4 Reasons Why Exercise Will Not Help You Lose Weight If You Are Obese
Losing weight when you are obese can be a daunting task. Everybody tells you that you need to eat less and exercise more. Seems logical enough because the reason you are obese is because you eat too much and do not exercise enough, everybody knows that. My question to you is, how has it been working for you? All these beliefs about exercise and eating less have led to the worst epidemic this world has ever seen. Reflect on this for awhile. Does it make sense or is it time to change the way we think. Are you just part of the problem or do you want to be part of the solution? Lets look at some of the reasons exercise cannot help you lose weight if you are obese:
* 1. When you exercise, your body is burning calories it does not need in order to sustain life. If you are too big, your body is trying to store as much energy as it can. For every calorie burnt your mind wants to replace it in order to protect you. The more you exercise the more your body needs to eat.
* 2. Your body needs all it's energy to protect all that fat around your vital organs. Where will it find the energy to help you burn calories? Every time you undertake an action plan to start exercising your body will shut you down. You become more and more tired and just want to sleep. You just can't find the energy to supply the effort to exercise. This does not at all take away from your desire to exercise, it just happens in your mind.
* 3. Your body is designed to assume just so much abuse. All the fitness trainers will tell you you have to push yourself and be motivated. I do not disagree with these statements, if you are not very much overweight. Exercise, if you are really big, may put not only your joints and all your moving parts in danger, but also your vital organs that are having a hard time just to get the air and the blood they need to keep to alive. Once again your mind will protect you be telling you to stop. It will really protect you. Protecting you from harm in every way it can, that is the message you are sending to your body. Exercise will only hurt you, not help you.
* 4. Exercise is for winners. You need to earn the privilege to give your body the help it needs to get fit. Being really fat is not part of the help your body is looking for by exercising. It's time to rethink all this exercise thing. Food for thought
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Sunday, September 21, 2008
* 1. When you exercise, your body is burning calories it does not need in order to sustain life. If you are too big, your body is trying to store as much energy as it can. For every calorie burnt your mind wants to replace it in order to protect you. The more you exercise the more your body needs to eat.
* 2. Your body needs all it's energy to protect all that fat around your vital organs. Where will it find the energy to help you burn calories? Every time you undertake an action plan to start exercising your body will shut you down. You become more and more tired and just want to sleep. You just can't find the energy to supply the effort to exercise. This does not at all take away from your desire to exercise, it just happens in your mind.
* 3. Your body is designed to assume just so much abuse. All the fitness trainers will tell you you have to push yourself and be motivated. I do not disagree with these statements, if you are not very much overweight. Exercise, if you are really big, may put not only your joints and all your moving parts in danger, but also your vital organs that are having a hard time just to get the air and the blood they need to keep to alive. Once again your mind will protect you be telling you to stop. It will really protect you. Protecting you from harm in every way it can, that is the message you are sending to your body. Exercise will only hurt you, not help you.
* 4. Exercise is for winners. You need to earn the privilege to give your body the help it needs to get fit. Being really fat is not part of the help your body is looking for by exercising. It's time to rethink all this exercise thing. Food for thought
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Childhood Obesity Statistics - The Frightening Facts
Childhood obesity statistics are staggering. Studies indicate that the number of children dealing with weight loss issues has increased four fold, within the last 40 years. Even worse, is the fact that more than 65 percent of adolescents who are currently overweight will remain so, during adulthood.
There are many factors that play a role in whether or not a child will struggle with obesity. These include but are not limited to: environment (including income levels), genetics and illness.
The fast food industry also plays a part in the situation. Why? Simply put, many of their most popular menu items are very high in calories. Unfortunately, there are countless children who consume these foods on a daily basis.
Obesity among children does not discriminate. Although some individuals are more prone to problems than others. According to the Institute of Medicine, Hispanic boys and African American girls are at higher risk of being obese than other minorities.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that Hispanic children, between the ages of six and eleven, have a greater chance of being overweight than, both, non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white children in the same age group.
