LRSU_Dog
April 28th, 2006, 09:19 PM
I have posted this in a couple other areas, but wanted to consolidate it here, here is the "new" and "improved" version. :)
For anyone who is trying to attain a physical fitness standard it is important to note that this is not an easy thing to do... and there are no quick ways to do it.
It is always best to check with your physician as to your diet and excercise - explain your goals and see if there is help, programs and resources they can make available to you. This is especially true if you are admittidly over wieght. Lifestyle changes are never easy, but not impossible - a goal of better health and fitness is an admirable one!
AVOID DIET PILLS AND FADS LIKE THE PLAGUE... in the case of Phen fen and ephedra - they just might **** you... well maybe not, but they have which is why they are off the market.
The truth is you must increase calorie burning coupled with decreased calorie intake - while maintaining proper eating habits. You will need to increase your water intake, a key to proper diet and excercise is proper hydartaion! To loose wieght you need to focus on high aerobic challenges, and avoid wieghts (initially). You need to increase your stamina and body strength which helps to retool your body.
After several weeks if you maintain a routine of stretching and excercise, proper diet with small portions, and no junk foods or heavily processed foods, you will have started a habit of better health. At the point that you attain your goal of wieght loss and incresed body strength you can look at adding wieghts to your workout schedule. Snacks? well who can live without them, just in moderation and perhaps more fruit and nuts than twinkies and moonpies...
Diet and Excercise also tend to be cheaper than wasting hard earned money on fad pills that promise the world and deliver nothing but more late night marketing infomercials. If they did work doctors would prescribe them and the world would be a slimmer place without any effort.
Here are some sites you can use to help you along:
http://www.hooah4health.com
http://www.apft.net
http://health.discovery.com
There are many free resources online and in the real world to help you in achieving your goal! Do not rely on opinions, rely on proven facts... in the end DIET and EXCERCISE will be the answer you need.
I also would make this recommendation... My wife got me a subscription for Men's Health magazine (http://www.menshealth.com/cda/homepage.do) for the holidays - well to be honest I really do like it and there is a lot of good information (the verifiable type) about diet and excercise... among other things :)
For the women out there, there is also a Women's Health magazine (http://www.womenshealthmag.com/)... although I cannot attest to it :)
Best of luck, and I hope this helps!!!
For anyone who is trying to attain a physical fitness standard it is important to note that this is not an easy thing to do... and there are no quick ways to do it.
It is always best to check with your physician as to your diet and excercise - explain your goals and see if there is help, programs and resources they can make available to you. This is especially true if you are admittidly over wieght. Lifestyle changes are never easy, but not impossible - a goal of better health and fitness is an admirable one!
AVOID DIET PILLS AND FADS LIKE THE PLAGUE... in the case of Phen fen and ephedra - they just might **** you... well maybe not, but they have which is why they are off the market.
The truth is you must increase calorie burning coupled with decreased calorie intake - while maintaining proper eating habits. You will need to increase your water intake, a key to proper diet and excercise is proper hydartaion! To loose wieght you need to focus on high aerobic challenges, and avoid wieghts (initially). You need to increase your stamina and body strength which helps to retool your body.
After several weeks if you maintain a routine of stretching and excercise, proper diet with small portions, and no junk foods or heavily processed foods, you will have started a habit of better health. At the point that you attain your goal of wieght loss and incresed body strength you can look at adding wieghts to your workout schedule. Snacks? well who can live without them, just in moderation and perhaps more fruit and nuts than twinkies and moonpies...
Diet and Excercise also tend to be cheaper than wasting hard earned money on fad pills that promise the world and deliver nothing but more late night marketing infomercials. If they did work doctors would prescribe them and the world would be a slimmer place without any effort.
Here are some sites you can use to help you along:
http://www.hooah4health.com
http://www.apft.net
http://health.discovery.com
There are many free resources online and in the real world to help you in achieving your goal! Do not rely on opinions, rely on proven facts... in the end DIET and EXCERCISE will be the answer you need.
I also would make this recommendation... My wife got me a subscription for Men's Health magazine (http://www.menshealth.com/cda/homepage.do) for the holidays - well to be honest I really do like it and there is a lot of good information (the verifiable type) about diet and excercise... among other things :)
For the women out there, there is also a Women's Health magazine (http://www.womenshealthmag.com/)... although I cannot attest to it :)
Best of luck, and I hope this helps!!!