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Trying to lose weight and obtain a flat stomach is no easy task. It is even harder to get six pack abs. However, every year people spend millions of dollars on the newest diet secret, miracle  pill, or fad exercise equipment. Honestly, I am no exception.

I have watched and Dr. Oz have claimed the great benefit of Raspberry Ketones or Green Coffee Extract as the miracle fat burners. Without exercise or changing diet these little pills will burn and shrink fat. I tried them and I call BULLSHIT! My wife and i have both tried them and they did nothing to change our weight loss. They did lighten my wallet a lot but nothing more than a little water weight otherwise.

Next you see these diet books that have shown amazing results with ten minutes a day. What about the ones that say you can eat anything you want and lose weight. Funny thing is, they all have disclaimers stating results not typical or taken along with a balanced diet and exercise. DUH!

True weight loss and fat burning is done one of two ways. First through exercise and second through diet. No matter what you take, you can not eat more than you burn in calories and lose weight. Some freaks of nature with super metabolic systems can defy this but most of us are not so lucky. You have to have a calorie deficit in order  to loss weight!

I have went from 210 pounds to 175 pounds in about eight months. In the process, I have increased my muscle mass and went from 29% body fat to less than 22%. How did I do it? I exercised by walking, jogging or weight lifting at least six days a week. I ate healthy and counted calories. Over the holidays, I slowed my exercise and ate what I wanted and gained four pounds back. I have since started counting calories and returned to more regular exercise and lost almost three of the pounds. See the correlation?

You can not lose weight without controlling your calories. No legal magic pill works!  Set a reasonable goal and work towards it. The more clean your diet, the easier it will be to achieve. I like sweet iced tea and I like sweets in general. I love pizza and wings and many other kinds of those foods. For me or anyone to achieve a hefty goal, those foods need to eliminated. I am not yet ready to totally eliminate those so I am struggling to reach my final goal. I am currently healthy and feel good but would like a totally flat stomach. It boils down to what I am willing to do to get there.

This is the one main key to reaching your  weight loss goal. What are you willing to do to get there?

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Many have suffered the pains of unemployment. The unemployment rate nationally is high on record and even higher off record. What is the future for job seekers? That future is in the word of accounting. Many companies and people know how to earn money but very little about handling it. This is where the accounting field opens up.

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For those looking for a rewarding and challenging career, consider the world of finance to propel you to  new heights and long term employment.

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Being healthy is always important. What you put in your body has a dramatic affect on how healthy you are. Eating the right foods, getting exercise, and rest are all important components to a healthy body. However, many people do all the right things then they continue to put poisons in their body in the way of cigarettes.

Smoking is one of the worse things for your body and can overtake all your healthy choices. If smoking causes health problems,  quitting smoking can create be the beginning of a healthy lifestyle for you and all your love ones.

There are so many effects of smoking on ones body. Some are internal and some you see right away. You can not see are your lungs are being destroyed and your other organs are be damaged. This often comes over time and once you see the result, it can be permanent. However, there are many effects you and others can see right away. These include yellowing or rotted teeth, discolored skin, bad breath, and yellowing finger nails. This is on top of the terrible smell a smoker always has. As a smoker, you stand out in a crowd and not in a good way.

If your own health means nothing to you, think about the ones you love who may be breathing your second hand smoke. Think about the devaluing of you auto if you smoke in there. If you have kids, think of the damage you will do to them and the chance that you may die from smoking before you see the major events of their life.

If none of this has any affect, think of the money you put out every week from smoking. Even at $5 a pack (which is cheap), a one pack a day smoker spends  $1825 a year smoking. Many smokers I know smoke two packs a day so they double that price. The price goes up all the time. Can you imagine the vacation you can take each year with just your smoking money?

With this information. how can you argue against quitting now?

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Drugs and alcohol can ruin a person’s life and tear a family apart. Often times the problem starts innocent enough and nobody even thinks it is a problem. A few drinks at dinner turns into all weekend drinking and before you know it, you can not live without it. This is when addiction comes into play. This is not just a big city problem but it has become very major in cities like Atlanta, GA.

Atlanta drug abuse rehab centers are great places to seek help for addiction. It is never too early or too late to seek help for yourself or someone you love. If your child has developed a drug habit, many  Atlanta Drug Rehab centers have special counselling designed for both adults and teens. They can give advice, intervene, or just offer a helping hand.

Drugs and alcohol can quickly absorb your life and leave scars that can never be healed. I have seen it rip apart many families. Though there are great Atlanta alcohol rehab centers, there are also many more throughout the nation that are standing by to help. You need not struggle alone and there is help just a phone call or click away.

Addiction is a sickness and without treatment, you could either destroy or lose your life. Seek help as soon as you see a problem.

This is not part of my normal types of post in regards to health but as you read you will see that I am hoping it will at least affect the surrounding people.

