Weight Loss Secrets From The Experts

When you're looking for tips to help you achieve the weight loss results you've been dreaming of, who better to ask then the experts? World-class, academically trained and highly qualified nutritionists and dietitians have been asked for the best weight loss tips they could think of, and Shedyourweight.com has taken the liberty of compiling them into one, great read. Enjoy!

1. Spice it up with chili peppers

Hot peppers contain the fat-burning substance capsaicin, which not only gives the peppers their singing hot flavor, but also giving your brain time to process that it is full by slowing down your eating.

2. Say no to supersizing

It's pretty easy to overeat when you have a large meal set down in front of you, and that's why you should probably stick to your regular-sized meals. Not only does the brain not recognize the difference between the two meals, (you'll still feel full with the regular-sized meals) but you'll also be saving your body from unwanted calories and fat.

3. Keep a fast once in a while

Although this tip is something the experts do not recommend for weight control, they do acknowledge that weight loss fasting can break patterns of mindless eating to give your body time to flush the excess toxins out of the system.

4. Learn to say no to temptation

Learn to say no and mean it when someone offers you a second helping of Aunt Judith's moist chocolate cake. Announce you're on a diet, and even though you will get comments like "You don't need to go on a diet, dear, you look just fine!", making your diet public will only strengthen your conviction in sticking to your plan. Plus, making other people aware of it makes them more mindful about offering second or third helpings to you.

5. Eat at home more often

People who don't cook and eat at home tend to eat less healthy food and be heavier than people who do, reveals a study by the American Society for Nutrition. You'll not only keeping the pounds off, you'll be saving money as well.

6. Don't skip meals

Nutritionists and dietitians have been advising people not to skip meals for years, especially breakfast. Recent research done by British scientists have revealed that skipping meals sends a signal to your brain that whenever you see a high-calorie food, your reward center lights up vividly to urge you to indulge.

7. Try a bowl of muesli

To those of you who have never heard of muesli before, it's a cereal made from oats, fruit and nuts, with each ingredient linked to weight control and good health. It's rich fiber content makes it slow to digest, keeping you feeling full longer.

8. Enjoy the healthy oils

There's no need to fear the oils, especially the healthy fats like olive and canola oil. They're especially good for the heart and in lowering your bad cholesterol levels.

9. Have a glass of wine

Having a glass of red wine daily not only lowers your risk of acquiring a cardiovascular disease with it's rich antioxidant resveratrol content, but has also been proven to be extremely beneficial in burning fat cells and inhibiting fat formation. Red wine has many health benefits.

10. Eat when you're hungry

Don't eat when you're bored, stressed, depressed or lonely. Eat only when you're truly hungry, because you can't make food the only solution to your emotional problems. Find physically and mentally rewarding ways to relieve yourself of stress.

You should also check out the Frequently Asked Questions About Losing Weight Fast

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Celebrity weight loss secrets

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Celebrities set the standards of what’s hot and what’s not; they’ll define what’s the difference of “slender” and “anorexic” as well as the “fat” and a “sexy plus size”. Popular men’s magazine, FHM releases a yearly edition of 100 sexiest women in the world which tells the readers who has flaunted the best body every year. Let’s take a peak on who made it on the top 5 this year and learn their different celebrity weight loss secrets.

#1 Cheryl Cole

Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole was voted as the sexiest woman in the world for 2009 and 2010 because of her gorgeous body, brown eyes, long legs, well defined cheekbones, and her hair which underexposes her cleavage. But there is more to those refined features why she got the top spot, she also managed to shed off 150 pounds of useless flab.

How she did it? Well, aside from the fact that she had a little help when she was stricken by malaria July of this year, all the singing plus dancing during her on and off stage performances surely burned her lots of calories.

#2 Megan Fox

Transformer bombshell Megan Fox shares she’s under Vinegar diet. It is a popular diet in Europe where you drink raw apple cider vinegar. This diet is said to work as it suppresses the appetite as well as clean the digestive organs and speeds up one’s metabolism.

Fox needed to go really slender to fit in her Jonah Hex costume where she played as the gun-toting prostitute. However, she might have gone overboard that the producers of Transformer 3 need to let her go because she’s too thin to play the role of Mikaela Banes.

#3 Marisa Miller

Supermodel Marisa Miller who wore the “Fantasy Bra” on the latest Victoria Secret Show landed on the third spot in the list. Thanks to her genes, she has a natural slender physique but Miller’s body is also a product of her active lifestyle. She enjoys surfing, horseback riding, dancing and doing domestic stuff like laundry, grocery shopping, and cooking.

