While much has been written in the field of weight loss in general, and specifically behavioral training for weight loss, what the majority of approaches share is the association between the thoughts, feelings and behavior. Certainly these programs have enjoyed some success for those who have ascribed to their beliefs, however, the amount of money spent on weight loss programs in this country evidences the disparity between the success of these approaches and a successful approach for the problem of weight loss. Despite the amount of research and time that has been spent on the development of these programs, we are still without a successful approach. In thinking about what a successful approach might mean, we can begin with what these programs in general, have been lacking.While these programs do give a considerable amount of attention to managing the psychological responses associated with thoughts, feelings and behavior, what the majority of behavioral approaches for weight loss fail to focus on are the underlying reasons for the psychological state the person is in. What the person is left with is a failure to understand the reasons for the psychological condition she finds herself in. As the psychological condition that a person finds herself in is a byproduct of her underlying psychological patterns in general, without uncovering these patterns, the psychological condition will continue to appear. In order to uncover these patterns, the person will need to not only, expose them, but also identify the underlying causes for them. While psychological patterns can take on many forms, the underlying causes for them are frequently not obvious.Therefore, in order to uncover these causes, the person will need to be observed more closely than typical behavioral training approaches allow. To do this, the person will need to be observed in many different settings, environments, and groups of people. Clearly, the only way to do this, is to utilize a weight loss camp program, that requires that the person live on sight. From this focused approach, a comprehensive understanding of the person begins to emerge. As all of the facets of the person’s personality arise in the many different settings that she is exposed to, behaviors, characteristics, and traits provide indicators of the underlying reasons for the person’s behavior. The weight loss camp approach then can offer not only behavioral training for weight loss, but also an understanding of the root causes of her behavior. In this way, the person is provided not just the understanding of the underlying reasons for her psychological responses, but also, management tools for them. There are many reasons weight loss camps may be more effective in treating the rising problem of weight loss.To begin, let’s assume that the client has no previous experience with behavioral training. In this instance, the person may have a very limited understanding as to the value and efficacy on this approach. To be sure, most people who look for solutions to their weight loss problems have already looked, unsuccessfully, for solutions. Inherent in this search, is the ultimate hope that there is some magic cure for the predicament they find themselves in. As each new attempt promises to finally offer solution to their problem, yet fails to deliver, the hope that there is a magic solution is strengthened. As this hope is strengthened, and the litany of tried and failed attempts accumulates behind them, the sense of desperation about this situation escalates. This desperation clouds their judgment to the point that almost any approach, regardless of how safe, or unrealistic, it may seem, appears attractive to them. Certainly we have seen many approaches of this nature. The grape fruit diet, juice fast, stimulant weight loss pills, and carb-blockers, are just a few. As the person continues to search for the next new diet plan, or pill, to offer solution to their problem, she exposes herself to undue amounts of incorrect, and faulty information. This exposure only adds to the confusion that the person suffers, and makes subsequent decisions about weight loss all the more confusing.The combination of confusion, desperation, and repeated failed attempts, results in a person who is not only reticent to try yet another promising approach to weight loss, but also, will almost certainly sabotage her own success. As she has searched unsuccessfully, and has yet to find a solution to her problem, as evidenced by the fact that she is still searching, she is likely to hold a negative view of almost any approach, and in her determination that this new approach will fail as well, will act to ensure that it will. In this situation, if she has yet to understand the underlying causes for both her feelings, and her behavior, she is likely to avoid taking responsibility for behavior, and instead act to shift the responsibility to the approach itself. Blaming the approach for her lack of success not only moves her further from success, but also does nothing to expose the underlying dynamics that are contributing to this lack of success.In using a fitness camp, then, these underlying dynamics are exposed and defined as the framework from which the person’s behavior, thoughts, and feelings are determined. As these dynamics are rooted in the person’s past, they cannot be avoided, and the responsibility for them cannot be shifted elsewhere. Instead, as the weight loss camp collaborates with the person to develop an understanding of these dynamics and the role they play in her attempts at weight loss, the interplay between the underlying causes for her behavior thoughts and feelings, and their management becomes much more clear. As this understanding increases, it not only gives value to the behavioral training approach itself, but also continues to illuminate the person’s particular response to this approach. In this way, the weight loss camp helps to increase her understanding of behavioral training, but also, her understanding of herself. The psychological state that she finds herself in can now be seen as a byproduct of the psychological patterns that color her life.As these patterns developed very early on, and often in response to early parenting experiences, they can now be understood as adaptations to the stresses that were experienced in this early period. These adaptations, albeit unhealthy, were a way for the person to survive. At that particular period, they were needed, as the resources for handling these stresses that the person had at that particular time were overwhelmed. However, these adaptations are no longer needed as the person is not experiencing the stress that she experienced at the time these adaptations developed. Additionally, she is now much better equipped to handle these stresses, as her resources, both psychologically, and otherwise, are much more developed. The comparison of the child that needed these adaptations to survive, and the adult that no longer needs them, is a very powerful place from which to begin behavioral training. Often, in understanding the reasons for these underlying psychological patterns, and beginning to see them as necessary adaptations to stress, the weight loss camp approach will allow the person to take responsibility for them, as they are no longer seen as negative behaviors, but merely adaptations to stress that were needed at the time, and are no longer necessary.As they are no longer necessary, and also, are seen in a much more objective light, taking responsibility for them, and accepting the behavioral approach to begin to change them is a much easier process. Additionally, in understanding that it is these underlying psychological patterns that are the framework from which the behaviors, thoughts, and feelings are determined, the weight loss camp, also provides understanding for the behavioral training that will be used to address these behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. Therefore in understanding how this behavioral training will work, the acceptance of it is fostered. As previous attempts have failed to give understanding as to their efficacy, often because they were not, inherently effective, when behavioral training in a weight loss camp setting is used, the person not only understands the efficacy of this approach, she experiences it. As she begins to understand the underlying reasons for her behaviors, thoughts, and feelings, and consequently, understands the development of these early psychological patterns, the effects are instantaneous. Bringing clarity to any situation that has not been previously understood inherently provides relief. Through the weight loss camp approach this relief not only reflects the understanding of herself, but also, the understanding as to why her problem of weight loss has been, up to this point, unsolvable. To learn more about weight loss camps go to http://liveinfitness.com

