Drinking Soda Makes You So Blah...Kick the Habit NOW!

You didn't think your soda addiction was that terrible, yet then you discovered that each one of those additional calories could be the reason you're putting on weight. What's even more worse is that drinking soda expands your danger of diabetes, and it builds the midsection fat that can cause coronary illness and certain sorts of tumors, including stomach, pancreatic, and colon. Yowser! Lose weight and fat now to beat obesity.

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In case you're prepared to stop your soda addiction for good, I have mapped out a three-week intend to enable you to arrive. Here is a thought to get you motivated to stop. It's uncommon to discover one single dietary change that can affect your waistline as essentially as wiping out soda. That's on the grounds that a 12-ounce container of soda contains around 140 calories. On the off chance that somebody drinks two bottles of normal soda every day and does a change to seltzer or water, that individual will expend more than 102,200 less calories through the span of a year — that is the possibility to lose right around 30 pounds — with only one change.

Dumping soda isn't easy. Since it contains so much sugar, you need to break the sugar dependence that props you up back for additional soda and keeps you coming back for more. Here's the way to get out from under the addiction and get more advantageous in under three weeks.

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Do This Before Getting Started 

Take two or three days to recognize these three things:

-What you genuinely adore about pop

-When you normally appreciate it most

-Some unsweetened beverages that you truly appreciate

This is extremely vital. Do you drink soda as a stimulating beverage rather than espresso? Do you cherish how a sweet soda tastes rather than an exquisite dinner? Is everything about the fizzy air pockets? Completes an evening, soda brings you through the 3 p.m. droop? Making sense of this will enable you to discover sensible substitutions and sound options.

Week 1: Reduce Frequency 

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Weaning yourself off soda steadily may enable you to succeed. Begin by diminishing the quantity of servings you have every day. If you're an a few can-a-day soda consumer, bring that down to one can a day. In the event that you have one can a day, drink a can each other day. I recommend keeping a diary to screen how you're feeling, particularly on the off chance that you regularly drink a caffeine-containing pop. Cerebral pains are normal when decreasing caffeine utilization.

Week 2: Retrain Your Taste Buds 

In the second week, you'll be down to one serving for every day or each other day. Weaken that presenting with plain seltzer. This will influence you to feel like you're drinking soda however will help your taste buds adjust and figure out how to appreciate refreshments that aren't as sweet.

Week 3: Stop Drinking Soda 

Arrangement is key this week for your success. Stock your home and office with your most loved unsweetened beverages. In case you're somebody who more often than not appreciates a soda with your dinner, make certain your suppers contain a blend of sweet and appetizing flavors that will fulfill your want for differentiating flavors. For instance, top your serving of mixed greens with dried organic product or add diced cut apple to your turkey sandwich.

Here are some drink thoughts that aren't plain water. Regardless of whether you're searching for an air pocket fix or a remark your sweet tooth, these more beneficial decisions will help make the change far from soda additionally energizing:

-Infused water: Orange or grapefruit cuts in your water are invigorating, yet shouldn't something be said about strawberries and mint, or rosemary and lemon. Putting foods grown from the ground in your water will give you the flavor kick you crave.

-Seasoned seltzer water: My most loved brand is Polar on the grounds that they have the greatest assortment of flavors and as I would see it, the most grounded flavors."

-Kombucha: It's marginally carbonated on account of the aging procedure, so it will fulfill that bubbly desiring

-Club soda or plain seltzer with a sprinkle of 100 percent juice and a lemon or lime

-Frosted home grown tea: There are some fun, tasty natural teas available. Two of the sweetest (yet unsweetened) and most delicious teas I've found are Celestial Seasonings Zinger line of natural teas. Their Sangria Zinger (made frosted!) tastes simply like fruit punch.

-Espresso, dark, chai, or green tea: These are extraordinary in case you're feeling the loss of the caffeine kick from your soda!

I do hope that you can kick the soda habit and save yourself a world of hurt when it comes to losing weight. You can lose 30 pounds by not drinking soda. If you can kick the habit you can lose the weight, and that's a fact! Join us next time and please comment and share this post if you found it insightful. If you have other suggestions please comment, we would love to hear your opinion!

