Many think that the battle to lose weight is always an up-hill struggle, but in reality it doesn’t have to be. There are several small yet effective changes you can make in your diet and daily activities that are very easy to incorporate into your lifestyle. By just using a few of the following tips, you can be well on your way to taking it off ad keeping it off.
The first step is to target your eating habits. Here are a few things you can do to jump-start your permanent weight loss.
* Eat 6 smaller meals a day as opposed to 3 larger meals. This keeps your metabolism up and your belly full
* Substitute mayonnaise and mayonnaise-based dressings with condiments like mustard or extra virgin olive oil. EVOO tastes great in tuna fish and has a fraction of the saturated fat.
* Eliminate fried foods/fast food from your diet or eat very sparingly
* Keep junk food out of the house. Substitute fresh fruit and vegetables. If you don’t keep junk in the house, you’re less likely to cheat.
* Pay attention to portion sizes. Dividing your plate into 4 visual quarters and only eating 3 of those quarters is a good way to start. Another helpful tool is an all-natural supplement called Hoodia Gordonii. It’s very easy to find Hoodia in patches and pill form.
The next step is to start incorporating an exercise routine you’ll stick with on a regular basis. It only takes 3 weeks (21 days) to form a habit, so if you can make the commitment to at least 3 weeks, it’s all down hill from there! Losing weight and exercise don’t have to be boring.
* If you can’t do one 30-minute sitting of cardio a day, try doing three 10 minute sessions instead (a short walk, or going up and down stairs would work)
* Get the whole family involved and take family walks after dinner. You’ll be spending quality time with the ones you love and getting the health benefits of walking all at the same time.
* Doing simple chores around the home also burn calories. Washing your car, pulling weeds, and even vacuuming all count as calorie-burning activities
* Participate in physical activities with friends or children. Kicking a ball around, riding a bike, or roller-blading are all good examples. This will also give you a chance to get outside and enjoy fresh air.
Some planning also needs to be done in order for the weight to stay off. There are also some all-natural products you can use to help expedite your weight loss.
* Plan meals for the week in advance. This prevents you from making impulse buys or heading to the drive through, which 9 times out of ten is not good for you
* Hoodia Gordonii is an all-natural weight loss supplement made from a cactus plant that has been shown to help people watch their portion sizes. You should plan on taking this twice a day.
* Drinking green tea can also help. This contains EGCG, an antioxidant which has been proven to increase metabolism. Who knew it could be so easy!
* Plan to REWARD yourself with non-food items. Buying some new clothes or planning an outing with friends are just a couple of ways you can do this.
You can see from the above tips that permanent weight loss is not out of reach. By making and sticking with these small changes for at least 3 weeks, you will start to shed pounds and feel sexier in no time. Whether it’s cutting out fried foods, starting to take daily walks, or starting an all-natural supplement like Hoodia Gordonii to decrease cravings, taking the first steps to losing your excess weight will be a cinch, and it won’t be long before you start to reveal a healthier, sexier, happier new you.
About The Author
Tracy Cohen has been studying health and fitness trends for over 7 years and is a huge advocate of all-natural products and healing techniques. She is dedicated to helping people win the fight against obesity. Read more about hoodia gordonii and how it can help you lose weight at http://www.thehoodiaoutlet.com.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Changing Variables With Controlled Testing With Weight Watchers, 1shoppingcart & Aweber Examples
My company is just like any other in that we test all sorts of things. We test ad campaigns, sales letter copy, images on web pages and in print copy, headlines, story leads, mini-site pages, buttons and more to see which ones convert the best, which give the best return on investment (ROI). But there’s one thing in common among all tests, and it’s important to note: you need to only change one variable in the test in order to have a controlled test where the results will tell you what you want to know. And here’s a prime example…
My Weight Watchers® program taught me a new lesson in the value of controlled testing this summer. What I learned is that no matter how large a company is – even one as large as Weight Watchers® who is more than 40 years old and boasts having helped millions - there is room for improvement with regards to controlled testing in their programs.
