How to Lose Weight and Keep It Off Forever!

Do you diet and exercise and never seem to lose weight? Or do you lose weight and never keep it off, going through the yo-yo effect? Studies show that 75-90% of the people who lose weight on a diet regain the pounds after their diet ends. This is all changing with the discovery of the protein hormone called leptin. Leptin is the afferent signal in a feedback loop that regulates adipose tissue mass within your body. In other words, leptin tells your brain whether you need to store fat to prepare for a famine or that you are doing just fine and to start burning it. The more fat accumulation in the body, the more leptin your body produces, and the less sensitive your body is to that signal. Learning to regulate the level of leptin your body produces will help your body learn to burn fat when you diet and exercise. Once your body adjusts the level of leptin it is producing, your body is literally fat resistant and you will keep the weight off forever!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• healthy leptin regulating foods
• excercise
• leptin regulating suppliment such as MaxWLX
• motivation

1. 
    
   great leptin read

   Learn about leptin. Do your own research to find out more details about the studies done on how leptin affects your weight. There are some great books out there that give you more information, as well as delicious recipes that will help you learn how to eat more leptin regulating foods and in the right proportions.

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   super food

   Eat healthy leptin regulating foods. This consists mostly of fresh fruits and vegetables, herbs and spices, fish, nuts and seeds. Some of the "super foods" that are leptin regulating include the following.
   Beverages (Unsweetened): Blueberry Juice, Cherry Juice, Pomegranate Juice, Green Tea, Vegetable Juice
   Fruit: Blueberries, Pomegranates, Cherries, Apples, Grapefruit, Oranges
   Vegetables: Spinach, Arugula, Scallions, Bell Peppers, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Leeks, Onions, Romaine Lettuce, Shitake Mushrooms, Tomatoes
   Herbs and Spices: Garlic, Basil, Cilantro, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Black Pepper, Chives, Cloves, Ginger, Parsley, Turmeric
   Fish: Salmon, Flounder, Tilapia, Sole
   Nuts and Seeds (Raw and Unsalted): Walnuts, Almonds, Flaxseed, Sesame Seeds
   Other: Egg Whites, Yogurt (Plain Non-Fat)

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   exercise

   Exercise. All healthy weight loss regimens should include exercise. I recommend cardiovascular exercises such as walking, jogging, cycling, high-lo aerobics, or kick-boxing four to five times per week, 30-60 minutes per session.

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   MaxWLX

   Take a leptin regulating weight loss accelerator such as MaxWLX. The University of Connecticut conducted double blind placebo clinical studies on MaxWLX. In those clinicals, the average person who took MaxWLX capsules ½ hour to 1 hour before their two largest meals each day lost an average of 21.5 pounds of body fat in only 8 weeks. For more information on this breakthrough, category creating product visit www.maxgxl.com/gcanner.

Tips & Warnings

• Balance your Omega-3 intake proportional to your Omega-6 intake. The ratio of Omega-6s to Omega-3s should be at least 4:1. The more Omega-3 fats consumed relative to Omega-6 fats, the better. Examples of Omega-6 fats include: vegetable oils (corn, safflower, sunflower, and soy oil), brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds and sesame oil. If you are going to use an Omega-6 oil to cook with, sesame oil is rich in minerals and phytonutrients and is delicious. Examples of Omega-3 fats include: FISH SOURCES: salmon, sablefish, anchovy, bluefish, herring (pickled, not creamed), mackerel (Atlantic only), sardines(fresh or canned in their own oil), sturgeon, and tuna (fresh bluefin), and conch. VEGETABLE SOURCES: flaxseeds and flaxseed oil, walnuts and walnut oil, soybeans, navy and kidney beans.
• Carbohydrates are not all bad. How lenient you are when eating carbs depends on the package it comes in. If you are going to consume carbohydrates, make sure you get the most fiber and phytonutrients in exchange for calories you consume.
• Adiponectin is another hormone that suppresses appetite. High levels of adiponectin are associated with a lower percentage of body fat. Boost your adiponectin levels by eating foods with deep red, blue, and purple colors such as blueberries, cherries, blackberries, raspberries, and blue corn.
• Avoid all trans fats. This is any food made with hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated vegetable oil such as biscuits, cakes, chips, commercial granola, commercial popcorn, and mayonnaise.
• Avoid hot chili peppers and jalapenos. High intakes of these peppers have shown to trigger inflamation by activating a newly discovered type of cell receptor called the vanilloid receptor. Inflammation causes the releases a key group of anti-inflammatory chemicals called SOCS (suppressors of cytokine signaling). SOCS molecules are meant to suppress inflammatory cytokines, however they also interfere with appetite and metabolism by disabling the signal that leptin produces. Leptin resistance occurs and this leads to weight gain.

Resources

• Read about the double blind placebo studies
• Learn more about MaxWLX

[Thims]

on 9/13/2008 All those foods you list are all great fat burning foods. Info-packed article Very good!

[krazigirl79]

on 7/21/2008 Great article- thanks for the info!

[Diablo2]

on 7/17/2008 Great piece of article, Jill ;)

[missforty]

on 7/16/2008 Thanks!

[acole]

on 7/16/2008 Interesting. Good info.