I admit i dont eat healthy everyday....H*ll i jus ate Mcdonalds.I want to have a better intake, and consume what is necessary for my body.I think I am gonna just take fiber,vitamins ect.Is this suggested.Whats the best types on on the shelves.Will green tea caplets be a positive step in this process, and also help me loose some weight for the summer???What should I do!!!!!
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Regardless of what supplement you choose, make sure the supplement is "Chelated". This means that it is tagged with an amino acid so that your body can actually recognize it, and absorb and use it. Most once a day type vitamin supplements that you can purchase off the shelf at any retail store are not chelated. If you are using a supplement that is not chelated, then you are putting it in one end, and flushing it when it comes out the other! That equates to nothing more than a waste of time and money. I personally have a complete wellness system that I use, and all of my family members use. It has truly impacted my overall health and well-being. Write me for more information!\n\nTina Hodges\nVisalusLHP@yahoo.com
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Here's some good news:you don't have to starve yourself to lose weight. It's all about changing your eating habits, not dieting. The first thing you need to remember is you don't have to necessarily give up the foods that you love. Moderation is the key. It's okay to eat bread. It's the biggest category on the food pyramid. You just need to eat whole grains instead. Brown rice instead of white rice, wheat bread instead of white, whole wheat muffins instead of sugary ccokies, pies, and cakes. Next and equally as important, water is your best friend. You should be consuming 64 oz(1 gallon)or more EVERY day. It sounds hard (and it really is)but doing it will really help flush the toxins out of your body. Third, remember to eat lots of fiber and protein. Going #2 EVERY day is super important. You should be going at least once a day but twice is preferable. The reason that most people get sick so easily is they are literally full of sh*t. Fecal matter is a breeding ground for bacteria and the longer it stays in your colon, the more harm it does. (I'm sorry if that's gross)Add more beans and leafy greens to your diet.That'll pretty much help with that. Lastly,sweets and fatty foods are not your friend. I know most women don't like to let go of the comfort foods like chocolate, ice cream, and cheesecake(that's my personal vice)but they don't help you reach your goal. It's important to remember one thing though: if you crave it, eat it. It's ok to indulge once and awhile (that means very little).If you've been good for 2 weeks and haven't had any sweets and want a chocolate bar, go ahead and eat one. If you don't reward yourself when you get the urge, it's likely that you'll overdo it when you finally decide you can't take it anymore. \n\nOne thing that helps also is portion size. You should eat a healthy balanced breakfast. I like to start the day with eggs, toast, a high-fiber cereal, and fruit. It's ok to eat a big breakfast. You've not eaten for 8 hours before and your body needs to be replenished. Lunch is usually something protein packed, like tuna or salmon and salad w/almonds. Then dinner is smaller: grilled chicken breast or baked fish and brown rice and some steamed veggie. I also have healthy snack during the day if I'm hungry like yogurt or fruit. Don't starve yourself, just be mindful of what you're eating. \n\nAnd I'm sure it goes without saying but exercise is very important. Some sort of cardio will help get your heart in good condition and the more you work out and stick with it, the more you'll grow to enjoy it.
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dont listen to the first reply............everything is so loaded with carbs, it sucks...carbs are the enemy and you should always try to eat as few as possible, any doctor will tell you the same....it dont mean starving yourself or eating only meat, not at all........you should not go on any diet fad or program, the only thing you need to do is cut the sugar and eat as few carbs as you can...this dont mean spending money on expensive low carb crap....just do this......make sure you drink AT LEAST 8 glasses of water a day, buy yourself one of those 32oz water jug things and drink 2 daily...also, when you go to serve yourself, just serve like normal then take half off the plate and put it back, or if your at a restaurant, when you get your order, put half in a too go box before you eat, even if its fast food or sumthin........save it for later....exercise is good too but i know it sucks to do it and its hard...but if you dont then you dont, just do the other stuff.....if you live in a house then get a dog so you can take em for walks and walk yourself too...................if only i could follow my own great advice!!
