One of the best measures of success in lifestyle change is an improvement in how you feel physically and mentally.
Do you have more energy?
Do you feel more motivated and in control?
Answereing yes is a great indicator about your whether or not your lifestyle is changing for the better, especially since health and well-being is measured by how you think and feel and not just the change to your body shape.
Being aware of how your eating habits have changed and also being more physically active is a good sign that you have changed for the better. Your fat distribution is a good indictaor, losing inches around the waist and upper body will reduce health risks and you will be happy with who you see in the mirror.
Measuring your weight is not such a good measure of success when you first start changing your lifestyle habits, putting too much emphasis on your weight is not a good idea. When you start losing weight you may put on a little extra, but don't worry as everyone is different but you will eventually start trimming down.
Measuring your success doesn't start and end with your bathroon scales, it is measured by how you feel, if you are starting to feel great about yourself and being more active then you are leading a healthier lifestyle.
If you haven't already, make the change that you need and be healthy, it's now time to Reshape Your Health
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
No Fat Is Bad For Your Health
For the unaware dieter. If you think that cutting out fats or only consuming a very small amount of fat is going to help your health you have been misinformed. Yes you will lose weight but this is because your body starts eating it's reserve fat supply. If you starve your body of fats altogether you will start having side effects, the most common complaint is feeling cold all of the time, especially in your hands and feet, another complaint is sore bones and joints.
Many people have the misconception that if they eat fat it is turned directly into fat around your stomach and thighs, this is not true. Your body needs fat to process hydrophobic nutrients such as vitamin E, so without fat you will also starve yourself of essential vitamins.
Artificial trans fat is a fat that you need to avoid, this fat is directly related to heart disease. This fat can be found in hardened vegetables oils which is used in many spreads and processed foods.
All fats need to be consumed in moderation, a good way to keep your daily fat intake is to take supplements, the most common being Omega 3, there are also supplements for Omega 6 polyunsaturates which are derived from safflower oil and they contain essential natural acids.
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My conclusion is to go for a low fat diet instead of a no fat diet, just make sure you are giving your body the right nutrients and vitamins. Some meal replacement diets are a good way of providing the right nutrients, vitamins and minerals, but be sure to choose one that requires you to still eat good healthy food and one that supplements your vitamin levels.
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But if you are not sure what's right for you, visit a dietician or nutritionist and they will be able to help your individual needs.
Many people have the misconception that if they eat fat it is turned directly into fat around your stomach and thighs, this is not true. Your body needs fat to process hydrophobic nutrients such as vitamin E, so without fat you will also starve yourself of essential vitamins.
Artificial trans fat is a fat that you need to avoid, this fat is directly related to heart disease. This fat can be found in hardened vegetables oils which is used in many spreads and processed foods.
All fats need to be consumed in moderation, a good way to keep your daily fat intake is to take supplements, the most common being Omega 3, there are also supplements for Omega 6 polyunsaturates which are derived from safflower oil and they contain essential natural acids.
Click Here To See Omega 6 Supplement
My conclusion is to go for a low fat diet instead of a no fat diet, just make sure you are giving your body the right nutrients and vitamins. Some meal replacement diets are a good way of providing the right nutrients, vitamins and minerals, but be sure to choose one that requires you to still eat good healthy food and one that supplements your vitamin levels.
Click Here For Safe Weight Management
But if you are not sure what's right for you, visit a dietician or nutritionist and they will be able to help your individual needs.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Green Tea For Everyday Good Health
Green Tea, the healthiest tea of all. The benefits of greent tea cannot be underestimated nor should they be ignored. This natural, herbal tea has been used for centuries and of late it is seeing a resurgance among those who are leading healthier lifestyles.
Studies have shown that green tea is rich in catechin polyphenols, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is a powerful antioxidant that has been proven to inhibit the growth of cancer cells, it actually kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue.
Green tea is also being used for weight loss because it can help burn calories and suppress your appetite, it can lower LDI cholestorol levels and inhibit the formation of abnormal blood cells.
