Fitness Signal

Obesity is not a black and white issue. There are many underlying causes of obesity, and many different ways to treat it. Some methods work for some and not for others.

Now, researchers know why.

A recent Yorkshire Health Study took a look at a group of 4,000 obese adults and was able to place them into six distinct groups.

• Young healthy females – women who were obese, but generally had fewer obesity-related complications, such as type 2 diabetes


• Heavy-drinking males – as above, but with higher alcohol intake


• Unhappy and anxious middle-aged – predominantly women with poor mental health and wellbeing


• Affluent and healthy elderly – generally positive health, but defining characteristics of higher alcohol intake and high blood pressure


• Physically sick but happy elderly – older people with more chronic diseases, such as osteoarthritis, but good mental health


• Poorest health – people who were the most economically deprived and had the greatest number of chronic diseases

This research is important because understanding the underlying causes of obesity can help a person combat it. This is a huge step forward in obesity treatment, but more research needs to be done.

Although the pictures shown above, do not have to do with this study, understanding where one holds weight is essential to losing it.

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION: ANDROID AND GYNOID

According to PositiveMed:

“An ‘android’ fat distribution pattern is so called because more men than women exhibit it. You may have heard it described as an ‘apple’ body type when the waist circumference is greater than that of the hips.”

and…

“A ‘gynoid’ distribution is most commonly seen in women. This is what many call the ‘pear’ body shape. In this pattern, hip circumference is greater than waist circumference.”

LET US BREAK DOWN THE NUMBERS FOR YOU!

1. UPPER BODY OBESITY (ANDROID)

This typically means one is eating too much and not exercising enough. Try cutting back on the sweets, and try exercising for 30 minutes a day. If this does not help, see a healthcare professional.

2. STOMACH-CENTERED OBESITY (ANDROID)

Extra weight in this area can be caused by stress, anxiety or depression. Pairing exercise and relaxation techniques may be the best method to fix this problem. Again, seeking the help of a healthcare professional or therapist is advised.

3. LOWER BODY OBESITY (GYNOID)

This is a common problem for most women. Exercises that incorporate lower-body resistance training, paired with cardiovascular workouts, are essential to removing this fat issue. This area can be difficult. Do not hesitate to ask for help.

4. SWOLLEN STOMACH OBESITY (ANDROID)

Fat in this area can be caused by excessive alcohol consumption and/or breathing difficulties. Try to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed and focus on some breathing exercises. Proper breathing is an entire torso exercise.

5. LOWER BODY OBESITY THAT INCLUDES LOWER LEGS (GYNOID)

This most often occurs in those who are pregnant. The legs may be swelling. Try water aerobics to take pressure off the leg and feet joints, and sit with the feet raised.

6. LARGE, PROTRUDING STOMACH WITH UPPER BACK FAT (ANDROID)

This is similar to type one in that inactivity causes it. Exercise is vital but so is keeping blood sugar levels stable. Don’t go too long without eating and try to eat in small increments.

Knowing what is needed for a certain fat issue is key to developing the best method to remove the fat. However, hormonal and genetic issues should be ruled out or considered if weight loss plans are not working. A health care professional will be able to help you!

Nutritional value

• 2g of fat


• 10g of protein


• 1,000 calories


• Small doses of calcium, iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin E, vitamin B, and potassium

Pros and cons of the diet

• Easy to find and prepare ingredients.


• Great for quickly losing few pounds.


• In addition to helping you lose weight, the diet works as a detox diet.

• It can get monotonous since there are just a few ingredients.


• Pineapple has a diuretic effect, which means you will retain fewer liquids and you will be deprived of certain nutrients.


• If followed for a prolonged period of time, the diet can increase the risk of kidney problems and heart disease.

How pineapple improves your weight loss program

• Pineapple contains bromelain, an enzyme that reduces inflammation. For those of you who don’t know, inflammation causes weight gain by causing hormonal imbalances.


• Pineapple also improves digestion, which in turn cleanses the colon. By ensuring proper digestion, pineapple reduces bloating and sheds pounds.


• Bromelain also improves absorption of important nutrients. This slows down bowel movement and suppresses your appetite. You feel fuller for longer, which prevents cravings and stress eating.


• Pineapple is rich in dietary fiber.


• Last, but not least, pineapple contains vitamin B, which helps you stay active and increases your energy production.

One-day meal plan

 

Bonus points

• Make sure to prepare a large batch of vegetable broth so that it’s ready whenever you want it.


