Acupuncture and More…

Everyone experiences times throughout the day where you just wish you could relax for even a few minutes.

You already know that relaxation helps your body re-energize, but sometimes you’re so busy and caught up in the moment that you just don’t have the time to unwind.

Well, fortunately there are simple ways to relax, even during your busiest days, that don’t require a lot of time or equipment.

Here are 5 Simple Relaxation Tips:

1. When you’re in line at the grocery store: Instead of stressing out because there aren’t enough cashiers and every line has 5 people with heaping carts of groceries, use that time to relax your body by taking some deep breaths.

· Deep breathing helps increase the oxygen in your blood. Your blood then circulates that extra oxygen throughout your body helping your inner systems recharge.

· Taking five slow deep breaths will do the trick. The proper technique is to inhale and exhale deeply through your nose and out your mouth.

· Not only will deep breathing help you relax, it’ll help to clear your mind, reduce brain fog, and you’ll feel much more alert and ready to tackle the next project on your plate.

· Deep breathing can be done anywhere when you’re feeling stressed or just want to clear your mind.

2. When you’re at work: It’s often hard to find time to relax at work. You might even get in trouble if you’re caught “relaxing.” Oh the horror! However, there are some techniques you can do while you’re at work to help create a sense of calm that aren’t so obvious to others.

· If your job requires you to sit at a computer all day, make sure you get up and move around for a few minutes every hour. This helps circulate the blood throughout your body. Just moving the blood flow will make you feel more alert and focused.

· While sitting at your desk, roll your head around, from side to side and from front to back with your eyes closed. This technique helps to relieve neck tension, increasing blood flow to your brain, which is a natural and easy way to relax.

· If you’re on your feet all day, stretch out your back and sides by standing with your feet firm on the floor, shoulder width apart, and twist your upper body, including your head, slowly from side to side. This will loosen up your back muscles and spine, releasing tension throughout your body.

· During a break or lunchtime, go for a walk. Walking is a great way to clear your mind and your body will benefit from the extra exercise as well.

3. When you’re rushing through a busy day: Take just a few moments to daydream and escape the busyness of reality.

· Daydreaming lets your imagination flow, causing instant relief from the stress of the real world.

· Think of a place or experience that makes you feel happy or calm. Imagine how it smells, how the air feels, and who’s around.

· After five minutes of a calming daydream you’ll feel relaxed, reenergized and ready to face the real world again.

4. Wherever you’re at, smile: Smiling is proven to help relax and rejuvenate your body.

· When you’re out and about, smile at others around you.

· When you’re at work, smile at your co-workers. Not only will it help you relax, it’ll help relax them as well.

· Smile at your children when you’re toting them around to all their different activities. This will create a peaceful environment you’ll all enjoy.

5. When the going gets tough, laugh: Laughter’s proven to be an instant stress reliever. Now I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t want to be seen as a nut case, so laughing out loud when you’re in line at the store or sitting at your desk may not be the best time. When you can, get someone involved in your laughter with you.

· Tell a funny joke or story to a co-worker (at an appropriate time, of course).

· Play a fun game or sing a silly song with your kids as you’re driving.

· Watch funny videos on YouTube.

Engaging in these simple, everyday relaxation techniques will help to sustain and strengthen you throughout your day. It’ll also make it easier to unwind when you get home. Your friends, co-workers, and family will all appreciate the new, relaxed you!

Weight gain is one the many detrimental effects of Chronic Stress. This weight gain is mostly due to the release of cortisol, a stress hormone.

Here is how it works:

When faced with a threat or danger, a fight or flight response is triggered, your body releases a number of hormones to help your body deal with the perceived threat.

Two of the hormones that are released are adrenaline, and cortisol; both have very specific effects on the body:

✔   Elevating Heart Rate
✔   Slowing down digestion
✔ Increasing blood circulation to large muscle
✔ Changes on autonomic nervous functions in order to provide the body a burst of energy and strength.

This series of responses were meant to keep you alive in a dangerous situation. They are now activated by situations that are not appropriate, like in traffic or during a stressful day at work. Which in turn has lead many of us into a state of Chronic Stress.

