ImproveYour Health and Fitness at Home – 10 Top Tips

Writen by Vikki Scovell

10 Ways to stay Healthier at Home

Many people spend all or part of the week working from home, caring for children, parents and relatives, or keeping house. All of these things can be just as demanding and stressful as going to work each day. And you may need strategies to make your experience of home life healthier.

1. Fill house with healthy food and snacks for adults and children. Avoid snacking on treats bought for the kids, making sure your children eat healthy snacks such as raisins, fruit, rice crackers etc rather than sugary, salty or fatty snacks. Fill a container with strips of cucumber, peppers, celery and carrot, grapes, blueberries and strawberries, maybe a little cold salmon or hard-boiled eggs, ensuring there is always something to snack on if you find yourself staring into the fridge without quite knowing how you got there.

2. Have a glass of water every hour. Often the body mistakes thirst for hunger- you may automatically reach for food when you need a drink. Buy a filter jug, or some mineral water, drink with a slice of orange or lime, and encourage children to drink water or dilute fresh fruit juice. Limit yourself to one of two coffees or teas, and stock up on interesting herbal teas for variety.

3. Beat Boredom; hunger may result from boredom- your body is telling you to get up and get a change of scene. Go for frequent little walks, take small children to post a letter, buy a newspaper, have a stroll around the block, or go outside and pull some weeds up. Small changes will keep your brain stimulated. If you are working from home, get up for a couple of minutes every half an hour to keep the body mobile (avoiding back pain) and to refresh your brain. If you cannot leave the house, do something different for five minutes, open a window and get some fresh air, or put some music on.

4. Treat housework as a work out. Turn on the stereo, and perform each task with energy. Vacuuming, floor scrubbing, cleaning windows, gardening and sweeping for 30 minutes each day will keep you healthier.

5. Protect your family from environmental toxins. Safely dispose of dangerous and unpleasant chemical cleaners, go for old-fashioned alternatives (such as vinegar and bicarbonate of soda) or eco-friendly brands, and use some elbow grease.

Recent research has shown that household cleaning residues cross the placenta to your unborn baby (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4223984.stm).

Cleaning products are linked to asthma in adults and children.

The average household contains in excess of 20 gallons of hazardous chemicals- many in cleaning products.

Most poisonings, particularly of children occur in the home. Children under the age of 6 are usually poisoned with cleaning products.

Out of 70,000 synthetic chemicals in production, many are linked to cancer and other health problems, but only 600 have been adequately tested. (U.S. Office of Environmental Affairs).

Many air fresheners contain chemicals harmful to your health, such as artificial musk. Avoid sprays, and swap for an oil burner and pure essential oils such as lavender- much cheaper in the long run.

6. Use the stairs as exercise equipment! When you come to the bottom step, jump off with both feet, and land with slightly bent knees. The impact with strengthen the bones of your ankles, legs and hips, guarding against future risk of osteoporosis. (Do not do this if you have existing bone problems or injuries).

7. Mums of young children- get out with that push chair! Pushing a child around (especially with all those bags kid-stuff) can be challenging exercise. Choose a push chair which does not encourage you to stoop and round your shoulders- many now have adjustable handles. Get out to parks and shops, take the hilly route, stand tall, pulling in your tummy and power along with that pram. Some instructors run push-chair workouts in local parks for new mums- keep your eyes peeled, or invite some friends and do it yourself.

8. Take care whilst preparing food. It can become habitual to finish off children’s food and eat your own as well, or eat tea with kids and then later with a partner. This road leads to steady weight gain making many parents unhappy and unhealthy. Try to stay aware whilst preparing the endless drinks, meals and snacks demanded by children, that you are not falling into bad habits.

