Weight Loss Seminar – Changes 2007 (by Hadyn Muir)

Weight-loss is changing the way you behave…

Weight Loss is Simple - Eat Healthy & Exercise…

The Facts are Hard to Swallow - Only 5% of those who lose weight keep it off…

Bigger isn’t Better; Super-SIZE, King-SIZE, Double-GULP & 2 for 1 Deals. Did you know the meals we eat today are often 2 to 3 times even 5 times larger than those bought by our great-grandparents?

Weight Loss & the KISS Principle…

Thinking about it: Are you overweight? Why lose weight? Fitness is the goal…

Learning about it: The ABCs of nutrition. Why & How Calories Count; Weight-loss Questions answered…

Looking at Yourself: What does Food mean to me: How Fit are You? Setting Goals…

Planning it: Diet Don’ts; Diet Right; Your Exercise Options; Get advice, Get Ideas; this is your Weight-loss Plan…

Doing it: Pep Talk; Living with Your Diet; Living with Your Exercise Routine…

Keeping it up: Diet Troubleshooting; Exercise Troubleshooting; You’ve done it…

Weight-loss Programs

Obese Diagnosis Ups Odds of Weight-loss…

Doctor-Dietician Duo aids Weight-loss; seeking advice from both a dietician & a physician at the same time helps in achieving & maintaining weight-loss…

A Weight-loss Program involves the whole family & your friends…New England Journal of Medicine; found a strong link between weight & friendship. Political Scientist in charge of the research said “Not only is obesity contagious, but thinness is also contagious; social networks act like multipliers; Successful Role Models & social support harness the same forces to slow the spread of obesity that help to cause it. This does not mean you can BLAME anyone else for your predicament…

Women & Men – Two sides of the weight-loss divide…

Choosing the right foods can start the process of weight-loss based on what you consume…

Weight-loss & Pregnancy…

Lose weight or Lose Body Fat

Muscle is a metabolic furnace that increases your Basal Metabolic Rate; BMR equals the kilojoules your body requires per day to maintain itself at rest…

If &/or When you reach a plateau in your effort to lose weight – introduce Strength Training into your regime…

A Diet that promises more than a 1kilogram loss of weight per week – Be Suspicious! Losing 1kilogram of body-weight per week equates to a 3000kilojoule deficit per day; reduce your daily intake by 3000kj or increase your physical activity…

If you are losing more than 1kg of body-weight per week it is likely that you are losing lean muscle tissue & water – slowing your metabolism down – the last thing you want to happen.

Overweight & Malnourished…

Fast Weight-loss…

Biggest Loser…

Healthy Eating Tips

Eat 5-6 meals per day…

Eat lean protein at least 3 times per day; protein slows Carbohydrate digestion & helps make you feel full…

Eating sweets equals eating Fruit – Fructose not Sucrose…

Eat Whole Grains; breads & cereals…

Avoid highly processed snack-foods & high caloric drinks…

Include 25-30% Fat in your Diet from healthy sources – nuts, fish, olive oil & avocado…

Become an educated consumer – especially when dining out; one serve of hot-chips equals 2000kj; an average low-fat muffin equals 1000kj…

Drink between 3-5 litres of water everyday; when you are dehydrated your metabolism automatically slows down…

Cut off eating at least 2 hours before bed-time; burn fat instead of glycogen while you sleep…

Weight Loss on the World Wide Web

Fitness, Weight-loss &On-line Communities; like-minded & bodied people can now blog, message & globally pontificate about their weight-loss triumphs…

A new high-protein, low carbohydrate bread baked in Perth is being dubbed the choice of slimmers because of its ability to keep people feeling full for longer – helping them to eat less & potentially to lose weight…

Weight Watchers Shares Rise…

The Dog Diet…

Diet Drugs…

Weight-loss Tips