A State of Chronic Stress is due to higher, and prolonged levels of cortisol in the blood. These are some of the effects of Chronic Stress:

• Impaired mental acuity
• Poor thyroid function
• Blood sugar imbalances
• Decrease bone density
• Decrease muscle tissue
• High blood pressure (Hypertension)
• Low immunity, and inflammatory responses in the body
• Slow wound healing, and other health consequences
• Increased abdominal fat, which is associated with many health issues such as: heart attack, stroke, high-levels cholesterol, and many more…

For the person trying to lose weight, chronic stress and cortisol present a more demoralizing challenge:

Cravings. When you are stressed would you rather eat a nutritious salad or your favorite cookie? You don’t have to answer that. When you are chronically stressed you are going to crave foods that are higher in fat, salt and sugar. Which in turn leads to all kinds of sweets, processed foods that are not good for your health and that in turn will cause you to gain weight

Metabolism. This is one of the reasons that many people fail in their diets. Too much cortisol slows down your metabolism, making dieting difficult, and when you stop dieting you end up with more weight than what you started with.

Blood Sugar. Chronic stress disrupts your blood glucose levels causing:
✔ Mood swings
✔ Fatigue
✔ Hyperglycemia
Chronic stress has been linked to metabolic disorders that can lead to other more serious health problems like heart attack and diabetes.

Fat Storage. Chronic stress affects your body in many ways including where you store body-fat. When you are chronically stressed, you are going to accumulate more fat around your abdomen. Abdominal fat storage has been linked to higher health risks, than fat that is stored in any other part of the body.

Emotional Eating. Not only Chronic Stress and higher amounts of cortisol in your blood can make you crave junk food, but also anxiety will cause you to eat more. Everyone is familiar with the need to munch on something when you are anxious, even though not really hungry.

Fast Food. A fast paced and stress filled life makes people less likely to, want to take the time to create healthy dinners at home, choosing instead the convenience of fast food.

No Time For Exercise. Despite the fact that we run around all day long while meeting all of our responsibilities, we are by far the most sedentary when compared with past generations. After a full day of fighting traffic, and clocking hours at work; we arrive home only to sit in front of the TV exhausted, and exercise is the furthest thing from our mind.

Fortunately, there are things you can do to reverse the pattern of weight gain and actually reduce your stress level and waistline at the same time.

Our adrenal glands release cortisol and other stress hormones when we’re stressed. If the stress is chronic, our adrenal glands can lose the ability to keep up with the demands of stress, resulting in extreme fatigue, cravings, mood swings, and weight gain around the abdomen. Lab tests may show low cortisol levels.

A higher score on the quiz below suggests a greater degree of adrenal fatigue.
1.    I often feel dizzy, faint, like I haven’t woken up, or like I’m in a dream.

2.    After getting up from lying position or after bending down, I often feel lightheaded or dizzy.

3.    I have dark circles under my eyes.

4.    My nails are brittle and weak, my hair is dry and thinning, and/or my skin seems to be aging quickly.

5.    I feel tired, run down, drained, or emotionally or physically exhausted much of the time.

6.    I catch colds or other infections (cold sores, yeast or bladder infections, eye infections, boils, sinus infections) easily.

7.    I’m gaining weight around my middle.

8.    I have strong cravings for sweet or salty foods.

9.    I feel overwhelmed or stressed by work, family, and other responsibilities.

10.    I’m often irritable, impatient, or pessimistic.

11.    I often have trouble waking in the morning, even though you went to bed at a reasonable hour.

12.    I often feel tired after exercise, rather than energized.

13.    I have developed allergies, asthma, hay fever, skin rashes (hives, eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, acne), arthritis, autoimmune disease, or other inflammatory conditions and/or I’ve taken anti-inflammatories or steroid drugs.

14.    My body temperature seems off balance (my hands and feet are cold, your face feels warm even though I’m not sick, or I get hot flushes.

15.   I drink more than one 8 oz. cup of coffee, caffeinated soft drink and cola, or other caffeinated beverage every day.

16.    In my free time, I’m often too tired to do anything that involves going out of the house.

Chronic stress can impact health in many ways. This quiz isn’t intended to diagnose or replace an assessment from your doctor, but it can help you learn about how chronic stress can affect health.

It is no secret that our society is preoccupied with looking young. Numerous studies have shown that younger attractive people are perceived as been more successful, intelligent, and having a higher social status. It is no surprise that cosmetic surgery is so popular.

But you don’t have to go under the knife in order to look younger. There are simple secrets that you can use to slow down and in some cases even reverse the aging process. Youth and vitality don’t have to be unreachable goals any more, add these simple secrets to your daily life and take years off your face in almost no time.

