MYTH 1. It is possible to spot reduce, or to lose fat in one location on your body.
Spot reducing does not work. When the body loses fat, it is lost throughout the body. Focusing on one area of the body for exercise may develop better muscle tone in that area making the body part appear tighter and more fit, but it will not remove fat. It is important to exercise the whole body, in a well-balanced fashion; this is the best way to reduce fat.
MYTH 2. Doing aerobic exercise is the best way to burn fat.
Doing aerobics, like doing any exercise, is a good way to stay fit and burn fat. But, it is not substantially better at fat reducing than any other type of exercise. In fact, weight and resistance training builds more muscle, which may help the body to burn fat more quickly.
MYTH 3. Weight training will make me bulk up.
Resistance exercise tones the body and improves overall fitness. Normal weight training does not build bulky muscles.
MYTH 4. There is a pill that will make you lose fat, regardless of how much you exercise or what you eat.
Sorry. While there are drugs available and in development to aid in weight loss there is no magic bullet. The available drugs have long lists of side effects and must be combined with sensible eating and exercise plans in order to be effective.
MYTH 5. After 20 minutes of exercise, your body is mostly burning fat.
The body uses both carbohydrates and fat for energy all of the time. Over the course of exercise, the body will use more fat, but the 20-minute mark is not a magic time when the body starts burning only fat.
MYTH 6. Eating late at night causes you to gain more fat than eating at other times of the day.
A calorie is a calorie. The body accepts calories regardless of the time of day. This myth may have spawned from the high calorie, low-nutrition snacks that many people indulge in late at night, in addition to the regular meals they consumed during the day.
It is healthier for your digestive system to not lie down right after eating, so it isn’t a bad idea to avoid snacking late at night, but a later dinner will not make you fatter than an early one.
MYTH 7. Cellulite is harder to burn than normal fat.
Cellulite is simply a combination of fat and fluid, close to the upper layers of the skin. Its dimply appearance frustrates many people, but the fat in cellulite is no different from any other fat in the body. Reducing calories and exercising is the best way to get rid of cellulite, although some surface therapies may improve the appearance of the skin over the cellulite.
MYTH 8. If you do not eat fat, you cannot get fat.
The body can convert any fuel into fat, if it takes in more fuel than it expends in a day. Each calorie you consume is either used by the body or stored, regardless of whether the calorie started as protein, fat or carbohydrate.
MYTH 9. Genes and hormones control your fat burning ability more than diet and exercise.
While genetics do have an impact on each person’s ability to burn fat, the effect is far less than that of diet and exercise. The factors in your control are far more important than those out of your control.
MYTH 10. If you have liposuction, you cannot get fat in the same area.
While liposuction does remove fat cells, your body can easily make new fat cells in the same area.
Saturday 21 August 2010
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Metaphysical meaning of Obesity
PHYSICAL BLOCK
Obesity is an increase in body weight as a result of an excessive accumulation of fat in the body beyond skeletal and physical limitations.
EMOTIONAL BLOCK
Although obesity can be caused by a number of physiological factors, the psychological implications are related to a situation or person that humiliated you when you were young and you felt ashamed. You now live in a state of perpetual fear of feeling ashamed. You now live in a state perpetual fear of feeling ashamed, making someone else feel ashamed or being ashamed by someone else.
You have built a psychological wall around you – a barrier of fat to shield you from the demands and expectations of others. You probably have difficulty saying no and have a tendency to take on too much because you would be ashamed to say no.
You may feel sandwiched between two people, doing everything you can to satisfy both. You want to make others happy to prove that you are not ashamed of them. While doing this, you’re completely out of touch with your own needs.
It is also common to gain weight as a protective psychological barrier against the opposite sex. You may believe that your obesity will not be attractive to the opposite sex and you will therefore avoid being hurt, humiliated or emotionally abused by them.
Frequently, obese people want to take their rightful place in life but are uncomfortable doing so. Little do they know that they are already taking up a lot of space in life, not only physically.
MENTAL BLOCK
In my observation, those with problems with obesity are often deeply sensitive, they are unable to take a long, hard, honest look at themselves in a mirror. Are you able to really look at each part of your body in a mirror? It’s very important if you want to address your obesity and fully understand it. The ability to look honestly at physical body is linked with your capacity to look beyond the physical to the real cause of this problem.
Experiencing the humiliation you did as a child has caused you to build a protective barrier to prevent you from being taken advantage of. You thought you could achieve your goals by being a “nice” person and by taking on other people’s burdens. It is important for you to learn how to receive instead of always giving. Realize that receiving takes nothing away from others.
I suggest that, at the end of each day you recount any incident that humiliated you or made you feel ashamed, and determine whether or not the shame was really justified. Ask someone you trust what they think.
Also make it a habit to ask yourself “What do I really want?” before agreeing to others requests or before offering your services. The love and esteem and esteem that others have for you will not diminish. On the contrary, they will appreciate the fact that you respect yourself and that you are taking a stand. Although you will always be an obliging person, as is your nature, you also need to learn to feed your own soul. It is your birthright to be happy and to take your place in the lives of those close to you. Believe in your own self-worth.
