Showing posts with label How to diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How to diet. Show all posts

How To Diet: Overcome The Freshman Fifteen

The term "freshman fifteen" is used to the idea that first-year students often benefit as much as 15 pounds during the first year. Research studies are in disagreement about whether this is true or is it "urban rumor ".

While some research suggests that while the weight of some incoming students is the same until the end of the first year, others conclude that the first year, "could" lead to weight gain and fat. Well, Duh-uh!

Let's make two assumptions and reach your own conclusion:
  1. You are a freshman college student. 2 You can eat more food than you need to keep your body healthy.
  2. Conclusion. You'll gain weight
there! We have done our research and come to valid and reliable zaključak.Ključ whether or not gain weight depends on one factor ... number of calories you consume and the number of calories your body uses.

Say you want to avoid weight gain. Here's what you do:

  • Ask your doctor or school nurse how many calories you should eat daily to maintain your health and weight . he / she will probably give you information about the USDA's 2010 dietary guidelines titled "MyPlate ".
  • Follow these guidelines for their daily meal planning to ensure that your food "foundation" is strong and you're controlling your portion sizes .
  • Do not propuštati.Napast to binge at the next meal is hard to overcome.
  • to eliminate, right now, all sugar-sweetened beverages: mineral water, iced tea, coffee, energy drinks. Drink water or skim milk.
  • Sugar is deadly for weight control.One can of sugar-sweetened soda a day can actually cause weight gain 15 pounds in one year
  • Do not eat while watching TV, using a computer, phone, play station, while studying or This practice is called "mindless" eating.
  • When you eat, focus on food ... period
  • Do not eat unless they are truly engaged in the process of eating
  • When you snack, choose nutritious substances that are low in calories, fat (especially saturated fat), and sodium
  • Opt for fruit and vegetable pieces, a spoonful of peanut butter on a couple of crackers, reduced fat cheese, yogurt, or nut
(Skip banana Twinkies and Dwight Yoakam's Macaroni Mouth Poppers ).

First of all, kids, do not obsess about your weight. For the rest of his life, the weight will go up and down to one degree or another.

Your weight is not who you are. You are valuable and loved.

Focus on things that are good about you ... and there are many: a good student, good friend, hard worker, especially a daughter, considerate roommate, friendly person with good heart, a helper of those in need ... or anything else.

The fact is, you should and must learn to be your best friend. Do what you can manage your weight, but not thrown under the bus in the process.

How To Diet: Do NOT Try a Fad Diet


Before I tell you not to try to "fad" diet, what, exactly, is "a fad diet "?

let's define it this way:. Fad diet is one that suddenly becomes popular and used unconventional methods, there is always a trick than a healthy balance between diet and exercise to achieve weight loss

There are many fad diets on the market over the years ... "blood type" diet "cabbage soup", "cookie diet ".

Some of these bad diet ... Oops ... I think "FAD" diets are still around. They come and go, depending on the Hollywood (or in London or Paris) celebrity currently touting them.

Well, so what's so bad about a fad? Some people have no problem plopping down your hard earned money for books, tapes, tools and food for children who have no clinical support at all shows that are in force, and that they are safe.

Here's what's wrong with them:


- they are usually very difficult to keep, and almost impossible if you are away from home. (Do not forget the fennel seeds for cabbage soup when you go to New Jersey for the wedding of a relative Belden !)

Many of them are dangerous to your health. Fad diets often uses principles that are not nutritionally sound. For example, extreme calorie intake can speed up a condition called diabetic ketosis. Many fad diets also increase the risk of cardiovascular, renal and hepatic disease.

If you lose more than 2 pounds a week you're cutting into muscle. Your body is designed to shut down when this happens and your metabolism actually slows down.

fad diets that promise "extreme weight loss fast," providing too few calories. You'll probably lose weight fast, but most of it is water ... the rest is muscle.

Most fad diets are not "normal" ways of eating and they will leave you cranky, tired, depressed, and ... Hungry!

Many diet pills requires the use of some type other than dietary modifications.

Do not take any pills to lose weight, except one prescribed by a physician (often reserved for

cases of morbid obesity). They can cause side effects, its (dizziness, nausea, changes in blood pressure, liver, kidney, intestinal disorders to name a few ).

The above list represents only some of the many, very real, threat of fad diets.

There is only one sure and safe way to lose weight and keep it off.

This is followed, now and forever, that a diet balanced in nutrients and food groups, and consumed in reasonable portion sizes.

This type of "diet" is the best approach in the world for you and your family if you want to lose weight and never return unwanted pounds.