Here are seven secrets that can keep you looking and feeling young:

1.    Diet. Focus your diet on fruits and vegetables - organic, raw, and fresh whenever possible. Choose a variety of different types and colors to enjoy every day. Different colored fruits and vegetables represent different vitamins that your body needs.

•    Raw fruits and vegetables also flush out toxins that your body may be harboring.

2.    Exercise. This is common sense, but sense isn’t so common sometimes! Exercise is important for your body and mind. You don’t have to lift 100 lb weights or run a marathon, you just need to stay active. Whether that includes a daily walk, yoga, or swing dancing, do whatever it takes to keep your body moving.

•   Exercise strengthens the heart - a key component in staying young.

3.    Limit alcohol consumption. Alcohol dehydrates the body and weakens the liver. It’s your liver that flushes impurities from the body. If you want to stay young and vibrant for as long as possible, limit alcohol consumption.

•   An occasional glass of red wine does have nutrients that can prevent heart attacks and other afflictions, so if you choose to indulge, a glass of red wine a day would be a good choice.

4.    Quit smoking. Everyone knows that smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer and many diseases. If you’re a smoker and hope to live a long and fruitful life, stop smoking now before it’s too late.

•    Joining a support group online or in your community will aid you in your quest to quit. There are programs that help you stick with your plan, as well as people who can give you the much-needed encouragement and help hold you accountable for your actions each day.
•    Many people smoke as a way to reduce stress and improve their mental clarity. There are products that can help support low levels of stress. If you are less stressed, and can maintain your mental focus, quitting smoking is a breeze.

5.    Limit sun exposure. Too much sun exposure not only causes lines and wrinkles, but also makes us appear older. In addition to those devastating effects, it also increases the chances for skin cancer.

•    To help stop the aging process, stay out of the sun and be proud of your peaches and cream complexion.

6. Consider becoming a vegetarian. Though the final jury may still be out on the harmful effects of consuming meat, the reports of those who’ve stopped eating it are no less than astounding. At a minimum, limiting your consumption of meat will help slow down aging.

•    Lower cholesterol and a lower risk of diabetes and heart disease are only a few benefits of a meatless diet.

7.    Reduce stress. In today’s world of constant stress and pressure, you need to slow down and breathe. Large amounts of stress can age us more rapidly than we’d like to admit. Though very few of us can live a stress free existence, it’s beneficial to cut out as much stress as we can.

•    Schedule free time, either by yourself or with your family, so you can do something enjoyable and relaxing.

Life is a gift and we want to enjoy it for as long as we possibly can. Though there are many scams and potions out there claiming to make you live forever, we know that this isn’t truly possible. Strive to implement these tried and true common sense tips in your daily life. They may not work instantaneously, but they’ll help slow down the aging process.

Stress-induced problems swirl around us all the time and it often feels like the pressure never ends! Yet, there are simple ways to relieve stress without harming your body.

Here are 10 steps to a less stressed life:

1.    Cut out the busyness. What are some things you can cut out of your schedule to give you more quality time for you and your family?

•    What clubs or organizations do you belong to? What meetings or activities are you involved in? Is it all necessary?

•    Carefully consider which programs and activities you can remove from your schedule - then do it!

2.    De-clutter and organize your home. When your home is cluttered and unorganized, you tend to feel cluttered and unorganized on the inside, causing you more stress.

•    Get rid of the stuff you never use by selling it, throwing it away, or giving it to someone who’ll make use of it. Once you’ve done that, organize what’s left over and make a place for everything. If necessary, use labels and organizational containers to make it easy to find things again.

3.    De-clutter and organize your workspace. Organizing your workspace is no different than de-cluttering your home.

•    Remember, your external environment affects your internal peace. Messy on the outside likely means messy on the inside.

4.    One of the major stress factors is money. However, there’s a simple solution: a budget. Most people don’t like the word budget, but budgeting doesn’t have to be difficult. In fact, financial planning actually helps you save money.

•    Do a search online to find a budgeting system that works best for you. It needs to be simple and easy to use every day. Once you’re on a budget you’ll feel a lot less stressed due to finances.

•    Seek the help of an experienced financial planner who can steer you on the right financial path.

5.    Enjoy what you do have. In our society you’ve probably learned somewhere along the way that more is better. Well, it’s not.

•    When you learn to be content with what you have right now, you’ll find much more peace within yourself.

6.    Get regular exercise. When you workout, your body burns off more than just fat and calories. Working out also burns off steam.