The ancient chinese were definitely aware of the benefits that green tea can have on you, even tooth decay can be slowed by adding green tea to your daily routine. There is no negetives to using green tea, some people make complaints when they read that there is caffeine in green tea, but the levels of caffeine are so small that you have nothing to worry about, your average cup of coffee has about thirty times more caffeine.
Green tea is made with the leaves from the Camellia Sinensis.
To keep the good qualities the leaves are subject to very minimal oxidation during the processing stage.
Greent Tea is widely available but once it is in the hands of a company the taste will be altered so it is original to the certain brand. Perhaps this is a good thing to many western consumers, drinking tea in it's natural form is not very appealing to most people.
Although the tea may be altered in some small way the benefits are still there, it is a matter of finding a brand that you like. I can't say that I recommend supermarket brands after drinking real green tea and although I know it can be an acquired taste, after only a few cups of green tea you will be converted.
When green tea is combined with other natural herbs it makes for a great tasting, refreshing drink that can be enjoyed either hot or cold.
Replace your daily coffee with a healthy cup of green tea to start living an even healthier lifestyle, spread the word of green tea and enjoy.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Healthier Lifestyle!
It seems that everyone is so focused on losing weight that they forget the bigger picture, by this I mean living a healthier lifestyle. Yes we do need to manage our weight, but why are you managing your weight?
You want to lead a healthy lifestyle, one that you can enjoy because you feel comfortable about who you see in the mirror. Once your self esteem levels rise so does your confidence levels which enables you to go out and do things you would normally shy away from, hence leading a healthier lifstyle.
The point I am making is don't soley focus on losing weight, if you start implementing your healthier lifestyle sooner, your weight will be easier to manage giving you your desired target weight much sooner.
So go on, enjoy life, put a smile on your face, have fun, think healthy, be healthy.
You want to lead a healthy lifestyle, one that you can enjoy because you feel comfortable about who you see in the mirror. Once your self esteem levels rise so does your confidence levels which enables you to go out and do things you would normally shy away from, hence leading a healthier lifstyle.
The point I am making is don't soley focus on losing weight, if you start implementing your healthier lifestyle sooner, your weight will be easier to manage giving you your desired target weight much sooner.
So go on, enjoy life, put a smile on your face, have fun, think healthy, be healthy.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Skin Healthy
Is your skin healthy?
This may sound like a silly question, but the condition of your skin is a good indicator of whether or not your vitamin levels are at an optimum level.
You do need to realise that your skin is the largest organ in your body and it needs good nutrition also. So keep on top of your vitamin levels on the inside and your halfway to having beautiful healthy skin.
Your only halfway for obvious reasons, using good quality herbal skin care products is your other half. Herbal skin care products will add vitamins on the outside and give your skin a healthy glow.
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Now I understand that before buying any skin care product you need to try before you buy, here is your chance.
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You now know that to keep your skin healthy, it is done in two stages. Start on the inside and then work on the outside, you can do this by using good quality herbal products.
This may sound like a silly question, but the condition of your skin is a good indicator of whether or not your vitamin levels are at an optimum level.
You do need to realise that your skin is the largest organ in your body and it needs good nutrition also. So keep on top of your vitamin levels on the inside and your halfway to having beautiful healthy skin.
Your only halfway for obvious reasons, using good quality herbal skin care products is your other half. Herbal skin care products will add vitamins on the outside and give your skin a healthy glow.
Click Here To See Quality Herbal Skin Care Products
Now I understand that before buying any skin care product you need to try before you buy, here is your chance.
