We present to you here what we have observed for over a decade concerning weight management and dieting. You'll read tips and ideas to assist you in reaching your weight loss goals.

We avoid the weight loss drugs, we do not recommend them as they can be dangerous, however I suppose in some extreme cases with certain obese people the benefits may outweigh the negative side effects.

Here is where we believe the majority of people go wrong when trying to lose weight.

The vast majority of people eat too many high carb foods and they don't take in enough protein on whatever diet they are on so in effect they are causing their bodies to instead of burning fat to burn lean muscle.

In effect lean muscle burns at rest about 17 times more calories per day at rest than the same amount of fat.

The amount of muscle you have greatly determines your metabolism and how many calories your body burns each day.

This explains why peoples weight yoyo's when dieting. The wrong kind of diet robs their body of lean muscle mass thus they require less calories to maintain the same weight than they did prior to dieting. Basically they have a slower metabolism or metabolic rate with less muscle. Women are much more susceptible to yoyoing with their weight than men due to naturally having less muscle to begin with.

I'm sure if you're interested in weight loss or losing weight you've heard of the Atkins diet. The reason the Atkins diet works so well is because it effectively has people eating more protein while cutting starch and carbohydrates. The additional protein helps a person dieting to not lose and even in some individuals increase muscle mass. Usually though most people have a problem totally cutting out all starches and carbohydrates. As a result I would recommend you the Phase' oLean Starch Blocker low carb supplement.

Secondly a large factor in why people often struggle to achieve their weight loss goals is a combination of lack of physical exercise and exercising incorrectly. If you exercise correctly you'll cause your body to burn fat in a process called ketosis. It may surprise you but brisk walks are a better way to put your body in this ketosis fat burning state than will running.

Earlier we went into some length about how vitally critical the quantity of muscle mass was in a person's ability to maintain and not gain weight. This is exactly why so many fitness experts recommend lifting weights or resistance exercises. This adds additional muscle to your body, which means your body will now burn more calories. As we stated earlier it's important to be sure you're getting enough protein when exercising to build muscles. An excellent High Protein Meal Replacement Shake is Triple Protein Shake.

We have closely monitored for over a decade the exercise habits of men and women who are successful at losing weight. A common thread running through their exercise routines is that the majority of these people do light weight training or lifting exercises (several days a week) designed to add additional lean muscle mass. For more information here are articles on exercise, dieting and eating tips.

In summary if you want to lose weight and dress or pants sizes follow this simple formula.

Cut your excess carbs, eat more protein and do moderate exercise like walking and light resistance exercises like weights. Do this and control what you eat and you will lose weight on this program.

Now there are a number of traditional nutrition and weight loss products on the market that can help facilitate your weight loss, but unless you are willing to do what we just mentioned, you will not achieve your total weight loss goal.

We often get this a lot people are saying a particular weight loss product isn't working for them. This may be the case but certainly not always. For example often someone will subconsciously because they're taking a weight loss product (carb blocker or fat burner) end up eating extra servings. Then wonder why they haven't lost any weight when in reality they would have gained weight without the product. Now let's discuss carbohydrates or carbs, while they are often needed for energy the majority of individuals will eat too many carbs and of course your body turns the excess carbs into fat.

As far as most weight loss products, most people have varying opinions. Here is the issue, most of the reputable weight loss products work to a certain degree. The problem is most people look at them as miracle workers, that will allow them to continue to eat way too much (this is kinder than saying they eat like a pig), not exercise and expect to lose weight on the product. So at the end of 30 or 60 days they weight or measure themselves and think that product sucked, as they didn't lose anything. Meanwhile they conveniently forget their lifestyle over that period. This is why recording eating habits in a journal is so effective and why it is recommended.

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