Controlled testing is where you have only one variable that you are changing in order to get an answer to a question you have with regards to your personal life, business life or any part of your life. On the other hand, uncontrolled testing is when you have more than one variable that changes. When this happens, you have unreliable or incorrect information to work with and will not get the correct answer you seek.
For example in Weight Watchers, the basic question put to members each week is whether or not an average of 2 pounds is lost by following a program of logging food amounts and exercise amounts regularly. If you follow their controlled testing program, the food and exercise counts are static; i.e. have set values and don’t change. It’s the amount and kind of food you take in and the amount and type of exercise you do (and the intensity level) that vary.
What this means is that in reality:
- You could eat the same amounts of food, but mess up your program by focusing on the wrong type of exercise.
- You could exercise the same each day, but mess up the program by focusing on the wrong types and / or amounts of food that week.
- You could tentatively do everything right, but go to weigh in at a center where the scales are off (which most are and by nearly 6 pounds, as they’re electronic, moved frequently and often misused with people standing on them to do entire financial, shopping and networking activities at a time).
In short, succeeding is difficult at best and more haphazard or random among participants, depending upon their degree of perseverance and creativity with the program to overcome challenging issues like the ones above.
To combat all the variable differentiations so that only one changes, you’d need to eat the same foods all the time (a recipe for failure long-term), exercise the same all the time (a recipe for boredom, stagnation and / or quitting over the long haul) or plan ahead.
Planning ahead works best, not only in Weight Watchers, but in business testing, too. In Weight Watchers, you can use your own scale and skip weighing in at meetings or get their At-Home kit, and you can plan with the tools you have to measure foods and exercise intensity levels, etc.
In the business world, you can plan ahead, too. Let’s say your question is why your website doesn’t get you the ROI that it supposedly gets other affiliates promoting the same product, maybe a 1Shoppingcart or Aweber subscription. What you can do is back up your mini-site or leads capture page (a must-do for everything!) then set up two nearly identical ones where only one thing is changed like a headline..
After you test your headline and find one that’s best, place the best one on both sites, then change the order button or whatever you want to test next. And continue on in this manner, only changing one variable at a time until your site converts better.
So if you are looking for an answer to a difficult question in your business or personal life, test. When you use controlled testing where you only change one variable, you’ll get an answer to your question.
But don’t think that just because a company or other entity has a big name or history behind it means they have the best answer, though, because they don’t always. They may have pieces to the puzzle that help many. But it’s up to you to test their components to find a solution that works just for you.
About The Author
For more information, contact Diana Barnum, president of Moving Ahead Communications at: http://movingaheadcommunications.com & check out more helpful info at: http://www.ohiohelpgroup.com
My Weight Watchers® program taught me a new lesson in the value of controlled testing this summer. What I learned is that no matter how large a company is – even one as large as Weight Watchers® who is more than 40 years old and boasts having helped millions - there is room for improvement with regards to controlled testing in their programs.
Controlled testing is where you have only one variable that you are changing in order to get an answer to a question you have with regards to your personal life, business life or any part of your life. On the other hand, uncontrolled testing is when you have more than one variable that changes. When this happens, you have unreliable or incorrect information to work with and will not get the correct answer you seek.
For example in Weight Watchers, the basic question put to members each week is whether or not an average of 2 pounds is lost by following a program of logging food amounts and exercise amounts regularly. If you follow their controlled testing program, the food and exercise counts are static; i.e. have set values and don’t change. It’s the amount and kind of food you take in and the amount and type of exercise you do (and the intensity level) that vary.
What this means is that in reality:
- You could eat the same amounts of food, but mess up your program by focusing on the wrong type of exercise.
- You could exercise the same each day, but mess up the program by focusing on the wrong types and / or amounts of food that week.
- You could tentatively do everything right, but go to weigh in at a center where the scales are off (which most are and by nearly 6 pounds, as they’re electronic, moved frequently and often misused with people standing on them to do entire financial, shopping and networking activities at a time).
In short, succeeding is difficult at best and more haphazard or random among participants, depending upon their degree of perseverance and creativity with the program to overcome challenging issues like the ones above.
