Eat less yet be full

Ever since I lost 48 lbs with just diet and exercise, I keep getting queries and doubts about what should be eaten and what shouldn't. Eventually they keep coming back to discuss and argue about what they found from someone else. Here is what I suggest you to do. Check if the person you are talking to has lost weight or not. If yes, then you can assume his advice works. Google about the product, check authentic resources to see if the claim is right.

One of the best ways is to keep your diet plan simple and follow-able. This will help you not lose interest and keeps the diet thing exiting.

Here are the top three ways to eat less and yet be full.

• Eat disgusting food: Eat the most utterly disgusting food you can find. Can you? Na. I can't. What I do is to keep the salt a little less than normal so that the food would taste simple and bland making me eat lesser food. It would be wise to use less salt. Salt sometimes makes you crave more food and water.

• Eat your veggies first: Annoy your appetite away with high fiber foods first. Eating your veggies first would kick start food processing in the stomach making you eat less. Eating veggies have many other advantages including essential vitamins, lowers the risk of certain cancers, heart disease and other chronic diseases and conditions. Hate eating vegetables? Who is the strongest cartoon superhero?

• Eat slowly: Worse come to worse, your stomach only has a 30 minute hunger cycle. Even if you are starving, in 30 minutes, you'll lose your appetite and stop eating. I see this happen with most people, especially when you have lunch with friends or colleagues or when you are in a hurry. You forget what your teeth are designed for - Chewing! Chew your food long enough to make it easy for your stomach to digest it. Also chewing your food helps you enjoy what you are eating and saves you from constipation.

Well there are the three ways to start your path to weight loss and good diet. Have a nice day.
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No loss of appetite with Go Lite. Is this a problem?

Pavani* from Bangalore called to ask this question. Q: I am taking Go Lite but am also feeling hungry. Why is it so?

Go Lite doesn't only suppress appetite. Let me explain. Go Lite has four ingredients, each with a particular function in helping you lose weight. Read about how each ingredient works in reducing weight and helping you fight obesity here.

As each ingredient has a specific function, none of them overdo their respective function. Go Lite thus helps you lose weight very naturally and in a harmonious way so that your body wont take a toll in the corrective process.

* Name changed for privacy.

Write to us to discuss your weight loss problems, queries and specific problems. We will get back to you.

What is Go Lite?

Go Lite is an extremely powerful and effective Ayurvedic weight loss solution. It is a proprietary blend of a few Ayurvedic herbs which give the formulation incomparable efficacy.

Go Lite allows one to lose weight in a safe, sustainable and healthy way. Many of the weight loss solutions available today work in an invasive and unsustainable manner, causing several adverse side effects. Go Lite on the other hand, works in harmony with the natural balance of the body and is extremely effective with stable and lasting results. All the ingredients in Go Lite are regular food ingredients and have absolutely no side effects, standalone or in the formulation. The combination of these herbs provides a multifaceted approach to weight loss and improves general health.

The product Go Lite has several benefits due to the inherent nature of its ingredients and the specific formulation.

1. No side effects
2. Lasting results
3. Boosts metabolism
4. Contains only pure extracts, with no fillers
5. 100% natural
6. 100% vegetarian capsules
7. Helps cholesterol management
8. Improves digestion

Go Lite is available in bottles of 180 capsules each. A regimen of 3 capsules twice a day is recommended for optimum results. It is available globally for a price of US$ 48 per bottle.

You can buy Go Lite online by clicking here.

Choosing good herbal supplements

Obesity is certainly becoming more of a significant problem in modern society and this is very much due to the inactive lifestyles that many people lead and the terrible diets and nutritional plans that they follow. Many different methods and strategies have been developed in order to help oneself combat obesity but most of them simply do not work. Herbal slimming supplements are certainly very useful to this end, and combined with a proper diet and exercise plan, they will certainly lead to positive results.

There are several such products in the market claiming to reduce weight using herbs. But can we trust them? Are herbal products safe? How do you select a product that is safe and effective? Here are few ways to check if the product is safe.

• Buy products from a reputed company. Visit the company's website, read testimonials, Google the products, company and so on. Select a company that is registered, has proper contact numbers, certifications and so on. If there are no credentials, why risk?
  
• Check for quality tests, safety tests and other quality controls about the product. If there is no quality control, question yourself, do you need to take it?
  
• Look for the finer writing, like the fillers, other ingredients, etc. Herbal supplements made from 100% natural components that are free from allergens, dyes and artificial preservatives. Additives are found in most supplements, some of them even harmful. Don't buy the product unless you are sure about what you are consuming.
  
• Find out where their herbs come from. Like in all products, especially with herbal medicines, be sure you pick a company that has good source of fresh, top quality herbs.
  
• Check if the company is registered to sell such products or not. With several players present int he market, it becomes extremely important to check for licenses. This is to check if the product is legally allowed to be sold. Another checkpoint to avoid dubious firms and products.
  
• Check the ingredients and their composition. This is important to see if the products contain any harmful allergen.
  

