Unlike the pill popping of Alli weight loss, the Jenny Craig weight loss program is all about sending you pre-packaged meals through a three level system. Many weight loss programs have you go through different levels until you reach the end. It is important to find one that has a final step that helps you make lifelong healthy decisions. Without this last step it is easy to fall back into your old unhealthy habits. As far as support goes the Jenny Craig weight loss proram offers a 24-7 support line so that clients are able to ask questions and get support when ever they need to. Jenny Craig offers two different programs one is by actually going to a Jenny Craig center that can be found all over the world with over 650 centers just in the United States. For those who don’t have a center near them or cant physically get to one then Jenny Craig offers a mail and telephone program. Both of these programs are centered around the pre-packaged meals. These consist of frozen breakfast, lunch, dinner and desserts. The problem with packaged meals is once you are off of the diet it is hard to keep your portions small when most food portions at restaurants and whenever you eat out is fairly large.

When it comes to support the Jenny Craig weight loss program ranks above similar programs but the price of the meals and the transition to “real” food bring down the effectiveness of the program. By focusing on food, body, and mind the program does focus on the key aspects to losing weight. However, though it may offer lots of support to get yourself to the gym and be active is something you have to do on your own. People may find this challenging when they are not accounted for at the gym like you would be with a personal trainer or a running buddy.

If you are looking for a weight loss program that does not hurt your wallet, like the Jenny Craig weight loss program, or your body, such as the HCG injections, then I highly advise getting online and checking out some weight loss communities. They are all over the web, free, and can offer you a ton of support and advice. For example, My Weight World is a weight loss community for those who want to lose just a few pounds to a hundred.  They have live chats where you can chat with others just like you or you can share recipes and workout strategies with everyone! Always talk to a physician and do your research before starting any program.

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Well to cut to the chase I have came across a website called Animoto which is free if you want to create 30 second videos. Animoto will do the editing and all the hard work to video production.  All you have to do is upload pictures, videos, sound.  Though Animoto will even provide sound for you if you need it for your videos. It’s really a time saver and a great website to help you with creating videos. It’s free to get started. Create and share unlimited 30-second videos for free. If you want more than 30 seconds? You can upgrade to All Access for only $30/year and create unlimited, full-length videos. Or, purchase a full-length video credit for $3.

I personally have been using a program called camtasia which is a great program to film and create videos. it’s simple it’s easy and you can record on screen actions. Though the downside is you do the editing which can be quite time consuming. The upside is you have more control.

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I just got back from Italy and visiting Rome and the Amalfi Coast it was a beautiful place and the history of the sites are amazing. After realizing that the diet consistent of Bread, Pasta, Cheese, and Salami. Being it’s on a Pizza, some pasta, or some type of giant bread sandwich with lil bits of meat on it. They also drink wine and slam espresso of some type. This diet got me thinking how fat and un healthy I would get if I ate this all the time and what a bad diet it really is. Well after a 2 weeks of eating like this I came to find out that I lost weight during the trip. Why is this, well I will tell you why Europeans can eat carbs and refined sugars and not be super fat like Americans. Here are the reasons why Italians are not fat like Americans:

1. They Walk Everywhere: We we’re so active seeing all the sites we probably walked 5 miles per day, I’m sure most Italians rack up 1 mile per day on average which is far more active than most Americans. More activity keeps the fat off and the body healthy. (1 mile of walking is about 1 hour of walking per day, imagine if you walked for an hour per day.)

2. They Eat Much Smaller Portions: Eating less food and less calories make people not get so fat because they consume less calories. You only see the gluttonous Americans go back for seconds and slam their food down. They spend much more time enjoying food and taking their time to chew and relax and not over eat.

3. Much lower stress lives: Being that they don’t rush from place to place and most business shut down for a few hours per day and don’t open until like 9 allows much more free time rest and recover and not be stressed with life. The night life is much more frequent and people tend to talk and chat more with each other compared to most Americans.

Don’t get me wrong I don’t think there in amazing shape, Americans that do workout and eat good have much better bodies as a whole, though overall they are less obese as a whole as we are. It’s really simple why they are much more smaller people because of these few things. If we walked more and ate less you wouldn’t see as much obese Americans as well. Their diet by no means is healthy for anyone, but their lifestyle compensates for their bad diet which makes a huge difference in why their considered more healthier than Americans.

