It doesn’t work. You can’t lose weight safely by starving yourself, whether you use an appetite suppressant like the hoodia patch or not. The weight you’ll lose will be water weight to start, then it’ll be muscle, and if you go on long enough it’ll damage your internal organs. Not good.
There is only one way to safely lose weight and keep it off, and that’s to make permanent changes to your eating and exercise habits. As long as you look to a magic pill/patch or miracle cure you’re doomed to ride the weight-loss/weight-gain roller coaster forever. Add more exercise and eat a healthy, well-balanced diet and you’ll drop the excess pounds and be slim and trim for life.
Here are a few tips:
1. You MUST exercise if you want to lose weight and keep it off, so do something every day, even if it’s just a 15-minute walk around the neighborhood. Don’t say you don’t have time for exercise; you have to MAKE time. Yes, it takes time and effort, but you’re worth it, right?
2. Walk as much as you want, but don’t do cardio for more than 40 minutes at a time. If you do, you risk burning muscle instead of fat.
3. If you do strength training, use light weights and do lots of repetitions. That’ll really help you "tone up."
4. Your diet will make you or break you. You have probably learned bad eating habits over time (most people do). That’s not your fault, but now you have to deal with it. Make a commitment to yourself to unlearn those bad habits and re-learn better habits.
5. Eat breakfast every day within an hour of getting up. It kick-starts your metabolism. Studies have shown that people who skip breakfast are 450% more likely to be overweight than those who eat breakfast every day.
6. Eat six small meals or snacks per day instead of three squares per day or one big meal per day. If you eat too much at one sitting, your body stores the extra calories as fat. Go too long between meals and your metabolism slows down. Your body expends energy digesting your food, so eating smaller portions more often keeps your metabolism running high because you’re constantly digesting food.
7. Avoid these as much as possible:
– Trans fat (any type of partially or fully hydrogenated oil)
– High fructose corn syrup (soft drinks are LOADED with it)
– Fast food
– Junk food
– White sugar, white flour, white rice, white potatoes
– The deadly C’s (cookies, cakes, candy, chips, cola)
8. Build your diet around these trim-body-friendly foods:
– Nuts, any kind (almonds are best)
– Beans/Legumes
– Fresh vegetables (green is GREAT!!!)
– Dairy products (as long as they’re low-fat or non-fat)
– Eggs
– Lean meats (fish and poultry top the list)
– Olive oil
– Whole grain breads/cereals/pasta
– Fresh fruits (anything that ends in "berry" is a winner)
– Tea (green tea or black pekoe tea)
– Cold water or ice water (your body has to expend extra calories to heat it up)
9. Desserts and treats are the exception, not the rule. Having said that, however, (1) you can have a couple of pieces of chocolate every day – just don’t overdo, and (2) Allow yourself one "cheat meal" every week where you eat and drink whatever you want as long as you don’t gorge yourself. That’ll help keep you from feeling deprived and it’ll make it easier to stick with your new healthy eating plan.
Good luck!
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."
– Thomas Alva Edison, inventor extraordinaire References :
I do not know about the hoodia patch, but do know that diet and exercise work every time. Try something fun like Jazzercise or self-defense, and eat smaller portions. No tricks, just results. References :
Unfortunately, there is no magic formula when it comes to quick weight loss. I know, as I struggled for many years with my weight. Yes, whilst certain diets worked better than others. Unfortunately, as soon as I stopped all the weight piled back on again, plus more.
So I came to the conclusion that I would change my lifestyle. The results were absolutely amazing. I lost 48lbs in just over 6 months. I have been able to maintain my weight with ease now the past 17 months.
I decided to eat a healthy sensible diet and embark on regular exercise.
Try to keep all junk foods, ready made processed meals, alcohol, and takeaway meals. These are high in refined sugar and full of saturated fat. Junk foods is just what it says – JUNK. With one added ingredient in – FAT.
Try to include more wholefoods into your diet. Such as brown bread, brown rice, brown pasta, beans & pulses. These are high in fibre and will keep you feeling fuller for longer.
Eat lean meats (no fat on), poultry (no skin on), fish with scales on (no breadcrumbs or batter), eggs, plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables (including potatoes – making sure you keep the carbohydrates plain and simple), low fat dairy products, skimmed milk, non sugary cereals.
Try to find some form of exercise you can do on a regular basis. I joined a gym and found running the treadmill really enjoyable. Now I run outside on a regular basis. The move the MOVE the BETTER.
Yes, I do have a couple of glasses of wine now and them, occassional chocolate, biscuits and cakes. But by having them in MODERATION I think really is the key.
August 20th, 2010 at 10:43 am
It doesn’t work. You can’t lose weight safely by starving yourself, whether you use an appetite suppressant like the hoodia patch or not. The weight you’ll lose will be water weight to start, then it’ll be muscle, and if you go on long enough it’ll damage your internal organs. Not good.
