Two Simple Ideas To Drastically Improve Your Weight Loss Plans

Two out of every three people today are overweight. It is a sad fact that more and more people are starting to avoid looking at themselves in the mirror every morning. While there are many ways to lose weight, many different diets you can try, there is one ingredient that must be included if you hope to shed those pounds for good. Exercise.

In this article I’ll outline a couple simple exercises that can dramatically help you to not only boost your metabolism, but cut down on your cravings for fatty foods, and increase your ability to sleep soundly at night. One thing most people overlook is that lack of sleep due to stress can be one contributing factor to weight gain.

The good news is that you don’t need to join any expensive gym, or commit yourself to suffering endlessly on the treadmill every day. The truth is that just a few minutes a day of the right exercises can have a profound effect on your weight loss efforts.

The second important idea is that you only need your body, and the floor to do all the exercises you’ll need to drastically improve your physical condition. Body weight exercises are likely the best thing you can do to get yourself into shape. This is one secret that many people are glad to learn about.

So what exactly do you do? Remember those exercises you hated in P. E. class? Well, those are the ones. Sit ups, push ups, squats, pull ups if you have a bar, and any kind of yoga that you know how to do. If you can only do one of each, that’s perfect. Just do what you can, and let your body naturally respond. Increase the amount as you feel comfortable.

Just by doing a few minutes every morning will be a significant contribution to whatever diet plan you embark on. You’ll quickly be amazed how well you notice an immediate benefit to your health, mental and physical well being.

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New weight loss drug aims at fat loss - not muscle loss

One of the primary problems of losing weight is the fact that all weight is not created equal.  When you lose weight you will inevitably lose muscle mass as well.  What if there was a way to tell you body to burn only fat?

Researchers at the Garvin Institute in Sydney, Australia, say they've created a new weight loss drug to do just that. 

In mice, the drug has shown to be an effective tool in changing the signals to the brain that determine what fuel the body is to use for energy.  By stopping certain signals, the body turns to fatty acids rather than protein.  The result? The mice lost body weight while maintaining muscle mass.

This is the opposite of the way traditional weight loss drugs work.  They work to alter the way the brain sends signals to the body in an effort to suppress appetite.

From ABC News, the head of the neuroscience program at the Garvan Institute, Professor Herbert Herzog, says these therapies tend to be ineffective.

"What we've found is that blocking one system that influences appetite and body weight regulation might not be enough to cause a significant change in reducing body weight," he said.

"If you take one signal away, others take over."

The new drug is not being developed for the extremely, or morbidly, obese but, rather, for those that are moderately overweight.  The research suggests that this drug, in conjunction with a normal diet, will yield moderate fat loss and minimal muscle loss.

While the preliminary results are exciting, the drug is still about three years away from human clinical trials.

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'American Idol' alum Mandisa Hundley shows off her 80-pound weight loss

Mandisa Hundley didn't let weight issues stop her from auditioning for the fifth season of "American Idol." But the singer's joy from making it onto the show soon vanished when sharp-tongued judge Simon Cowell joked that they would need a "bigger stage" to accommodate her.

Now 80 pounds thinner, Hundley tells ETonline.com what it was like to relive the painful memory that was recently replayed on "American Idol Rewind."

"My favorite memory started out as my least favorite memory and that was when Simon Cowell made fun of my weight on the very first show," she said. "That was my worst nightmare come true. When I saw Simon the next time, I told him I forgave him because an important part of my faith is forgiving others because I have been forgiven. I will never forget that reaction: the look on his face - humbled and giving me a big hug."

Though Hundley, 33, didn't go on to win the singing competition, she returned to the recording studio. She says her newest album, called "True Beauty," is about not being defined by the way one looks.

However for Hundley, the way she looked needed a change.

"When I was recording that album, I started to do the work necessary to be set free: changing my eating habits. No particular diet, just eating healthy," she said. "I started working with a personal trainer and a counselor who specializes in eating disorders. I have lost 80 pounds since I started recording."

Among the many changes Hundley had to make in her life, the singer says she cut out tempting Krispy Kreme doughnuts and worked with a personal trainer who makes her do cardio, weight training and a Latin form of dancing called Zumba.

"I don't believe in diets, because I have lost weight on them all, but the thing about diets is that you have the mindset that you stop a diet when you are done losing weight," she said. "This really is a lifestyle change for me."