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I am also thinking a lot about what I eat. When I enter into a supermarket I think "half of these things here, or even more are unhealthy!"\n\nCantaloupes, strawberries and yogurt are fine. But pay attention to the fat content of the yogurt and try to eat some more other fruits and vegetables. If you only eat these things in huge quantities you can loose weight. Depending on how much you eat of those and for how long, you can loose too much weight because it works as a diet. But here again it depends on what else you eat.\n\nSo the bottom line is to find a balance. The body needs proteins, vitamins and many other things. So enjoy your favourite food, but keep in mind all the other things.\n\nI live in Denmark now and here are some campains about eating and living healthy. The authorities reccomend 30 minutes sports every day and 30 minutes fresh air every day, 2 liters of liquids every day, 200-400 grams fish every week, 600 grams fruits and vegetables every day, no more than 100 grams meet every day and not that much milk - especially for women. It may sound drastic, but I am trying it now and I get more energy, I get well faster when I get ill and I don't even get ill that often. I feel better with myself - more positive thoughts.\n\nSo keep the balance!\nBest of luck! :)
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Remember that in order to lose one pound per week, you must eliminate 3500 calories from your diet. This can be accomplished easily for you since you are working out regularly and making healthy choices for meals.  \n\nTea itself, is very good for you and has many positive health benefits. On the other hand, sugar in tea is pretty much just empty calories.  You probably don't even realize how many calories you are consuming each day just from the sweet tea, especially if you drink it a lot like you say.  I would try to replace a few glasses with plain old H20 or even a diet soda, but if you absolutely, positively must drink sweet tea I have a few suggestions:\n\nTry sweetening your tea with honey and lemon. Honey is lower in calories than sugar and also contains many vitamins and minerals.  Honey has other great health benefits too.  It helps regulate your blood sugar, which is very useful during your long evening workouts; instead of giving you that quick jolt of energy-then crash, like sugar does. And it is full of antioxidents that fight bad free radicals that cause cell damage in your body.  (I just had a college nutrition class last semester!) Just be careful not to feed any honey to your baby.  Infants can contract botulism from honey. Just to be on the safeside, I also wouldn't suggest it if your still breatfeeding.\n\nAnother decent natural sweetener that I use is Super Stevia extract. Stevia is a plant that is 200-300 times sweeter than sugar.  It is calorie free, saccharin free, and aspartame free.  The downside is that it does have a little bit of an aftertaste if you use too much, sort of like licorice.  You can find stevia extract in health food stores and places like Trader Joe's if they are near you.\n\nSplenda may also be a better alternative, however it definately doesn't have the added benefits like honey does. It is made from sugar and is available almost everywhere now.\n\nAlso, try and stay away from fruit juices that are not 100% juice.  I have a little trick that I do with 100% Juices to cut down on the calories for myself, mainly with orange, grape or cranberry.  Since they are generally strong flavored juices, I add water or fresh brewed tea to my juice glass.\n\nLastly, don't deprive yourself too much of the things that you love. And don't feel guilty if you have to have that glass of sugary sweet tea everyday. In order to be succesful in the weight-loss game, I think that you need to indulge every now and again, otherwise it's too easy to fall off course.  Good Luck!
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You can take the B-Vites in the A.M..Most do this because that is where You are getting the energy. Just read instructions on bottle to determine how much B's are safe. Mine(Nature Made Brand) say...One caplet daily w/ a Meal (or You'll get jittery like You drank too much  coffee) . Mine has Vitamin C also. This helps Your body absorb Iron better. B-Vites are great.  They boost the Immune system.I also take Nature Made  Omega3 Fish Oil capsules. These soften brain receptor cells to improve thought processes. I take at night, so when I awake, I am refreshed and ready for the day. Get the odorless kind. The don't break down until in lower intestine so You cannot taste or burp or even smell the fishy taste You get when using the regular kind. Fish oil also helps prevent coronary heart disease, and promotes cellular regeneration!!!! 60 soft gels @ Rite-Aid are only $9.99. It may sound gross, but believe me, It helps tremendously. Also helps keep u regular...if u get My drift. I hope this helps!!!! Any vitamin in excess is as bad as anything else in excess. You are wise for asking!!!! Great Luck to You and God  Bless!!! J ~  P.S. Skip the B-12 @ 4th meal because You are getting enough W/ the complex. Too much can cause health problems! You are taking B-12 in the complex. You can also see a Dr. for Vit B shots to lose weight if heavy. My mother-in -law gets these and they give her tons of energy to burn fat. 100.00 a pop though!!!
