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1. Smart Sandwich
Hold the mayo in your next tuna or egg sandwich and use plain yogurt instead. With protein and probiotics, the yogurt is a lot better for you and you can hardly taste the difference.
2. Go Nuts
Show your heart some love when snacking and reach for a handful of healthy ... Views: 1305
The following method for exercising your abs in only 15 minutes involves a warm up for about 5 minutes, this could be skipping, jogging on the spot or walking. Once the body temperature is elevated gentle stretches for the tightest muscles in your body are recommended.
The aim of the workout ... Views: 1305
Have you ever wondered why you rarely see a fat Chinese Man or Woman? This is because they are mindful of the kind of food they eat.In china, you rarely see junk food sellers or a fast-food restaurant, which is the leading cause of Fatness. The Chinese diet is only made up of 10-20% of meat and ... Views: 1305
Over the last two decades after interviewing over fourteen thousand clients and having done more than seventy thousand counseling sessions you could say I have strong opinions on weight management… My views are based on the evidence historically discovered about behavior patterns, which are ... Views: 1304
How can I be slim and stay slim you ask? Let me ask you? Do you believe in you?
The greatest asset you can have in life is indestructible self-belief.
Self-belief is feeling good enough. It's feeling that you can handle what life throws at you.
It's a healthy appreciation of your talents, ... Views: 1304
Weight Loss Supplements That Can Do More Harm Than Good
When you talk about weight loss, everybody yearns for it but rarely do they want to put in the work to get the desired results. But contrary to every new magical weight loss marketing strategy, there is no magic pill. Sure you can take ... Views: 1303
Many believe that drinking and eating later in the evening is not ideal for your health. However, there is one drink that has the potential to provide better sleep and help in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Drinking lemon water before bed can provide many health benefits and help detox the ... Views: 1302
As long as you have the best information and temperament, acquiring larger arms just isn't such an excellent challenge. With some successful bodybuilding workouts, you are able to successfully achieve your objective of having bigger arms.
It is necessary that you simply incorporate some ... Views: 1302
For those of you unfamiliar with this diet, here are the basics: You eat around 6 specially designed cookies during the course of the day followed by a balanced, yet low-calorie dinner. The cookies contribute roughly 400 to 500 calories and the dinner around the same. The cookies are ... Views: 1302
Being a personal trainer exercise is one of the most important parts of my life. I experience the massive benefits of an active lifestyle which is the reason why I turned it into a career so others can experience the same benefits as me. Every so often people fall out of their exercise routine ... Views: 1302
When you were born, you had all the conditioning within your cells to be and stay naturally thin, and upon staying in connection with your body – you stayed thin. You innately knew the difference between head hunger – which is when you “think” yourself into being hungry, versus having the ... Views: 1302
Welcome!
This is the discussion area for and the archive of my newsletter The Renegade Doctor.
I started publishing a newsletter in March of 2011 and distribute it exclusively to my opt-in email list each week.
Not only will subscribers get to read content that isn’t available in my ... Views: 1301
How often have you exceeded the day's caloric goal or if you aren't counting calories, simply overeaten and then said to yourself "I already blew it so I might as well eat what I want the rest of the day, because tomorrow - it all ends! I'll just start over". Following that statement, do you ... Views: 1301
It's time to stop being a workout slave to your old school workout routines and time to break away from the crowd by doing the opposite of what they are doing. The results just might surprise you.
The idea of these workout tips came to me while watching one of the classic episodes of Seinfeld, ... Views: 1300
(Pompano Beach, FL – November 2010) Breathing – it’s something that all of us do thousands of times a day, and millions upon millions of times during our lives, yet most of us take it for granted. The truth is that our breathing has a profound effect on many aspects of our health, including ... Views: 1300
So why are they called love handles anyway? I hate them, I certainly don't love them! My sister's friend insists that there is no way for her to get rid of her pudgy sides. She insists that she exercises all the time and watches what she eats. Yeah right. Sorry Betty, but I know better. ... Views: 1300
Being over 35 has many benefits: It is a great and empowering time in your life. One thing it is not, however, is a time when we can lose weight without effort.
By the time we’re adults, most of us understand that successful, long-term weight loss requires a healthy lifestyle, which means ... Views: 1299
It seems that almost everyone you speak to these days is on a diet or would like to lose body fat. One word that often pops up in conversation is metabolism or more specifically, ways to speed up metabolism. It is usually in the context of, ‘I’ve put on so much weight so I must have a slow ... Views: 1298
The simple answer for the question is we humans are slaves to habit. Hypnosis is an excellent tool for eliminating bad habits and creating good habits. Before starting on any fast weight loss tips, it is essential to break a bad habit.
