Surprise - Eat More Small Meals for Weight Loss. Yes it’s true. Healthy snacking or if you prefer to call them ‘small meals’ will make it easier to lose weight. The servings that are being dished out in Fast Food and Junk Food Road Stops and Restaurants is astounding. I took my family when they visited unexpectedly to a nice Italian Restaurant a few weeks ago. We got to visiting and I forgot to warn them of the size of the portions this Restaurant served. When our waitress came, all of us just looked stunned. Each of us had ordered a meal and each meal could easily feed 2 or even 3 people. Needless to say, we had leftovers for a very long time.

That is the way it is now days. Over sizing meals has become the norm. And obviously it relates to higher calorie intake, often including fats and sugars. In our country people are dying of obesity or illness brought on by being overweight; where in other countries people are dying of starvation. That doesn’t make any sense to me.

One way for you to be successful with weight loss is to gradually start reducing the portions of the meals and increasing how often you eat. I like using a small salad plate to eat my meals and then I got these small bowls, I think they would be called ‘custard’ bowls. That way my plate doesn’t look empty when I’m eating. Another helping tip is to use a measuring cup to measure. Just what does ½ cup look like anyway?

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Nutritional Health Supplements – Effective Weight Loss

Shaklee Online Distributor
author: David Duncan

How effective is your weight loss plan? From some of the shocking statistics that are continually being shown to us it seems like better solutions are needed.

Effective or NOT

Obesity is the most prevalent nutritional disorder among children and adolescents in the United States. Currently available data report that approximately 40% of children in the United States are either overweight or obese. Obesity is bad news for both body and mind. Not only can it make a person feel tired and uncomfortable, carrying extra weight puts added stress on the body, especially the bones and joints of the legs.

Obesity is a disease that affects nearly one-third of the adult American population (approximately 60 million). The number of overweight and obese Americans has continued to increase since 1960, a trend that shows no signs of slowing down. People that are overweight or obese are at risk for a number of health problems including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and some forms of cancer.

Have You Heard of This Before?

Could your continual sleep deprivation be contributing to your out of control weight? Adults that don’t receive enough sleep produce more ghrelin, which is a hormone that promotes hunger. Adults that sleep more produce the hormone leptin, which signals fullness.

Another tidbit that caught my attention is adults with higher incomes (more than $100,000 per year) were more likely to have weight challenges. Their work schedules keep them from eating correctly and exercising and when they do get a chance for a bite to eat chances are they sit down to a decadent meal.

Effective Solutions

Some folks should absolutely map out a plan with their medical advisors. Weight loss drugs can be used along with eating changes and exercise. Use of medicine without lifestyle changes is not likely to have long-term success though. For people who don't respond to these lifestyle changes, other more involved obesity treatments are available to enhance weight loss. Be aware of the serious side effects that prescription medications tend to have.

Loosing weight is usually possible through dietary changes, increased physical activity and behavior modification. Losing weight is definitely possible with all-natural nutritional health supplements, but in order to keep it off for good you must learn to make it a lifestyle change and continue on a healthy path to overall wellness. You cannot take nutritional health supplements designed to help you lose weight, then go out and eat junk food all day long. Losing weight is important, but so is getting fit.

It’s interesting that losing weight is one of the top resolutions each year, yet research shows that attempts at losing weight are usually unsuccessful. A recent study in The Journal of the American Medical Association that compared four popular diets shows that the best diet is the one you stick with.

Weight loss can be simple, and if done correctly it’s predictable. It’s all about having a caloric deficit at the end of each day, every day, until you reach your target weight. We will focus on a two step approach to losing weight, eating less and burning off more.

Walking is an excellent form of physical activity that almost everyone can do. Walk every day; walking is the best way to get moving again and it's easy and FREE!! After you master walking, you can progress to other fun exercises and feel confident. Walk 20 minutes away from your home and 20 minutes back. Do this every night and you are sure to lose some weight, and also improve your digestion and sleep.

The morning meal is pretty important for you. It sets the stage for the rest of your day. Today you have access to nutritional health supplements in the form of shake mixes. You can satisfy your sweet tooth and get the benefit of a healthy meal. It’s almost like having desert for breakfast. The low glycemic index helps to retain your normal blood sugar while you sustain your energy level.

