Weight loss success story: Blake Anthes

Written by    Louise Knott Ahern

Blake Anthes is a success story for weight loss.
Blake Anthes
Age: 51
Town: St. Johns
Occupation: I am currently in the insurance field, but am in a career transition to public speaking and helping others/human
development.
Former weight: 325 lbs
Current weight: 200 lbs
Pounds lost: 125 lbs
How long it took: 6 months
Why I needed to change: After I turned 50 and had my annual physical, my primary care physician told me in no uncertain terms that if I wanted to avoid “weighty” issues such as diabetes and coronary heart disease, I needed to lose the weight; so I did.
How I lost the weight: I used a program called Medifast, which is a part of Take Shape for Life, recommended by my primary care physician. I ate six times a day, five pre-packaged meals and one “real meal.”
The six meals kept me from getting hungry and going to the snack cupboard. I quickly learned about portion control, how to balance proteins and carbohydrates, how to maintain a good, consistent metabolism and just general overall good eating habits. I stopped diving into the bags of chips at midnight, and replaced it with healthier foods. I was eating lots of lean meats and fish and low-carb vegetables.
With the help of registered dietitian/nutritionist, I was able to learn more about the food I was eating and that has carried over from the weight-loss part of the diet to the maintenance plan, where I have been able to keep the pounds off.
My greatest challenges: The greatest challenge I encountered was learning about food, specifically proteins and carbohydrates, and how they can affect my weight. But once learned, everything fell into place, and now I know what I can and cannot have, and I keep the pounds off.
My advice: The diet plan is actually easy. The most difficult part of any diet is the six inches between the ears. As I was losing weight, people would ask me how I was feeling. At first, I didn’t know what to say, because I really felt the same. But then it started to hit me: riding a bike was so much easier; walking up a flight of stairs didn’t take my breath away. I didn’t have to hold my breath tying my shoes. I really felt good, for the first time in a long time!
I am very fortunate to have the support of my family and friends who understood what I was trying to accomplish, and stood by me every bit of the way. Most importantly though, is everybody must have their own “why” — their very own reason or motivation for losing the weight. Mine was if I wanted to live a longer, happier, healthier life; to see my kids grow up and maybe see grandkids someday; to grow old (and healthy) with my lovely wife, I had to make a change — so I did.

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Blake Anthes weighed 325 pounds before a visit with his doctor convinced him he needed to address his obesity.
Blake Anthes weighed 325 pounds before a visit with his doctor convinced him he needed to address his obesity. / Courtesy photo

Blake Anthes shops for produce at the Lansing City Market. / ROD SANFORD/Lansing State Journal

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A New Weight Loss Surgery Technique Eliminate Diabetic Problems

New York 17 july 2011
surgeons of New York  say that :weight-loss surgery Techniques may be used to enhance levels of blood sugar and so that will improve thire life style and avoid sever compications of their diabetes

 may be the first to the technique that called  sleeve gastrectomy- is a surgical technique  will be used byNew York-Presbyterian/Columbia
This technique was first developed for weight-loss surgery for treatment of gastroparesis, which is a diabetes-related problem which causes inability of the stomach  to empty gastric contents into the intestines.

The technique was applied on four diabetic patients suffering from gastroparesis .They were unable to receive gastric pacemakers, they underwent sleeve gastrectomy to see if it can help.

This surgical technique,is  known as a gastric sleeve or vertical or longitudinal gastrectomy, the is done by reduction of  the stomach size to approximately 30 percent of its original size.  The surgeon who leads the gastroparesis program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia. is called  Dr. Melissa Bagloo

Results After surgery,  have shown that two of the patients did very well right away, but the other two needed nutritional support for several months. "But generally after passing of six months  all of them were able to eat and drink well and were no longer felt nausea or vomiting.
Dr. Bagloo says that "the patient who should to use feeding tubes fore life , we cannot assure if the surgery is usefull for them"

Another advantage of  sleeve gastrectomy there is no foreign material is left in the body and does not require battery changes. compared to implantation of a gastric pacemaker.It is less invasive surgery and will not prevent patients from living normal lives eating and drinking normally

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Bigger Fork Causess Weight Loss ,a new study

Researchers Tamara M. Masters, Himanshu Mishra and Arul Mishra from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City mentioned that in  a field study concerning weight loss they discovered that  individuals when use a bigger fork,they eat less amount of food. They will publish the study  in the Journal of Consumer Research
In their study,  they said that participants used different sizes of forks  to compare if the size of the fork has an effect on the amount of food individuals consumed.

