Health Secrets

Day 1 of a new diet:

7 am on Day 1 of my new, last diet I’ll ever need! Wait! Where is my 326 page diet book I feel asleep while reading last night? There it is - under the bed! Okay, let me check to make sure I have everything I need. I bought a food scale to weigh my food; a journal to track my results; a 64 ounce water bottle to make sure I’m drinking enough, a calculator to figure out calories, carbs, and fat grams; a separate recipe book that is the companion to the diet book; ordered the special vitamins I’m supposed to take while on the diet; and I took the week one food list in the book to the store last night and bought everything on it (I had to buy 2 pounds of Swiss Chard and I hate Swiss Chard! How am I going to force myself to eat it?).

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Don’t buy Master Cleanse Secrets! (until you read this)

I just want you to have as much information as possible before you make your buying decision about Master Cleanse Secrets. (also called the Lemonade Diet or Lemonade Cleanse)

After all, you work hard for your money and don’t want to throw it away on a useless product, right?

Plus you want the truth and not some sugar-coated version of it, right?

I thought so, so I’m am going to start with three important things that you should know about the Master Cleanse (also called the lemonade diet) and Master Cleanse Secrets Review.

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Dear Fellow Fattie,

I see you over there, walking with your head hanging down and your shoulders slumped in defeat. You hope you don’t see anyone you know because you’ll wonder if the only thing they’ll think as they say Hi to is, “Wow, she/he has turned into a fat pig!”

I know it’s hard. I’ve been there.

I know what it’s like walk into a concert venue and have people look at you and hope that you won’t be sitting next to them because they think you’ll take up too much space.

I know how embarrassing it is to try and fasten the seat belt on an airplane seat only to find it’s not big enough to fit around you.

I know how hurtful it is to walk down the street and have mean petty people heckle and say “Oink” or “Moo” or “What a heifer” as you walk by.

I know how embarrassing it is to have friends and family constantly give you tips on how to lose weight or hand you magazine and newspaper cutouts of articles or products that “might help you if you just tried them.”

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The Best Diet Ever!

Lose 20 Pounds in 20 Days!

The Last Diet You’ll Ever Need!

Lose 30 Pounds By Memorial Day!

New Diet Breakthrough!

Magazine headlines like that used to taunt me every time I was standing in line at the grocery store.

Okay, I admit they got to me more when I was also clutching a couple pints of Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey to gorge on (a girl’s gotta have a treat once in a while, right?). I used to be weak enough to buy those magazines every week with hope in my heart that it really was going to be the last diet I needed because it was going to help turn me into a slim, sleek, and toned goddess that could wear sleeveless shirts without ugly arm fat jiggling with every step I took. Yeah, right; and Brad Pitt is dumping Angelina so he can date me!

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An honest review of Fat Loss 4 Idiots including my weight loss results (and my husbands) after trying out the program.

by Dorrie

I’m an idiot at losing weight. I’ve tried low carb diets, low fat diets, the grapefruit diet, the 3 day diet, juice fasting, attending meetings, and eating less than 1000 calories a day. I’ve read dozens of diet books and joined several health clubs where all I lost was my money. After 20 years of trying to lose weight the only thing about me that is lighter is my pocketbook so when I saw ads online for FatLoss4Idiots, I thought it might be the answer to losing my unwanted pounds.

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I was actually going to post for all of the Catholics out there since it was Ash Wednesday and this is a common thing to give up for Lent. I’m not Catholic myself but several members of my family are.

I’ve been soda free since April of 2007 (almost a whole year!), and it’s one of the smartest things I’ve done for my health.

Anyway, here’s a guide on how to give up soda, and this guide is for everyone, and I’ll explain how you can give it up temporarily or how to kick the habit for good.

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It hasn’t been too long since the American Medical Association officially announced that Americans needed to start taking vitamin supplements to maintain their health. While there are probably many reasons for this, one of the most glaring is the fact that our general food supply sucks.

This announcement harkens a very sad fact, in my opinion: Americans can no longer get the essential nutrients we need from the food we eat. I suppose it’s easier to get millions of Americans to start taking supplements than it is to make a billion dollar industry change its practices.

Although I have much to say about most facets of the American food supply, for the purposes of this article I want to discuss the most vital food component on the planet: raw vegetables.  It’s the most vital food component because, with rare exceptions, every organism on Earth either eats raw vegetables or eats animals that eat raw vegetables. Basically speaking, without raw vegetable consumption, the planet would die.

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One thing I get asked about seeing as how I run a health site and all is what programs and products I recommend for weight loss and overall fitness.

That’s an excellent question.

I read a lot of books, ebooks, and even articles on the Internet on the topic.

One thing I’ve learned is that there’s a lot of hype, and not a lot of substance.

You ever see those previews for movies, and the movie looks really good from the previews, and then when you get to the theater, the previews were the only good parts of the movie, or maybe the previews were even better than the movie.

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Today I want to take a few minutes to talk about how to lose weight.

The formula is very simple: burn more calories than you take in.

That’s it.

However, simple doesn’t mean easy.  If it was easy, we  wouldn’t have an obesity epidemic on our hands now, would we?

You see, reducing calories does work to help lose weight, and many diets are based around this simple fact. Most of them add a lot of extra window dressing to their programs so they can sell more books, but if you’re burning more calories than you take in, you’ll lose weight.

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By now, everyone has heard that you’re supposed to drink 8-10 glasses of water a day. We’ve all heard it, but how many of us actually do it?

Very few.

Today, I’m going to cover why drinking enough water is so important for your health and why it’s absolutely essential if you want to lose weight.

First, let’s cover the basics. Your body is 60-70% water. Your blood is almost all water. Your muscles contain water. Heck, even your bones contain water. Water is essential to proper body function. Your body uses water to regulate its temperature, transport nutrients, build body tissue, digest food, breathe, lubricate joints, and a whole host of other tasks.

Basically, without water you die.

When you’re dehydrated, exercise becomes more difficult.

Studies have show that even mild dehydration of just 3% of your body weight can decrease your strength by 10%. And if 10-12% of your body’s weight in water is lost, death can occur. So before, during, and after exercise, be sure to drink water.

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