11Apr/11Off

How to be Simply Slim

Simply Be Slim

How to be Simply Slim

Slimming does not have to be an effort that requires rigid diets and hours of sweating it out in the gymnasium. In fact, done correctly, slimming can be fun and effortless.

In order to become slim all you need to really do is to manipulate the weight loss formula of calories in less calories or fat burnt equals total weight gained or lost.

I know I am making it sound a lot easier than it really is but if you follow some of the easy slimming guidelines below, you may soon realise that it can be so simple to be slim.

Slimming the simple way.

Below are a couple of easy to follow tips on how to slim easily. The great part about these tips is that they are very easy to incorporate into your normal lifestyle and so once you have reached your ideal weight you will find that it is absolutely no effort to stay at your ideal weight.

1) Drink Lots of Water.

Water is vitally essential to your weight and good health. While most may drink sufficient fluids, very few people drink enough water. In some tests drinking sufficient water has been shown to increase weight loss results by as much as 25%.

Water not only distributes nourishment throught your body and brain, but is also responsible for flushing toxins out of your body. Toxins in your body cause your system to become sluggish and as a result of an increase in toxins you will experience weight gain, sluggishness and an increase in the possibility of serious disease.

Drink one glass of water each hour of the day to ensure that your system is sufficiently hydrated. Do not substitute the water for coffee, alcohol, Coca Cola etc.

2) Eat regular meals.

It is not as much what you eat but rather how you eat that counts. Your body relies on food that you eat for it's energy requirements. Your metabolism (rate at which you burn calories/fat) is highly sophisticated and will make calculations based on the next expected supply of food.

When you eat haphazardly and tend to skip meals your metabolism becomes unsure of when it will get it's next supply of food and as a result it will slow your calorie burning rate and rather store calories for emergency reserves in the form of body fat. Asa result you will have less energy and will gain weight faster.

Eating at regular times allows your metabolism to adjust to regular food supplies and so it no longer needs to keep fat reserves for just in case. Your metabolism increases and you experience increased energy levels and weight loss as a result of the no longer needed fat reserves being burnt.

Ideally you should plan for 3 main meals and 3 healthy snacks each day. The planned snacks help to prevent hunger pangs in between meals and prevent you from needing to snack on high calorie junk foods.

3) Increase physical activity.

Exercise for weight loss is possibly one of the most misunderstood of all the weight loss factors. It is not necessary to run out and join your local gym every time that you want to lose weight!

Calorie consumption is cumulative through the day and so by merely increasing your normal physical activities through the day you will be increasing your toatl calories burnt.

Do small extra physical activities such as parking your car a little further away than usual making yourself walk just that little further. Use the steps instead of the escalator. Take a walk through your shopping centre. There are hundreds of ways to increase your physical activity without joining your local gym.

4) Eat Healthy foods.

A known fact in the dieting world is that wherever the big American fast food chains set up in the world obesity follows. These foods may be fast, convenient and easy but they are far from healthy. Avoid them as much as possible rather opting for a good home cooked meal.

Do not try to exclude any particular food group like carbohydrates from your diet. Each food group has a distinct purpose. Rather balance your meals trying to increase vegetable consumption and reduce fat consumption. Fat turns to fat so the less animal that you eat the more likely you are to remain slim.

5) Use a slimming supplement

Using a slimming supplement to help you to achieve your ideal weight is highly advised. In modern society there are so many unforseen factors that affect your weight that it can often be almost impossible to lose weight without that little bit of extra help.

A natural slimming supplement such as Rubedo makes it so simple for you to be slim. Rubedo gently alters your hormones so that your body increases the rate at which it burns calories and fat while simultaneously reducing your appetite making it so easy to eat less.

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By following the easy to implement tips above you will soon be simply slim.

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10Apr/11Off

The Simply Slim Story

Simply Slim became a dieting must have during 2009 to 2010. The powerful so called "Natural" slimming pills became a rage due to the rapid weight loss that they produced.

However, they did not only produce massive weight loss but also seemed to produce some terrible side effects that were not in line with the "natural" product claims that were made.

