Search Weight Loss Topics:

Page 62«..1020..61626364..7080..»

Home » Lose Weight Safely » Page 62

Let bygones be bygones, right?

Not when it comes to the Lions and their former players. Even if they only played for the team for a few months.

Retired offensive linemanGeoff Schwartz, who signed with Detroit in 2016 before getting cut in training camp, took to Twitter Monday evening to air some grievances about his brief time in Allen Park.

Schwartz said he reported to camp onepound overweight and was fined and placed in a 'weight loss program' that required him to ride a stationary bike for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes after meetings at night. This was Bob Quinn's first year as general manager.

"This 'punishment' was so stupid," Schwartz said.

According to Schwartz, he'd never been fined by other teams for reporting to camp overweight.

"If lets say, Tom Coughlin and Andy Reid wouldnt fine you for this exact situation, but the Lions would ... who is doing it wrong?" said Schwartz, who played in the NFL from 2008-2016 and now writes about the league for SB Nation.

In defense of the Lions, a couple former players said the team did nothing wrong.

T.J. Langtold Schwartz, "Take some accountability dude," then doubled down in response.

And former center Travis Swanson, who spent two seasons in Detroit during the Bob Quinn era, had this to say:

The Lions have taken tons of flak over the years, especially in regard to the current regime. A lotof it feels deserved.

But this complaint feels a little hollow.

Follow this link:
Ex-Lion Calls Out Team For Fines And 'Weight Loss Program' - 97.1 The Ticket

MONDAY, Aug. 17, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For those who are obese, weight-loss surgery can boost quality of life and quickly improve some chronic health conditions, like type 2 diabetes. Now, a new study confirms that weight-loss procedures probably also add years to your life.

Canadian researchers found that people who had bariatric surgery reduced their risk of dying from any cause by about one-third over five years. Folks 55 and over seemed to fare even better -- cutting their risk nearly in half.

The study also found that the risk of dying from heart disease and stroke (cardiovascular disease) or from cancer was also reduced by about 50%.

"People sometimes shy away from having surgery because they think the damage has been done, but our findings show there's no reason not to do bariatric surgery in older age groups," said study lead author Dr. Aristithes Doumouras. He's an associate professor and bariatric surgeon at McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare's Centre for Minimal Access Surgery in Toronto.

More than 26,000 people from Ontario participated in the study. Based on their height and weight measurements, their average body mass index (BMI) was 47 -- extremely obese. A BMI of 30 or more is considered obese.

Half underwent weight-loss surgery; half did not. Nearly 9 in 10 of those who had surgery underwent gastric bypass -- a procedure that allows food to bypass most of the stomach and part of the small intestine. The rest had the newer gastric sleeve procedure -- a surgery that removes most of the stomach. The researchers then followed their health for an average of nearly five years.

Doumouras said it's not clear yet whether there are specific benefits from the surgery itself, or if it's just the weight loss that provides benefits. He said this is a hard question to answer because people who have the surgery lose substantial amounts of weight, and it's difficult to lose large amounts of weight and keep it off on your own without an operation.

"My personal opinion is that I think surgery does have specific benefits for type 2 diabetes and heart disease. With surgery, people often can come off their diabetes medications, sometimes within hours of surgery. I think surgery offers metabolic effects beyond weight loss," Doumouras said.

The study was published Aug. 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Another study in the same issue of the journal -- conducted by researchers led by Dr. Carlos Schiavon from the HCor Research Institute in Sao Paolo, Brazil -- found a benefit from weight-loss surgery in 100 people with mild obesity (BMI of 30 to 40) and high blood pressure.

After three years, people who had surgery took one blood pressure medication versus three medications for the nonsurgery group. Plus, about 1 in 3 people who underwent surgery were able to come off their high blood pressure medications entirely. These study authors suggest that weight-loss surgery may be a good option for people who aren't very obese, but have hard-to-control high blood pressure.

While weight-loss surgery clearly has significant benefits, it's not a panacea. Some people regain weight. Others have to contend with side effects such as vitamin deficiencies and nausea or diarrhea after eating (dumping syndrome), usually when they don't follow a recommended diet, according to the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Dr. Marc Bessler is chief of minimal access/bariatric surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center. "We tell patients that bariatric surgery is a tool," he said. "Obesity isn't just one disease, so there isn't just one answer. For some patients, everything falls into place after surgery, but for some, they'll regain weight."

Bessler said the idea that weight-loss surgery can decrease mortality rates isn't new. He said what was interesting about the Canadian study was that even older patients can see a benefit. He said people sometimes don't have the surgery because they think they won't have time to accrue benefits from the procedure.

