I took a big, huge, massive sigh of relief today.

Finally… the FDA did something right when it comes to bogus “magic” diet-fatburn pills.

A panel of experts reviewed Vivus Inc.’s new wonder-pill “Qnexa” today.

They gave it the thumbs-down.

Why?

Oh… pesky little reported side-effects like… (are you ready for this?)…

Heart Attacks
Stroke
Increased Risk of Suicide (yikes!)
Memory/Concentration Loss

You know… “minor” stuff like that.

GEEZ. What the hell are these drug companies thinking?

Oh, right…

Quick-Fix =
Big-Bucks

Got it.

So, I am going to believe that YOU are much smarter than the morons who tried to get this drug past the FDA.

I’m going to assume you want a solution to this obesity pandemic and your own fatloss issues (if you have them) that do NOT involve risking your life for a thinner you.

“Oh, Marge… she looks so thin in her casket…”

THIS IS NOT A GOOD EULOGY! : )

Listen: I get it. I really do.

I’m an athlete and we are always looking for tricks to help increase our performance. But your body is simply too smart for these fatloss-pills people are trying to pass off as “a break-through medical discovery.”

Nonsense… more like heart-breaking medical waste of time.

One day… perhaps even in my lifetime… someone will invent a chemical that actually works to shed bodyfat without harming the body. That will be a great day for all of us.

Even so, I can all but promise you that this chemical will have its nasty side-effects and/or be limited in duration or power.

Nothing, repeat NOTHING you can pop in your mouth will give you the JOY that managing your dietplan and bodyweight can give you.

NOTHING!

It’s one of the greatest feelings in the world.

And here’s a fantastic clue for you: The reason we want to be thin is because of the FEELING it gives us. Most everything we do is based on feelings.

Quick-fixes negate the most powerful thing about feelings: Earning the right to have them!

Think of it this way: Would you feel more alive and powerful if you climbed a mountain or if you took a helicopter ride to the summit?

Sure, the helicopter is easy… but which is more personally rewarding?

Think of your own body transformation goals as your personal mountain to climb.

No helicopters… just really good guides (I volunteer) and solid climbing tools (like a great real-world dietplan, solid workouts that work WITH your schedule, and realistic but exciting goals.)

Your goals will become your base camps along your summit of your personal journey to the best you possible.

Color me silly, but I think that sounds FAR more empowering and rewarding that popping pills.

As you probably know I wrote one of the top books in the world on “real-world” weighttloss (spelled that way so the spambox won’t eat your email… : ) I made this dietary System as easy as possible… but NO plan is “easy” and there is NO quick-fixes out there without serious pricetags.

That said, I have some “rebel tricks” to share with you today… and they won’t put you six feet under before your time.

Just click on the page below and then click on “Articles”… then you’ll see it. It’s the first article, “3 Diet Secrets Revealed”.

Go here:

Video Plus Articles Homepage

You can’t sell this stuff in a bottle… but it works to get the bodyfat off and keep it off.

Remember:

Don’t Quit… Get Fit.

Sincerely,

J O N B E N S O N

—-> SPECIAL NOTE: On the article page above, be sure to read until the bottom. If you like that article you can now just click a button and share it with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, or any number of cool sites.

The button looks like this:

P.S. If you pick up my dietplan (on the article page above) you’ll find in the Member’s Area three supplements that actually DO work to help you burn-off-fat… but they do not work like magic. They work like they’re supposed to: Realistically, and without harming your body. I take them. So should you.

Technorati Tags: Every Other Day Diet, fat loss, Health, weight loss

Another good article appeared today in the fitness section of MSNBC.

Since you’re busy, I’ll do a quick summary of the article — the good stuff, the bad stuff, and what you need to do today to get started…

First, you need to know this…

And this will probably shock you…

Rarely, if EVER, do you need to suppress your appetite!

The real secret is to increase your metabolism… the rate at which your body uses food for fuel.

Then being hungry is a good thing… as long as you’re eating the right foods at the right time.

My “Favorite Foods” plan is a great way to do this…

My “Favorite Foods” Dietplan revealed <== click.

But let’s say you want to curb your appetite at night…. that’s the time most people really lose it on a dietplan. Even on a plan that ASKS you to eat frequently like mine, there are times where night-time cravings need to be put to sleep.

So use these tips from the article to ease the urge to eat at night:

1. Protein First

As I say in my dietplan, “Rise and shine with protein.” What does this have to do with night-time cravings you ask?