With obesity comes the possibility of other disease such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, asthma, high cholesterol and even liver disease. Some of these conditions, typically associated with adults, are now greatly affecting our children.
The economic costs associated with childhood obesity and all related illness is staggering, to say the least. This causes insurance rates go up, which means that many families cannot afford to pay the higher premiums. In the end, it is the children who continue to suffer because of the further lack of medical care.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Sunday, September 14, 2008
There are many factors that play a role in whether or not a child will struggle with obesity. These include but are not limited to: environment (including income levels), genetics and illness.
The fast food industry also plays a part in the situation. Why? Simply put, many of their most popular menu items are very high in calories. Unfortunately, there are countless children who consume these foods on a daily basis.
Obesity among children does not discriminate. Although some individuals are more prone to problems than others. According to the Institute of Medicine, Hispanic boys and African American girls are at higher risk of being obese than other minorities.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that Hispanic children, between the ages of six and eleven, have a greater chance of being overweight than, both, non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white children in the same age group.
With obesity comes the possibility of other disease such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, asthma, high cholesterol and even liver disease. Some of these conditions, typically associated with adults, are now greatly affecting our children.
The economic costs associated with childhood obesity and all related illness is staggering, to say the least. This causes insurance rates go up, which means that many families cannot afford to pay the higher premiums. In the end, it is the children who continue to suffer because of the further lack of medical care.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Initiate Reduction in Tobacco Use - Smoking Can Blight Your Life Permanently
About Stop Smoking
A leading cause of cancer deaths, smoking is universally responsible for major cancers, like cancers of the oesophagus, larynx, kidney, pancreas, and cervix. In addition, smoking increases the risk of chronic lung disease as well as heart disease. Smoking may also result in premature delivery and low birth weight, adversely affecting the unborn foetus.
Once a smoker stops smoking or even cuts down on smoking, he will feel substantially healthy; blood circulation begins to improve and the carbon monoxide levels in the blood begin to decline; pulse rate and blood pressure return to normal; sense of both taste and smell return; and it becomes easy to breathe.
Smokers definitely have reduced age expectancy, but smoking cessation can easily overturn these statistics and bring the smoker at par with the non-smoker, reducing the risk of smoking-related diseases like heart and chronic lung disease. Similarly, women who stop smoking prior to conception or those who quit within the first trimester can luckily reverse the risk of low birth weight and other pregnancy-associated risks. Stop smoking diminishes the risk for developing cancer and therefore smoking cessation benefits men and women at any age.
In the interim, quit smoking may also cause short-term after-effects like anxiety, irritability, hunger, tiredness, lack of concentration, weight gain, and insomnia, especially in those smokers who have smoked in high numbers for an extended period of time. However, these changes subside with time and the non-smokers then have the opportunity for a healthier future.
Medical professionals are an excellent source of information about concerned health risks of both smoking and smoking cessation. With adequate guidance and a strong will power any smoker can become a non-smoker in no time.
Reasons for Getting Hooked to Smoking
A state of being dependent on something is addiction and this could be either psychological or physical. Addiction triggers a neurotic or persistent urge to satisfy one's dependency. This urge, also called cravings or desire, can prompt the onset of addiction. When the first craving is satisfied, other more intense cravings will arise and the cycle continues until you can no longer break the habit.
Nicotine dependency is the most common form of drug addiction for both men and women. Smoking addiction is generally nurtured during adolescence. Peer pressure is all pervasive and that can be hard to resist. In females, smoking may sometimes relieve mood fluctuations that are caused by hormonal changes; it can also temporarily alleviate anger, depression and mood swings by acting on the pleasure centers in the brain.