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okay... so i won't be like most of the people who say don't take pills .. they are no help.. just eat healthy and exercise!\n\nso, i began taking hoodia supplments for about a month. but i didn't take it everday... i just took it so that i didn't get addicted.. just in case).... so anyways, within about two months, i lost about 5 -7 pounds... but then, keep in mind, i became an exercise-holic within those months... it just seemed like i ate less. and had the energy to work out more frequently. anyways, eating less than i had before( hoodia suppresses your appetite) and i began exercising more and more because i saw that i was beginning to lose weight. anyways, i stopped taking it for about two months. .. because i felt like i could maintain it... well, i still watched what i ate, but still, i had some indulgences... i gained about 3~5 pounds back.. but it was because i let myslf go. i ate so much.. ahahah i admit. anyways, what i realized was that i was eating because i was bored - not because i was hungry...\n\njust control your appetite... and your cravings..drink green tea! it helps you metabolize... and if you really are in need to lose weight- why not try hoodia pillls? they might give you the push you need to exercise... but beware of the 'fake' hoodia pills!\n\nhope it helps.
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Been down that trail. 20 years of up to 5 --  20 ounce sodas a day. At first I cut down to cans, still 5 or so a day... Then, started cutting down on the amount of cans until I got to 1 a day, then I started pouring out part of that, meanwhile I started drinking hot green tea, and fruit juices that didn't have the high fructose corn syrup in them. Started taking vitamins. It finally became a ritual that I enjoy at both ends of the day. Gives me a minute of peace and calm while I drink it. (You can't imagine how much the vitamins and getting off the soda helped my stress level go down.) Green tea  is an antioxidant, fights cancer, wrinkles... so you can't go  wrong. Oh, I have to add a cap full or two of lemon juice to the tea, tastes better that way. Try Lipton Jasmine and Orange with Passionfruit. It is the best I've had so far. Good luck, stick with it, it's not easy. And if you fall off the "wagon" get back on, we're all up there pulling for you. (Took me a while of trying and failing, but I haven't had a soda all this year, and don't plan to. They stress me too much. Oh, and brush after drinking the lemon juice, the acid isn't good for your tooth enamel. --- But it is good for getting your bodies yeast under control. It turns alkaline in your body...So just drink up and brush.)
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Yes, sweetie as a former dancer we often had to drop weight quick. This isn't pleasant but it works. The things is not to stop eatting,because you will relaspe. #1 forget meat, it is high in fat and protein. Eat only and I mean only spinach, collard greens, celery, cereal( raisan bran) without the milk( just dry outta the box). All these foods will make you poop like crazy. No snacks! these foods are all avalible in the can, the best is MORNING GLORY they have great flavor. You also can have beans and once a week chicken breast prepared in olive oil. Don't believe that myth, about water. It's a huge myth. Drink only when you are thirsty. If you get really crazy for some real food, soups are great.(Never white soups) the are low fat and very satisfying. Flavor Tuna in the pack is also really good. So G'luck
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It sounds like you need to take a trip to the health department and talk to a nutritionist. \n\nYou can take a vitamin, but most of the time they don't absorb very well.  \n\nIt's alot better to just eat your vegetables.  You probably feel like crap.  You should definitely get a colon cleanse, and start drinking alot of water.  Eating mainly meat isn't that great for you -- especially when you're eating meat that has toxins.  It's mildly okay if it's not your mainstay.  But if it's pretty much all you eat (with some carbs thrown in) then your body will collect all the pesticides, antibiotics, etc. that the animals were exposed to and that was concentrated in their bodies.  So now it's getting concentrated in you.\n\nDefinitely do a colon cleanse.  Start excercising.  \nTake your vitamins.  Drink lots of water.  And look into veggie burger type stuff to replace some of what you're eating.  Also, try replacing some of the meat with beans.\n\nYou can eat veggies and have them taste good.  You just have to experiment.  I'm a vegetarian, but there are alot of vegetables I don't like.  \n\nI'm a sweet tooth.  You might like this, I call it "sweet salad".\n\nI take :1/2 cup of spinach\n        halved grapes\n        almonds, walnuts, or pecans\n        cherry tomatoes \n        another random fruit around the house\n        dried apricots\n        local honey\n\nI mix it all together.  I don't really like spinach that much, but it's got so many more vitamins (and more Vitamin A -- Beta Carotene) than even carrots have, I've found that honey is sweet, satisfying, and makes it tolerable.  \n\nSo experiment.  I've found ways, and you can find yours.\n\nIt's worth improving your lifestyle to improve your health.  You have to live with your body for the rest of your life -- take care of it.