During early 2010 analysis of the Simply Slim "natural" diet pill revealed that it contained an undeclared substance, called Sibutramine, at extremely high levels. In fact it was found to contain as much as 27mg of Sibutramine, a substance only allowed by doctors prescription at a maximum dosage of 15mg.

The Simply Slim products in question were manufactured in China and imported to South Africa. In all fairness to Simply Slim it is quite possible that they were totally unaware that the natural diet pills were laced with Sibutramine.

Other Chinese based products found mainly in the USA were at the same time also found to be laced with Sibutramine and were also recalled from the shelves.

As a result of the findings all of the Simply Slim products were recalled. The Medical Council have since placed fairly strict regulations which prohibit the import of any herbal or supplementary medications without them first being registered by the Medical Council.

Simply Slim then went on to release a locally manufactured herbal slimming product but many of the claimed 40 000 original users were not as satisfied with the results compared to the results that they were achieving using the unsafe tainted Simply Slim product.

There have also been some claiming that the Simply Slim replacement was a bit of a hoax with the new product barely being made available to the public and yet they were able to display some Before and After photo's of so called "Happy users".

A better alternative.

Rubedo fat burner and appetite suppressant

Best fat burner

I don't know about you, but when I diet I want to lose weight to become more healthy and to look and feel better.

Rubedo is a natural product that contains a selected blend of essential amino acids and vitamins from the "B" group.

My own weight loss results with Rubedo have been absolutely fantastic and so I can really recommend Rubedo to anyone who wishes to lose weight safely.

Read my Rubedo Review.

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20Jan/12Off

Take away food revolution

Take away foods or fast foods have taken over the world. International fast food outlets such as McDonald's and Kentucky have flooded our own South Africa while we ourselves are contributing to the worlds fast food chains with the rapid expansion of Nando's worldwide.

Although there are very few figures available in South Africa as to just how popular fast food outlets are, there have been some recent figures published in the UK. Have a look below to see just how popular fast food outlets have become. Please bear in mind that the UK has a population just slightly higher than S.A and fast foods are relatively more expensive there.

Some recently published facts on fast food sales in the UK

No wonder people are getting fat!

One amazing piece of information revealed her is the 1 160 calories contained in one of the Burger King options. Take into account that you need to walk for a minute to burn off just 4 calories, with this whopper you have to walk for almost 3 hours just to burn the extra calories off.

Add a Coke or milkshake and side order of French Fries and you will be having to walk all day just to counteract the excess calories contained in the meal.

Click here for more interesting calorie and take away food facts.

Take out food is usually high in calories. It is a known fact in the dieting industry that wherever in the world McDonald's and the other American fast food chains decide to set up, obesity begins to follow thereafter.

Fortunately South Africa has a fairly healthy alternative in our very own fast food chain Nando's. The chili found in Nando's, when ordering the Peri Peri versions, is a natural metabolism booster which assists you to burn calories faster.

My biggest recommendation to you if you are trying to lose weight is to avoid take out foods as much as possible, but if you are in a situation where you have to get take outs then opt for the hottest peri peri meal you can at Nando's.

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3Jan/12Off

Realistic Weight Loss

What is realistic weight loss - simple - it is weight loss than can realistically be achieved.

News Years Resolution

Lose weight and get to my ideal weight

Is my ideal weight actually achievable?

I have had to do a bit of soul searching over this new year period about my own weight. Lately (for the past 5 years) my weight has been fluctuating between 87kg and 89 kg where I would really love my weight to be at my ideal of 82Kg.

However, when I looked back to the period when I was last at my ideal weight I realised that since then my entire lifestyle has changed.

I used to be a physical sport competitor and was out practising for 3 to 4 hours a mininum of 4 times a week. A single 2 to 3 hour session could produce weight loss of up to 2kg. When not practising or riding in competitions I led a pretty active life with a fair deal of physical activity involved.

Now, a couple of years later, I sit at a computer for most of the day - up to 16hours a day. I have almost nil physical activity. I still eat the same amount of food and drink ten times more coffee. How can I ever expect to reach my ideal weight of 82kg's.

