4 Steps To A New Lifestyle For A Slimmer, Healthier, Happier YOU

So you want to lose weight to look better and feel better. You
are not alone. You have the same desire and need as millions of
others out there want to look better, feel better, live longer
and in general have a better lifestyle once you take off the
extra weight.

That said, if you are one of those who have lost weight, then
put it back on, perhaps a more important question is how to you
keep the weight off once you've lost it. You've tried all the
different diets. You've read all the books about losing 10
pounds before the big graduation, wedding or other big event
coming up this weekend. If you've been through that insanity
before, isn't it time for a change of your lifestyle rather than
another stretch of suffering through another diet and feeling
worse than you did when you started?

So, what are the keys to losing weight?

There are four main elements to losing weight and keeping it off.

1. Following an exercise program. 2. Increasing your metabolism
3. Changing your eating habits 4. Changing your lifestyle


1. Following an exercise program.


Starting a good exercise program is a great idea and one of the
best ways to start changing your health and the way you look.
You will gain three benefits from exercise.

1. You will burn calories during your work out. 2. You will
increase your metabolism to burn more calories even when you are
not working out. 3. You will build muscle that will make you
look taller, leaner and healthier. 4. You will build muscles
that will burn more calories than fat.

Your very first step should be to talk to your doctor about your
health and your goals. It might save your life. Your next step
should be to find a partner who will help you be more
responsible to show up for a work out and to complete the work
out. A work out partner should also make the work out more
enjoyable. If you are not able to find a partner and do not feel
you have the discipline to work out regularly, you may want to
start your exercise program by paying a person personal coach
for training and discipline. Most people need 21 days to make
working out a habit, so hire them for at least the first 21
days. Check with your local YMCA or other gym for partners and
coaches.

However, if you cannot afford to join a gym, don't let that slow
you down. You can still walk or run outside, or workout inside
using video tapes or walk on a treadmill. If you don't have
money for work out tapes, you can rent them from the library.
The bottom line is if you want to work out, you will find a way.
Finally, once you have your workout schedule working for you,
offer to help someone else become disciplined to work out.

Helping others always helps you feel better as well. Give it a
try!

2. Increasing your metabolism.

Plain and simple, exercising will increase your metabolism and
will help you lose weight at all hours of the day, even at night
when you are sleeping! Your metabolism is the amount of calories
you burn during the day. Conversely, your body also has a built
in system for self-survival in case of famine. If you don't eat
enough food, you can also reduce your metabolism and make it
harder to lose weight. We will talk more about that in just a
moment.

3. Changing your eating habits.

You're doing better now, but working out and increasing your
metabolism is only a part of the solution. You still must change
your eating habits. Have you found yourself doing this crazy?
Are you eating a Granola bar for breakfast, a salad for lunch
and then eating chocolate shakes and hamburgers from the drive
through late at night on the way home from the gym? That won't
work! You are starving yourself and lowering your metabolism in
the long run, and eating food late at night that will not get
burned off and only makes you feel more miserable the next day
when you look in the mirror or step on the scale.

Do you know that you are setting up yourself for failure? Your
body is smart... so smart that it knows if you are not giving it
enough food, that there may be a problem, and you start to burn
fewer calories. That will not help you look or feel better in
the long run, so don't try it in the short run.

4. Changing your lifestyle and your mindset.

The final way to change your body and the way you look and feel
is to become more active. Walk the stairs to your office instead
of taking the elevator. Park your car way from the rest of the
cars at the mall so you walk a few extra steps. Go for a walk
when you get home from school or work instead of turning on the
TV or the computer. Ask your friends to join you for a game of
horse in basketball. If that is not an option, take your
basketball to a local park, be brave and ask someone to play a
game of one on one there. They might have been feeling just like
you and will be thankful to have the opportunity to exercise and
perhaps make a new friend.

It's all about changing your attitude one-step and one day at a
time. Just remember you did not gain the weight in one day and
you cannot take it off in one day. It is a series of steps that
will lead to success. Another analogy is that it would be nice
to make one large jump over a mountain, but in reality it takes
many steps to get over the mountain, and it is possible. Most
importantly, you just have to take that first step, starting
right now, by reading this article again and then deciding to
"Just do it!"

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Evidence mounts on overeating and obesity link to gene

FURTHER evidence that gluttony can be genetic has been uncovered by British scientists.

Researchers studied 131 children aged four and five who were offered a plate of biscuits right after eating a meal. They found children who kept eating biscuits were more likely to have versions of a gene which has been linked to eating when full and being overweight...

Complete Article: http://news.scotsman.com/health/Evidence-mounts-on-overeating-and.4864402.jp

Viagra may be effective in preventing heart failure

Viagra, Pfizer's erectile dysfunction blockbuster, also has the potential to treat and prevent heart failure, US researchers have claimed.

A Johns Hopkins University team has shown that Viagra (sildenafil) does not just aid blow flow but also protects the heart from the effects of high blood pressure that can cause it to balloon and pump blood less efficiently. The scientists report what is believed to be the first direct, in vivo evidence that the drug amplifies the effects of a key heart-protective protein ...

Complete Article: http://www.pharmatimes.com/WorldNews/article.aspx?id=15037

ED is easily curable

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is the inability faced by the men during the sexual activity to achieve the erection or sustain the erection for the sufficient amount of time. Around 70% of the men in the world are suffering with the erectile dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction is caused by less amount of blood supply to the penis during the erection, so the person will not be able to get the harder erection and if at all he gets the erection, it will last for a very short duration and the person will fail to have sexual intercourse. Erectile dysfunction hampers the sex life of an individual greatly. Men suffering with erectile dysfunction are not able to satisfy their partners sexually as they lose the erection in between the sexual activity.

