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- Lack of Sleep and Weight Gain - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2009 from Becky FoxHow many of you are not getting enough sleep? I would have to say a good majority, and I know because I’ve been there. With our never-ending to do list and commitments, it almost seems impossible to get to bed at a reasonable hour these days. We all know that sleep is important, but did you know ...
Views: 1305(2 votes) - How to Work from Home without Gaining Weight! - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2011 from Pat AltvaterIt happened so fast; I gained 15 pounds in my first four months of working from home! No one warned me that there was this unwanted side effect of having a dream job working from home. That’s understandable though because I was working in a male dominated business; I don’t think my colleagues ...
Views: 4407(1 vote) - Best Weight Loss Plan Must Haves - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2011 from Lisa NelsonLosing weight and keeping it off is not a simple task. If it was obesity wouldn't be one of the biggest health concerns we face. Everyday you can find a new diet that promises fantastic results for the lean, healthy body you want. The list of options is endless! Sorting through the overwhelming ...
Views: 1289(2 votes) - General Guidelines for a Healthy Diet - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2010 from Zaklina TrajcevskaThe main recommendations of healthier eating are to enable good health, through eating foods that are healthy, nutritious and wholesome. A good diet is simple to follow and does not require buying any books or special foods. A good diet is one which is flexible and can be followed throughout ...
Views: 5112(6 votes) - Best Exercises to Reduce and Flatten Your Tummy Now - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2009 from Glenn PrescotThe goal is a flatter and stronger stomach for most people who start a workout routine for the abdominals. If there hasn’t been any strength gained on the stomach muscles, then a flat, smooth tummy isn’t a large accomplishment even though it looks sexy and attractive. You want to add strength to ...
Views: 2657(4 votes) - Best Tummy Exercises to Get Rid of Love Handles - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2009 from Glenn PrescotBelly fat is a common complaint of those that want to look fit. Love handles are something a number of people have problems with. These fat deposits that appear around the external oblique muscles on the sides of the lower torso are anything but lovable or lovely. The abdominal muscles are the ...
Views: 1970(6 votes) - Achieving Weight Loss Goals - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraIn any way it is perceived, there are countless benefits to be gained from health and fitness. One can actually enjoy a positive cycle of feeling good because one is looking good and looking good as a result of feeling good. Health and fitness have so much to do with a person’s overall sense of ...
Views: 884(1 vote) - How you can Burn Fat and Feed Muscle Easily - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Matthew ParkerHow to burn fat and feed muscle is knowledge that is critical for overall fitness improvement. If you use a scales to determine the results of your training regime or diet you may be using the wrong information and send your training in the wrong direction. An improved fitness level is directly ...
Views: 1304(1 vote) - The Advantages of Slow Dieting - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from Lawrence WileyThere is a certain mentality that says fast improvement is best for health situations. This conclusion doesn't necessarily stand up. Let's take the example of weight loss. I just saw an ad that said, "Take off 21 pounds in 30 days." What do you think of that? Should one take off twenty pounds ...
Views: 1263(1 vote) - Lose Weight Fast – Strategies for Success - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2010 from Liz MitchellThere are many different ways that your overall well being can be affected if you are overweight. These include depression, low self-esteem, health risks, and physical difficulties. When taking on a new weight loss regime, there are some techniques that can help you lose weight fast and keep ...
Views: 1479(3 votes) - Can You Lose Weight with the Flat Belly Diet? Here's What You Need to Know - by The flat belly diet is a new weight loss program that is taking the nation by storm. The diet is from the makers of Prevention magazine, and it's creating quite a buzz online as people everywhere gear up for swimsuit season.
Like most diets, it has big claims for its weight loss powers but ...
Views: 1038(1 vote) - Packing nutrients into your kid’s lunch box? - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2009 from Nicole OhebshalomAs kids head back to school, many parents will be scrambling for ideas for easy-bagged lunches. (Below are ideas for you to chew on!) Keep in mind, adequate nutrition is vital to keep your kids’ growth and health on track. Children’s growing bodies need more nutrients than adults, but their ...
