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Obesity is a rapidly growing health problem which brings along other health concerns too.The most common obesity-related diseases are heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depression, gall bladder disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, sleep problems, metabolic syndrome, and even different cancers like that of uterus, cervix, ovaries, breast, colon and prostate. It’s important that you don’t suffer from these serious conditions and it’s only possible when you are healthy and do enough physical exercise daily and take calorie-controlled diet. If you have already put on excess weight, then you can consider drugs like Reductil after a consultation with a doctor.

Why should you choose Reductil over other obesity treatments?
Reductil is a proven drug that aids weight loss and its maintenance. Unlike other slimming pills, Reductil don’t make tall claims like ‘overnight’ solutions to overweight problem. It can help you achieve only moderate amount of weight loss, which is quite realistic.

What are the associated risks of Reductil?

• Reductil is not suitable for men who are above 65 years in age and teenagers who are below 18 years in age
• If you feel allergic symptoms like rash, itching, or skin blisters due to sibutramine hydrochloride or any other ingredient of Reductil, then don’t take this drug
• If you are a pregnant woman or intend to become pregnant, then don’t take Reductil. Also, this drug is unsuitable for breast-feeding women

What is the procedure to buy Reductil?
You can buy Reductil from any local licensed pharmacy or online clinic such as 121doc.co.uk which provide you a valid prescription of a doctor. Buying Reductil online is a convenient method that requires you to do an online consultation to check your suitability for Reductil. Although convenient, an online consultation can’t replace face-to-face consultation with a doctor.

With gorgeous actress Kate Beckinsale claiming that she has “fat ass” days – when she feels so insecure that she won’t leave her house – is there any hope for us lesser mortals? If, like Kate, you have your own hang-ups about your bum, read our seven celebrity tips to help you tone up and get the perfect behind

1. USE A POWER PLATE LIKE MADONNA

Madonna is continually re-inventing her image, but one thing that has stayed constant over the years is her toned figure. She’s a fan of horse-riding, which is great for toning your bum and burning calories. Her energetic dance routines also help to keep her in shape, along with her regular Pilates and Ashtanga yoga sessions. According to reports, Madonna has now become a fan of the new celeb fitness must have – a power plate – joining the likes of Sadie Frost and Jemima French. The plate is a cross between scales and a gym bike. It helps to tone muscles and reduce cellulite, with users standing on a vibrating platform to wobble the pounds and inches away. The only downside is that it costs a whopping £2,600. But, if Madonna’s leotard-clad figure in her video Hung Up is anything to go by, then it appears to have had the desired effect.

2. HIT THE DANCE FLOOR LIKE BEYONCE

Hitting the dance floor for an hour can burn up to 500 calories, so it’s no wonder that Beyoncé has a rather pert behind. Her bum began to rival J Lo’s after her bum-shaking dance routine for the Crazy in Love video two years ago. And judging by pictures of her recent performance at the World Music Awards, her dance moves are certainly helping her behind defy gravity.

3. TAKE UP HORSE-RIDING LIKE JORDAN

The great thing about horse-riding is that you don’t feel like you’re doing exercise – that is until you get off and can hardly walk! Jordan is one celeb whose figure has reaped the rewards of plenty of horse-riding – and don’t we know it. She’s not shy when it comes to flashing her pert bum in revealing outfits. Horse-riding is great for toning the bum and you can burn between 300-400 calories an hour – even more if you help mucking out the stables.

4. CUT OUT ALCOHOL LIKE J-LO

Jennifer Lopez is naturally curvy so she has to work hard at keeping weight off her bottom and thighs. She regularly exercises, doing kick-boxing, jogging and other high-impact aerobics, which reduce fat and give her lower half a slimmer, sleeker look. She’s also teetotal, which helps to reduce the signs of cellulite. Alcohol is full of toxins that contribute to cellulite. So if you want a cellulite-free bum, you could start by cutting out your favorite tipple.

5. GO FOR A SPIN LIKE RACHEL HUNTER

If you make your living out of modeling lingerie like Rachel Hunter, you really need to keep your bum in shape. The model mum keeps her behind in tip-top condition with a combination of spinning and Pilates. She says: “When I have something like a photo call for Ultimo to do, I really do have to watch what I eat. I make sure I exercise regularly; I’ll usually do spinning about
three or four times a week and I do Pilates.”
Spinning, the gym-based cycling, is a great way to tone the legs and bottom. Spinners cycle for 30 minutes to an hour on a special program to build up stamina and tone up bottom and leg muscles. And an hour on the bike can burn off a whopping 300 calories.