~Obesity Overload

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How Do You Break the Soda Addiction?

Have you ever just had a huge drink of fizzy, sugary, syrupy soda and it burns the back of your throat...and then you feel it in your stomach  that is hanging over your pants? Have you ever been in that predicament? If you have, you definitely know what it feels like to feel uncomfortably bloated, have your stomach churning and sloshing, have a big soda gut hanging over your pants, and just feel bad. If you are like me, you have felt some of these things. I had to do something. If I didn't I knew I would have a soda gut for a long time to come. I was in deep trouble. If you are too, then join me to break your soda addiction as I have broken mine!

1. Perspective
You have to look at soda as poison. Change your perspective. Did you know that sodas have several different chemicals in them that are used for cleaning, de-oxidizing, that there is enough syrup to choke a horse, sugar enough to send your body into shock, and enough acid to acid wash your favorite pair of jeans? Soda is just a poison that is putting so many toxins into your body.

2. Alternatives
Drink alternatives like there is no tomorrow! The only two alternatives that I have found for soda is iced tea lemonade and water. Drinking these two instead of soda will cut your gut and send your body into weight loss overdrive. These alternatives are life savers when it comes to craving soda and something sugary. If you learn to drink water you will find that it really is quite delicious and is phenomenal for you!

3. 19 Days
It takes someone 19 times of not doing it to break a habit. If you can last 19 days with me, I will promise you that you will break your soda habit and your body will detoxify itself to be able to function at a higher level. Your weight loss will be boosted and your body will feel completely different than it did when you were drinking soda. This one is probably the hardest to execute, but its the most rewarding!

I hope that you have enjoyed this blog post. All you have to do to break the habit of drinking soda like water is to follow this really simple guideline. Your body will be rejoicing because you have stopped drinking soda. Believe me when I say that it was no easy task to stop drinking soda. It is literally everywhere and it is pretty inescapable. Sugar is in everything, including soda.

EXTRA (READ THIS IF NOTHING ELSE!)
Try an experiment with me. Pour a glass of soda that you have sitting at home, or buy a cup of soda from McDonald's for a dollar. Next put that cup or glass of soda outside in the heat for a few days. Cover it up or leave the lid on it. After a few days go back to the undisturbed cup or glass of soda and it will virtually be a cup of syrup or really close to it. That is what you're putting in your body! It will be easy to cut soda now!

~Obesity Overload

3 Foods that Slow Down Weight Loss!

If you are like me, you realize that there are some things that just aren't worth eating for your weight loss, even if they are good. We will discuss those foods and I will teach you all how to choose which foods are foods that you are not going to want to eat if you want to lose weight. These foods are foods that are going to want to be avoided. They will slow down your weight loss and may cripple you. Let's dive into these foods that will slow down your weight loss and gain some great information to help you explode into your weight loss!


1. Fruits
Sugary fruits can prove to be even more detrimental to weight loss than beneficial. Fruits are packed with sugar that is what we would call glucose. The glucose is then put into the bloodstream and is converted into fat. Stick with eating fruits like apples, bananas, and other lower sugar fruits. Fruit juice is a weight loss killer that will slow it down and will bring it to a halt. Fruit juice is just as bad as soda. Stick with your vegetables and good fruits and good old-fashioned water.


2. Cereal
There are a lot of different point-of-views that people have about cereal and whole grains. The way I see it is, eating fat doesn't make you fat. If whole grains are fattier grains than crushed grains or processed grains, it would prove to be healthier for your body. That's not the problem with cereal that we will discuss. The problem is that there is so much sugar in cereal nowadays that you have to eat cereal that is like dried cardboard in order to get any nutritional value. I would suggest eating a granola bar that has sugar and tastes sweet, but find one that has honey so that the sugar is more natural.


3. Processed
Processed foods are always going to be bad for you and are always going to slow down your weight loss. Processed foods are WAY too salty and have WAY too much sugar in them. Anything that is made in a tube and that is processed needs to be avoided. Processed foods are classified as foods that are the cheapest food in any grocery store, mainly because they have the least nutritional value for your body and weight loss.