Click Here For Herbal Skin Care Product Samples
You now know that to keep your skin healthy, it is done in two stages. Start on the inside and then work on the outside, you can do this by using good quality herbal products.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
To Supplement Or Not Supplement
With the fast paced lives we are all living, is it any wonder why we rely on fast food and quick and easy meals to provide us with the energy to make it through the day. So if you have fallen into the trap of only eating when it is convenient or when time permits I bet you are either gaining weight or feeling tired all the time. If you could find a solution so simple that it will actually make life easier and more pleasant would you jump at the chance or are you now finding that you can't go without greasy unhealthy food. After eating a meal of fast food burgers and chips or perhaps pizza, how long is it once again before you are hungry, not very long is it. The large amount of salt starts to dehydrate your body and the extremely large amount of carbohydrates sink to the bottom of your stomach like a brick. Yummy
All this unhealthy food in your diet will actually starve you. Starve you of the essential vitamins and minerals your body needs to function properly. After only a short amount of time consuming fast food and other junk foods you will have depleted your vitamin levels so much that you will find your skin will be unhealthy looking, you will be tired all the time, bowel movements will be abnormal, your immune system will be suffering and the list goes on. If you keep this up long term then you will be looking at a premature death caused by any number of conditions. Getting worried yet?
The solution really is quite simple, develop a healthy eating plan and add vitamin supplements. Vitamin supplements are not only for people who are deficient or lacking in a certain vitamin, they are used by healthy people to make them feel great. So developing a healthy eating plan may sound like allot of hard work and you are right especially if you don't have the time. That's why there are companies out there that provide the solution with weight management programs. I recommend you find a company that provides natural vitamins and minerals along with a weight management program. Adding vitamins to a weight management plan will have you feeling healthier within a few days and you will have a whole lot more energy to burn making your busy life easier to cope with.
Do yourself a favour and have a look at how I can help you by adding essential vitamins to a weight management program that can be tailored to suit your individual needs.
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All this unhealthy food in your diet will actually starve you. Starve you of the essential vitamins and minerals your body needs to function properly. After only a short amount of time consuming fast food and other junk foods you will have depleted your vitamin levels so much that you will find your skin will be unhealthy looking, you will be tired all the time, bowel movements will be abnormal, your immune system will be suffering and the list goes on. If you keep this up long term then you will be looking at a premature death caused by any number of conditions. Getting worried yet?
The solution really is quite simple, develop a healthy eating plan and add vitamin supplements. Vitamin supplements are not only for people who are deficient or lacking in a certain vitamin, they are used by healthy people to make them feel great. So developing a healthy eating plan may sound like allot of hard work and you are right especially if you don't have the time. That's why there are companies out there that provide the solution with weight management programs. I recommend you find a company that provides natural vitamins and minerals along with a weight management program. Adding vitamins to a weight management plan will have you feeling healthier within a few days and you will have a whole lot more energy to burn making your busy life easier to cope with.
Do yourself a favour and have a look at how I can help you by adding essential vitamins to a weight management program that can be tailored to suit your individual needs.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Pandemic In A Rather Large Proportion!
Excess body weight contributes to medical conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, some cancers, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. It is estimated that obesity and the associated illness cost the Australian society and federal government a total of $21 billion in 2005. It is estimated that over 2.5 million Australian adults are obese and a further 4.9 million plus aussies are overweight. The proportion of Australian adults who are obese has more than doubled since 1990. Studies show that men were much more likely to be overweight than women (43% compared with 28%) and they were slightly more likely to be overweight.
Do you think there is an epidemic happening?
Children are now the ones suffering for the mistakes we as adults have made, I'm sure most families try and promote healthy eating to their young ones but it falls to pieces when it comes to exercise or the child simply being outside running around or riding their bike. Everyone's circumstances are different I know, but how long can parents go on kidding themselves, do they honestly think that just sending their child to school and participating in physical education once or twice a week provides their child with enough exercise. Then on the other hand there is some unfortunate children growing up in homes where fast food and junk food is their base diet along with little to no exercise, I guess it's a fair bet that these kids are already, at such a young age overweight and possibly obese, if they aren't now they soon will be. Studies show that about 50% of obese adolescents carry their obesity into adulthood and once a child is classed as overweight they are not likely to shed their extra weight as an adult.
