Losing Weight After The Free Pass To Gluttony Of The Holidays

The holidays gave us a free pass to gluttony, but what about after the holidays? Zipping your pants for work or fitting into that New Years attire doesn’t seem so enticing after the pies, cookies and cakes you stuffed in your mouth over the entire holiday season. What now? Did you know it is a scientific fact even if you ate an entire cake you might not even add fat to your body? Adding that fat happens overtime as you continue to binge; therefore, you can get your eating and workout back on track.

Going back to everyday life can be challenging after the holidays of lounging around enjoying whatever food you would like. The American Council of Exercise reported during the holidays we might eat over 3,000 calories in one sitting. 3,500 calories equals one pound. You may find yourself feeling guilty and thinking it isn’t even possible to get back into a normal routine. Why not eat another round of cookies? It won’t help. Eating another round of cookies and then another will only lead to obesity and health problems down the line. Slowly, but surely you can reach your goals.

That bloated feeling can be attacked with water. Drink fresh water throughout each day. Flushing out the toxins will help you not feel bloated. Stay away from sodium for a while so your body can release that bloat.

During the holidays we are usually put in front of large meals with many different varieties we can choose from. Going back to everyday life is different, of course. It is best not to look for that large meal again, but also do not restrict yourself from food. Proteins and vegetables will help you ease back into normal eating. Eat three healthy meals a day.

Most people also get sluggish with their workout during the holidays. It’s time to get back to the grind. Start slow with a brisk walk then build up to a normal routine. You can even just do chores around the house to get slowly back into shape. Taking down the Christmas decorations is no easy task! Each day add a little more to your workout until you feel it is making a difference.

Nothing happens overnight. You may have indulged a few nights in a row, but you can also reverse the damage by easing back into a routine. Health and fitness is a lifestyle and there aren’t many people who can go their entire life without indulging a little!

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Diet Back On Track After The Holidays

The holidays aren’t usually the first spot in people’s minds where dieting begins. Many say they can eat whatever during the holiday season then they will work it all off when the new year comes around. It’s much harder to do than it sounds. Some opt out of the fretting during the new year and try to keep in line during the holidays. Many fail. So what happens when you blow your diet? Don’t worry, it doesn’t have to end there. You can get back on track!

You wake up feeling bloated wondering why and then you remember the plate of desserts you inhaled last night at the holiday gathering. You get annoyed at yourself, but remember those cookies were delicious. Realize it is normal to overindulge at times, but now you must put the plan into action to make yourself feel better. The absolute first thing to do is eat some breakfast. If you get your metabolism going you won’t eat too much during the day. As you eat think about what you can do to get yourself back on track. Reduce your calorie intake by eating healthier foods. It’s as easy as that. Working out is essential to getting back on track. Even a brisk walk or lifting weights is better than nothing.

Usually we are not invited to only one holiday gathering. If you don’t want to feel like this every day after the gatherings try to set some goals for yourself. Have one cookie instead of the entire plate. Eat one helping of the casserole. Write this down if it will help solidify it for you. Keeping a food diary will help keep you feeling accountable for everything that enters your mouth. These days there are even apps on the phone to help with this so you don’t have to carry around pen and paper.

Throughout the day as you try to feel better you will probably find many temptations. Your body remembers how yummy the food was last night. Try not to eat the leftovers in the fridge. The goodies are just toying with your emotions. Drink water or green tea to help quench this thought. If you still need something then eat a small snack. As night comes this hunger monster will probably strike its head out of boredom. Tell it to go away and just drink some water.

Each day will bring new challenges, but be able to fight them. If you begin your short walk one day it will eventually change into a longer walk. Exercising will help you feel better and help your body get in shape. As you attend other holiday gatherings remember a few things to help you get through it. Don’t eat because you are nervous or bored. Get away from the table of food! If you drink alcohol make sure to drink water as well. The best thing to do above anything is to engage with others. Instead of eating just enjoy the company around you. Don’t wait until the new year hits to beat the crowd at the gym. Make a choice to change your destiny now.

