Unfortunately, society tends to tell us otherwise when it comes to losing weight and being healthy. We are told through magazines and the television that a mere month after having a baby, gorgeous celebrities are back to looking thin and beautiful again. These celebrities are praised as if we are all supposed to lose weight in that manner, forgetting that healthy weight loss is going to require time and patience, not a crash diet. Eliminating pregnancy baby weight is something that we should take our time doing, because if you lose all of that weight too quickly, then you are probably not taking care of yourself. If you lose the pregnancy baby weight to quickly, you will probably turn around and gain it all right back.

One of the best ways that you can lose the pregnancy baby weight is simply to breastfeed. One of the reasons why we naturally gain weight during pregnancy is because we are storing calories up so that we can feed our young. Even after the baby is born, our body is storing energy to feed the baby. Simply breastfeeding your newborn can burn between 200 calories and 500 calories every single day. This is nature's way of helping you lose the pregnancy baby weight so that you can get healthy again the right way.

Eating healthy is important not only for losing weight, but also for breastfeeding as well. Your baby should be getting the best possible meal, which means that the meal should be nutritious, and this requires you to eat properly as well. If you are not eating right, then the right nutrients are not reaching your child through your breast milk, and you will not be getting enough nutrients either. You should aim to eat between four and five smaller meals every day rather than three larger meals, because this will boost your body's metabolism and keep you healthy and feeling full and energized.

It is also vitally important that you drink enough water, especially if you are also breastfeeding. You should drink a minimum of 10 8 oz glasses of water every day. What this is going to do is flush toxins out of your body that accumulated as a result of the pregnancy. Water is also going to make you feel fuller for longer periods of time so that you do not overeat throughout the day.

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The problem is, I can get used to this indulgent, “lazy” lifestyle rather quickly, and I find it difficult returning to the more disciplined routine.

I truly enjoy exercising and eating “clean;” I feel more energetic and healthier. Yet, it’s so much easier just to be lazy – to sleep in, to eat those tantalizing cookies or second helpings of leftover stuffing and cranberry sauce, to sit and play on the computer all day or lounge on the couch wrapped in an afghan, reading a good book. 'Sigh' Oh, the conflict!

For me, the hardest part of an exercise and healthy eating routine is forming the routine itself. This is especially apparent come holiday time when visions of chocolate sweets and a homemade turkey dinner dance in my head. Oh, the guilt!

So what to do? I'm learning a couple of things that help me. The first is to be a little more forgiving with myself and accept a "lazy" day or two. Enjoying a holiday dinner and skipping a workout isn't going to ruin my health or figure. I am learning to just relax and focus on enjoying the holiday, it's meaning, and the family gathering.

Allowing myself to accept and enjoy temporary “laziness” relieves me of guilt. No guilt helps me avoid the all-or-none mindset - you know, the rationalization, "Oh, I messed up and had 2 cookies; might as well have 5 more and a large piece of cake to wash them down!" And avoiding the all-or-none futility, I can get back into my exercise routine without going overboard.

The second lesson I'm learning is: to get back into the eating and exercise routine, I must be committed to doing so and set a specific and realistic day to start again. If I simply say, "Oh, I'll start exercising some time Christmas or the new year," I'm not that committed and my routine will be shaky.

Failed routines also exist if I set unrealistic start dates, such as running 5 miles Christmas night or 5 AM the next day! I know myself. These statements are too lofty for me; I wouldn't commit to them, and I'd end up feeling guilty.

With my 2 lessons in mind, this year I accepted a few "lazy" days without letting myself feel guilt... at least not a lot of guilt! I set a specific and realistic day to return to my more self-disciplined routine again, and I committed to it. And I accomplished this without too much of an ordeal - quite refreshing!

How I'm doing? Not perfect, but pretty darn well, I'd say. I'm back to the old routine again with an occasional chocolate treat leftover from Christmas. (It would be criminal to throw them out!) I enjoyed a temporary "lazy" period, knowing that my usual routine would be waiting for me without condensation after the holidays were just a memory. Hopefully I can remember these lessons during the next major celebration!