Realistically with the help of diet pills such as Rubedo I would be able to get down and maintain a weight of 85Kg's but without a strict diet and increased exercise it will be impossible to reach a weight of 82kg again.

I think that this is a common problem that many people experience. We often set unrealistic ideals for our weight loss and get upset and even depressed when you are not able to achieve them. Setting a realistic goal and adjusting the goal according to your circumstances could make a huge difference to the success of your weight oss efforts.

Happy dieting 2012!!

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4Nov/11Off

Is Nuvoryn a scam?

Nuvoryn Diet pills have featured as a paid advert in every single google search that I conducted to do with weight loss. The website that the ad takes you through to is www dot nuvoryn.co.za and is a really great looking website with some amazing testimonials from people who claim to have lost lots of weight.

In the top right of the website is a contact number with the familiar Cape Town prefix of 021 and when you go to the order page of the website it lists all the prices in South African Rands.

Has to be a legitimate South African website right - Absolutely Wrong.

There is nothing South African about the Nuvoryn.co.za website.

The contact number redirects to a call centre in India!
The website is registered in France
The diet pills are shipped from the UK

Nuvoryn Banned in South Africa

The big scam part of Nuvoryn is that Nuvoryn diet pills contain an ingredient "Damiana" which is in fact a banned substance in South Africa. Medications containing Damiana may not be produced or imported to South Africa and any attempt to import will result in the product being destroyed by customs.

So now you have seen the very impressive Nuvoryn.co.za website and have placed and paid for your order via credit card. You are checking your post daily waiting for your parcel to be posted to you from supposedly Cape Town and instead you receive a note from customs advising you that the goods you were trying to import have been destroyed due to them containing a banned substance.

In fact there is also a law in South Africa which prevents South African residents from importing any form of medication without first obtaining an import permit from the Medicines Control Council (MCC). While the customs is sometimes lenient in this regard, even if Nuvoryn did not contain a banned substance you would still stand a chance of having your order confiscated by customs.

Conclusion

The World Wide Web can sometimes be confusing to surfers who can easily be misled and conned by unscrupulous marketers such as in the case of Nuvoryn South Africa.

It is wise that prior to ordering any product online that you first make sufficient enquiries and satisfy yourself totally that you are dealing with a local reputable company and not a scam.

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19Sep/11Off

Exercise to Lose Weight

Losing weight with exercise

I am frequently asked whether it is necessary to exercise to lose weight.

My initial response is always that you do not need to exercise to lose weight as weight loss is merely balancing your calories so that your calories consumed are lower than your calories burnt and therefore your body is forced to draw on calorie reserves of fat to meet it's energy requirements.

However, it is always wise to incorporate some sort of exercise into your daily routine to keep your muscles toned and for you to look great.

You do need to take into account that the main reason that you are wanting to lose weight is to look better and feel healthier. If you lose weight and start to look like a Sharpei puppy with loose skin hanging around you then you will probably look and feel worse than you did before losing weight.

Why exercise is so important

Exercise in a weight loss program serves more than just one purpose. While most will agree that exercise increases your calorie burn off and thereby causes weight loss, this is really not the most important role that exercise plays in your weight loss routine.

New cell formation uses a tremendous amount of energy. New cell formation occurs when you start to tone up muscle and build new muscle as a result of exercise.

When your body starts to produce new cells it starts to burn calories off at an increased rate. In order to cater for this extra energy consumption your body automatically increases your metabolism and so you start to burn more calories and have more energy even when you are not exercising.

I was recently having a good look at the builds of people around me. It was interesting to note that most who had arms that indicated that they were no stranger to hard work also had lovely flat stomachs and shapely legs. This was true for both men and women that I noticed.

How to increase daily exercise

Increasing your daily exercise is not necessary a matter of going out and joining a gym or hiring a personal fitness trainer. It is quite possible that just by changing one or two small habits you could also effect tremendous changes on your figure and improve your overall health at the same time.

1) Housework

Small tasks such as sweeping the floor and washing the floor are a great start. Instead of leaving everything to the maid to do why not sweep the floor before the maid arrives.