The best part is the 24 grams of protein in our shake mix. This helps you to keep the muscle mass you already have and build upon it to keep your fat burning furnace cooking on high heat. Protein helps to keep your hunger satisfied for a longer period of time so you won’t want to snack between meals. The fewer calories you take in the better your chances are for loosing the weight you want to get rid of.

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Published by Tana Hamiter - Goes Green Mentor

If you are reading this article then you are probably part of a large group of good people who have one thing in common: the challenges ow wanting to win at the game of natural weight loss and good healthy habits. It helps to find a support group for ideas, a helping hand on a hard day and friends to celebrate with as you succeed. There are groups online and in almost every city small or large.

Google Search for natural weight loss tips has a wealth of information as well.

You will find resources for recipes, meal plans, tips and tools. We also have on-line learning centers, Community Forums for asking questions and support discussions which includes a message board and lots of success stories for support. To top of a good thing there are an abundance of excellent articles that will help you along your path. You are not alone!

Many issues can be discussed such as the challenge of overcoming weight loss plateaus. Sometime we can successfully change our eating habits, do some exercise and make progress for several weeks, or even a few months. Then all of a sudden the weight loss stops. That is called a plateau and it is totally normal although very frustrating.

Loosing weight is never just plain easy but when hitting a plateau it is important it is just a natural step along the way. So when the scale just won’t budge, don’t give up! Keep up your routine and with patience, your weight loss will begin again. Don’t use a plateau as an excuses to eat away all your good work.

Perhaps what you could use is a little bit of variety. Sometimes when we do the same thing over and over again, our body can become used to it and become extremely efficient at burning calories. Why not try out a new exercise or some change in variety what you eat, a new recipe perhaps. Weight loss takes some creativity at times.

What type of activity are you doing? Maybe try something new to spice things up. So if you’ve been walking, maybe try aerobics or swimming. Also look too change how long your workout and how strenuous. Successful weight loss is a combination of many factors.

Take an honest look at your food choices, excersise and what thoughts and attitudes you've had of late. How are you feeling? Time to get excited and motovated on healthy weight loss. You can do it!

Tana Hamiter – Goes Green Mentor
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Nutritional Health Supplements – Weight Management

Shaklee Online Distributor
David Duncan

Mirror mirror on the wall….is that really me? Have you ever asked yourself that question while you’re standing in front of your mirror getting ready for the day? You go to button up your britches and a deep breath in is the only way for you to get them buttoned up. Maybe you even have a closet full of clothes you plan on wearing once you drop a few pounds.

There are plenty of other scenarios you can come up with in your own circumstances but the one that’s really kind of scary is your doctor telling you to loose the weight or your days are numbered. Have you heard that one before?

The Challenges

Weight loss is extremely difficult when you feel like you are depriving yourself. Instead of it being a positive and exciting experience, losing weight becomes a struggle against yourself. The formula for loosing the pounds is simple, burn more calories then you consume. If you can fully understand that then you are on your way to losing weight.

Have you tried dieting your way to weight loss? Dieting is damaging not just physiologically but psychologically as well. It has been published for years that the most successful diets induce a 5% or less long term success rate. In the short term you may lose some weight but what’s probably happening is your body thinks its experiencing famine conditions. In response to that it goes into its survival mode where it conserves energy by slowing down your metabolism so it can hold on to its fat reserves.

Healthy weight loss cannot be accomplished by restricting calories alone. Successful dieters, especially those who maintain weight loss, use changes in both diet and they start exercising. A lot of people also turn to nutritional health supplements to augment their diets. Meal replacement shakes and meal substitution bars are really popular.

A low impact exercise routine can include swimming for those that have access to a pool. Swimming exercises almost the entire body - heart, lungs, and muscles - with very little joint strain. Swimming is great for general fitness and is a great way to get back into the habit of doing exercise. Once you become accustomed to exercise again you can then venture out into other types of exercising, the idea is to start slow so you don’t hurt yourself which will cause you to stop.

Fast Weight Loss Isn’t the Answer

Fast weight loss is usually water and muscle loss, not fat loss. Slow and consistent fat loss is what you need. Fast weight loss can actually be very harmful to your health. It is all about winning the race slowly and steadily.

If you can use nutritional health supplements that promote keeping your muscle mass which helps you keep your metabolism up you’re way better off. It helps if you can relate the muscles in your body to the wood in a wood stove; the muscles are what consume the energy. In the end if you can keep more of the muscle you have and even generate new muscle tissue you will have a furnace that will efficiently burn away your unwanted fat.

