How To Lose 30 Pounds In 30 Days

There are many reasons that people have to lose weight from cosmetic reasons, serious health problems, and reducing the incidence of complications prior to becoming pregnant. What I am able to explain to you I have been able to achieve and I want to be able to help as many of you as I possibly can. I am a OB/Gyn Physician and see many women struggling with weight. Obesity has reached epidemic proportion in the US over the past decade, and there is no end in sight. There is no single reason that this disease process is out of control. Being overweight is associated with heart disease, strokes, hypertension, arthritis, and cancer. The steps that I am getting ready to explain are very easy and straight forward to implement and follow. The most difficult part of this plan is to maintain consistency and persistency.

1) Eat 5 to 6 small meals a day. Eating breakfast lunch and dinner along with a mid-morning, mid afternoon and evening snack. A protein snack prior to going to bed with minimal to no carbohydrate intake will allow only a minimal amount of insulin to be released and will prevent minimal to no fat uptake at night. Most people make the mistake of decreasing their intake to little or nothing. By spreading the same amount of calories out to 5 or 6 meals a day, the metabolism actually increases by 10 percent which causes fat to be utilized and removed from the body.

a. There should be protein, non starchy vegetables and a fruit at each meal

b. Never miss breakfast and eat oatmeal, grits, or cream of wheat along with eggs (3 to 5), bacon, sausage, or Canadian ham. Eating breakfast is important to elevate your metabolism

c. The protein should consist of minimal fat. Tuna, skinned chicken breast, and steak with the least amount of fat are ideal. No fried foods.

d. No processed foods (breads, cakes, chips)

e. You can eat brown rice or yams at each meal

f. The portions should be no larger than your fist

2) Drink 1/2 to 1 gallon of water a day.

a. As adults become older, they lose their thirst mechanism and stop drinking the proper amount of fluids. This leads to the body becoming acidotic which leads to chronic diseases (heart disease, hypertension, arthritis, cancer, and obesity). So the first thing to do when there is a sensation of hunger is to drink two glasses of water.

b. This helps to flush out all the toxins in the body and assures that the body is fully hydrated and prevents acid build up. It also happens to help increase the body's metabolism. Start off by drinking two glasses of water before breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

c. No carbonated drinks, diet drinks, sweet tea, fruit juices, milk, milk shakes, or alcohol as they contain unnecessary carbohydrates which leads to weight gain

3) Walk on the treadmill or ride stationary bicycle slowly every morning prior to eating breakfast and one hour before going to bed at night. If you are not able to talk while on the treadmill, or riding the bicycle in normal sentences, you are exercising too fast. You can also walk for an hour twice a day if there is no access to a treadmill or stationary bike. If you are unable to walk or ride a bicycle due to physical reasons, then I recommend you walk in the pool for an hour twice a day and move upper extremities underneath the water as you walk.

4) Lift light weights in the gym 4 times a week for 30 minutes. (squats, dead lifts, incline bench press, pull downs, pushups, and pull ups)

a. This helps to convert fat to muscle which increases the body's metabolism. Each pound of muscle that you gain in weight burns 50 k/calories more a day.

b. It reduces the amount of blood sugar as it helps the muscles take up sugar from the blood stream which reduces insulin resistance and retards or prevents the onset of Type I (non insulin dependent) diabetes

5) You may eat or drink one hour a week whatever you want. Normally the first two weeks you will do so, but after that you will not want to do this splurge. I normally do this 1 hour "happy meal" for lunch on Sunday afternoon.

By following the steps above, I assure you that you will lose 30 pounds of weight in 30 days. Please do it for the right reason and that is your health. Continue to be consistent with these steps after 30 days and do not go back to your old habits.

