PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

Weight loss is a mindset and a process that one must maintain. Fasting will reduce the caloric intke but the body also need to ove to continue muscle strength and tone. Building up muscle is unnecessary but tone and a level of strength is important.

As Kmgw9v said avoid breads, cakes and desserts. You don't need to eliminate them completely but a significant reduction will help.

I will slightly disagree with Canisdirus that pushups are the only exercise needed. Most, if not all, cardiologists will advise walking to maintain heart health. walking also helps improve breathing and lung function. Heart health is very necessary as excess weight places increased strain on the heart and fat can accumulate around the heart creating further stress and strain.

One of my sons and his wife recommended the book, "Younger Next Year"to help guide us in maintaining overall health and fitness. I would suggest it for anyone wanting to loose some weight and to maintain their health for years to come.

Final advice, always check with your physician or health prctitioner before beginning any exercise and/or weight loss program. That will not be a guarantee of success but it could find problems which may be fatal if excess exercise is started without medical advice and guidance.

Ctrclckws

In times past, food was not so easy to obtain, and getting it used much more energy in comparison.
Now, jobs are not as movement oriented for many people and higher calorie snack are available.
And that's why I am twice the weight I should be.

Timmers Loc: San Antonio Texas.

Recently I came across a new idea about the issue of weight and it's excess. Some thirty years ago biologists began researching the whole 'thing' about weight and not necessarily in humans. Some rather odd things began to emerge from the research. This sparked the interests of certain members of the medical community. Some new insights began to emerge that is beginning to make some real sense.

For a moment lets take a look at something that we ALL have noticed and yet w have never really though about this to any real degree, yet this is what is coming out with the research and the shifting thoughts that science has begun to assemble.

First 'fact' that everyone of us has seen in our lives. There are people who live their lives and eat anything and everything and they simply stay at a certain weight and never get fat. It is true, these are NOT the norm, but lets face it, they are both in the minority and they are just an anomaly.

Second, most people as they age tend to gain weight. It is clearly something that happens.

What science has discovered (and this is a direct link to diabetes), most new born humans do not have issues with getting what is called "getting over weight". This is where the research lead these science people (as well as medicine). What is the essential difference between the babies and other humans. It is the way babies metabolize food. Babies need to stay warm or bad things happen. So new borns and young babies use food to generate heat to live, instead of storing the food as 'fat'. This is directly related to insulin and food storage of the body.

You may have herd or read about this and it is getting more and more traction in the medical community. There is now a shift in the thinking and studies are showing this to be factual. People who are like babies have what medicine is referring to as a higher level of BROWN FAT. It is not a huge amount either! A slender person will have about 2 to 5 percent brown fat of the total make up of fat in the body. This is similar to what babies exabit.

As we age, we will drop our brown fat content, not much but a small amount. This lowering causes the retention of more body fat (being called WHITE FAT).

The real point of this is that dieting is not a solution, rather it is to increase the amount of what science is calling brown fat in the body. By increasing the volume of brown fat the body will 'burn' the extra calories and NOT store that food as body fat. Research is continuing and the diabetes/insulin link with the metabolism is becoming clear.

Getting weigh under control is an important goal for all of us, I'm a prime example. In the past ten months I have worked to find a god weight level. At 6' 11 inches I'm experimenting as there are no great targets for me. I know now that 245 pound is too low, and 280 pounds is too much. I'm at 270 and still need to get to about 250 to 260 to be at a good weight. Certain medical issues have shown me what and were to be for my body size (huge!). The big issue for me is getting off my ass and more exercise, which I am now doing.

Horseart Loc: Alabama

Is anyone really willing to lose weight the easiest way ever??? If so, here's how. IT WORKS and you'll never be hungry.

My Dr is in his 60s...never put on a pound since college. One year my husband and I worked like we were killing snakes, stayed tired and ate too much. We gained a lot of weight. I asked Doc how to get it off.

He said "Go on my HONESTY DIET. You never have to give up anything you love. When you start to fill your plate, do this: If you were going to put 3 spoons of potatoes on your plate, put 1 1/2 spoons. If you were going to eat 2 pieces of bread, eat one. If you want the chocolate pie, eat half a piece instead of a whole piece. If you give up things you love, you will gain it all back when you get tired of doing that. This way you are never hungry and you like the food!" He also said do not eat more than just a cookie between meals and don't eat anything after 8:30 at night. That was 35 years ago. We each lost 40 pounds and we kept it off. We never put a pound back on.

You just have to be HONEST about what you would have put on your plate to begin with.

DRam11 Loc: Polson, MT

Is there any suggestions as to how to increase brown fat? Is exercise the answer?

Lucasdv123

Let me introduce you people to a gay guy..just do what he says and you will loose that stomach .you know him.Richard Simmons. Just follow his 7 minutes,7 day,7 weeks to a flatter stomach. I freaking works.in my 40 I went through his program.after that I was doing 1500 crunches and my buddy told me why that many.instead of 1500 crunches do some with a 10lbs weight on your chest.after a while I was doing 100 crunches with 4 25 lbs weights on my chest.i was doing that at 60 when going to the gym 3 times per week.haven't been to the gym since them but keep the weight down by eating a twinky or something simular for breakfast ,a pretty good meal around 1 0r 2 pm and some fruit around 4 or 5 pm.we try to do that about 4 or 5 times per week and it works.i weighed 200 lbs a year ago and I managed to drop to 170.