First there is a difference between k.C and calories. On some product labels, only kC are shown. You should be able to obtain the C cont in order to make a proper calculation.

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Humans are different. If I need 3500 c a day, you may need 2500 only. Generally, people with more active life and physical activity need more calories. If you start exercising but keep the same daily food amount, you may start losing weight without dieting or counting calories. Stop eating candy, chocolate or anything alike and bingo – you will boost the process. Stick to this plan for let’s say 3 months and you will lose significant amount of fat. Yes, it is that easy.

Do you still need to count calories?

If you feel difficult to follow the simple plan I give you (I assume you do not want to exercise), start counting calories.

1) Keep a record of all daily food you have, and how many calories you consume for let’s say a week. Add all calories and divide it to the number of days you have monitored. This is your average daily calories intake.
2) To lose weight the healthy way, simply lower this number with 30%.

You will start losing weight for sure. We recommend instead of lowering your calorie intake with 30%, lower it with 15% and exercise to burn the extra calories. Exercising should be done in the morning on empty stomach to burn the excessive fat.

Combining a diet with exercising is the best option as you cannot keep such low calorie intake for longer. Do the opposite and sooner or later you will start eating as usual and gain back the weight.

The author obviously hasn’t read anything from Mike McInnes – the creator of the Honey and The Hibernation Diet – who is explaining very thoroughly the exact effect of honey over human body: “Honey, prior to bed, optimizes liver glycogen plenitude via fructose and glucose uptake, honey activates sleep via insulin and melatonin, honey promotes optimal recovery (fat burning)…” so in fact honey optimizes liver glycogen plenitude, doesn’t rise it up to the sky like the article’s author claims.

Anyway, I wouldn’t like to make this post written out of anger because some guy somewhere criticizes the honey and cinnamon for weight loss.

I know my regular reader and I know how many of them have actually lost pounds and have improved their health after taking the honey and cinnamon drink. Only a very few have reported minimal or no results. That’s normal of course there is no universal cure to work for everybody and that’s not only for weight loss, that’s a general truth.

Remember my articles about honey and cinnamon explaining why honey is so beneficial and why cinnamon is a true miracle:

Benefits of Honey for Fat Loss

Cinnamon – a Miracle in a Half  Teaspoon

In the comments to the Benefits of Honey for Fat Loss Mike McInnes himself  has explained in short the basic principles of the Hibernation Diet, the numerous benefits of honey, and the ways it could improve our overall health.

First of all you should not panic – that happens every spring to nearly all Americans. Americans gain at least 1 pound every year after the winter holiday season. You’d probably say 1 pound is nothing, and you’d be right 1 pound a year is nothing, but in the long run 1 pound every year can contribute to serious weight and even worse – obesity – problems in the not so distant future.

1 to 5 pounds are not so hard to get rid of. With more exercises and more fresh vegetable and fruits coming up on the market you will shed those 1 to 5 pounds in no time. But that’s not all… if you know which veggies to eat you can lose them even faster.

There are three special veggies from the cruciferous vegetables which fight belly fat quicker and easier than anything you know. And those veggies are: broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts. Kale and cabbage are also great for the purpose.

You might wonder why those veggies exactly… because they contain specific unique phytonutrients (indole-3-carbinol) that fight against estrogenic compounds.
It’s those estrogenic compounds like pesticides, herbicides, and certain petrochemicals from air and water pollution, also household cleaners, cosmetics, etc that can react with your body and make it store excess belly fat.

Unfortunately we can’t avoid those toxins in our everyday routine, but now we can fight them with broccoli, Brussels sprouts or cauliflower salad.

If your wedding day is near, but you still want to shed those few extra pounds you hate so much, then you need some really fast, but still easy and definitely not time consuming solution…

Bistro MD Wedding diet is the easiest and most effective plan that will help you lose weight safely and healthily, without counting calories or cooking tasteless meals for hours.

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Being on diet like Bistro MD Wedding diet is as easy as 1-2-3:

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Here comes the best part – eat delicious foods and enjoy your weight loss journey.

It is not as easy as it may sound, but you know: No pain, no gain. However Bistro MD dieticians have worked really hard to make losing weight as easier and quicker as possible, even in stress situations like having the wedding planning.

Perhaps one of the best thing about the Bistro MD bridal diet is that you don’t shop for food and you don’t cook. That will probably save you at the very least 2 to 4 hours a day – Hooray, more time for you to continue with the wedding preparations.

Eating healthily and losing pounds is what this diet plan is all about.

Loosing 10 or 100 pounds is not a problem with this bridal diet. But in a situation like wedding preparations it is important to calculate how much time you would need to reach you desired weight – as with Bistro MD foods you can lose up to 15 pounds a month.