Everything.

Set the body up to use your own fat-stores for fuel by eating protein in the morning and your appetite FOR fatty foods goes way down during the day and the night. Protein is “thermogenic”, meaning it helps increase your metabolism. It also acts as a natural appetite regulator.

Notice I said “regulator” and not “suppressant.” That’s because you only need to regulate your appetite, no matter how much bodyfat you desire to drop.

I show you how here:

My “Favorite Foods” Dietplan revealed <== click.

Cool, right?

2. Go For The Grapefruit

In a study at the Nutrition and Metabolic Research Center at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego, people who ate half a grapefruit with each meal lost an average of 3.6 pounds in three months. That doesn’t sound like a lot (and it isn’t) but that’s ALL they changed.

It doesn’t matter for our purposes… we want to lower insulin at night. Why? Insulin is not only dangerous for your health in excess but it also can cause a LOT of fat storage if secreted too much at night. Enter the lowly grapefruit.

A great snack, especially if you have a few bites of lean protein with it.

3. Smell This!

This is a trick I didn’t know about until recently.

Smelling food can trick your brain into thinking you’ve eaten.

A recent study found that those who inhaled peppermint in scent form every 2 hours at (get this) 2700 calories LESS per week than they normally did.

Let me put that in perspective: That’s a fatloss of more than half a pound a week… from sniffing peppermint!

Vanilla also works. You can keep vanilla-scented drops or even candles around the office and take a wiff every few hours.

How easy is that?

The Bad Part

The MSNBC article goes on with advice like “eat potatoes” and “eat just a little bit of fat”, both of which are nonsense.

Potatoes may fill you up, but they are still starch – and starch should be consumed on your “off” days.

Potatoes are especially bad due to the higher-than-desired glycemic index of 85 (anything over 50 is too high.)

You also need dietary fat… and not just “a little.” You need a moderate amount to stay healthy and keep insulin regulated.

Olive oil and even coconut oil are excellent sources, as are naturally occurring fats in fresh fish, grass-fed beef, farm-raised chicken and whole eggs.

The rest of the article is common sense stuff: Workout, eat dense food that requires you to chew a lot (tire out the jaw muscles and you naturally eat less), etc.

The top 3 are the real winners.

Technorati Tags: appetite, Every Other Day Diet, fat loss, weight loss

I bet you didn’t know this …

Obesity…even being overfat… is a disease.

No, really.

At least that’s what several social groups wish you to believe. “Suffers Of Obesity” is just one of those groups. Their entire stance is obesity (which, btw, can be only 30lbs or so over your ideal bodyweight) is an actual disease.

Well, is it?

Yes… and no.

Comedian Ricky Gervais has a hilarious go at this stance… that obesity is a disease. You sometimes have to laugh, you know? ; )

“No… it’s not a disease… it’s greed. You just love to eat,” or so Gervais believes.

Well, in my first newsletter for 2010, a new decade with new ideas, I’m here to share a new idea with you:

     We really need to redefine some words.

One of those words is “disease”.

Case-in-point:  Wikipedia.com defines disease…

“In human beings, “disease” is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain, dysfunction, distress, social problems, and/or death to the person afflicted, or similar problems for those in contact with the person. In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories.”

Let’s think about that.

If you bump your knee against a sharp object, is this a new disease called “bumpuskneeitis?” Er… no. It’s an accident. Sure, it may ’cause’ a specific set of symptoms that could broadly (as in as broad as the back-side of a barn) be considered a “disease”, but … no. It’s an accident with biological consequences.

Social problems?  So, if I decide to read 17 books on why my parents suck as a teenager and develop anti-social behavior, is this a “disease”?  NO!  This is the angst of youth combined, perhaps, with poor parenting!  Sure, it can lead to mental issues that could be classified as “disease”, but guess what?

It’s totally within your control. No one force-fed the books to the teen. And no one is force-feeding you, or anyone you know.

That decision is yours and yours alone… and anyone, repeat ANYONE on the face of planet earth can change their behaviors and attitudes toward food.

Okay, some more thoughts on disease:

Let me give you a few examples of what is typically thought of as “disease”…

— Leprosy
— Cancer
— Hypothyroidism

We’ll just take three… there are thousands as you know.

Now, we can all agree that these three states represent true “disease”. The first you could catch by accident; the second is a combination of genetics, environment, and who-knows-what-else, and the third is almost always genetic.