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if you are looking to eat health/loose weight i recommend..\napples, grapefruit  and bananas.  grapefruit is supposed to boost your metabolism while the others are good sources of vitamins without too much natural sugar.\nveggies.. dark green is good.  spinach leaves for salads, broccoli,asparagus, green beans (not canned).  no carrots or corn, too high in sugars.  things like tomatoes and bell peppers are good too.  yams are great, they are a super carb- great for abs!
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No soda, no fast food, lots of chicken, fish, fruits, vegies, whole wheat stuff, yogurt. Not so many cakes and donuts and cookies. Basic common sense for eating, you just need to enforce it. Get all the bad stuff out of the house right away, just toss it or give it away while your still motivated. No alcohol if that applies. Lots of water, 3-4 liters a day, not all at once, but spread out. Its really easy to down a liter or two while your watching tv or on the computer. Also drink some after you eat the bigger meals of the day, it helps your body pick out the nutrients in food when your food is more spread apart. \nAs for exercise, lots of cardio. Find something you like. If you have never exercised much before, start with walking 30 minutes a day at a brisk pace. Move on to different terrains that include hills and increase the time spent. After a week or two, try jogging the route. No matter what find an activity you enjoy. Walking to jogging is just an example, try hiking, rollerblading, biking. Once you get into a regular routine, if your not happy with the level of difficulty, try signing up with a gym. Spinning, pilates or kickboxing classes are great. It will also introduce you to working with weights. Talk to a trainer for instruction before using any weights. A cheap investment is a balance ball, it works you stomach while your just sitting on it, like at your computer and its great for posture. There are hundreds of exercises you can use it for for your entire body. I can give you some ideas if you want, just email me. Good Luck!
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It loks like you already have a ton of great advice and I may just be reiterating what people have said already, but I know firsthand what it is like to be very overweight and to lose a lot of it. I lost 75 pounds over the course of a  year, which doesn't sound like that much but one of the most important things you can rememeber is that the slower you lose the weight, the less likely you will gain it back. \n\nHere is my advice to you:\n\n1. Do not EVER join one of those fad diets, whether it is the Atkins diet, Weight Watchers, whatever it may be. After losing a certain amount of weight I had hit a plateau, so I joined a diet program called HMR that restricted almost everything I ate. This is such a bad thing to do for so many reasons, the main one being that once the restriction was loosened, I couldn't stop eating. Bad bad bad! \n\n2. Going further on the one before, don't ever deny yourself something you are craving (if it is a serious craving lasting more than a day or two.) If you crave it, it means your body may actually need it. This doesn't mean that whenever you pass McDonald's and smell the burgers you should treat yourself. Remember, serious cravings! \n\n3. It is all about changing your routine. Don't consider yourself to be on a diet. Consider it to be a lifestyle change. That way, you can never really be off the "diet" and back to eating junk all day long. \n\n4. The food pyramid isn't just there to be pretty. It is actually useful! After you eat your 3-5 servings of fruits and vegetables, you don't have a whole lot of room for the junk. And I'm sure its no surprise to you that veggies and fruits help you stay regular, which means your body isn't absorbing calories from your waste. I know, that's gross but its true. \n\n5. Water! Lots and lots of WATER! This should be your main beverage of the day. Drink a glass before meals, with your afternoon snack, whenever you are thirsty. Diet soda, while it doesn't have calories, does not flush out your system like water does, and I believe, though I could be wrong because I don't have a can in front of me, there is a lot of sodium in diet sodas which will dehydrate you more. 100% juices like orange juice and apple juice aren't bad for you, but sometimes they are empty calories and you'd be better off eating an apple or an orange.