9. Stay organized. There is so much to do, and it can easily spiral into chaos, leaving you stressed and tired. Take a business-like overview of your week, making the most of your time and resources. For example, try to make several meals out of one cooking session. Prepare extra pasta, rice, green beans, roasted vegetables to be eaten cold as salads in lunchboxes or for snacks and meals, use the same ingredients for several meals- roast red peppers for sauces, soups, salads etc, if you are making one pie/lasagna/soup make two or three and freeze them, marking them with the date you made them. Prepare children’s lunch boxes while you are making their tea- using the same ingredients- rice, veggie sausages, cherry tomatoes.

10. Make some time to exercise- reducing stress, achieving personal goals, improving fitness, loosing baby weight, and having some time for yourself. If you have young children, look out for local health clubs with cr

How Long Does A LASIK Eye Operation Last?

Writen by Nicola Kennedy

Considering LASIK? Expect your stay at the laser eye surgery center to be approximately 2 hours. However, the actual laser treatment might take only about 7 to 10 minutes per eye. Though quite complex a procedure, its expedited nature renders it a simplistic feel, at least superficially. LASIK is a relatively painless procedure as opposed to other surgical techniques.

Even though it’s a surgery, LASIK is performed with the patient awake and functional. However, the eye surgeon typically administers a mild sedative (for instance Valium) and anesthetic eye drops. The complete 7 to 10 minute process can be broken down into two major steps. The initial step involves the creation of a flap of corneal tissue. This is accomplished with a microkeratome (a surgical blade), or a femtosecond laser. A hinge is left at one end of the flap and the flap is folded back to reveal the stroma (the middle section of the cornea).

The second step of the procedure employs a high precision laser, an excimer laser, to reshape the cornea. The excimer laser is a “cool laser”, that is, it achieves precise ablation without heating or damaging the surrounding tissue. After carving the cornea in the desired manner thereby imparting the desired refraction to it, the flap is repositioned. The flap remains placed by natural adhesion and aids in the healing of the cornea.

Much like the procedure itself, the visual recovery is also rapid in case of LASIK. Since the ablation is performed in the stroma, under the corneal flap, the cornea does not register the fact that it has been operated. As a result, the wound response is muted, and that is the reason for a hasty recovery after LASIK.

On the whole, LASIK is a fairly innocuous procedure, without the need for hospitalization. Though the patient might experience blurry vision immediately after surgery, the visual acuity is restored within a day or two, and the patient may resume his/her daily chores with ease. In fact, the preparation towards the procedure (the preoperative examination) may take up more time relative to the procedure itself. Finally, the results achieved through this 7 to 10 minute LASIK procedure are certainly worth the endeavor.

If you find a LASIK doctor that you are confident with, you will be able to get more information about LASIK eye surgery operations.

Growing Pains for Your Pharmacy

Writen by Marco Terry

Hurry up and wait. If you own a pharmacy that is billing private insurance companies, HMO’s and Medicare/Medicaid you know the meaning of that phrase very well. Hurry up and wait is what happens after you submit client claims for payment. You wait 30, 60 and sometimes 90 days before you get paid.

In the meantime, you still need to pay rent, meet payroll and pay your suppliers. Paying them on time is critical for the success of your business.

So, what can you do if you cannot afford to wait to get paid? Going to the bank won’t help you unless you have been in business three years, have great credit, plenty of assets and can provide three years of audited financials. Without them, banks will seldom lend you a dime.

But there is a financing tool that can provide you with the financing you need. Not only that, as your sales increase, so does your financing. This tool will allow you to have the funds to pay rent, meet payroll and pay your suppliers. It eliminates the hurry up and wait game that insurance companies play.

It is called medical factoring.

Medical receivables factoring provides you with financing based on your slow paying insurance claims. As opposed to bank financing, medical factoring is easy to qualify for and can grow, as your business grows.

It works as follows:

1. You bill insurance companies, Medicare/Medicaid and HMOs as usual

2. You then submit your invoices to the factor for financing

3. The factoring company advances you up to 85% of your expected collections

4. The remaining 15% is kept as a reserve.

5. You get immediate use of the money. The factoring company waits to get paid

6. Once the factoring company is paid, the remaining 15% (less a fee) is rebated

Factoring financing streamlines your cash flow and allows you capitalize on your biggest asset: your slow paying claims from insurance companies. It is an ideal tool for new and growing pharmacies or healthcare providers who need the cash flow to grow and take their business to the next level.