One, cancer, is something you ‘may’ be able to do something about. For example, lung cancer. 90% of lung cancer patients contract the disease from smoking.

Let’s just cover these 90%, shall we?

And folks, I’m asking for an open mind here…

Is lung cancer, in the case of the 90%, REALLY a disease?

     Or is it a biological consequence?

Sure, “cancer” is a disease. But what caused it in this case? Something involuntary? Hardly. Something that could not be stopped?

No way.

The 90% caused it. Period.

Welcome to the real world.

So, I propose this:  We redefine “disease” as an abnormal biological condition that we DO NOT have direct cause or effect over.

Airborne viruses: Disease.  Obesity: NOT a disease.

And yes, lung cancer in chain smokers:  NOT a disease; it’s a biological outcome. The end result should be treated as a disease, of course, but come on: Where is the responsibility folks?

Life, if you want to life it fully and without fear, is ALL about taking total responsibility. That’s empowerment. Anything less is… well, LESS.

In our example, lung cancer is no more a “disease” than, say, me hitting myself over the head with a hammer every day and causing brain damage is a disease.

Brain damage (not self-induced) = disease.

Brain damage caused by self-inflicted hammer-hitting = biological consequence. In this case of sheer stupidity!

Now, one could (and many will) make the argument that I had a “mental” disease that caused me to WANT to hit myself over the head with a hammer… but… well…

At this point we need to redefine the word “disease” in my opinion. Here’s why:

First, if this were the case, I could say that all criminals have a disease.

They all have a mental disease that makes them want to kill, steal… you name it.

This may in fact BE true… we do not know… but do we hold them NOT responsible if it is? No, we do not.

And that brings us back to obesity.

     Obesity and being overfat is not a disease folks…
     —— >  it’s a biological consequence.

And, with the exception of the extremely ‘rare’ cases of total glandular dysfunction from birth, obesity… your bodyweight… is your responsibility.

Period. End of story.

Sorry, but that’s the way the ball bounces.

Am I being mean? No. I was obese. I have a right to speak my mind about it, and trust me:  My depression (a disease… sorta… some genetic, but a lot of it was caused by eating too much sugar) definitely aided in my obesity.

Then how come I’m not obese any more?

I found a better way to eat. I re-trained my body to crave this style of eating (and exercise) over stuffing myself with pizza and burgers every day.

Here’s what I use:

Click.Here———–>  My No-Disease No-Obesity Wake-up Call!

It torches bellyfat… and it reprograms the body and mind to use food as fuel… especially if you use my “7 Minute Body” workout system (you can get it at 77% off after you pick up EODD on the page above… ; )

So be brave. Be fearless. And be responsible.

Oh… and be sure not to catch “internetemailitis”… its a disease that causes you to want to check your email more than 10 times a day.

I have it. So be careful… may be contagious. : )

P.S. In my journey from obesity to total leanness I had to overcome ‘real’ diseases, like pituitary failure from a high fever (i.e. viral pneumonia that almost killed me) and, yes, clinical depression (partially my fault; partially not… i.e. half disease, half biological consequence.) So I have sympathy, believe me. But I also know what you can do once you have a solid plan in place and a determined mind.

Then no “disease” can stop you… at least the ones that do not kill you.

So go for it… be brave, be responsible… and be lean!

click.here ——>  My No-Disease No-Obesity Wake-up Call!

Technorati Tags: Disease, Every Other Day Diet, Obesity, weight loss

Drinking Lemon Water For Weight Loss

Could a few simple sips of lemon water help you diet and lose weight? How does lemon react in the body?
Do lemons promote weight loss?

Almost as cunningly simple in its title as the ultimate “green drink”
lemon water is quite easy and straightforward in its makeup.
It is water with lemon squeezed in. Could it be any easier?

The beauty of lemon water is that it is tasty, refreshing and best of all, pretty darn cheap.

So what are the benefits of drinking lemon water on the body?

Lemons are antiseptic.
Antiseptics are antimicrobial substances that are applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infection and prehaps reducing toxins.

Lemon water has excellent digestive properties and can ease heartburn, bloating and other digestion problems.
Speeding up the digest process to remove the matter faster.

Lemon water cleanses and stimulates the liver and kidneys.
The main ingredient in all good cleansing diets.

Lemon juice contains calcium, magnesium and potassium.
Essential vitamins and minerals for a balanced nutrition.

