How to Choose a Weight Loss Group Part 1

by admin on September 14, 2011

If you find dieting on your own hard why not join a weight loss group? That way you can socialize as well as get encouragement in losing weight!!!

Choosing the Right Weight Loss Group

Remember, Some weight loss groups aim to make money, others work as charities. The former include Weight Watchers and Peer trainer. The latter include, Over -eaters Anonymous, also several groups run by local churches, hospitals, and like-minded individuals. These organizations’ customs and practices differ widely. Some groups are modeled on twelve-step programs, while others are quite informal. Some groups advocate certain prepared foods or special menus, while others train dieters to make healthy choices from restaurant menus and while grocery-shopping and cooking.
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Choose Your Weight Loss Method based on Your Personality Profile

The best way to decide the group for you is based on your personality. If you think you have a genuine addiction and you have a morbid obesity problem then you will need Over -eaters Anonymous or some other twelve step program. Otherwise maybe your problem is just a question of diet. Therefore you could just  start calorie counting, journaling what you eat and maybe start a special diet.

Some of the organizations that could help you:

Overeaters Annonymous

This group sees your problem as an addiction. Your compulsive overeating is a progressive, addictive illness, a chronic condition and part of an attempt to alleviate psychological stress

It is a  twelve-step program which can be summarized as follows

  • In the 1st step of the program, a person admits that (without help) they are powerless over food and that their lives are unmanageable.
  • In the 2nd step, a person comes to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could relieve us of our obsession with food and restore us to sanity.
  • In the 3rd step, we make the decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
  • The 4th step suggests a thorough personal searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselvesand the effects of our actions on ourselves and other people.
  • In the 5th step of the program we admit to the God of our understanding, to ourselves, and to another person the exact nature of our wrongs.
  • In the 6th and 7th steps people ask God to remove their character defects in a humble manner. They acknowledge old coping mechanisms that no longer work and sculpt new behaviours. They are willing to make an investment of time and energy to change their attitudes and actions—“they clean up their act.”
  • In the 8th step of the program, a person makes a list of all persons that they have ever harmedd and becomes willing to make amends to them all.
  • In the 9th step of the program, a person makes direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
  • In the 10th step of program, a person is encouraged to continue to take a daily personal inventory and when wrong to promptly admit it.
  • In the 11th step of the program, it suggests that we take time for daily prayer and meditation
  •  In the 12th step, from a place of gratitude, a person carries the message of personal transformation and freedom that the program has empowered them to experience, and shares it with others.

To be Continued in Part 2

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The Best Way to Lose Weight: the natural way

by admin on September 7, 2011

How to Lose Weight Naturally

It was like my old boss always told it. The tall thin doctor used to shake his head and just say “It’s really simple just eat less, better and take regular exercise!”
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Providing you have checked with your GP and there is no medical problem, you can do it!! Yes you can lose weight by having a normal nutritious diet supplemented with moderate regular exercise.

The three essential points for effective  Weight Loss

1. Increase your metabolism

There are a number of things you can do to increase your metabolism.

1) Never skip breakfast.If you wait until mid morning or afternoon to eat, your metabolism will run slower.
2) During the day don’t leave a large time gap between meals.
3) Plan your meals to in advance and keep them small and regular.
4) Ensure you get plenty of foods with B vitamins and magnesium. You can boost your metabolism by consuming more green  leafy vegatables (such as spinach) which are rich in magnesium. Other magnesium rich foods are Spices, nuts, cereals,coffee, cocoa, tea, and vegetables are rich sources of magnesium. Foods high in the B vitamins also include: spinach, asparagus,broccoli and beans and fish, poultry and eggs

2. Regular Exercise

You  don’t necessarily have to go the Gym. (Even though strength training is good to burn fat and keep metabolism high.) Even just cleaning your home or short walks up to 30 mins can help.

3.  Lifestyle

Change your lifestyle. Forget the TV. Go out more, be active socialize and don’t retreat back to the TV when things don’t go your way.  By keeping consistently making the changes to your diet, exercise regimen and lifestyle you will change yourself. Persistance will pay off!

 

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