August 2009 Blog Posts (37)

Frustrated with weight loss? You may feel as though all the hard work put forth is not effective. Consider these factors associated with eating and weight loss.

• Portion sizes – measure out food to learn how much you are really eating. After a few days, you will be able to size up your portions without having to measure.
• Environment – eating while driving, watching television, etc. can be a factor of mindless eating. Try sitting at a…

Following on from yesterdays diet tips, now comes the challenge, maintaining the positive eating habits, physical activity regimen, and positive mind set you’re about to develop along the way.

One might think that once you’ve lost the weight, and got to your desired weight, that it’s easy to maintain that weight, not true. As a matter of fact the majority of people that lose weight gain it back in a very short period of time. This is sometimes…

How Ning works. On the Ning networks they all linked to one another. If accept friend on one network they will show up on all of your networks if they are a member of that network. When you send out an invite from one ning network it will go out to…

Today I want to discuss why eating 4 - 6 smaller meals more frequently (about 2.5 - 3 hours apart) is better than 3 large meals ... and why eating

fewer calories at night is ideal.

Eating a large meal increases the opportunity for fat cells to extract fat from the blood and, therefore, grow bigger. Fat cells can actually adapt to

a pattern of large, infrequent meals by becoming more efficient at storing

fat.

In…

Today there are so many weight loss products such that the list is almost endless. There however remains only one best weight loss solution and that is through maintaining a healthy diet. What then is a healthy diet? A health diet is one that is low in fats, carbohydrates and is high in protein. The following are some of the recipes for a good diet.

You can make a simple healthy meal by mixing mayonnaise that is low in fat with Dijon mustard in a…

AS IF people struggling with obesity did not have enough to worry about, they now face a new health hazard. According to statistics from the US, overweight people appear more likely to die of swine flu.

Most of the people who have died from H1N1 swine flu have had an underlying health problem that weakened their ability to fight off the virus. Among the conditions recognised as increasing the risk from flu are hypertension, diabetes, chronic lung…

Various weight loss techniques are being used today to help individuals get rid of their excess fats in the shortest possible time without the stress. Modern society has opted for invasive methods of weight loss to get the desired results without having to spend months on ends for dieting and exercise. Aside from its cost, the risk involved in such a strategy may compromise one’s health.

A healthy way of achieve a fit and lean body without the risk…

If you’ve been paying close attention to the news lately, you might have seen this headline: Diet – not exercise – is the key to weight loss, according to a Loyola University Health System study.

But if you think that gives you an excuse to sit around all day, think again.

™The problem lies in the words ‘weight loss,’" eDiets Chief Fitness Pro Raphael Calzadilla says. "The goal should be to retain or increase muscle mass and lose body fat.…

With the summer heat I’m constantly thinking of hydration. Water is crucial in the body and is very often the “forgotten nutrient.”

There are 6 Groups of Essential Nutrients

1. Carbohydrates
2. Fats & Oils
3. Proteins
4. Vitamins
5. Minerals
6. Water

The first 3 (Carbohydrates, Fats & Oils,…

There is only one weight loss exercise that’s the best fat burning exercise for everyone by far, there’s not even a close second.

However, most so-called weight-loss experts don’t teach this exercise, either because they are ignorant of the facts, or more than likely, because they can’t make any money from it.

People who advise that…

You have to go through all the different exercise routines on all the different exercise equipment in a…

If you are desperate to lose weight,there are so many diet and exercise programs out there it can be difficult to decide on the best weight loss plan to use. Choosing a weight reduction program is no easy task but you can make a reasonable selection if you consider your goals and your lifestyle before jumping into what you may think is the best weight loss plan for you.

First of all you need to consider the core of your weight problem. Do you want…

The need to lose weight may have become a part of everyday life, but that hasn't made it an easy goal to achieve. We work at it and we struggle with it, that being said, it is very important to know that you can succeed. There are some selected ways to losing weight effectively and safely. Weight gain and Weight loss are directly related to the balance between the calories you take in, such as your daily food and the calories you burn through daily activity and specific exercise, such as…

In order to manage your weight it is important to use some healthy weight loss tips. In our massive-portion-sized world, maintaining a healthy weight can be extremely difficult at times. People find very little time for workouts while juggling time between home and work, which makes it even more important to follow some simple healthy weight loss tips to lose weight and stay fit.

Here are some basic, healthy weight loss tips that are…

More and more people are becoming desperate to lose weight, as bad lifetyles are catching up on them.

Now, as a matter of fact, many people believe that since they gained weight because of eating way too much, they would lose that weight if they eat nothing or very little. Nothing could be further from the truth! Remember that when you reduce your food intake, your ability to burn fat and lose weight is also reduced considerably! Do you know that…

There are various control factors which govern weight loss around your stomach and you must understand them, so you can successfully get rid of extra weight.

The key factors, which determine whether you are going to burn any fat is your diet and your exercising regime. Of course, these have to implemented regularly to achieve reasonable results.

Whatever weight loss exercises you are doing, they should be balanced and controlled,…