About Commercial Capital LLC

We provide business financing. We can provide you with a medical factoring, medical receivables factoring or invoice factoring quote. For a free consultation, call Marco Terry, at (866) 730 1922.

How I Quit Smoking

Writen by Martin Avis

Many years ago I walked into my doctor’s surgery with tight pains in my chest. I was 30 years old.

He sent me to the hospital for tests and when I went back he dropped the bombshell: “Martin, it is time that you quit smoking.”

“Oh yes,” I said laughing, “I’ve quit smoking lots of times.”

The doctor wasn’t smiling. “Your new baby is 6 months old, isn’t she?”

“Yes, she’s a beautiful baby.”

“And how many cigarettes do you smoke each day would you say?”

“40 to 60.” I was in a high stress job and I smoked to keep awake through the late nights working.

“Then I’ve got some bad news. You have got a form of angina and if you don’t stop smoking right away – and I don’t mean cut down a bit, I mean really quit smoking once and for all – you’ll be very lucky to see your daughter’s 5th birthday.”

When someone tells you that, believe me, you pay attention! I’d always known in the back of my mind that I’d have to quit smoking someday, but I was only 30 years old! The thing was, my doctor wasn’t a scaremonger. I’d known him for years and was convinced that he was telling it to me straight.

I had no choice: I had to quit smoking and I had to do it right away. I handed him my packet of cigarettes and said, “Well, it looks as if I’m now an ex-smoker!”

The next two weeks were tough. I wasn’t mentally prepared to give up and I hadn’t expected to go cold turkey there and then. But I kept the image of my daughter firmly in my mind every time I felt my resolve start to weaken.

Don’t let anyone tell you that it’s easy to quit smoking. It is a physical and a mental addiction and quitting smoking is tough. But when you have the certain knowledge that if you weaken, you will literally put a nail in your own coffin, an inner strength appears that really does help you through it.

After two weeks of misery I actually started to have odd days when I didn’t think about smoking. I felt deep down inside that a barrier had been crossed and started to believe in myself as an ex smoker.

I avoided the places that would naturally make me want to smoke – I became a lot less sociable for a while – but by the time a month was up, I honestly lost the urge to smoke completely.

My daughter is nearly 21 now. Those chest pains are a distant memory. Several lung and heart examinations have shown that both are in tip top working order and even though I’m 50 years old now, I love to run a mile or two every day.

That’s a lot more than I could have ever done before I quit smoking all those years ago!

This article is my small attempt to encourage you to reclaim your health by quitting smoking. You really can do it if you truly believe that it is possible. And although quitting smoking is tough, the rewards are huge both in terms of the quality of your life and the amount of money in your pocket! Best of all, you get to enjoy seeing your kids grow up. That’s worth more than anything else in the world.

There are many great articles and resources that can help you to quit smoking and to help you I’ve collected useful articles and essays from all over the Internet to advise, educate, shock and most of all, help you to stop smoking and enjoy your life to the full. Please visit Quit Smoking ABC at http://www.quitsmokingabc.com/

Martin Avis calculates that before he finally quit smoking, he smoked over a quarter million cigarettes. At current UK prices that is more than

How to Calibrate a Pedometer

Writen by George Barnett

There are literally hundreds of pedometers on the market, and while many will do all sorts of things, some of which have nothing to do with walking or running, they all are designed to do at least one thing: measure how many steps you have taken and use that to compute how far you have traveled. If all you are interested in is how many steps you have taken, then clip that pedometer to your belt and start walking. But if you want to know how far you have walked or run in a day, or a week, then you must give the pedometer some information about yourself. Specifically, the pedometer must know the length of your stride. This article will tell you how to gauge that length to properly calibrate your pedometer.

