‘healthy eating habits’

Loss Weight, be careful of the Yo-yo effect!

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

It’s always a pleasure when you can loss your weight immediately. But be careful of the yo-yo effect. How to react to this effect when you are on a diet?

Use tools that work on you
Maybe you do not write a food diary of what you eat. Maybe you dislike exercise. Or maybe you hate to weigh yourself and control your portions, or having to avoid foods too sweet.

Be honest with yourself. The tactics mentioned above have been proven and you need to find a way to use these tactics as you can to avoid the yo-yo. It is therefore important that you use the tools that work on you.

Set goals realistic weight loss
The key is to lose weight gradually (no more than 1 kilogram per week) while incorporating healthy eating habits in your daily life. Incorporating healthy eating habits in your life will help you achieve and maintain a weight that is good for you, so you can avoid the yo-yo.

Take time to eat
Do not eat in the car or watching TV. Otherwise, you may not pay attention to internal signals telling you that you’re full. Furthermore, we live in a society become accustomed to eating too large portions. Eat slowly while decreasing your portion sizes can help avoid the yo-yo.

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10 principles for sports nutrition

Friday, January 8th, 2010

sports nutritionsThe subject physically active should be aware that their caloric and nutrition is very important to maintain the desired performance and meet targets. The following are some of the most important rules to keep in mind when practicing physical exercise:

1. Most of the energy needed during your training is provided by carbohydrates. Cereals, fruits, rice and pasta are important dietary sources for the athlete.

2. Conduct five daily servings of moderate caloric intake, it’s much better to make three large intakes. Thus, your carbohydrate stores failed to exhaust and caloric expenditure derived from the digestive process is much greater.

3. If you perform resistance exercise, such as weights or toning classes, or high impact exercise as continuous run joint or team sports, it is important to have an adequate protein intake. The meat, eggs and milk are some of the most important sources of protein.

4. If your goal is weight loss you have to consider that the combination of diet and exercise is best to accomplish your goal. Different studies show that diet or exercise separately reduces the chances of success in weight loss is concerned.

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