Lemon water (hot) offers relief from cold and flu symptoms while providing some much needed Vitamin C.
A healthy non-prescriptive boost, when you need it the most.

Lemon juice is a great skin detox. Which may explain why hundreds on the popular cleansing diets report
a change in skin texture and clearness as it removes the impurities from the body.

The average lemon contains approximately three tablespoons of juice. Allowing lemons to come to room temperature before squeezing (or heating briefly in a microwave) makes the juice easier to extract. Lemons left unrefrigerated for long periods of time are susceptible to mold.

So if you do not do anything else – start every single day with a glass of lemon water. A simple way to start on the road to weight loss. It’s a way to increase bulk in the stomach and put off hunger if you are dieting, and also satisfy and refresh the taste buds. It’s cheap, it’s easy, and it may help promote a healthy lifestyle.
Cheers!

By: Osprey

Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com

I found this free recipe link
No opt in required
tinyurl.com/ozde8g

Click the XML Icon Above to Receive Weight Loss Articles Via RSS!
Additional Articles From – Home | Health & Fitness | Weight Loss

The Secrets of Weight Watchers You Should Know
How Do You Reduce Face Fat?
How Do Fat Blockers Aid To Get Rid Of Extra Pounds
The Natural Colon Cleanser Diet – The Easy Way to Lose Weight
The Natural Colon Cleanser Diet – A Little Known Weight Loss Technique
Tips to Lose Weight Quickly
HOODIA weightloss prescriptions – a true miracle diet or not?
To Trim Your Waist and Get Your Health Back Follow a Belly Fat Diet
The Truth About Child Obesity
Lose 20 Pounds in 10 Days

Technorati Tags: weight loss

Weight Loss Supplements & Carb Blockers

There is no fun being overweight and feeling miserable every single day, we all desire the right physique and proper health throughout our lives. But to try and lose weight through regular work outs is easier said than done, requiring lots of dedication, patience and strong will. How about Weight Loss Products or Fat Burning Supplements which could give better and faster results, if you desire a quick transformation?

Our Weight Loss or Fat Burning Supplements are ingenious, high-tech, effective formula, proven to emulate the positive fat-burning results of ephedra, but without its negative side effects. As Ephedra-containing dietary supplements have been linked to a high rate of serious side effects and a number of deaths.

We offer Weight Loss Supplements, Carb Blockers, Fat Burning Supplements, Health Protein Shakes, Herbal Weight Loss Supplements, and Herbal Weight Loss Pills.

Fat burning supplements like the Adrenalean; is the future of stimulating fat burners and carves its own niche in the weight loss industry both for competitive athletes, as well as the average individual aiming to shed some pounds. These fat burning supplements designed to date are not simply a collection of stimulating compounds aimed to make you feel like you are losing weight; they actually help you lose weight!

We all desire quick results. But when it comes to losing weight, patience really is a virtue. Losing weight gradually (1 to 2 lbs per week) with clinically proven Original Carb blockers gives you much better chance of keeping the flab off. The ingredients in the Carb blockers transport excess glucose from carbohydrates into cells where it is burned for energy instead of being stored as fat. This action results in blood sugar reductions that helps reduce low feelings of energy, hunger, carbohydrate cravings and in between snacking.

If you want to get shredded, you could even opt for Herbal Weight Loss Supplements that are natural, safer alternative to ephedra. Some of the Herbal Weight Loss Pills follow Thermogenesis, which is a process whereby the body generates heat (energy) thus raising the metabolic rate and burning more calories subsequently.

Weight loss is not a hard process but it does
1000
need time and commitment from you to say enough is enough and you need to change now.

By: Edgar Swope

Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com

If you are interested to know more about Nutritional Supplements, please search our site for more in-depth information and resources.

Click the XML Icon Above to Receive Weight Loss Articles Via RSS!
Additional Articles From – Home | Health & Fitness | Weight Loss

The Secrets of Weight Watchers You Should Know
How Do You Reduce Face Fat?
How Do Fat Blockers Aid To Get Rid Of Extra Pounds
The Natural Colon Cleanser Diet – The Easy Way to Lose Weight
The Natural Colon Cleanser Diet – A Little Known Weight Loss Technique
Tips to Lose Weight Quickly
HOODIA weightloss prescriptions – a true miracle diet or not?
To Trim Your Waist and Get Your Health Back Follow a Belly Fat Diet
The Truth About Child Obesity
Lose 20 Pounds in 10 Days

Technorati Tags: weight loss