Can I determine if I am Overweight?

Most commonly a ratio or measurement known as the body mass index (BMI) is used as a guide to determine your body weight in relation to your height, and will establish whether you fall into the underweight, healthy, overweight or obese category.

A normal BMI range for men and women is between 18.5 and 24.9, while overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 to 29.9, and obesity is defined as a BMI equal to or more than 30.

Body mass index is determined by dividing your weight in kilograms by your height in meters squared and multiplying by 100. It may also be calculated by dividing your weight in pounds by your height in inches squared and multiplying by 705.

If you are in the 25 to 29.9 range please read on.

Maintaining Healthy Weight

The body requires long-term harmony and support and in order to lose weight successfully, there are a few weight loss tips and simple steps that need to be incorporated into your lifestyle:
1. A healthy, balanced diet
2. Regular exercise
3. A positive and healthy mental approach to food
4. Understanding and acknowledging the underlying causes of unhealthy eating habits

By incorporating healthy eating habits and exercise into your life, you will improve not only your weight, but also your overall physical and mental health. Being overweight can cause numerous health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, arthritis and respiratory disease to name but a few.

Problems Associated with Weight Loss.

There is nothing more frustrating (or unhealthy) than yo-yo dieting: losing a few pounds here and there, only to gain them again—and sometimes even more! Millions of people battle with their weight daily and resort to various fad diets, diet pills, and weight loss programs in the hope of a quick solution.

Unfortunately, a quick ‘solution’ is not the answer to keeping those pounds off in the long term. The best weight loss tips advocate healthy food and exercise and discourage fad or crash diets that produce initial water loss and short term loss of weight that very often upsets the delicate balance of your body’s metabolism.

More often than not, people resort to appetite suppressants to lose weight or harsh stimulants with added caffeine or other stimulants to boost their metabolism. While these types of weight loss supplements may suppress the urge to eat or increase the amount of fat burned, they are extremely detrimental to your health and can affect all body systems, especially the heart.

These weight loss supplements often promise dramatic weight loss and the perfect body with minimal effort. Unfortunately, unnatural weight loss supplements have some serious side effects including fatigue, agitation, shivers, dry mouth, diarrhea, depression, insomnia, altered metabolism and even anorexia.

The Natural Way to Lose Weight

Losing weight is a slow, gradual process and requires a combination of healthy eating, balanced nutrition and exercise. Try not to place unrealistic expectations on yourself and be prepared for setbacks. If you falter, do not be too hard on yourself and commit to starting afresh the next day.

There are also many natural weight loss supplements available that are effective in helping you to achieve your goal weight and support a healthy metabolism naturally. Herbal and homeopathic remedies are gentle on the body’s system, helping to create the conditions necessary for weight stabilization and balance.

These natural weight loss supplements also promote overall physical, mental and emotional health. Herbs such as Fucus vesiculosis, Gallium aperine, Taraxacum officinalis, Glycorrhiza glabra, and Erythrea centaurium can help to boost the metabolism, improve liver and digestive functioning and keep the weight off. Another helpful herb is Garcinia cambogia that has been used for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine as a natural appetite suppressant.
The products EcoSlim, TeenSlim, JuniorSlim and Slimmer's Assist Tonic are all recommended to help stabilze the metabolism and help with the loss.

A Simple Weightloss Program

The following is just one of the many examples that are available to you to follow if you are serious about weightloss.It is also recommended that the supplements, EcoSlim or TeenSlimor JuniorSlim and Slimmer's Assist Tonic be used in conjuction.
1. When you wake up:
   1. Take one slive of fresh lemon. Lemon helps with the production of bile - which breaks down fat in the food supply.
   2. Put the lemon in the cup and pour the boiling water over it.
   3. Leave to cool and draw for about three minutes, and sip slowly.
2. Breakfast:
   1. One cup of high fiber plain cereal or oats (No sugar or flavoring like chocolate! No muesli!)
   2. Use fruit juice or skim milk with the cereal.
   3. Cut one whole apple into slices or wedges or a alternatively a grapefruit.
   4. One cup of herbal tea or juice (fennel tea is very good for weight loss and will also help to settle the stomach)
   5. Note: One slice of whole-wheat or rye bread/toast with low fat cottage cheese (or a hard boiled egg) can be substituted for the cereal three times a week. Don't leave out the apple or the herbal tea!
3. Midmorning Snack:
   1. Cup of herbal tea
   2. 2 small whole wheat or rye crackers (you can use Fat Free Cream Cheese)
   3. 1 apple cut into wedges or slices
4. Main Meal: You should preferably have your main meal at midday, not at night. This gives your body a chance to digest it and use up the calories instead of storing them. If this is impossible, make sure that you eat your main meal at least three hours before going to bed.
   1. Use the following foods in a variety of ways to prepare your food. For example, you may grill, steam, or bake (not fry) the fish/meat/chicken whole, or you may cut it into small pieces and stir-fry it in low-fat oil with the vegetables or the pasta.
   2. One medium portion of fish/chicken or lean meat (red meat not more than twice a week, avoid lamb or mutton and remove the skin from chicken before cooking)
   3. One small portion of starch (brown rice, pasta, potatoes – boiled, steamed or baked)
   4. One big portion of raw salad containing: a green leaf vegetable (lettuce/cabbage/spinach) an orange vegetable or fruit (orange/carrot/tangerine) a green vegetable or fruit (cucumber, green pepper/celery/parsley) a red vegetable or fruit (red pepper, tomato) a white vegetable or fruit (apple, pear, cucumber), add sprouts like lentil, alfalfa, barley or a few sunflower seeds.
   5. You can substitute the salad three times a week with cooked vegetables from the above groups so long as they are steamed, baked or lightly boiled - or cooked in lemon juice or plain yogurt.
   6. Try and include all the colors - green, red, orange, yellow and white!
   7. If you are a vegetarian, you can increase the salad and add almonds, low fat cottage cheese and sunflower seeds or use soybeans, tofu, egg or other protein source.
5. The mid-afternoon snack is the same as the mid-morning snack. These snacks are important - don't skip them!