• Do some light exercise during those five days. If you completely avoid exercise, you might experience muscle loss.


• Be ready to control yourself once the diet is over. Since it’s a restrictive diet, you might feel the urge to overeat once the diet is over.


• Make sure to keep yourself hydrated during the five days. Without proper hydration, this diet will increase the acidity of your body.


• When you use tuna for lunch, opt for the oil-packed version, not the water-packed version. The former has more nutrients.


• There is a possibility of diarrhea, so be prepared if that happens. Do not panic!


• If you get rashes around the corners of your mouth, stop the diet immediately.

An alternative approach

Varicose veins are a great health and beauty problem. Among the reasons why they appear are: standing or sitting too much, wearing uncomfortable shoes or high heels and pregnancy.

Varicose veins are mostly caused by external influence but this problem may be also caused by a bad nutrition. Trans fats and refined sugar are harmful for the blood vessels and a big factor in causing varicose veins.

Vitamin C, proteins and nutritious foods are the best prevention against varicose veins. This grandma recipe has had great effects and it was recommended by a mother who had an amazing effects thanks to this recipe.

After long term using this recipe, she said :

“This remedy completely treated my varicose veins, an issue I fought against for years… What’s even better, it is much better and faster than any other creams and therapies I have tried.”
This recipe is made of apple cider vinegar, aloe vera and carrots. This is how you can make those varicose veins disappear:

Ingredients:

½ cup of Aloe vera pulp
Apple cider vinegar
½ cup of carrots
How to make:

Chop the carrots and put them in a blender. Add aloe vera and blend until you have a homogenous mix. At the end, add apple cider vinegar until you a have a creamy soup.

Put it in a small jar that it would be easy to use.

How to apply it:

Lift the legs up and apply a bit of the mix on the trouble zones of the legs and let it last for a half an hour. After half an hour wash it with cold water.

This recipe gives fast and visible effects and when using it for long term it makes the varicose veins completely disappear.

Best thing to do is to combine this recipe with a massage. You should start with a gentle massage on your feet fingers and then continue massaging your hips. Another advice is to place the legs under 45 degree angle and to use essential oil. This will improve your circulation additionally.

Looking to make a serious dent in your weight loss journey for next Summer? Shock your family and friends next bikini season!

Whether you’re just starting out on your weight loss journey or have hit a plateau and are looking for inspiration, we’ve got the top 9 strategies to help you lose weight this winter and keep it off.

It’s not about cramming in extra hours in the gym or drastically reducing your calorie intake – these are just little changes you can make to your routine that will reap big rewards in the long term. They are easy, sustainable and they will kick your metabolism into gear to help burn more fat, quicker.

Even though you will be unable to dispose the body hair permanently, the strategies beneath will be successful to enable you in your week by week/month to month battle to monitor your body hair. Attempt these solutions and see which is the best one!

6 Ways To Naturally Remove Unwanted Body Hair Permanently

1. Raw Papaya

Ingredients:

• Papaya


• Turmeric root

Utilizing a blade, peel and cube the papaya. Utilize a fork to squash the papaya into a mash.

Grind a knuckle-sized bit of turmeric root. Blend the mash well to guarantee the turmeric is ingested, and apply the glue to the body parts with undesirable hair.

Apply the mash into your skin by massaging it, and let it sit for 20 minutes. Then, flush the mash with warm water. There might be a touch of yellowing of your skin (the aftereffect of the turmeric), however it will be gone in a couple days.

You should do this two times per week. When the hair becomes lighter, you can shave/wax. Give your skin a day to recoup, at that point apply the blend once more. Continue applying it frequently, and you might not need to stress over waxing or shaving for quite a while!

2. Turmeric

Ingredients:

• Turmeric powder


• Gram flour


• Sesame oil

Blend 1 tbsp. of turmeric powder with an equivalent measure of gram flour, and mix well. Add the sesame oil until you have a thick glue. Utilizing your fingers, apply the glue to the zones with undesirable body hair.

Leave the blend for half an hour before flushing off with warm water. Utilize a delicate cleaning movement to dispose of the glue, and a touch of hair will fall off. You can rehash this cure once week by week to manage your body hair!

3. Lemon, Sugar, and Honey

Note: Trim your hairs around 10 days before utilizing this solution for amplify its proficiency.