9 Top reasons why you may not be losing fat!

1. You don’t exercise: Duh if your ass doesn’t move it typically will get bigger, so Move it to lose it.

2. You don’t push yourself hard enough when you exercise: yes you should break a sweat even

3. You don’t know how to exercise correctly: This one cracks me up, hell if you didn’t know how to do your taxes or fix your car what do you do.. Hire a professional? If professional athletes hire trainers, don’t you think you should too considering they workout for a living and still need the help of a professional in the field of exercise. You don’t think celebrities work out themselves do you?

4. You don’t eat 5+ meals a day: I’m sorry you may hate it though the research still states the more meals you eat you burn more calories and more fat all day long. It even says if you eat 10-14 meals it’s even better.

5. You don’t sleep 7-8 hrs each night: Studies link obesity to sleep issues. Our bodies need rest and down time so they can recover sleep.

6. You don’t poop once a day and don’t poop a total of about 12 inches per day. Removing waste from your body is essential otherwise you will become waste and be sick and un healthy.

7. You are Starving yourself or have in the past: no lame weight watcher, jenny Craig, Slim Fast, or many more to come diets have every worked long term and been healthy for anyone. You must eat healthy nourishing foods otherwise you will feel like crap and look like it too.

8. Don’t Over Stress: Stress is one of the worst things for our bodies in abundance. When we get too much stress whether it be physically, mentally, or chemically (from foods, drinks, or drugs) our bodies break down and fall apart. Do something to not stress and rid yourself of running yourself into the ground.

Women mostly:

1. Your hormones are off: Get your hormones checked make sure your body is working for you not against you. Remember hire someone that is really good at prescribing you the answers you need.

Remember be your best and do what you need to do to shed fat.. because it won’t do it on its own. Work Hard, Work Smart, and don’t be a Fool. Life is worth living not wasting. Reward yourself by being great.

The only people who may get upset about this is those personal trainers that are causing us a bad name in the first places.

1. don’t have degrees
2. may or may not be certified
3. undercut the market
4. cause more injuries and harm to clients
5. don’t understand how the body functions and works
6. gives bad and incorrect advice

these are just the few things that just stand out.  You wouldn’t hire  a Dr. That doesn’t have a Medical Degree? why would you hire a personal trainer that has no credentials just because they workout and have a nice body? Probably not the best decision when wanting to hire a personal trainer.

We should require degrees, certifications, ect for people in charge of helping us areas of our cardiovascular, nervous, muscular systems. Help me in this fight let’s change the world and demand for excellence in our profession in Personal Training. 

Read the bill below. help me create one and fight for me for this same bill in Arizona.

State Senate Passes Calderon’s Consumer Protection Bill Friday, April 24, 2009 at 12:30 AM

SACRAMENTO – Today, the State Senate approved legislation by Senator Ron Calderon (D – Montebello) that will protect consumers who hire personal trainers to achieve their fitness goals.  (Calderon) defines what it means to be a personal trainer in the State of California and establishes minimum training and education requirements for personal trainers.

“I was amazed that virtually anyone can all themselves a personal trainer, regardless of their education or lack thereof”, said Senator Calderon. “The implications of having no requirements for this profession are frightening.  People who train improperly can be injured for life.”

Indeed, a recent study of personal trainers by University of CA Los Angeles found rampant incompetence in the fitness training profession. This is especially true for special needs populations such as people with pre-existing injuries or obesity. The study determined that amount of questions the trainers correctly answered was directly linked to their level of education and/or reputable accreditation.

A recent article in Women’s Fitness Magazine focused on the dangers of improper training. Senator quoted the article as saying “Trainers don’t need to meet any federal or state requirements. Even the woman who waxes your upper lip may have had more training–and she is certainly subject to more legal oversight–than the one who pushes your cardiovascular, muscular, and nervous systems.”

It is difficult to know the true number of injuries cause by improper training each year in California. Because the Department of Consumer Affairs does not regulate the fitness industry, they do not track complaints. “What we do know is that inadequate education results in incompetent trainers, which then leads to unnecessary injuries,” said Senator Calderon. “We can, and should, do more to protect consumers and SB 374 does just that.”

SB 374 passed off the Senate floor with a 22-13 vote today and is now headed to the Assembly.