•    If you’re stressed due to work situations or family conflict, getting a good workout will help you relieve stress.  You’ll be able to think and reason more clearly, which will help you deal with some of the core issues that are causing your stress.

7.    Eat healthier. Yes, eating healthy foods really does relieve stress because when your body is nourished properly, it functions optimally. Eating right lends itself to clearer thinking.

8.    Reduce your workload. If you have a heavy workload, either on the job or at home, do what you can to reduce it.

•    Take a good look at your routine and determine if the workload is really worth the toll it’s taking on your body and health. If it’s not - and there’s no end in sight - perhaps it’s not the proper solution to your problems anyway.

9.    Communication is key to relieving stress in your life. If you have a friend you can talk to openly and honestly, seek them out.

•    Getting things off your chest will help you sort out problems and see your situation in a new light. The less foggy your mind is, the more stress you’ll be able to remove from your life.

•    It often helps to have someone outside of the situation to talk to because they’ll likely see something you don’t.

10.    Journaling is a great way to relieve stress. You can have an outlet without having to reveal your deep thoughts to the world.

•    Journaling is a great way to see the progress you’ve made, which can be very therapeutic.

As you can see, there are many ways to reduce stress. Put them into practice now and you’ll soon begin to see a real difference in your life. Your stress will start to diminish and you’ll be free to enjoy your beautiful life!

“Laughter is the best medicine” is a phrase that dates back to biblical times as an old Proverb and it’s still widely used today all over the world. That’s because it’s true!

Let’s take a look at what happens inside your body, mind and spirit when you laugh.

Laughter’s Effect on Your Body

Endorphins are released throughout your body, stimulating muscles, nerves, organs and tissues when you laugh. Studies show these endorphins give relief to chronic pain, help to relieve stress and promote functioning of the immune system. Laughter literally helps heal your body.

Laughter and Your Mind

Happy thoughts lead to a more positive outlook on life. When you’re hanging out with friends and having good conversation that produces smiles and laughter, your mind’s producing happy thoughts.

On the other hand, if you’re always around people who never smile and always find something to complain about, you’ll lean toward a more negative outlook on life.

Strengthening Your Inner Being

Laughing causes your inner being to be emotionally and physically strengthened. When you laugh or even smile, your inner being is stimulated in an affirmative way, producing a more positive outlook on life. This helps your body produce more self-healing endorphins, which actually helps your body remain healthy and running optimally!

Boosting Your Spirits

Laughter causes a lift in your spirits, helping you feel uplifted. Laughter not only helps you personally, it’s also very contagious and infectious, which helps those around you feel less stress and anxious.

Don’t you just love it when you hear a baby or toddler laugh? What happens to you? You can’t help but laugh too! Laughter begins to develop in humans as early as 3 months of age and a baby’s laughter is one of the most contagious of all human sounds.

Laughter and Your Relationships

When two people share a funny story or a silly situation arises between two people, there’s a unique bonding that is created. Something special is formed between the two that only they can relate with. It’s an inside joke that is special to those who’ve shared in the moment.

When two people spend a lot of time together in laughter, a stronger, more ever-lasting relationship develops.

In a marriage, studies show couples that laugh together stay together much longer, if not for life. Think about a truly happy couple you know. Sure, every family has their issues and marriage takes work, but chances are they spend a lot of time laughing together. This doesn’t happen by accident either. It can be created and fostered!

When you choose to embrace laughter, you’ll be able to get through many more rough spots in life and come out a happier and healthier person.

Life can be tough, so why not choose to make it more joyous? You can if you choose to.

Always try to find joy in every situation and laugh as often as possible each and every day. Also, by spending more time around positive people, who love life and love to laugh, you’ll be amazed at how you begin to feel on the inside and out!

If you don’t keep your mind active, studies show that your brain loses some of its functionality as you age, which causes memory loss, brain fog, and even Alzheimer’s.

A well-stimulated brain also elevates your mood, which helps you feel better on the inside.

Here are 15 brain boosting activities:

1. Play games that challenge and stimulate your mind. These include:

• Picture Puzzles
• Strategy Games
• Crossword Puzzles
• Card Games
• Deduction Games (such as Clue)
• Visualization Puzzles
• Optical Illusions

2. Reading stimulates the brain as it activates your imagination. Reading also helps with memory retention and problem solving, especially if you’re reading a mystery. Also, self-help books stimulate your brain by helping you to think for yourself, as well as find solutions in your mind.

