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By Humera Ehsan  Your goal to lose weight should be realistic; as if you lose weight fast it will affect your health. Losing 2.5 pounds per week is healthy, and according to nutritionists one pound of fat is equal to 35000 calories. If you want to lose one pound you should skip 3500 calories and this is possible in various ways as given below. 1. You can lose one pound in a week by cutting down 600 calories a day, with one free day. So, you have one day to eat as you want, but it should be healthy. 2. You can lose another 1.5 pound through workout, and that's very easy to achieve. We burn 10 to 15 calories in a minute with exercise. You can lose 1.5 pound by exercising one hour a day for six days a week. 3. Circuit training is an excellent workout, as you can burn fat 10 times more than the cardio that you do on a machine. 4. Sometimes we don't feel good enough for a specific exercise; in that case you ca...

By Jennifer L Blair  Stress is a familiar part of everyone's life. In small doses, it can serve as a motivator for humans. However, the response to threatening and uncomfortable situations was originally meant to protect us from harm. Having the response occur continually is damaging in many ways. What is This Stress Doing to Me? • Your blood pressure rises. A higher blood pressure over a large amount of time can stress the heart and increase risk of heart attack and stroke. • Stress suppresses the immune system. People who live very stressful lives are more prone to illnesses, such as colds. • Stress disrupts the digestive system. Stress can cause cramping, heartburn, or even diarrhea. • Stress releases chemicals that cause cravings for sugary snacks and fat. This can wreak havoc on your waist line. • Insomnia is common in stressful lifestyles. Insomnia makes it hard to go to sleep. A person with insomnia never feels tired. They are e...

By Shira Litwack   Researchers from the University of Adelaide in South Australia discovered that the way the stomach detects and tells our brains how full we are becomes damaged with obesity, and the mechanism does not return to normal once those people lose weight. Potentially a key reason why most people who lose weight on a diet eventually regain the weight. Only 5% of obese people on diets are able to maintain their weight loss, and most people who've been on a diet put all of that weight back on within two years, often with further adiposity. Scientific fact is obesity changes many communications and interactions within the body, and some of these are mighty powerful opponents. Obesity and sustainable fat loss are a challenge for the majority of the population. The problem is we are relying on weight loss for all so to speak. Let's make it look soooo... simple that if you buy into what we are trying to sell you (fat loss foods, gym memberships, exercis...