When you are beginning a new weight loss program (or trying to make your current weight loss program work for you) it can be a big help to have some handy tips to help you along. A weight loss program is almost always a huge undertaking for a lot of people and as such breaking down your program is going to break down your work and it’s going to make sticking to your weight loss program a lot easier for you to stick to, and thus a lot more effective!
Weight Loss Tip #1: Get Real!
This is the first weight loss tip you’re going to see in any article claiming weight loss tips. It’s because setting unrealistic goals in your weight loss program is the most common error that deters a lot of people from really sticking with it. While it’s good to have an ultimate goal, you want to set smaller goals for you to meet along the way. Setting smaller goals allows you to achieve them and get ever closer to your ultimate goal. Baby steps is the key to any weight loss program. You have to learn to crawl before you can walk right?
Weight Loss Tip #2: Preparation! Preparation! Preparation!
This is the most painful part at the start of any weight loss program, but it’s one of the best things to do to get you started on your path to weight loss. It’s time to get rid of your potato chips, your Coke, your hidden treasure trove of chocolate, and anything else you might have stashed away. Having this stuff around makes it way too easy for you to cheat while on your weight loss program, and unless you are a self-control machine then there’s no way you’re going to meet the goals you’ve set for yourself unless you take the precautionary steps to remove temptation. Make a list of the healthy foods you need and stock them in mass quantities. If you’re worried about healthy food not tasting as good, look up some health food recipes because there is good stuff out there!
Weight Loss Tip #3: A Rewarding Weight Loss Program is a Successful Weight Loss Program
It’s something you’ll learn in any first year psychology class, human beings naturally excel at tasks when there is tangible or periodic reward. You want to buy that new CD that just came out? Well if you meet your next goal then treat yourself to your favourite music. Beware with rewards though, don’t reward yourself with junk food, you’ve gotta stick to that weight loss program!
Weight Loss TIp #4: The Most Important Meal Of The Day!
You’ve heard the saying so many times about Breakfast being the most important meal of the day, but why do people say that all the time anyway? It’s because it’s true. Your breakfast provides you with the energy to keep going through the day, and eating a healthy breakfast will actually help you with your weight loss. When you don’t eat breakfast it actually tricks your body in to believing that it could be starving and so it goes in to a mode which not only will hinder your self control around junk food, but it will also try and guard against the burning of precious fats and calories in your body (because you need that stuff to survive if you happen to be starving!) Always make sure to eat a complete breakfast! It really IS the most important meal of the day!
Weight Loss Tip #5: Don’t Just Eat Healthy, ACT Healthy!
Hopefully your weight loss program already includes something about getting plenty of exercise. It’s important to complement your weight loss program with a healthy dose of exercise. In fact, it’s one of the big factors that can make or break your weight loss program. The fact is that if you can stick to a weight loss program which involves a proper diet and exercise, no matter what program it is, you WILL lose weight! It’s what your body needs!
Weight Loss Tip # 6: So You Like To Sleep? That’s Good!
7-8 Hours of Sleep per night. That’s what the average adult needs each and every day. It keeps your body working in perfect order, it repairs all parts of your body and mind in tact and you need to keep both of those at your best in any weight loss program!
If you can follow these six simple tips, I have no doubt that you’re going to see some results in trying to lose weight! The power to lose weight is in your hands though, you’ve got to be the one that makes you stick to both these tips and your own personal weight loss program, if you can do that then you’re going to lose weight! Good Luck!
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It does not look like sixteen years since we lost the star with the Mercurial touch who left us with these words, “I still love you”! It happened on 24 November, two days after JFK’s assassination: only the year was different! As you may have guessed, I am talking about the late Freddie Mercury, lead singer of ‘Queen’, whose parents hail from India. ‘First Parsee Rock Star from India’: Perhaps it is the least known fact about one of the most talented artists of all times, whose untimely demise shattered the whole world in 1991. Some of us cried when it happened, many shocked and numb with grief, while a sense of emptiness engulfed most his ardent fans. World lost one of its brightest stars and Bomi and Jer lost their beloved son.