6. DO A RUNNER LIKE NELL McANDREW

It doesn’t cost a thing and if you end up with a curvy figure like model Nell McAndrew then running is definitely worth a try. Nell is a keen runner, having taken part in a couple of marathons. She doesn’t believe in dieting and thinks that healthy eating, the odd naughty treat and plenty of exercise is all that’s needed to keep you in shape. But beware – don’t overdo the running. We might think that Nell’s got a perfect behind but she thinks otherwise. When I asked her what her least favorite body part was, she responded by saying: “My bum – I want a bigger one! It’s gone a bit flat since I’ve done two marathons.”

7. THE ANTI-AGEING DIET

Eating a diet rich in fruit and veg – especially aubergines, spinach, cabbages, celery, onions, leeks, cherries, grapes, melon, prunes and apples – not only helps you lose weight but also fights wrinkles. These anti-ageing properties are put down to the mix of vitamins, minerals and super-nutrient antioxidants, which protect against sun and pollution damage – great news for a slimmer, more youthful you!

- GO FOR THE BURN

Just 500mg of vitamin C daily will boost your fat burn by up to 30 per cent. A red pepper has 210mg; 200g/7oz of frozen berries, 110mg; a large orange, 100mg; a glass of grapefruit juice, 50mg; and a serving of broccoli, 50mg.

- DID YOU KNOW?

Laughing for just 15 minutes burns a whole 50 calories.

- WALK YOUR FEET OFF!

I’ve worked out how far I’d have to walk to burn off a 200g tube of Pringles Light, with 976 calories – it’s 11 miles (17.6 kilometers). So don’t give in to temptation!

- WHAT’S HOT

SKINNY LATTES – one “grand” cup gives you 33 per cent of your daily calcium requirement.
PITTA OR GRANARY BREAD – they have a low GI, keeping blood sugar down and stopping hunger pangs.
GOOD OLD WATER – tap or bottled. It is sugar and calorie-free. Aim to drink a litre a day and an extra litre for every hour that you exercise.

- WHAT’S NOT

VENTI HOT CHOCOLATE - with whipped cream.  That’s 719 calories and 27g of fat per cup.
WHITE SLICED BREAD – It has a high GI and sends blood sugars soaring. You will be hungry again in half an hour too.
FRUIT-FLAVOURED WATER – they can have as much sugar as cola; that’s 13 teaspoons per 500ml bottle.

Words by Nicki waterman. For more information on losing weight and getting active, check out: www.nickiwaterman.com

Most genuine weight loss programs revolve around the use of diet and exercise. A person seeking to lose weight is, for instance, advised to reduce their calorie intake or to reduce their intake of carbohydrates (as in a low-carb diet) so that their bodies are forced to make use of the excessive fats stored, resulting in weight loss. People seeking to lose weight are also advised to adopt a consistent and regular exercise regime – with an aim to burn the extra calories and thereby lose weight.

To be fair to it, a weight loss program centered on diet and exercise is usually successful, and is in any case the only reliable way to lose weight. Unfortunately, such a weight loss program centered on diet and exercise tends to result in some ‘side-benefits’ such as the muscle build up which is likely to result from regular rigorous exercise – and which to some people is more of a (undesirable) side effect than a benefit. In this regard, men pursuing weight loss program who happen to build up their muscles in the process generally tend to view the muscle build up as a huge benefit since muscles are associated with masculinity, while the women who happen to experience muscle build up as a result of their weight loss efforts view the muscle build up as more of an undesirable side effect – perhaps feeling that being too muscular undermines their feminine image.

It is of course possible to lose weight without building muscle – as it all depends on the type of exercise regime you use in your weight loss program. If you really want to lose weight without building muscle, you have to ensure that you make this clear to your physical instructor right from the beginning. This way, you physical instructor would be able to devise for you a weight loss program through which you can lose weight without building muscles. The mistake which many people make in their weight loss attempts is to get into an exercise regime that is known to build up muscles expecting to be exception, which of course is unlikely. If you want to lose weight, but don’t like the muscular look, the time to ensure that you get it is right from the beginning – by telling your physical instructor that you want an exercise regime that won’t lead to muscle build up.

Of course, you need to know that attempting to lose weight without building up muscle is counter-intuitive, and carried out that way, your weight loss is likely to be slower and might not be successful at all in some cases. This is because the muscles are said to be the ‘weight-fighter’s best ally’ because they are one of the sites where the most calories are burnt (even when you are not doing much). Therefore by opting to lose weight without building muscle, you effectively choose to do away with one of best aids you would have had in the venture, namely well built muscles.

Being extremely underweight can be just as distressing as being overweight.

