Lady G’s Lifestyle Diet!

img8 Lady Gs Lifestyle Diet!I’m not a doctor. I’m not even a nutritionist, although I have taught a university-level class in nutrition. I’m a self-educated, logical (if I may flatter myself) person who is plagued by a variety of mostly hereditary ailments, who while having been a skinny (even bony) child now battles the bulge and fears incipient diabetes. While living in Japan (what now seems like eons ago) I began to gain weight. I took action and this diet is the result. The first time I followed it, I lost 30 pounds in two months. It was an easy lifestyle (more that than a “diet” in the sense of a special measure taken for weight loss) to which to stick, and I managed for quite a long while, even during an overseas holiday, with lots of temptations around. It was upon my return to Japan and some depressing circumstances that I fell off the wagon, so to speak. Depression is a terrible thing. What I didn’t realize at the time is that had I insisted to myself that I continue the lifestyle I’d chosen, dietarily speaking, my depression may well have been lightened, albeit not cured (food can only do so much!) Read the rest of this entry »

Low Carb Diet – The Basics To Effective Weight Loss

img1 Low Carb Diet   The Basics To Effective Weight LossPeople who are overweight are engaging in low carb dieting for their better health and vitality not only weight loss. It is also interesting to know that not only those who are overweight who are after the low carb diet plans.

The low carb diet is noted to have given great benefits to most of the people. In fact, the low carb diet is considered as the best diet fad that strikes at the true cause of obesity, high cholesterol, hypoglycemia, high blood pressure, and diabetes. With such results that the low carb diet contributes, many doctors and nutritionists are now starting to recognize the nature about the low carb diet. Read the rest of this entry »

Can Hoodia Gordonii Help You Lose Weight?

img5 Can Hoodia Gordonii Help You Lose Weight?Hoodia Gordonii is the newest catch phrase in the weight loss industry today. Everyone wants to be in on the secret, and still more are wondering about this miraculous plant. What does it do, how can it help you lose weight, and why wasn’t it heard of before? Well, some of it appears to be true, however there is more to weight loss than just taking a pill.

Hoodia Gordonii has actually been around for quite some time, but was only recently discovered to be an appetite suppressant. According to many reports, including some from well known media, it can make you feel full faster and stay full longer because of it’s apparent ability to stave off hunger. Read the rest of this entry »

Burn Body Fat And Lose Weight 24 Hrs A Day – Lose Fat Even When Sleeping

img6 Burn Body Fat And Lose Weight 24 Hrs A Day – Lose Fat Even When SleepingTo burn fat 24 hrs a day is simple. Yes, I said simple but I did not say it is easy. That is because you must have a firm commitment and mental discipline to do it. However, it will get easier and easier when you adapt to your new lifestyle and when your lose fat goal is achieved.

So how do you burn fat 24 hrs a day? Here are some simple steps to lose fat 24 hrs a day.

Build muscles. Muscles are active cells and they are great calorie burners. The more muscles you pack on, the more body fat you will burn because the calories you have eaten will be burned for energy by your muscles.

Do your cardio exercises in the morning before breakfast. Make sure that your cardio exercises raise your heart rate sufficiently to burn more fat. The exercises must be intensive and will leave you puffing, panting and sweating. This is to make sure that you will continue to burn calories hours after you stopped your cardio exercises.

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16 Ways to Burn Stubborn Body Fat

img2 16 Ways to Burn Stubborn Body Fat

Eat less … lose weight?!? Here’s the other stuff you can do to get leaner.

1 – Don’t diet to extremes. Reducing calories by 15-20% a day will almost exclusively burn fat while larger cuts in calories will burn a combo of muscle tissue and fat. Muscle drives the metabolism – calorie burning. If you’re currently eating 3000 calories, reduce to 2400-2550, but do so according to smart guidelines like those laid out in The Read the rest of this entry »

EAT MODERATELY: The first step to lose weight

img3 EAT MODERATELY: The first step to lose weightDid you know that your new automobile is likely to have a larger cup-holder than your older model? That restaurants use larger plates, bakers are selling larger muffins, pizzerias have larger pans, and fast food companies are using larger French fries and drink containers than 20 years ago? Did you know that identical recipes for cookies and desserts in the old editions of “Joy of Cooking” specify fewer servings?

It is evident to all of us that overweight and obesity have increased sharply in the USA in adults and children in the last few years. Since studies show that activity of people has not changed much in the last decades, the increase in body overweight must come from a change in the food intake. Considering that about half the people in the USA consume their meals outside the home, the portion sizes become an important factor in the increase of body overweight. Read the rest of this entry »


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