Soda Is Liquid Junk Food

Soda, coke, pop. Sugar in a bottle can go by many names, but the effects of it are all the same. Soda started out centuries ago as just carbonated mineral water. It was not unhealthy until sellers begin adding things to the drink to make it taste different. Today sugar is what gives the carbonated beverage a bad reputation. The caffeine and acid in each drink don’t help, but all of it together is horrible for your health.

Soda also contains phosphorus which could lead to a reduction in calcium and magnesium in the body. Try putting a tooth in soda for a few days and watch it dissolve over time. If it can dissolve a tooth think about what it is doing to the rest of your body.

It’s been hammered upon us that soda contains sugar and too much sugar is bad for you. Did you know one soda contains more than ten teaspoons of sugar? Our bodies are really only to have ten or less a day! Too much sugar leads to a rise in insulin levels. The sugar also might not be able to burned by the body which will end up as stored fat leading to weight gain. Within the first ten minutes of drinking your soda those teaspoons of sugar hit your system. They are absorbed into the blood causing blood sugar to spike.

Caffeine is something many of us feel we need to keep us awake. It is found in many stimulants. Too much caffeine is not good for the system at all. It can lead to anxiety, panic attacks and dehydration. Forty minutes after you drink a soda that caffeine causes your blood pressure to rise. Caffeine is addictive so the more you drink the more your body wants it.

After everything has gone through your system your body will go into crash mode. It will make you tired, irritable and reaching for another soda.

Most people try to get away with just drinking diet soda. It has the same history of soda, right, but it’s diet, right? Wrong. Instead of adding flavorings and sugar and all that jazz, it has aspartame. Aspartame is a chemical that stimulates the brain to think the drink is sweet. Aspartame breaks down into aspartic acid, phenylalanine, and methanol when it's at 86 degrees Fahrenheit. Sodium in diet sodas is also a silent killer. Sodium not only adds weight to us, but is hard on our hearts.

Soda is the liquid form of junk food. It tastes great to most people, but it is just a fun beverage with no nutritional value. It is served at most restaurants and at most parties, but if people really knew what was lurking through their system once they took a drink, they might opt for another beverage.

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HCG Success Stories Help Support New HCG Patients

Marathon runners don’t usually run alone. So why should dieters diet alone? Support is something that helps us through those tough times when we see no light at the end of the tunnel. HCG patients are each going through a program to reach their own weight loss goals. It’s important for each of them to reach out to find success stories and support wherever they can.

Inspiration comes in so many forms. There are thousands of websites that portray success stories for those on the HCG diet. Many sites have people sharing their own stories to show the patients’ success is only a few weeks away if they stick with the lifestyle. Many sites offer a place where you can discuss the diet with others. This helps ease any fear you may have of falling off the wagon or not finding your own success.

Each person on the diet is different as we all have different bodies. Remember that men and women do not lose weight at the same speed as well as people have different body types.

Finding support is key to everyone’s success. There are support groups in many cities where you get together and discuss what has and has not worked. Some things will work for others that will not work for you, but getting all of the ideas on the table will help. It is also good to hear from others about how much they have lost. If you are thinking you are going to lose 200 pounds, but hear from many others they have only lost 120 then you know your goal is not realistic.

Encourage yourself with encouraging others. You are all on the same journey even if your destination to your goals are different.

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Tips for HCG Patients

Any lifestyle change needs guidelines to help you stay in the lines. A diet is not a diet unless it changes your lifestyle and becomes the daily norm. The HCG diet is a bit different. It does not last for years, but in a 12 week program you should have reset your mind and metabolism to the lifestyle change you need. Getting through that program is not difficult, but there are tips you can follow to stay on track.

Water is a HUGE thing on the HCG program. Drinking water throughout the day will help digestion and flush out the system. Some say ice water even vamps up the metabolism. Water also quenches hunger helping you not feel any pangs throughout the day.

Find HCG friendly recipes that you like. When you are just given a list of foods that are okay to eat it is often hard to figure out how to combine them together in a special meal. Once you see how they can go together your interest will be piqued and you will be excited about the diet instead of just wondering how you are going to eat spinach in the morning and chicken in the afternoon. Combine it for a fun meal!