Ingredients:

• Sugar


• Lemon


• Honey

Blend 1 tbsp. of sugar with 1 tbsp. honey and 1 tbsp. lemon juice. Put the blend in a metal bowl, and place that bowl over a twofold boiler. This will warm the fluid gradually, transforming it into a thick glue.

Apply a touch of cornstarch to the regions you need to wax. This will keep the wax blend from sticking to your skin.

Utilizing a wooden spoon, apply the wax to your skin toward the hairs. Put some waxing cloth on the wax, enable it to cool, and rip off. It has the same effect as a regular wax!

4. Potatoes and Lentils

Potatoes have acid that will lighten your body hair. Adding lentils will make the potato cure more powerful.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes


• Yellow lentils


• Lemon juice


• Honey

Absorb the lentils in water during the night. In the morning, blend them in a blender to transform them into a thick glue. Smash one potato into the blend, and include 1 tbsp. honey and 1 tbsp. lemon juice. Blend and apply the glue to your body. Following half an hour, flush it off.

5. Lemon and Sugar

The Vitamin C in lemon juice will give your skin the supplements expected to deliver elastin and collagen. It’s one of the most ideal approaches to dispose of body hair while keeping your skin sound!

Ingredients:

• Sugar


• Lemons

You will require around 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Blend in ½ cup warm water and 2 tbsp. of sugar. Apply it toward the path that the hairs are confronting, and leave it for 20 minutes. You’ll feel your skin getting firm. Afterwards, wash it off with warm water. This will peel your skin and guarantee the blend is ingested into the follicles.

Rehash this cure a few times each week, and you’ll see the results.

6. Egg and Cornstarch

Ingredients:

• 1 egg


• Sugar


• Corn starch

Break the egg white into dish, and mix 1 tbsp. of sugar and ½ tbsp. of cornstarch. Blend well until it frames a thick glue. Apply the glue to your skin, let it dry for 20 minutes and peel it off!

All these ingredients can generally be found at home and they contain advantageous chemicals which don’t have any negative consequences for the body.

In today’s article we will present you a fat-burning exercise recommended by many fitness experts and most importantly it can replace 1000 sit-ups.

This exercise is called plank and it is the best static exercise that strengthens the core and other parts of your body. If you follow the plank challenge, you will burn belly fat, strengthen the back muscles, strengthen the buttock, leg and arm muscles.

You can slowly increase strength levels and plank timing each time you repeat it during 4 weeks with this challenge.

If you are ready to do this you should have a proper upright standing and position. Your upper part of the body must be straight in line with the elbows and toes, when they are slightly raised. Keep up this straight position, take deep breaths, and feel the stomach muscles get strong, along with the neck and head. When you contract the buttock muscles, equally divide the weight into both legs and elbows to have more strength and balance. When you achieve the right position, just upgrade each day to achieve the goal during 28 days.



The Challenge

Day 1- 20 seconds

Day 2- 20 seconds

Day 3- 30 seconds

Day 4-30 seconds

Day 5-40 seconds

Day 6-Rest

Day 7- 45 seconds

Day 8-45 seconds

Day 9-60 seconds

Day 10-60 seconds

Day 11- 60 seconds

Day 12- 90 seconds

Day 13-Rest

Day 14- 90 seconds

Day 15-90 seconds

Day 16- 120 seconds

Day 17-120 seconds

Day 18 -150 seconds

Day 19-Rest

Day 20- 150 seconds

Day 21- 150 seconds

Day 22-180 seconds

Day 23-180 seconds

Day 24-210 seconds

Day 25-Rest

Day 26-210 seconds

Day 27-240 seconds

Day 28- until failure

As you already know, it is of high importance to be physically active if you want to lose weight and be fit. Also, we advise you to avoid consuming fatty foods. A balanced diet and regular exercise will help you to get rid of excess weight and get the body you always dreamt of.

Instead of spending a lot of money on products that don’t even help your skin and also contain ingredients full of chemicals, you can make a natural cream with just two ingredients you probably already have them: coconut oil and baking soda.

You will need:

– coconut oil
– baking soda

Direction:

You must know what type of skin you have in order to know how much amount of these 2 ingredients you have to use.

For sensitive skin, use at least 2: 1 ratio coconut oil/ baking soda. If you need a natural scrub, use a ratio of 1: 1 coconut oil/baking soda.

All you have to do is to mix the ingredients together and apply the resulting cream on the skin. You can leave it as a mask for a few minutes or simply cleanse your face with warm water, using a circular movement.