While searching for different weight loss diets, you might have come across the book called “Healthy diet and lifestyle” which is written by Bob Greene. This diet plan has helped many people in reducing their body weight. Here is some more information about different aspects of this diet plan.

Basics of Best life diet

This diet routine aims at guiding people to develop eating habits which are healthy along with making certain changes in lifestyle for achieving weight loss results. This diet helps people in maintaining normal body weight. There are 3 phases of this diet routine.

First phase, at least 4 weeks

The aim of this phase is to get people indulged in more physical activities and accept the healthy meal patterns. Three meals are consumed each day in this phase and people need to drink as much water as they can drink. Alcohol consumption is restricted. After 4 weeks, you would be free of some of pounds. However, if you are not then you need to stretch this phase.

Second phase, at least 4 weeks

This phase aims at weight reduction by making changes in diet and controlling hunger. Various reasons for hunger are understood and dealt with in this phase. There should be more physical activity in this phase. Six problem foods are recognized and taken out from the meal plan in this phase. After 4 weeks, if your weight is near to how much body weight you wish to maintain then move on to the next phase.

Third phase, lifetime lifestyle

In this phase, you need to increase the quality of your diet so that you can keep on losing weight and maintain weight loss results. You should check your weight for once every week. Foods which are not healthy should be removed from the diet.


There are many advantages of the best life diet plan. This book offers detailed meal plans for those people who wish to lose weight. There are a total of 75 pages for recipes in this book. The best thing about this diet plan is that it is not very restrictive and deals with weight loss in a logical manner. Physical activity is increased in this diet for burning more calories in the body. This diet has no side effects associated with it. You can trust it for losing your weight. read more →

Guest Post by Chris

Women are different than men in many ways. When it comes to weight loss it is said that women find it harder to lose weight because of their body structure and physique. They usually have less muscle than men, their body is constantly affected by hormonal changes (period, menopause) and they get upset easily which makes them turn to food for comfort. While this holds true there is still an easy way out. Women can still lose weight with the same success as men provided that they do it right. There is no room for disappointment or failure so without further ado the top 5 fast weight loss tips that can help you go through a successful process is:

1. Be optimistic but realistic

Setting realistic goals is the first step of weight loss. You need to set your targets realistically but with optimism and positive thinking. Calculate your BMI or consult your doctor to find out your normal weight. Examine how far you are from this number and set your monthly, quarterly and yearly goals. Do not be impatient, weight loss takes time and you need to aim for the big picture and not for short temporary results.

2. Weight loss is not only about diet and exercise

Do not put all your efforts in dieting or exercise. Yes you do have to watch what you eat and exercise regularly but permanent weight loss is about changing your lifestyle. This means changing the way you work, the way you rest and the way you approach your life. Get rid of the sedentary lifestyle and try to live a physically active life that includes time for leisure, sleep and play.

3. Do not exclude foods from your diet but watch your servings

Dieting in an effort to lose weight is not only about skipping meat or other food types from your meals. Our body to function properly needs nutrients from all food groups and everything that we eat is essential. What you should do instead is moderate your serving sizes. Eating less quantity from all foods is much better and more efficient than eating larger quantities of only protein or fiber foods. You can be selective on what you eat and keep the intake of full fat foods to the minimum but this is as much as you should go. Starvation or very strict diets are only good for short-term results, if your aim to lose weight once and for good prefer following a balanced diet.

4. Sports, exercise and physical activity

The only way to burn calories and gradually achieve a calorie deficit that can lead to losing pounds, is by doing sports, exercises and generally be physically active. There are so many things you can do to keep your body busy; you can join a gym or aerobics class, you can play sports with friends, you can work on your garden etc. Anything you do besides sitting, watching TV, eating snacks, surfing the Net, talking to the phone is beneficial for your weight loss efforts.

5. Patience is a virtue

When you start a weight loss process do not expect to reach your goals in a couple of weeks or months. Depending on how much weight you want to lose it may take months or even years. What is of most importance is to continuously work towards your targets and not get disappointed. There will be weeks that you will not lose any weight, this is normal and expected. What you should concentrate your efforts on is how to best implement your weight loss plan and the results will eventually come.

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Chris maintains a healthy weight loss tips blog where you can find out how to lose weight naturally and safe. read more →

Most of the overweight people have fat, deposited on their abdominal area. It makes people look unattractive and belly fat is also associated with cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, people should focus on losing weight from abdominal area. If you want to know that whether or not you have more fat deposited on your abdominal area then you should measure the circumference of your abdominal area with an inch tape. Men who measure more than 40 inches and women who measure more than 35 inches from belly area need to reduce their belly fat.
Here are a few tips to help you lose fat from the abdominal area:

• Exercise daily: You should concentrate on aerobic exercises in order to reduce fat from your abdominal area. Most of the exercises affect the fat accumulated at the abs first. Instead of doing crunches, you should do aerobic exercises. Crunches are good for those people who already have lost weight from their abs.
• Dietary changes: It is a fact known by most of the people that until and unless they change their unhealthy food habits, they are not going to lose excess weight. Restricting your calorie intake is very important for reducing fat from your abs. Instead of refined grains, you should start eating whole grains. Our body finds it easy to burn fat when it is provided with whole grain food items.
• Start eating foods with higher level of monounsaturated fats: Food items like soybeans, nuts, chocolates and avocados help in avoiding the accumulation of both types of fat on the abdominal area. Apart from this, it is also important to avoid eating those foods which have Trans fats. Trans fats are offered in abundance by cookies and margarines.
• Engage in more physical activities: Many overweight people live such comfortable and inactive lives that they do not move their bodies much. Instated of getting your work done by others, you should do it yourself. It is good to do a few works at home or office by yourself. You should also develop habits like taking stairs in place of elevators. These changes may seem small but they affect the lifestyle of a person. You should understand that whether you do less or more physical activities you would keep on eating same or more amount of food. Therefore, it is always good to live an active life.

