If you are like most people, before you start a diet, you spend a great deal of time thinking about it and trying to create the optimum circumstances in your life for starting. For most people, this means finding the best moment when life isn’t going to be too hectic and you’ll have the proper ... Views: 614
While we all approach our diets from different backgrounds and perspectives, the one thing that I feel everyone needs to be successful is the right mindset and overall attitude. In fact, I feel so strongly about this that I feel it’s the single biggest difference between those that reach their ... Views: 691
When I started my diet, I had 100 pounds to lose and because the journey seemed so overwhelming, I had to completely remove the thought of my end goal from my mind and simply focus on the week to week progress.
When I started, I tried not to set predetermined objectives, but to just stay ... Views: 534
While sitting with my daughter reading her the 101 Dalmatians for the last 24 hours, I couldn't help but think about how my life has changed since being my former heavy self. And, not from the perspective of having kids or anything that is new in my life, but more from the perspective of how ... Views: 654
Although it may sound insane, one of the biggest blunders that people make when dieting is to overly focus on their weight loss and the importance of what the scale is showing. Yes, we are all in this game to lose weight, but your focus cannot be on just that or true success will always be out ... Views: 619
I know that this section may seem a little insane to some people, but as you are progressing on your programs, I just wanted to present you with the challenge of starting to look at food a little differently. For example, when I look back on my own personal life cycle and views of food, my ... Views: 558
A new research study from the European Heart Journal and performed in Australia has found that the length of time people sit and the number of times they take breaks are strong indicators of their overall health, such as ability to lose weight, heart disease and diabetes risk, and that even ... Views: 524
Several new research studies have shown the true power of receiving a complement. For many its psychological powers exceed that of food, money, and even sexual activity.
At the University of Michigan 130 individuals, most of them were college students, were asked to rate different experiences ... Views: 731
Recently more research funded by the National Institute of Health has looked specifically at the unique nutrition needs of women throughout their lifetime. While choosing healthy foods and regular exercise are essential to long term health for both women and men, there are a few key nutrients ... Views: 632
Having a flat tummy and a stable and long lasting heart are the main factors many people name for starting to become more physically active. However new research from the Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver point to a less well known reason that may matter even more for long-term success ... Views: 660
New research indicates that rapid, sustained, and long lasting weight loss comes not from focusing on a diet or exercise, but from shifting a focus to eating healthier and being more physically active; in other words a lifestyle change.
Approximately five years ago, according to Dr. Jenny ... Views: 1773
Mounting research from the previous decade have highlighted exercise or more appropriately termed, physical activity, as being extremely important for the mother and the child during pregnancy. The new research has recently been consolidated into clinical guidelines for physicians and published ... Views: 686
Researchers report in the January edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), that adults who walk an average of One meter (or 3.28 feet) per second live longer, weigh less, and overall have less health problems. One meter per second is the equivalent for most people of ... Views: 719