#4 Frankie Sandford

21 year old and member of the girl group The Saturdays, Frankie Sandford has the most amazing flat belly with tight muscles in the midsection. How she got it? Let’s take into account that The Saturdays perform at such intensity where they move, dance, and sing at the same time. Although she claims that she is not obsessed with exercise and enjoys every food that she can grab, dancing burns a lot of fat and tones the core naturally.

#5 Keeley Hazel

She is one bombshell with a cause. She posed nude for PETA in 2009 where she was quoted “I believe that killing animals for vanity is wrong.” Aside from her good heart, Keeley Hazel has a really gorgeous body. Her Secret? Living an active lifestyle. She did modeling, filming movies, album recording and a lot more. With her hectic schedule, she did not fail to make sure that she eats the right food and drink plenty of water.

Getting on FHM’s 100 sexiest women in the world list may be quite hard for most of us. But then again, it may be hard but it’s not impossible. Who knows, your face might be on the Year 20something’s sexiest women in the world.

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Anthony Hopkins' Diet and Exercise Routine: Age-Defying Secrets

Welsh legend and actor Anthony Hopkins, best known for playing the role as Hannibal Lecter in “Silence of the Lambs,” continues to be one of Hollywood’s most popular celebrities. Other box office films by Anthony Hopkins are The Lion in Winter, Magic, The Elephant Man, 84 Charing Cross Road, Dracula, Legends of the Fall, The Remains of the Day, Amistad, Nixon, and Fracture. Even at the age of 73, he still looks much younger than his age and much slimmer and healthier too, as he lost 80 pounds. What are his secrets? Here, he shares how he achieved sucha massive weight loss success.

Anthony shares, “I got tired of being heavy, so I went on a really good regume of eating healthy and exercising for an hour a day. I’m not a nutty, macrobiotic kind of guy, but I enjoy being alive.”

Anthony Hopkins’ diet involves the classic low sugar diet otherwise referred to as the low GI diet. This kind of diet plan doesn’t consume any bread, biscuits or cookies, and cakes. Anthony actually loves eating bread and can even eat it the entire day. But he claims that this is one of the reasons why people put on a lot of weight.

He also added, “My wife's no dictator, but she said I must stick to a regimen. So I'm in the gym six days a week, I power walk, live on 800 calories a day. No pasta. No seconds. A sandwich occasionally. Now I'm a health nut. I can't get back into my wardrobe. I gave it all away to some mission. I tried tailoring the pants but they look ridiculous.”

For Anthony Hopkins’ exercise routine, he hits the gym 6 days a week. His routine actually includes power walking which is a simple activity but is regarded as very effective. After Anthony has been relatively inactive in a few years, he doesn’t have enough strength or flexibility either to do a wide range of exercise routine. However, he does power walking as it is very natural to do. He may either do this using a treadmill with maximum incline or perhaps do it within their neighbourhood.

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Celebrity weight loss secrets

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Celebrities set the standards of what’s hot and what’s not; they’ll define what’s the difference of “slender” and “anorexic” as well as the “fat” and a “sexy plus size”. Popular men’s magazine, FHM releases a yearly edition of 100 sexiest women in the world which tells the readers who has flaunted the best body every year. Let’s take a peak on who made it on the top 5 this year and learn their different celebrity weight loss secrets.

#1 Cheryl Cole

Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole was voted as the sexiest woman in the world for 2009 and 2010 because of her gorgeous body, brown eyes, long legs, well defined cheekbones, and her hair which underexposes her cleavage. But there is more to those refined features why she got the top spot, she also managed to shed off 150 pounds of useless flab.

How she did it? Well, aside from the fact that she had a little help when she was stricken by malaria July of this year, all the singing plus dancing during her on and off stage performances surely burned her lots of calories.

#2 Megan Fox

Transformer bombshell Megan Fox shares she’s under Vinegar diet. It is a popular diet in Europe where you drink raw apple cider vinegar. This diet is said to work as it suppresses the appetite as well as clean the digestive organs and speeds up one’s metabolism.

Fox needed to go really slender to fit in her Jonah Hex costume where she played as the gun-toting prostitute. However, she might have gone overboard that the producers of Transformer 3 need to let her go because she’s too thin to play the role of Mikaela Banes.