They found that individuals who used a bigger fork took larger bites and finish eating less than individuals who used the smallerones. The researchers believe that consuming food in larger bites and clearing the plate faster, visually trigger the brain to send signals to the stomach that the individual is full than when an individual uses a smaller fork, more food is on the plate longer.
With follow up study, the researchers provided different sizes of food portions to see if the portions influence the amount of food eaten by participants. As a result, they found that when larger portions were given, individuals with larger forks ate less than others with smaller forks. The portion size of the food did not affect the amount of food consumed.and the whole effect was by the size of the fork only

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www.thestatecolumn.com

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Awful facts about obesity

Obesity is more dangerous than smoking and causes shorter expected life span  of millions
The  smoking is proven to reduces life span by an average of ten years, the research says that overweight can lowers life expectancy by as much as 13 years.

The Foresight report, written by 250 leading scientists, says Britain's obesity crisis is so severe that it would take at least 30 years to reverse
First fact: obesity is deadly and can cut life expectancy by as much as 13 years

with continuity of recent trends , by 2050 there are about 60 per cent of men, 50 per cent of women and 25 per cent of children in the United Kingdom  only will be clinically diagnosed as obese - exposing their health to danger. nowadays about 1/4   adults are obese or at least over weight
There will be devastating effects of this problem on the people's health  . according to the report expects  diabetes type 2 will be expected to rise reaching 70%, Cerebral strokes will go up to 30 % and  coronary disease will rise up to 20 %
with increase in the rates of certain cancers

The cost of associated chronic health problems will exceed £45.5billion a year, and more than half  of the money amount  will goes into the entire NHS .

The Foresight study warns that the majority of adults are already overweight and that being overweight is now seen as "normal".

While modern life -  introduces the easy availability of cheap unhealthy food and families relying on their cars -it makes it very difficult for most people to avoid obesity and gaining excess weight

Lead author Professor David King, the Government's chief scientific adviser, said: "We must fight the notion that the current obesity epidemic arises from individual over-indulgence or laziness alone.

"We live in a consumer society which encourages us to eat. We have a sedentary lifestyle. It's an environment which means that if we just behave normally we will become obese.

"We may only put on a bit of weight a day but there are 365 days in the year."

He added: "This will need a major culture change and a long-term commitment from government.

"The obesity issue is getting worse every year and we have not got much time to act."

The report declares  that  obesity, with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 30,cut off  9 years of a person's life, while men with a BMI of more than 45 will lose 13 years of their expected life  life.

Recently about 50,000 men have a BMI of more than 45 but in the next years this number is strongly expected to get higher

The report says the  as a result of getting cheaper sugary and fat foods with increase prices in fruits and vegetables human body is biologically predisposed to put on weight because this was an advantage in our evolutionary past.

The availability of unhealthy fast food and drink should be controlled, even by restricting advertising or certain ingredients in foods unhealthy fats.

The scientists call on the Government to make the problem a priority, perhaps forming an independent committee similar to the one being developed on climate change to bring together government departments and industry.

Dr Susan Jebb, of the Human Nutrition Research Unit, said action against obesity needed to be as tough as the action taken against infectious diseases in the 19th century.

She said Britons were in general eating more unhealthily and taking less exercise because that was becoming normal behavior and "generally we act as a herd".

The real problem was that "we have prioritized cheap food above healthy food, and we have prioritized taking the car over walking".

Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo said: "There is no single solution to tackle obesity and it cannot be tackled by Government action alone.

