inspirational

Before I get into this post, I want to share this video. This guy, I don't know his name, But his story is so inspirational. He weighed 646 LBS when something finally happened that made him go to the hospital. They had to take him down to the loading dock to weigh him, and there he sat for four hours while they shipped him in a bed. He was diagnosed with Diabetes and Sleep Apnea (People with this disorder actually may stop breathing while asleep-even hundreds of times--without being aware of the problem. During an apnea attack, the snorer may seem to gasp for breath, and the oxygen level in the blood may become abnormally low. In severe cases, a sleep apnea victim may actually spend more time not breathing than breathing and may be at risk for death) and even after he left the hospital he still didn't care.

Finally he took a stand and started a weight loss program. He lost an amazing 366 LBS!

Now, I don't know about you, But I owe this guy. I owe him my best efforts. I owe him for the path he has trailblazed in showing that this stuff CAN be done. All it takes is a little effort. I will not let him down.








Is it true that proper breathing can help you lose weight? How does this work?


People who need to lose weight don't take in enough oxygen. I noticed that most people on bottled oxygen lose weight. Bottled oxygen may save lives but obviously it is not the optimal weight loss answer. If you eat devitalized, cooked, excessively fatty foods and have inadequate activity and shallow breathing you are not ridding yourself of toxins properly nor can you burn the fuel you consume, regardless of its possible low fat content. The lack of adequate oxygen and low metabolism will add pounds with practically anything you eat.

Overweight people have restricted breathing. So do even relatively thin pregnant mothers in the third trimester. Extra weight accelerates aging and increases the likelihood of disease. I have seen hundreds of people start a daily breathing routine and lose weight. The danger is that they may be doing a breathing exercise that actually locks up the breathing so that the long term effect can be harmful.There are many temporarily effective programs in the world. Some work pretty well, others not at all.

Providing one's food intake is mostly simple carbohydrates (live fruits and vegetables), the human body is designed to discharge approximately 70 percent of its waste products through breathing, in the form of carbon dioxide. Only a small percentage of toxins should be discharged through sweat, defecation, and urination.

In addition, if your breathing is not releasing toxins, other systems of your body, such as your kidneys and liver must work overtime. These toxins can also clog up your breathing system and compromise your general body functioning by diverting your oxygen supply to rid the body of something that another function should have done in the first place. This can set the stage for a number of illnesses, including of course, obesity.

Lack of or improper exercise invites breathing function to atrophy/weaken. Physical exercise, though most often quite helpful, can help or harm breathing depending on your body type, conditioning, intensity of exercise, and the way you breathe. It is most effective to learn to breathe and then exercise instead of exercising and breathing as a result of the exercise. Trying to make an inefficient unbalanced breathing system just work harder only stresses and locks up the entire breathing system. Learn to breathe better and your chances of enjoying exercise will greatly increase.

proper breathing technique

Now I just make sure I spend five minutes a couple of times a day taking deep breathes through my nose, holding it for a few seconds and exhaling. But there are many different techniques, Some of them are quite outlandish.

THE ROLLING BREATH.

The following exercise requires a partner and is effective in relaxing and energizing you.

-Lie on your back. Have your partner put one hand on your abdomen and one hand on your chest.
-Inhale and exhale as in deep, relaxed breathing, but each inhale is taken in two stages abdomen, then chest. Imagine that you are breathing into your partner's hand as you fill your belly with air. When your abdomen feels full, continue breathing into your chest. Watch your partner's hands as it rises.
-Exhale fully through the chest and belly simultaneously.
Repeat. It is important to keep a rhythmic rolling effect between abdomen and chest.
-Breathe at your natural pace, however.

See what I mean. Look your lungs are in your chest, Not your belly. Its really sinple to breathe and make sure your chest raises. simple enough, But very very important.