In order to lose weight, your body must burn more calories than it takes in, but keep in mind that your body needs calories for energy and when you exercise; your body needs even more calories. Before I talk about energy, the first thing you must understand is that losing... Read More
Throughout my childhood and teenage years I watched as my mother tried every fad diet under the sun. I recall one time she ate boiled cabbage and nothing else for a whole week. I felt my mothers' frustration and misery, however I could not understand why it was so difficult... Read More
I clearly remember how much I loathed having my picture taken when I was morbidly obese. Actually, I didn't mind having the picture taken, it was seeing the picture of the sad fat lady that bothered me. I suppose most of us are that way.After experiencing massive weight loss with... Read More
Make sure you check out the meaning of many common terms. This should help you to improve or better your food purchases and help you eat healthier.Per FDA:FREE: indicates a product has no or an insignificant amount of a nutrient, often one deemed unhealthy, like sodium. Other terms you may... Read More
In my fitness consulting business, I get the opportunity to talk with people from all walks of life about their health, fitness, and weight loss goals. Whether their goal is to lose weight, gain muscle, stick to a diet plan or program, improve their cardiovascular health, or simply to maintain... Read More
Gastric bypass patients often find themselves regaining weight soon after reaching goal weight. The reason? They return to the poor dietary behaviors of snacking and grazing thus eating around the gastric bypass system. Patients who succeed at weight maintenance understand the difference between snacking and grazing. They learn to chose... Read More
What do I mean by that?Well, carrots are good for you and I encourage all of my clients to eat them - as well as all the other veggies - whenever they can. The problem I find with most of my clients looking to lose weight is that they are... Read More
In twenty years of consistant exercising, maintaining a low percentage of body fat and working with thousands of successful stories in weight loss, here are three of the best attitudes to use for a weight loss and exercise program for the rest of your life.ATTITUDE #1: IT'S NOT ABOUT THE... Read More
It's the travel time, meaning hours spent sedentary. It prepares me for the visiting, when I know there'll be no activity. I try to see it as winding down to catch up with where our lives have gone in the past 6 months. A semiannual sharing and reflection with family.... Read More
To say that Americans are obsessed with dieting is an understatement! Pick up any magazine, tune-in or turn-on any source of advertising and you're bombarded with the latest diet schemes and food fads. More often than not, they are endorsed by some familiar Hollywood celebrity, or promoted using some other... Read More
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
![]() |
|
|||||
|
|
|
*Do you truly believe that not eating or cutting back... Read More
Going away for your holidays will also bring with it... Read More
Atkins Nutritionals recently announced that they are filing for Chapter... Read More
Your Can Turn Fat into Muscle......Fact or Fiction???Completely False!!!!First of... Read More
In March 2003 our then 13 year old daughter, Helen,... Read More
Here are some everyday, helpful hints to get you started,... Read More
America is a nation of self-disclosers, amiably acceptant of our... Read More
The world today has more obese and overweight people than... Read More
Steady gains made in improvement in life expectancy may be... Read More
In my fitness consulting business, I get the opportunity to... Read More
Watching television exercises our eyes but nothing else. Unfortunately, it... Read More
When the DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health Education Act) was passed... Read More
Diners have become more health-conscious the last few years, and... Read More
Some Say I'm Strange. I Prefer to Think of Myself... Read More
Any doctor worth their salt will tell you diets don't... Read More
It is important that the public not only understand the... Read More
The most common and popular diet fad over the past... Read More
One way of recognizing a fad diet is... Read More
All of our behavior results from the thoughts that preceded... Read More
Are you committed to losing weight and keeping it off?... Read More
Staying Toned After Weight Loss Following significant weight loss,... Read More
Did you know that being successful with losing weight starts... Read More
Recently, I was reading about a diet plan where you... Read More
Do you want to lose weight fast? While there is... Read More
There are lots of dieters, trying every sort of plan... Read More
Whew! So how did you do on that last lesson?... Read More
WARNING: Don't weight train until after you've lost weight! No,... Read More
To say that Americans are obsessed with dieting is an... Read More
Ephedra has been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of... Read More
The holidays are definitely a special time of year. These... Read More
WHAT DOES BEING FIT REALLY MEAN?The "INSIDE-OUT" approach to fitness... Read More
Have you ever worried about something so much it paralyzed... Read More
Since the reintroduction of Ephedra based products on about April... Read More
Cut the Calories, Bring Out the BikiniSummer's almost here and... Read More
A healthy pregnancy almost always involves weight gain. But now... Read More
Oh, no . . . You suddenly realize that you... Read More
Reducing childhood obesity in the U.S. needs to be a... Read More
How to Break the Weighing HabitFace it, if you weigh... Read More
To see the "low carb" diets on the way out... Read More
Essential Fats for Weight LossOver the past few decades, the... Read More
Most men and women that I have trained over the... Read More
As a low carb dieter, you have probably been bombarded... Read More
When obesity gets out of hand, unresponsive to dietary, lifestyle... Read More
Eating when under stress isn't just about filling an emotional... Read More
How would you like to eat all you want and... Read More
Are you sick of the hype? Wondering what diet products... Read More
The goal of many athletes and exercisers is to "get... Read More
Losing weight is a tough and demanding task for most... Read More
Not so resolved on that "New Year's Resolution" to be... Read More
Serious diet pills are intended for people who are overweight... Read More
Weight loss plans come in all shapes and sizes. Some... Read More
Dieters have long searched for secret paths to easy weight... Read More
Causes of ObesityJust like there is no weight loss pill... Read More
Chant the following each day, several times. They are mantras... Read More
Whether coming from a close friend, the nightly news or... Read More
Low Carb diets have become as popular as apple pie... Read More
1. Start Exercising first thing in the morning.As soon as... Read More
Actually, I was reading about fad diet and suddenly I... Read More
Fat burners have become very popular in today's society, especially... Read More
Eating the right foods and exercising regularly have been the... Read More
Success stories on the gastric bypass are everywhere, but how... Read More
It's agreed that if you raise the amount of calories... Read More
Twenty years of health club consulting, 50,000 hours of paid... Read More
I had 14 weight/health-oriented newsletters in my inbox this morning.... Read More
People always ask me " how it is that your... Read More
The Atkins low-carb diet consists of four phases: Induction, Ongoing... Read More
Weight Loss |