Be fiber friendly. Fiber helps you feel fuller for longer. Fiber aids in digestion and will help keep you regular while on the diet.

One of the best things to do to ensure you are getting the correct amount is make your meals for the week. Put your meats in Tupperware and go ahead and make salads and other items you can make for the week. You won’t be stressed out later trying to remember what combinations go together.

Watch the scale. If the scale suddenly comes to a standstill you make need to take a plateau day of steak or apples. It’s important to know what does and does not work for your body anyway.

Know the program. Know the diet. This will help you through each step. Talk to your weight loss consultants and doctor to know what you should expect along the way. You are not in this alone. They care about your goals just as much as you do. They can help you find ways to combine foods or to adjust anything in your life to the new lifestyle. Soon you will notice you no longer have the same eating principles you did before and are leading a much better lifestyle.

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Weight Loss Center
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Dallas, TX 75230
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HCG Recipe of the Day - Shrimp & Spinach

HCG Recipe of the Day - Shrimp & Spinach

100g shrimp (peeled & deveined)
200g spinach (or amount allowed)
3T water
juice of 1 lemon (or 1/2 lemon if you like things less lemony)
4-5 cloves minced garlic
salt
black pepper


Directions
Preheat non-stick skillet over MED heat.
Add 3T water, garlic, and shrimp.
Cook 5 mins or until shrimp just turns pink.
Squeeze in juice of 1 lemon.
Add spinach.
Toss in salt & pepper.
Cook uncovered until spinach wilts.
Serve.


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Fitness Fads of the Future

Did you do taebo in your living room? How about P90x? Jane Fonda workout videos? There's always some fitness fad that takes over the world. It loses its excitement over time and we look to the next thing. With physical fitness being taken out of schools kids are even in need of more exercise. The obesity rates are skyrocketing, but one study is showing Americans might just be following workout trends a little better and losing weight. The recent Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found improvement in U.S. obesity rates for the first time in more than three years. The report said that more Americans are now normal weight (36.6 percent) than overweight (35.8 percent). How is this happening?

Many companies are having contests to see who can get physically fit in a certain amount of time. This is not only great for the company's insurance, but the person's physical fitness goals. Companies are giving big incentives to employees to help them see their goals ahead.

Aerobics, yoga and Zumba classes are just some of the classes being filled at the gym. People enjoy training in groups because they don't feel alone. If you want to intensify it Boot Camp might be the way to go. These emphasize balance, stability and core workouts. You can also get fit with groups by focusing on the health and wellness of what is put in the body. Fitness consultants and weight loss consultants work with groups and individuals to personalize programs just for them.

The smart phones of today's world help us pretty much track out our entire lives. There are apps where you can calculate calories and watch the pedometer. Apps even give you recipes for the HCG or low carbohydrate diet. Training for marathons is easy when you have a GPS watch that tells you where you are going and calculates how far you have gone. Technology of today could actually be making us thinner!

Overall it's about being educated on dieting. The cabbage soup diet was a fad that didn't last very long because that weight came back on quickly! Researching diets to ensure they aren't just today's fix is the best thing for each person to do. The base of any diet is to watch caloric intake and get physical activity. Anything that claims you can lose 10 pounds in one day is just a smoke screen.

No matter today's fad to lose weight it can always be fun to pull out the old taebo video!

Is HCG Safe?

Questions about HCG are flooding like a dam broke! Yes, the FDA and FTC are looking into the safety of homeopathic HCG trying to pull it off the shelves. No, pharmaceutical HCG is not included in this worry. HCG prescribed by a doctor is not in the threatening section to people taking it. It is closely monitored.

The effects of HCG can seem too good to be true. You inject the hormone each day and eat certain foods all in hopes of losing sometimes a pound a day. It's real and it's safe... if done in the correct way.

Doctors and nutritionists argue that going on a low calorie diet without HCG will help lose weight as well. Yes, it will, but you will be losing muscle instead of fat. HCG helps with the loss of fat and hopes to reset the body's metabolism. The person cannot go back to eating 12 cupcakes a day, but they should be able to have a better mindset to make better choices.