But Bessler advised, "Don't wait till you have diabetes or cancer to get surgery. Damage to your joints, your cells and metabolic stress aren't always reversible, so don't put it off. For obese patients with type 2 diabetes, bariatric surgery is two times as effective at achieving remission."

Doumouras added, "People up to age 70 can probably have benefits."

More information

Learn more about weight-loss surgery from the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

SOURCES: Aristithes Doumouras, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor and bariatric surgeon, McMaster University and St. Joseph's Healthcare's Centre for Minimal Access Surgery, Toronto, Canada; Marc Bessler, M.D., chief, division of minimal access/bariatric surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center; Annals of Internal Medicine, Aug. 17, 2020

Excerpt from:
More Evidence That Weight-Loss Surgery Prevents Early Death - HealthDay News

Kelly Osbourne has been sharing insights into a newfound holistic health journey after declaring that 2020 was "going to be the year of me" back in December 2019. The 35-year-old Australia's Got Talent judge and former Fashion Police judge is doing so openly, as she's done most of her entire adult life she was just 18, after all, when her family first appeared on MTV's The Osbournes in 2002. As the second child of musical icon Ozzy Osbourne, Kelly has never shied away from tough questions or conversations about her father, her mother Sharon, or her younger brother, 34-year-old Jack; and when it comes to her own story, she seemingly lives her life as an open book, as she's recently proved yet again in a new Instagram.

This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

"Today I'm feeling #Gucci," she shared in the caption of her Instagram post, referencing her vibrant ensemble and a fresh face of makeup. But what really sent fans into a frenzy over this particular photo was an honest admission from The Real host Jeannie Mai's mother: "Oh my gosh, you lost a lot of weight." Kelly quickly quipped back: Thats right Mamma Mai, I lost 85 lbs since I last saw you. Can you believe it?

Soon after, People reported that Kelly shared a photo of a dress tag that suggests she now wears a size 2, approximately, which she feels great about. "Yes, I'm bragging because I worked hard and it feels so good!" she captioned the story slide.

This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

Kelly previously shocked Dancing With The Stars fans who followed along with a dramatic transformation back in 2009, after filming ceased on The Osbournes. Throughout much of the last decade, Kelly has been open about her eating habits and new fitness routines, but it wasn't overnight that she committed to a healthy lifestyle. Her health journey also balances on sobriety, something that she openly discusses: "With almost 2 1/2 years of sobriety under my belt, I still struggle with confrontation (which was NEVER a problem when I was using)," she shared on Instagram. "It's time to put myself first, stop taking on other peoples sh*t, and be the badass sober woman I was born to be.

Below, a look back at how Kelly's health journey has influenced her growth throughout the years in her own words.

This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

Kelly began to open up about her struggles with diet and nutrition, and how it parlayed into her battle with addiction, around five years after the finale of The Osbournes. In an emotional interview with Shape magazine in 2010, Kelly admitted that harsh criticism from viewers and the press catapulted her into a dangerous emotional state.

This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

"I was called fat and ugly in the press almost my entire life I understand that being judged by others comes with the territory, but it broke my heart and ruined my self-esteem," she told Shape. "It sets you up to hate yourself in a huge way. I was so angry about the things people said about me. I truly believe it's the main reason I turned to Vicodin and ended up in rehab three times. I just hated myself."

Before she first signed up for her role on Dancing With The Stars in 2009, Kelly admitted that emotional eating led her to uncontrolled weight gain. "I replaced the drugs with food and just got fatter and fatter I'm an emotional eater. When I get upset, my diet goes out the window." During rehearsals, Kelly said she'd often be unable to keep up with dance partner Louis van Amstel because "because I was eating such terrible, fatty food and feeling so exhausted." In the same interview, Kelly adds that this low moment later kickstarted her new interest in optimizing her nutrition.

According to reports from The Sun, Kelly's weight often fluctuated in the years after her appearance on Dancing With the Stars. The newspaper reports that Sharon helped her daughter connect with her first trainer at the time, Sarah Hagaman, and Kelly was able to reportedly maintain a weight loss of around 50 pounds by 2016.

This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

But her sustained weight management may have also been influenced by the adoption of a new diet. The Mirror reports that her relationship with vegan chef Matthew Mosshart in 2012 ended up pushing her to loosely follow a plant-based diet that she's mostly stuck to since then. It's unclear if Kelly is currently following any one diet plan (there are some reports suggesting she may also be intermittent fasting), but it's clear that a focus on holistically healthy dietary staples is something she's committed to. "Once I learned how to work out right and eat right, its one of those things that you just have to commit to a life change rather than being on a diet," she told Huffington Post Australia. "Because a diet doesnt work. You lose weight and you stop it and it will all come back. So you just have to take baby steps, commit to something and stay true to it."

