What are Calories?
on 07. Jul 2009 in diet tools, total daily energy expenditure, fitness tools, basal metabolic rate, amount of calories, energy, kilogram calorie, kilo joules, kcal, joule, nutritional, nutritional information, nutrition, lose weight, Diet, calories, food, fat, nutrients, metabolic rate, body fat, Exercise.
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| Calories are contained in most of the foods we eat and it is something that many diets and 'lose weight fast plans' have focused on. It has only been in recent times that food producers have had to be more honest about the amount of calories in their foods. We are obsessed with calories and they are the one aspect of food that we count. We count how many we consume and less frequently we count how many we use. We talk quite confidently about calories but do we really know what they are all about?
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Fitness Tools to Test your Health and Fitness
on 03. Jun 2009 in fitness calculators, fitness tools, bmr, beep test, accurate tests, basal metabolic rate, hip to waist ratio, max heart rate, thr, total daily energy expenditure, shuttle run, results, mhr, Goal, target heart rate, Fitness Tests, News, lose weight, Top Tips, Exercise, fitness, Heart rate monitor, body mass index, Recommended Fitness & Diet Products, BMI, metabolic rate, body fat, Beebleblog news.
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| We have been very busy this year creating our fitness tools for you to use. Our heads have been well and truly buried over the last 5 months creating a one stop shop for you to check and monitor your health and fitness.
Why use our fitness tools
For people who have signed up for our Beeble's Fitness for Life you will already know that we provide you with a monthly exercise program for free. However if you have just been using your scales to judge the change in your body then you just might be missing out on some more accurate ways of measuring your progress. Every month when you receive your new exercise program go through our calculators one by one and note down all your results. This way month by month your training will progress as will your knowledge of your achievements.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Beebleblog/~4/n_EdGwrAO0U" height="1" width="1"/ |
How many Repetitions for an Exercise?
on 20. May 2009 in muscle fibres, muscle fibre, Goal, oxygen, repetitions, strength training, slow twitch, exercise types, energy systems, weight selection, Training Styles, Top Tips, body fat, muscles, energy supply, anaerobic exercise, Exercise.
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| When designing any program it is important to decide how many repetitions are needed for each exercise. To get this number you first need to understand what your goals are. When you know what you want to achieve then you can start designing a bespoke program that will really help you reach those goals.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Beebleblog/~4/A5xRa5SlJzM" height="1" width="1"/ |
Eating Disorders - Should Gyms do More to Help
on 23. Apr 2009 in charity, weight, eat, eating disorder, physical health, monitoring, BMI, gyms, Health, Diet, gym, food, body fat, eating disorders.
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| The eating disorder charity Beat has stated that it feels gyms should do more to spot clients with eating disorders and their tendency to over train in the gym. The reporter talks to Lindsay who suffered from a eating disorder and turned to over exercising when she felt she wasn't losing enough weight because other people were in control of her food intake. The reporter also talks to Susan Ringwood from Beat who states that gyms should be doing more as they already test for other physical problems like heart complaints and asthma and Beat would like gyms to do the same with eating disorders.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Beebleblog/~4/DlmwHcDtdHk" height="1" width="1"/ |
Weight loss with colon cleansing
on 20. Feb 2009 in Colon Cleansing, weight loss exercise, weight loss plan, body fat, weight loss diet, Health, , weight loss.
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Do you know what “colon” is? Well there are many across the globe who doesn’t know. And so if you are one of them then all you need to do is to go on reading this article and find out what this term means. “Colon” refers to the last portion of our digestive system. The work of the colon is to absorb salt and water from our body wastes before they are finally thrown out of the body. Now we will tell you how the colon is related to weight loss. And also as to why you need to clean your colon.
Do you often feel fatigued and a low level of energy? Well if so then there are high chances that this fatigue and low energy has been initiated by your colon. You see when the waste material of your body gets stuck onto the wall of your colon then you are going to feel fatigued. This is a problem that millions of people across the globe face but are not aware of its cause. The cause is simple: you need a colon cleaning. There is a direct relation between fatigue and your colon. Once you get yourself a colon cleaning done you will feel a lot more energetic and therefore stay active. This is again directly related to your obesity. If you are low in energy then there is a high chance that you will not be able to reach your exercise goals. You may have the will to exercise a lot but your body will not permit you to reach your goal given your low energy level. After colon cleaning you will find that you will be able to exercise a lot more. Besides you will stay a lot active physically and this in turn will make you a lot fit physically.