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Originally posted 2008-01-02 19:00:29. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Ideas on adding water and fiber-rich foods to your diet:

• Have oatmeal topped with apples for breakfast
• A grilled, chicken salad with lots of vegetables and beans for lunch
• Air-popped popcorn as a snack
• A clear broth soup with lots of veggies as part of your dinner
• Drink water and/or herbal tea throughout the day to keep away hunger panes.

Have fun tasting new vegetables and fruits. Experiment with new ways to prepare them. Try out different soups or stews in the crook pot, especially with the weather growing chilly!

Losing weight doesn't have to be dull; nor does it mean you have to be hungry. Eating fiber rich foods with a high water content can help keep you satisfied as you work towards becoming a healthier (and lighter) you.

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Originally posted 2007-11-07 08:00:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Portion sizes have increased since the 1950s, in restaurants and at home, but many people continue to eat everything put in front of them.

For example, a serving of French fries during the 1950s was about 2 oz. Today, a typically serving size is about 6 oz. A soft drink used to be about 7 fl oz. Today, it has grown to 12 fl oz or larger.

Unless your body burns calories like crazy, eating larger portions = weight gain.

What does a serving really look like?

• 1 slice of bread - size of a CD case
• 1 medium apple, orange, banana, or pear
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup of vegetables, fruit, or cooked pasta, cereal, rice, beans, or tofu - the size of an ice cream scoop or one small hand cupped
• 1 Cup leafy vegetables - size of a baseball or 2 small hands cupped
• 1 Cup milk or yogurt - a woman's clenched fist
• 2-3 oz meat, poultry, or fish - a deck of cards
• 1 1/2 oz cheese - 2 dominoes side by side
• 2 Tablespoons peanut butter - 2 thumbs side by side
• 1/2 cup ice cream -1 ice cream scoop
• 1 serving of chips - 1 handful

If you’re trying to lose weight, take a look at your portion sizes. Make sure what you think is a serving really is just one serving. And then next time your dining out, ask for a to-go box at the end of the meal, especially if you happen to eat at the Cheesecake Factory! Doggie bags are always the fashion there!

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Originally posted 2007-11-12 08:01:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Severely restricting calories and certain kinds of foods for the next few days isn't the answer. In fact, that can just set you up for a binge later in the week! We can get back on the healthy eating track in a much gentler way:

1. Eat! Seems almost contradictory to eat after a day of eating! The point here is to feed the body with healthy foods, prevent blood sugar crashes, avoid binges. Focus on eating at regular intervals throughout the day instead of just grazing. Eat light and healthy, but don't drastically cut calories. Make an effort to take your time and pay attention to what you're eating too.

2. Include protein. Ah, here's my new found friend again. Good ol' protein will help keep you satisfied for a longer period of time, dull sugar cravings, and help your body repair. Good protein sources that will feel good to a bloated tummy are: eggs, tofu, baked or poached chicken breast or turkey breast, or lean fish - all without any added grease, of course! I wouldn't call a bacon double cheeseburger the best protein option after a day of splurging!

3. Hide the salt shaker. The meals at my family celebrations tend to be a lot higher in sodium than what I eat on a regular basis. The higher sodium consumption is a major factor in sporting the bloated look the next day too. I personally don't favor this look, not very fashionable for spring. So, the next few days after the splurge, really focus on not using salt in your meals. There are so many other herbs and spices that can flavor your meals extremely well, and even make them tastier than by using salt alone!

4. Fill up - with Water. Big, family dinners are oftentimes accompanied by carbonated, sugary beverages,wine, beer, and coffee. Then there's the salt your body has to deal with, as well (see #3). Chances are you may be dehydrated from your big meal. My Easter dinner was spent at my cousin's house where the drink options included about 10 different pops! uh... sodas! Cokes! (Pick your geographic term for carbonated beverage.) I chose ginger ale and only had a little. Of course, I could have discretely filled my plastic blue cup with tap water from the kitchen! But perhaps that's a lesson learned for next year?

Suffice it to say, water is your best friend after a day of splurging. The next couple of days after the big party, focus on drinking lots of water! Flush your system, stay hydrated, and keep cravings at bay!

5. Eat your veggies and fruits too. Vegetables and fruits are low in calories and high in nutrients and fiber. They will fill you up without filling you out. You will get needed nutrients and be able to feel good about what you're eating. That's very important after a day of overeating! You don't want to linger on feeling guilty! Fruit might also help if you're craving something sweet too. (I'm still working towards achieving this!)