To combat all the variable differentiations so that only one changes, you’d need to eat the same foods all the time (a recipe for failure long-term), exercise the same all the time (a recipe for boredom, stagnation and / or quitting over the long haul) or plan ahead.
Planning ahead works best, not only in Weight Watchers, but in business testing, too. In Weight Watchers, you can use your own scale and skip weighing in at meetings or get their At-Home kit, and you can plan with the tools you have to measure foods and exercise intensity levels, etc.
In the business world, you can plan ahead, too. Let’s say your question is why your website doesn’t get you the ROI that it supposedly gets other affiliates promoting the same product, maybe a 1Shoppingcart or Aweber subscription. What you can do is back up your mini-site or leads capture page (a must-do for everything!) then set up two nearly identical ones where only one thing is changed like a headline..
After you test your headline and find one that’s best, place the best one on both sites, then change the order button or whatever you want to test next. And continue on in this manner, only changing one variable at a time until your site converts better.
So if you are looking for an answer to a difficult question in your business or personal life, test. When you use controlled testing where you only change one variable, you’ll get an answer to your question.
But don’t think that just because a company or other entity has a big name or history behind it means they have the best answer, though, because they don’t always. They may have pieces to the puzzle that help many. But it’s up to you to test their components to find a solution that works just for you.
About The Author
For more information, contact Diana Barnum, president of Moving Ahead Communications at: http://movingaheadcommunications.com & check out more helpful info at: http://www.ohiohelpgroup.com
Weight Loss Program - Losing Weight Is Not Just About Diets
Any weight loss program takes time, determination, practice and support and more so a positive mindset. As we all know that losing weight is a big challenge and to some it is very tough.
Once you have made up your mind and have decided to lose weight, you should make a firm commitment and catch up a weight loss program with a positive attitude. In other words you should have an achieving mindset that brings changes to your life time habits.
Losing weight is a process by itself that you must learn continuously in order to succeed. Without this positive weight loss approach you will not be successful and remember you alone are the one who has the power to lose the unwanted pounds from your body.
A simple technique is to strengthen your positive thoughts that are like muscles and the ones you use most grow the strongest. 'Think like a winner'. If you always look at the negative side of things and opting to be pessimistic in your approach, even your weak negative thoughts will have stronger impact on you and last longer than your powerful positive thoughts.
When a negative thought seeds in your mind, immediately replace it by talking to yourself that you're the one having unique strengths and capabilities to turn things possible. Negative thinking doesn’t do anything good; on the contrary, it holds you back from achieving anything in life that you want to.
Day in and day out you must always think what lies ahead of you. Investigate the weight loss programs that appeal to you and that you feel should teach you the skills you need to stay with, the program, throughout the weight loss process.
Never forget that losing weight is not just about diets, it’s about a personality in you and about creating a possibility for a new life for yourself.
In all of the success stories across the globe, people who have lost several of excessive pounds, miraculously, say that their mental attitude, as well as their outlook about existence in life, has witnessed a total change. The changes brought them more optimistic oriented life with full of self-confidence.
If you are willing to take few simple steps for physical fitness as a daily routine, you will quickly begin to feel better, and the improvement will reflect itself in every angle of your daily life. It will certainly raise your confidence limits while your approach to anything in life will exude optimism.
Your weight loss program will, most likely, include some physical exercises. You should look at the exercising aspect of your program as fun and recreation and not as a form of grueling and sweaty work. The fact is that physical fitness draws extra energy and improves personal effectiveness in every walk of your daily life.
Walking is one of the best exercises. It helps the total micro circulation of blood to all parts of the body, and thus has a direct effect on your overall better feeling of health. There are things such as aerobics, jogging, swimming and many other exercises which will benefit a weight loss program.
Diets and weight loss programs are more flexible and there are many prepared foods already portioned out. They are made attractive and can be prepared in a matter of minutes. Low-fat and low-calorie food products are on the shelves everywhere.
You will need to learn wiser eating skills. You will want a weight loss regimen that gives you some control over your eating habits, instead of imposing one rigid system. Look for one wise eating skill that offers a variety of different diet plans, so you can choose the one that's best and compatible for you.