Anti-ligature blinds are becoming increasingly popular in a range of different settings. The way these blinds differ from traditional blinds is that they are designed to prevent suicide by hanging.

Initially, uptake for this type of blind was largely restricted to high-risk environments such as psychiatric hospitals and prisons, where suicide is common. In mental health environments and detention centres, suicide via hanging is common and preventative measures must be implemented. A huge range of objects could be used to create a ligature point, meaning anti-ligature systems are highly important.

Over the years, anti-ligature blinds have been supplied to hospitals, schools, student accommodation and even hotels.

How do they work?

There are a range of different systems on the market, but the most reliable could well be the magnetic anti-ligature system. YewdaleKestrel® products utilise load release magnets which separate when a downward force is exerted on the product. This means that the product falls to the ground safely and prevents suicide via hanging.

The magnetic systems used in Yewdale’s products are highly reliable because magnets don’t lose their strength for hundreds of years, guaranteeing a lifetime of lifesaving functionality.

Anti-ligature blinds usually have a magnetic connection point above the blind’s barrel. The blind is easy to reconnect to the magnetic bracket after it has fallen to the floor.

If you are considering an anti-ligature blind, Yewdale is a highly recommended company. Based in the UK, Yewdale produce a wide range of anti-ligature products, commercial blinds, and healthcare products including hospital cubicle tracks and medical curtains.

Yewdale produce other anti-ligature products too including a soft, lightweight en-suite door and other accessories such as soap dispensers, toilet roll holder, shelves and artwork. You can see the full range on the website using the link below.

For those who want to lose weight

Research on the causes of obesity, knowledge about weight loss, and various diets for weight loss are updated every year. However, with the update of knowledge and the release of diet pills one after another, the obesity rate continues to rise every year, and there is no sign of wanting to decline. I used to be very, very fat, and I am also a person who is prone to obesity.

So I understand the voices of fat people, I really want to lose weight, but I tried many ways to lose weight at that time without success.

I have tried the common boiled meals on the market, eating less and moving more, but it was not until I tried other diets that I managed to lose weight. After I lost weight, I began to study the essence and method of losing weight, and wrote him in this weight loss strategy article, hoping to help you.

A few key myths about losing weight

The weight loss myth of eating less and moving more

The phrase “eat less and move more” is actually true, but most people do it wrong. Many people think that they should eat less of everything, so they limit their calories to a very low level, and it feels a bit like eating an ultra-low-calorie fairy meal. Then, for the hyperactive part, the first thing that everyone thinks of is aerobic exercise such as running, cycling, etc., but in fact, this is a very short-term and easy way to regain weight, mainly because eating too little is an easy way to lose weight. The reason for the loss of muscle mass, coupled with the fact that aerobic training is not helpful for muscle mass growth, causes the metabolism to drop too much.

Maybe you can lose 5 kilograms in this way, but if your metabolism declines, you will easily regain the weight. And it’s all the fat that gets back up, not the muscle you lose that makes you look fatter than before. This is what we call the yo-yo effect, lose weight, get fat back, get fatter than before, lose weight, get back on Fat, get fatter than before.

Stop taking diet pills and meal replacements

At this time, you may start to seek other ways, eat weight loss meal replacements, taking diet pills, and so on. But believe me, most diet pills will inevitably hurt the body, especially the gastrointestinal tract. You may actually lose weight in the moment, but when your gastrointestinal tract is damaged, you will be fatter than before.

The key to understanding how to lose weight

You must have thought, why some people will not gain weight no matter what they eat, while some people will gain a kilogram the next day after eating a little bread? What is the cause of obesity? This is not a simple answer that can be solved!

You can see the link to the picture below, mainly talking about the influencing factors of obesity, which are very, very complicated.

