My Weight Loss Blog

Okay so we all know that obesity takes years off your overall lifespan. What I personally didn’t know was that simply being overweight (not obese) also has an effect on how many years you remain on Earth. According to Swedish research if you have been overweight since young age you are one third more likely to have a premature death. This risk is similar to smoking 10 cigarettes a day! More than 1 billion people are overweight. The figure kind of scared me. I am one of a billion.

Though some good news, I lost 1 kg last week due to intensive fitness activity. I can tell you, I am wrecked. Needed to rest the entire weekend. But in the end it feels good.

Simply being overweight, but not obese, from an early age boosts the risk of premature death by a third — as much as smoking up to 10 cigarettes a day, researchers in Sweden reported Wednesday.

People who are clinically obese by the age of 18 more than double that risk, putting themselves in the same danger zone as long-term heavy smokers of normal weight, they found.

From : Just being overweight can shorten lifespan: study

Hello everybody,

I set aside some money and time to look at various fat loss products. You must have noticed the huge market for fat loss products on the Internet. While many are probably crap and very ineffective, there are some who deserve a closer look!

The first one I am taking a look at is Fat Loss – Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle. As the title implies – this product involves burning fat and improving muscle mass. I could use some extra muscle, but first have to get rid of the excess fat – so this seems like a decent way to go about it. The product claims that bodybuilders use the same technique to get their body fat to single digits. My body fat percentage of 29% has a long way to go to get there!

The sales page states that even people who have had NO success burning fat can do it by using the techniques described in this product. Personally I have been able to decrease my body fat from 32% to 29% through regular exercising – but I’m not happy with it yet. 20% would be great!

They are selling Fat Loss – Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle for $39.95, which to me sounds reasonable. If anyone has experience with this product please submit your comments through the form below. I’d love to hear from you.

Product link : Click here to view.

Talk to you soon.

George.

I’ve always avoided using weight loss drugs, and advised friends to only use ones that have built up a solid reputation over the years. I hate to read news articles about people desperate to lose weight becoming ill due to risky drug use.

The European Union has taken Acomplia off the market. Acomplia is a weight loss drug developed by pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis. The European Medicines Authority concluded that the risks involved in using the drug do not outweigh its positive effects. A recent study has shown that people taking the drug are twice more likely to develop psychiatric disorders. Now, maybe it’s just me, but i’d rather be a bit overweight than that. Interestingly, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have never actually approved the drug for sale on the US market.

Sanofi-Aventis, the French pharmaceutical group, suffered a crippling blow to the prospects for its weight-loss drug Acomplia yesterday when regulators ordered the product to be withdrawn across the European Union.

The European Medicines Authority concluded that the benefits no longer outweighed the risks for the drug – known generically as rimonabant – after reviewing data suggesting that obese and overweight patients had twice the risk of psychiatric disorders as those on a placebo.

Read full article here.

Did you know that you can limit calorie intake by taking smaller bites? I never thought about it, but it does make sense. A small company is introducing a device that restricts jaw movement, forcing you to take smaller bites. I came across it through Google, the news article is from last year. To me the device doesn’t actually look comfortable. Won’t it cause problems with your jaw? They’ve tested the device on 50 Europeans, and will be starting trials in the US soon. If approved in the US it would be the first oral-weight loss device gaining approval.

Small Bite Inc. CEO Denis Mulder displays his company’s device, which is designed
to help people lose weight by making them take smaller bites, ultimately reducing the
amount of food they eat. The Haverford company hopes to start patient clinical trials
in Philadelphia early next year.

Americans perennially try to lose weight. They try diets. They try pills and
supplements. Some even opt for surgery to make their stomachs smaller.
But many of these methods don’t work long-term, or, in the case of bariatric surgery,
not everyone is ready for such a drastic step.
Now one company, Small Bite Inc., thinks it may have an answer.

Full article in PDF format, right here.

Don’t we just love freaky news? Whether it’s about a man with 3 nipples, a woman with a beard or the world’s fattest man – we can’t get enough of it. Mexican heavyweight Manuel Uribe has been in the news recently because he is getting married. Fat people can get married? Who would have thought! Beside that, he lost hundreds of kilograms making him the biggest fat loser on Earth. He got that big because of fast food, which he got addicted to while staying in the US. Pictures and videos of Manuel and his girlfriend have now been seen by millions. I don’t feel that overweight any more after seeing him.

The 42-year-old was once the world’s heaviest man and can do little more than sit up in bed.

But as this video shows he has already shed nearly 40 stone and now looks set to scoop another world record – the greatest loser of weight – as he tones up for his wedding to hairdresser Claudia Solis.

More here, including a video and photos of mister Uribe.