Four No-Exercise Weight Loss Tips
If there is one mantra that’s thrown around far too much in the weight loss world, it is that you absolutely need to exercise to lose any weight. From simple jogging to ultra-complex weight routines, the world of weight loss has always operated on the assumption that weight loss simply won’t come without any physical exertion.
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Five Fat Burning Foods
For those of us wanting to lose weight, the thought of a restrictive diet or hours pounding the treadmill can be discouraging. Long term weight loss requires discipline and commitment, a healthy balanced diet and moderate exercise. However there are special foods that can give you a helping hand when it comes to losing weight. These five super foods help to lose the pounds and keep them off. Read the rest of this entry »
Mastering Visual Cues for Faster Weight Loss
Everyone knows the major drawback of losing weight on a diet: When you stop dieting, the weight comes back.
Medical science, of course, is designed only to assist your weight reduction goals as long as you are paying a hefty monthly fee for prescription drugs. When you stop the medications, your appetite recovers and you are primed to eat enough to restore all your lost weight and more. Fortunately, you may be able to keep off those hard-lost pounds by making minor changes in your environment. Read the rest of this entry »
Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference
If you have ever tried to lose weight and become fitter, you probably know that radical changes to your lifestyle are difficult to sustain. Instead of giving up, why not try a different approach to changing your habits? A series of small changes over an extended period of time can make a huge difference to your life. As an added bonus, small changes are much easier to maintain than radical changes.
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Lose Weight by Cutting Fat Calories
Don’t underestimate the power of fat. Fat makes fat. Develop new, healthier habits and say goodbye to extra pounds.
There are 120 calories in seemingly innocuous vegetable oil. There is fat in lean meat and fish. There is fat in nuts and seeds. There is fat … even in oatmeal! So, even if you make healthier food choices, you’ll still get fat to keep your skin supple.
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Losing Weight without Losing the Will to Live
Let’s face it, there’s nothing quite like the thought of dieting to invoke a sudden and uncontrollable urge for fries and chocolate. It’s a psychological adverse reaction and it pretty well guarantees that any diet sheet is going to either fail or reduce the follower to near terminal depression for its duration.
Food is one of life’s greatest pleasures and spending jaw aching time clawing dry toast and peanut butter from the roof of your mouth is simply unacceptable and more importantly, unsustainable. When the diet’s over the food deprivation compensation trigger activates and before you know it you’re wearing loose tops that fall over your waistband and the whole cycle begins anew.
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The Eating Dilemma
Take the carrot – the vegetable your mother always told you to eat because it’s good for. She was right. This versatile root is perfect in stews, pot roasts, salads, and stir fries or raw. It’s a nutritional powerhouse of beta carotene, vitamin A and C, fibre, calcium, and complex carbohydrates. Yet it’s part of the modern day eating dilemma. Carrots can be genetically modified; they might have other DNA from other plants or even animals. Other modern day carrot dilemmas include irradiation and pesticide spraying. Many low carbohydrate diets restrict carrot intake because of their sugar and carbohydrate content. If carrots aren’t safe or right for everyone, what food is? Read the rest of this entry »
Sugar Buster: Cut Sugar to Trim Pounds
The Sugar Buster diet is based on 30 percent carbohydrates, 40 percent fat and 30 percent protein. It allows you to enjoy dairy products, fruit, olive oil, poultry, red meat and vegetables. White bread, rice, pasta and potatoes and sugar are not allowed. Whole wheat bread, pasta and oats are permitted. Read the rest of this entry »
Rapid Weight Loss While Breastfeeding Can Put Your Baby’s Health At Risk
Breastfeeding is probably the most natural act that a woman can do. Providing your newborn child nourishment during the early months of life has been proven to provide so many health benefits for both mother and child. Some studies show that immune systems are given a boost when breastfeeding. Others state that breastfed babies have the ability to learn more quickly than babies that are not breastfed. Breastfeeding may reduce the instances of breast cancer. Plus, there are those that say breastfeeding is the ultimate in bonding experiences between mother and child. Read the rest of this entry »
Simple Ways to Keep Your Weight Loss Resolution
So the new year has come and you’ve resolved to finally lose that extra weight. What do you do next? The next step you take can make a huge difference when it comes to the success of your weight loss program. A well thought out diet and exercise program has a good shot at success, while a less well thought out program may be domed to early failure. Read the rest of this entry »
Metabolism Boosting Tips for Faster Weight Loss
There are of course many factors that go into weight loss and weight gain, including exercise, fitness level and diet. However, one of the most important factors which determines how quickly our bodies gain or shed pounds is our metabolism. While much of our body’s metabolism is dictated by genetics, it is possible to raise metabolism level through a combination of training and other methods. While there are any number of products that claim to raise metabolism, in fact the tried and true methods of raising metabolism are somewhat more limited. Let’s look at a few simple methods for raising metabolism and losing more weight. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood Diet
The Hollywood diet is said to offer miracle results. Claims of the Hollywood celebrity diet include the ability to lose 10 pounds in two days and a detoxified, rejuvenated body.