Back in 2012, Kelly sent fans into a frenzy when she did a swimsuit styled magazine spread in Cosmopolitan Body. She told the magazine that she had never been happier in her life up to that point, but that her figure (and her weight loss progress) only played a small role in that development. "People think I lost weight and that's what made me happier. That's not true: I had to learn to love myself first," Kelly shared at the time. Losing weight was just one benefit of putting the hard work in and sorting myself out on the inside first through therapy. That was one of the scariest times of my life. I swear Ive never felt more naked, because I had to actually be me and couldnt mask it.

This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

For Kelly, it seems that her health journey may be more about realizing self love and admiration, rather than pleasing others by fitting into what she thinks of as a prescribed image. "I'll never be the kind of person who thinks, 'I'm so hot.' I don't want to be," she told Cosmopolitan Body. "But I learnt to respect and love myself something that I didn't think I would ever be capable of." And it seems Kelly's own value of self worth isn't influenced by fad diets or trends, but more so about the long haul change. "If you want to change your body you cant just diet; if you do that, you lose weight, then get fat. Youve got to commit to a whole life change and teach yourself a whole new lifestyle.

There Is No F---ing Secret

In 2013, in the middle of filming Fashion Police, Kelly experienced a debilitating seizure an event that caused her to think about the big picture. "I never want to take my good health for granted. The seizure was 60 seconds, but those 60 seconds will change my life for the better forever," Kelly told Self magazine. "I've worked hard to get into shape, and I'm going to continue. Not because being 'skinny' is important to me, but because I want to feel good."

The Masked Singer alum admitted that she openly refers to herself as a "former fat person" and that despite all of her work up to that point, she often had to stop herself from obsessing over achieving more progress. She told Self a major step towards inner peace was avoiding scales altogether: "I don't weigh myself. If you like what you see in front of the mirror, then what's the f---ing point of getting on a scale?" While Kelly said that she thinks a bit of "healthy envy" may motivate others to jumpstart a new fitness routine, she also stressed at the time that her own progress isn't defined by others around her. "You have to realize that you're never going to be exactly that person. Wishing you were Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Lopez isn't going to change the fact that you're not. Why not start working with what you do have instead of what you don't?"

Prior to joining Dancing With the Stars, Kelly admits that her diet wasn't composed of wholesome staples ("I used to eat chips and cookies and drink soda all day long," she told Shape). But after reaching a goal weight in 2010, Kelly said she knew it was time to stop restricting herself entirely, and add back some of her favorites in a balanced fashion. "I indulge with pizza and cheese I love Brie and have cookies sometimes," she told Shape. "But now, when I'm full? I stop eating! It may have taken me 26 years to figure it out, but I've finally learned how to do it right."

This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

Like most balanced diets, Kelly later revealed that the biggest challenge is finding a middle ground in moderation. "Everything has to be in moderation, and to find that place is easier said than done. It really is," she told Huffington Post. "I always 'cheat' I eat my fattiest meal in the [morning]. If I'm craving pizza, I'll have it for breakfast, salad for lunch, and oatmeal for dinner."

After her spin on Dancing With The Stars in 2009, Kelly embraced fitness as a longstanding part of her routine and in 2014, she opened up on the kinds of workouts that she had turned to at the time. "[Working out] is something I really enjoy doing I never thought I'd be that kind of girl," she told InTouch Weekly. "I do up to half an hour of cardio, and I also do circuit training, yoga, and Pilates I mix it up."

This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

Kelly's low-key approach to breaking a sweat made headlines in 2013 when she shared that a love for hula hooping helped sustain her weight loss. "I have a Hoopnotica hula hoop [and] I use It every day, and it's made my back and arms stronger," Kelly told Self. "On Saturday nights my friends and I put on ridiculous outfits and hula-hoop and dance when everyone else is at 'da club.'"

Her love for intense fitness sessions may have evolved into a newfound passion for high-intensity interval training (HIIT), a workout that pushes you to condition your cardiovascular system with intense bursts of anaerobic exercise. Kelly's personal trainer Lacey Stone recently detailed the fitness routine that she works through with clients at her Los Angeles-based THE WALL Fitness: "Some of my favorite workout moves have been around forever because they work," Stone told Hollywood Life in February. Stone's go-to workout involves sequences of squats, deadlifts, push-ups, bicep curl shoulder presses, and tricep dips, among other moves. Id recommend you do a circuit like this 2 to 3 times per week and spin class or any sort of cardio class 2-3/week, she told the outlet.

