Beginner surfers have many tasks to learn but one is Losing Weight to Improve their Surfing. Beginners find that they could improve their strength, flexibility, and stamina. One thing that improves each is losing weight. There is a power to weight ratio discussed in surfing in which the surfer has to have the power to…
Fighting the Metabolism to Lose Weight is a battle that continues until the target weight is reached. Then fighting the metabolism continues if the dieter wants to resume a more normal diet. Once the metabolism has slowed down because consumption has been reduced, it remains slower. Hopefully, the dieter enjoys the weight loss routine and…
5 Steps to Successful Dieting includes the various aspects needed to reduce calories and fight your metabolism. Losing the first 5% of your body weight can come pretty quickly. Then the battle begins if you want to lose 5% to 30% of your body weight. Losing dramatic weight takes discipline, will power, and patience. A…
A growing percentage of the population needs to Reverse Pre-Diabetes and Diabetes 2. Over 400 million people in the world have diabetes mellitus which is both diabetes 1 and 2. Half are undiagnosed. Diabetes leads to 5 million deaths a year globally and in the U.S. it soaks up 1 in 4 dollars of medical…
The Basics of Losing Weight Can be a routine you include in your life toward better health. What most people that have become obese don’t realize is the problem might not be as much about calories as about insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is the major issue with diabetes, but it is also a major cause…
Losing Weight with Meal Replacement Shakes is one strategy that can work. It takes good strategies to lose weight. Along the way of a major weight loss effort, the metabolism will try to prevent your success. I currently am on a path of having moved from 200 pounds to 166 pounds. It went quickly at…
Calorie Restriction and Intermittent Fasting are two tools to reduce weight on a consistent basis. Both require adaptation. Learning to live on restricted calories and fasting become easier with time. The thought alone could keep most people from trying. As we start to limit the calories in our meals and in our days, our metabolism…
Balancing Restricted Diet and Metabolism is a art as much of a science. The body’s metabolism slows down if it thinks the body is starving. This is a process that began with the earliest man in times when he did face starvation. Metabolism is responsible for at least 60% of our daily calorie burn so…
How to Lose Weight is one of the first issues many aspiring surfers face. As a Health Coach and Personal Trainer in addition to Surf Coach I know many people have tried and failed to lose weight or sustain their gains. One of the reasons weight is a difficulty is people don’t understand the true…
Are Calories Important in Weight Loss is a question contemplated by modern research into losing weight. The standing axiom is that more energy has to be burned than consumed to lose weight. It may be true but there is so much more. In new research by Herman Pontzer in his book Burn, he claims calories…
Losing Weight is Difficult. Lots of people who want to surf are hampered by being overweight. Many don’t consider themselves overweight or don’t look in the mirror and see a heavy person. I once had a student who after losing 120 said when he looked in the mirror at his 380 pound body, he didn’t…