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You may have seen hoodia on the shelves at a health food store, watched a segment about this popular diet aid on 60 Minutes, pulled up ads about hoodia on the Internet, or learned from a friend what an amazing product hoodia is for people who are trying to lose weight. What is special about hoodia, though, and why does it surpass other diet aids on the market?

First, hoodia helps people lose weight without making them feel deprived of food and constantly hungry like regular restricted-calorie diets. An early study of Hoodia gordonii use among obese patients in the United Kingdom showed that people who took the supplement managed to reduce their calorie intake by 1000 calories a day in just two weeks. These patients had unlimited access to food, yet they ate less and did not feel hungry. Other people have reported losing up to 4 pounds per week and as much as 100 pounds in just six weeks.

Second, hoodia seems to keep people from obsessing or focusing on food, in addition to allowing them to feel fuller while eating less. This remarkable feature of the plant supplement addresses the problem that many emotional eaters face when they eat out of boredom or because of the desire to alter their mood rather than to satisfy hunger. Many people struggling with weight gravitate toward “comfort foods,” which tend to be unhealthy, high in fat, or laden with empty calories. By reducing such compulsive urges about food, hoodia supplements allow the dieter to make healthier eating choices and use food to nourish the body rather than provide temporary comfort.

Perhaps its most redeeming feature as a dietary supplement, however, is that hoodia is both natural and safe to use. Other products on the market are enhanced with caffeine and man-made chemicals, but Hoodia gordonii is a plant indigenous to the Kalahari dessert of South Africa that the native African Bushmen have been safely using for thousands of years. Scientists, too, have found no adverse side effects in over a decade of research studies on this plant extract. In fact, the South African government considers Hoodia gordonii to be a food rather than a drug.

Author: Danielle Vikki Summers
Source: ezinearticles.com

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I thought it might be fun that I shared a part of my life with you guys. I’m 27 years old now and I have been in good shape for almost 2 years now. But that wasn’t always the case! In fact, 2 years ago I was really overweight.

I was 75 pounds too heavy. Yes I know that eating fast food and not exercising enough was not a good idea. On top of that I had a knee injury that wouldn’t go away. I was starting to feel chest pain at times and that worried me a lot as you can imagine.

One day, while I was playing hockey my knee seized and I couldn’t move it at all, so I went to the hospital and the doctor said he had to operate on me right now. The doctor also added that I was too fat and that I needed to lose weight really fast in order to help my knee to cure and my health to get better. Still today, I sincerely think that this event saved my life. I finally decided to lose the extra pounds I had collected over the years. Guess what, it worked! I lost 75 pounds in 5 months and kept it all off since. How did I do? That is the question and in fact the answer is quit simple.

I started to play hockey 4 times a week and stopped eating cookies at night. I quit drinking soft drinks and replaced them with drinking water. This last tips is the key to losing weight. If you’re a soft drink fan like I was and want to lose weight this is the first thing you must stop because you can easily drink 1000 calories in a day. This is more calories than a normal meal. I started to drink water because water hydrates and cleans your body at the same time and adds no calories. Also try to replace the french fries in your plate by eating vegetables. That part was really hard for me but I actually started to feel better everyday so it was a powerful source of motivation. Remember that you don’t have to do all of this tomorrow morning, but start gradually and it will become easier everyday and the fat will come off. The more fat you burn the more motivated you will be so take it easy but start now. I also want to tell you that it’s really important that you don’t feel like on a diet because it’s not one. Let yourself enjoy a fast food meal once a week and be careful the rest of the week. Don’t forget to exercise at least 3 times a week for at least 30 minutes.

Author: Yannick Girard
Source: ezinearticles.com

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It’s no secret that eating out is an important part of people’s lives.

You may have to entertain clients regularly at restaurants or maybe dining out with your significant other is important to you.

Whatever the reasons are, if you want to have a nice, lean body, eating restaurant meals may be tricky when you’re trying to lose weight as the menu is usually loaded with foods that encourage weight gain.

Here are therefore 4 essential tips that you can use when dining out:

1) Avoid deep fried foods

Foods that are deep fried & battered, chips and fries should be avoided as much as possible. These foods will only cause you to consume an unhealthy dose of saturated and trans fat.

Instead, try substituting the side order of chips and french fries with something like vegetables or fresh salad. Most restaurants will never have a problem doing the switch for you.

2) Avoid starchy or refined carbohydrates

This may be a test of will power & discipline for some of you but this means you’ll have to avoid the basket of table bread that is right in front of you as well as the side of fries, pasta or rice that is usually piled on your plate with your main order as well.

3) Avoid regular soda, fruit juice and…diet soda (yes, diet soda!)

I’m sure this doesn’t need much of explanation but regular sodas have very high sugar content and no nutritional value at all.

Diet soda may appear harmless as they are sugar and calorie free but did you know a study done by the University of Texas has shown that it may actually make you fat?

The artificial sugars in diet soda may confuse your body as you are consuming something sweet without the calories. This may actually trigger a hormonal response that actually causes you to crave more sweets and refined carbohydrates.

Also, haven’t you just eaten more (either by ordering an extra side dish or a bigger piece of dessert) when you think you have ’saved’ some calories when you are drinking diet soda?

Fruit juice, when removed from the fruit, are also full of sugar and calories.

But aren’t fruit healthy? Well, yes they are. Whole, fresh fruit is excellent but when you strip off the actual fruit and its fibre (the beneficial part of the fruit), you’re only consuming a syrupy drink and extra calories.

Instead, substitute the above with iced water or a tall glass of iced unsweetened tea.

Just doing the above may save you between 500 - 1000 calories per meal! If you eat out regularly, imagine the number of calories you’ll save with just these simple substitutions.

And lastly…

4) Perform a high intensity workout before your meal

If you know that you’ll succumb to temptation at the restaurant and eat a full portion of bread, fries, pasta or rice anyway, here’s something that you can do - try and get a high intensity full body workout using bodyweight exercises or free weights before your scheduled meal.

Note that a normal, moderate cardio workout will not suffice. Make sure that your perform resistance training at HIGH intensity.

After a high intensity resistance workout, your body can normally handle a ‘restaurant portion’ of carbs as your body uses these extra carbs to replenish the muscle glycogen depleted during your high intensity workout.

So the next time you dine out, try to remember the above tips and I’m sure you’ll be losing weight (while enjoying a meal at your favorite restaurant) in no time!

Best,
Jackie

Author: Jackie Summers
Source: ezinearticles.com

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