\n\n6. Most fruits and vegetables are good for you. Don't be thrown by the fact that corn and bananas have more calories than other fruits and vegetables. No one ever became fat by eating too much corn. FYI eggplant doesn't have much nutritional value. Blueberries are VERY good for you. And don't eat muffins. They're a lot worse for you than people make them out to seem.\n\n7. Stay active. Find an activity you love to do, even if it doesn't seem like something that burns calories. Gardening, for example, is a great way to be active and you will spend less time eating. Gym memberships are great, but it is important that you stay on your schedule. Even if you feel too tired to go, make yourself. If you get into the habit of not going when you don't feel like it, eventually you will never go at all. Like a clean house? Perfect, because housekeeping is another great way to keep your body moving. Vacuum every room a few times a week not only to get rid of dirt, but to get some exercise. \n\n8. One of my main problems was eating in front of the television. I didn't feel comfortable watching my favorite program unless I was eating a snack as well. The first thing I did was make that snack healthier. Instead of potato chips or ice cream, I ate popcorn. Eventually I was able to ween myself off of that habit. If that doesn't work for you, someone suggested to me that you could eat half of your dinner at dinner time, and then eat the rest later that night. I don't know how well that works, but the option is there if you want to use it.\n\n9. Reward you
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To start, the rule of thumb is burning more calories than your consuming.  Replace high fat/calorie meals with vegetables and/or fruits.  For example, when you make a sandwich, use fat free mayo, low fat cheese, and a healthier brand of meat.  Snacks, use fresh vegetables or fruits.  Stay away from the additivies like dressing, mayo, anything that usually makes the meal so much better.  Be careful how you cook, breading and frying are the worst.  Trying broiling or grilling.  In your vegetable intake, you want to stick with fresh or frozen over canned because of the sodium and preservatives.  As far as a workout, walking/running is the best workout that you can do all the time.  Swimming is a great fat burner but if your like me, you can't swim everyday.  Make breakfast or lunch your biggest meal.  Dinner should be light, due to the fact that you will probably be going to bed shortly after.  However, you don't want to starve yourself, that screws your matbolism all up.  Everytime you eat a meal, your basically jump starting your metabolism.  Its actually a lot healther to eat 5 really small meals throughout the day than 3 big meals.  You really want to start working out, running, walking, sit ups, push ups, etc.  These are the basics that are really easy to do.  Biggest thing, cut back on sweets, cola's, and your dressings/sauces.  Just don't try to loose weight really fast...it will only hurt you in the long run.  You can do, it's not an overnight process, the temptaions are tough.  Eating out, watching a movie, being bored.  Good Luck ;)
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Eat only greeen foods, salads, green soups, and green vegetables for 7-10 days and drink at least 1.5 liters of water each day.  I know it's not pleasant, but I works.  \n\nAlso, GNC sells this green powder you mix into a drink and that is quite effective.  You can allow yourself to eat one normal meal a day (but it must include green veggies and can not be fried)that way.  The green drink is about $20 for 45 days worth.  If you go that route you should finish the entire canister.
