Obesity Overload: United Kingdom Edition

First off I would love to say, "hello" to all of my readers and say that I will be doing a United Kingdom Edition, or the British version of Obesity Overload. I was wanting to stretch out my roots for the Obesity Overload blog. I know that I have readers worldwide, but I wanted to give tips on how to conquer obesity where people are at, not just in the United States of America.

It is quite difficult to work out and to stay fit in a country that endures rain on a somewhat constant basis. Have you ever wondered what has made England fatter than it has been in the past? We will give you some tips and help you guys and gals lose weight quickly and in an efficient way.

1. Lay Off the Fish and Chips
The UK is famous for it's fish and chips. It is one of the places that made fish and chips what it is today. The problem with fish and chips is that, while it is still lower fat because its fish, it still is fried in oil, battered, and served with french fries. There is a lot of fat that is incorporated with fried food, as well as, salt, and high levels of starchy fats. If you lay off of the fish and chips, you will be glad that you did!

2. Take it Easy on the Alcohol
If you take it easy on the pub drinks and the mixed drinks, you can cut a LOT of weight because you're not consuming as much sugar in the drinks. There are a lot of people that drink a lot of alcohol. By drinking alcohol, you put your body in a sugar high and the alcohol is hard on your liver and kidneys. I'm not saying that you have to cut it altogether, but at least keep it to a very low level.

3. Take Up Yoga
I know that there are a large number of people thinking, "This guy is absolutely crazy if you think that I'm going to do yoga," but there is a huge list of benefits from doing yoga, or adding it onto what you're already doing to workout. You can workout with yoga indoors and it requires no workout equipment. Yoga gives greater flexibility to athletes, helps with deeper oxygenation of muscles, and helps your body to perform more optimally. Click here for our link for our yoga blog post!

4. Taste Foods From Other Countries
By tasting food from other countries, you can gain a palette for some of the good foods that are offered around the world. I know that the palettes of many people in the UK are used to fine cuisine as it is, but if you taste recipes from other countries and look for good foods, they are indeed out there for the taking. Cheeses and wines have a lot of different flavors from different parts of the world. Check them out!

I hope that you have enjoyed this United Kingdom Edition of Obesity Overload and I hope that the British people will find a great welcoming into our community as we expand our reach and hand to you guys and gals. Implement these tips and watch your weight go down just from the sheer fact that there are several foods that are fatty, a truckload of different alcohol drinks, and get going on the working out to boost your weight loss!

If worse comes to worse, have a spot of tea with half the sugar you normally take!

~Obesity Overload

Yoga, Strength from Within!

Many people have thought about doing yoga in their lifetime. I have thought about it as well. I kind of thought of yoga as something that women did or that it was too girly for men to be doing. I have been pleasantly surprised to admit that it is manly to do yoga and that those that do yoga are strengthened in their mind, inner core, and are extremely flexible. There are many benefits to yoga and to doing yoga; one of those being that yoga can and will help you lose weight. It is like doing weight loss exercises, but they are slow and controlled as opposed to explosive and fast. Let's delve into why yoga is strength from within and how it is good for weight loss.

1. Strength from Within
Yoga is a set of exercises that are mostly stretches to increase your flexibility. It is based on the concept of breathing deep into your diaphragm and exhaling through while lifting your body up. The strength from within comes in the form of strengthened core muscles from the inside to the outside. The first set of muscles to be strengthened from yoga are those of the core and center of your body. The strength builds from within to the outer parts of your body.

2. Slow, Easy on Your Body 
Yoga is a set of finessed, controlled, and easy movements that make it really easy on your body. By doing slow and easy movements, you prevent hurting your body and you really strengthen your body. Yoga is notorious for giving you a base for which you can build a bodybuilding, weight loss, or athletic body. A lot of people have misconceptions that yoga is for women only. The problem with those people that think that its girly to do yoga is that they are missing out on the long list of PROS by looking at one CON.

3. Weight Loss 
Yoga can burn fat by breathing in deeper and giving your muscles more oxygen to burn fat and perform at greater heights and intensities. By going slower, the deeper breathes are more than adequate in providing the best and deepest selection of oxygen in order to get your body running like a fat burning machine. I recently found a video that had a lot of the same movements that regular weight loss exercises had, but you go at a fifth or sixth of the speed and you hold your body in order to burn the fat off of muscles.

All in all, besides the fact that you may not score points with the guys for doing yoga, you will gain a six pack by sticking to a bigger and deeper yoga workout. You may find that yoga is the best thing that has happened to you in a long time. I will be taking up a yoga regiment because my body is extremely sore from work, most of the time. If you would like to join me I will be doing the workout that is in the video posted above. Check it out and take it up for strength from within, for yoga abs!

~Obesity Overload