead people to crash diets to lose that extra weight that is piled on their bodies.

The new mantra has to be, ‘eat until you’re satisfied, not until you’re completely full.’ Leftover food will keep very well. There is no need to consume all of it at one sitting. In days past, when your mom gave you the ‘eat it all’ ultimatum, people didn’t realize the harm that kind of thinking could create all through life. At the time, it seemed a sensible approach. Today, we know that nothing could be further from the truth. Bad eating habits learned early can be an unrelenting albatross throughout our lives.

Here’s a valuable tip. If a lot of leftover food is more the rule than the exception after you and your family has finished a meal, then you need to rethink the quantity of food you’re preparing. That should be obvious, but many families just keep churning out excess food day after day, week after week. A bit too little food is far better than too much.

Another trouble area is going out to eat, whether at a restaurant or at a friend’s house. Being the polite folk we are, there is an implied obligation to play magician and make all food presented disappear. Many of us are reluctant to ask for a doggie bag at a restaurant, or to tell our hosts that we just can’t eat anymore. Don’t fall victim to this big diet mistake.

Another diet buster is our habit of putting all food that has been cooked for a particular dinner on the dining table, turning the meal into a sort of rotating buffet. A better idea is to fill a plate and take it to the table, eliminating the temptation of reaching for additional helpings that are just inches away. If you can reach more food easily, chances are you’ll grab it. For more tips and ideas, visit my web site through the link in the resource box below.

Maintaining a healthy weight is fast becoming a formidable challenge to all of us, especially Americans, whose tendency toward being overweight has been thoroughly chronicled in recent years. Following the above advice can help us break what has become a vicious cycle and get us moving in the right direction for our overall health. We need to seriously address our calorie intake and find creative ways to make our ideal weight a reality.

The old adage about getting exercise by pushing ourselves away from the table has never been more true, or more vital.

About the author:

Jim Nettleton is a radio and TV professional with wide-ranging interests. Visit his all-inclusive diet and weight loss site at http://www.jaynetinc.com/LoseWeight.

Eat Slowly To Aid Your Diet

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By Jim Nettleton

There are many little tricks you can use to help yourself in your weight loss quest. For example, did you realize that slowing down your eating speed can have a positive effect in a diet? It’s true, but it’s an underutilized method that can be an important part of any dieting effort.

The more time you take to eat, the less food you’ll need to eat in order to satisfy your hunger. Here are some tips that can help break a bad habit of eating too rapidly, which can lead to eating too much food and, as a result, sabotaging your good intentions.

First of all, wait until you’ve finished the food you’re chewing before loading up that utensil again. It helps to physically put down your spoon or fork while you’re chewing what’s in your mouth. This sounds simple, but it’s a very effective technique.

Another simplistic sounding technique is to chew your food a little longer before finally swallowing. This accomplishes two things; it helps you digest food better and also allows you to feel more satisfied because of the additional time that it takes you to chew. As a result, you won’t need as large a quantity of food.

These simple techniques will help you break the habit of over eating because of consuming food too fast. The majority of us in this country probably all eat too fast. Other countries dine more leisurely than we. For example, even though the typical French diet is richer than ours, their method of eating brings balance to their diets. As a rule, they eat smaller portions but take a lot longer to eat their food than we do. This practice helps them to stay slim.

It’s a matter of getting yourself in the habit of slowing down. Once you do start eating a little slower, chances are you will enjoy your food a lot more. It will give you more time to savor and enjoy the tastes in your food.

Let’s not forget a simple rule that will help with our efforts to lose weight. Remember that your body does not react immediately to let you know you’ve had enough. It takes a little while following your meal for the body to signal that it needs no more. As a result, many of us overeat if we eat too fast, sort of blowing right by the stop sign. We feel that we are still hungry. So adopt this rule; never eat until you are full. The smart thing to do is eat until you feel comfortable that you have had enough. Don’t wait for your body to put up that stop sign.

About the author:

Jim Nettleton is a radio & TV professional with over 40 years of major market experience. His wide range of interests include nutrition and working with natural health clinics for many years. He recommends the diet program Fat Loss 4 Idiots - click this link http://tinyurl.com/yog3jr Check out his comprehensive diet site at

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Weight loss scams

Diet pill scams

Spotting a fat burner, diet, diet pill, and weight loss scams is very quite easy. Permanent weight loss only works one way: You have to burn more calories than you consume. That is the ONLY thing that will ever work. This makes spotting diet related heath scams incredibly easy. If the diet pill or weight loss web site you’re reading fails to mention that FACT, your weight loss scam detector should go on full alert.

