Sunday, May 31, 2009

Fat Loss - What Works And What Doesn't in Langhorne

By Dan Solaris

The huge demand for health products and exercise equipment is evidence that an increasing percentage of people around the world are becoming concerned with fat loss and getting in shape. Companies that sell protein pills and ab machines are making a killing because more and more folks are becoming overweight.

As the culture of fast-food spreads across the globe, an increasing number of people are falling prey to the temptations of high-calorie junk food. Obesity is on the rise and together with it other diet-related diseases like diabetes and high-blood pressure.

Fad diets earn a huge following because in increasing number of folks are desperate to lose fat. Sadly, most people find out the effects of dieting are only temporary and they fall off the wagon and gain back the weight they lost after a few months.

Life these days require us to spend most of our waking hours in our office chair, behind the wheel or browsing the internet. These activities don't actually require much energy and so the excess calories that we get from food eventually find their way into our love-handles and potbellies.

The only real way to lose weight is to burn more calories than we consume each day. This lets our body access the soft, jiggly energy stores around our midsection- thereby reducing it. Constant exercise is the most effective way of burning excess body fat- giving us a more attractive physique and boosting our immune system along the way.

Attempting to lose weight by dieting alone isn't really smart because restricting the amount of food we eat makes us feel deprived. Self-deprivation can lead us to binge the next time we see a bucket of extra-crispy chicken or a plate of hot chili cheese fries.

It's actually smarter to eat sparingly several times throughout the day than skipping meals. Foregoing breakfast for example, causes us to try to make-up for it during lunch or dinner- resulting in a bigger calorie intake.

Having healthy eating habits and sticking to regular fat-burning exercises (cardio and strength training) will help speed-up fat loss and keep metabolism high. Raising the body's metabolic rate means less calories transformed to fat.

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