6. Exercise, lightly. I know I personally want to exercise - a lot - the day after a big holiday meal, but sometimes I just physically don't feel up to it. My get up and go got up and left once I put a lot of rich foods in my body! But, instead of forgoing any kind of exercise, just decrease the intensity or duration for day. Take a walk. Practice a few yoga positions. Go to the park with your kids and swing on the swings. Get on the treadmill for 20 minutes instead of 40. Or, just do an easy exercise DVD.

And don't go to the other extreme of beating yourself up and overdoing it on the exercise! You could burnout, or worse, get injured. Just get back to your normal exercise routine as soon as you can without making too much of a fuss over it.

This leads me to my final point...

7. Be kind to yourself. OK, so we ate more than we should have. What's done is done. Don't beat yourself up over it because that won't help you get back on track! It will just continue those feelings of guilt and negativity towards yourself. I tend to be hard on myself if I "mess up." I'm learning to ease up. I'm learning that beating myself up doesn't really help at all but instead leads to bad habits (restricting, binges, over exercising, obsessing about weight etc. etc. etc. and so forth).

Now I try to look at splurges and learn from them. Why did I eat the way I did? How could I have done it differently? What will I do the next time? This is helpful. This keeps me mindful of what I eat. This is what will keep me on track at future celebratory meals.

These are just a few tips to get you back on track after a splurge. You probably have ideas of your own, so feel free to share them in the comments section!

OK, now you may have been wondering, "So exactly how did Ms. Susan do this past Easter weekend?" The answer: Not bad! I'm very very pleased to say that! I did try samples of ham, cheesy potato casserole, corn, a roll, a strawberry, whipped cream salad, one chocolate chip cookie (how was that possible?), and one chocolate egg... plus my ginger ale. I didn't pile the food on my plate, and I even avoided the big Easter cake surrounded by yellow Peeps and the bowl of pastel M&Ms set out for munching as we discussed the latest happenings in our lives. Oh, I was quite pleased with myself.

Yet, when my husband and I returned home from our fun weekend, I noticed 1 Cadbury creme egg sitting in my little Easter chick bowl, it's red, blue, and yellow wrapper shining in the kitchen light. Yes, I am guilty of liking those hideous Cadbury creme eggs. Yes, I am guilty of eating a few of them this Easter season. But I am happy to announce that this one still sits in it's little bowl uneaten... at least until later this week!

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Originally posted 2008-03-24 13:59:49. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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15 Reasons not to own a scale:

1. It doesn't measure how much fat you have.
2. It doesn’t measure how much muscle you have.
3. It's too easy to stub your toe on a scale.
4. It unnecessarily takes up necessary space.
5. It doesn't do much for the room's decor.
6. It increases stress.
7. It can be your best friend and worst enemy within a matter of days.
8. It's unforgiving.
9. The numbers always zoom upwards instead of down.
10. It makes you talk out loud… to no one.
11. A scale tends to make you feel like produce or a piece of meat as soon as you step on it.
12. You have to lose your clothes (and your dignity) if you want an accurate result.
13. You have to starve, dehydrate, and clean out your intestines if you want the 'best' result.
14. For the cost of a good scale, you could go out for a very nice dinner.
15. If I want to see a 3-digit number, I’d rather look a 100 dollar bill in my hand!

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It would probably be best to not mention some of the more ridiculous diets that have claimed unparalleled success, such as the Chocolate and Pasta Diet or the Magnetic Diet, but it’s important to point out that some people took these diets seriously, even though they seemed far fetched. Sometimes national vanity and obsession with body standards get the best of the community, and dieters buy into bad ideas for the promise of quick and easy results.

Other, more successful, plans, like the Atkins diet, promise users that the weight would just drop off, and all they had to do was completely remove carbohydrates from meal intake. The purpose was to change the body’s metabolism to high protein foods. It works in theory, but the results were short-term. The diet also caused a massive increase in loss of muscle mass, blood sugar levels, and caloric intake, and proved to be a very unhealthy tactic.

