Easy Slimming Success Is Everyman's Dream

By Alison Wilcox


Modern people are into fast and easy solutions to almost everything. They speed up their cars, their meals, their computers, and their communication. (Texting takes less time than a phone call, for example.) They also want fast and easy slimming success. Giving it to them has become big business.

Everyone knows one sure-fire way to get and stay slender: eat less while exercising more. Even in this simple program there is encouragement to speed up the process of losing weight and toning muscles. Walking is good, but power-walking is better. Wear a vest with weighted pouches, wear clothes that promote sweating, wear ankle and wrist weights - all techniques to get results in a hurry.

Some overweight people are defeated before they start by all the dieting advice and hype they hear. Carbs are good, carbs are bad, fat is necessary, fat should be cut out, protein is good, too much protein is dangerous, vitamins help with weight loss, vitamins make you hungry. There are almost as many diet plans as there are calories in a candy bar.

The advertising is deafening. You can't read a magazine or watch TV without seeing ads for programs that count points, companies that ship balanced low-calorie meals, pills that have worked wonders, and home gym equipment guaranteed to restore you to idea weight and body tone.

Sadly, it is a fact that we hate to diet, have a terrible time sticking to a food plan, let dust collect on treadmills and yoga mats, and just plain love to eat. We don't sleep well, stay up too late watching TV, rush off to work where we sit all day, and get home too tired to exercise or even choose dinner wisely. A magic pill that will melt away fat with no effort on our part sounds wonderful.

There really are oral preparations that help; you just need to make sure they're safe. Exceeding the dosage of otherwise safe herbs or other chemical or natural substances is dangerous. A lot of people get in trouble with with dieting aids because they do not take them as recommended.

A program of exercise combined with sensible portions of foods chosen for nutrition will help you lose weight. Some herbs or botanicals can be helpful in burning stubborn fat or suppressing your appetite. A doctor can prescribe a drug that works for those who need to lose weight for medical reasons. You need to get good advice or do your own research carefully. Then pick a plan and stick to it.

It is too bad that we gain weight so easily, especially as we get older. However, slimming success is possible. Join a group or work with a friend so you can keep on a program that will make you look and feel like yourself again.




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