What's the Best Way to Lose Weight?

The best way to lose weight varies from person to person, each of us is unique and so is the way we gain and lose weight. It makes sense that we each gain and lose weight in a fashion that matches our lifestyles.

A decade ago I joined the family legacy - I became obese. Many family members think obesity is hereditary (it just runs in the family). Everyone gets it, except for the lucky ones. It is just accepted that we will all end up being obese and don't even try to lose weight.

I kept on gaining weight and did nothing to try and lose it. There I was, not just overweight but more than 50 pounds overweight. I thought that being fat just ran in the family and had no clue about the best way to lose weight.

Herbalife Physicians Reference Manual When brother Bob started gaining weight, I thought it was bound to happen. Actually it was the result of a broken bone. He wasn't able to do his regular exercise routine and hence on came the pounds.

Bob is a vegatarian and very knowledgable in his eating habits. He eats no meat, very little poultry and fish, and a lot of very tasty vegie dishes.

Throughout his life Bob has been close to his ideal weight and very athletic. When he was not able to exercise his weight began to climb very quickly. When Bob broke his leg he couldn't get the exercise his body was used to. His body was used to storing the extra calories for future exercise, and kept on storing calories when he was injured.

When Bob's leg healed, he got back to his regular routine and melted off the extra pounds pretty quickly. Bob's recipe for the best way to lose weight is exercise and be a vegatarian for a lifetime.

Lost 20 pounds in first month of ShapeWorks Young Terry, at 16 is 6'2" tall and 240 pounds (109Kg). He grows like the perverbial weed adding inches and pounds every year. Well that happens to the young, it's natural to grow fast in the early stages of life.

Terry was more than 40 pounds above his ideal weight. When he wanted to lose weight he knew that he had to change his eating habits, eat less junk food and get more exercise. Getting enough exercise isn't a problem for Terry. He plays basketball and football and works out often. So he found some work out buddies and went to the gym regularly, started playing sports again and cut out the donuts and soft drinks.

To lose the extra pounds Young Terry turned to the Herbalife ShapeWorks program to learn about targeted nutrition. He learned how to curb his appetite, eat healthier and burn fat. He lost 20 pounds in the first month of his weight loss program.

Terry's recipe for the best way to lose weight is to use a targeted nutrition approach and play more sports.

Lost 50 pounds - in 6 months When I decided to lose weight I needed more effort than Bob or Terry put together. At 55 pounds over my ideal weight I was getting close obesity level 2. My wake up call came in the winter of 2005. I love racing my go-kart and winning races.

When I ran out of gas 1 lap from the end of my biggest race ever, I knew it was due to carrying around all that extra weight. I decided right then that obesity isn't something that runs in the family it is more environmental than hereditary.

I decided to research the best way to lose weight. At that time, I thought terms like metabolism, energy boost, cellular nutrition and herbal supplements were just advertising buzz words. Every other TV and radio ad was about a new weight loss fad.

Having worked in the TV industry for many years I knew that most advertisement is produced by professional copywriters and account execs not nutritionsts or physicians.

I knew about doctor assisted weight loss programs and thought I can't afford that and they don't last.

Don, a friend of mine went through a doctor assisted weight loss program. He was very successful while on the program. Don lost 80 pounds and got to within 10 pounds of his ideal weight.

As soon as he went off the program, Don started gaining weight fast. Don didn't learn about nutrition or weight management. When he stopped using his doctor provided medications the weight started coming right back. Very quickly he was back to 40 pounds over weight.

Don wasn't too happy about that. After spending all that money and effort his doctor didn't teach him anything about nutrition and managing his weight. Don did learn that losing weight through doctor assisted programs can be very expensive and not be a permenant solution. Don was really mad at his doctor for not educating him.

Don's recipe for the best way to lose weight is a doctor assisted program and a lot of money, and may only work in the short term.

Getting back to my weight loss story. At 50 pounds overweight I wanted something proven to work that would be permenant. So I researched weight management and herbal nutrition solutions. I found that Herbalife's ShapeWorks weight loss programs are based on cellular nutrition and education, not advertising jargon.

I learned how to control my appetite, burn fat, and how boost my metabolism. I learned about cellular nutrition and why it works. I lost those extra 50 pounds and kept them off for years.

The best way to lose weight is through herbal nutrition solutions and knowledge.

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