If you're a parent please don't think I am just scathing a personal attack on you and no nothing about kids, I have two young children and understand that it can be hard to teach them to eat healthy foods once they have developed a taste for lollies and sweets. Junk food is unavoidable these days, it is perfectly placed in stores and advertised on television but the worst sort of advertisement out there is word of mouth and peer pressure from their friends. I should note the government is acting on this issue, but acting very slowly. Some recent action was to regulate television advertisements for fast food during afternoon and early evening times and stepping up their television campaign trying to make people aware of the brutal facts of obesity.
By now every adult in the world knows that obesity is a huge problem. So what's the solution?
As there is a number of contributing factors leading to obesity, we must first start and keep reinforcing the education on healthy living at home and set a good example for our children to follow so they are well equipped to tackle this issue when they are adults. If your child is overweight or obese perhaps we need to not only look at how, but also why they are overweight or obese. So for the sake of our next generation learn to be healthy yourself and set the example needed, and if you personally have weight management problems that you can't control, please seek help, join a gym, join a weight loss organization or find the right motivation to start yourself on the right track to living a healthier and longer life.
One last important tip to remember if you are about to make a dramatic change to your eating habits, is that if you are a large eater who needs to lose a lot of weight, my advice is that you cut back the size of your meals slowly and even introduce fruits and vegetables slowly if you do not normally eat them, even exercise should be started at a gentle pace so you don’t suffer from burnout and throw in the towel. One of the biggest reasons why so many people fail at dieting is because the sudden change of foods affect the body in sometimes unpleasant ways and it takes time to adjust, it is in this period where so many dieters fail. I suggest taking a good multivitamin and drinking plenty of water is one piece of advice you implement straight away.
If you are overweight, obese or even if you’re at your ideal weight levels, please click on the link below.
We would love to hear from you.
http://www.reshapeyourhealth.com/
Do you think there is an epidemic happening?
Children are now the ones suffering for the mistakes we as adults have made, I'm sure most families try and promote healthy eating to their young ones but it falls to pieces when it comes to exercise or the child simply being outside running around or riding their bike. Everyone's circumstances are different I know, but how long can parents go on kidding themselves, do they honestly think that just sending their child to school and participating in physical education once or twice a week provides their child with enough exercise. Then on the other hand there is some unfortunate children growing up in homes where fast food and junk food is their base diet along with little to no exercise, I guess it's a fair bet that these kids are already, at such a young age overweight and possibly obese, if they aren't now they soon will be. Studies show that about 50% of obese adolescents carry their obesity into adulthood and once a child is classed as overweight they are not likely to shed their extra weight as an adult.
If you're a parent please don't think I am just scathing a personal attack on you and no nothing about kids, I have two young children and understand that it can be hard to teach them to eat healthy foods once they have developed a taste for lollies and sweets. Junk food is unavoidable these days, it is perfectly placed in stores and advertised on television but the worst sort of advertisement out there is word of mouth and peer pressure from their friends. I should note the government is acting on this issue, but acting very slowly. Some recent action was to regulate television advertisements for fast food during afternoon and early evening times and stepping up their television campaign trying to make people aware of the brutal facts of obesity.
By now every adult in the world knows that obesity is a huge problem. So what's the solution?
As there is a number of contributing factors leading to obesity, we must first start and keep reinforcing the education on healthy living at home and set a good example for our children to follow so they are well equipped to tackle this issue when they are adults. If your child is overweight or obese perhaps we need to not only look at how, but also why they are overweight or obese. So for the sake of our next generation learn to be healthy yourself and set the example needed, and if you personally have weight management problems that you can't control, please seek help, join a gym, join a weight loss organization or find the right motivation to start yourself on the right track to living a healthier and longer life.
One last important tip to remember if you are about to make a dramatic change to your eating habits, is that if you are a large eater who needs to lose a lot of weight, my advice is that you cut back the size of your meals slowly and even introduce fruits and vegetables slowly if you do not normally eat them, even exercise should be started at a gentle pace so you don’t suffer from burnout and throw in the towel. One of the biggest reasons why so many people fail at dieting is because the sudden change of foods affect the body in sometimes unpleasant ways and it takes time to adjust, it is in this period where so many dieters fail. I suggest taking a good multivitamin and drinking plenty of water is one piece of advice you implement straight away.