Takeaway
There is a definite takeaway that I want men and women to understand. Not all foods are created equal! A bowl of cherries is not as good for you as an apple, candy-like cereal is not as good for you as toasted oats, and processed food is not as good for you as organic or non-processed food. This is a great tool to use if you want your weight loss to take off. If the food that you're trying to eat has the same calories, sugar, fat and salt as bad foods, then don't eat it! Bad food is poison! You can't put poison in your body. Give us your questions or comments below, we encourage interaction!

Go and kill that obesity and boost your weight loss with avoiding these three foods!

~Obesity Overload

Diet Soda, is it Really Worse than Regular?

I was sitting here looking at a can of Diet Dr. Pepper that one of my family members had bought. There has been a long debate and it still rages on as to which is worse, diet or regular? I would like to keep the debate going and really give you guys a post to read, and then I would like for you to decide which is worse. You be astounded on which is worse. You may have a hard time figuring out which is worse. Let's look at the facts and see if we can decipher which is worse!

1. Diet Soda...Cancerous
It is true that diet soda is filled with chemicals that are cancerous for your body, but what would you say if I told you that sugar is the fuel by which cancer existed? You would tell me I was crazy! I speak the truth! Sugar weakens the immune system in the body and gives cancer a fuel and foothold, by which it chokes you and kills you.

2. High Fructose Corn Syrup...Killer
You may not have noticed this, but high fructose corn syrup kills many people everyday. HFCS's cause your body to crave those drinks and foods that contain them and you are forced into addiction. HFCS's kill your immune system and liver, cause your insulin to skyrocket, and sometimes contain mercury. Guess which sodas have it...BOTH diet and regular!

3. Sweeteners Trigger Fat Storage
It really doesn't matter which one you drink, both sugar and artificial sweeteners trigger your insulin in your bloodstream and cause your body to go into fat storage mode. If you couple this with the HFCS that is something that makes your body hungry, you get the ultimate fat machine, your body! Both sugar and artificial sweeteners do this.

4. Increased Risk of Diabetes
Diabetes may not sound like its all that bad, but you can ask anyone that has it and they would gladly trade soda to get rid of it. Diet soda has been linked to giving a person upwards of 30% greater risk of getting diabetes. Regular soda is right there with sugar to help you get there the same way, just in case you're interested.

5. No Nutritional Value
Have you ever noticed that soda has absolutely no nutritional value whatsoever? Some sodas have natural fruit juice, but it consists of 5% of the soda or less. This is not enough to even mention. Soda is so ridden with sugar or artificial sweeteners and sodium that we find no nutritional value in it.

6. Sodium
You may not have noticed, but there is sodium or salt in your soda, whether you drink regular or diet. Sodium is something that our body needs some of, but we find it in excess amounts in our body that causes everything to be thrown off kilter. Salt is linked to high blood pressure and is known for overworking kidneys.

7. Alternatives?
There is only one alternative that I would suggest drinking that would be worth your time and your money. That alternative is water, just plain old water. You can get it from the tap or you can get it in an assortment of minerals or not in bottles. Iced tea and lemonade that is all natural is something else you can try. Both are better than soda.

Which one is better for you? Diet? Regular? Neither? I hope that I have provoked a lot of thought processes in your mind and hopefully you can appreciate the situation that we face everyday. If you can't answer which is better or if either of them have any good value, then it might behoove you to stop drinking them. Please, go to the comment box below and give your reasons that you drink diet or regular soda and tell us which one is better. Share these tips with family and friends! Thank you! Enjoy the rest of your day!

~Obesity Overload

The Skinny About Naked Drinks

I have often asked myself the important question, "How can I get my daily vegetable and fruit intake in one painless go?" We all know the hindrance that eating fruits and vegetables can give, especially when we are busy and can't prepare fresh fruit or vegetables. We are going to go over four things that you need to know about Naked drinks and the benefits of these great drinks. Let's get started on these 4 things and break it down!