Homeopathic versions bought at the store have little to almost none of the actual hormone in them. This means going on that low calorie diet is just a diet. There is no hormone helping and the patient will probably gain it all back. Because homeopathic supplements are not regulated by the FDA, no governing organization is forcing these companies to prove that what is listed on the label is actually in the bottle.

Prescription HCG is safe mainly because a doctor is monitoring your body each week. If things are not working or something is making you unsteady the doctors will change it. The diet is something that can be flexible when under the correct supervision. It is not a miracle cure though. There is nothing that can make your body be able to indulge anything and suddenly burn it off. After the HCG diet is over the consultants and doctors slowly introduce certain foods back into the body. It is then up to the patient to keep their mind in place and their activity level high. Even with a reset metabolism a body can fall into the holes of dieting again.

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HCG Frequently Asked Questions

Why HCG?

The HCG diet has been storming the world because it actually works. People are seeing results quickly and keeping those results instead of gaining again. The HCG hormone in conjunction with a low calorie diet triggers the body to lose vast amount of fat cells instead of muscle as in usual low calorie diets. The weight loss in patients is not just due to the HCG, but it is combined with a specific diet that works together to burn the fat cells.

What is the difference between prescription and non-prescription HCG?

If you think you are saving a buck by buying online, you are toying with your health which is much more expensive in the long run. Prescription HCG is closely monitored by doctors and consultants to ensure the diet is working properly. Homeopathic HCG often has traces of the actual hormone and is essentially like being put on a low calorie diet. Prescription is often give in injections while homeopathic is usually given in drops.

Is HCG Safe?

The FDA and FTC are currently reviewing homeopathic HCG as some believe it is not safe. Pharmaceutical HCG is safe. It is monitored by a doctor each week to see how the patient is progressing. After the protocol is over the consultants and doctor help the patient to slowly put more calories back in their meals.

Why don't pregnant women lose weight if natural HCG is flowing through their body?

As we stated before HCG does not work alone. It is combined with a low calorie diet of certain foods.

Will I starve on HCG?

No. The body stores energy in fat cells and the HCG helps lower appetite at the same time. Most people are not even hungry and force themselves to eat. Others are lured to eating strictly because of psychological reasoning.

How much weight can I expect to lose on the program?

Every person is different. Some say they lose a pound a day. Others might lose a pound a week. Usually if the diet is followed the weight will begin to melt off quickly.

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Cereal Has As Much Sugar As A Big Dessert

Dessert to start the day is a form of Heaven for many people. It seems impossible and most people would run from the thought of starting the day with a few globs of sugar. A new study says that some children's cereals are packed with more sugar in a serving than a regular dessert. Twinkies, cookies and cake for breakfast? Kids have been eating cereal for years so we should have known this by now. Why it is an epiphany? As the push to help kids eat healthier rises so does the truth about what is in their cereal.

When a choice of cereal is set in front of children they will usually grab the brightly colored box with "fun" cereal inside of it. This type of cereal is usually filled with sugar to sweeten the meal for tastebuds. The other box is usually chosen by adults as whole grain healthy morsels for breakfast. A serving of Honey Smacks packs more sugar than a twinkie while if you are eating a bowl of Cap n' Crunch you might as well be eating a few cookies.

This list was posted by the study:

The 10 Worst Cereals in terms of sugar per cup:

Cereal, grams of sugar per cup, teaspoons of sugar:

• Kellogg's Honey Smacks, 20.0, 5 tsp

• Post Golden Crisp, 18.7, 4.6 tsp.

• Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch Original, 16.0, 4 tsp.

• Quaker Oats Oh!s, 16.0, 4 tsp

• Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch OOPS! All Berries, 15.0, 3.7 tsp

• Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries, 14.7, 3.6 tsp

• Kellogg's Froot Loops Marshmallow, 14.0,3.5 tsp

• Kellogg's Smorz, 13.0, 3.2 tsp

• Kellogg's Apple Jacks, 12.0, 3.0 tsp

• Kellogg's Froot Loops Original, 12.0, 3 tsp

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FTC and FDA to Ban Homeopathic HCG

HCG weight loss products can be a miracle for those struggling with weight that does not seem to want to budge. It is a real thing and it truly works, but only if done in the correct way. The surge in this diet has had people rushing to the Internet and even the local supermarket to pull it off the shelves. While it is safe when given under proper supervision and prescription, the FDA and FTC are putting a stop to homeopathic HCG products.