First, a caveat: your stride length will vary considerably during your routine depending on certain factors. For example, your stride length will be longer when you are running than it is when you are walking. Your stride is likely to be shorter when going uphill as opposed to walking on a level surface. Walking with a group of people may cause you to move at different speeds and at different stride lengths as you compensate for the movement of your partners. Walking a dog will give you strides that go from very short to very long depending on the whims of your dog, but that is for a different time. So, one of the steps will be to compensate for these differences, if necessary.

Okay, let’s begin the calibration process. You will need some place where you can measure out a distance of about 60 to 70 feet (18.3 to 21.3 meters). The sidewalk in front of your home is good, or a large parking lot or school yard. And you will need a measuring device such as a 100′ tape measure. You should plan on measuring at least four stride lengths: normal walk, brisk or fast walk, jog, and run. The procedure will be that same for all of these.

Select a starting point and mark it; then walk normally for ten paces and mark the end. Measure the length with the tape measure and record the result. Divide the result by twelve to give you the number of inches in each step. Repeat this procedure for a brisk walk, a jog and a run. For all of these you might want to begin a few paces behind the starting point that you established earlier so that you are moving at the proper speed for that stride for all ten steps.

If you know that you will be walking, and just walking, at a regular pace during your routine, then you can just use the stride length for walking that you calculated. Read the instructions for entering that information into your pedometer.

If, however, you will be walking part of the time combined with running or jogging then you will have to use an average of the measurements that you took of all of these strides. Simply add the totals that you calculated and divide by four, or the number of strides that you measured. This gives you a number that is less than your running stride, but longer than your walking stride.

Some pedometers will give you the option of entering a stride length for both walking and running, but this means that you will have to tell the pedometer when you are walking and when you are running. That seems like a lot of trouble to go to if you do both of those things during your regular routine. So, we will make an adjustment for that.

There is one more step to complete in this process. Drive your car along your regular path to determine the correct distance of that path. Then walk the same path using your pedometer. If the pedometer gives you a distance significantly longer or shorter than that which your car’s odometer registered then you will have to adjust the stride length that you entered into your pedometer. If you are registering a a distance that is longer than that measured with your car, then you must reenter a stride length a few inches shorter. Similarly, if the distance measured by your pedometer is shorter than your car’s odometer, then add a few inches to the stride length.

Once you have done this over the course of a few days, then you will have a result which will give you a pretty good measurement of the distance traveled during your routine. You can use this information as a great motivator as you walk or run further in your daily routine. Now that you have properly set up your pedometer, clip it to your belt and start walking!

George Barnett walks daily and wears a pedometer every time he leaves for his walk. He can be reached through his web site at http://www.familytravelhelp.com/

Breathing Exercises – Importance of Holding Breath

Writen by Sanjay Johari

Breathing exercises, such as “Pranayam”, keep you healthy by various means. In normal course we do what may be called “shallow” breathing. The lungs are neither fully expanded nor contracted. Therefore the air flow in the lungs is restricted. Breathing exercises generally increase the volume of air flow providing more oxygen and removing carbon dioxide more efficiently.

In many breathing exercises you are told to hold your breath for some time. Depending upon the exercise you may be required to hold your breath either after inhaling, or after exhaling.

How does holding the breath help?

It is not possible to empty the lungs entirely; some amount of air will be there even after exhaling “fully”. Normally there are some small pockets inside the lungs in which air tends to remain stagnant. Air inside those pockets does not join the main flow of air. It gets depleted in oxygen and fresh supply does not reach there. Blood coming in contact with air in those pockets does not get fresh oxygen and carbon dioxide is not removed from that part of blood.

When you inhale air and hold your breath in that position, the air drawn inside the lungs gets more chance of mixing with stale air in those pockets. As more time is made available for air mixing, stagnant stale air is removed and supply of fresh air goes inside those pockets. Similar action takes place when you exhale air out and hold your breath. There is reduced pressure inside the lungs which draws out the stale air. The overall effect of these actions is that entire surface of alveoli, or air sacs inside the lungs gets larger amount of fresh air.