#3 Marisa Miller

Supermodel Marisa Miller who wore the “Fantasy Bra” on the latest Victoria Secret Show landed on the third spot in the list. Thanks to her genes, she has a natural slender physique but Miller’s body is also a product of her active lifestyle. She enjoys surfing, horseback riding, dancing and doing domestic stuff like laundry, grocery shopping, and cooking.

#4 Frankie Sandford

21 year old and member of the girl group The Saturdays, Frankie Sandford has the most amazing flat belly with tight muscles in the midsection. How she got it? Let’s take into account that The Saturdays perform at such intensity where they move, dance, and sing at the same time. Although she claims that she is not obsessed with exercise and enjoys every food that she can grab, dancing burns a lot of fat and tones the core naturally.

#5 Keeley Hazel

She is one bombshell with a cause. She posed nude for PETA in 2009 where she was quoted “I believe that killing animals for vanity is wrong.” Aside from her good heart, Keeley Hazel has a really gorgeous body. Her Secret? Living an active lifestyle. She did modeling, filming movies, album recording and a lot more. With her hectic schedule, she did not fail to make sure that she eats the right food and drink plenty of water.

Getting on FHM’s 100 sexiest women in the world list may be quite hard for most of us. But then again, it may be hard but it’s not impossible. Who knows, your face might be on the Year 20something’s sexiest women in the world.

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Kate Middleton's Diet and Exercise: The Soon-To-Be Princess' Secrets

The startlingly hazel-eyed, brunette future princess of England Kate Middleton rose from obscurity when she and Prince William of Wales announced their engagement. The royal couple who will be exchanging their vows this April 29, 2011, has consistently attracted media attention, especially the gorgeous 5 feet 10 inches tall, soon-to-be princess widely known for her regal beauty and elegant style.

"She’s quite figure-conscious and she’s very aware that the camera adds a good 10 pounds," said a source. "Kate has lost a lot of weight recently. She is tiny, with no hips."

Kate Middleton’s diet is the Dunkan diet, a diet plan developed by French nutritionist and medical doctor Pierre Dukan.

This is a low carbohydrate and high protein diet that involves 4 phases with little to no carbohydrate intake before gradually going back to carbohydrate intake.

The first phase of Kate Middleton’s diet is called the attack phase wherein it covers 1 to 10 days with an expected weight loss of 7 to 10 pounds during the first 5 days.

In this phase, Kate consumes only protein foods sometimes seasoned with condiments that are carbohydrate-free. She likewise consumes calorie-free drinks like water, coffee, tea and diet soda.

For the second phase is called the cruise phase wherein days of protein only are alternated with days of protein and vegetables. The allowable vegetables to be consumed in this phase are restricted to those that do not contain starch like lettuce, spinach, celery, cucumber, asparagus and tomato and may be eaten raw, steamed or combined in soups or stews.

The third phase is the consolidation phase, otherwise known as the maintenance phase which starts once Kate is able to achieve her set goal weight. She will continue consuming proteins and vegetables with permitted extra servings of carbohydrates a week.

The last phase is called the stabilization phase wherein Kate is able to go back to consuming any foods she like while still following the rules within the third phase.

An example of Kate Middleton’s diet plan on a typical day involves the following meals as based on the phase two principles:

• Breakfast: 8 oz non-fat cottage cheese, 1 slice turkey, Coffee or tea with skim milk and no-calorie sweetener

• Morning Snack: 4 oz non-fat yogurt

• Lunch: Three-pepper tuna, Stuffed mushrooms, Café crème

• Afternoon Snack: 1 slice ham, Oat bran pancake (made with 2 tablespoons oat bran)

• Dinner: Beef kebab, Courgette soup

• Dessert: Floating island

For Kate Middleton’s exercise routine, she works out at the gym for an hour daily and loves doing yoga and cycling.

Sources say, “She works out for at least an hour a day and loves to stay slim and toned. She and Pippa use the gym all the time because it has great equipment and it’s completely private. She has even had William and Harry doing crunches and press-ups.”

But when Kate was still studying, she was already actively playing sports. During college, she was the captain of their hockey team which is quite similar to soccer that needs high levels of fitness, muscular endurance and agility. She also loves skiing during the winter season which she does with Prince William.

Part of Kate Middleton’s exercise routine also includes a lot of rowing especially for a charity boat race. Rowing is considered as a great way to tone up the muscles of the arms, stay fit and lose weight as well. During her row trainings, she crosses the English Channel that is about 23 miles long.

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