So for example if you want to lose 20 pounds – a month and a half on the BMD tasty foods would be enough for you (I’d advise add two more weeks for your own reassurance, which equals to two months on dieting). And as the delivery is weakly you should brake those two months into weeks – let’s say 8 weeks.

With Bistro MD almost anything is possible – even to change you wedding dress size in the last minute.

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I hope you will find some time to apply this wonderful diet. I am sure you will like the results.

In order to be beautiful and healthy you need to include foods that can cleanse your organism:

+ carrots, asparagus, beet, corn, rice; and fruits like figs, apples, strawberries, peaches, blueberries, raisins.

Sometimes you get nervous, like we all do, but in order to cope with your anger easier you need to eat more foods rich in cooper and these are:

+ cucumbers, radishes, green salad; and meats like sea food; and of course cereals made of oats, wheat germ; more foods you need to include in your menu are: potatoes, apricot, pear, grapes.

Scorpio

Avoid fatty foods. But that is valid for everyone who wants to lose weight no matter what zodiac sight they are.

- Exclude butter and cream from your menu.

+ Instead include more fish and sea food rich in proteins; also eat more eggs, milk products and game.

You will feel much better and in very good health if you eat plenty of fresh and dried fruits. They aid in toxins excretion, support your immune system and help you be in high spirits.

These are the foods you need to include into our daily menu (or if you are already eating them – you should increase the amounts you eat):

+ Beet, celery, cauliflower, spinach, onion, mustard, radishes, carrots, cucumbers, dates, apples, lemons and walnuts.

Using more from these foods you will cope one and for all with the nasty headache and nervousness you experience sometimes.

You need enough amounts of iron and proteins to keep you muscle tissue in good condition, so no more muscle aches if you eat plenty of beans, lentils, peas and of course – meat.

Taurus

You are known for your passion for sweets and pastry. Your metabolism is slower and needs a boost, so it is recommended to eat more foods rich in Vitamin A such as:

+ meat (pigs liver), cod liver oil, liver pate, raw carrots, sweet potato.

To cope with the excess amount of water your body keeps you need to eat more:

+ spinach, beet, cauliflower and cabbage, onion, pumpkin and radishes.

You need more Vitamin E (sun flower seeds, almonds, tomatoes) and iodine (haddock, cod, condensed milk, eggs).

Gemini

To keep your neuro system in good condition you need more calcium, so eat more milk products and cabbage.

What else you should add to your menu is:

+ Protein rich foods, lean meat, fish, eggs, cheese, walnuts, sesame and soy.

You also need extra potassium for your heart from:

+ peas, beet, carrots, cauliflower, corns; and fruits like apricots, peaches, plums and pineapple.

Cancer

In order to lose weight you should not overeat with too much sweets, pastry and fats (but that applies for all the zodiac signs).

You need more proteins and sea foods, which supply your organism with enough iodine.

These are the foods you need to include in your daily menu (or to increase their consumption if you are already eating  them):

+ More milk products, citrus fruits, raisins, cabbage, onions, pumpkin, and rye bread.

Leo

To balance your diet plan and make it healthier you need to include the following foods to your menu:

+ Lemons, plenty of fruits and vegetable, salads, wholegrain rye bread, almonds.

You should avoid animal fats as they can cause arteriosclerosis.

Milk products are very healthy for you, as well as lean meat, soy and fruits rich in Vitamin C.

Virgo

Virgos are tender beings, so heavy foods are not for them. They should include more protein foods into their diet:

+ soy, eggs, cheese, and especially foods rich in Vitamin B like beans, meat, oat milk flakes, barley groats.

It is recommended if you start drinking morning tea instead of your morning coffee.

In order to keep your slim fit and fresh and pure skin, you need to eat lean meat (beef), almonds, wholemeal foods, rye and barley grains.

With this test you will find out if your dream for slimmer hips and attractive body may come true with less, more or extra efforts from your side.

Answer honestly to the following questions and give 1 point for every “Yes” and 0 points for every “No” you answer.

Questions:

Q1: Do you exercise regularly?

Q2: Do you know your calorie intake from the foods you eat every day?

Q3: Do you eat often but small portions (5 – 6 times a day)?

Q4: Do you weigh yourself at least once a week?

Q5: Do you always have at hand (mostly at home) diet foods like fruits, vegetables, curds, boiled meat, diet cheese?

Q6: Do you resist the temptation when you are not hungry but someone tempts you to try it anyway?

Q7: DO you keep sweets and other tempting snacks for long at your home or they are being eaten in no time?

Q8: Do you leave some portion of your meal if you are already full?