Delicate clothing items such as lingerie should preferrably be hand washed. Start to do these small items by hand yourself.

2) Walking

While taking long walks is often out of the question in S.A due to both time and security constraints you can increase the distance that you walk each day simply by some small habit changes.

- Park in the car park furtherest from the point that you wish to go to.

- Use the steps instead of the escalator or lift.

- Walk through all the aisles in the shop instead of just going to the ones that you need items from - who knows you may even find some interesting stuff that you did not know the shop even stocked.

Exercise and the calories burnt are cumulative and so even if you are doing little bits of extra exercise throughout the day you will benefit from them. You may not be able to fit in a solid hour of exercise into your routine but with a little imagination you could possibly fit in 10 x 6 minute periods of extra exercise that add up to one hours exercise.

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18Sep/11Off

Obesity in South Africa

: Obesity in South Africa

Obesity in South Africa is following the worldwide trend of a steady increase. Recently Professor Tessa Van Der Merwe, who is South Africa's foremost authority on obesity, estimated that approx 45% of South Africans were carrying too much weight.

Personally I would estimate that a far higher percentage of South Africans are overweight and as time passes I am noticing an alarming amount of young children who are becoming obese.

Sure, we have always had some "fatty" children running around but I am not talking about just slightly overweight kids, I am talking about children who are sometimes pre-school and who are morbidly obese.

What is causing the trend in obesity?

While there are a million factors contributing to obesity in S.A and the rest of the world there are some factors that are easier to control than others.

1) Fast Foods -

It is a well known fact that wherever the popular American fast food outlets appear in the world then obesity seems to follow. These fast food chains have popularised unhealthy eating and have provided a simple solution to the housewives problem of providing food to the family.

Children are a major part of the new trend towards fast foods and as a result the unscrupulous marketing of these unhealthy foods is often targetted at children. Where the children wish to go the parents follow.

Kiddie meals supplemented with a "cool" toy that every kid must collect ensures that these families return on a regular basis.

Dr Van Der Merwe has gone as far as to suggest that the government should impose a tax on unhealthy fast foods similar to the "Sin Tax" imposed on cigarettes and alcohol.

2) Soft Drinks -

Water has become so uncool! Why drink water or some other healthy beverage when you can drink a refreshing sugar laden soft drink. Of course these high sugar refreshments are often supplemented with caffeine so as to cause the user to return regularly for a top up of caffeine.

One 500ml popular brand soft drink was found to contain almost half of the recommended daily allowance of calories.

Walking around popular supermarkets and observing the trolleys of shoppers all containing multiple 2 litre bottles of soft drinks indicate just how badly South Africans have become hooked on Soft Drinks.

3) Lack of exercise -

Although I commonly state that you do not need a major exercise programme to lose weight, you do need some sort of exercise, such as walking, in order to burn off calories.

South Africa is plagued by a very high crime rate and as a result in many circumstances it is no longer safe to walk around. Suitable public transport is a problem that further aggravates the situation. Children are collected directly from school. It is often preferred that they rather safely watch T.V or play computer games instead of running around outdoors with friends.

Adults often have private cars and drive directly to where they wish to go. There is no excess walking such as encountered when using a public transport system.

In short most South Africans very seldom partake in any form of day to day exercise and this is a major contributor to the overweight state of the nation.

Conclusion

The fight against obesity will involve a massive change of lifestyle in South Africa which could well be nearly impossible to achieve.

Taxes imposed upon fast food outlets and other accompanying legislation which forces fast food outlets to indicate calorie content of meals provided, may help to control the problem slightly but it is still merely a pin-prick in the ocean.

Legislation to control the sale of popular soft drinks will never happen as these companies provide valuable tax revenue to the government.

The streets are unsafe and there is no adequate public transport system available and as a result most familes will continue to lack adequate daily exercise.

Unfortunately is does seem that obesity problem in South Africa is going to continue to grow out of control as it has done in countries such as the USA.