As she's been in the public eye for most of her life, Kelly has tackled her sobriety issues head on in the past including a relapse in 2018, which she opened up about publicly on Instagram. Her battle against substance abuse has also played a role in developing her own sense of self worth and her identity, Kelly has previously shared. " I am [in a great place]. I am almost two years sober and it's completely changed my life I didn't think I could do anything if I wasn't drunk or high, because I was scared of everything. I let it get the better of me," she shared on a live episode of British talk show Lorraine.

She added that her struggles with sobriety and subsequent treatment in life has helped her accept her own imperfections. "I have accepted the fact that and I know I have said this throughout my whole life but I really understand it now that I am not perfect and I am never going to be and I dont want to be."

This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io

This commenting section is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page. You may be able to find more information on their web site.

Continue reading here:
Kelly Osbourne's Weight Loss and Fitness Journey In Her Own Words - GoodHousekeeping.com

People who went from the "obese" range in early adulthood down to the "overweight" range in midlife ... [+] halved their risk of dying, according to a new study.

A new study found that participants whose body mass indexes (BMIs) went from the "obese" range in early adulthood down to the "overweight" range by their midlife halved their risk of an early death.

However, weight loss after midlife didnt significantly reduce a persons risk of early death. In fact, a study published last year found that weight loss in middle and older age "was significantly related to increased mortality risk. Although, this likely because weight loss later in life is often a sign of worsening health.

"The present study provides important new evidence on the benefit of maintaining a healthy weight across the life course," said lead author Wubin Xie, a postdoctoral associate in global health at Boston University School of Public Health.

The study, published in the journalJAMA Network Open, included 24,205 participants between the ages of 40 and 74 and used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey a nationally representative annual survey that includes interviews, physical examinations and blood samples, to gauge the health of U.S. citizens.

The researchers used the BMIs of the participants at age 25, 10 years before they entered the study as well as their BMIs at the time of the study to analyze the relationship between BMI change and the likelihood that a participant died during the study.

After controlling for factors like sex, past and current smoking, and education level, they found that study participants whose BMIs went from the "obese" to "overweight" were 54% less likely to have died than participants whose BMIs stayed in the "obese" range.

In fact, people who went from "obese" to "overweight" had a risk of death closer to that of participants whose BMIs had been in the "overweight" range all along.

"The results indicate an important opportunity to improve population health through primary and secondary prevention of obesity, particularly at younger ages," said study corresponding author Andrew Stokes.

Obesity is a major public health problem. In the U.S. more than 40% of the population is obese, according to the latest figures from the Center of Disease Control.

Obesity has been linked to a number of serious health issues, such as diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. It has also been shown double the risk of mortality.

The researchers consider that 12.4% of early deaths in the U.S. may be attributable to having a higher BMI at any point between early- and mid-adulthood.

They also estimated that 3.2% of deaths in the study could have been avoided if everyone with a BMI in the "obese" range at age 25 had been able to bring their BMIs down to the "overweight" range by midlife.

However, they note that weight loss is rare. The researchers found that less than 1% of participants had BMIs that went from the "obese" to the "overweight" range.

While they didnt speculate as to why weight loss is so uncommon, previous research has shown that when losing weight our metabolism slows and hormones in the brain make you feel hungrier.

Also many studies have shown that most people who lose weight on a diet gain it back.

Which means your best bet to avoiding a premature death is to prevent weight gain all together ... but thats easier said than done in the middle of a pandemic.

More here:
A New Study Says Its Better To Lose Weight Earlier In Life - Forbes

In her latest column, Nonie De Long says a keto diet helps the body become more efficient at using fat for energy

Dear Nutritionist:

Ive been wanting to write in for a while now but the cottage and summer gardening has kept me busy. Ive been trying to lose weight. Im a middle aged female (54) and have done Weight Watchers, but didnt keep the weight off. Im interested in giving Keto a try so I would like to know if you think its a fad and also is it safe?

Many thanks!Betty

Dear Betty,

Thank you for writing in! I get asked this question a lot actually. I will go into my reasons below, but the short answer is no its not a fad and yes, keto is safe for almost all people.

There are some medical conditions that make keto problematic, but that is not the vast majority of folks. Lets unpack the keto diet a bit to understand why its not a fad.

We have all seen diets come and go. Across the board its safe to say they would be unnecessary if we ate only natural food that we are biologically adapted to eat, in the right proportions, with some moderate movement in our daily lives.

Its a myth that dieting is natural. If we look at the vast majority of our history as a species, its food scarcity and not overeating that impacted mortality. In the developed countries to varying degrees we have now gone in the other direction.