All credible companies make sure their websites have complete information about the product like ingredients, certifications, registrations and so on. Check Herbz International's website to learn more about Go Lite and other products. Do considerable research and it is always better to consult your doctor before you select a product and start consuming it.

Perks from weight loss

What would you gain from losing weight?

Apart from looking good, here are the advantages:

• Weight loss of 0.5-0.9 kg associated with 53% reduction in cancer-deaths
• 44% reduction in diabetes-associated mortality and 20% reduction in total mortality
• Survival increased 3-4 months for every kilogram of weight loss
• Reduced hyperlipidemia, hypertension and insulin resistance
• Improvement in severity of diseases
• Can reverse or prevent diabetes
• Lower blood pressure
• Lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels
• Improves sleep apnea and other sleep problems
• Person feels ‘fit’ and mentally more active
  

Go Lite helps you lose weight in the most natural way.

Split your meals to lose weight

One of the easiest ways to look at food consumption is to eat six meals a day. Each of these meals should have protein, carbohydrates and should give you energy. Eat what your body can assimilate once every three hours or so. Here is why you should split your meals and how it helps to lose weight.

1. Eating a smaller meal helps your body to metabolize the food you consumed
   
2. Longer gaps between meals make your body store food as fat. Small well spaced meals solve this problem.
   
3. Your blood sugar will fluctuate a lot during the day if you have a big meal then a long break and then another meal and you will feel your energy constantly going up and down.
4. Small meals mean more choice and variation in what you eat and enjoy food
5. You feel lighter and less bloated

Make sure you add a lot of fruits, proteins and carbs to your diet. A diet comprising 25 to 30% proteins, 50 to 55% carbohydrates is advised.

Try eating smaller servings at every meal of the day and see if it makes a difference to how you feel.

The Perfect Diet

Is there an ultimate diet that suits your body? A diet that you could follow without a second thought and lose weight fast and easy?

The answer is no. There are several diets that promise quick and easy weight loss. Some suggest eating more of one food type and less of another. These do not give the benefits that you would get from a balanced diet. Most of the diets might help you to lose weight initially but if you stick to it you may begin to develop nutritional deficiencies.

Fad diets are also often boring and restrictive. You might be initially good as you are in a zeal and passionate to lose weight but after the novelty of the first day or two, you will not enjoy your meals. This makes you start to crave for food constantly breaking the diet. You still would think this isn't your fault as you didn't follow the prescribed diet.

Another problem with 'perfect' diets is that they might not be good for your health and disturb your bodily functions causing more harm that the weight loss you achieved. Some diets do not maintain a balance of fruits, vegetables, proteins, fat, etc., in your weight loss program, or give you the variety of foods that your body needs. Diets that promise quick weight loss diets are usually just a temporary solution and do not help you to make permanent changes to your eating habits. A good diet should look at making permanent changes as they help you lose weight in a healthy way and maintain there.

The myth of the perfect diet is thus broken. The best way to sustain weight loss is to eat a varied and healthy diet, do not overeat, exercise regularly and avoid fad diets.

Obesity and Cancer

Several studies have shown the link between obesity and cancer. Obesity health risks include cancer; however, awareness of the obesity and cancer link is low with many not realizing maintaining a healthy weight can reduce this risk. Surprisingly it is one of the least discussed problem about obesity.

The more fit you are physically the lesser are the chances of contacting cancer. A healthy diet can help sustain a healthy weight and lower risk of cancers regular physical activity protects against the buildup of excess body fat and against cancer, independently.

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Get physical

All of us know that physical exercise is needed to compliment your dieting and helps you to lose weight. H are a few physical endeavors that are simple to follow but help you lose weight.

1. Skip the elevator, take the stairs
2. Wriggle your toes and fingers often. If you have a numb/sore feeling, it is an indication you should relax, change stance and go for a walk. It also works as an excellent stress buster
   
3. Brisk walk about 20 minutes a day
4. Dance to your favorite song. This would help you burn few calories and refresh your senses.
5. When on phone, walk
6. Be outdoors when free
7. Chew your food
8. Every weekend, burn extra calories
9. Touch your feet whenever possible

Sedentary lifestyles, high pressure work atmospheres make us forget that we are adding up fat cells everyday. getting enough physical exercise becomes important to stay fit and burn extra calories.

The Naked Test

How do you know you need to lose weight?

Here is an easy way to find out. Take the naked test! Undress and stare at yourself in front of your mirror. If what you see looks like a greek sculpture model or ancient vedic description of a king or queen then then you can relax. If what you see displeases you, then you have all the more reason to think about weight loss.

We all have done it. Every time we walk in to a dressing room or pose for a picture, we try to tuck in the extra fat in all those wide areas. If that is what you do then this is the right place for you to be. While you are at the mirror, turn to your side and get a very good view of your side profile. This is an excellent way of checking whether you have a tummy that is starting to bulge or has bulged already. Blow out air and then take a look at your tummy. If it goes in even a little bit, that is where your tummy should reach if you take good care. A good weight loss plan, with proper diet should help you lose a couple of inches in a just a few weeks.

Checking your weight constantly is a good way to keep track of your health. If that isn't possible, the mirror check would help you.