Exercise

when you burp !=] Actually, a burpee begins standing with feet shoulder width apart. Then you squat down and put your hands on the floor in front of you. Next, kick your legs back into a pushup position or plank and let your chest sink to the ground as you kick your legs back. Then, explosively push yourself back up, keeping a straight back, and jump your legs forward into a low squat with your heels on the floor. Your hands should leave the floor as you jump into the low squat. Next, vertical jump from your heels as explosively as you can. Then repeat from the beginning until you get dizzy or can't move. If you're especially masochistic, you can grab a pullup bar during the squat jump, complete a pullup, and drop down for more pullup burpees.

Burpees have numerous benefits: They're great for getting in shape fast. They work out the trapezius, lower back, triceps, pectorals, deltoids, hamstrings (when done with heels on the ground), glutes, quadriceps, calves, and abdominals. They are a compound exercise utilizing most muscles of the body, so they stress the body into higher testosterone production, which means building more lean muscle. This is good news for teaching PE, dropping excess body fat, breaking a fitness plateau, or building a disciplined army out of civilians.

They help runners keep an even balance between upper and lower body strength without bulking up. In addition, the regular pushup burpee fatigues the same muscles that usually fatigue worst for runners: the quadriceps and anterior deltoids.

They offer a satisfying upper and lower body pump when performed after a weight lifting workout.

They reduce muscle fatigue for athletic events, they help cardiovascular endurance. They're portable, dependable, and widely used wherever there is room to perform a pushup.

They're one of the more functional movements. Essentially, the burpee consists of getting up from the ground over and over again. This movement carries over extremely well into running and throwing sports in particular. However, burpees are not a panacea: They do not adequately train pulling motions without the pullup. In general, the regular pushup burpee does a poor job of recruiting the lats, biceps, and posterior deltoids, all of which are trained by the pullup and crucial for overall strength. They can lead to muscle imbalances and possible injury if not included with a full routine including back work.

They build exceptional muscular and cardiovascular endurance, but fail to increase absolute strength beyond a certain level.

The pushup portion only moves 60% of your bodyweight while the pullup moves 100% of your bodyweight. As a result, pulling motions will develop more strength than pushing motions of the upper body. This is not necessarily unhealthy, but does not lead to optimal athletic performance. In conclusion, burpees should be used as an integral part of a well rounded athletic conditioning routine. Their limitations should be recognized, and athletes should pursue supplementary strength training when necessary.

The burpee is a reliable tool for quickly building endurance and starting strength in any athletic context.

There is no way to lose ten pounds overnight.

Anyway, you should slim down gradually, allowing a week for every 1-2 pounds you want to lose.

Here's a program for the period in which you want to lose weight:

Plenty of moderate aerobic exercise, no sweetened liquids at all, and no junk food at all. Preferably no sugar, and as little added salt and processed foods as possible. Eat 3 not-large-portioned meals/day; do not skip breakfast; and avoid sweet snacks. Limit your calories (better to consult a doctor or nutritionist concerning the amount), and weigh yourself 2-3 times/week. Ignore the sensation of hunger. If you see your weight diminishing at a safe, reasonable rate (1-2 pounds/week), keep it up.

Once you've reached your target weight, increase your calorie intake somewhat. And you can then have small amounts of sweetened foods or junk food on occasion (if at all), along with your regular foods (not instead of them). But keep checking your weight 2-3 times/week.

Avoid crash diets, diet pills etc. Avoid fatty cuts of meat. Walk as much as possible. Bicycling and swimming are good too.

More guidelines:

Don't concentrate on specific foods so much as on a balanced, healthy diet plus exercise. Plenty of moderate exercise rather than intense exercise, which can damage your joints.

Good nutrition means eating what your body needs, while ingesting as few harmful things as possible. It has also been described as getting enough of each of the major food categories (grains, fruits, vegetables, protein, dairy, etc.; plus plenty of water).

This will vary somewhat from one person to another; and I don't believe that there's any universal diet that can be prescribed for everyone. Avoid best-sellers with their perennial fad diets. And think twice before using any dietary supplements or weight-loss pills.

In general, one's starting point can be a menu of whole grains, whole-wheat bread, a good amount of vegetables, some fruits and nuts, fish, lean meats (in not-large amounts), and some dairy. However, this must be tweaked according to one's health, weight and other factors at the outset; and also adjusted over time, as one sees what works for him/her in particular.

