10 Tips To Lose Weight For Your Honeymoon

Everyone wants their wedding and honeymoon to be wonderful life experiences, with the bride and groom looking and feeling their absolute best. While some may set their weight loss goals with only their wedding day in mind, others will be completely focused on dropping the weight for the honeymoon. Honeymoon weight loss is most likely a more intimate type of weight loss expectation, as the goal is usually to have your body appear a certain way for your spouse. Some may simply want to look as sexy as possible, or almost picture perfect. While you should always set realistic weight loss goals, these top 10 tips can help you to lose the weight:

1. Make night time eating a "no-no". When you eat late at night, you are taking in calories, but not doing anything to burn them off. This is not good, as frequently eating late is a big contributor to obesity.

2. Make eating breakfast a necessity. Starting your day with a healthy breakfast of lean protein, low-fat carbohydrates, and fruit or vegetables is a key to daily weight loss success. Eating breakfast helps your brain to work better so that you are more productive, helps your body to metabolize your food more efficiently which allows for more calories to be burned, and gives you more energy to do more throughout your day.

3. Don't stop eating carbohydrates. Whole grains are an essential part of a healthy diet and are the much needed carbohydrates that our bodies convert into energy. Instead of high fat, low fiber choices such as white bread and fat-laden cakes, select healthier low-fat carbohydrates such as fortified cereals.

4. Don't leave off exercise. Exercise is a "must do" to achieve weight loss success. When you exercise, your body burns the fat from the foods that you eat more efficiently and also helps in so many other ways, including with your heart and brain. Exercise also has the added benefit of allowing for more targeted workouts to tone and sculpt those problem areas that you want to work on before your wedding and honeymoon.

5. Don't spend a lot of time around food. Unless you work in the food industry, limit the amount of time that you spend looking at or around food. Part of any successful honeymoon weight loss plan is to stay focused on your goal. Being around lots of food can offset you and cause you more anguish and uncertainty about your ability to lose the weight.

6. Enjoy more healthy snacks. Many of us think of weight loss as something that will deprive us of good munchies. This is not true. In fact, the opposite is true. When you eat more healthy snacks, more frequently, in smaller portions, your body will actually work better by speeding up your metabolism and causing you to burn more calories more quickly.

7. Stay hydrated. Dehydration can cause you to want to eat more and drink lots of high calorie beverages. Drink low-calorie, replenishing drinks that can help your body stay refreshed and well-hydrated.

8. Get a nutritional makeover. Make over your mind about the purpose and use of food, and get a better understand of its use in our lives. Eat for health, look for vitamins and nutrients in your food, and don't deprive yourself of things that you like. Balance it all out and you will enjoy a healthier way of eating for years to come.

9. Lose for the long-term. Don't get too caught up in taking off the weight just for one night. That is sure to leave you feeling empty once that night is over, and may cause you to quickly abandon your new healthier lifestyle. This will actually cause you to gain weight faster.

10. Stay positive. Believe that you can lose the weight. You have to make up in your mind that you are 100% capable of making your honeymoon weight loss goal a reality. Ignore anything to the contrary.

Weddings are wonderful things. Honeymoons can be even more phenomenal. The way that you approach your special day and night will make the all the difference in the world. Being confident in who you are and making the most of this precious time can give you a satisfaction that can last a lifetime.

She wanted to be a thin pop star! but 'diet' pills nearly killed her!!?!

FACED with calorie counting, gym sessions and fad diets, it is no wonder women are seduced by quick-fix diet pills sold online.

The manufacturers claim the drugs will burn fat and halt hunger pangs but experts say they are addictive and harmful.

Because they are classed as supplements, the pills don’t have to conform to regulations governing medicines.

But research has linked their use to long-term problems such as heart disease, raised blood pressure and even death.

Palpitations, insomnia and anxiety also feature in a long list of dangerous side-effects.

In the UK doctors refuse to prescribe diet drugs. Instead the NHS advice for effective weight loss is a balanced diet combined with regular exercise.

But despite the dangers, women desperate to lose weight are buying the drugs online.

Singer Caroline Duffy, 28, had a lucky escape when diet pills made her body shut down.

When she was 18 she failed an audition to join a girl group — then overheard an interviewer say it was because she was overweight.

Caroline, of Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, says: “Over the next five years I tried numerous diets but none of them gave me the results I craved.