Its also a myth that we need to be gym rats to be fit. Just look at 80-year-old farmers around the globe. Staying fit has to do with staying active - and that can be any activity from work to house keeping to gardening to walking the dog to my personal favourite - dancing around the living room. Movement keeps us fit. But diet keeps us slim.

Please read that again if you are interested in losing weight. Body composition is determined by your diet. You can not exercise off a bad diet. And trying to will leave you frustrated and often injured.

Consuming a healthy, biologically appropriate diet will get you to a good body composition - meaning the fat to lean tissue ratio, which is what we are talking about when we talk about weight loss. If you are short and stout by nature, with a lot of muscle, you are never going to diet yourself twiggy. But you can be lean, with a nice shape and healthy fat distribution.

What does that mean?

Well, a healthy person has a little fat just under their skin all over their body. An unhealthy body holds fat in the middle. That is the primary indicator of longevity, heart disease, diabetes, and a whole host of other disease states.

If you want to know your risk, look at your waist to hip ratio. If the waist is bigger or even close to your hips, youre in trouble. If you have a muffin top over your jeans or look pregnant when youre not, you can stand to lose fat, no matter how thin your overall frame is. This will reduce your disease risk more than anything you can do!

This is where keto comes in.

Historically, our ancestors had periods of plenty and periods of scarcity. They would migrate to follow food. They never got to choose a diet, as we do today. They never had processed foods.

Even growing crops and using grains is relatively new in terms of our development! For the vast majority of our development as a species we existed on what we could pick or dig and what we could hunt and catch in terms of animals.

Its also noteworthy that we used the entire animal in times of scarcity and in times of plenty there is evidence that dogs (which co-evolved with humans) ate the muscle meat while we ate the organ meat and bones. The organs were often consumed raw after a kill. Today (when dogs and humans eat natural food) that trend is reversed!

In this respect, our paleolithic ancestors would have naturally had cycles of ketosis because ketosis is what happens when the body runs on fats for fuel rather than carbohydrates or protein.

When game is the primary source of sustenance, fat becomes the natural fuel source for the body. Healthy human bodies dont use protein for energy in the presence of fat. And they dont burn fat in the presence of carbs. In a time when carbs were scarce (fruit in season, which was far less sweet than it is now, and a few tribes that used tubers more often) the body would naturally default to using fats for energy. This is ketosis. It is our natural state of being.

And its why the body stores energy as fat (the primary human fuel source) for times of scarcity. If we look at this even a century ago, we can see that even agricultural societies - before the advent of modern food production and storage technology - would lend itself to ketosis because carb rich foods are ready in the autumn and would be consumed to pad the body for the famine of winter. Then, when winter scarcity set in, the body was using its own fat to survive. This is ketosis!

With a keto diet the body becomes more efficient at using fat for energy - because during that time it burns its own fat stores, which many people now want to take advantage of. It also decreases the strain on the digestive organs and decreases inflammation (as insulin and adenosine are both highly inflammatory and both are down-regulated with this diet).

A keto diet is also very low in allergens and does not contain anti-nutrients that vegetarian proteins contain. Its easier to digest. And it contains bones, the perfect source of minerals. No other mineral source is as healthy or as sustainable. And no other nutrient group is as essential for human health and longevity.

Werent there carbs historically speaking?

For the most recent agrarian part of our development there have been carbohydrate rich foods but there were ways of consuming the carbs that made them healthier for us than what we do today.

First of all, there were no factories and processing them was lengthy so they were less plentiful. Bread was not the sticky, glutenous gooey nonsense we have today. The crop was different and the processing was different. Access was minimal due to the work to process it.

Maize (corn) was not the sweet crop we know today and it was always processed with lime or ash. This process is called nixtamalization. You can read more about it here. When this was not done there was an upsurge in pellagra, which causes psychosis, thinking problems, skin rashes, photosensitivity, and aggression.

Is it a coincidence we now have improperly processed corn in so many of our processed foods and are experiencing so many mental health conditions with these features today? Hmmmm...

Thus, returning to a diet that mimics the natural, evolutionary state of being adapted to using fat for energy (ketosis) is natural and healthy. Its often dismissed as a fad by people who say its not balanced enough or simply because its popular.

But thats what people thought about the automobile when it first came out. A fad. And dangerous. Totally impractical technology. But just because something becomes popular does not make it transitory in nature. Look at televisions. Look at industrialization. There are many many more examples.

The idea that ketosis is dangerous is fueled by people who dont understand metabolism. They confuse it with ketoacidosis, which is very dangerous. But its an entirely different thing. The truth about the keto diet is that it can reverse a host of health conditions that other diets cant. Diabetes and metabolic syndrome alone are good enough reason to hail this diet, as it does more to reverse them than any other.