The other advantage of colon cleaning is that it makes your digestive system a lot more efficient. Many a time’s people have continuous abdominal pain and don’t know the reason for the same. We will like to inform you that abdominal pain can be caused due to your colon being lined by solid wastes and mucoidal plagues. This results in the breeding of parasites in your colon and these in turn cause abdominal pain. Once you do a colon cleaning your digestive system becomes a lot more effective and that is directly related to your weight loss problem. If you have digestion related problems then you are more likely to lose weight at a slower rate. The reason is simple. If your system cannot digest the food you are taking in properly then your body will not get the nutrients you are trying to supply it with. And this would mean that your diet is not contributing to your weight loss regime. Your body needs energy to engage in exercising. So if you don’t have enough energy due to improper digestion then you will not be able to reach your weight loss goals!!
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Advice For Natural Weight Loss Plan
on 23. Apr 2008 in low calorie foods, health issues, gravy, foodstuffs, optimal health, overweight individuals, whole lot, sour cream, rocket science, food program, correct approach, fat content, good health, body fat, weight gain, healthy food, american citizens, complex carbohydrates, baked potato, annoying thing, weight loss.
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Many companies and individuals want you to believe that natural weight loss is difficult to achieve but it’s just a case of not eating as much, and having enough regular exercise; however, most ignore this recommendation. If it were that simple, which it should be, most slimming companies would be out of business; with the number of overweight American citizens increasing, this advice obviously doesn’t work. There are many reasons why you would want to lose weight once you have put it on, but what reason is strong enough to actually encourage you to do it, good health or looks?
But the fact is it is a whole lot easier to prevent putting on pounds than to try losing them later on. Subconsciously we all know that if we do not maintain a healthy food program for ourselves, we will start to add extra pounds.
It has been shown that even when overweight people enjoy eating low calorie foods, the majority become bored and end up putting the weight back on because they slip back into previous ways. For those who desire to natural weight loss methods to obtain optimal health, sometimes it can be overwhelming trying to figure out where to start.
The problem is that weight gain puts a strain on the body’s ability to fight illness and many of today’s health issues are primarily affecting overweight individuals. The annoying thing is this isn’t rocket science, mankind hasn’t always been this heavy and we certainly aren’t born that way so it means we need to maintain a natural, healthy weight.
The correct approach for natural weight loss is to eat the right quantity of foodstuffs such as complex carbohydrates, plus foods high in carbohydrates, some protein and a low fat content. A meal containing this group would be something like a baked potato, vegetables and some meat, lean of course but it would not contain gravy or sour cream.
Dietary fat is a problem because it is full of calories which will be converted into body fat unlike calories that are consumed in food from other sources. Food manufacturers have been quick to react and have provided a huge range of low or no fat foods but despite this the American people are getting larger, the simple reason for this may surprise you!
The weight a person puts on isn’t always as a result of high fat foods, although they obviously do not help, but a result of too many calories turning into body fat. Where this goes wrong is with overweight people who think that if it’s fat free they can eat more of it instead of eating a healthy snack.
The subject of when to eat and how often can be contentious but the latest thoughts on the subject suggest that keeping to regular meal times and eating small nutritious snacks between meals may be the answer. Maintaining a healthy weight is just that; a natural weight loss program that will continue and allow you to live a long healthy life.
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How green tea keeps you slim?
on 15. Dec 2007 in metabolic rate, healthy lifestyle, metabolism, oxidation, weight loss techniques, green tea, good health, Obesity, Obesity, losing weight, body fat, glucose, weight loss.
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As people have become more conscious about their healthy lifestyle, there have sprung up many solutions that help a person in sustaining the glow of his good health. Obesity is the one of the main issue among majority of people and they are usually engaged in trying out various methods that can help them in losing weight. Green tea is a new discovery in the field of weight loss techniques that is becoming popular among people these days. The main factor that has made green tea as the most effective way to lose weight is its catechin polyphenol concentration. These are the compounds that are present in abundance in green tea and helps in intensifying the degree of fat oxidation. Find out more about green tea and weight loss.
Green tea assists in burning the body fat naturally by increasing its metabolic rate. It also lowers the level of cholesterol in the body and increments energy expenditure of the body. The fat is burned with the heat built up within the body and thus increase metabolism. It also facilitates utilization of glucose as thus helps in weight loss. It has been proved that epigallocatechin gallate i.e. EGCG is quite effective in losing weight and even catechins are also linked in reducing the amount of body fat.
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