3. Exercising helps circulate blood that carries oxygen to your brain. Over the long-term, exercise is proven to increase brainpower and even create new neurons.

4. Stimulate your brain with meditation. Meditation has been shown to increase your IQ, relieve stress, and promote a higher level of brain functioning. Meditation also stimulates the prefrontal cortex of the brain, the area of the brain responsible for advanced thinking, ability and performance.

5. Deep breathing helps deliver oxygen to your brain. Oxygen helps you be more alert and awake. As little as 10 to 15 minutes of deep breathing daily can increase brain functionality.

6. Taking fish oil supplements is literally like membrane material for the brain. The two primary components in fish oil, DHA and EPA, strengthen the emotional center of the brain and boost focus.

7. Studies have proven that listening to music strengthens the right hemisphere of the brain and actually changes the structure of it. Also, people who listen to music are shown to be more emotionally intelligent than those who don’t.

8. Writing improves memory and thought expression. Writing articles, blogs, or journal entries stimulates thought processes, which also enhances brain function.

9. Sleep clears out brain clutter and reduces brain fog. When you don’t get enough sleep at night, your memory and normal brain function suffers.

10. Painting is shown to be an effective brain booster in that it sparks the creativity within you. Even if you’ve never tried painting before, give it a shot. You’ll find that you feel more creative and may actually enjoy it.

11. Starting the day out with a good breakfast has been proven to supply energy to the brain and body for the whole day. When you skip breakfast, you’re missing out on a powerful edge, both physically and mentally.

12. Walking allows you to clear your mind and thoughts. Not only is it good exercise for your body, walking gives your brain a chance to wander freely, clearing it of any troublesome thoughts.

13. Drink a serving of pure fruit juice. Fruit juice contains nutrients that revitalize and refresh the brain. Juices to drink are mangosteen, pomegranate, blueberry, and cranberry as they deliver more focus and energy.

14. Students who drink some caffeine before an exam typically have higher scores than those who don’t. This is because caffeine stimulates activity in the brain, which produces better focus and thinking ability. Don’t overdo it though!

15. Draw a picture. Like painting, drawing stimulates the creative side of your brain. So get out some colored pencils and start boosting your brainpower.

To get the most out of these brain boosting activities, mix them up and do a variety of them at different times. Just choosing one won’t boost your brainpower, however, combining and alternating them will give your brain the added boost you need now and in the long run.

If you pay attention to the marketing trends, with out a doubt you have noticed that it is largely targeted to the baby boomers. A common denominator for the boomers is their unwillingness to age the way our grandparents did. In the mind of the boomer the 60’s are the new 40’s, and the stereotypical “senior citizen” does not exist any longer. The majority of the boomers expect to live longer, and look as young as they feel.

It is not surprise then, that a botanical (herbal remedy) that is supposed to increased sexual stamina and fight the ravages of aging would come to the forefront in the health and wellness industry.

Such is the case of Eurycoma Longifolia, also know by its more common names Tongkat Ali (Malaysia), Pasak bumi (Indonesia), Cay Ba Binh (tree that cures hundred of diseases), Malaysian ginseng, Longjack.

Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma Longifolia) it’s a herb that has been used in Traditional Medicine in South East Asia for centuries, and its well known for its aphrodisiac and testosterone producing properties.

Some traditional uses are:

• Aphrodisiac,
• Anti-pyretic (anti-fever)
• Mouth ulcers
• Intestinal worms.
• As a paste of the plant to relieve headache, stomachache, and many other general pains
• Dysentery
• A decoction of the Tongkat Ali (Eurycoma Longifolia) bark is drunk to relieve pain in the bones or applied for washing itches.
• Malaria

In-vitro studies have pointed to the positive effects of Tongkat Ali on the treatment of :

• Malaria
• Anxiety
• Hyperglycemic (high blood sugar)
• Ulcers
• Tumors
• Low Libido (aphrodisiac)

Wellness and anti-aging properties.

Many men and women with decreased sex drive or other sexual dysfunction issues seek help from their physician. One common treatment, to increase sexual stamina, is to use testosterone replacement therapy. This involves injecting testosterone into the body to replace that which the body no longer produces. The problem with this approach is that the body reads the new level of testosterone and no longer strives to make its own. This approach does not correct the underlying problem of reduced production. Herbal supplementation that supports the body’s own production of testosterone.