There is only one way to safely lose weight and keep it off, and that’s to make permanent changes to your eating and exercise habits. As long as you look to a magic pill/patch or miracle cure you’re doomed to ride the weight-loss/weight-gain roller coaster forever. Add more exercise and eat a healthy, well-balanced diet and you’ll drop the excess pounds and be slim and trim for life.
Here are a few tips:
1. You MUST exercise if you want to lose weight and keep it off, so do something every day, even if it’s just a 15-minute walk around the neighborhood. Don’t say you don’t have time for exercise; you have to MAKE time. Yes, it takes time and effort, but you’re worth it, right?
2. Walk as much as you want, but don’t do cardio for more than 40 minutes at a time. If you do, you risk burning muscle instead of fat.
3. If you do strength training, use light weights and do lots of repetitions. That’ll really help you "tone up."
4. Your diet will make you or break you. You have probably learned bad eating habits over time (most people do). That’s not your fault, but now you have to deal with it. Make a commitment to yourself to unlearn those bad habits and re-learn better habits.
5. Eat breakfast every day within an hour of getting up. It kick-starts your metabolism. Studies have shown that people who skip breakfast are 450% more likely to be overweight than those who eat breakfast every day.
6. Eat six small meals or snacks per day instead of three squares per day or one big meal per day. If you eat too much at one sitting, your body stores the extra calories as fat. Go too long between meals and your metabolism slows down. Your body expends energy digesting your food, so eating smaller portions more often keeps your metabolism running high because you’re constantly digesting food.
7. Avoid these as much as possible:
– Trans fat (any type of partially or fully hydrogenated oil)
– High fructose corn syrup (soft drinks are LOADED with it)
– Fast food
– Junk food
– White sugar, white flour, white rice, white potatoes
– The deadly C’s (cookies, cakes, candy, chips, cola)
8. Build your diet around these trim-body-friendly foods:
– Nuts, any kind (almonds are best)
– Beans/Legumes
– Fresh vegetables (green is GREAT!!!)
– Dairy products (as long as they’re low-fat or non-fat)
– Eggs
– Lean meats (fish and poultry top the list)
– Olive oil
– Whole grain breads/cereals/pasta
– Fresh fruits (anything that ends in "berry" is a winner)
– Tea (green tea or black pekoe tea)
– Cold water or ice water (your body has to expend extra calories to heat it up)
9. Desserts and treats are the exception, not the rule. Having said that, however, (1) you can have a couple of pieces of chocolate every day – just don’t overdo, and (2) Allow yourself one "cheat meal" every week where you eat and drink whatever you want as long as you don’t gorge yourself. That’ll help keep you from feeling deprived and it’ll make it easier to stick with your new healthy eating plan.
Good luck!
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."
– Thomas Alva Edison, inventor extraordinaire
References :
August 20th, 2010 at 11:16 am
No patch works. It’s a complete myth. if it did, the world would be taking it. Appetite supressant is down to your own willpower.
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August 20th, 2010 at 11:24 am
whatz a hoodia patch
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August 20th, 2010 at 11:45 am
I do not know about the hoodia patch, but do know that diet and exercise work every time. Try something fun like Jazzercise or self-defense, and eat smaller portions. No tricks, just results.
References :
August 20th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
drink lots of green tea & water instead and cut way all junk food,fast food and soda from your diet..its much cheaper
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August 20th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Unfortunately, there is no magic formula when it comes to quick weight loss. I know, as I struggled for many years with my weight. Yes, whilst certain diets worked better than others. Unfortunately, as soon as I stopped all the weight piled back on again, plus more.
So I came to the conclusion that I would change my lifestyle. The results were absolutely amazing. I lost 48lbs in just over 6 months. I have been able to maintain my weight with ease now the past 17 months.
I decided to eat a healthy sensible diet and embark on regular exercise.
Try to keep all junk foods, ready made processed meals, alcohol, and takeaway meals. These are high in refined sugar and full of saturated fat. Junk foods is just what it says – JUNK. With one added ingredient in – FAT.
Try to include more wholefoods into your diet. Such as brown bread, brown rice, brown pasta, beans & pulses. These are high in fibre and will keep you feeling fuller for longer.
Eat lean meats (no fat on), poultry (no skin on), fish with scales on (no breadcrumbs or batter), eggs, plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables (including potatoes – making sure you keep the carbohydrates plain and simple), low fat dairy products, skimmed milk, non sugary cereals.
Try to find some form of exercise you can do on a regular basis. I joined a gym and found running the treadmill really enjoyable. Now I run outside on a regular basis. The move the MOVE the BETTER.
Yes, I do have a couple of glasses of wine now and them, occassional chocolate, biscuits and cakes. But by having them in MODERATION I think really is the key.
Good luck.
References :