The FDA and FTC recently sent letters to companies warning they were violating federal law by selling the homeopathic form of HCG when they have not been approved. The HCG protocol is based on the fact that the HCG hormone triggers the body to release stored fats and deliver the nutrition needed to supplement a low caloric intake. The labeling for the homeopathic HCG products states that each product should be taken in conjunction with a very low calorie diet. Homeopathic HCG is not prescribed and can usually be accessed at a local health food store. It is a liquid comprised of vitamins, stimulants and HCG. Pharmaceutical HCG is monitored by a doctor and is ensured to have a minimum of 125 international units of HCG. Patients must take a blood test and detail medical history before a prescription is even written to begin the program. Homeopathic products are not under supervision of a doctor. Anyone on a low caloric intake should be under medical supervision.

The homeopathic method has many people experiencing various side effects and many regaining the weight. This is often because there is not enough HCG present to truly affect the body. It is the same thing as merely going on a diet and putting the body in ketosis. The body begins to burn muscle instead of fat. Anyone on a 500 calorie diet will lose weight, but pharmaceutical HCG is safe, monitored and has enough of the product in it that it will not make you gain weight after the program is over. Homeopathic HCG could lead to many other health issues if not monitored.

The FDA and FTC says that deceptive advertising is a type of fraud. With no scientific evidence from homeopathic drugs there is not accurate information for consumers to make a good decision. The companies have 15 days to notify the FDA of the steps they have taken to correct the violations cited. Failure to do so may result in legal action, including seizure and injunction, or criminal prosecution.

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Diet by Design
Weight Loss Center
Dr. Harvey G. Davisson
12900 Preston Rd. Suite 1250
Dallas, TX 75230
(972) 918-0000
dcdietbydesign@gmail.com
www.davissonclinicwellness.com

Eating Healthy While Traveling During The Holidays

For many people celebrating the holidays at their home is not a luxury. Most people travel to visit family and friends during the holiday season. Eating in the car, throwing back snacks on the long trip, eating out and not being able to prepare your own meal in your own kitchen can throw off the health kick. Traveling does not have to mean you are doomed to be unhealthy this holiday season.

As you pack the bags and maybe the kids' bags think about another bag you need to pack... the snack pack. Carrying along a small cooler is even better so you can pack water and refrigerated snacks. Instead of stopping along the way at convenience stores you can reach into the snack pack and pull out some healthy suggestions. If you do plan to stop and eat at a restaurant on the way make sure to do a little research. Find a restaurant your family will agree on and plan to go there instead of every fast food choice that is spread out every mile of the trip.

Once you get to your destination there will probably be all sorts of goodies spread out on the table. Hosts usually like to make a lot of goodies for their guests. Remember to be careful when grazing. Research again comes in handy here. Make sure you know what you are putting in your mouth. Calories stack up quickly when it comes to the holiday goodies.

Traveling often gives us a feeling of being away from our own world. We don't have as many things we just have to do or places we need to be which can leave us mindlessly eating. Be careful not to fall into boredom eating. Just because it's on the table and it is luring you to indulge does not mean you need to give in every minute of the day. Make a pact with yourself that you will only eat this or that during the day.

Never tell yourself or your family things are off limits because that just makes it even more enticing. The rule is always to do things in moderation. The holidays don't provide the excuse to pig out just because you are away from home. Make the time more about enjoying family and friends instead of gulping down the eggnog and cookies. Keep yourself busy with loved ones by playing games or having a chat session. Even better go outside and play with the little ones. Make this holiday season of travel a destination filled with love and laughter instead of cakes and cookies.

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Diet by Design
Weight Loss Center
12900 Preston Rd. Suite 1250
Dallas, TX 75230
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