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Counting Calories is the First Step
If you want to lose some weight, I know one sure-fire method.
First thing in the morning, every morning--stand in front of a mirror and jog in place for one hour. I guarantee you'll lose weight--probably a lot of weight.
Yeah, I know, not too many people can do this--and it would be terribly boring if you could.
Fortunately, there's a million better ways to lose weight. And then again, it all boils to one central truth. The only real way to really lose weight is to consistently burn off more calories during the day than you consume.
If you want to keep if off though, it's best to lose weight gradually over a long period of time. Starving yourself on some stupid diet or jogging in place for an hour every morning might result in tremendous short term results. But sooner or later you'll go back to your old habits--and subsequently back to your old fat self.
The people I know who have successfully lost weight and maintained their new weight have one thing in common. They count calories.
Counting calories is the only way to really know if you are making progress and it has an added benefit. When you count calories you learn a tremendous amount of good things about the foods you eat, and about the exercises you do or don't do.
You suddenly have a consciousness that keeps you from over-indulging and keeps you jogging, or swimming, or whatever.
When it comes to counting calories there are a number of good, free calorie trackers you can use on your computer or smart phone.
One of the best, non-commercial services is caloriecount from About.com, the url is view link Once you set up your account, which is a bit time consuming but worth it, you can keep track of the calories you consume daily through the food log and also keep track of the calories you burn through the activity log. There is also a nifty nutrition report which will tell you what percentage of the food you eat is fat, carbohydrates, or protein.
What I like best about the About.com site are the online support groups you can join, and the associated blogs and information sites. It's really a complete program.
I also like the simple calorie counter widget from LabPixies which I have added to my iGoogle health page. Totally intuitive and easy to use...you can find it at view link It also works on personalized Yahoo pages and there is a really cool toolbar you can download to add to your browser. All for free.
One of the best commercial services is FitDay, view link which several of my friends use. It has all the features of the About.com site and for some people it is more user friendly. However, unless you purchase the "premium" service for $64.95 a year, you find yourself bombarded with messages to buy things.
There are also several iPhone apps for this.
Whichever one you might choose, I think that just by counting calories you'll soon find yourself on a workable path to reduce or maintain body weight. The details about what you eat or how you exercise will follow.
Counting calories is the first step.
To read more of Dave's posting, go to: view link
First thing in the morning, every morning--stand in front of a mirror and jog in place for one hour. I guarantee you'll lose weight--probably a lot of weight.
Yeah, I know, not too many people can do this--and it would be terribly boring if you could.
Fortunately, there's a million better ways to lose weight. And then again, it all boils to one central truth. The only real way to really lose weight is to consistently burn off more calories during the day than you consume.
If you want to keep if off though, it's best to lose weight gradually over a long period of time. Starving yourself on some stupid diet or jogging in place for an hour every morning might result in tremendous short term results. But sooner or later you'll go back to your old habits--and subsequently back to your old fat self.
The people I know who have successfully lost weight and maintained their new weight have one thing in common. They count calories.
Counting calories is the only way to really know if you are making progress and it has an added benefit. When you count calories you learn a tremendous amount of good things about the foods you eat, and about the exercises you do or don't do.
You suddenly have a consciousness that keeps you from over-indulging and keeps you jogging, or swimming, or whatever.
When it comes to counting calories there are a number of good, free calorie trackers you can use on your computer or smart phone.
One of the best, non-commercial services is caloriecount from About.com, the url is view link Once you set up your account, which is a bit time consuming but worth it, you can keep track of the calories you consume daily through the food log and also keep track of the calories you burn through the activity log. There is also a nifty nutrition report which will tell you what percentage of the food you eat is fat, carbohydrates, or protein.
What I like best about the About.com site are the online support groups you can join, and the associated blogs and information sites. It's really a complete program.
I also like the simple calorie counter widget from LabPixies which I have added to my iGoogle health page. Totally intuitive and easy to use...you can find it at view link It also works on personalized Yahoo pages and there is a really cool toolbar you can download to add to your browser. All for free.
One of the best commercial services is FitDay, view link which several of my friends use. It has all the features of the About.com site and for some people it is more user friendly. However, unless you purchase the "premium" service for $64.95 a year, you find yourself bombarded with messages to buy things.
There are also several iPhone apps for this.
Whichever one you might choose, I think that just by counting calories you'll soon find yourself on a workable path to reduce or maintain body weight. The details about what you eat or how you exercise will follow.
Counting calories is the first step.
To read more of Dave's posting, go to: view link