1. Get Daily Fruits and Veggies
You can get your daily fill of fruits and veggies from these Naked drinks! I have often enjoyed a strawberry banana flavored Naked drink. They use math and a mallet to get way more fruits and veggies into that small bottle.

2. No Added Sugar
There is no added sugar to these Naked drinks. All of the sugar that composes these tasty drinks is natural from fruits and veggies. It's best to limit how many of these drinks you drink. They are so incredibly good for you, but beware of the higher sugar content.

3. Not All Natural
In an attempt to educate you on these drinks I would like to say that there was a lawsuit filed against Naked in 2012 and carried out in 2013 because the materials in the drink were not all natural. These drinks are mostly natural, but they can not claim to be all natural. Nevertheless, these drinks are phenomenally good for you!

4. Antioxidants  
These drinks are full of antioxidants and they taste really good. The antioxidants are great for boosting your body's immune system or help reboot your body's immune system if you're sick. These drinks may not be as good for your weight loss and diet because they are higher in sugar, but they are very high in good energy!

I hope that you guys have a better education about Naked drinks and that you will consider drinking these drinks and using them for energy. There are so many PROS to these Naked drinks and are some of the best, "pick-me-ups" out on the planet. We propose that you drink these great Naked drinks, but please, for the love of everything that is good, keep your clothes on!

~Obesity Overload

One Sweet Diet...Or Is It?

There are several diets out there, but few have claims that actually work. The ETL Diet that we have written for you as probably the best diet out there is proving to be helping me lose weight. I am at 5 LB. lost in the first week. I want to create another diet that is great for people that want to shed fat like it is an extra jacket or sweatshirt. How cool would it be to have weight loss like that? Unfortunately, weight loss doesn't work like that. You can shed fat like crazy, but it will normally be 3-4 LB. at a time each week. Any more than that is dangerous unless you know what you are doing or are being monitored by a dietitian. Let's get started on the in's and out's of The Sweetest Diet. We will call it the TSD. The TSD diet is not for everyone, but it is a great diet nonetheless.

1. Why Does Cutting Out Sugar Work so Well?
The reason that cutting out sugar works so well is because sugar causes weight gain and causes fat to form. People have misconceptions that eating fat or carbs causes you to gain weight. This simply is not true. Sure, it may be that by the time the sugar breaks down it turns into carbs and fat, but it is not solely carbs or fat that causes you to gain weight. Sugar disables and shuts down your immune system and is the number one reason for weight gain. When you drink 32+ oz. of soda for lunch and have a candy bar later on in the day, you add on a significant amount of weight. All this to say, cut out the sugar completely. Drink water or milk if you drink soda.

Men, aim for 2,500 calories in your day in your eating. If you want to lose weight quicker, then aim for 2,000 calories in your day. Women, aim for 1,500 calories in your day. Don't eat any less than that because you might experience your body shutting down and not operating.

2. Sugar...An Artificial Killer
Sugar is a naturally grown, artificially processed, killer. Sugar is literally in everything! If you are a Sugar-free Diet purist, you are someone that will make your own food without sugar. For this diet we are cutting out sugar in our drinks, cutting out candy, and any extra sugar. If bread has some sugar in it, we will let it pass. What I don't want you to do is go to the doughnut aisle and pick up a box of sugar powdered donuts and say, "It only has a little bit of sugar." When you live your day eating sugar like crazy, you leave yourself open for developing diabetes and you are susceptible to crashing and needing a nap. This can be alleviated by cutting out the sugar that will cause you to crash later on. Sugar is an artificial killer that seems to lurk into your life through many avenues. Let's cut the sugar to cut the weight!

3. Working Out
Ah yes, the thing that we hate to do, work out. When you eat sugar, your body gets to the point where it is dependable on it. It essentially becomes a crutch.When you cut the sugar you realize immediately how much energy you have to work out without the sugar. I have been feeling immensely better since I have cut my sugar intake considerably. I would suggest working with kettle-bells, medicine balls, and running. The kettle-bells are great for stripping fat off of certain areas, the medicine balls are great for gaining solidity, and the running is good for re-enforcement of the other two areas. I would aim for about 45-60 minutes when you work out 5 times a week for a significant burn.

