Communites of the now factor

                I was sitting at my computer, reading some friends posts on Facebook and was shocked of how much we are community all about convenience and the now factor. It’s crazy how different the world is now compared to when our parents or grandparents were kids.

                People who want to lose weight and feel great in their skin don’t want to work for it. They look up cleanse or quickie diets and hope for the best. Most of the quickie diets are starvation diets and that is HORRIBLE for your body. Your body needs fuel to make it thru the day and your food is your fuel.

                There is a 7 day cleanse diet that I have been hearing about and for 7 days your drink water. That’s it, no food what so ever, just water. Your body can’t make it on that. There is no nutrients and protein to keep your body going. Yea you may lose some weight but you won’t be able to move by the end of the diet or in the hospital. This kind of craziness is how you get eating disorders.

                Others think going to the doctor to get weight loss pills will make all their problems go away. Yea they decrease your appetite and sometimes you don’t even end up eating that day. It’s like you’re on crack and your body has no idea what to do. You can’t no eat and still keep popping these pills.

 Even if you eat every day and lose all this weight with these pills, what happens when you stop? There is nothing to decrease your appetite except your will power. You didn’t use it really the whole time you took these pills so why would you have it now?!

Yes there are some weight loss supplements that do work and they are to be taken with your meals. The difference is these are WITH your meals not INSTEAD!

                Some people think that surgery is the answer to everything. If your arm skin is saggy, your tummy is too big, or you want a smaller nose. You are beautiful the way you are.  Don’t think that because you are overweight you need an instant result.  A lot of people who get those surgeries to make your stomach smaller gain most of their weight back after a few years. They don’t’ work out and just depend on that surgery they had. You can’t just depend on a quick fix; you have to depend on yourself.

                If you want it bad enough, just put your mind to it and you can accomplish ANYTHING!

                If you want to lose weight and don’t know how contact your local gym and talk to a professional. You can get a gym membership and have one on one sessions with a trainer. Do a few sessions and you will have some workout routines down. Do some of their classes they have, you can get a work out buddy to help you stick to your goal and vice versa, and have a great time working out.

 

Have you taken the easy way  on a diet? What results have you gotten? Have they stuck?

 

Thanks for reading and Liking my blog!

Counting calories or Counting Carbohydrates: the age old question

Which method leads to faster weight loss, counting carbohydrates or counting calories? I have personally tried both methods and both work. They have their pros and cons just like any other diet method. People swear by both so I decided to do some research and add my personal experience. For some of my facts I just googled both carbohydrates and calories.

Carbohydrates are basically a large group of compounds such as sugar and starch. Some examples of these are grains, pasta, and breads. Some fruit has carbohydrates as well.  I know that things like bread and pasta take longer for out body to break down.  Most diets that you do that are based on carbohydrate counting tell you to limit your carbs. Your body does use a certain amount of carbs as fat burning fuel. I counted carbs for a while and it worked pretty well. One of my main problems was find the correct carbohydrate count.

Plus I am a girl who loves to have bread or pasta either one will do. I am currently doing better with this and hope it stays that way in the future.  A downfall is that fried chicken is low on the carbohydrate scale but HUGE on the calorie scale. You just have to be careful with what carbs you decide to feast on. Don’t think that counting carbohydrates means you can eat so many donuts or pizza’s a day and still lose weight. That is just not how it works. You have to eat healthy carbs such as fruits, wheat grain, beans, or vegetables.

<i>Fun Fact: There is 875 grams of Carbohydrates in 1 pound.</i>

Calorie is a unit of energy. All foods have calories; some of them are so low in calorie count that it takes more calories to digest the food. Most of these foods are vegetables and fruits such as apples, oranges, broccoli, and celery. These are eaten raw to get the “Negative” calorie effect. I, personally, have had more results with calorie counting.

Since 1990 all foods sold in the United States must have a calorie count on the package which helps out with us calorie counters. Also when you go to a restaurant you can go to their website and find out the calories. Some restaurants have the calorie count on the menus. The average American needs to eat 2000 calories to maintain their weight.

<i>Fun Fact: 3500 calories is equal to 1 pound.</i>

 I use an application called Fitness pal to log all the food. I also have a hand written journal that I use as a backup. The application tells me the calories in the portions and you can find most food. If I can’t find the calories on the application I end up just Googling the food. Counting calories is easier for me since the application I use tells me the calories I have burned in any exercise that I do. That helps me stay in the calorie zone that I am aiming for. I counted calories last year and ate about 1200 calories a day plus I worked out. I lost around 12 pounds the first month and I felt fantastic. Then I lost motivation because of personal problems. I am back on this wagon and I WILL hit my goal.

All in all both are great ways to go about dieting in a healthy way, it just depends on your preference. Which do you prefer? What kind of results have you had with either of these in the past? If you haven’t tried these what diet do you use? What results have you gotten?

Thanks for reading and I can’t wait for your responses!