Diet Tips For Success

Diet Tip #1 - Drink A Lot of Water

Water is a key element to any diet's success. It will keep your hunger in check and drinking ice water will actually burn calories. Not to mention it will keep your skin healthier, make your organs function better, and flush out the nasty gunk that builds up in your body throughout the day.

Diet Tip #2 - Remove Temptation

Snack food is great, but not if you are on a diet. Get it out of your house to remove temptation. Also if there is a restaurant or café that serves your absolute favorite foods maybe you should avoid it for awhile.

Diet Tip #3 - Do Not Diet Alone

Diets tend to work better if you are not going through the pain alone. Especially if the people you are living with do it along side you. It is kind of hard to follow tip #2 above if your significant other is always bringing snack food back home for themselves.

Diet Tip #4 - Do Cardio

If you really want to burn the fat you have to do cardio. The more cardio you do the faster the weight will melt off your body. Set a goal of 60 minutes of sustained activity per day.

Diet Tip #5 - Do Strength Training

Strength training is an often over looked area in a fitness plan and weight loss plan. Building muscle is one of the best weapons you can use against fat. In fact the more muscle you have the easier it will become to burn fat and keep it off.

Diet Tip #6 - Bring Your Lunch with You

It is just too easy to break your diet rules when you take your lunch at school or work. Make your lunch the night before and bring it with you, that way you will know exactly how many calories you are eating and take away the temptation to grab a lunch that is just a little bit to unhealthy for a person trying to lose weight.

Diet Tip #7 - Eat Plenty of Protein

Foods rich in protein are essential to any diet. First, protein builds muscle so it is crucial to your strength training efforts. Second, protein rich food make you feel more full when compared to an equal serving of food that is high in carbohydrates.

Diet Tip #8 - Get Plenty of Sleep

Sleep is one of those all around mind / body health necessities. Your body repairs and refreshes itself when it is sleeping. Additionally if you do not get enough sleep your metabolism can slow down. The average person needs about 8 hours of sleep per night.

Diet Tip #9 - Cut Out the Alcohol

There are actually a lot of health benefits you can gain from alcohol (excluding beer, wine coolers, etc). Wine is good for the heart, brain and digestive system. Some studies have shown that a shot of hard liquor is actually good for the immune system, can lower blood pressure and might even help to prevent some cancers. Unfortunately these drinks are surprisingly high in calories. If you are on a diet it is best to avoid them as much as possible, or at the very least avoid the drinks that have a lot of sugar.

Diet Tip #10 - Take a Day Off

We all need a break every once in awhile. So take one day off from your diet each week. It really won't set you back all that much and it will give you something to reward yourself with each week.

If you follow these diet tips on a consistent basis you will be shocked by how fast the fat melts off your body.

Joshua Niemeyer is the publisher of http://cafeadvice.com/dieting/, he writes about a wide variety of topics including weight loss and dieting, fitness, and other health related issues.

Weight loss expert brings 46 years of success to new Monroe office

 

home : news : news Share July 14, 2011 7/11/2011 4:22:00 PM Weight loss expert brings 46 years of success to new Monroe office Whether you have 100 pounds to lose or five, you will soon have experienced and proven medical assistance in Monroe. Dr. Ross Fox, who has been treating obesity successfully for 46 years, is opening a branch of his successful Auburn weight-loss practice, called Foxkins Diamond Program for Weight Management, in Monroe Monday, July 18. If you are trying to lose weight, the diamond program is your best friend, said Dr. Fox. "The diamond does not refer to a gemstone; it refers to a baseball diamond with four bases," he said. Each base represents a cornerstone of his practice. Home plate is acknowledgement that obesity is very difficult to treat. "For all practical purposes it is an incurable disease," said Fox. "People can lose the weight but if they aren't careful it can creep back on." First base is using medication that controls hunger, and more importantly, says Dr. Fox, craving for carbohydrates. Fox uses Phentermine for his clients, a medication that once formed half of the powerhouse diet regime of "Phen-Fen." The other half the drug combination, Fenfluramine, was deemed unsafe and was removed from the market, but Phentermine is FDA-approved and considered safe. "It really works, it turns off the hunger," said Fox. Second base is a low-carb diet Dr. Fox calls the Foxkins Diet, which is essentially the Atkins diet, a high-protein, low-carb regimen. "We have to coach people to avoid carbohydrates or they won't lose any weight," he said. "What I say to folks, is, if it moves, you can eat it. If it doesn't move, avoid it. Most people tolerate a high protein diet well, and they lose a bunch of weight. We can get eight to 10 pounds a month off most people." Third base is exercise. "We don't care what they do as long as it's cardio, for 20 minutes a day," said Dr. Fox. "A cardio exercise is something that makes you short of breath." Reaching goal weight is a home run, and most clients get there, said Dr. Fox. "It's uncommon that they don't," he said. Dr. Fox has success with men and women, and with people trying to shed 100 pounds or trying to lose 20. "The parameters are broad," he said. "If people feel they are overweight they are usually candidates for our program." In his 46 years of practice, Dr. Fox has shifted his focus from surgical treatment of obesity to medical treatment, he said. "When I was a surgeon I thought surgery was the best way," he said. "But in all honesty I can get as much weight off a person non-surgically as I ever could surgically." Obesity is the leading cause of preventable death in America, which is why many insurance companies now pay for its treatment; about half of Fox's clients are able to get reimbursed by their insurance. Dr. Fox is also well-respected in his field; he has published about 25 papers on the treatment of obesity in medical journals. He is also a pioneer in the industry; he helped the Swedish developer of the Adjustable Gastric Band, called the "LapBand," to become FDA-approved. Weight loss is difficult, but Fox's years of experience have taught him the best strategies to accomplish it, he said. "We've been doing this for 46 years," he said. "We have long experience in weight loss, doing the things that are documented to be successful in the research around the country." To learn more, visit www.foxkins.com, or call (360) 805-5551. The Monroe office, which will open Monday, July 18, will be open from 9-5 every Monday at 328 West Main Street.