The only time a keto diet is unhealthy or dangerous is when its composed of processed fatty foods like processed meats and bars and keto snacks. You will still lose weight on them, but they are not natural foods.

In the industry we call this dirty keto. Its far superior to return to a minimally processed animal based diet with natural animal fats and healthy veggies and occasional fruit.

This naturally puts us in and out of ketosis cyclically, with ample nutrients. This is the diet I advocate in my practice, not because it helps with weight loss (although it does) but because it reverses many disease states - even serious mental health conditions like psychosis and seizures. Weight loss is actually just a side effect of eating for health. Its really not the goal.

Thank you, Betty, for the great question. I hope you have a better understanding of it now. As always, if readers have a health or nutrition related question, I welcome you to write to me at nonienutritionista@gmail.com. And if youre looking for more specific health information check out my website at nonienutritionista.com, where I provide 1:1 health coaching for those who need it.

Hope everyone is enjoying this last part of such a lovely summer!

Namaste!

Nonie Nutritionista

Visit link:
Is Keto a fad? And is it safe? - BradfordToday

Mark Ludlow struggled with feelings of insecurity and anxiety all through his childhood, and he used food as a comfort mechanism. "This carried over into my teenage years," he says. "My weight kept going up and up and up."

In a recent episode of the Brand New Me webseries, Mark shares the story of how a series of rejections from girls finally pushed him to overcome his feelings of self-consciousness at the age of 21, and make some changes to his lifestyle. "I decided that was it," he says. "I was going to lose this weight once and for all, and hopefully feel better about myself."

Mark lost 112 pounds in 10 months that year, a huge amount of weight to drop in such a relatively short amount of time, however he wasn't able to make such changes sustainable at the time. "I didn't deal with my mental health problems," he explains. "I did lots of exercise, and I followed a diet plan, but these underlying issues I had, which were the reason that I used to comfort eat and drink too much alcohol in the first place, were still very much there."

By the time he was 28, he had put all of the weight back on, and at his heaviest, weighed 330 pounds. So he resolved to undergo another transformation, and to make it stick. He ended up losing a total of 140 pounds. But the outward physical results of his transformation didn't resolve all of his issues. In fact, they created a whole new problem: enjoying his new appearance and sharing physique photos to social media, it turned out, made a lot of women think he was vain, self-absorbed and arrogant.

"Initially, becoming shredded, in the short term it felt amazing," he says. "Longer term, in all honesty... I did it because I was lonely. All I wanted was to get into a relationship with somebody, and I thought, naively, that if I looked like that, that would help me to find a partner."

This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

It was only after he addressed those feelings of loneliness and inadequacy that Mark developed a healthier relationship with nutrition and exerciseand met his fiance, Zo. He now works as a personal trainer and life coach, and hopes that his journey, and the lessons he's learned along the way, can help other people to make positive changes in their own lives.

"I weigh 195 pounds now," he says. "I'm very happy with where I am physically, but I also have that freedom to have a more balanced life as well."

This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io

This commenting section is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page. You may be able to find more information on their web site.

See the original post here:
Dating Rejection Motivated This Guy to Get Ripped, But It Didn't Fix All His Problems - Men's Health

REBEL Wilson showed off her weight loss in a plunging yellow dress as she has continued to impress fans.

The actress took to Instagram recently and turned heads in quite the outfit - this amid Rebel's weight loss journey.

12

12

12

She captioned the photo: "Hottest day of the year..." as she seductively posed in her dress which included a matching belt.

Fans were loving the post as they took to the comments section to respond.

One person said: "You are looking amazing. Not just the weight loss, the confidence and happiness it brings. Truly an inspiration."

12

12

12

"Looking fantastic! Well done on the fitness and weight loss," another wrote, with one chiming in with, "Looking stunning and that dress is lovely!"

The Pitch Perfect star spoke about losing weight and becoming healthier in an exclusive interview with The Sun.

12

12

She said: "Weirdly this year was always going to be the year of health. I've been naming my years now, and, that's kind of having these resolutions but for the whole year.

I always thought that I may be psychic and I always felt this year I wasn't really going to work much.

12

I turned 40 as well in March and so I thought, this is gonna be it. This is going to be the year for me to just concentrate on the health benefits."

During the same chat, Rebel also revealed that studios paid her to continue to stay overweight.

She recalled: "It's not like I want to lose weight and get to around a certain number.

12

"It's more than that, it's about dealing mentally with with why I was overeating and I had a job where I was paid a lot of money to be bigger, at times which kind of can mess with your head a bit."

Rebel added: "So now I'm just trying to work on the mental side and the physical job and doing a lot of personal training and, and on the nutrition side like it's, it's cool.

