Want a bicycle butt or great abs? Well here are some great and easy exercises you can do right at home. You don't need any of that expensive equipment and they're fun. The problem with most dieting is that if you don't exercise you will probably lose more muscle mass than fat. That sucks! But if you exercise while dieting, you will force your body to burn more fat while maintaining muscle mass. What's great about that, is that you'll raise your metabolism causing your body to burn even more fat. You'll also feel a lot more energized and create great muscle tone to firm up that butt, abs and bustline.
Find out more about effective dieting, great exercises you can do right at home, and healthy living by clicking here!
Friday, March 2, 2007
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Are You a Yo-Yo Diet Victim?
Yo-yo dieting, also known as weight cycling, is a repeated loss and gain of body weight due to excessive dieting.
The term "yo-yo dieting" was coined by Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., at Yale University, in reference to the cyclical up-down motion of a yo-yo. In this process, the dieter is initially successful in the pursuit of weight loss but is unsuccessful in maintaining the loss long-term and begins to gain the weight back. The dieter then seeks to lose the regained weight, and the cycle begins again.
The reasons for yo-yo dieting are varied but often include embarking upon a diet that was initially too extreme. At first the dieter may experience elation at the thought of loss and pride of their rejection of food. Over time, however, the limits imposed by such extreme diets cause effects such as depression or fatigue that make the diet impossible to sustain. The dieter reverts to their old eating habits, and with the added emotional effects begins to rapidly regain the weight.
This kind of diet is associated with extreme food deprivation as a substitute for good diet and exercise techniques. As a result, the dieter may experience loss of both muscle and body fat during the initial weight-loss phase (weight-bearing exercise is required to maintain muscle). After completing the diet, the dieter is likely to experience the body's famine response, leading to rapid weight gain of only fat. This is a dangerous fat-cycle that changes the body's fat to muscle ratio, one of the more important factors in health.
Click here for easy exercises you can do right in your own home including some great tips on nutrition, calculating your bmi, calorie calculators, recipes, reviews on different diet plans and weight loss programs, nutritional supplements and more.
The term "yo-yo dieting" was coined by Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., at Yale University, in reference to the cyclical up-down motion of a yo-yo. In this process, the dieter is initially successful in the pursuit of weight loss but is unsuccessful in maintaining the loss long-term and begins to gain the weight back. The dieter then seeks to lose the regained weight, and the cycle begins again.
The reasons for yo-yo dieting are varied but often include embarking upon a diet that was initially too extreme. At first the dieter may experience elation at the thought of loss and pride of their rejection of food. Over time, however, the limits imposed by such extreme diets cause effects such as depression or fatigue that make the diet impossible to sustain. The dieter reverts to their old eating habits, and with the added emotional effects begins to rapidly regain the weight.
This kind of diet is associated with extreme food deprivation as a substitute for good diet and exercise techniques. As a result, the dieter may experience loss of both muscle and body fat during the initial weight-loss phase (weight-bearing exercise is required to maintain muscle). After completing the diet, the dieter is likely to experience the body's famine response, leading to rapid weight gain of only fat. This is a dangerous fat-cycle that changes the body's fat to muscle ratio, one of the more important factors in health.
Click here for easy exercises you can do right in your own home including some great tips on nutrition, calculating your bmi, calorie calculators, recipes, reviews on different diet plans and weight loss programs, nutritional supplements and more.
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