Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
This Woman Lost 150Lbs Only To Be Bullied Online And Regain Weight!
Saw this video and could not believe how horrible and nasty some people can be. Any weight loss takes lots of hard work and dedication. So wrong!
Let me know what you think?
Friday, 9 February 2018
How Apps and Social Media Can Help Your Weight Loss Plan
How to
Swipe, Tap, Click Your Way to Weight Loss
If you’re among the
app aficionados and gadget groupies using social media on the daily, putting
the popular tech platforms on task to achieve body goals is a no-brainer.
But with more than
165,000 health apps tallied in 2015 by IMS Institute for Healthcare
Informatics, not to mention
the endless variety of social apps, knowing where to start can you leave you
feeling disconnected.
Before you get
started, check out these dos and don’ts of making social media part of your
weight-loss strategy.
DO: Share your goals
When you only have
to be honest with yourself at the end of the day, willpower can easily (and
rapidly) fall to the wayside. Want to stick with that goal? Share it with
others.
Dr. Gail Matthews,
psychology professor at Dominican University of
California found 70
percent of 267 study participants completed a goal or were more than halfway
there when they sent weekly updates to a friend.
The success rate
dropped to 35 percent for those who didn’t write down their goals or share them
with others.
In addition to
sharing your goals on social media, blogging can lead to big weight-loss wins.
In a survey published in the journal Translational Behavioral Medicine, 194 participants reported an average
42.3 pound weight loss since they began sharing their journey online.
Thursday, 8 February 2018
Social Media. Can It Help Your Weight Loss.
Liking, following,
and scrolling may not measure up to a HIIT session, but don’t sell social media short as a weight-loss tool: Sharing
before-and-after photos on Instagram, and posting on Facebook and Twitter might be the extra
oomph you need to lose weight.
How Can
Social Media Tip the Scale in Your Favor?
An estimated seven
out of every 10 Americans use social media regularly, according to 2017 Pew Research Center data.
As the line
between of virtual and the real world increasingly blurs, studies show that
social media can have a huge impact on your daily life — in good and bad ways.
While social media
can be a time-suck and portray unrealistic body ideals, there are
benefits when tech time is used strategically and in a positive way.
For example, one
study shows that people in online weight-loss communities who shared their scale progress and actively engaged with their social
network dropped 8.3 percent of their body weight, compared to a 4.1 percent
loss of those who kept their numbers to themselves.
“Social media can
be a powerful tool in getting to know others who are on similar journeys, we
can feel extremely motivated seeing others take steps toward and reach success,
and it holds us accountable to our mindset and actions, thus facilitating behavior
change,” says Ariane Machin, PhD., clinical psychologist and co-founder of
the Conscious
Coaching Collective.
Monday, 22 May 2017
Picky Eater? 8 Tips To Face Those Foods You Hate That Help You Lose Weight.
Picky eaters, you know who you are: You’re that kid who had “Mommie Dearest”-level standoffs over everything from “this tastes
gross/weird/wet” to “omg the green beans are TOUCHING my noodles!”
Now you’re an adult and you want to
drop some pounds. But that means you need to dial in your diet and finally face
the foods that make your palate pucker.
Or maybe not?
Whole, unprocessed foods like lean
proteins, veggies and fruit, and whole grains help form the foundation of a balanced, healthy diet, but pickings can
get slim if your taste buds don’t mesh with the foods that can help you lose weight.
Luckily, there are ways to get around
your picky palate and expand your food horizons. But first, let’s take a quick
look and see how it all started.
Picky
Eaters May Be Born, Not Made
Picky
eating is most often associated with stubborn kids who won’t eat their veggies
or try something new.
But
a person’s food preferences may be genetically preset: In a 2007 study, the
long-standing debate of “nurture versus nature” was applied to picky eating.
For some foods, particularly produce and protein, children simply showed an innate like or dislike.
Kids
are also born with palates that tend to be more sensitive to bitter and sweet flavors than adults, so
what you may have hated as a child (boo, spinach!), you may love as an adult
(hello, spinach and broccoli
strata!).
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