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What Your Choice In Baby Names Really Says About You

The little stick turned blue and it became official. You're havin' a baby, which means the race is now on for choosing the best name possible. You hit the 'net, buy the books, and begin scrambling to assemble your list of potentials. The ground rules are clear - you each retain veto power to ensure your child doesn't get saddled with the name of that stalker you had in college or the stripper your husband frequented during his early-20s dry spell. You're both determined to pick the most perfect name ever for your little bundle of joy. But where do you start? How do you choose? A lot depends on how you and your significant other define yourselves.

Old School Parents

Old school parents possess a strong sense of tradition. They appreciate the tried and true names of history and the family that came before. The importance of honoring living and dead relatives by including their names on the birth certificate cannot be overstated. They would even be prepared to accept names like Edgar or Eunice if the relative was important enough. The likelihood that their children may posses a minimum of two middle names is high and jumping to as many as five is not out of the question. These are not mere names - they are unbreakable links to the past designed to influence the future.

Examples of old school names: David, Anne, Patrick, Victoria, Edward, Catherine, Robert, and Joseph

Hip Parents

Falling into the hip category usually causes the most problems due mainly to the basic definition of the term. "Hip" refers to beingfashionably current, which is fine when you're buying shoes or picking restaurants but can be brutal when it comes to choosing a name that's supposed to last a lifetime. The hip almost always grab the "name of the moment" that, while insanely popular during the year of the birth in question, almost always results in the child sharing that name with three of four other kids in their class (think mid-eighties and Jennifer). Consider this - like-named syndrome is often "cured" when peers attach descriptive additions such as Fat Lucy and New Lucy, or Tall Ted and Small Ted.

Examples of hip names: Aiden, Emma, Jacob, Sarah, Ethan, Emily, Tyler, and Ava

Counter Culture Parents

These folks walk the fine line between desperately attempting to avoid group-think and veering dangerously off into being different just for the sake of being different. Determined to up-end societal norms, you'll often find these frustratingly self-aware individuals going out of their way to choose names that broadcast their world view, incite debate, and subversively reveal the stupidity of the masses. It almost goes without saying that members of this group have very high opinions of themselves.

Examples of counter-culture names: Ziggy, Noam, Janis, Jimi, Stick, Revolution, Sage, Winston Smith (first and middle), Vishnu, and Nug.

Pop Culture Parents:

This group is interesting in that they try to choose names that best reflect their happiest moments in life. These are usually based in popular media or commercial interests that struck a nerve once-upon-a-time but can still cross the spectrum in style. The desire to honor that which gave them so much joy in their youth is beyond question. In many cases these names provide the very best, and most intensely personal, advertising known to man as they link people and products together forever.

Examples of pop culture names: Bo and Luke, Fred and Daphne, Tiffany, Lexus, Jager, Obama, Macy, and Carl Jr.

Artist Parents:

Of all the groups, this is the one that is almost completely free of even the softest grip on reality whatsoever. Their name choices go from the free-flowingly abstract to the outer reaches of hazy-crazy. There is little hard reason for choosing these names as they are often words, emotions, or even sounds that tweaked something, somewhere, sometime. For whatever reason, the parent feels it must be immortalized on a birth certificate. These names are usually constructed to achieve maximum attention (for the parents).

Artist name examples: Apple, Rain, Bloom, Tract, Patience, Dew, Whip, Fad, Folio, Cacti, and Beatrick.

Hopefully, most parents will recognize whatever category they fall into and either attempt to expand beyond it or, at the very least, soften their choice by employing a sensible middle name (PteroDavid Smith). At least the kid will have a couple of choices as he grows up.

Telling the world who you are is wonderful and inspiring, but remember that the most important needs belong to the small child biding its time in-utero. The name you pick is something they'll be stuck with for an awful long time, so going beyond your own chosen persona would be a nice gift to give your child. You remain free to pull a Johnny Cash (name your boy "Sue") or show-off your affection for jingoistic Cuban T-shirts by naming him Che. Whatever you choose, just remember that someday you're going to have to explain your reasons for doing so. Knowing that suggests you best choose wisely.

What made you choose your baby's name?

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