Farookh Bulsaara, ‘Freddie’ to his friends and family, spent his childhood in Bombay and studied at St. Peter’s, a public school in Panchgani, a beautiful hill station near Poona. He started playing the piano encouraged by his mother at a very early age. His first exposure to classics and opera was in a city that was a musical melting pot. His family encouraged him to excel in music and art and he received the ‘All Rounder’ award at St.Peter’s for his achievements. Indian Music and the legendary Kishore Kumar and Latha Mangeshkar had great influence on the young Freddie, which was crucial to the wonderful, inimitable style associated with ‘Queen’. Freddie’s wide artistic horizons drew him to classical music, opera and the ballet and therefore, the operatic ‘Barcelona’ which Freddie did with the famous soprano Montserrat Caballe and Bohemian Rhapsody came as no surprise.
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ brought him fame and rock stardom. He was a star, who did not wish to be anything else and therefore it was quite apt th
at a star in the galaxy was named after him. The Freddie Mercury award was given to the best pop artist in India a few years ago and Roger Taylor and Brian May were there to present the award. A photographic exhibition was held at the Royal Albert Hall to celebrate Freddie’s life that was attended by his ardent fans and music lovers.
Religion played a great part in his life, as both his parents are devout Parsees, followers of the Zoroastrian religion. India has the largest Parsee community in the world and in Bombay, Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Muslims, Jains and Zoroastrians live side by side in perfect harmony. Freddie was initiated into the Zoroastrian religion at the age of eight. The ceremony ‘Navjyoti’ was held in front of the eternal fire in the Temple where Parsees worshipped. He excelled in sports and took part in dramatic club activities at school. His family came to live in England after Freddie finished his O levels. The welcome in England was quite muted and certainly there was cultural confusion in young Freddie’s mind; kids at school made fun of his looks and colonial accent.
He considered his Indian school days as most enjoyable; but he talked about those wonderful days only to a few. The flamboyant superstar was inspiration to many and still is, even after his death. He took a diploma from the Ealing College of Art and it was not long before he ventured into rock music, quite different from the choir music he practised at St. Peters! Freddie was the driving force behind the formation of the group ‘Queen’, with the three other quite distinct individuals, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. Of course, it was not the first time Freddie was part of a band; ‘The Hectics’ was the name of the band he and his friends formed at his old public school in Poona.
While waiting for Queen’s debut single, ‘under pressure’, Freddie released ‘I can hear music’ under the pseudonym Larry Lurex, which is a collector’s item now! The fantastic voyage started with ‘Keep yourself Alive’ in April 1973, spanning over 20 years to record ‘Days of Our Lives’ in 1991. ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ happened to the music world in 1975! This operatic rock explosion bombarded the airwaves for weeks, which brought stardom to Queen: ‘The King of Rockdom’ was born! ‘Bo Rhap’ was the first ever single to be re-released and get to number one again. Crazy Little thing called Love, Who Wants to Live forever, Another One Bites the Dust, A Kind of magic, Innuendo, Pain is Close to Pleasure, and These are the Days of Our Lives’ are few of the songs, which will never lose their magic.
Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in 1985, provided the world stage for Freddie. He had the whole world in the palm of his hands, by the sheer power of his music and personality. It was twenty minutes of pure magic from the King of Rock that became legendary. The tribute concert for Freddie at Wembley Stadium in April 1992 turned out to be more than just a tribute. It proved beyond any doubt that his music was inimitable. Perhaps the only voice that has the power to excel that of Freddie is the most beautiful voice of Yesudas, the greatest Carnatic Classical and light music legend from Kerala. Even a mere comparison to him, will be the highest tribute to Freddie yet, as Yesudas has this powerful voice with a phenomenal range, that reaches beyond the sound barriers.
The word ‘Super Stardom’ becomes a matter of fact when used for ‘Queen’: but then, Freddie Mercury is ‘Queen’. The three very talented artists, Brian, Roger and John continue separately without Freddie; but there is no ‘Queen’ without Freddie. His music transcended barriers of language, race, religion and politics, appealing to all, rich and poor, young and old. He was a writer, musician and above all, a wonderful performer. The light has gone but his music and memories will live forever, just as vibrant.
(This article is dedicated to Freddie’s parents, Bomi and Jer)
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