Q9: Do you dream from time to time for food – some favorite meal of yours?

Q10: How do you feel about yourself at your current diet regime – do you like yourself, do you feel good?

Results:

You have less than 3 points:
You must change your lifestyle generally, otherwise you will never lose weight.

You have 4 to 6 points:
You are close to achieving you goal to lose the excess pounds, all you need to do is to emphasize a little bit more on exercises or sports, and be stricter about the foods you eat. Include more healthier foods and losing weight will be easier.

You have 7 to 10 points:
You have strong will and it’ll help you achieve your goals no matter what. Losing weight is not a problem for you, because you are already determined to shed those excess pounds and this time keep them off for good.

You will probably lose some pounds even more than you expected but then it becomes even more difficult to keep them off for good. If you don’t live healthy lifestyle it’ll be very hard for you to maintain your current healthy weight. Without healthy eating habits and the knowledge how to choose your food and how to prepare it into delicious healthy meals you will gain back most of the lost weight sooner than you’ve expected.

The Five Star Weight loss Program I am taking about here is completely different and has nothing to do with 5 stars hotels. It is a very simple program you should follow, in fact it’s exactly a program but more like a plan of 5 important things you need to do in order to start living healthy lifestyle, which inevitably will help you get healthier and lose the excess pounds, feel better and more positive about your life and well being.

For each of these 5 things you do right – give yourself one star – this way at the end of the day you will have all 5 stars truly and honestly earned/deserved. It is as easy as 1-2-3-4-5. Here’s what you need to do:

Sleep
Eat Right
Stretch
Exercise
Encourage yourself

Sleeping at least 7 to 9 hours at nights is the best thing you can do for your organism and I am sure it would greatly appreciate that.

Why is sleep so important?

In a huge study with more than 60 000 women, those who slept at least 7 hours at the end of the study weighed a few pounds less than the women who dozed less than 5 hours. While sleeping your body produces more of the hormone leptin (the hormone of fullness) and less of the hormone ghrelin (the hormone of hunger), so the more you sleep the less hungry you will be when you wake up.

Sleeping enough helps you cope better with depression, which as we all know often leads to emotional eating which only puts on extra pounds. Try to go to bed 15 to 30 minutes earlier every night (give yourself a star every time you do that) and you will definitely see how much better you will feel in the morning.

Eating right is a problem for everyone who has problems losing weight. Give yourself a star every time you eat in a way that makes your body feel great. For example instead of pastry for breakfast you can eat a cup of yoghurt with fruits, or drink a cup of milk with fruits. For lunch chose a salad with fish or other lean meat, or tofu. For diner it’s always better to choose fish or lean meat again over fatty steak. And please skip the sweets straight after meals like candies, ice cream or cookies (if you can’t resist wait at least an hour or two before eat anything else). Don’t eat those snacks late at night as well just before bed.

Stretching is a good muscle exercise for great relaxation in the evening after a busy day at work. It will also help you make exercising easier, and enjoy it more and do it more often. Yoga is great for that purpose, but you don’t need to learn it if you don’t want to. Stretching is simple there’s nothing you can go wrong with it and don’t invest too much time in it. Just give yourself a star every time you do it.

Exercising even without breaking a sweat is great for everyone who really wants to lose weight. Walking is great 30 minutes to one hour a day is perfect. Exercising not only reduces stress and burns the calories form the unhealthy fatty foods you might have eaten, but it also may curb your food cravings, prolong your life and make you more positive towards your life and family. And that’s not all the benefits you get…

While I am walking it makes me think about my life what I’ve done wrong, what can I do to make my and my family’s life better. Give yourself a star every time you fulfill your daily exercise practice, either with walking or other favorite workout – you deserve it.

Encouraging yourself is probably the most important of all five stars you can get from your five star weight loss plan. Even if you skip one or two of the other stars, don’t miss to give yourself a credit (star) for trying to be healthy, positive and strong toward achieving your weight loss goals.

Encourage yourself and you will be much more confident it a lot more areas of your life not only about losing weight. Being positive will help your overcome emotional eating, which is great by the way. Give yourself a star just for loving your body, if you don’t accept the way you look nobody will like you. Trying to change the way you look, in the good positive way, is the only healthy way you should proceed in order to get the result you want.

I just read my previous New Year’s wish to you and I hope it came true for you all!

For the New Year 2009 I wish for me, my family, my relatives, my friends and to all you my dear readers all the luck in the world, to be healthy and happy with who we are!

I hope for the New Year you will keep coming back for more useful information, tips and advices on how to lose weight, keep it off for good and maintain great shape and spirits all year round.

I wish you all the best for the New Year and stay healthy!

Yours truly,

Galia