If you are overweight, obese or even if you’re at your ideal weight levels, please click on the link below.
We would love to hear from you.
http://www.reshapeyourhealth.com/
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Today for our first post I want to talk about the general concerns of obesity and also why this problem is getting worse. Everyone has heard the message that obesity causes a number of health issues and is directly related to a high percentage of deaths, not to mention taking up a lot of desperately needed hospital beds. So why is it that the cases of obesity in the general population continue spiral out of control. It truly is wrong to blame one cause as there a number of contributing factors such as the person themselves, hereditary obesity, the never ending advertising campaigns of fast food companies and also the major grocery suppliers with their inconspicuous marketing. Have you looked at the price difference between healthy food and the high fat quick and easy meals at your local grocery store?
There is far too much money being made by major fast food companies to truly believe that they are looking at ways to provide healthy food to their customers without tarnishing their valuable greasy burgers and chips for which they are famous for, now don't get me wrong because like I said we cannot blame one single cause for obesity because of the number of continuing factors.
So if the food giants are not going put their profit on the line (which I don't blame them) who can we look to for help. My suggestion is to look in the mirror and find your answer and if you're not confident or do not believe in yourself which is also another reason why weight management can be hard for some then you need support which can be from a friend or even a weight management mentor/coach who no doubt will soon be your friend.
To combat the food giants and the tricky advertising we constantly face each day, we need to turn a blind eye and remenber that everything in moderation should keep you on the right track, but hang on, how moderate do I have to be compared to your moderate, tricky question and that is why we need to learn more about our own body and keep track of what happens to our body after eating food. By keeping track I mean taking note of how you feel or how your body responds, so do you get grumpy, happy, do you get an upset stomach, do you feel guilty, even feel slightly ill, if you suffer any of these feelings or consequences then that is the survival part of your brain telling you not to eat these foods or keep this food in MODERATION.
With a bad diet we also starve our bodies of the right balance of vitamins and nutrition, so if you are feeling off all the time I advise you to head to you doctor and have a blood test to determine how low your vitamin levels are, also have a few other tests while you are there if you haven't been for a while and are obese, the major ones to check are you blood sugar levels and cholestorel levels.
Good luck and be healthy
To check out how I personally help people with weight management please click on the link
www.ReshapeYourHealth.com
There is far too much money being made by major fast food companies to truly believe that they are looking at ways to provide healthy food to their customers without tarnishing their valuable greasy burgers and chips for which they are famous for, now don't get me wrong because like I said we cannot blame one single cause for obesity because of the number of continuing factors.
So if the food giants are not going put their profit on the line (which I don't blame them) who can we look to for help. My suggestion is to look in the mirror and find your answer and if you're not confident or do not believe in yourself which is also another reason why weight management can be hard for some then you need support which can be from a friend or even a weight management mentor/coach who no doubt will soon be your friend.
To combat the food giants and the tricky advertising we constantly face each day, we need to turn a blind eye and remenber that everything in moderation should keep you on the right track, but hang on, how moderate do I have to be compared to your moderate, tricky question and that is why we need to learn more about our own body and keep track of what happens to our body after eating food. By keeping track I mean taking note of how you feel or how your body responds, so do you get grumpy, happy, do you get an upset stomach, do you feel guilty, even feel slightly ill, if you suffer any of these feelings or consequences then that is the survival part of your brain telling you not to eat these foods or keep this food in MODERATION.
With a bad diet we also starve our bodies of the right balance of vitamins and nutrition, so if you are feeling off all the time I advise you to head to you doctor and have a blood test to determine how low your vitamin levels are, also have a few other tests while you are there if you haven't been for a while and are obese, the major ones to check are you blood sugar levels and cholestorel levels.
Good luck and be healthy
To check out how I personally help people with weight management please click on the link
www.ReshapeYourHealth.com
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