Cravings, bloating and then the hunger – the best diets are often laid asunder by your period. For many women, the symptoms leading up to and during the week of your period are outrageous, and one of these is the hunger that seems to ratchet up from nowhere. The reason for this increase in hunger is simple. Your body uses more calories during the time right before and in some cases during your period. This increase in calories makes your body burn more calories during this time, and as the calories as burning you’re going to feel hungry more often. To compound this, the hormones at work in your body during this time are also likely making you crave particular food items. So suddenly, you’re starving, you already feel bloated from water weight and now you want to eat chocolate or chips. No wonder we all feel so miserable during this week! Calories are units of energy. You can think of them like tiny gallons or liters of gas. Just like a car burns through gas, your body burns through calories. Every day, if you were to lie in bed and do nothing at all, you would burn a certain number of calories just being alive. This number is your Basal Metabolic Rate, or BMR. As you lay in your bed doing nothing at all, your body is burning up fuel, or calories, keeping your digestive system working, helping your heart beat and all of the other wonderful things that happen inside us that we don’t have to think about on a daily basis. Every thirty days or so, the systems in your body pick up another task. With the menstrual cycle, the week of your period makes your body do some extra work. This extra work burns more calories and your BMR actually goes up. In some women, the week of your period can make you burn up to fifteen percent more calories, and you haven’t changed a single thing about your lifestyle! To get the calories it needs, your body sends a message to your brain telling you you’re hungry more often. Since you’re feeling hungry, you eat. This is a tricky week for women who are paying close attention to their figures, however. Being extra hungry often means you are compelled to eat. The additional symptoms of this week make eating even more enjoyable. I mean, really – if you’re sitting in sweat pants already watching weepy movies, wouldn’t it taste better with a pint of ice cream? The trouble is, you may feel hungrier, but the extra calorie burning can be a bit deceptive. Your body is burning some extra calories, but only about 100 to 300 per day, and only for a few days at a time. Sadly, 100 calories is the same as one of those tiny snack packs you can put in your lunch while you’re dieting. At most, you can enjoy a candy bar for close to 300. A pint of ice cream is easily 500 to almost 1,000 calories at a time – it’s not justified by period calorie burn. Controlling Hunger and Your Period The best way to stay healthy and watch your figure is to listen to your body more than your appetite. You may feel a strong craving for ice cream, but that probably has more to do with comfort then nutrition. If you’re feeling like shoveling through a bag of chips, don’t give in to the craving. If you really can’t stand it, count out enough chips to be about one serving and then stop. Savor the chips you’re eating, but leave the rest put away. If you can prevent your appetite from getting the best of you by eating filling foods without many extra calories such as lean protein and vegetables, you will benefit in another way from feeling so hungry this week. When your BMR goes up, as it does the days before your period, you’re burning some extra calories. If you fend off the desire to shove junk in your face this week, you can actually burn off more calories instead of consuming them. If you are one of the lucky ones burning an extra 300 calories per day for about five days, you’ll lose half a pound by not doing anything except waking up in the morning. After gaining up to five pounds in retained water, losing that water plus a bit more feels outstanding the week after your cycle – it just takes a bit of willpower to reach that point. Cited: http://www.thewellpath.com/news/why-do-i-get-so-hungry-before-and-during-my-period/
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I know it has been a while since our last Blog post, we have been extremely busy with customers and orders, but we are getting back to providing you with Blog Tips.. Do you want to fit exercise into your life but not quite sure how to do it? For the beginner: learning how to fit some sort of physical activity into our already busy lives can feel a bit overwhelming. Very few people wake up one morning and successfully transition from a couch potato into an athlete in a single day. To successfully help someone achieve a healthy and active lifestyle, small changes can create a huge payoff. Small changes allow beginners to see the immediate benefits of an active lifestyle, and be more willing to devote regular time to their fitness goals. Starting slowly instills exercise as a habit, making it feel less like an inconvenience. Here are some small changes that help ease beginners off the couch and into healthier lifestyle practices: 1. Plan a 10 minute walk after meals.To a busy person, 30 minutes of exercise daily can feel like an eternity. Where can I find 30 more minutes in my day? But, an extra 10 minutes can feel much more manageable. A sneaky way of getting someone to do 30 minutes of walking per day is to ask clients to take a 10 minute walk after each meal. They feel better, tend to eat less, and are meeting the minimum requirements for exercise and health! 