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1Aug/11Off

My husband doesn’t love me anymore

: My husband does'nt love me

Far too many times in counselling of couples I have been faced with distraught women who have come to the conclusion that either their husband no longer loves them or that their husband no longer finds them attractive.

Although it is a hard bullet to swallow, my usual reply is "What has changed?"

If your husband found you attractive enough and he loved you enough to marry you in the first place then what has changed over the years in order to now make him fall out of love with you or not be attracted to you now!

In more than 90% of the incidences, after some severe soul searching, the eventual answer is usually "ME!"

Biggest Problem No 1 - Physical Attraction.

One particular case I will always remember is a husband and wife that I was counselling. They were going through a very bad time in their marriage. The wife was rightfully accusing the husband that he no longer showed any sexual interest in her and that he was very seldom ever loveable anymore.

Without pulling any punches, the husband replied "I am sorry but I can not be attracted to you anymore. When we married you were thin and sexy and now you have become a fat slob."

Unfortunately, although the wife was a very nice person and had a great nature, she had piled on the pounds and hardly could be described as a bikini model.

The wife refused to accept that in order for her husband to be physically attracted to her that she would need to lose weight. She insisted that her husband had to be attracted to her as a person and not due to her looks. Unfortunately the husband soon ended up having affairs and divorce was the final solution to their problems.

When you get married your body no longer belongs to you but belongs to your partner. It is your responsibility to ensure that your body remains attractive and desirable to your partner. Do watch your weight and do not allow your weight to pick up to a stage where your partner is no longer able to be aroused by you.

Problem No 2 - Marriage is boring.

Marriages far too quickly and far too often turn into a boring affair - especially once the kids come along. Life becomes too fast and it is so easy to allow romance to fall away and for your life to fall into a rut of monotony.

It is not long afterwards that the complaints start to come in - My Marriage is boring!

In any marriage there are only two people responsible for creating excitement and romance - you and your partner!

If your marriage has become dull and boring it is mostly because you and your partner have allowed it to become boring.

Recently my wife and I decided to open an online Lingerie website where we sell sexy lingerie. Needless to say we have countless items of sexy lingerie lying around and my wife decided to adopt a few of these items for herself.

Boy when she is finished bathing at night and reaches into her drawer and pulls out those crotchless panties I already know that we are in for a late night full of entertainment. It is funny how something so almost irrelevant like a pair of sexy panties can put a whole lot of fun into your relationship.

Then there are all those other little tricks that can just add so much fun into your romance as well. Try sending some well thought out sms's to hubby during the day. Make it clear that you intend to give him an evening of fun but start early in the day so that by the time he gets home he is already very very hot under the collar.

Look back at the things that you used to do when you first got married or when you were dating and start to implement them back into your relationship. Marriage is only as good and as much fun as you create .

My late wife who was full of wisdom stated a very clear fact " Women desire touch while men desire sex. Women need to use sex to get touch and men need to use touch to get sex. That way they both get what they are looking for!"

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18Jul/11Off

Best weight loss tip

I received a very important warning and a fantastic weight loss tip from one of the readers and so I decided to post this very important weight loss information for all to see.

Are you one of those people that seem to just be gaining weight no matter how hard you try to lose? Well this could be the reason why you have a problem.

This is the message I received.

New information on shampoos.

I just discovered this important info below - please share with all your friends. I don't know why I did not figure this out sooner!!!

It's the shampoo I use in the shower.

When I wash my hair the shampoo runs down my entire body and (DUH!). Printed very clearly on the shampoo bottle label is this very important warning -

"For Extra Volume and Body".

No wonder I have been gaining weight!!

Well now I have got rid of that shampoo and am rather going to start to use "Fairy" dishwashing liquid instead. It's label reads-

"Dissolves fat that is otherwise difficult to Remove."

Problem solved - If I am not replying to any emails it is because i am washing my hair and losing fat in the shower.

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5May/11Off

Sibutrex in South Africa

Sibutrex Banned in South Africa

Click here for Sibutrex in the USA

I have recently encountered numerous adverts online from people who are selling Sibutrex 15mg tablets in online classifieds such as Gumtree.

