DietMotion

I hear it all the time that you can get rid of your belly fat by working your abdominal muscles. This is based on some belief that fat is eliminated from a part of your body if you engage the muscles underneath that fat. False! Your body decides where to put fat and from where to remove it. It’s a system that is determined mostly by your genetics, but also based on a few clever strategies:

1. Your body stores fat in your midsection (your abdomen, hips or buttocks) because it takes less energy to carry it around. (more…)

It looks like we were all doing it the wrong way according to News.com.au! Researchers at the University of NSW and the Garvan Institute studied 45 overweight women over 15 weeks, putting them through a 20 minute cycling regime in which they sprinted on a stationary bike for 8 seconds followed by 12 seconds of cycling lightly.

UNSW Associate Professor Steve Boutcher said that:

“They lost three times more weight as other women who exercised at a continuous, regular pace for 40 minutes.” (more…)

The weight loss plateau is that period in your diet that no matter what you do it seems like you are not losing weight anymore. It can be really frustrating and for a lot of dieters this is the point when they give up! Don’t panic, because it’s not the end of the road for your diet and the weight loss plateau can be overcome with lots of patience and a few methods:

• Try to break your daily routine with changing the hours you normally eat, but do not skip meals;
• You can “shock” your organism through disproportional meals. For a week try for example to eat less in a day (more…)

The first step to take when you decided to lose weight is to use a diet journal. Put down your measurements, current weight, a list of weight loss goals, your daily menus, exercises and don’t forget to write how you feel along the way. You can use for that MyBodyComp and create your free profile or you can do it the old fashion way and write it down into a notebook. (more…)

Ingredients:

• 3 potatoes
• spices (I like garlic, coriander, savory, pepper, dill, but you can be creative here )
• 1 spoon of olive oil

Instructions: (more…)

If you want to avoid oversize portions try those tricks:

• When eating, take a portion out of the container or bag. Avoid eating straight out of the container or bag, as it is much harder to keep track of how much you have consumed. Eat cereal from a cup rather than a bowl;
• Get rid of all of your over-sized cups, bowls, and plates. It is harder to give yourself too much juice if you only have small cups; (more…)

Developing an eye for portion sizes could make your weight-loss plan. Let’s say you started your day with milk and cereals. Sounds like a good diet breakfast, right? But your cereal bowl totaled 4 servings and it has more than 500 calories for your morning alone! Look at the label and see for yourself!

Obviously the number of calories not only depends on what you eat, but also on how much you eat. If portions of even healthy foods are oversize it can lead to weight-gain. Measuring portions is the key to healthy and successful weight-loss. (more…)

Low fat yogurt can be very dull, but very good to your diet. With a few tricks you can transform it into something tastier:

1. Put it in your salad dressing. Add one or more of these: fresh or dry herbs, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, black pepper, paprika, mustard powder, poppy seeds, etc. and you have a great salad with a few calories;
2. Mix your yogurt with fresh fruits (berries, bananas, peaches): use a blender, or just crush the fruits and mix with yogurt;
3. Make frozen yogurt dessert: yogurt, smashed fresh fruits and a little sweetener (optional).

Even if you are on diet you can still dine out, it doesn’t mean your social life is over. Think that you could be on diet for months if you have a normal weight loss of 0.5 kg (1 pound)/week and a lot of extra-weight.

This is what you can do:

• Don’t arrive at the restaurant hungry – eat a piece of fruit or a serving of vegetables before you leave the house;
• Be careful of alcoholic beverages – alcohol often stimulates your appetite, and the calories can add up quickly; (more…)

According to MedicineNet, the Omentum is

a sheet of fat that is covered by peritoneum. The greater omentum is attached to the bottom edge of the stomach, and hangs down in front of the intestines. Its other edge is attached to the transverse colon. The lesser omentum is attached to the top edge of the stomach, and extends to the undersurface of the liver.

In other words the omentum is just the big fat belly that looks ugly on the inside as it looks on the outside!

Its only purpose is to catch and store fat. (more…)