Ruby Weight Loss

August 3, 2010

I Want to Lose Weight but Most of All Flatten My Stomach. Any Diet or Exercise Tips That Will Help Me Out?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , , — Ruby @ 7:03 am

Well here’s a question I just had to answering straight away:

Question: i want to lose some weight, not loads but a few pounds.
mostly i want to flatten my stomach, and lose some weight off my hips.
and i want to find out what type of exercises and foods are best to get rid of my belly and hips.
Answer: jogging is an excellent exercise because it let you lose weight
evenly throughout your whole body. If you want to lose weight in
specific areas, you should target them with exercises. If they are
your problem areas, they will be very difficult to tone. You will have
to work double on them. The best approach is this:
1. Lower/control your daily calorie intake (control for normal
weight, lower for overweight).
2. Run/jog to lower your overall body fat percentage.
3. Target your problem areas with exercises.
an excellent exercise, you can do it in front of your TV: sit on a
stool, and put your toes under something (piece of heavy furniture,
for example). In your hands hold a little dumbbell. Please, make sure
that it is not very heavy, start with one kilo, for example, or you
will damage your back and spine! Slowly move the upper part of your
body back, until it’s parallel with the ground. Stop for a second and
move it back to the sitting position. Repeat ten times. Every week add
to the number of repetitions. You will see the results in a week,
guaranteed! You will see or feel under the fat - if you have any - six
pack and muscles. Dumbbells do wonders. Much better than these
crunches - I came up to three hundreds and there was no results AT
ALL. With the dumbbells you will see it in a week.

April 21, 2010

Vegetarian Diet Tips and Exercise Please HELP!!!?

Filed under: diet tips — Tags: , , , , — Ruby @ 7:02 am

What’s this week’s diet tips question? Let’s dive straight in…

Question: I’m 19 and know I’m a little over weight. I’m wondering about tips for helping loose weight. I have been trying to cut down on carbs and eat smaller portions but there hasn’t been much change. Plus being vegetarian its harder to cut out carbs. Any advice on changing my diet. Also wondering what exercise I can do to help me lose weight especially around my hips, tummy and upper arms. Desperate for advice please help!
Answer: I’m vegetarian too (don’t listen to the fish oil thing, if you don’t eat fish like me!).

Anyway the thing that really helped me lose 70 pounds last year was switching what type of food I ate, not cutting down.

Whole grains are your friend. Anything made with white carbs - ditch it. Yes, this means white bread, pizza, potatoes, anything sugary (ANYTHING). You’d be surprised how much stuff has this nasty processed sugar in it. If it says corn syrup, especially high fructose corn syrup, don’t put that stuff in your mouth!

I recommend trying out the G.I. diet which basically focuses on whole grains and less processed food and is great for a vegetarian to follow. For a start, double up your vegetable portions and squeeze some of those carbs off the plate. Make sure you’re getting enough protein - it’s tough as a veggie. Try out bean dishes, tofu (it can taste nice, trust me), tempeh, soy products and eggs/milk in moderation. Omega-3 fortified eggs are especially good for us veggies. Also don’t forget to keep some healthy fats in there such as avocados (never more than 1/4 at a time), nuts and olive oil.

Spot reduction of fat is unfortunately a myth but you can work on the underlying muscles nonetheless. Core exercises such as yoga, Pilates or good ol’ crunches will help strengthen your abs. Bellydancing, burlesque, or the same core work will help around your hips. Arm exercises - use weights, there are some great workouts you can follow online with just a set of dumbbells at home, or you can join a gym and get into kettlebell and TRX workouts which I adore for their ability to make my arms look less like dough!

Cardiovascular exercise such as aerobics (legs bums and tums class!) or running is also great for helping raise your metabolic rate so you burn more calories, and just getting rid of fat all round. Look how thin marathon runners are ;-)

Ultimately the best thing is to see a personal trainer or dietician and get some real analysis of what you currently eat and where you can make changes, but I do recommend the G.I. diet for learning a bit more about good and bad sources of carb, protein and fat. I lost about 30 pounds on it last year (the other 40 were on LighterLife a programme similar to Medifast, I recommend this if you want fast results but it is NOT a healthy and sustainable way to lose weight, it also tastes disgusting whereas good healthy low-GI food tastes amazing.)

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