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Phen, not FEN-PHEN
A decade ago, in September 1997, the controversial drug fen-phen was withdrawn from American pharmaceutical markets after researchers discovered nearly 30 percent of evaluated patients had abnormal EKGs, a scanning of the heart. Very similar numbers – 24% – of patients taking just the “fen” half of the drug concoction (fenfluramine or dexfenfluramine) also suffered cardiac fibrosis, a condition that can be life threatening and is irreversible. Read the rest of this entry »
The Three Essentials of Any Successful Weight Loss Program
There are two considerations for anyone who wants to lose weight. The first is diet; the second is exercise. By “diet” we mean everything you put into your body; by “exercise” we mean every means you use to get it out again. A good weight loss program will have three facets; two will be diet-related (cutting calories and increasing the nutrition in your food) and one, of course, is exercise related. Let’s look at exercise first. Read the rest of this entry »
Water and Weight Loss
Water and weight loss have a love-hate relationship. Drinking water is essential to burning fat effectively; think of water as the “oil” that keeps all your moving parts “running” effectively. Water supports and sustains and nourishes our bodies. It gives us the energy to burn calories efficiently. Water is essential to weight loss. Read the rest of this entry »
How To Eat Healthy and Lose Weight
Even if you are looking to lose weight, you should still follow a balanced diet. Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to lose weight whilst still eating healthily. The key is to cut down on unhealthy snacks and eat food from each of the major food groups in moderation. Read the rest of this entry »
3 Good Reasons Why You Need Diet And Weight Loss Today
Just about every day and in many places you might look, such as billboards, TV, magazines, and online, you are confronted with ads about the need for dieting and weight loss. Face it, those who most likely are the candidates for it already know it. Most people naturally compare themselves with others that are around them. You do not need to be reminded. Better yet, though, would be some real encouragement and simplified tips as to which diet might work best. Read the rest of this entry »
Lose Weight Without Starving Yourself
If you are one of the many women who are struggling to lose those last few stubborn pounds, you are certainly not alone. Many women are becoming increasingly unhappy with their figures, and with the media’s endless portrayal of stick-thin celebrities, this is unlikely to change anytime soon. Fortunately, you do not have to go as far as denying yourself the foods that you love in order to lose weight. Of course, losing weight still requires some degree of willpower, but at the same time, it does not mean existing on 500 calories per day. How can you lose weight without giving up your favorite foods?
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Seven Deadly Diet Sins
Do you find it tough to stick to a diet? Are you struggling to stay on your regimen, but aren’t losing weight? You might be making one or more of the most common dieting mistakes. Knowing what to watch out for will help you stick to your diet and actually lose some weight!
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Ultra 90 – Diet Pill Review
Everyone wants a miracle cure for weight loss. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could eat anything we wanted, whenever we wanted and never gain weight? Unfortunately, the human body doesn’t quite work that way. Unless there is some miracle pill, exercise and diet is simply the answer. Ultra 90, however, is a diet pill that claims to be the miracle we are all looking for. Could this be true? Here is a review of the diet pill Ultra 90. Read the rest of this entry »