4. Breaking the Addiction
You mean that I can be addicted to sugar? Yes, you can be addicted to sugar. It is about as easy as any other illegal drug in the world. Sugar is highly addicting because it causes you to crave the sweetness and the taste of what we think is good. We think that it is innocent enough to drink whatever we want and eat all the candy we want, but it really is not that easy. You are essentially killing yourself when you eat and drink sugar like that. The way to break the addiction is to say no to those things that have sugar in them that are bad for you. Think of those things like they are poison because in fact, they are!

5. Share It!
Share this diet with your friends! This diet could be very influential for getting your body back to where it feelings good instead of that terrible feeling after you eat a sugar loaded candy bar. There are many people out there that can and will benefit from this diet. I would urge you to join us on this diet and to share it with a few friends. Get a group together that can keep one another accountable! Start a The Sweetest Diet Facebook page for your community and impact others around you.   

As with any and every diet, ask your doctor before starting to make sure that your body can handle the diet. Take these tips and implement in your life to lose weight by the ton. Start today and make today the day that you reform and get on the track for that beach body. Let's get that beach body before summer comes!

~Obesity Overload

Cookies...Tasty or Fatty?

Cookies are tasty trinkets laced with sugary delightful goodness. Cookies are savory, melt in your mouth, tidbits of sunshine that make your mouth and tongue want to dance. Some of you may have heard of the "Cookie Diet" and may have even tried it. While there were results, cookies that lack nutrition are not the answer. Let's take a look at how cookies are tasty and fatty.

1. Sugar
Sugar is the main ingredient in cookies. Sugar disables your immune system and is the leading cause of fat and obesity. Too much sugar is not good for your body.

2. Fat
Butter and oils are combined in cookies to make them taste good and go down smoothly. Buttery fat includes salt and raises cholesterol. Butter contains fats and margarine contains trans fats. Either way we are doomed if we eat cookies.

Are there really any benefits to cookies? Besides splurging and having something that tastes good, there really aren't any good benefits to cookies.

3. Cancer and Disease
Cookies can cause cancer and disease. Why is this you say? When you become obese you open yourself up to cancer and disease.

4. High Fructose Corn Syrup
High fructose corn syrup has quite an impact on blood pressure levels. The blood pressure skyrockets when we consume sweeteners. HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) is an alternative to sugar and is used in unison with sugar to make snacks addictive and tasty.

We can see that cookies are tasty and fatty and are detrimental to society. Are we eating ourselves into oblivion? Cookies come in all shapes, sizes, and different levels of sugar content. Cookies are fatty and sugary and are bad for weight loss. You diet will suffer terribly by eating cookies. We have all eaten cookies. We don't eat them by the serving size, which seems to be two or three, we eat them by the sleeve full. Check out the video below to see what Brian Regan says about cookies! Can you relate?

~Obesity Overload

4 Ways to Beat Child Obesity

There are millions of children that are overweight and obese in America today. They cry out with helpless voices for the help of the adults in America. They scream as they are picked last for sports at school and as a result they are depressed. Today in America, children are bombarded with candy, soda, and lots of other forms of sugar that are making them irritable to disease and heart attack later on. Could this be the reason why so many Americans are dying earlier and are getting sick? Sugar disables you immune system. According to the Center for Disease Control in July 2013 (http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/obesity/facts.htm) 70% of all obese children ages 5-17 years old has one risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Let's take a stand to stop the madness! Here are a few quick ways to beat childhood obesity.

1. Monitor Your Children's Food Intake
The #1 way to beating child obesity is to monitor your children's food intake. If you want to stop them from eating candy or sweets, then stop them from eating it! Ground your child if they take advantage of you. You have to be hard on them or else they will have disease issues later on.

2. Keep Them Active
Keep your child active! The #2 way to beat childhood obesity is to keep them active. Each child should be getting 60+ minutes a day of activity outside. Get them interested in a team sport and keep them going at all times. It will lead to them going to sleep earlier because they won't be able to keep up.