First thing I want to make clear is that I do not like smoking. I find it gross and a mess. The second hand smoke is disgusting to everyone around the smoker. With that said, I believe in freedom and everyone’s right to do their own thing.  I was doing a little research for a project I was working on and found this cool Electronic Cigarette by Blucigs.com. Not being a smoker, I was unaware of these products.

If you insist on smoking, these products have no tobacco or smoke and give you the nicotine you crave. They are safer for the air around you and provide no second hand smoke.  They come in a variety of flavors and leave no mess behind. This is an interesting product and one worth investigating if you want to smoke but are tired of the mess and making everyone around breathe your smoke.

Smoking has many health risks and I do not encourage smoking of any kind. However, it is your right to choice and this may be a little healthier alternative. I encourage you to do your research before using these products to be aware of any and all side effects.

Cancer has become a plague on the health of many people. It can strike anyone at anytime. However, some cancer are caused by the carelessness of major companies who knew that their products caused cancer and issued no warnings. Mesothelioma is one of those cancers.

When your family becomes affected by this kind of cancer, you need to seek a reliable lawyer who can help you get compensated for the wrong doings of these companies. Getting great  mesothelioma lawyers  who has helped many many people get the justice they deserved is very important. Specialized lawyers know what to look for, what questions to ask, and all the right steps to get you and your family a quick settlement.

If you are affected by Mesothelioma, seek medical help first then seek a lawyer to help your family get through this trying time.

I am not one who believes in unjustifiable law suits but in this case, these companies have been putting asbestos in schools and other building for years even after they became aware of the cancer problems. It was years later when the truth came out and it cost society billions of dollars to clean up the mess. In the meantime, many innocent people was exposed to the danger. This justifies the need for lawsuits and shows these companies that they should pay for knowing doing these things.

When we talk about health, we think of weight, heart, skin, lungs, and other vital organs. What we fail to think about is our eyes. These are so important to overall health but seldom do we think about taking care of them. Eye injuries occur because we fail to protect our eyes.

There are many ways to improve your eyesight and protect your eyes from harm. If you spend a lot of time outdoors, be sure to wear sunglasses. I am not talking about the cheap dollar store kind. If you wear glasses, get a prescription pair, if not make sure you have a high enough UV rating to protect your eyes.

If you work around tools, mow the yard, weed whack, or other type of activities, make sure you wear some kind of safety glasses. One object flying up can cause a lifetime of eye problems that could be easily prevented. If you smoke, you cause damage to your eyes everyday. There are so many reasons to quit smoking but eye damage ranks right up there.

Doing anything that strains the eyes for too long could damage your eyes. Computer work can cause problems if you do not take breaks from looking g at the screen. Looking away for just a few minutes at a distance every 20-30 minutes will help prevent eye strain and could save you from eye glasses or upping your need for more powerful glasses.

Preventing problems included feeding your eyes. Eating a diet with lots of omega 3s such as fish, nuts, and flax along with green leafy vegetables and citrus fruits will give you the nutrition needed to keep your eyes healthy. Side benefit is these things also keep your whole body healthy.

The final thing to remember when keeping your eyes healthy is a regular visit to the eye doctor. Optical Eyeworks and many other high quality low cost solution exist to make it both convenient and affordable to keep your eyes in the best shape possible. Be sure to have your eyes checked every two years and sooner if your experience any eye problems.

Your eyes are very important and once your lose your eyesight, you will not get it back. Take care of them so you can see everything the world has to offer.

I am still plugging away at my weight loss. Walking has now become my favorite form of exercise and I try to do at least five miles a day at least five days a week. I am still using my FitBit and tracking my calories in and out and how many steps I do each day. I am trying to burn 3000 calories and eating 2000 calories a day. This should give me an average loss of two pounds of fat a week. So you are wondering, how well am I doing?

I have loss 33.5 five pounds since the beginning of January. It may be a little more but I did not weigh the first day I started. That is about 18 weeks which comes out to 1.86 pounds a weeks. This is a good safe weight loss and I am feeling good.

Here are the goods and not so goods. I was eating extremely clean when I first started. This is not easy and I have started to slip a little. I am not sure it is possible for me to always eat clean but I try to eat great as much as possible. I do eat pizza but only if I fit in my calories. I do eat McDonald’s once in a while but I eat a happy meal which now included a reduced size fry and apples. I do drink my sweet teas but I use a higher reduced mix of sweet to unsweetened tea. These do not seem to affect me as much as when I use to eat all crap. It makes it easier to keep up with a reduce eating plan without getting bored.

Reality is, most of us are fat due to the fact that we eat bad. It was easy short term to shut off all the bad. If I stayed that clean, I would have fell off the wagon. Instead, I eat good most of the time, I eat a really bad cheat meal once a week, and I eat smaller portions of things I want as long as they are with in my calorie range and I eat good the rest of the day. This has kept me and my wife on our eating plan. This combined with exercise has allowed Karen and I both to lose over 30 pounds and we are still losing each week.

No plan is perfect and you have to adjust it to fit your needs. Good luck to everyone on the same path and please share your own successes by leaving a comment.