So do diet pills or fat burners really work? Instead of looking at the sellers claims, let’s look at the facts: Some diet pills are nothing more than fiber or common herbs. These are total diet product, weight loss, or fat burner scams that don't do a thing.

How do some diet pills work? By flooding the body with powerful stimulants. Stimulants will speed up your metabolism- the rate at which the body burns calories to create energy- and suppress the appetite. That’s why you rarely see very many overweight cocaine addicts. Please note: I'm not comparing people that take diet pills to drug addicts, nor am I saying that diet pills are going to lead to drug abuse. What I am saying is that the principal is the same. If you take a drug to stimulate your metabolism, that’s exactly what’s going to happen. That’s why they’re called stimulants.

The plan is for that diet pill to speed up your natural metabolism and create a larger calorie deficit. Fat is your body’s reserve tank of fuel. You can speed up that metabolism all day long, and unless more calories are used than consumed, those fat stores will never be tapped into. Also, all you’re doing is trying to get a drug to do what you were designed to do: Speed up your metabolisms by being active. Pills are just shortcuts. You need to learn how to lose weight yourself. A stimulant pill will prevent you from learning how.

Do you honestly think it’s best to be filled with artificial stimulants for weeks or months? Do you honestly think a chemical shortcut is better and healthier than creating a natural calorie deficit through your own efforts? And think about this: If you couldn’t keep the weight off before you started taking a pill, why would you be able to keep it off after you stop taking it?

Be very honest with yourself here.

The only safe, natural, and permanent way to lose weight is to slowly take it off by creating a small daily calorie deficit. I know just what you're thinking: “But their ad said it was safe and all natural. They promised me there were no side effects. They had dozens of testimonials from satisfied customers.” Of course that’s what they are going to say. They’re trying to SELL you something. I’m very sure they said something similar about Fen Phen before it was pulled off the market for causing heart valve problems.

Once again, look at the FACTS: Nearly two out of three Americans are overweight or obese while spending forty billion dollars every year on weight loss products. Think about that, if any popular diet shortcut worked permanently- would so many people still be overweight?

So what does that fact tell you? It tells you how to easy it is to spot a weight loss or diet scam, because diet pill failures are everywhere.

Why are fat burning scams all over? Follow the money. It’s easier to tell people they can burn fat or lose weight with drugs than it is to tell them the truth. Here's the truth: You don’t need any diet products to lose weight. Weight loss short cuts are either a total scam, or they only make it harder for you to  learn how to permanently keep excess weight off.

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Are You Looking For The Best Diet For Weight Loss?

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Have you fallen prey to the disease of the new millenia? Has obesity claimed your life, so much so, that your loved ones think that you prefer food to them?

Has your obese stature made you the butt of ridicule of your colleagues? Then its time to shed that extra flab and reclaim your life! There are numerous options available to help you tone yourself and burn body fat, but they may confuse and baffle you, unless you do thorough research.

First of all, you may visit the various websites and check out the fitness regimes prescribed by them. Don't forget to talk with a health professional first and get your body measurements done. This will be useful in deciding what sort of exercise pattern or diet will be suited for your purpose. Find out what type of body you have...

Is there something wrong with you genetically? Are you prone to gaining weight quite easily? Some medical tests would surely be a great help before you plunge into a new diet or get into the groove of a strenuous exercise regime.

Have you seen how the number of overweight people are multiplying at an unimaginable rate with every passing year? What is the main cause of it? A sedentary lifestyle accompanied by an extremely unhealthy diet, has resulted in this global disaster.

To combat this issue, many health clubs and gyms offer different kinds of quick weight loss diets. Many diets are available on the internet, but are not necessarily free. So before you invest your hard earned money on it, we recommend that you check out all the easy ways to lose weight that are available on the internet, what do they comprise of, do you have the body to carry off such a diet, does it pack in the energy needed for your day to day activities, etc.

Not all diets are suitable for everyone, so instead of buying a useless product due to lack of research, choose something that will pay off in the long run. Read any reviews and customer feedback on these fat loss programs, and check to see if they are any good.

Discuss with a health professional whether this health product would benefit you or do you more harm than good.

Have you asked yourself what type of calorie intake would be ideal for a person of your bone mass ratio? Is this sounding strange to you? Don’t be afraid, because the internet is always there to help you out with these trivial issues. Some websites offer assistance regarding recipes for various healthy diets (high in fiber, low calorie), weight training equipment, exercises, cardiovascular, health capsules, protein supplements, herbal fat-burning medicines and others.

