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Hi, this is my submission for the Webpage content of Open University Course T171 You, Your Computer and the Net TMA02.
As
someone who has been waistline challenged for more years than I care to
admit I have decided to make my topic Diet for Fitness. I have tried many
diets over the years and have finally found one that works for me. One
thing to remember about diets: You don't fail your diet - your diet fails
you! That is to say when you are on a diet and you just can't wait to
get off it because you feel deprived of certain items, once the diet is
complete you return to a more normal then weight just piles back on and
more. This site is mainly concerned with diets since loosing weight will
help you to become fitter. Where the sites I have used have some exercise
tips I have mentioned this in my site reviews, any diet will benefit from
some kind of exercise program.
The following information and links to sites is just a minuscule sample of the information of diets and associated fitness regimes available on the Internet. Enjoy!
WARNING! If you have any health concerns you should consult you doctor before embarking on a diet or fitness program.
Weightwatchers
For
my first site I have chosen the name that is synonymous with dieting for
fitness. The main site is
www.weightwatchers.com and you may follow this link if you wish, however
it tends to be American in flavour and weight is quoted in pounds only.
I prefer the UK part of this site, which you can reach from here by selecting
United Kingdom from the international sites, once at the UK site you can
navigate the pages using the left-hand menu or use this link: www.weightwatchers.co.uk
The site explains their approach to dieting through the "pure points"
system in which each food has a points value and you are allowed a certain
number of points per day. You may register here for Weightwatchers if
you so desire and find out where your local meetings are. There are plenty
of exercise tips, recipes, explanations of the diets and being a commercial
site you can purchase items online. Altogether a well laid out site and
well worth a visit.
Slimfast
This is a commercial site from a well-known supplier of dietary products,
we have all seen the TV ads extolling the virtues of the "Slimfast
Diet". Site is well laid out and navigation is easy using the side
menu bar. Once on the site you can find out more about the Slimfast Plan,
find recipes even sign up for their free newsletter. There's a good Q&A
section and you can also ask the experts about the diet. You will also
find some fitness tips. If you want you can join the buddy program which
puts you in contact with others on the diet for mutual support via email.
Visit www.slimfast.com
for more about Slimfast.
Another
well laid out site. Learn the benefits of a balanced and nutritious diet
combined with a regular exercise schedule. You will find a good well explained
diet section here. The site will also answer all your weight questions
and there are charts to work out whether you are under or overweight.
There is also a calculator to work out you Body Mass Index (BMI) plus
tips on exercise. This site is an excellent resource to get you looking
and feeling as fit as you can. Visit the UK site www.caloriecounter.co.uk
for more about Calorie Counter. You could also visit the American site
at www.caloriecounter.com
which is a massive resource with links to hundreds of diet and fitness
sites on the web.
Fad Diet Dot Com
This is a rather tongue in cheek site, which doesn't take itself too seriously.
This is another well laid out site, use the left-hand menu to navigate
the site and there is plenty of information here. You can find diets such
as Grapefruit/Fruit Juice, The Russian Air Force Diet and a rather amusing
Caveman diet written up as a diary for a week. Build your own fad diet
at this site if you wish! This is an excellent site dealing with some
of the more unusual diets and is well worth a visit. Visit www.faddiet.com
for more unusual diets.
Atkins Center
This
is a well laid out offering a great deal of useful information about this
radical way of dieting. This diet is completely different to the more
usual low fat and calorie-counting diets, in fact you are positively encouraged
to eat almost everything those type of diets ban. This type of diet is
a low carbohydrate diet sometimes called the "Caveman Diet"
because of its high protein content. This diet has become increasingly
in popular overthe past few years especially in America. Want to know
more, visit the Atkins Center where you will find all the information
you require for this kind of dieting. I use this diet and have lost over
4 stones and still loosing. The site explains the diet, there are medical
reports about the diet, answers to critics of the diet plus testimonials
from people who have used it. Dr. Robert Atkins MD. claims 20 million
people world-wide have used this program and that it has a 98% success
rate. Visit www.atkinscenter.com
for more information.
If I've wetted your appetite why not search the web for more information - use one of the Search Engine links or use you favourite Search Engine if it doesn't appear in the right-hand navigation panel.
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