Views: 1177(3 votes) - Awareness Meals - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2009 from Nicole OhebshalomWhat I am about to share with you is a new way of approaching your meals. This is not a diet with tons of rules, recipes, and menus. If you have tried every diet under the sun, like I have, then this could be so refreshing! The way you eat, just like the way you live your life, says a lot ...
Views: 806(2 votes) - How to Lose Stomach Fat Safely and Effectively - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2009 from Matthew ParkerLearning how to lose stomach fat safely and effectively is not as difficult as one may belive it is. Really losing fat around the midrift is the same as losing fat anywhere on the body. Let’s follow up on this. Click here for How to Lose Stomach Fat in 4 Easy Steps. Nutrient Rich ...
Views: 875 - Achieving Your Best Weight Loss Results - Which Program Should I Choose? - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2010 from Liz MitchellFinding a suitable weight loss program is essential to your best weight loss results. Because we are all unique, the same plan won't provide the same results for everyone. It will take some research to find the best weight loss plan for you. The options are many when it comes to selecting a ...
Views: 1229(4 votes) - Michael Jackson: Anorexia? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Joanna PoppinkFor the past two nights I've been watching Michael Jackson videos on youtube. Here are a few. Beat It http://tinyurl.com/mxn8gy Billy Jean http://tinyurl.com/lqmt4w Thriller http://tinyurl.com/ypzb4r Michael Jackson & Brittany Spears live http://tinyurl.com/6nsjcw From New York Times: ...
Views: 4111(5 votes) - Emotional Eating: Go Wild! - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Liz CopelandNow before you get carried away, I don’t mean go wild eating. Well you can do that with the right kind of foods but I don’t know what your current food inventory is, so I’m not going to advise raiding the fridge without limitation... What I mean by going wild is... do something different, ...
Views: 1342(1 vote) - Digestive Cleansing Weight Loss System - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Carlos LadeiraWhat is the truth behind the digestive cleansing weight loss system? Are parasites living in your intestines clogging up your bowels? Since recent studies reveal obesity has now reached epidemic proportions, now more than 40% of Americans alone who are labeled "obese!" Children are now ...
Views: 1391(2 votes) - How to Handle Sugar Cravings - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Cindy ClearySugar cravings are the biggest challenge most of us have to face when choosing a healthy nourishing diet. Even after learning about the negative health impacts of eating sugar, the thought of reducing or eliminating your sugar consumption can seem like an outrageous and impossible feat. ...
Views: 1975(1 vote) - Could Being Obese Be Good For Heart Patients ? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Elena KolacyA recent study published by researchers from Louisiana about the "Obesity Paradox" has caused much confusion and discussions. The research findings were extensively reported in the media under titles that, at least to a lay man suggested "Being fat could be good for you". Now nothing could ...
Views: 1198(2 votes) - Calorie Shifting & How To Lose Weight Fast - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Jane BorgFinding how to lose weight fast is like finding a needle in a haystack. The unfortunate truth is that traditional weight loss programs, which include low calorie diets, low carb or no carbs diets, work by cutting down calorie intake or some food groups to your body. This results in depriving the ...
Views: 668(1 vote) - Best Exercise to Lose Weight - Your Body Type - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Eugene LawWe all know that science has come a long way from simplifying our lives and to assist us in achieving our goals even faster. This is the same case for people who want to lose weight. Science has allowed us to identify factors that affect the rate we lose weight. The best exercise to lose weight ...
Views: 1548(3 votes) - Best Way to Lose Weight - Our Metabolism - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Eugene LawWhat is the best way to lose weight? The answer to this question is heavily sought after by people who want to lose weight fast. However, the best way to lose weight for an individual may differ to another individual with many factors to consider. Regardless, the best way to lose weight for you ...
Views: 943(1 vote) - Healthful Tips for Healthy Weight Loss - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2011 from Lori MatthewsSummer is quickly approaching, and that means that bathing suit season is around the corner. Over the cold winter months it is more than normal to pack on a few extra pounds. However those extra pounds can be very detrimental to your body and overall health. They can lead to heart disease, ...
Views: 991(1 vote) - Are You a Compulsive Overeater? - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsCompulsive overeating is characterized by an obsessive compulsive relationship to food. It is the sister to binge eating disorder, where one eats large amounts of food, sometimes 5,000 calories or more, rapidly. Most people with these disorders feel out of control when they eat, eat alone due to ...
