Nutrition and Weight Loss
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Take Shape for Life® is the most complete and effective solution we've ever seen. Our clients are experiencing remarkable results. Clinically proven to help people lose up to 2-5 pounds per week and up to 20 pounds per month, not feel hungry and have sustained energy, all day long. Call us today or click on the TSFL Logo for more info.
What are the Facts about Weight Loss?
Being obese can have serious health consequences. These include an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, gallstones, and some forms of cancer. Losing weight can help reduce these risks. Here are some general points to keep in mind:
* Any claims that you can lose weight effortlessly are false. The only proven way to lose weight is either to reduce the number of calories you eat or to increase the number of calories you burn off through exercise. Most experts recommend a combination of both.
* Very low-calorie diets are not without risk and should be pursued only under medical supervision. Unsupervised very low-calorie diets can deprive you of important nutrients and are potentially dangerous.
* Fad diets rarely have any permanent effect. Sudden and radical changes in your eating patterns are difficult to sustain over time. In addition, so-called "crash" diets often send dieters into a cycle of quick weight loss, followed by a "rebound" weight gain once normal eating resumes, and even more difficulty reducing when the next diet is attempted.
* To lose weight safely and keep it off requires long-term changes in daily eating and exercise habits.
Source: Excerpted from FDA/FTC/NAAG Brochure 1992: The Facts about Weight Loss Products and Programs
To maintain weight loss, you may have to exercise more than you think...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting at least thirty minutes of moderate exercise most days of the week; this includes things like shoveling snow and gardening. And while this is great for improving heart health and staying active, research indicates that those looking to lose weight or maintain weight loss have to do more—about twice as much.
For instance, members of the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR)—a group of over 5,000 individuals who have lost an average of sixty-six pounds and kept it off for five and a half years—exercise for about an hour, every day. (this includes moderate exercise and activities).
A study published in the July 28, 2008 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine supports this observational finding. The researchers enrolled 200 overweight and obese women on a diet and exercise regimen and followed them for two years. Compared with those that gained some of their weight back, the women who were able to sustain a weight loss of 10 percent of their initial weight for two years exercised consistently and regularly—about 275 minutes a week, or fifty-five minutes of exercise at least five days a week.
In other words, things like taking the stairs, walking to the store, and gardening are great ways to boost activity level, but losing serious weight means exercising regularly for an hour or so.
The Take Shape for Life program creates a substantial calorie deficit through portion controlled meal replacements, eating 6 timees a day. Moderate activity and exercise is recommended to lose and maintain your healthy weight!
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