How fiber might control weight


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I have lost 60 pounds in the last 2 years by increasing the fiber and decreasing the sugar in my diet. I know that doesn’t seem like a huge feat…but I know that because I changed things slowly, I am more likely to stay with my program and keep the weight off. I have also eliminated prepared or boxed meals, canned vegetables and fruits. The only canned products that I have in my cupboard are hard beans and tomato sauce, and I don’t use margarine.

The key to loosing the weight and keeping it off is to slowly make life style changes. I slowly added more fiber and decreased preservatives and sugar. I didn’t feel like I was depriving myself that way. I have also experimented with different cooking methods in order to maximize the flavor in the foods [ Continue Reading ]

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A Few Valuable Weight Loss Tips

In our modern fast-paced life, who doesn’t want to lose weight? We are so pressed for time that we barely have the time available to think about eating nutritious food. Most people’s dinner table is the drive through. Here are a few valuable weight loss tips that will help you either lose weight or manage your weight in this crazy world we live in.

The first thing that will help you lose weight is you understanding how your body loses weight.

Your body loses weight by burning fat cells and converting that fat into energy.

When does your body need to convert fat into energy?

Your body only does that when your organs and muscles demand more energy than what is contained in the food that you eat on a daily basis.

That means, as long as you [ Continue Reading ]

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The best way to lose weight – Part 11

For some people, losing weight is just a dream they have. They can see themselves as this skinny, sexy, attractive person that they want to be; but they don’t know how to achieve that. For years I have been struggling to lose weight. I don’t want to be a supermodel or super skinny; I would be happy as a size eight.

As I’ve started to work towards achieving my goal, I’ve learned something – losing weight is a lot harder than you think. It requires a lot of discipline and the ability to keep going even if you screwed up. That was my biggest issue. I would eat too much one day, and then a little too much the next day, and then it would slide out of control again.

The first rule of weight loss is don’t beat yourself up over your [ Continue Reading ]

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Why Weight Management Instead Of Weight Loss?

Simply because weight management works and weight loss doesn’t.

An obsession with losing weight will usually bring on a rebound where the weight is gained back – and often more of it! There are three major causes for this phenomenon, and they have their root in the fact that each of us humans is a team of physical, mental, and emotional players.

The physical body needs adequate nutrition in order to stay healthy and active. We are not like a car that is built by someone, used by someone, maintained by someone, fixed by someone, and eventually discarded by someone. Our building and maintaining happens literally from WITHIN, through our own cell’s regeneration. When you think about it, it is quite a miracle. There is not a single cell in your body that [ Continue Reading ]

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Finding a better way to weight loss – Part 16

A better way to permanent weight loss is in the understanding of why you’re gaining it!I will start with just a little info to get you thinking about an amazing secret the will change your life forever. If you want information on how to lose weight you’ll get it, and this secret can be used to get extremely healthy as well! The human body is an amazing organism that when given the right environment to live in will exceed even your highest expectations. All life is governed by physical laws of nature that we need to understand if we want to improve our health or change our physical weight. All of our body’s live in a 24 hour natural timeline on this planet earth and are subject to it power over us and understanding this one aspect of life alone can help you in reaching [ Continue Reading ]

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