Views: 638 - Choosing Healthy Herbal Weight Loss Supplements - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Tess ThompsonIf you are on a strict diet as part of an overall weight loss solution for your weight or obesity, there is a strong possibility that your diet does not provide you with the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that you need. Even if you have chosen a natural weight loss diet, you cannot be ...
Views: 922 - My Favorite, Free, New Fitness and Diet App: Lose It! - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne key element to achieving successful weight loss is accountability. This means recording your weight (I recommend only once a week on Monday’s), your daily activities including most importantly exercise, and what and how much you eat daily. However, for most of us the task of writing down ...
Views: 1450(1 vote) - What Are the Best Starchy Carbs for The GI Fat Loss Diet? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauAs individuals, energy is crucial in our daily activities and their sources are very important. For many people, just about any sort of food will do. Therefore, it is not uncommon to see a lot of people eating junk foods at some point in time. However, for someone who wants to live well and ...
Views: 704 - Natural Weight Loss with a Healthy Balanced Diet and Herbal Supplements - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from Tess ThompsonThe end goal of all healthy weight loss plans is to lose weight while maintaining overall health. Therefore weight loss is best accomplished slowly. A balanced diet that comprises of a healthy and diverse variety of foods helps in achieving both the goals, albeit slowly. You will probably get ...
Views: 925 - Sundown, Letdown - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowSundown, letdown; why is it that when the sun sets, the dishwasher’s ready for its evening spin and all is quiet in your home that the desire to consume food is such a powerful force? It’s as though when twilight is upon us it stirs up feelings, thoughts and behaviors inside our mind, body and ...
Views: 1077 - Lose the Deprivation and Lose Weight - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Suzanne ReilleyBy now it seems that most of us know how to eat healthfully. Well then why aren’t more of us content with our eating habits and living at a healthy weight? There are a number of factors at play here, and I’d like to mention one in particular. For many people, food choices are a bit black ...
Views: 803 - The Life Force Diet: Go Bananas with Your Health! - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThanks to the low-carb craze, bananas have gotten a bad reputation. I've even had clients swear them off only to devour chocolate bars laden with sugar, preservatives, and artificial flavors. Not a good idea. Bananas are nature's fast food: they're pre-packed and ready to eat at a moment's ...
Views: 601 - How To Lose Weight God's Way - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2013 from Philip JonesGet to the Root Cause Yes, He wants you to lose weight God's way. It is not God's will for your life to be hindered and shortened by unwanted weight gain. God wants you trim and healthy. He has given you the solution to this weight problem in His magnificent manual for healthy living, the ...
Views: 5764(1 vote) - Burn Belly Fat with a Total Body Workout - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Jennifer EdenThere is a myth floating around that people can actually lose weight and get a flatter stomach just by doing thousands of crunches. In reality, in order to burn off belly fat, and other body fat for that matter, a person needs to do a total body workout. In order to really strengthen those ...
Views: 1023 - How to Lose Belly Fat and Live Healthily - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Jennifer EdenIt's truly possible to get a toner stomach area, and keep it, without having to do extensive exercising and outrageous dietary supplementing. You can lose belly fat easily, and efficiently, with a simple diet and easy to handle exercise techniques. Spot reduction in weight loss is never ...
Views: 722 - Lose Belly Fat Tips - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Jennifer EdenIt's no surprise that one of the main concerns today is weight loss. More people want to tone up, whether it's to just look good or feel better. There's many ways to lose belly fat, and many reasons why it's healthy. The most common ways to do it are diets, weight loss pills, aerobics, and even ...
Views: 685 - Attending a Healthy Happy Hour - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Deborah McIncrowHappy Hour: TGIF-thank goodness it’s Friday! We all work hard for a living and occasionally it is time to let down our golden locks and release some steam on a Friday afternoon. We have our paycheck in hand; cash deposited in the account and when the crew decides to have a little celebration ...