In “Pranayam” as you continue regular practice you are expected to increase the duration of holding the breath as well as number of times you do the exercise. You should increase both, not one at the cost of the other.

Holding the breath also helps you to concentrate better. In many breathing exercises, I will again take example of “Pranayam”, you are required to concentrate on breathing and visualize the flow of air. For example as you inhale, you may be asked to visualize that you are drawing in life-force or “Prana” along with fresh oxygen. While holding the breath you may be directed to visualize that “Prana” is getting absorbed in greater quantity. When you exhale you throw out toxins as well as bad thoughts and at the same time “Prana” gets distributed in the body. Visualization has remarkable influence on the effectiveness of breathing exercises.

When you are holding your breath it is difficult to think of anything except your breathing. To that extent it helps you in directing your concentration towards yourself.

The diaphragm, like any other body muscle also needs exercise. Breathing deeply and holding your breath provide exercise for the diaphragm.

I would strongly recommend that any breathing exercise, particularly “Pranayam”, should be done under the guidance of trained persons only.

Any exercise will work better for you when you know how the exercise is helping you. Next time when you do breathing or any exercise, just be conscious of what is happening in your body and you will get better results for the same effort.

Sanjay Johari regularly contributes articles to various ezines. See his blog for more information on health and workout routine.

Different Techniques to Treat Anal Warts

Writen by Shubhanyu Jain

Anal warts is a condition in which little warts start occurring around the rectum. They are benign tumors of the epidermis. An anal wart is considered to be a relatively common and troublesome condition. Some of us are also acquainted with these warts as condyloma acuminata. The skin eruptions first emerge as small blemishes. Although they can be as tiny as a pinhead, but have the capacity to mature to the size of a pea. These warts vary in color like yellow, pink, or light brown. It has been observed that a large number of cases are caused by sexual transmission. Generally, a person suffering from anal warts does not feel any pain or discomfort. Thus, the person can have the warts for long and still be unaware of it.

Causes and Treatment of Anal Warts

Human papilloma virus (HPV) is known to be the main factor that causes anal warts. This virus is very infectious. It can easily be transmitted from an infected person to a normal person. Smoking, sexual relationship, and taking oral contraceptives are other factors that cause anal warts.

As per the guiding principles designed by Centers for Disease Control, the healing of all anal warts should be carried out in respect to the methods opted by the patient. Other factors that need be taken into consideration are available medications and procedures together with the knowledge of the patient’s doctor in curing anal warts. Electrical cautery is one of the anal warts treatment options that is generally preferred by both patients of anal warts and dermatologists.

A patient being treated of anal warts needs to be cautious, as if the condition is not treated properly by means of medicines or surgery, the warts can increase both in size and number. As such, the anal warts situated within the anal canal are not commonly treated by medication. However, dermatologists may take the help of advance surgery in some severe cases of anal warts. The part can appear wart-free for six months or more before another wart emerges. But there is no guarantee that they will not reappear as the viruses causing anal warts can still be present in the body. Still, excision or surgeries is believed to be a highly successful method to treat anal warts with lowest re-emergence rates. In fact, data showcased by different studies shows that initial healing rates range from 65-92%.

Laser Surgery is another type of treatment for anal warts, but it does require the use of both local and spinal anesthesia, depending on the parts affected by them. A few doctors also prefer to go by the option of Electrocoagulation. It is basically a method in which electrical energy is used to obliterate the anal warts. This method is not so popular for the reason that it is painful. The Electrocoagulation procedure is generally used to treat big anal warts. It may cause a little bleeding from the anus.