Image source: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/296290/obesity-map-full-hi-res.pdf

In the middle of this picture is the heat balance

So we can know that calorie balance is very important

But this article doesn’t keep preaching that calorie balance is the key to losing weight like other sites

If you don’t know what calorie balance is, you can probably imagine that our body has calorie consumption (exercise, thermogenesis, basal metabolism), and calorie intake (eating).

When calorie consumption exceeds calorie intake, the weight will drop, so the truth of weight loss is to eat less and move more, very simple. In the short term, it is really possible to simply achieve weight loss by eating less and moving more, but simplicity is not simple, because the operation of the body is very complicated. Many people think that they can control their calorie consumption, that they can achieve a lot of calorie expenditure by running all the time, and that eating fairy meals (low-calorie meals) can reduce calorie intake and then easily lose it.

However, according to research, 90% of people who use calorie control, eat less and move more to lose weight will fail or regain the weight.

Because eating less and moving more for too long, metabolism will easily drop, hormones will easily become imbalanced, and muscle mass will easily be lost. Even if you lose 10 kilograms, you will easily regain weight.

When losing weight, the body is like a factory

For me, the key to long-term weight loss and maintaining good posture is the environment in the body, such as hormones, the level of inflammation in the body, and the gastrointestinal system.

Think of the body as a factory

-Your hormones are the managers and workers of factory operations

-Inflamed condition is how good factory machinery and hardware are

-Calorie intake is wages for factories as well as fuel

If the manager of this factory is an idiot, or if the hardware in your factory is completely rotten, then no matter how it works, it will create a pile of waste. Just as our hormones are already out of balance and the level of inflammation in the body is very high, no matter how much you eat, if you don’t solve the existing problems, it will easily accumulate into fat. It may be easier to understand with a few examples.

Hormones vs Weight Loss

This study looked at the effects of sleep and weight loss

Research source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20921542

Both groups of humans were calorie-restricted, but one group slept 5.5 hours a night and the other 8.5 hours. Both groups lost weight, but the group that slept less lost 55 percent less body fat and 65 percent more muscle mass than the group that slept more. It is equivalent to losing weight, but most of the loss is muscle mass, which reduces metabolism and makes it easy to regain weight later.

There is such a big difference mainly because poor sleep has a negative impact. The imbalance of the secretion of these things will easily increase fat and reduce muscle.

This next study looks at the effect of insulin sensitivity on body composition!

Research source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19471290

Basically, many chronic metabolic diseases, obesity, and poor muscle-building effects are closely related to low insulin sensitivity. Insulin is an anti-catabolic hormone whose main function is to store nutrients in cells. For example, after heavy training, our muscles will be more sensitive to insulin, and the nutrients we eat will be more easily absorbed into the muscles. When insulin sensitivity is low, the nutrients we eat are more likely to be stored as fat rather than absorbed into muscles.

We can simply say that the nutrients in the food eaten by people who are insulin insensitive are more likely to be stored as fat, and the relative fat mass will be much higher than the muscle mass.

To put it simply, the key to losing weight is actually to improve hormones, improve inflammation in the body, and add an appropriate calorie deficit. It is not difficult to achieve a calorie deficit. What is more difficult is how to choose the type of food that suits your body to improve hormones and achieve a long-term good body.

If you only pursue short-term weight loss and rely on a lot of calorie deficits to achieve the effect of weight loss, and then the hormones are still the same after the loss, then I can guarantee that you will gain weight very easily.

With so many ways to eat on the internet, which diet should I try?

When talking about losing weight in Taiwan 30 years ago, everyone would definitely want to use boiled meals

When it came to losing weight five years ago, everyone might think of using a low-sugar diet. When it came to losing weight in the past two or three years, everyone might directly think of the ketogenic diet.

I lost 30kg in 3 months on a low-sugar diet myself for the first time, so I used to believe that a low-sugar diet was the best way to lose weight

But after my long-term understanding of weight loss-related research, genetic cognition, and observation of students, there is no diet that is most suitable for everyone! Although it is said that high-carbohydrate foods will most stimulate insulin secretion, which in turn promotes the storage of nutrients into fat, some people are naturally good at metabolizing carbohydrates, so they can still be healthy and strong after eating high-carbohydrate throughout their lives.

For example, this study compared the responses of people with high and low insulin sensitivity to high- and low-carb diets.

Research source: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1038/oby.2005.79

The study concluded:

-For people with high insulin sensitivity, eating high-carb and low-fat to lose weight is very helpful

-However, people who are insulin insensitive use a high-carb low-fat diet to lose fat, but the weight loss effect is not so good.

But on the contrary, studies have also shown that people with low insulin sensitivity have a very good weight loss effect on a low-carb high-fat diet, which shows that improving insulin is very important for weight loss, and it also shows that people with insulin insensitivity are more suitable

Lose weight with a high-carb diet.

So if you have been obese for a long time, you know that you eat carbohydrates easily, or you know that you have diabetes in your family and want to lose fat, then I would suggest that you can start by reducing carbohydrates, which is what we call low carb diet!