Views: 1060(1 vote) - How to Control Food Cravings with Mindfulness - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDon't Just Wing It on Will-Power - Develop Craving Control Skill-Power Instead Staying away from foods that trigger you to crave and overeat is called stimulus control (or trigger control). This age-old "people, places and things" avoidance strategy has limited utility. Let's face it: food ...
Views: 1722(2 votes) - The Weight Loss Haiku Challenge - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHaiku, a traditional form of Japanese poetry, is a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. In Japanese, this convention is a must, but in English, which has variation in the length of syllables, this can sometimes be difficult. In other words, do your ...
Views: 1079 - Al Fresco vs Al Desko - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor some people, by choice or circumstance, work is life, office is home, and desk is the dining table. For others, for whom work is just work, and office isn’t home, the desk is still often times the dining table. Whatever you do for a living, chances are that work has become a setting in which ...
Views: 1116 - Weight Loss Tips - 3 Ways To Keep On The Good Road - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2010 from Liz MitchellIf you are looking for ways to fine-tune your weight loss program or you are just starting out, how to lose weight tips can be a valuable resource. Staying on track for the first 2-3 weeks of a new diet plan is easy. When you stick with a new program for at least 21-30 days, experts say that ...
Views: 1455(3 votes) - Weight Loss Diet - Pump Up The Spice - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2010 from Liz MitchellChoosing a weight loss diet is not about giving up flavorful foods. It's all about the exploration of new tastes and textures. Being adventurous can have a huge impact on your meal enjoyment. An easy diet plan should be full of new flavors to experience. Losing weight can feel like a ...
Views: 1224(3 votes) - Celebrate Failure! - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAre you afraid to commit to yourself fully? Are you terrified to lose weight, to fully take-in, ingest, go hog wild for your healthy living plan? Are you just plain afraid to push your envelope in any direction? Are you afraid to let the buried, the 'real' you - OUT? Afraid that you are going to ...
Views: 815 - The Closure Complex: Thinking in Categories, Eating in Categories - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou’ve heard of the “clean plate club.” Some of us grow up with moralizing parents who instill an eating ethic of wasting no food. But there’s more to this than just cultural programming. The “clean plate” syndrome, at least in part, has to do with how our minds work, with our minds’ reliance on ...
Views: 1095 - Food - Enemy or Allly? - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Nicki AndersonI know I've probably mentioned in my previous posts, but here it is again, if I wasn't a personal trainer, I'd be a chef. There is nothing that brings me greater joy (next to motherhood and training of course!) than creating a meal for family and friends. I believe that creating an amazing meal ...
Views: 1989 - Body Fat Guidelines to Support Healthy Weight Loss in Children and Adults - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2009 from Tess ThompsonObesity is the excessive accumulation of fat. It can have negative affects upon the overall health of an individual. A person is considered overweight or obese based on his Body Mass Index (BMI). The BMI is calculated by dividing the weight of an individual by the square of the height (lbs/in2). ...
Views: 1068 - Speed of Eating and Fullness: The Waiting Game Solution - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhile the disappearance of hunger is almost instantaneous after you start eating, the arrival of pleasant fullness takes some time. The less you eat during the time that it takes the stomach to notify your brain that it is full, the less you will overeat. The solution is obvious: slow ...
Views: 628 - The Hormone / Weight-loss Connection - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Mary RigginTired of your belly bulge? Frustrated with all the failed diets? New discovery links the US Food Supply to our Weight Gain! There is a new epidemic. Growing numbers of “healthy” people are complaining of unexplained weight gain, belly fat, hormone problems, lack of energy, chronic pain, ...
Views: 1713 - How Do You Learn to Enjoy All Foods Without Overeating? Practice, Practice, Practice. - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMarci called Thursday morning. “Can I bring a fear food tonight and practice eating it mindfully?” She’d been learning--to eat when hungry, choose exactly the food she wanted, stop eating when satiated. And, she was becoming more aware of which foods were triggers and which were simply foods she ...
Views: 743 - Sensory Specific Satiety: The Thrills of the Tongue and Fullness - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe human tongue is a thrill seeker. As it tires of one taste, it looks for another. This sensation-seeking tendency of the tongue is what accounts for the so-called sensory specific satiety. Recall what happens in a buffet: while you might feel too full to eat another plate of roast beef and ...
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