Post-treatment Procedure

A patient is required to make regular visits to the doctor to ensure that the anal warts do not recur. It is suggested that the patients recovering from the surgery of anal warts must pay a visit to their physicians every six months for up to 1 year on a regular basis. Not all the patients are required to be hospitalized after being treated for anal warts. They can return to their home after undergoing the treatment procedure. A permissive society places many responsibilities on the individual. As a word of caution, people should desist from casual sex with unknown partners, as also take care of general hygiene to avoid anal warts.

How to Lower Your Cholesterol

Writen by Vivek Sharma

These days high cholesterol level is becoming the concern for majority of the people. They are in a hunt of methods to lower down their cholesterol level so that the risk of heart attack and cardiovascular diseases can be avoided. Cholesterol is a fatty substance found in the human body and it provides veil to the nerves and helps in building up of hormones. It is essential part of the body as it produces the much needed fat so that body functions properly. But ones this fat exceeds its limit it becomes a curse as it brings many heart related diseases. Excess fat gets settled at the artery walls creating an obstacle in normal blood flow. Brain, spinal cord and liver are three major areas where this fat gets accumulated.

In human body cholesterol travels through blood in different packages known as Lipoproteins. Lipoproteins can also be divided into 2 parts firstly High Density Lipoproteins and secondly Low Density Lipoproteins. It is always advisable to get your cholesterol level checked frequently so that you know when you have to cut down your diet. People in 40’s or above are at more risk as at this time cholesterol level starts rising. Nowadays by seeing the cholesterol rise many new companies are introducing the medicines to lower down the cholesterol. But these medicines are attached with array of side effects which can give a dealt blow to the human body. The best way to avoid cholesterol is to eat healthy and green food. It has been noticed that vegetables and fruits have no cholesterol in comparison to meat and dairy products.

Exercises are another way to lower down the cholesterol. It is advisable to do some body movements and exercise as it helps in burning down the excessive fat getting concentrated in the body. Exercises not only burn down the fat but also keep the body in shape and also keep the cholesterol in control. Ones you’re diagnosed with high cholesterol it is wise to stop eating food products like meat, eggs, fish, sausages and all the oily stuff. Whereas eat more of green vegetable or the food having unsaturated fats so that your Low Density Lipoproteins comes down significantly.

So if you wan to live long and healthy life then this is the time to keep a check on your cholesterol. Start exercising now as it will clear the road to the healthy life. So eat healthy and live happily.

Easing fluid retention naturally

Writen by Stewart Hare

An abnormal amount of fluid under the skin as known as an oedema, this is commonly known as fluid retention and normally leads to a puffiness appearance normally in a limb typically the legs. If fluid retention persists or is recurrent, it is best to consult a doctor, this is because fluid retention can be cause by many different health conditions, some serious such as congestive heart failure and preeclampsia. Treatment of fluid retention usually consists of the treatment of the underlining condition that is causing the fluid retention, whether that would be liver, heart, and kidney disease or poor nutrition.

The major change in diet to help with fluid retention is to cut out salt and consume a low salt diet. Increasing the consumption of vegetables, fruit, juices and salads which are high in potassium salts will help to flush out the excessive sodium salt from the body. Exercise, losing weight, keeping the affected limb elevated and not sitting or standing in one position for a long time will all help with relieving fluid retention.

Dandelion is a good natural diuretic and can be taken as a supplement to get rid of excess fluid from the body; it is not to be taken if other medications are being taken at the same time.

The following supplements may help if you are suffering from Fluid Retention.

Cleavers

Corn silk

Dandelion Flavonoids (courmarin, hydroxyethylrutosides, quercetin, diosmin and hesperidin combination)

Goldenrod

Horse chestnut

Horsetail

Juniper

Selenium

For PMS fluid retention:

Magnesium

Vitamin B6

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Advice for a healthier natural life

website: http://www.newbeingnutrition.com

4 Steps To A New Lifestyle For A Slimmer, Healthier, Happier YOU!

Writen by William Siebler

So you want to lose weight to look better and feel better. You are not alone. You have the same desire and need as millions of others out there want to look better, feel better, live longer and in general have a better lifestyle once you take off the extra weight.