12

"I should probably write a book at some point about it because people seem to be interested.

There's no real simple answer to it. I've been trying a lot of different things and to be healthy.

The Hollywood star now realizes how much her weight loss has impacted her career.

12

She told The Mirror: "I literally feel as if I have to physically transform, because its very difficult for people to imagine [me in serious roles] for some reason even though were in a very imaginative industry.

"I feel that I physically have to show you that I am different and I am transformed in order to help transform my career."

ON HOL-DHolly Willoughby 'forced to cut short 7-week Portugal holiday' to self-isolate

ender the line?EastEnders' Ian Beale has been 'written out' as Adam Woodyatt takes 'break'

BROOKE'S BARGAINSBrooke Vincent reveals amazing garden transformation with Aldi bargains

LOVELY IN LILACMichelle Keegan stuns in 50s style dress as she takes mum out for dinner

LOOSE WOW-MANInside Loose Women star Saira Khans home with marble steps and huge garden

Exclusive

SWEDE DREAMSJamie Redknapp dating Swedish model after splitting from ex-wife Louise

Rebel is said to have lost over 40 pounds.

She told the outlet: "It all got started when I went to a health retreat called the Vivamayr in Austria and they reset my whole system, but its a slow, gradual process.

"Hopefully by the end of the year Ill have reached my goals."

Originally posted here:
Rebel Wilson shows off weight loss in plunging yellow dress as actress continues to wow fans - The Sun

Suppose youre trying to lose weight or reduce your calories. In that case, its vital that you feel as full and satisfied as possible to prevent you from overeating and breaking your diet. You may think this is hard to achieve when youre in a calorie deficit or eating healthier foods; however, you can easily suppress your hunger by eating the correct things and trying these other science-backed tips.

Increase Your Protein IntakeEating protein-rich foods can help you with your weight loss.It also enables you to feel fuller for longer. It can also help prevent muscle loss when youre reducing your calories and trying to lose fat.

Drink CoffeeBelieve it or not, coffee has many health benefits that impact sports and performance in particular. Studies also show that coffee increases the release of peptide YY (PYY). This is a hormone produced by the gut in response to eating and promotes a feeling of fullness. Not only is coffee lower in calories than many other snacks, but it can also give you energy and help you feel full in between meals.

Eat GingerGinger is known for having multiple health benefits, including a reduction in blood sugar levels, nausea, muscle pain, and inflammation. Recent research has also shown that consuming ginger can reduce hunger. You can either add some ginger to hot water or teas to drink or use it in healthy recipes to feel this effect.

Get Plenty of SleepGetting plenty of sleep is vital for many reasons, but did you know it is also linked directly to hunger and weight gain/loss? Getting enough good quality sleep can actually help to reduce hunger. Simultaneously, too little sleep can increase your hunger and appetite by up to 34%. Aim for 7-8 hours minimum and always try and get a good quality sleep with no distractions.

Go here to read the rest:
Science-Backed Ways To Suppress Hunger - YouBeauty

Including Kokum in your diet may help get rid of excessive weight and may help curb associated health diseases. Read on to know more.

It is difficult to lose weight, especially when there so many delicious foods eyeing you. Moving your body at a fast pace while exercising isn't easy either. We know the struggles are real and we are here to help you. The first thing you need to know is that weight loss takes time it is a slow and steady progress that will pay off in the end. Including some healthy foods in your diet can help you lose weight. Kokum is one such food you can add to your diet.

Kokum, another name for Garcinia Indica, is a rich anti-oxidant fruit and is known for being the cure for acidity. It is native to the Western Ghats of India. It has a sweet, tangy taste and used largely in Indian cuisine. It is touted as a natural appetite suppressant that may help you in your journey to weight loss. It has the essential nutrients to shrink your appetite and help you get rid of extra kilos.

1- It contains a compound called Hydroxycitric acid aka HCA, which acts as an appetite suppressant, meaning it prevents cravings and manages hunger pangs.

2- The fruit is loaded with anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties, which helps boost the immune system. Excess weight can have a negative impact on your immunity, and getting your immune system to work better will allow your body to lose weight.

3- Kokum helps suppress fatty acid synthesis, reducing the conversion of food into fat. This helps prevent the build-up of fats in the body, thereby induce fat loss.

4- Obesity can lead to an increase in immune response, which can cause the body to generate excessive inflammation, which may lead to a number of chronic diseases. Garcinol, present in kokum, has anti-inflammatory properties which can help prevent inflammation in the body.

5- Weight loss success can be increased by improving the way your digestion system works. Kokum can help with digestion, as it helps fight conditions like acidity, flatulence and constipation.

How to include Kokam in your diet?