"We will only succeed if the problem is recognized, owned and addressed at every level and every part of society."

But Peter Hollins, chief executive of the British Heart Foundation, said successive governments had ignored warnings of an obesity crisis since the mid-1970s. "It is hardly a wake-up call," he said.

"Repeated reports like this, which should have had alarm bells ringing in Whitehall long ago, have been met only by repeated pushes of the Government's snooze button.

"We have seen several policies touted in recent days as suggested solutions, but what we lack is a multi-faceted cross-Government strategy, backed with resources and the full attention of the Prime Minister, with clear short-term targets and a commitment to bold, concerted action."

Tory health spokesman Andrew Lansley said: "Three years after it published a public health White Paper, the Government's approach remains uncoordinated and limited.

"Public health budgets have been raided to offset deficits in the NHS and the number of public health professionals has declined.

"It's time for the Government to prioritize public health. If it doesn't, the human and financial cost on society and the NHS will escalate out of control."

In the past 30 years, physical activity has declined significantly in the United Kingdom.

Between 1975 and 2003, the average distance walked per year for each person England fell from 255 miles to 192 miles.

During the same period, distances cycled decreased from an average of 51 miles per person per year to 34 miles.
Using car meanwhile, increased by more than 10 %. while  all journeys of less than a mile are now made by car.
With development comfort comes for sometime,but suffering lasts

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Tips and Tools Of Fast Weight Loss

 Weight loss not only change  the appearance or get more beautiful body shape ,but also is a necessity for well-being , and healthy life. While you are losing weight ,you  also gain more healthier state with avoiding health risks,depression,physical incapability and more other problems . There are many benefits got with weight loss.  It is so that why many  people are searching for a weight loss tools that will completely trim down those fats and get a slender body.

 Over-weight should to find doctor to recommend the best weight loss regimen. according to the results of full physical examination, which will determine the  proper weight loss technique. There are four life aspects should be changed  to lose weight rapidly and effectively:
1-What is eaten,
2-How to eat,
3-Daily activities.
4-Behavior

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Tools for fast wight loss

1-Be realistic approaching.  The ability to focus and have proper mindset enables someone on a diet to rapidly decrease his body weight. With discipline and scheduled and proper mind set, a dieter will always be encouraged and keep on focusing.

 2-Fast weight loss consists of a multiple tools that includ mindset, exercise, and  also, diet supplements.  Diet food plan should be the first tools to be begin with.Choose  diet plan which is easily can be accustomed with.  Including an exercise plan which allows at least twenty minutes per day like walking, running, swimming, and dancing.

 3-Listening to the body speech and understand its language.  Each and everyone's body has its own metabolism reaction to different fast weight loss programs and plans.  Try replacing one program with another to compensate the body's reaction.  Exercise program must be suitable to one's body, as others are not able to exercise as rigorously as others can.   Walking is can be the only program for one  while rigorous excersis is the best solution for another .  Muscles burn more calories than fats so it's also best to put on a little muscle and looking good too.

4-Avoid fried foods especially deep-fried as this contains a large amount of fats.  while fish and chicken appear leaner than beef, this white meat can contain more fat than what in the beef when they are fried.  People on strict diet  should to opt for grilled food because they do not have or contain less amount of fat after cooking.

5-More fibers for fast satiety ,it will make one feels  full sooner , slowing down the rate of digestion.  The whole grain bread moves fat through the digestive system more rapid.  Grains turn into blood sugar that elevates the blood insulin level.  Thus, making the body more energized and ready to make body  either stopping burning fats or starting storing.

 6-Drink plenty of fluids .  Drinking at least six to eight glasses of water a day keeps the body tisues moist and fresh.  Since weight loss depends on how the body eliminates body wastes, the body must stay hydrated.

Finally, discipline and consistency are the best tools in losing weight and the key to a rapid weight loss success.
 Light meals, excersise, and right amount of supplementation applied regularily  everyday will result in faster weight loss than having a massive action only to  which in turn may be followed  by a return to old unhealthy habits resulting in gaining more weight than when the weight loss program has started.

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