Saturday, December 4, 2010

How Fitness and Weight Boot Camps Guarantee Results

People are willing to shell out money to lose weight. They are even keener to pay more if the result is guaranteed to be fast. Most of us always look for quick fix to everything because we want to see immediate results. This is the reason that the popularity and the demand for fitness and weight boot camps are escalating.
Boot camps can guarantee a transformation from a flabby arms and bulging belly to a toned body physique. Of course, there is no magic formula to attain that toned body. It is always a product of proper exercise and healthy diet but this formula can be more effective if you understand the science of weight loss. It means that you drop your weight faster and tone your body more rapidly if the classic equation of exercise and diet is applied smartly.
This is the secret as why the boot camps can guarantee quick results. They know, understand and apply the science of weight loss. So what are the components that contribute to fast result of losing extra pounds in your body?
The major key players are exercise and diet. The rule is simple - burn more calories than what you take. Burning 500-calories daily can result to losing a pound or two in a week. Imagine if you exercise more then you drop more weight in a week. Also, the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn. This is the chief reason that fitness and weight loss boot camps target these two factors.
When you enlist in boot camps, your exercise program is geared towards cardiovascular workouts and strength training while it focuses on the major muscle groups of the body. This aims to replace your fats with muscles.
On the other hand, your diet is also monitored by nutritionist to ensure that you have the right nutrition while losing weight. You can expect more vegetable and fruits in your meal plan with minimal fat rich food. If you are indeed serious in your weight loss plan, then always complement your exercise with nutritious and low calorie meal.
Also, a conducive atmosphere and activities play a vital role for guaranteed weight loss result in boot camps. Why do you always fail in your diet program? Are you exposed to scrumptious desserts? Or do you hang out with friends who lead sedentary lifestyle? These situations can sabotage your diet.
Unlike in fitness and weight loss boot camps, you are surrounded with people who have the same goal as you. They are good source of motivation especially when you are falling off the wagon. On top of that, they create an environment structured for fitness activities and workouts. This venue which is equipped with facilities and run by certified trainers will certainly stimulate your desire to pursue your goal.
These are the reasons that fitness and weight loss boot camps can guarantee effective weight loss in a shorter time frame.
Julie Brealy is the Health Manager at FitFarms, the UK's No. 1 Weight Loss Camp and Fat Camp. She has been working for over 10 years in the weight loss industry advising companies in the US and the UK. Julie is also an experienced deep tissue massage therapist.

Friday, December 3, 2010

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Weight Watchers PointsPlus published


For 13 years, the essential principle of Weight Watchers plan has been "calories in calories out" - using a slide rule or tools online to calculate how many "points" a given food or drink contains based on calories, fat and fiber allowed dieters to remain within a target of daily points to control their consumption of calories and lose weight.



Now, Weight Watchers has announced that its new PointsPlus system will have general nutrition food counts, helping members to create a diet with a healthy balance of proteins, carbohydrates, healthy fat and fiber. The message helps dieters to understand that the use of their points into a nutrient-rich food is a better choice than using the same number of points in something not-for-nutritious. The new plan also takes account how difficult the body has to work in order to use the energy of a particular food and continues to be a focus on the choice of filling of food that I leave hungry sooner rather than later.

I have spoken often of Weight Watchers and I am excited to get more information about the changes. I must admit that I am one of those people "change is scary" and I liked the version of points, but I think it is a good change.
For me the best I've heard - until now - is that the majority of fruits and vegetables will count as zero points! I believe that this will be great news for those finding any diet very difficult due to hunger - headaches are able to reach for fruits and vegetables more anytime to curb your appetite and stay on track in the new plan.
If you currently attend Weight Watchers meetings or follow the program online, do you think the changes?

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Top Weight Loss Secret

How many times have you been online looking for that elusive top weight loss secret - five, ten, twenty times or more? It's a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack. There are patches, pills, supplements, exercise programs, diet regimes, hypnosis, acupuncture etc. etc. All of them claiming to be the one and only top weight loss secret. But you know what? None of them will work without the very simple, top weight loss secret I'm going to reveal in a moment - and which you will realise you already knew anyway.
A doctor once said to me that losing weight, especially if you have a lot of weight to get rid of, is one of the hardest things to do. Unlike quitting smoking, when, in theory at least, you can throw away the packet of cigarettes before you go to bed and never smoke again; when you want to lose weight fast - or slow - it's not as if you can wake up the next day having lost 50 pounds! So, what is the one top weight loss secret which will get you actually losing weight?
Well, first of all, even if you are morbidly overweight, which means it is life-threatening, unless and until YOU decide you want to lose weight, nothing much is going to happen. Even to agree to an operation, it is still YOU who must decide it is time to do something. Hopefully, you won't get to that stage.
What is going to make you decide then?
Is it your family? After all, I'm sure they don't want to see you struggling to walk upstairs, puffing as you climb hills with your dog or try to run and play with your children. How about the effort involved when you wriggle in and out of clothes that are just that bit too small. Yes, perhaps it's pressure from your family and friends which will help you. But that's not the top weight loss secret.
Is it the difficulty with doing other every day things that will persuade you? Just sitting comfortably can be difficult if the chair is too small, or not strong enough to support your weight. Squeezing through narrow doorways and aisles might seem amusing when turning sideways makes no difference; but really, it's no fun, is it?
How about looking at the positive side of having lost a lot of weight? Is this the top weight loss secret?
You will be able to dress more elegantly, wear more modern styles and look fabulous in them too. You will have more energy, flexibility, stamina - to do all those things you ever wanted to do. How about getting really radical and take flying lessons (there's a weight limit), or perhaps a parachute jump appeals. Horse riding; yes it is possible for big people to ride big horses, but you still need to be very fit. There are lots of action sports which you will be able to do when you are thinner and lighter.
Men or women - won't you just look so good beside your partner when you go out together?
OK, so these are just a few incentives. But they still are not the top weight loss secret I'm going to reveal - right now...
Here it is. The top weight loss secret is to 'accept that it is going to be hard'.
Let me repeat that.
The top weight loss secret is to 'accept that it is going to be hard'.
Once you realise that, then you can take the next step and do something about losing your weight. But if you think it is going to be easy, then you are less likely to succeed and more likely to become demotivated. If you know it is going to be hard to begin with, then the only way forward is positive.
Once you realise that losing weight will take effort and hard work, then it simply becomes a matter of taking the steps necessary to achieve it. Whether that be through changes in your eating habits, an exercise program, altering your attitude to food or whatever system you decide is right for you. You've done the difficult bit - you've realised it is going to be tough - so now becomes simpler. You can knuckle down and just get on with the task in hand.
This top weight loss secret is the one thing that needs to be accepted before everything else that you do to lose weight. Once you grasp this, then you are already well on your way.
There are as many weight loss programs out there for as many people. Pop over to my mini-page where there's a link to the system/program I use to lose weight. (Yes, I'm still going - I have a lot to lose!)
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