You can drink a glass of water mixed with kokum powder to avail the benefits or you can soak a whole kokum in water overnight, extract the juice and drink it. It can be stored for several days as well.

Note: Seek advice from a qualified medical practitioner before putting to use any tips mentioned in the article.

ALSO READ:Weight Loss Tips: Try THESE 7 techniques to shed last pounds of fat from your body

x Your comment has been submitted to the moderation queue

Read more here:
Weight Loss: Heres why you should have Kokum to lose weight - PINKVILLA

JermaineDupri, The Beet's Creative Advisor, has been vegan for almost 15 years and likes to think of himself as a healthy eater.But during quarantine, he's been eating more than he wants to, or likes to, having "breakfast, lunch, a second lunch, and dinner every day." We love the idea of a second lunch as much as the nextguy,but when Dupri said he had found a cleanse that "wakes up" your metabolism and hits reset on your healthy diet, we had to learn more.

Here is howDupri manages to"hit reset" on his diet,andrestart his mental commitment to eating a healthy vegan diet of whole plant-based foods and quell hunger cues and get back on track. This diet is all about fasting, so ifthat's not for you, check out The VegStart Diet.

Editorial Note: Not everyone is suited to try a cleanse or a fasting diet this extreme, and before youdoa cleanse or any drastic change in the way you eat, consult your doctor or a nutritionisttofind out if this is the right approach for you. If you're curious and cleared for takeoff, learnhow to "hit reset" from Jermaine.

JD: Today is my 17th day on the Master Cleanse. It consists of a mixture ofwater with lemon, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper whenever you feel hungry or headachy. You can make this at home but I go buy this one from Suja at Whole Foods. When I go I buy them out because you can only get six to a case and if you are going to fast for as long as I fast you need five or six cases.

JD: "You drink this every time you feel hungry.Every time you get a hunger pain or a headache, you're supposed to drink this and it starts training your body that you're drinking or eating something. So the hunger goes away.The first three days of this fast are the hardest because you can get headaches. You end up going to sleep early because you do gettired. Me? I defy that and stay up all night working in the studio. Yesterday was my weakest day, I couldn't get going. When you feel weak and then you start to feel different, it means your body is paying attention to the fast."

JD: "Yes, It's really to hit restart and get your metabolism moving in the direction you want.You want your metabolism to pay attention to your eating habits.Some people eat salads every day and say they aren't losing weight but its because your metabolism gets stuck at a certain weight. You have to shock your metabolism into moving and then the weight comes off."

JD: "Nothing, this is a no eating, all liquid master cleanse. If I absolutely have to eat something it would be raw almonds.I have almonds all the time just plain raw ones not the ones with salt or any type of seasoning. They must be raw."

JD: "At the mostten days.The first three days you are going to pay attention to how you feel. You may have a headache and need to fight through it by just sipping on the master cleanse. The first three days are going to be the worst as your body adjusts. Then the next day you will feel like you made it, but you stillhave to keep going to reach your goal."

JD: "Yes.We don't have a reset or restart button, so you have to restart yourmindin some way.

"The discipline to become vegan and get on this path is the same discipline of doing a cleanse. it's a decision. So I like to ask myself: Can you go for five days and drink just this? That is a great restart. What this fast does is make you realize that eating is mental. Its a mind game. Most of the time people eat when they arent even hungry. Its like when someone walks in with a bag of McDonald's and now because the fries smell amazing, you eat some even though you arent even hungry.

"I am sure that when people do intermittent fasting, they also shock their metabolism. That is the point, to get your body to start to react and to notice what you're eating. I know when my body starts to react to this cleanse, I can feel it and it feels so much better."

JD: "No, I can sip one of these bottles for 4 hours.When you become vegan you feel and see the difference in food and your body. Its the same thing here. Fasting makes you appreciate all the ingredients you see on the bottles label. You read what's in the bottle and you really feel and taste the ingredients; the carrots and beets .. you can feel it going in your body.

"The most important part of doing this is that people pay attention to their metabolism. You can eat whatever you want and lose weight as long as your metabolism is working. That is a factor people don't understand."

Editor's Note: If you want a healthy diet that allows you to eat three meals and a snack every day, check out The VegStart Diet, which The Beet developed with a Registered Dietician, Nicole Osinga. The 14-day plant-based plan allows you to eat healthy foods, provides 56 easy and delicious recipes, and you will lose weight on a healthy diet of mostly vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes and nuts, and seeds. Check out The VegStart Diethere.

Read the original post:
How to Hit Reset on Your Healthy Diet With a Wake-Up Cleanse - The Beet

Page 62«..1020..61626364..7080..»

Home » Lose Weight Safely » Page 62