You need to discuss the options with your physician and take his advice in planning your exercise and weight loss program. A periodical guidance from your doctor will definitely put you on the road map of success to weight loss program.
Get the support among your family and friends. It can be of immense help to discuss obstacles and share skills and tactics with others on the same path. You might look for this support from others you know who are in weight loss programs and you can seek guidance from someone you know who has lost weight and kept it off.
The seed of successful weight loss program or losing weight, is sowed in the mind and grows into a tree that will give fruits of the same kind. Life begets life is the fundamental natural principle, based on this the answer for losing weight is in your mindset.
About The Author
A Professional Pharmaceutical And Internet Marketing Consultant. Also A Facilitator of Work At Home Ideas And Opportunities. A Webmaster For http://www.vsahim.com And http://www.vsourceit.com
Once you have made up your mind and have decided to lose weight, you should make a firm commitment and catch up a weight loss program with a positive attitude. In other words you should have an achieving mindset that brings changes to your life time habits.
Losing weight is a process by itself that you must learn continuously in order to succeed. Without this positive weight loss approach you will not be successful and remember you alone are the one who has the power to lose the unwanted pounds from your body.
A simple technique is to strengthen your positive thoughts that are like muscles and the ones you use most grow the strongest. 'Think like a winner'. If you always look at the negative side of things and opting to be pessimistic in your approach, even your weak negative thoughts will have stronger impact on you and last longer than your powerful positive thoughts.
When a negative thought seeds in your mind, immediately replace it by talking to yourself that you're the one having unique strengths and capabilities to turn things possible. Negative thinking doesn’t do anything good; on the contrary, it holds you back from achieving anything in life that you want to.
Day in and day out you must always think what lies ahead of you. Investigate the weight loss programs that appeal to you and that you feel should teach you the skills you need to stay with, the program, throughout the weight loss process.
Never forget that losing weight is not just about diets, it’s about a personality in you and about creating a possibility for a new life for yourself.
In all of the success stories across the globe, people who have lost several of excessive pounds, miraculously, say that their mental attitude, as well as their outlook about existence in life, has witnessed a total change. The changes brought them more optimistic oriented life with full of self-confidence.
If you are willing to take few simple steps for physical fitness as a daily routine, you will quickly begin to feel better, and the improvement will reflect itself in every angle of your daily life. It will certainly raise your confidence limits while your approach to anything in life will exude optimism.
Your weight loss program will, most likely, include some physical exercises. You should look at the exercising aspect of your program as fun and recreation and not as a form of grueling and sweaty work. The fact is that physical fitness draws extra energy and improves personal effectiveness in every walk of your daily life.
Walking is one of the best exercises. It helps the total micro circulation of blood to all parts of the body, and thus has a direct effect on your overall better feeling of health. There are things such as aerobics, jogging, swimming and many other exercises which will benefit a weight loss program.
Diets and weight loss programs are more flexible and there are many prepared foods already portioned out. They are made attractive and can be prepared in a matter of minutes. Low-fat and low-calorie food products are on the shelves everywhere.
You will need to learn wiser eating skills. You will want a weight loss regimen that gives you some control over your eating habits, instead of imposing one rigid system. Look for one wise eating skill that offers a variety of different diet plans, so you can choose the one that's best and compatible for you.
You need to discuss the options with your physician and take his advice in planning your exercise and weight loss program. A periodical guidance from your doctor will definitely put you on the road map of success to weight loss program.
Get the support among your family and friends. It can be of immense help to discuss obstacles and share skills and tactics with others on the same path. You might look for this support from others you know who are in weight loss programs and you can seek guidance from someone you know who has lost weight and kept it off.
The seed of successful weight loss program or losing weight, is sowed in the mind and grows into a tree that will give fruits of the same kind. Life begets life is the fundamental natural principle, based on this the answer for losing weight is in your mindset.
About The Author
A Professional Pharmaceutical And Internet Marketing Consultant. Also A Facilitator of Work At Home Ideas And Opportunities. A Webmaster For http://www.vsahim.com And http://www.vsourceit.com
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