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Underactive Thyroid?

Could Your Weight Gain be Caused by an Underactive  Thyroid?

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An underactive thyroid is a common problem among women who suffer from chronic weight gain and have difficulty burning off the unwanted pounds.

And the condition, known medically as hypothyroidism, can have a variety of different symptoms.

Some typical symptoms experienced by women with an underactive thyroid include:

  • Chronic fatigue
  • Constipation
  • Thinning hair
  • dry skin,
  • sore and aching  muscles
  • Difficulty maintaining concentration
  • Depression
  • Fertility issues
  • Brittle nails
  • Reduced heart rate…

The most common symptom of all, however is weight gain.

Since the thyroid gland is responsible for hormones that regulate the metabolism, an underactive thyroid can lead directly to a slow metabolism, prompting your body to store energy from food as body fat.

A slow metabolism, meanwhile, can make it almost impossible to burn off the added weight through diet and exercise.

Trying to overcome a chronically sluggish metabolism through diet and exercise alone is almost guaranteed to be a losing battle…

Unfortunately, many women who suffer from hypothyroidism are unaware of their condition and mistkenly assume that their weight gain comes from some other source.

Women experience continual frustration when their good-faith efforts at dieting produce little or nothing in the way of results…

Do you feel discouraged or convinced that your weight gain is “genetic.”

Fortunately, there are a number of good options for restoring thyroid function once an underactive thyroid has been diagnosed by a thyroid test.

If you believe you may have an underactive thyroid gland, your first step is to speak with your physician to arrange a thyroid test and go over options for thyroid treatment.

These may include supplemental hormones, which must be taken indefinitely in order to avoid deficiencies.

However, hormone replacement does come with some risks, including the risk of developing an overactive thyroid, whch can result in symptoms like elevated heart rate.

For women concerned about the side effects or cost of hormone therapy, restoring the normal healthy function of your thyroid may also be possible through a combination of a good diet and supplements.

Any decision you reach should be made in close consultation with your doctor, since the thyroid is not something you’d want to tackle on your own unless you happen to have a degree in endocrinology.

Once your thyroid hormones are back to normal, (normal thyroid) whether through hormone replacement or other means, your metabolism will correct itself, and you’ll fiind it much easier to lose weight.

Perhaps you’ll also enjoy significantly more energy, which can help you stick to a new exercise routine.

Weight Loss Tips?

Women are so busy these days and for reasons of time, cost and scheduling many find it very difficult to break free from the horrific dieting roller coaster…

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1. Set a goal.

Identify your ideal weight and set up a plan to start reaching your goal.

2. Don’t be afraid to ask for and get help.

You’re not going to lose weight alone so tell you family.

Get support…

3. Vitamins can be good for you.

The American diet lacks essential vitamins and minerals. Balance your health with the best supplements.

4. Walk the Walk.

You burn calories when you walk, did you know that? Keep happily fit and active by balancing nutrition, health food and diet with regular exercise.

5. Sleep it off.

To be efficient at fat-burning, your body needs at least eight hours of sleep.

If you think you‘re doing yourself a favor by sleeping less, you‘re very much mistaken…

Before and After…Loss Weight Fast and Easy!

Watch this video below and see with your own eyes how fast and easy it is for some women to lose weight…without exercise or regardless of what they eat.

Is Weight Loss A Simple Phone Call Away?

Many women wanting to improve their weight loss results and eating habits may not be able to go see a dietitian or nutritionist for individual counseling.

Well, what about telephone counseling?

For women’s health, it’s becoming increasingly popular…these days!

Latest studies have reported it’s an effective strategy for behavior change.

A research study in the August 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association indicates counseling over the phone does indeed work.

Although uncontrolled, this telephone-counseling intervention over 3 months with a total of 8 phone calls to each participant…

This revealed even short periods of counseling can produce healthy weight loss with dietary changes.

Specifically, adults (97 people, mostly women) who were eating fewer than 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily…

Women were encouraged to increase their intake of fresh:

  • Fruits
  • Vegetables
  • Whole grains
  • Beans, legumes
  • Fiber

Plasma carotenoids (antioxidants) were measured in 41 randomly selected people as a way of assessing their actual intake of vegetables and fruits.

Results of this study revealed those receiving the telephone intervention consumed significantly more vegetables (67 percent), fruits (71 percent increase)…

Whole grains and beans (40 percent) as indicated by significant increases in their total plasma carotenoids…than did those not receiving the telephone counseling.

Why does telephone weight loss counseling work?

In my opinion, the telephone allowed the coach to give expert advice consistently.

And it created a sense of accountability on the part of the participants, both of which paid off in more healthy eating choices.

Also, the subjects’ intake of fat significantly decreased as more fruits and vegetables were consumed.

Since fat contains more than twice the calories of carbohydrates or protein, the caloric intake of their meals naturally decreased.

This means not only did it increase their chances for weight loss, but also decreased their risk for heart disease.

While the ideal will always be to see a dietitian or health care provider face-to-face…

This research suggests other options are out there that might result in significant dietary changes.

The American Dietetic Association (ADA) has a directory of dietitians in all 50 states.

You can find one within a short distance of your home or office.

You can even specify the particular area of nutrition counseling you’d like to receive, including weight management.

Just go to the ADA Web site, click on “Find a Nutrition Professional Near You,” and enter your zip code.

Some of the dietitians may do phone consultations or even make house calls!

Weight Loss Program using Weight Training?

What’s the real health benefits of Weight training for women?

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 Many women ask lots of questions about weight loss programs and the reasons for women weight training?

Here’s why, women are not sure about whether or not weight lifting is the right kind of women’s workout?

In fact, could fitness training for a woman wanting to lose weight and to get healthy be a better option?

Frankly, for women’s health, many women still think that weight lifting for women is the same as weight lifting for men.

In reality, most women will find it very difficult to “bulk up”, it is a big myth, yet 97% of womn will avoid weight training all together…

If you’re a health conscious women, a workout using weight lifting has many health benefits!

The truth about weight training for women is this:

While you workout using an exercise program that incorporates weight training…

Your body releases a hormone called hormone is testosterone.

Now, testosterone in a woman is tiny compared to a man, and so in many if not all cases, women are not physically capable of building large muscles.

 As a woman, you need a substantial level of testosterone if you want to bulk up…

In fact, because muscles require less room than fat does, when women strength train, they tend to actually lose inches rather than gain.

So not only are there a number of physical benefits such as an increase in the metabolism and a decrease in the risk of osteoporosis…

There is also an increase in strength, so a weight training program can actually help women to slim down as well.

Women are much more likely to actually tone up from the process of strength training than to bulk up.

Research has shown for a long time now that women can add at least 30% more lean muscle to their bodies.

You can get thinner, feel attractive and look much firmer than ever before.

You could add 30% more lean muscle to your body while looking beautiful and feminine.

Our society and the pop culture in our country associates training with weights, even women weight training to having oversized muscles.

But really, for women,  it takes significantly more testosterone to achieve big  muscles than simply training using weights.

Weight training is the foundation for strong bodies and muscles, not bulk.

Still, there are many women that do have an intense fear of resistance training and weight lifting exercises, even if weight training is good for you.

Not only does lifting weight for women improve your overall health…

A weight workout improves your metabolism and helps you burn more calories more quickly.

It improves your heart as well and could extend your life and vitality.

Weight training for women is indeed a safe women’s workout with obvious health benefits.

Lose weight, be health and get better results with your weight loss program, the reasons to explore weight lifting for women are stacked up in your favor.

Training with a weight loss program using weight training…get started today.

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