That said, if you are one of those who have lost weight, then put it back on, perhaps a more important question is how to you keep the weight off once you’ve lost it.

You’ve tried all the different diets. You’ve read all the books about losing 10 pounds before the big graduation, wedding or other big event coming up this weekend. If you’ve been through that insanity before, isn’t it time for a change of your lifestyle rather than another stretch of suffering through another diet and feeling worse than you did when you started?

So, what are the keys to losing weight?

There are four main elements to losing weight and keeping it off.

1. Following an exercise program
2. Increasing your metabolism
3. Changing your eating habits
4. Changing your lifestyle

1. Following an exercise program.

Starting a good exercise program is a great idea and one of the best ways to start changing your health and the way you look. You will gain three benefits from exercise.

1. You will burn calories during your work out.

2. You will increase your metabolism to burn more calories even when you are not working out.

3. You will build muscle that will make you look taller, leaner and healthier.

4. You will build muscles that will burn more calories than fat.

Your very first step should be to talk to your doctor about your health and your goals. It might save your life. Your next step should be to find a partner who will help you be more responsible to show up for a work out and to complete the work out. A work out partner should also make the work out more enjoyable. If you are not able to find a partner and do not feel you have the discipline to work out regularly, you may want to start your exercise program by paying a person personal coach for training and discipline. Most people need 21 days to make working out a habit, so hire them for at least the first 21 days. Check with your local YMCA or other gym for partners and coaches.

However, if you cannot afford to join a gym, don’t let that slow you down. You can still walk or run outside, or workout inside using video tapes or walk on a treadmill. If you don’t have money for work out tapes, you can rent them from the library. The bottom line is if you want to work out, you will find a way.

Finally, once you have your workout schedule working for you, offer to help someone else become disciplined to work out.

Helping others always helps you feel better as well. Give it a try!

2. Increasing your metabolism.

Plain and simple, exercising will increase your metabolism and will help you lose weight at all hours of the day, even at night when you are sleeping! Your metabolism is the amount of calories you burn during the day. Conversely, your body also has a built in system for self-survival in case of famine. If you don’t eat enough food, you can also reduce your metabolism and make it harder to lose weight. We will talk more about that in just a moment.

3. Changing your eating habits.

You’re doing better now, but working out and increasing your metabolism is only a part of the solution. You still must change your eating habits. Have you found yourself doing this crazy? Are you eating a Granola bar for breakfast, a salad for lunch and then eating chocolate shakes and hamburgers from the drive through late at night on the way home from the gym? That won’t work! You are starving yourself and lowering your metabolism in the long run, and eating food late at night that will not get burned off and only makes you feel more miserable the next day when you look in the mirror or step on the scale.

Do you know that you are setting up yourself for failure? Your body is smart so smart that it knows if you are not giving it enough food, that there may be a problem, and you start to burn fewer calories. That will not help you look or feel better in the long run, so don’t try it in the short run.

4. Changing your lifestyle and your mindset.

The final way to change your body and the way you look and feel is to become more active. Walk the stairs to your office instead of taking the elevator. Park your car way from the rest of the cars at the mall so you walk a few extra steps. Go for a walk when you get home from school or work instead of turning on the TV or the computer. Ask your friends to join you for a game of horse in basketball. If that is not an option, take your basketball to a local park, be brave and ask someone to play a game of one on one there. They might have been feeling just like you and will be thankful to have the opportunity to exercise and perhaps make a new friend.

It’s all about changing your attitude one-step and one day at a time. Just remember you did not gain the weight in one day and you cannot take it off in one day. It is a series of steps that will lead to success. Another analogy is that it would be nice to make one large jump over a mountain, but in reality it takes many steps to get over the mountain, and it is possible. Most importantly, you just have to take that first step, starting right now, by reading this article again and then deciding to “Just do it!”

Article submitted by: Talking Health

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