Erectile dysfunction is supposed to be caused by some diseases like diabetes, heart disorders, kidney problems, liver disorders, bleeding problems, Peyronie’s disease, and atherosclerosis. Erectile dysfunction is also found to be caused by the daily life stress and tensions. Erectile dysfunction is main cause of loss of sexual urge in men. Sex is a very important factor in the life of man. Nobody can imagine a life without the sex. But, because of the erectile dysfunction the sex life of the men becomes unsatisfactory. Men feel ashamed of themselves because of erectile dysfunction. Men face the problem of low self-esteem and insecurity because of the erectile dysfunction. The social as well as professional life of the man is affected by the erectile dysfunction. The maximum numbers of divorces recorded in US are due to the unsatisfactory sex life. When investigated erectile dysfunction was found to be major cause of divorces. Erectile dysfunction has ruined the married life of the men because of the low sexual drive.

Men should not worry more about erectile dysfunction because more worries sometimes make them depressing and affect their performance in the bed. Men should take erectile dysfunction similarly like the any other disease that can be easily curable. Yes, because erectile dysfunction is also easily curable. The first step towards the treatment of the erectile dysfunction is to take it lightly and should not feel ashamed of it. Remember that erectile dysfunction is not the life-threatening disease. Another thing is to communicate about it and inform of this condition to your partner because women are very supportive and they don’t feel that erectile dysfunction is the end of the sex life. Men should consult to the doctor and take his advice on treating the erectile dysfunction. Once you go to the doctor, then you will understand that erectile dysfunction is easily curable.

The treatments that are available for the treating the erectile dysfunction are classified into two parts---Surgical and nonsurgical treatments. Surgical treatments that can be used to treat the erectile dysfunction are Vascular Reconstructive Surgery (Arteries in penis that are damaged are reconstructed and the flow of blood to the penis is increased), Penile implants (A cylindrical penis-like device is inserted in the penis that helps the men to get the erection, Inflatable Implants (a pump in placed in scrotum, two cylinders are placed in penis, and a reservoir is placed in the cylinders or separately below the tissues), and Semirigid or Malleable Rod Implants (two semirigid or malleable rods are inserted in the penis with the help of surgery and this provides the proper hard erection). All these surgical treatments are quite critical and can harm your penile system permanently. Thus, are not advisable and should be done only when no other treatment is able to give you the erection.

Nonsurgical treatments for the erectile dysfunction are considered to be the best solution for the erectile dysfunction. Different types of the nonsurgical treatments are Intraurethral Pellet Therapy (a suppository containing the drug, Alprostadil is inserted into the urethra, the canal through which urine and semen are excreted. This helps in getting the erection), Penile Injection Therapy (Injecting the drugs in liquid form directly into the penis that helps in getting the erection), Hormonal Therapy (levels of testosterone are increased in combination with some other treatment of erectile dysfunction to show the good results), and Drugs (Oral drugs are found to be best medication on the erectile dysfunction. Kamagra, Tadalis, and Levitra are found to be the doctor’s and customer’s choice all over the world for treating the erectile dysfunction). Oral drugs are easily available all over the world and are the cheapest solution for the erectile dysfunction. The side effects of the oral drugs are found to be very less in comparison to the other treatments. Hence with the help of the drugs, erectile dysfunction is easily curable.

Article Source: http://www.articleset.com

About the Author

Jeff Turner is the President of Praxis HR and a Seattle-based authority on high-impact human resources, organizational development and training practices that help companies increase their profits by investing in their human capital.

He is on the SBA's National Advisory Council, serves on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Society for Human Resources Management, and is a member of the Labor & Employment Law section of the Washington State Bar Association.

Contact Jeff at Info@PraxisHR.com, 206.262.8133, or visit www.PraxisHR.com.

Five Ways One Has To Pay the Price for Obesity

Obesity causes poorer health, which in turn translates into higher medical and health care costs. For example, the obese are more likely to suffer from ailments such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. On top of that, there are also other ways in which obese people have to, quite literally, pay the price for their size.

A recent Newsweek article published in August 2008 has outlined five main ways in which obesity results in tangible financial costs.Financial Costs of ObesityAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people being overweight, as well as the related health problems of obesity, put a significant economic strain on the US health care system.Broadly speaking, being overweight or obese involves direct and indirect costs. The former includes preventive, diagnostic and treatment services, while the latter includes morbidity costs and mortality costs.

Mortality costs measure the value of future income which is lost because of premature death, while morbidity costs take into account the value of income lost because of factors such as bed days, restricted activity, absenteeism, as well as decreased productivity.

Complete Article:

http://www.naturalnews.com/024683.html

Obesity 'programmed before birth'

Eating a high-fat diet in pregnancy may cause changes in the foetal brain that lead to over-eating and obesity early in life, research suggests.

Tests on rats showed those born to mothers fed a high-fat diet had many more brain cells specialised to produce appetite-stimulating proteins.

The Rockefeller University team say the finding may help explain why obesity rates have soared in recent years.

The study appears in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Complete Article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7721438.stm

Erectile dysfunction and heart attack

“Men who suffer impotence are being given an early warning sign that a heart attack is on the way,” the Daily Express reported. Men with the condition, which can be a sign of a hardening of the arteries, are 50% more likely to have a heart attack. It can serve as a warning sign to doctors up to three years before an event. It said that a urology consultant, Dr Geoffrey Hackett, had “blasted” fellow medics in a letter to the BMJ for not identifying impotence as a way of spotting those at risk. The newspaper said impotence is particularly good at showing heart attack risk in men with diabetes, and was more accurate at predicting heart attacks than high blood pressure or high cholesterol.

Complete Article:

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2008/10October/Pages/Erectiledysfunctionandheartattackrisk.aspx