The obvious question that strikes us, is, whether there is a genuinely good rapid weight loss diet program at all.

You must understand that the process of burning fat and keeping the weight off is not an overnight one. It takes time, so on your part, you need to be motivated enough to adhere to your weight loss program over the months and years.

Your determination to stay fit will make all the difference.

Cut 100 Calories to Lose 10 Pounds Fast

Cutting just 100 calories a day from your diet can help you lose 10 pounds fast. This is a really easy way to see results because most people don’t even notice 100 calories. Here are ten ideas for cutting 100 calories from your diet without feeling the pain.

1.      Cut one can of soda from your day. Yep, sodas have tons of sugar, which gives them a lot of calories for such a small drink. Remember, a 20 ounce bottle of soda is two servings! So, only drink half that bottle to save 100 calories.

2.      Eat only 2/3 of a bagel to subtract 100 calories from your breakfast.

3.      Cut off ¼ off your slice of pepperoni pizza to save 100 calories a slice.

4.      Throw away eight McDonald's French fries. That’s right, around eight fries has a whopping 100 calories. Imagine how many calories you’d save if you skipped the fries all together…

5.      Skip the latte. Even large skinny lattes can have over 100 calories.

6.      Decide to chew gum instead of those trendy 100 calorie snack packs.

7.      Eat a few less bites. Stop being a part of the clean-your-plate club and start leaving a little behind. A few bites here and there really don’t hurt you and they can add up to calories savings to boost your quick weight loss.

8.      Eat only a few bites of dessert.

9.      Don’t go back for seconds. One extra helping can be well over 100 calories.

10.  Eat a single patty burger instead of a two patty.

The benefits of this approach really add up when you combine it with a good exercise plan, like this No Nonsense Muscle Building review. What does it mean to cut 100 calories out of your diet plan, anyway? Well, 100 calories typically equates to about 10-20 minutes of activity. So if you skip that "snack pack" you've just saved yourself 15 minutes on the tread mill!

Keep Close Tabs On Vitamins And Minerals When Dieting

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By Jim Nettleton

Many people who are overweight suffer from an accompanying potentially dangerous syndrome; lack of proper nutrition. Because their eating habits are not balanced, deficiencies in this vital area are relatively common in overweight people. This problem

becomes magnified when they go on a diet.

It is imperative that they pay close attention to getting the proper amounts of vitamins and minerals when dieting. Because dieters in many instances dramatically reduce their food intake while trying to lose weight, the amount of vitamins and minerals consumed are also often radically reduced.

But be careful in your choices of supplements. I'd recommend that you consult with a competent nutritionist who can help you choose supplements that will actually provide your body with the right amounts of vitamins and minerals and will ensure that they contain proper potency. Many commercial supplements do not deliver the potency that they claim. Further, when taken in tablet form, the actual amount the body absorbs is

lessened, thereby reducing the benefits even more.

While the bottle may claim to deliver 100% minimum daily requirements of various vitamins and minerals, by the time those tablets reach your blood stream you could be getting only 30% or less.

Using the best supplements can also help you in your weight loss quest. They contribute to making you feel more full. If you're on a diet and you feel hungry most of the time, beware. Something about that diet is very wrong.

The best possible scenario, if you have it available in your region, is supplementation intravenously, a service along the lines of that offered by the Cherry Hill Center For Molecular Medicine, in Cherry Hill, NJ. You can call Dr. Molly Fantasia at 856-489-0505 if you’re nearby to their clinic. Sure, it costs more than other types of supplements, but the method ensures an extremely high degree of absorption of the nutrients.

If you can afford it, it's best to have your diet personalized for you and you alone. This would require utilizing the services of a dietitian and a nutritionist, although in many instances those two fields are combined in one person, which makes it a lot less financially daunting.

If you follow this path, your chances of being successful in your attempt to lose weight will be considerably higher, since your body won't be craving those things that are missing in less well thought out diets. A lack of the elements that your body needs is one of the major factors in the failure of dieters to achieve their goals.

So follow this plan. Begin by consulting with a qualified nutritionist to make certain you’re getting all the nutrients you need and in sufficient quantities. And if you can, go the intravenous route. The extra effort and/or expense will be well worth it.

I wish you the best in your dieting efforts.