Cigarettes contain elements like nicotine that instigate smoking addiction. In-fact nicotine, a tough stimulant, is one of the most common factors that lead to smoking addiction. Essentially, on smoking nicotine directly permeates the brain, and relieves the smoker from tension. But, the anxiety only sets back in with greater intensity which again demands more nicotine. This alters the chemicals in the brain and conveniently becomes a reason to continue smoking.
If nicotine addiction has to be tackled, it needs to be completely eliminated from the system before a person can become smoke free. The nicotine 'high' normally comes from the release of dopamine, which is a "pleasure hormone".
Why Must I Stop Smoking?
Cigarette smoke is loaded with a variety of chemicals that can be poisonous to the human body. Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, many of which make smoking harmful and addictive. Because of the various problems that arise from tobacco smoking, it is essential that a smoker seriously considers becoming smoke free. The various reasons are that tobacco:
* Is extremely addictive when smoked and chewed
* Causes addiction as permanent as alcoholism; is harder to quit than heroin or cocaine
* Is not a medicine and has no therapeutic uses
* Prevents pre-cancerous cells from dying; in fact accelerates cancer tumor growth rates
* Contributes to artery hardening
* Has a metabolite which may cause cancer; is linked to lung cancer
* May kill brain cells and impair memory
* Is likely to cause brain damage and depression
* It also has the foetus destroying teratogen
* Kills half of all adult smokers prematurely
posted by Healthy Life at 11:42 PM
Sunday, September 7, 2008
A leading cause of cancer deaths, smoking is universally responsible for major cancers, like cancers of the oesophagus, larynx, kidney, pancreas, and cervix. In addition, smoking increases the risk of chronic lung disease as well as heart disease. Smoking may also result in premature delivery and low birth weight, adversely affecting the unborn foetus.
Once a smoker stops smoking or even cuts down on smoking, he will feel substantially healthy; blood circulation begins to improve and the carbon monoxide levels in the blood begin to decline; pulse rate and blood pressure return to normal; sense of both taste and smell return; and it becomes easy to breathe.
Smokers definitely have reduced age expectancy, but smoking cessation can easily overturn these statistics and bring the smoker at par with the non-smoker, reducing the risk of smoking-related diseases like heart and chronic lung disease. Similarly, women who stop smoking prior to conception or those who quit within the first trimester can luckily reverse the risk of low birth weight and other pregnancy-associated risks. Stop smoking diminishes the risk for developing cancer and therefore smoking cessation benefits men and women at any age.
In the interim, quit smoking may also cause short-term after-effects like anxiety, irritability, hunger, tiredness, lack of concentration, weight gain, and insomnia, especially in those smokers who have smoked in high numbers for an extended period of time. However, these changes subside with time and the non-smokers then have the opportunity for a healthier future.
Medical professionals are an excellent source of information about concerned health risks of both smoking and smoking cessation. With adequate guidance and a strong will power any smoker can become a non-smoker in no time.
Reasons for Getting Hooked to Smoking
A state of being dependent on something is addiction and this could be either psychological or physical. Addiction triggers a neurotic or persistent urge to satisfy one's dependency. This urge, also called cravings or desire, can prompt the onset of addiction. When the first craving is satisfied, other more intense cravings will arise and the cycle continues until you can no longer break the habit.
Nicotine dependency is the most common form of drug addiction for both men and women. Smoking addiction is generally nurtured during adolescence. Peer pressure is all pervasive and that can be hard to resist. In females, smoking may sometimes relieve mood fluctuations that are caused by hormonal changes; it can also temporarily alleviate anger, depression and mood swings by acting on the pleasure centers in the brain.
Cigarettes contain elements like nicotine that instigate smoking addiction. In-fact nicotine, a tough stimulant, is one of the most common factors that lead to smoking addiction. Essentially, on smoking nicotine directly permeates the brain, and relieves the smoker from tension. But, the anxiety only sets back in with greater intensity which again demands more nicotine. This alters the chemicals in the brain and conveniently becomes a reason to continue smoking.