Book: Your body’s telling you: Love yourself by: Lise Bourbeau.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Bodys-Telling-You-Metaphysical/dp/2920932179/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281446314&sr=1-1
Obesity is an increase in body weight as a result of an excessive accumulation of fat in the body beyond skeletal and physical limitations.
EMOTIONAL BLOCK
Although obesity can be caused by a number of physiological factors, the psychological implications are related to a situation or person that humiliated you when you were young and you felt ashamed. You now live in a state of perpetual fear of feeling ashamed. You now live in a state perpetual fear of feeling ashamed, making someone else feel ashamed or being ashamed by someone else.
You have built a psychological wall around you – a barrier of fat to shield you from the demands and expectations of others. You probably have difficulty saying no and have a tendency to take on too much because you would be ashamed to say no.
You may feel sandwiched between two people, doing everything you can to satisfy both. You want to make others happy to prove that you are not ashamed of them. While doing this, you’re completely out of touch with your own needs.
It is also common to gain weight as a protective psychological barrier against the opposite sex. You may believe that your obesity will not be attractive to the opposite sex and you will therefore avoid being hurt, humiliated or emotionally abused by them.
Frequently, obese people want to take their rightful place in life but are uncomfortable doing so. Little do they know that they are already taking up a lot of space in life, not only physically.
MENTAL BLOCK
In my observation, those with problems with obesity are often deeply sensitive, they are unable to take a long, hard, honest look at themselves in a mirror. Are you able to really look at each part of your body in a mirror? It’s very important if you want to address your obesity and fully understand it. The ability to look honestly at physical body is linked with your capacity to look beyond the physical to the real cause of this problem.
Experiencing the humiliation you did as a child has caused you to build a protective barrier to prevent you from being taken advantage of. You thought you could achieve your goals by being a “nice” person and by taking on other people’s burdens. It is important for you to learn how to receive instead of always giving. Realize that receiving takes nothing away from others.
I suggest that, at the end of each day you recount any incident that humiliated you or made you feel ashamed, and determine whether or not the shame was really justified. Ask someone you trust what they think.
Also make it a habit to ask yourself “What do I really want?” before agreeing to others requests or before offering your services. The love and esteem and esteem that others have for you will not diminish. On the contrary, they will appreciate the fact that you respect yourself and that you are taking a stand. Although you will always be an obliging person, as is your nature, you also need to learn to feed your own soul. It is your birthright to be happy and to take your place in the lives of those close to you. Believe in your own self-worth.
Book: Your body’s telling you: Love yourself by: Lise Bourbeau.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Bodys-Telling-You-Metaphysical/dp/2920932179/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281446314&sr=1-1
Thursday 5 August 2010
Discover the belief behind your weight issue
Physical Block
1. When did your weight issue start? ____________________________________
2. a) Describe your discomfort: ______________________________________________________
b) How does this make you feel? ___________________________________________________
3. Your weight issue bothers or affects which area of your life? __________________________
4. In this area, is there a person or situation that makes you feel what is described in #2, at the time
of, or just before your weight issue started? ____________________________________
Emotional
5 a) Desire: Your weight issue prevents you from having or doing what?
_______________________________________________________________________________
b) Need: The fact that you do not…..(repeat answer #5a) prevents you from being what?
________________________________________________________________________________
NB: Realise that what you want is…. (repeat answer #5) but you block yourself because a part of you fears something.
Mental (belief)
6 a) In the situation mentioned in answer #4, if you would give yourself the right to (repeat answer
#5), what unpleasant thing could happen, what do you FEAR? ____________________________
b) If that happened, you would judge yourself or people would judge you of being what? ________
______________________________________________________________________________
Conclusion
Can I accept that, for the moment, I feel ______________________________ because I BELIEVE that if I am ______________________________, I will be _______________________
(no.5) (no.8)
To start healing, I need to agree to be____________________________________________ for the moment (no.8)
1. When did your weight issue start? ____________________________________
2. a) Describe your discomfort: ______________________________________________________
b) How does this make you feel? ___________________________________________________
3. Your weight issue bothers or affects which area of your life? __________________________
4. In this area, is there a person or situation that makes you feel what is described in #2, at the time
of, or just before your weight issue started? ____________________________________
Emotional
5 a) Desire: Your weight issue prevents you from having or doing what?
_______________________________________________________________________________
b) Need: The fact that you do not…..(repeat answer #5a) prevents you from being what?
________________________________________________________________________________
NB: Realise that what you want is…. (repeat answer #5) but you block yourself because a part of you fears something.
Mental (belief)
6 a) In the situation mentioned in answer #4, if you would give yourself the right to (repeat answer
#5), what unpleasant thing could happen, what do you FEAR? ____________________________
b) If that happened, you would judge yourself or people would judge you of being what? ________
______________________________________________________________________________
Conclusion
Can I accept that, for the moment, I feel ______________________________ because I BELIEVE that if I am ______________________________, I will be _______________________
(no.5) (no.8)
To start healing, I need to agree to be____________________________________________ for the moment (no.8)
Wednesday 4 August 2010
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