Stimulating the production of testosterone by the body’s endocrine system is one of the properties of Tongkat Ali. Besides testosterone being responsible for reproductive health, testosterone also plays a role in cardiovascular health, cognitive function, insulin sensitivity, maintaining lean body mass and bone density. It is not surprising that the onset of type 2 diabetes happens after age 30, around the same age that the production of SHGB (sex hormone binding globulin) increases and the testosterone levels decline.

Many men and women would benefit from supplementation with Tongkat Ali.

Visible benefits would be:

• Improved sexual function
• Decrease body fat percentages
• Improved muscle strength
• Lower blood glucose levels
• Improved memory
• Improved bone density

As you can see this botanical has many positive benefits for anyone seeking to improve their health, and slow the aging process. I have information from a good source that Tongkat Ali is one of the main ingredients of a new product is part of a new formula that is going to revolutionize the health and wellness industry.

Lose weight safely and easily

If you are looking for a way to lose fifteen pounds in two weeks, a high protein diet, a low carb diet, a fruit diet, a no fat diet, a blood type diet, a juice fast, a diet named after a place in Miami, a grapefruit diet, a cactus diet, a coffee and cigarette diet, a diet that includes sweets, a diet based on your body type, a diet based on an ancient religion or a diet based on your hair color, then this article is NOT for you.

Fad and crash diets, such as the ones described above are not only unhealthy but they also cause rebound weight gain. Also most diets, even though diet gurus write them, cause an initial weight loss but the ultimate result is that you gain all of the weight back the minute you go off the plan. If you don’t gain it back within a couple of diets, you are likely to gain it all back plus a bit more within a year.

Crash diets dehydrate you, low calorie diets put your body into starvation mode so you plateau so you can’t lose one more pound and high protein diets stress your kidneys and clog your arteries.

So how does one lose weight?

There is only one answer to this question.

You need to expend more calories than you are taking in. Restricting certain foods, eating so-called fat burning foods, or dehydrating yourself with special pills or teas does not do it. It is simple math. The only way is to eat a little less and exercise a little more. Here is the equation below:

Eating Less + Exercising More = Weight Loss.

This is not a magical formula, it is just logic. It is also not a fast way to lose weight. As I have mentioned before, this is not an article about how to lose ten pounds in three days or 30 pounds in a month. It is about safe, healthy weight loss.

In order to lose weight safely and without putting yourself at risk for such health hazards as dehydration, kidney failure, malnutrition, exhaustion, nervous dysfunction, tooth loss, dull hair, wrinkles, cellulite, sudden heart failure or stroke and lose the weight so that it stays off, you should lose no more than approximately two pounds a week!

Although that might not sound like a large amount of weight to lose it actually is! If you lose 2 pounds a week that means you can achieve a weight loss of ten pounds a month! If you only have twenty pounds to lose then your weight loss is not only quite rapid, but you have the extra guarantee that it will stay off because you have followed a sensible exercise plan that did not involve starving, exhausting or depriving yourself. If you are willing to drop your impatience and desire for immediate gratification and stick to an exercise plan and healthy eating habits, then a Mediterranean Diet is for you. Remember being slim is only good if you are able to enjoy it!

Do You Need to Lose Weight?

Fascination with Fat

If you want to lose weight, you first need to assess whether you need to actually lose weight or are simply a fashion victim. Unfortunately this society is fascinated with fat - who has it and who doesn’t. As we are persuaded by so many images in the media that persuade us to believe that you can never be too thin, many of us are bad judges of our actual body weight.

If you are under the age of eighteen and reading this book, the first thing you need to do is consult with your parent about your plans to lose weight. Have her make an appointment with a physician so that he can indicate to you whether or not you are a candidate for weight loss.

If you are an adult, it is possible that you may not be overweight and are just trying to be, as Bridget Jones put it in Bridget Jones Diary “a stick insect with eyelashes.” It is also very possible that you know you need to lose weight but have no idea where to start.

If you are obese and you know it, then you have to check with a physician first to see how your health is before you embark on any exercise program or plan. The same is also true if you have any kind of medical condition but especially a thyroid condition or heart condition. Some physicians may not recommend a weight loss program for those who are over 40 as due to genetics and hormonal changes some people naturally just round out or gain weight in a way that simply cannot be changed. If your doctor tells you your spreading hips are due to menopause or genetics, believe him! It is not clever to fool with Mother Nature.

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