3. Stop Spoiling Them!
This #3 way to beat childhood obesity goes hand-in-hand with our #1 way. Stop taking your child to McDonalds to get soda or ice cream. If you care enough for your child, then stop giving them cookies, cake, soda, and sugar.

4. Practice What You Preach
The final way to beat childhood obesity is to practice what you preach. When your child sees you splurging on your favorite food or drink and you tell them to stop eating and drinking their favorite things, then it will send a bad message. Instead, change your family's eating habits so that all of you can beat obesity and you will find that your child will cooperate better with your wishes when it applies to you as well.

Put these 4 ways to beat childhood obesity into practice and watch your child's weight drop. You will be amazed at what results you can get, just by following these 4 ways. Share these with your friends! Subscribe to our blog to get more tips, ways, tricks, and advice on how to beat obesity!

~Obesity Overload

The Secret of Diet Soda!

For years you drank diet soda thinking that you were doing yourself a favor, when in fact, it is thought that diet soda is just as bad as regular soda.
We are going to go through some facts about diet soda and we will see if diet soda will remain the better of the two.
The controversy stops here!

1. Bad For Diabetics
The natural sweetener aspartame worsens the effects that diabetes has on the body.
It causes insulin control problems and therefore causes the diabetic to want to eat more and gain weight.
2. Both Diet and Regular Sodas Deprive Bone Density
Both diet and regular sodas deprive the body of it's bone density because of the acid in each of the sodas. So, no matter if you drink diet or non-diet soda, it doesn't matter.
3. Caffeine The Same
Caffeine is the same in both diet and regular soda the majority of the time.
Again, it doesn't matter whether you drink diet or not, the side effects are still the same.
4. Diet, Less Sugar Less Calories
Diet soda has less sugar and less calories overall. This is a good thing, but doesn't do much in the way of it being better for you. Sure, you do consume less calories allowing you to drink more and eat more calories, but is it worth it?
5. Diet Soda = Dehydration
Diet soda in a diuretic. Which means that the sweeteners cause the person consuming it to have to go to the restroom more frequently. That, along with the caffeine deprive your body from the water it needs.
6. Diet Causes Cell Damage
The consumer opens themselves up to having an increase in chances for disease. The sodium benzoate, a preservative, works together with vitamin c to produce a carcinogenic called benzene. Studies have shown that the sodium benzoate may damage the mitochondria found in your DNA cells causing your cells to sometimes malfunction, giving you risk for Parkinson's, cirrhosis of the liver, or neuro-degenerative diseases.

Now that we have looked at the effects of diet soda on the body, we can come to the conclusion that it, along with regular soda is bad for the body!
So, what do I drink then?
There are natural fruit juices that are tasty, or if you want that fizzy bubbly taste, you can drink sparkling water.
Steer clear from both types of soda!
You and your diet will be better for it.
~Obesity Overload

The Fruit on Juice - Is It Good?

Hello readers! We have been going through foods and drinks that are good for your body and those that aren't good for your body. We will be getting on to Step 3 of weight loss in our Weight Loss series tomorrow. So, let's get started with taking a glimpse into the world of fruit juice!

1. Natural or Not?

Natural fruit juices have little to no extra sugar added to it's juice.

The juices that are not natural fruit juice are processed and have loads of caloric sugar added.

2. Vitamins

Juices, whether they are natural or not have vitamins and minerals in them that are fantastic for the body.

While the one's that aren't natural taste good, the vitamins and minerals that are in them are man made the majority of the time. 

3. Phytonutrients

Phytonutrients are naturally occurring nutrients that are essential for fighting against diseases and have disease fighting qualities. Their role is to act as antioxidants and fight against cells in your body that are harmful.

4. Sugar and Calories

Fruit juices can have a lot of sugar and calories that in turn into fat, and make you have what appears to be a little bit of what some people may think of as love handles. 

5. Carbs

Yes, fruit juices do have more carbs in them than soda does. It is a sad fact, but it is true.

6. Water

Water is a great alternative to fruit juices, minus the vitamins and minerals.

It has been proven that there are more upsides to fruit juices than there are downsides. 

I would suggest, in my opinion, that fruit juices are good for you, especially 100% natural.