Also...whenever you feel queasy, nauseous, constipated or otherwise not completely well, try to remember what you've eaten over the last several hours or the last day. This is one method of adjusting one's food habits.

This is not the right way to go about it. What happens is that your stomach eventually shrinks. Your body will go elsewhere for nutrition, by taking your fat cells and storing them (because it's afraid you are starving yourself & it wants to save it). THEREFORE making it next to impossible to lose that fat in the future. My trick is to eat whenever I want, but I stop as soon as I get full. I don't finish all of my food in one sitting. I have also been prone to malnutrition, so it's important to me to eat regularly. You will get sick and nobody wants to be fed through a tube in the hospital! Eat Healthy and take a jog or walk every day, that's it :-)

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Also, if you spread out your meals, it is easier for your body to manage the digestion of the food you eat. You can overload your system by eating heavily, and end up both overweight and diabetic.

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Don't ever try to lose weight like that it wont work.You want to lose fat then don't eat fat (only small amounts of good fatty acids).You need 5 to 6 small meals a day high in protein and carbs to keep your body in an anabolic state,which means your body has more fuel(calories)than it needs and if it is fat it stores it.If you use good carbs for fuel and then have "extra" protein your metabolism is fueled and anabolism is taking

place,at which point protein,amino acids,and red blood cells work to grow muscle. Sorry if i got a little off subject,eat protein,take vitamins and stay active,that's how to lose fat or "weight"

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As someone who has struggled with weight forever, I have tried everything. Even the 1 meal a day diet. this is basically considered starving yourself, no matter how big the 1 meal is. Starving yourself, taking diet pills etc.. can be risky and as soon as you get back on a healthy path you will gain all of the weight back. Try to walk more each day. Buy a pedometer. This is a small inexpensive device that you clip to your pants (on the inside so nobody sees it if you are embarassed) and it counts how many steps you take a day. If you take 10,000 (sounds like a lot but really isn't too difficult) and maintain a healthy diet... less snacking, smaller meals... you will lose weight. That is really all you need to do.

I have also been an on and off member of weight watchers. i don't necessarily recommend you join because you do not have a lot to lose but some things i learned from weight watchers are essentials for healthy weight loss. three things in particular:

1) Eat smaller portions. Even if you do not get much excercise, cutting down portions will allow you to lose a lot of weight. Instead of eating chips out of the bag, check the serving size on the back and count that amount of chips in a bowl so as not to overeat. Same with meals. No seconds. This will make a world of difference.

2) Weigh yourself once a week in the morning. I choose to weigh myself every Saturday. I wake up at 10am and weigh myself before eating anything. if i lost weight from the week before i allow myself a treat for that day.... an ice cream sundae.... french fries. something yummy. i will take the rest of the week to be healthy and work it off. you need to reward yourself on diets. also, weighing yourself weekly helps you keep track of your weight so you don't lose control.

3) keep active. use the stairs instead of elevators and escalators. even if you go to the mall, keep the walking pace up. just walking a lot will help you lose weight. try the pedometer.

Eating 1 meal a day, big or small, is not good for you at all. Actually, it is proven that eating 4-6 small meals a day is the best way to lose weight. 4 small meals keeps the metabolism going throughout the day, helping you burn more calories. one large meal bombards the system all at once making it difficult to digest and causing fatigue in the morning and/or evening (whenever you are not eating)

Example: Fruit for breakfast (apple, peach, watermelon, fruit salad...) Even a small bowl of cereal (1 cup of cereal and 1% or nonfat milk)

sandwich for lunch (light on the meat, cheese and mayonaise) maybe some carrot sticks or 55 goldfish (one serving is 55 and they are baked so not too fattening) you can also do a salad (no creamy dressings)

small snack before dinner (pudding or jello cup, fruit, granola bar, yogurt) you can even do chips if you stick to serving sizes.

healthy dinner.... with no second helpings! even pasta is okay if you keep it under 2 cups and try to stay away from creamy sauces.

PLEASE do not eat one meal a day. Trust me, you may lose a lot in the beginning, but you will gain it all back and more eventually bc you cannot keep this lifestyle up forever.