About the author:

Jim Nettleton is a radio & TV professional with over 40 years of major market experience. His wide range of interests include nutrition and working with natural health clinics for many years. Check out his comprehensive weight loss website at

http://www.jaynetinc.com/LoseWeight

Reading Food Labels For Your Health

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By Jim Nettleton

Most people, especially in the United States, are confused when it comes to judging portions of food. For instance, how much is 5 or 6 portions of vegetables and fruit, what constitutes a portion of red meat, etc. Most Americans would probably be surprised that what they think is one portion is quite possibly much more than that. If you are seriously watching what you eat and how much you eat, investing in a food scale is probably a good idea. Some of the high-end scales are capable of keeping a running total of your intake.

The first step in getting your eating habits in order, however, should be reading the labels on the foods you’re considering buying. Check the serving size mentioned, which is usually at the top of the label. Bear in mind that these figures are derived from averages and are not written in stone, but they do provide an overall guide that is useful. The serving size is what determines the level of nutrients delivered by that particular food, so it becomes a simple matter of addition to find out how much of a given nutrient you’ll consume if you eat more than one serving.

Below the serving size is a breakdown of the percentage of various nutrients, including the calories, fat, saturated fat, mono unsaturated fat, cholesterol, sodium and so on. The percentage of the recommended daily allowance of each of these items is listed on the right hand side of the label. The percentages listed express a relationship to the recommended caloric intake for an individual of two thousand calories.

Obviously, what we’re looking for is the highest nutritional value combined with the lowest caloric content and lowest fat totals. Remember, however, that calories in themselves are not evil. The body needs them constantly. It’s excess calories that are the culprit. Likewise, the body needs fat, as long as the totals are not overboard. You can find many related tips on maintaining and losing weight at my diet website. You can go there through the link in my resource box below.

The main purpose in studying the food labels on the groceries we buy is to control our overall diet balance and supply our bodies with the well rounded food intake that will help our systems run efficiently and healthily. I’ve known several people who keep a daily log of foods they buy and eat. A couple of them have the data entered into a spread sheet so that they can create an ongoing graph of their eating habits.

That might be taking it a bit too far, but it could be a smart idea when you’re just starting out trying to organize and control your eating habits. Take a notebook along when shopping or, for those who are more high-tech oriented, a Blackberry or other hand held device, and keep careful notes on label information and everything you buy.

Once you develop the habit of evaluating what you buy and eat, it will become second nature, much to your overall health’s benefit. The old adage, “we are what we eat” certainly applies in today’s world. Americans in particular are gaining weight at a frighteningly rapid pace. The scariest aspect of that trend is that it is present in large degree in the young. It is a trend that needs to be stopped quickly if the future health of the population as a whole is to be protected.

So let’s make a start be reading those labels carefully and take a step in the right diet direction. Here’s to good, healthy eating.

About the author:

Jim Nettleton is a radio and TV professional with wide-ranging interests. Visit his all- inclusive diet website at http://www.jaynetinc.com/LoseWeight.

Understanding the Importance of a Weight Loss Pill Review

Are you dead set on losing weight but not sure how to go about it? Whether you are doing it for health or vanity purposes, there are a few products out there that work especially well and which you are definitely going to want to strongly consider if you want to lose weight.

The weight loss pill or weight loss supplement is one of the most effective weight loss products. All you do is pop one of these just as you would with a Tylenol or any cold and flu tablet for instance, and it works away at helping you lose weight, as easy as that.

However, the problem is that there is actually now such a multitude of tablets and supplements out there these days to help with weight loss that it can no doubt become quite confusing when it comes time for you to choose one in particular for yourself.

Read a weight loss pill review, because it is one of the best things that you can do if you want to save yourself time and hassle and find just the right weight loss pill for you. There are several ways in which a weight loss pill review is going to help you out. For one, it will help you to learn about all your different choices, about all the different pills that are out there.

As well a weight loss pill review is going to give you the honesty that you are looking for. Instead of getting a weight loss pill review from the company of the pill you are considering, which is obviously not going to say anything overly negative, with an actually weight loss pill review you are getting the hard knock truths and facts from a past consumer who has purchased and tried the pills.

You get to hear what they thought of it and whether or not it worked for them. This will allow you to understand more what they are each about, what they have to offer, and which you think is going to work best for you.

Where to Look

If this all sounds mighty fine to you and you would like to check out a weight loss pill review or two yourself, the Internet is going to be the best resource. There are not only various different comparison shopping sites that you can check out where you will be able to find these reviews, but as well various chat rooms and forums where you can discuss the different weight loss pills on the market today

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