Although the Atkins Diet is an idea of the past, there’s always a current craze. Currently, Cleansing or Liquid Diet is very popular. It encourages steps to continue the program, such as chugging maple syrup or cayenne concoctions. The diet also limits users to a regimen of juice liquids to flush out the toxins in your body. Many celebrities and representatives have thrown figures around, but they’re based on a false premise. Liquid diets in the long-term can cause serious damage to your body and lead to disordered eating. Not consuming solid food will help you lose weight initially, but it will also create an inability for your body to digest solid foods. Eventually this fad will, like all the others, fade away into obscurity to leave room for the next fad.

There isn’t a quick fix or magic bullet for weight loss. It’s important to note that technology has increased our understanding of how the body works, when it works best. Every person is different and burns fat in different ways. This realization is an important part of changing habits for weight loss. Technology and healthier living has worked well together for dieting and alternatives for other health risks, such as smoking. The electronic cigarette is an example of how, if used wisely, technology and knowledge of the body can give results that don't put the human body under duress. When a diet craze in pill form or any other delivery vehicle boasting the latest technological breakthrough pops up, keep this in mind - if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

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This is just one of the reasons why I dislike scales and don’t even own one. For those of you who are discouraged and ready to give up your exercising and eating clean efforts simply because you’re not getting lighter, pleeeease don’t!!!!

When someone says, “I’ve lost weight,” what does that mean, really? Is that weight water? Fat? Muscle?

We don’t want to lose muscle weight. Muscle is what burns most calories and boosts your metabolism. Muscle is what gives you that toned and cut look – Exhibit A: MizFit’s arms. Muscles like those don’t magically grow from Twinkie consumption.

Muscle is also heavier, yet denser, than fat. This means muscle takes up less space (yay) but weighs more (potentially discouraging).

A better determination of your progress would be a body fat composition analysis. Many gyms offer this test with skin calipers. Some medical centers or universities offer more accurate (and extensive and pricey) methods through dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) or hydrostatic weighing.

More conveniently, get out the tape measure and measure yourself.  Keep a record of your progress. Losing inches can mean a leaner body despite the scale refusing to budge.

Also, how are your clothes fitting? Are they feeling loose these days?  That's a real easy way to gauge your fat blasting progress.

And speaking of feeling, how do you feel? Do you feel leaner, more energetic? Can you exercise longer, go faster, life heavier? If yes, you’re getting fitter, and that’s nothing to get discouraged about! So, even  if those pesky numbers on the scale aren't dropping like you expect, keep exercising, keep working on your eating habits, and don't ever give up!

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“Milk: It does a body good.”

This advertisement slogan might have been promoting more than they bargained for, but in a good way!

Calcium, the main mineral in milk, touted for its bone strengthening powers, is also a superhero when it comes to fat loss.

Calcium can help you lose weight and get leaner by:

• increasing your metabolism
• helping your body burn stored fat
• preventing fat storage in the first place

By eating foods high in calcium 3-4 times a day it's possible to burn up to 100 more fat calories. That could equal 10 pounds a year!

In fact, if you didn’t change anything else in your diet or exercise program, except for adding more calcium-rich foods, you could still lose some body fat! But if you add regular exercise and keep your diet clean, you’ll lose a ton more - plus, do a wealth of good for your overall health!

Other great things about calcium: It is relatively inexpensive, easy to find, and it doesn't give you those unpleasant side affects that many weight loss supplements do (Can we say heart palpitations, hypertension, gas, loose stools, among other lovely reactions).

Many dietitians recommend most adults consume at least 1000mg of calcium a day.

Where to find the calcium:

• 1 Cup Nonfat Yogurt – 400-450 mg
• 1 Cup Soy Milk – 250-300 mg
• 1 Cup Skim Milk – 300 mg
• 1 Slice (1 oz) Swiss Cheese – 250 mg
• ½ Cup Ricotta Cheese – 337 mg
• ½ Cup Fortified Orange Juice – 300 mg
• 1 Cup 1% Cottage Cheese – 150 mg
• ½ Cup Silken Raw Tofu – 30 mg
• 1 Cup Cooked Rhubarb – 348 mg
• 1 Cup Baked Beans – 140mg

You can get your calcium from supplements, but for the benefits to be most effective, eat actual dairy foods.

Photo credit: obr sandro

Originally posted 2007-12-06 08:00:14. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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