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Guest Post by John Durfee

It's very common for those serving in the military to gain weight quickly when returning from duty. I personally gained 45 pounds in the year after I came home. We go from a state of constant high activity and limited nutrition to one of excess and low activity. The sudden weight gain just demonstrates how our modern civilization is in conflict with our evolutionary means of consuming food and staying active. I now workout regularly to combat the weight, but it's a slow and gradual battle: easy to put on, twice as hard to take off.

I work for Airsplat, which is a large retailer of Airsoft equipment. Though I am an expert on our equipment, I had not thoroughly explored the spectrum of activities centered on Airsoft. One day, when my feet were dragging a bit, I decided I was going to give one of the Airsoft MilSim (military simulation) excursions a try. I thought it could be a great active adventure and diversion from my normal fitness routine – I was more than right. Not only was I outside and active, but it was intense and due to the nature of the game, I felt like I was doing burst training as I sprinted from blockade to blockade to avoid being shot. What was even more compelling for me was, for once, I felt like I was putting all the hours in the gym to use.

The day was fantastic and entertaining. I paid my entrance fee, met with my team, and we started the day. I was running, dodging, sliding, and splashing my way across the woods, breathing in fresh clean air. I felt rejuvenated, had more energy, and was clearheaded for days afterwards. When I got home I reflected and have outlined the reasons why airsoft, such a simple and fun activity, is a fat and calorie blaster!

Kidney and liver health through water: Think of your kidney and liver as the filters to a car, they take out all the impurities and keep the car running at optimal performance (metabolism) Eating junk food and too much salt, sugar, fat, and alcohol, slow down the performance and flow of filtering. Drinking water dilutes the toxins, increases the flow, and makes your metabolism run at optimum speed. Though my pack was nowhere near as heavy as it was when I was on active duty (45 lbs with body armor in Iraq) the 20 or so pounds I had on me started to work up a good sweat; needless to say I felt my blood pressure rise when I saw our starting camp was on a rather steep ridge. By the time I got to the camp I was soaked, and we hadn't even started playing yet! Throughout the day I kept refilling my 2 liter hydration bladder with cold refreshing water, and my body couldn't get enough. All this activity outdoors reminds you how important it is to stay hydrated.

Small meals: I prepared for the event with a military mindset. I packed my car with (a more palatable version of) military rations: Protein Bars, Jerky, dried fruits, some apples, small plastic containers of pasta my wife made me. During real tours of duty you're really eating on the go, a bite here and there, nothing smaller than can fit in the palm of your hand. This was very much the same way we've evolved to eat, hunting and gathering small amounts here and there. This way of eating, 5 or 6 small meals a day, actually raises your metabolism more because you are burning through calories at a steady rate. Also, you need both hands on your airsoft gun, so you have to eat fast and small or get "killed" with your mouth full!

Goal Setting: Activities like airsoft are a great treat to yourself if you're really dedicated to losing weight and keeping it off. All the extreme physical activity lets you have a good sense of your own body and how far it has come in terms of physical improvement. Before I started my workout routine 6 months ago, I wouldn't have even made it a through a few hours of playing airsoft at that level of intensity. Going to these serious airsoft events provides a good training checkup and it also gave me something in the future to work towards. It changed my workout mentality. Instead of simply getting through it, I was thinking - "this will help me be little faster than the other guys", "this will help me carry my gear around better after hours of playing". I'm the kind of person that needs a clear goal to keep motivated. Attending these Milsim airsoft events gives me tangible goals in my journey to lose these "civvy" pounds To find a nearby field, AirSplat has a comprehensive listing of airsoft fields, so you can plan your next intense physical outing. I try to go at least two times a month, and it gives me something to look forward to, and definitely breaks up the monotony of ‘focused' workouts on the track or at the gym.

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John Durfee is a Gulf War veteran and the marketing manager for Airsplat, the nation's largest retailer of Airsoft Guns and Airsoft Apparel. read more →

There are numerous ways which help people in reducing excess weight from their bodies. If you wish to lose your weight then you should analyze your lifestyle. Most of the overweight people have such lifestyle which limits their physical activities and makes them eat a lot of unhealthy foods. If you pinpoint those habits which encourage accumulation of fat in your body then you would be able to do something with regards to them.

Following are a few lifestyle changes which should be made by all those people who wish to lose their weight.

Involve yourself in more physical activities

Less physical activities means less chances for the fat to get burned in the body. The calories which are received by the body by eating food should be used somewhere. Otherwise they will accumulate in your body as fat. Try to do physical activities like walking, jogging, using stairs, playing sports etc.

Avoid junk food

A large number of people eat fast food and fall prey to obesity. Junk food is not at all good for your health. You should eat healthy foods like vegetables and fruits. If you do not like vegetables then try preparing them with different methods so that they become tastier. Your focus should be leaving junk food and eating home cooked food most of the times.

Socialize more

People who socialize more tend to be more conscious of their looks and physique. If a person is conscious of his appearance then he would also find out ways to stay attractive. On the other hand, people who socialize less are not so concerned about their appearance. It feels good when you do efforts for losing weight and get compliments from people after losing it.

Stay positive

If you feel negative about most of the things in your life then you may also feel the same for your weight and health. However, this is not right. You need to take charge of the things and you can’t afford to stay pessimistic. You should get passionate about your work, your appearance and various other things related to you. If you are positive in your life then it would be easier for you to lose your weight.

Open up your mind

It is good to keep on getting knowledge about various food items which are best for your health and weight loss. Whenever you get time, read health magazines or search the internet for knowing various health tips. read more →