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The answer is high calorie, good nutrition. Snack. Eat  Three meals a day, and 3 snacks. Take the oportunity to eat enough protein and  calcium, work on B vitamin intake. Choose higher calorie items. So, a banana instead of cantaloupe, 2% milk, not lowfat, yogurt with fruit, not plain. Pick an egg, meat a couple times a week instead of cereal. Add some jelly on whole wheat toast. Fruit smooties are great, same rules, add calories. Use an ensure like product for the base of the smoothie.\nLunch Cottage cheese with a heavy syrup canned fruit, a sandwich, put turkey on whole wheat, add a little mayo. Choose some healthy cookies, raisin oatmeal, peanut butter perhaps. A glass of milk with every meal. Try a main dish item for lunch instead of a sandwich[think blue plate special like you'd get in a diner. Same meal as supper, just smaller portions] lasagna and garlic bread, a breast of chicken with a potato and salad,  meat loaf with mashed potatoes.chicken and dumplings. \nSupper; choose a dressed potato instead of plain, like cheese potatoes, or mashed. Add sour cream, cheese, bacon to a baked potato. Add calories to a veggie like cheese sauce, hollandaise, make baked beans, green bean casserole. Add calories to meat: choose something with breading or a sauce, choose shepard's pie, or a casserole with rice or noodles. Choose a higher calorie meat, like a pork chop, instead of chicken. Put barbecue sauce on a pork steak.\nThings not to do: skip the empty calorie salad with the diet dressing. It fills you up, not out. If you miss salad, add egg, cheese, nuts, seeds, higher calorie dressing. Just watch the fat content with that dressing. Don't skip breakfast, eat something!\nSnacks. Choose a handful of nuts, healthy cookies, celery stuffed with peanut butter or the cheese in a jar [ Kraft makes a jar cheese that is flavored. It's by the velveeta and cheese whiz at the store]. A slice of angel food cake with lemon curd sauce, cocoa, make a small sandwich.Make a fruit salad. Drink a can of ensure, if you can't stand the taste, put some chocolate syrup in. Make a milkshake. Any thing with cream cheese in it or on it.\nFind a cheese you like and pair it with a fruit and crackers.\nFind creative ways to use peanut butter. On graham crackers, on an apple, on a Ritz. Ice cream, sherbet. sorbet. Popcorn with parmesan. I love kiddy cereal right out of the box, no milk on it . I choose a healthier one, not a sugary one.\nAnd eat a snack near bedtime. Milk is a good choice, it makes you sleepy\nHope this helps.Good luck. One trick, when you buy foods from a can or a box, , check the recipe on the box or can, most of the time it has you add stuff that is almost always high cal. Or go to the website.\nOne more trick, but not to excess: alcohol is very high cal. Add a glass of wine, a glass of beer, or some fruit laden tropical drink once in awhile.And make sure you are over the driking age, or your parents will kill me.
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vitamins can help I have a book called "prescription for nautral cures" by james f. balch m.d. and mark stengler n.d. \n\n  CLA 3.4grams (conjugated linoleic acid)- it reduces body fat composition. and a ramdon double blind study involving 60 overweight people adding this vitamin to their diet had a significantly higher reduction in body fat mass compared to others taking placebo.\n  green tea- 1500 mg increases you bodys ability to burn energy by thermogenesis. green tea doen contain caffeine which may be some part of the benefit.\n 5-HTP - reduces carb cravings and imporves satiety. this supplement is not reccomended if u are using anti depressants/anxiety meds.\n  chromium 500mcg  twice daily-helps with blood sugar balance and sweet cravings\n   L-carnitine 500-1000 mg 3x daily -- invloved with burning fat as a fuel source for the cells\n  1tbsp of flaxseed oil or 3 grams of fish oil daily and 100mg of GLA --essiential fatty acids are required to burn fat as fuel\n\nalso recommended -lots of fiber, and whole grains. they keep you feeling fuller longer\ndrink a glass of veggie juice before meals \ndrink a glass of water every 2 hours upon waking\ndont skip meals and eat smaller meals more often instead of eating large meals 3x a day\n\n\nfoods to avoid: refined sugar (cookies, icecream,soda,white bread,crackers etc) processed and junk food, refined flour\n\nHope this is helpful to you.\nA faster way than this is all this plus moderate exercise 4-5 x a week and for at least 40min.\n\nwith all the pills and shakes in the world i personally think work outs are a very fast way if you are doing the right type for your shape and stick with it. stacker 2 or hydroxycut  gives one hell of a boost to do tae bo for an hour.