When you are extremely underweight, for one, people tend to take you ‘lightly’, quite literally. A huge body is seen as a sign of ‘strong presence,’ and huge bodied people are seen as dominant, which can be an attractive feature is some situations. A person who is extremely underweight will often find himself or herself having to assert themselves in situations where a bigger person would have gotten along quite effortless –all on the account of their small body forms.

Unknown to many people, the healthiness of body weight is measured using a relative unit referred to as body mass index (BMI) – rather than in absolute terms – and being too underweight for your height can be seen as just an unhealthy as being overweight. It is not unknown for people seeking to serve their nations in the armed forces to be denied the opportunity on the account of their being underweight, as the military is known to impose strict body weight thresholds in their recruitments, meaning that a severely underweight person has just as small a chance of joining the army or the air-force as a severely overweight person.

Furthermore, being severely underweight can make you just as conspicuous as being severely underweight, and as we all know, being conspicuous for the wrong reasons always feels uncomfortable. Being severely underweight is also subconsciously seen as a sign of poor health, and if you are in the dating game, it would be not be particularly surprising for you as a very thin person to be rejected by a partner on account of your thinness.

From those situations, one can see the kind of motivation one might have in looking for help in gaining a healthy weight. The tricky thing with this situation is that there is very little help for the person seeking to gain a healthy weight, as the relevant professionals who would help someone with this have their eyes trained on helping people lose unhealthy weight – which is a more common problem in today’s developed world.

Nonetheless, a frank chat with your doctor would be the first step in looking for help with gaining a healthy weight. As it were, looking to gain weight, just like looking for weight loss, has very serious medical implications and it is advisable to seek the input of a qualified health professional before making a step in that direction. Such a chat with a doctor is also likely to establish whether your desire to gain weight is medically justified – seeing that many people who are seeking to lose weight or to gain weight turn out to be people who have ‘body image’ rather than ‘body weight’ issues.

Having gotten your doctor’s blessings for your weight gain endeavors, you need to ensure that you follow the right method to gain weight, or risk gaining unhealthy weight which will come to haunt you in the future. Like weight loss, genuine weight gain efforts will revolve around the use of diet and exercise – and if it is healthy weight you are looking to gain, you need to give the project adequate time since gaining healthy weight, like healthy weight loss, takes some time to bear results.

There is only so much you can conclude from your body weight figures. While the body weight, for instance, as seen against your height in body mass index can give us some sort of a picture of your state of health as far as body weight is concerned, the information that we get in this way is far from complete. The body weight does not, for one, reveal what the components that make it up are – and these could be more important than anything else in determining your state of health. It could, for instance, be true that you weigh so much, alright, but if your high weight is composed largely of muscle tissue rather than fat, then you are better off than another person of a similar weight and even height, but whose weight is composed more of fat than muscle tissue. Obviously, there is a need for a way going deeper and working out what the specific components of body weight are – so that we can make more informed decision based on it.

Enter the body fat monitors.

Body fat monitors are bioelectrical devices that conveniently work out the percentage of your body weight that is fat – which is a very useful revelation, because in fighting excessive body weight, the thing you need to target is this excessive fat – rather than the other components of body weight like muscle tissue which truly serve a useful purpose. If you have been in a certain diet or exercise weight-reduction effort, and have indeed lost weight, but the body fat monitor shows that your fat percentage has remained constant, then it might be that your weight loss effort has not been entirely successful. In a similar manner, if you have been in a weight loss effort where you have not lost very much in terms of overall body weight, but have lost significantly in terms of body fat percentage, then chances are that you are being successful with your weight loss effort (in spite of the relatively low overall weight loss achievement) because it is body fat that is generally targeted in weight loss efforts.

And contrary to what you might fear, the use of body fat monitors is not intrusive. All you have to do to get a body fat monitor reading could be as simple as taking some three pinches at your skin (it is not painful – just an ordinary pinch like what you would make on your skin to look keenly at a mysterious pimple) or just stand on a body fat monitors that works like any bathroom scale.

The body fat monitors that require you to take three pinches at three different locations on the body work through electronic calipers which take the fat components at the three points where you take the pinches as samples, and from them work out a reasonably accurate body fat percentage figure. The body fat monitors that you stand on as a bathroom scale, on the other hand use a method called bioelectrical impedance analysis to work out the percentage of fat in your body and this can give highly accurate and consistent results. Bioelectrical impedance is obviously slightly more intrusive than the use of electronic calipers but the former (bioelectrical impedance) tends to be largely safe and anyone, expect a person using a pacemaker, can use it, with added advantage of consistency it comes with, at least as compared to electronic clippers which work through sampling.