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Dr. Robert Atkins started the largest ‘low-carb craze” when he wrote a series of books titled, ” Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution” in 1972. The books were centered around his belief that the main cause of obesity was from eating carbohydrates such as sugar, flour, and high fructose syrup. The Atkins diet program restricts “net carbs” to decrease hunger due to the longer process of digestion  for fats and proteins. While other weight loss programs, such as Alli weight loss, include an over the counter weight loss pill that stops the digestion of fat.

Whether the Atkins diet program is effective and healthy for you is still up for debate. Some studies say it helps prevent cardiovascular disease, lowers LPD cholesterol, and increases HDL cholesterol. Other studies say the diet contributes to cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, arrhythmia, osteoporosis, and kidney stones. Diets that are high in protein cause the loss of calcium and lowering in urinary citrate levels. In 2004 a study was conducted and found that the Atkins diet lead to 70% constipation of the subjects, 65% had halitosis, 54% had headaches, and 10% reported hearing loss. It is important to research and find all the risks and benefits of a weight loss program that you are considering.

Many of these diets start out in a big craze but tend to drop in popularity once it has thoroughly been researched and people are aware of all of its risks. The weight loss craze of today I would say is the Wii weight loss program. This program appears to be safe and includes a balanced diet and regular exercise with the fun of playing video games. The Atkins diet program has four phases that you go through. These phases are induction, ongoing weight loss, pre-maintenances and lifetime maintenance. The induction phase is around 2 weeks long and is the most restrictive. It allows for no more than 20 net grams per day. The ongoing phase increases carbohydrates  by 5 net grams a week. The pre-maintenance phase increases carbohydrates again my 10 grams per week. This is for you to find the maximum number of carbohydrates you can eat a day without gaining weight. The final step, lifetime maintenance, is to help enforce the habits you have created and to carry them out the rest of your life. What sets the Atkins diet program apart from other programs, such as Alli weight loss and the Wii program, is that it has you follow specific steps during different durations of the diet.

We all know and experts agree that the best way to reach your healthy weight loss is to  regularly and com mit to a sensible eating plan. If a program encourages unhealthy behavior then you should probably stay away from it. There are many people out there who are not certified to help you that are trying to scam you into some “magical pill”. Any program that tells you that you can lose weight and not change your diet and exercise then they are selling a fantasy. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and make sure you consider all your choices seriously.

Weight loss programs all over the world are competing with each other to find the next biggest fad diet. Wii weight loss program is not a fad diet but a way for the family to exercise together at home. The only controversy is like all other video games will this just last a few weeks or months until you no longer want to play it? When new craze diets and programs come out they tend to be the new “fad” but they wear off shortly after researchers study into them more and find many risks and cons.

Wii weight loss program consists of a sports system that is played using a handheld wand that you move around. The games include tennis, baseball, boxing, archery, bowling and more. The diet that goes along with this program is to simply recognize the foods that are bad for you and to avoid them. However, there is no education on these foods or guidelines, allowing those who go into the program to decide for themselves.. Unlike  the Wii program the Atkins diet enforces a strict low carbohydrate diet forcing changes in your metabolism.  For exercise Wii asks that you play the games for 30-45 minutes daily. The over the counter pill, Alli weight loss, simply has you just taking a pill and not even suggest that you should work out as well. Of course with the Wii those who are successful at losing weight also implement regular aerobic exercise into the plan. Wii has come out with more workout games such as the Wii fit that gives you a balancing board to work out on and incorporates yoga and strength training. However, studies have showed that after a month the board has become more of a dusty object on the shelf then a used workout program

Although the WII WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM is not the best way to lose weight it does burn more calories than the average gaming systems. Since the Wii avoids any strict dieting it does not have the same health risks and affects as Alli weight loss and the Atkins diet. The pros to using this system consist of being able to track your weight, measure your BMI, track the time you spend on it and get health tips. With any diet I suggest to simply try the best method which is keeping to a healthy diet and regular exercise. If you chose to use the Wii I suggest that you use it as a starting point for your weight loss plan. Then you can slowly implement more regular exercises with cardio. It is also suggested to educate yourself on what a healthy diet consists of. Make sure you are getting all of your minerals and vitamins in your diet while also not starving yourself. There are many online weight loss communities out there, such as My Weight World, that offer you the support and education you need to lose weight.