If nicotine addiction has to be tackled, it needs to be completely eliminated from the system before a person can become smoke free. The nicotine 'high' normally comes from the release of dopamine, which is a "pleasure hormone".
Why Must I Stop Smoking?
Cigarette smoke is loaded with a variety of chemicals that can be poisonous to the human body. Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, many of which make smoking harmful and addictive. Because of the various problems that arise from tobacco smoking, it is essential that a smoker seriously considers becoming smoke free. The various reasons are that tobacco:
* Is extremely addictive when smoked and chewed
* Causes addiction as permanent as alcoholism; is harder to quit than heroin or cocaine
* Is not a medicine and has no therapeutic uses
* Prevents pre-cancerous cells from dying; in fact accelerates cancer tumor growth rates
* Contributes to artery hardening
* Has a metabolite which may cause cancer; is linked to lung cancer
* May kill brain cells and impair memory
* Is likely to cause brain damage and depression
* It also has the foetus destroying teratogen
* Kills half of all adult smokers prematurely
posted by Healthy Life at 11:42 PM
Puff on This, Smokers
Puff on this, smokers! The federal tax on cigarettes on April 1 went up 60 cents, bringing the federal tax to $1.01 - on top of the regular price of a pack of smokes.
And you can expect state taxes on those cancer sticks to keep climbing, too. The state of Florida, for example, is considering a plan that would add one more dollar to the cost of a pack. This is a bad economy, and all government tax collectors are looking for any way to bring in more money. Several other states right now are looking at new ways to add more taxes to the bad habit of smoking cigarettes. The state of New York has the highest state cigarette tax in the nation, increasing its state excise tax per pack from $1.25 to $2.75 per pack last year.
If lung disease doesn't scare you, how about filling your ashtray with even more dollar bills this year? Non-smokers won't just think you smell bad and are too ignorant to take care of your own health. Now they'll think, 'What an idiot, spending that much money on something that will kill you!' I'm a former smoker, thank you. I was addicted to booze and overeating, too. And giving up cigarettes was tougher than saying no to liquor and fast food. I went from a lot of cigarettes a day to a few cigarettes a day to one or two.
Who was I fooling? You don't quit until you're smoking zero cigarettes a day. Yes, it's tough, but yes, you can do it. This jump in the federal tax on cigarettes will just inspire your state governments to keep tacking on new taxes for a bigger local cut of your cigarette money. You won't find anyone lobbying against it, either. The non-smokers know too much now about the dangers of second-hand smoke and even third-hand smoke. So don't be dumb and broke. Just quit. I did. And if you know someone who smokes, forward this article.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:42 PM
And you can expect state taxes on those cancer sticks to keep climbing, too. The state of Florida, for example, is considering a plan that would add one more dollar to the cost of a pack. This is a bad economy, and all government tax collectors are looking for any way to bring in more money. Several other states right now are looking at new ways to add more taxes to the bad habit of smoking cigarettes. The state of New York has the highest state cigarette tax in the nation, increasing its state excise tax per pack from $1.25 to $2.75 per pack last year.
If lung disease doesn't scare you, how about filling your ashtray with even more dollar bills this year? Non-smokers won't just think you smell bad and are too ignorant to take care of your own health. Now they'll think, 'What an idiot, spending that much money on something that will kill you!' I'm a former smoker, thank you. I was addicted to booze and overeating, too. And giving up cigarettes was tougher than saying no to liquor and fast food. I went from a lot of cigarettes a day to a few cigarettes a day to one or two.
Who was I fooling? You don't quit until you're smoking zero cigarettes a day. Yes, it's tough, but yes, you can do it. This jump in the federal tax on cigarettes will just inspire your state governments to keep tacking on new taxes for a bigger local cut of your cigarette money. You won't find anyone lobbying against it, either. The non-smokers know too much now about the dangers of second-hand smoke and even third-hand smoke. So don't be dumb and broke. Just quit. I did. And if you know someone who smokes, forward this article.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:42 PM