2. Be an early riser.Encourag beginners to set their alarm 30 minutes earlier than they usually get up. They can take that time to go for a short walk or jog, do some yoga, or even complete a quick exercise DVD routine. Most people find that they don't miss that extra half-hour of sleep, and reap major rewards for starting the day off active! 3. Choose to be active.Take the stairs. Park further away. Take the dog for a walk. Walk over and talk to that coworker instead of sending an email. These choices do add up, and can help ease people into a more active lifestyle. 4. Make exercise a priority.If we wait until we have time to exercise, we will never exercise. Successful exercisers make exercise a priority. Look at the calendar for the week, and schedule the time that you are going to spend on yourself each day. If you make an appointment with yourself, you are more likely to keep that appointment. 5. No one is perfect.Read that again: no one is perfect. Everyone is allowed to have one bad day, just make sure that one bad day doesn't turn into a bad month, followed by a bad year. Most people think that if they have a bad day or week, that they have failed and often stop their exercise habit. If beginners fall off the wagon, encourage them to just jump back on. Consistency is key! Something is always better than nothing! It is important to start moving. Once beginners start reaping the benefits of increased physical activity, it is much easier to get involved in a more structured program.
Remember that lifestyle change is a process! (http://certification.acsm.org/blog/2013/march/easing-into-exercise-habits) Hunger is making you Fat!! I'm not kidding... When your body becomes hungry it goes on the defense and does two things that are bad for our bodies and our bellies.
This is where our weight loss supplements come into play.. They work by curbing your appetite (there is nothing wrong with some assistance), and helping you control your portion intake which ultimately shrinks your stomach. They are also helpful in curbing those awful cravings. These attributes in a dietary supplement are key in feeling full faster and losing those unwanted lbs. TIPS from DTES while taking our products : 1. Drink plenty of water. It is critical to the weight loss process. 2. Do not change your diet! This is not the time to start eating a healthy diet. The product will not work properly. The detoxification process is triggered by fat content in your diet and uses this fat to flush new fat out of your system. 3. Let the product do what it is designed to do. Exercise or not, you will notice your portions change, you will begin eating less and getting full faster. Just let the product work. 4. These products contain average - strong appetite suppressants and so there is no need to focus on curbing your appetite. The biggest challenge you may face is making yourself eat. 5. Sit back, relax and let nature do its thing. As I was searching the web on images relating to weight loss for some new upcoming ads, I found myself seeing images and ads that were just so unrealistic. Why is it that all the weight loss images or ads are of these women with not an ounce of body fat? Not a stretch mark? and are they really claiming that body, those abs come from no additional work? Well, This is what led me to today's blog, Unrealistic ?? Does society think we really believe the hype ?? Down To Earth Solutions, llc., is in the business of weight loss and while our weight loss supplements/products are absolutely amazing and provide amazing results, I also know the average person taking these supplements needs/wants to lose an average of 15 - 20 lbs and they know they are not going to develop rock solid abs in the process without the willingness to put in some hard work.
okay, so a few of weight loss ads with women I came across look like these, with these images being front and center... Really?? Does the average consumer think it is that easy to look like the above images? I think not.. We do not believe the "IMAGE HYPE"! AND...From what I have read, this same image "hype", so to say.. is what got Victoria's Secret "Perfect Body" campaign such backlash from everyday people.
So, Then I took it a step further and had to reflect... thinking, "Had we used images like this to advertise our weight loss products"? Yes.. absolutely, a time or two.. but now I can say I plan to steer from them as much as possible in the future because this to me this isn't the "realistic" end result and it is definitely not the average woman needing to lose weight . Does it catch your eye.. yeah maybe.. but it's still hype. TRUTH: Our average customer has real weight to lose and a few, sure.. take our supplements/products to maintain but the majority struggles with weight loss and that's where we step in offering help to curb those sugar cravings, late night snacking or overeating in general. Our weight loss supplements have helped thousands of people lose the weight they struggled with shedding and our company.. DOWN TO EARTH SOLUTIONS, LLC. is PROUD of that fact! Our stance has always been REAL PEOPLE = REAL RESULTS! These are a few of our ads.. What do you think? Feel free to comment with your feedback.. Thanks!
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