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We are on the second part of the year, and this is a good time to follow up with your health and your weight loss.

How is Your Health?

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Eating on the Run – A Disaster Plan

Do you ever find yourself eating on the run? Or swinging though a fast food joint in your car because you think your starving (probably stress eating but that is another subject), or working on dropping a few pounds but wanting a quick snack? Of course you do!

And when grandkids hit the house having some high quality nutritional snacks are a must with our busy life style. I keep in the house, snacks for myself and hubby and any drop in grandkids; prepared raw vegetables with a low calorie/high protein dip, fresh fruit, whole grain crackers with hummus and some of the meal-in –a Bar (see announcement below).

In my car I’ve a small box behind the passenger seat with my snacks so I’m not tempted to do the drive through mania: the ever present water bottle (all reusable of course), small v8 juice, diet drink, meal protein drinks, meal-in-a-Bar and some raw nuts for protein. These are things that won’t spoil in heat or cold. These ideas help me stay on track nutritionally and weight wise.

PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Shaklee Distributers now have available the number one natural nutrition company in the U.S. and pioneer of one of the first green household cleaners, introduced three new tasty food products to its Inch Loss Plan line — Meal-in-a-Bars in two delicious flavors and the delectable new meal replacement, Strawberry Shake Mix. Meal-in-a-Bars are crunchy, satisfying and complete on-the-go meal replacements and are available in two new flavors — Berry Almond Crunch and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip. The Berry Almond Crunch Meal-in-a-Bar marries tangy fruit flavor with rich nutty almonds while the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip is a divine dose of decadent dark chocolate chips, paired with roasted peanuts and real peanut butter. Both bars are packed with 20 grams of high quality soy protein, enhanced with leucine to help preserve muscle while on a weight loss program. Each bar contains just 260 - 270 calories, depending on flavor, and is high in fiber with six grams of dietary fiber. Both Meal-in-a-Bars are low glycemic and kosher certified. As with all products, these bars contain no artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners and of course, no trans fats.

Please check out our program for nutritional solutions to health and weight. Click Goes Green Healthy Weight Management. Your body will thank you for it.

Also my gift to you - a FREE DVD Woman to Woman, taking charge of your Health. They discuss some of the most critical health issues facing woman and children today. This is life-changing information that can have a big impact on your health and the well-being of your family and friends. If you would like a FREE copy of this wonderful DVD please email me with your name and address. May all of us enjoy a healther new year!

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Is Your Car Your Dinning Area?

In the past, as a working mother I often felt that I ate more meals and snacks in my car than at home. At that time admittedly I was not too concerned on the choices I made. Fast foods, junk snack food, 6 pack of pop and coffee in a box behind the passenger seat, just within easy reach. Then all too often a quick stop at the grocery store for a deli dinner for the family while I rushed home to get ready to run out again for the soccer game. Sound all too familiar?

Well, times have changed. Not only public awareness but getting older I now really care about the health of my body and how strong and flexible it is. The clarity of my mind is of concern. These concerns are not just for me, but for my children and grandchildren to show them there is another way to live in a rather crazy upside down world of rushing from one place to the next. Hopefully there will learn buy my example that they have a choice on how to eat and care for their health.

First, yes the box of foods and drinks is still in my car behind the passenger’s seat BUT what is in it is very different. For me, tasty but really healthy snacks fill my car box and desk at work. I use the Meal-in-a–Bar, snack bags with a few nuts and/or dried fruit. Most people are either trying to lose weight or stay healthy and are concerned about making good food choices.

Our Meals-in-a-bar have the benefit of a meal, taste great and each has 20 grams of protein. This is important to build muscles, and muscle is what keeps your metabolism up and burning calories? Protein rich foods help to hold of hunger, which helps to lead to less snacking. But snack we will. So let’s make it healthy snaking! Our meal bars have high fiber with 6 grams per serving. It has low glycemic to retain blood sugar levels and sustain energy. These bars also deliver 35% or more of the daily essential vitamins and minerals. Well, if I’m going to snack … no matter why; true hunger’ stress, boredom and the myriad of other reasons people eat.

I also keep small cans of V8 Juice, fresh water bottle (often when we think we are hungry what we really are is thirsty). My Meal-in-a-Bar is the mainstays of nutrition that keep me going and for that I am grateful. Eating quality snacks has helped on turning the corner on buying deli food for home too. [Read More!]

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