Handbag

“Then, at 23, I read a magazine article about Britney Spears. It said a pot of Zantrex-3 diet pills had fallen out of her handbag as she walked through Heathrow airport.

“I dropped the magazine and rushed to my computer. The official site selling the drugs promised rapid, sustained weight loss and extreme energy, with 546 per cent more weight loss than other leading brands.

“Perfect — weight loss with no dieting or exercise. One batch of 120 tablets cost £60. I immediately typed in my bank details and bought one packet.

“I decided not to tell my family and friends about the pills. I’d wait until the weight dropped off.

“When they arrived I read the instructions carefully and took four of the large blue tablets a day. Within a week, I noticed they were working. My appetite had shrunk. I went from devouring breakfast and two hearty meals to one slice of toast a day. Soon I wasn’t hungry at all and didn’t need the toast.

“I was full of energy, but felt a bit hyper. My energy levels would be sky-high after taking the pills, but plummet hours later.

“My hands were shaky and I suffered severe heart palpitations every day.

“I was worried, but I expected some side-effects. The results would be worth it.

“But the weight wasn’t exactly falling off. I fluctuated between a normal size 12 and a slightly slimmer ten — not the dramatic loss I’d expected.”

Then one day at work, two weeks after she started taking the pills, Caroline suffered a health crisis.

She says: “I started to burn up. I looked at my arms and saw I was covered in bright red blotches and my whole body was on fire. But my hands and feet were icy cold.

Dizzy

“Within minutes I was rushed to hospital. My heart was pounding furiously and I felt dizzy and nauseous.

“The consultant explained the drugs had stopped me eating — but also drastically starved my body of fuel.

“It was shutting down to survive. All the blood was being pumped to my vital organs and away from my hands and feet.

“The doctor said, ‘If you had left it a few more days we’d have had to amputate your hands and feet. You could have died.’

“Going into hospital was the wake-up call I needed. I confessed to my parents about my brush with death and went to the doctor for help. Then I started following a healthy eating plan.

“It took time, but five years on, my appetite has returned and I have a healthy, rounded diet.

“My dreams came true without diet pills. Now I’m a singer in a girl band, Stiletto, and looking to the future.

“I eat healthily but I learnt the hard way. Diet pills aren’t the answer to slimming. They are dangerous and don’t work.”

Dr Carol Cooper :

THERE’S no quick fix when it comes to weight loss. Diet pills disappoint as they can’t give the lasting results you would get from healthy eating and taking more exercise.

Besides, an estimated 40 per cent of pills bought online are fakes and many are said to be contaminated with other substances. So you would definitely be wasting your money and risking side-effects you hadn’t bargained for.

Then there are the dangers. Often they are loaded with stimulants such as caffeine, which can cause severe reactions when taken in large doses. Or there may be ingredients that cause allergies.

Even prescription drugs for weight loss can be risky. In October, rimonabant (Acomplia) was suspended across the EU. Though it works, the dangers outweigh the benefits.

Monday, November 24, 2008 The Sun

Falcons DT Jackson sues manufacturer of diet pill

Grady Jackson

Atlanta Falcons nose tackle Grady Jackson on Monday filed a class-action lawsuit against against the manufacturer of a diuretic that reportedly led to his four-game suspension from the NFL.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Jackson, who is appealing the league's suspension, filed the suit in Superior Court of California against Nikki Harrell's StarCaps diet pills.

The lawsuit also names Balanced Health Products, the maker of StarCaps. Jackson is seeking restitution and damages for false advertising and unfair business practices against the company and retailers of StarCaps.

The company acknowledged the lawsuit in a message posted on its web site, StarCaps.com.

"We've received notice of a problem with an NFL player," the statement read. "We have referred the matter to our counsel and are taking all necessary steps to ensure that our customers receive product that is safe and effective. We have temporarily suspended shipping of StarCaps pending the results of our investigation."

Jackson is among a handful of NFL players who reportedly tested positive for Bumetanide, a diuretic which is on the NFL's list of banned substances.

Defensive tackles Pat Williams and Kevin Williams of the Minnesota Vikings and a trio of players with the New Orleans Saints - running back Deuce McAllister and defensive ends Will Smith and Charles Grant - have been identified in multiple media reports as testing positive for the drug.

Bumetanide is a diuretic which can mask the presence of other substances, including steroids.

Nationalpost November 14, 2008

McAllister said last month that he was not surprised to learn of his inclusion on the list, although he insisted he always has tried to play by the rules.

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