I would also like to point out that you should drink a little bit in moderation with the rest of your diet. (Not too much. Too much can be a bad thing.)

So, all in all, fruit juices are sweet!

~Obesity Overload

   

Is Coffee Good for You? How the Beans Stack Up!

In this blog post, we are going to go over some facts about coffee, give you our honest opinion on if it's good or not, and give you some evidence to support our final opinion.
Let's get started!
Fact #1: New Yorkers drink 7 times more coffee than other cities in the United States.
Fact #2: Coffee beans, as you may not know, are in fact the pits in berries and are a fruit!
Fact #3: Coffee is psychoactive and can make you see things that aren't there if consume in higher quantities. I can also kill you.
Fact #4: Contrary to popular opinion, you can not sober up from drinking alcohol with caffeine.
Fact #5: The most expensive drink at Starbucks is $23.50 for 16 shots of espresso (1400 mg of caffeine)!

Coffee is said to help ward off depression, helps to lose weight, can reduce the risk of skin cancer, and can in fact get you through your day.
In our honest opinion of coffee, we came to the conclusion that a little bit of coffee in moderation with a daily diet isn't bad, but it can be addictive due to the caffeine content.
So, in other words, keep coffee to a low roar. Drink a cup once every two days.

While the above facts are great things, there are a few detrimental things to coffee that we need to discuss.
1. Coffee Stains Teeth.
Coffee can and will stain your teeth if you consume large amounts of it.
2. Sugar High
Coffee is a sugar high waiting to happen.
Most people put a ton of sugar in their coffee to sweeten it up.
3. Caffeine Addiction
Caffeine is as dangerous a chemical to get addicted to than any other drug on the black market.
Caffeine has properties to make people irritable, their kidneys not to function properly, and can cause heart attacks in older people or people with high blood pressure.

I think that in the long run, it would be good if you kept the coffee drinking to a low.
If you look at the detrimental effects that it has on your body, you can agree that there are better beverages out there than coffee.
Grab that cup of tea instead of coffee, you will be glad that you did!

~Obesity Overload

Candy, Tasty or Fattening?

Almost everyone has loved candy or some form of candy in their lifetime.

We are going to look at why candy is bad for your body.

1. Weight gain:

Candy is full of empty calories that can't be burnt off quickly.

40% off the sugar of the candy we gobble away turns to fat!

2. Reduces Nutrient Intake:

The consumption of candy and sugar wears on the body and causes your body to not consume the vitamins and good nutrients that it needs.

3. Tooth Decay:

We all know about this one.

Tooth decay is prevalent in our society as crawls into our lives via suckers, candy bars, licorice, and other candies.
Candy deprives your body of calcium that is needed for healthy bones and teeth.

4. Candy Increases the Risk of Disease:

Sugar in candy takes calcium away from the body, making it easier to contract osteoporosis.

Sugar lowers your immune system considerably as it takes more energy to consume and digest it. 

For more information on sugar and the body visit our, "Just a Spoon Full of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Up?" post!

Candy and candy bars are terrible for your body's health.
Sugar converts to fat immediately.
Try some dried fruit, fruit, and occasionally a swig of natural fruit juice to curb the candy cravings.
Having just passed up Halloween not too long ago, many people in the world are fatter now than they have ever been.
Try to keep yourself from eating candy and sugar, just for the heck of it!
Have a great morning!
~Obesity Overload

Weight Loss Step 2 - Simple Eating

Welcome to step number 2 of our weight loss journey.
Hopefully you have begun your voyage with us to fight against obesity!
You want that extra lean, buff, slender, and built beach body!
I am here to tell you that I am going on the voyage with you, you are not alone.
Let's get down to business and look at Simple Eating.

Everyone thinks that when you are on a diet/weight loss program that you have to eat complexly and chart every milligram of food that you eat.
It is simply not true!
Keeping a journal of what you eat is good for seeing results, but it is not essential.