Sibutrex 15 is a slimming tablet that contains 15mg of Sibutramine - a substance now banned in South Africa. Sibutramine is the exact same substance that was originally found in the imported Simply Slim product that was subsequently removed from the shelves due to the numerous negative side effects that may be caused as a results of the use of Sibutramine.

A word of warning to any potential customers is that Sibutrex is banned in South Africa and those who are importing and selling Sibutrex are doing so illegally.

Best Alternatives to Sibutrex

If you are looking for good weight loss results then there are many legally available options in South Africa that will produce excellent weight loss results without the negative side effects that you could encounter when using a banned product such as Sibutrex.

For those in S.A my safest and best alternative suggestion is Rubedo.

For the rest of the world - Phen375 is a product that is both safe and which produces incredible results. Phen375 is distributed from the USA and is available safely and legally without a doctors prescription. There are no known serious side effects.

Click Here to read the Phen375 Reviews

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14Apr/11Off

Will Diet Pills Make Me Lose Weight?

Will I lose Weight?

As an online weight loss expert I am frequently asked whether a particular diet pill will make a person lose weight and more specifically, "How much weight will I lose?"

I need to answer this question in all fairness and openly - "I don't know!"

If I do not know you and your individual habits and have never seen you before in my life then I can not possibly answer such an open question.

What I can say is that diet pills are specifically designed to enhance weight loss and some people do lose massive amounts of weight by using them.

The role of a Diet Pill.

First I do need to mention that there are a variety of different categories of diet pills that are all designed for different purposes. Below are the main categories of diet pills and their roles in weight loss.

1) Appetite Suppressants - These are specifically formulated to reduce your appetite so that you are easily able to control your eating. The most popular natural appetite suppressant is Hoodia Gordonii which is fairly widely available in many forms on the South African market.

2) Fat Burners - These diet pills will help to increase the rate at which your body burns calories and fat. Invariably fat burners also reduce your appetite and so you will benefit from increased calorie burning and reduced calorie intake.

Fat burners are by far the most popular of all diet pills due to the massive weight loss that they are able to produce. However there have also been many controversial and dangerous fat burner products in the past which have produced some terrible side effects and which are now banned from over the counter sales.

Popular well known fat burners that have been banned in S.A include Phentermine, Duromine, Original Thinz, Original Simply Slim, Reductil and Nobese no1, just to mention a few.

Phen375 was developed as a legal alternative to these banned diet pills but it is currently also not available in South Africa.

For a really safe fat burner that is legal I can personally recommend Rubedo. It is a natural product that gently increases fat burning and reduces appetite.

3) Detox products - probably the most well known of all the products that fall into this category is the Acai Berry products. I personally do not recommend that you use detox weight loss products. As one Doctor said, "All that happens is that they produce a liquid stool that leads to soiled underwear and foul smells."

By simply drinking sufficient water and eating fruit you could experience better detox results than most of these detox products produce.

4) Fat Binders - are products that reduce the percentage of fat absorbed by your body when eating. These pills are taken with water immediately after eating and the fibre content of these pills then attaches to fat molecules in the food you have just eaten. This makes the fat molecule too large to be absorbed through the intestine and as a result it is harmlessly eliminated as waste.

Although not available in South Africa, Proactol is possibly the most well known fat binder diet pill. Fat binders are only really suited to those who regularly eat fatty foods and who do not wish to change their diet.

The role of diet pills continued

Now that you understand the main categories of diet pills and their purposes, let us look at the main role that a diet pill plays in weight loss.

A diet pill is basically an aid to weight loss. It's sole purpose is to make losing weight a lot easier by changing your appetite or increasing the rate at which your body burns fat. You do need to help the diet pill along a little by being careful in choosing what and how much you eat and by increasing your exercise a little.

If you sit watching T.V all day while eating crisps and drinking milk shakes then it does not matter what diet pill you use, the chances are that you will not look that great in sexy lingerie!

However if you do lead a fairly normal lifestyle and implement a few minor and non intrusive changes you do stand to lose a lot of weight when using a good diet pill.

For some great weight loss tips and advice read Be Simply Slim

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