Mike Adams of NewsTarget writes an extensive piece about the real secrets of losing weight and keeping it off. He explains that diet is insufficient, and strength-training exercise is essential to truly become fit.
Under all the body fat, there are still strong muscles and a sturdy skeleton. In other words, the heavier you are, the stronger your muscles must be just so you can move around. The trick, therefore, is to keep your muscles and bone mass in place while losing the body fat that's slowing you down.
If no effort is made to balance the two, however, you'll lose muscle mass and your metabolism will start to slow down. So you could end up lighter, but because you're not burning up the calories you once did, any sort of overeating will trigger another weight gain.
The article offers extensive tips on proper exercise, and examines many incorrect assumptions, such as the myth that women should not strength-train.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
THANKSGIVING
As we rush to prepare for the Thanksgiving meal as well as the hectic moments of the weeks to come, let us take a moment to reflect on the following words:
By Dr. Bob Hoffman Co-founder The Masters Circle
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million that will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a religious meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world.
If you have a refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the world.
If you have money in the bank or in your wallet and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold somebody's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder, you are blessed because you can offer God's healing touch.
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed that over 2 billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
Have a great day, count your blessings, and pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed they are as well.
As we celebrate Thanksgiving, let us remind ourselves of all we have to be grateful for...our health, our families, our work, the freedoms we take for granted and the opportunity to make a difference in the world while we create a happy and fulfilling lifestyle for ourselves and others.
You live among the top few percent of all of the world's people. Feel your power and be thankful. Instead of stressing, see how good you already have it, and appreciate the unlimited potential you have to make it even better.
Choose to be grateful when life treats you well and graceful when it doesn't. Make this year's Thanksgiving a time for you to really feel blessed and then do whatever you can to become infectious and spread that blessing around. Remember that the purpose of this important holiday is to be thankful as compared to just being full.
Respectfully,
Elaine Flanigan
By Dr. Bob Hoffman Co-founder The Masters Circle
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than the million that will not survive this week.
If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.
If you can attend a religious meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world.
If you have a refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of the world.
If you have money in the bank or in your wallet and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are thankful, you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.
If you can hold somebody's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder, you are blessed because you can offer God's healing touch.
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed that over 2 billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
Have a great day, count your blessings, and pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed they are as well.
As we celebrate Thanksgiving, let us remind ourselves of all we have to be grateful for...our health, our families, our work, the freedoms we take for granted and the opportunity to make a difference in the world while we create a happy and fulfilling lifestyle for ourselves and others.
You live among the top few percent of all of the world's people. Feel your power and be thankful. Instead of stressing, see how good you already have it, and appreciate the unlimited potential you have to make it even better.
Choose to be grateful when life treats you well and graceful when it doesn't. Make this year's Thanksgiving a time for you to really feel blessed and then do whatever you can to become infectious and spread that blessing around. Remember that the purpose of this important holiday is to be thankful as compared to just being full.
Respectfully,
Elaine Flanigan
Sunday, November 19, 2006
WELCOME TO WEIGHT SOLUTIONS
Dear Friends,
Maintaining a healthy weight is a serious challenge for many of us in todays society. I will be working hard to fill this site with articles to assist you in finding ways to achieve this goal.
Since weight loss is a concern of mine I thought that it might be helpful if I post the research that I find in one location. This information is posted only to help me in this quest. You are welcome and encouraged to use this information, even post your suggestions, but please remember that I am not a doctor. Please always consult a professional before embarking on any diet or exercise program.
Yours in good health,
Elaine Flanigan
Dear Friends,
Maintaining a healthy weight is a serious challenge for many of us in todays society. I will be working hard to fill this site with articles to assist you in finding ways to achieve this goal.
Since weight loss is a concern of mine I thought that it might be helpful if I post the research that I find in one location. This information is posted only to help me in this quest. You are welcome and encouraged to use this information, even post your suggestions, but please remember that I am not a doctor. Please always consult a professional before embarking on any diet or exercise program.
Yours in good health,
Elaine Flanigan
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