What do we mean by Simple Eating?
Here is how we think of it: Eating a balanced diet with whole grains, fruit, vegetables, legumes, and other natural and organic foods.
Basically, we are going to intake non-toxic foods and detox our body.
Men are going to shoot for eating 2,200-2,500 calories a day.
Women are going to shoot for 1,500-1,800 calories a day.

1. Whole Grains
Whole grains are an essential source of vitamins and minerals that your body needs to survive on your diet.
They fill you up quicker without spending a lot of calories.

2. Water
Water is a great resource in your weight loss arsenal because you can drink water before a meal to avoid overeating.
Water weighs more than food and your body will get used to not having sugar in soda or juice.

3. Fruit and Vegetables
Fruit and vegetables are like vitamin and mineral gold mines!
They also have a lot of fiber which means that you can get off cheap calorie wise and still be full after eating fruits and vegetables.

4. Legumes
Legumes are seeds, beans, and nuts.
They, like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains fill you up quicker and are good for a short snack.
We suggest that you do keep them to a low roar as they are high in fat.

5. Meat and Fish
Meat and fish is a very touchy subject in a diet.
Meat can be and is full of fat, unless you get ultra lean meat that is hard to eat.
Pork and beef should be taken in maybe once every week to week and a half.
Turkey and chicken are great alternatives that taste fantastic.
Fish are great sources of omega 3 fish oil that are essential for fighting free radicals in your body and are great for your health.

6. Sugar, Salt, and Fat
Sugar, salt, and fat are the three worst parts about our diet that we could ever eat.
Eliminating them throughout our journey will boost your weight loss by over 200%.
If you can get used to not drinking and eating sugary drinks and candy, then you will feel better and lose weight easier.
Get used to not putting salt on your food, again it will be easier to lose weight.
Skip McDona*** and go eat something healthy. Skipping fast food will detoxify your body and your weight loss will soar!

Let's stick to this eating diet and together we can lose weight!

~Obesity Overload, Out!

Just a Spoon Full of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Up?

We have all heard that saying, "Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down" in that age old movie we love called Merry Poppins, but does it go down? Does eating a spoonful of sugar once, twice, or even three times a day help your health? Let's take a look.

Sugar is in everything from apple juice to cookies to ice cream, to soda, to cupcakes, to EVERYTHING!
It would seem that sugar isn't all that bad. I mean, let's face it, sugar does make one feel good or even great.
Sugar may taste good , but it is considered one of the silent killers of today.
Sugar is one of the huge reasons why the world is obese.
We eat the sweets and don't burn enough calories to keep the weight that sugar produces off.
Here are some facts about sugar, and then we will look at why it is bad.

The Facts:
1. The average American consumes 22 teaspoons of sugar in a single day.
2. The average child consumes a lip smacking 32 teaspoons of sugar a day!
3. Women should have no more than 6 teaspoons of sugar in a day.
    Men should have no more than 9 teaspoons a day.
4. It was estimated in 2000 in the U.S. that the average person consumed a ridiculous 150 POUNDS of sugar in a year per person!
5. In the American diet alone added sugar accounts for 496 calories every day!

Reasons Why Sugar is Bad:
1. Sugar deprives the body of vitamins and nutrients that are essential to everyday health, heart and teeth health.
2. It immobilizes your immune system. If you are always sick or susceptible to being sick, check how much sugar you are consuming.
3. It impairs liver function, which can lead to high blood pressure, skin issues, and acne.
4. It restricts blood flow and affects aging, contributing considerably to dental issues, increased wrinkles, and dry, aged skin.
5. It is addictive and stopping the consumption all at once can cause withdraw symptoms, such as fatigue, depression, headaches, and achy limbs.

Look at the facts, and then look at the reasons why sugar is bad.
I think that we can conclude that sugar is bad for the body.
If you take the average sugar calories in a day, which is 496, and multiply it out over seven days it comes out to 3472. It then multiples into four weeks in a month out to 13,888 CALORIES. Then it multiplies into twelve months in a year out to 166,656, which is like saying that you put on 47 pounds of sugar related FAT! The numbers are atrocious!
Let's take a stand and eliminate those extra calories to defeat obesity.

Obesity Overload, wishing you good day, and happy sugar free eating!