Before you begin any weight loss program, it is very ... Views: 1297
There's no escaping it. Everywhere you turn you can see the evidence, and even if you haven't noticed lately, the media is more than happy to remind you, we are a nation of lazy super-size me gluttons threatening to undermine the future of our health care system with the litany of health ... Views: 1297
Employers are spending millions of dollars in healthcare for their workers. With the costs skyrocketing and affecting company finances, employers are forced to take care of their employees in order to avoid cases of obesity in the workplace and the financial pitfalls of having an unhealthy ... Views: 1297
When Dara Torres won her 12th Olympic gold medal in swimming in 2008, her age fueled rumors of performance-enhancing drugs. At age 41, she was more than twice the age of her competitors.
But regular blood tests proved drugs didn’t get Dara to the finish line before the rest of the pack. ... Views: 1296
Strength training is a form of exercise where you build more muscle. Building muscle will help you lose weight because having more muscle increases your metabolism. For every pound of muscle you have, you burn between 7 and 15 calories per day while at rest. Most people will gain 2 to 5 ... Views: 1294
Yoga is a combination of breathing exercises, physical postures, and meditation that has been practiced for more than 5,000 years. What sets it apart from similar exercises like stretching or calisthenics is the deep and distinct connection with your breathing.
Scientists at the Fred ... Views: 1294
Despite the global prevalence of obesity, there is no universal agreement about the best dietary practice to sustain a moderate or favorable body weight. Diets containing low percentages of carbohydrate and high percentages of protein result in greater quantity of weight loss (on a short term ... Views: 1293
Rev Up To Great Abs
There is a lot of focus these days on having what folk say The ideal Body. People usually vision this perfect body as one with gigantic arms, ripped shoulders, and most importantly, chiseled abs. With society concentrating on the intestinal section, this created many ... Views: 1293
We've officially entered the holiday season. Studies show Americans gain an average of 10 pounds from October 31 to January 5.
Even if you don’t celebrate the actual holidays by overeating, the last two months of the year represent a more stressful period of time. There are many job-related ... Views: 1293
There is not a thing wrong with attempting to lose weight fast; however, it should be done safely. To be more specific about the subject, it should be done in a safe, healthy and effective manner. Reality weight loss programs on television demonstrate that it is possible to take off 20 pounds in ... Views: 1293
Fat loss! Many people have wracked their brains trying to find out the best ways to lose fat, as a Personal Trainer my research into fat loss has brought me many great strategies and nearly as many ridiculous strategies. I believe one of the reasons why many diets and dieters fail to reach their ... Views: 1292
Scale Addicts
Over the years, I’ve dealt with my fair share of weigh-a-holics. That is, people who step on the scales far too often. Some do it every day of their lives. Morning and night. Some step on and off five times in ten seconds in the hope that a lower figure might magically appear ... Views: 1292
So you're now forty years old. Is this the time to start modifying your workouts?
I thought it was time to write an article for people who are forty or older. When my friend turned forty years old it was not a big deal. Exercising has always been a part of his life for so long, that he never ... Views: 1291
Make no mistake, having belly fat is so much more profound than not looking good when shirtless. It has been linked to heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, high triglycerides and more.
So you decided to slim down that tummy. You tried diets, exercise and all sort of ab ... Views: 1291
The importance of physical fitness as a marker of good health is more important than ever. Many individuals are truly fit, others simply claim to be. Which one are you? Are you fit or delusional? Fitness does not happen randomly. It requires planning and strategy. Those who enjoy the benefits ... Views: 1290
If one involves himself with mindless munching and spends too much time on the couch, weight is easy to gain and difficult to lose. But did you know that there are some unknown factors that could be hampering your progress in your bid for weight loss?
Let's run through some of the agents ... Views: 1290
Consuming carbohydrates with a high glycemic index increases the risk of coronary heart disease in women, according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
If you’ve read my book “Living Low Carb: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long-Term Weight Loss” then you probably ... Views: 1289
GET ACTIVE! Our advice to those of you that are not yet active. How to Get Active! How to Get Started!
Step 1: Get up and be grateful that you are alive.
Step 2: Pick an activity. Play kickball, four square, dodge ball, do Nordic walking, Irish road bowling, wiffleball, synchronized swimming, ... Views: 1288
Obie - a Really Fat Dog – Will liposuction help him?
Will liposuction help Obie, the world’s fattest wiener dog? Taking a look at this dog, you would wonder why he couldn’t go for lipo. However, he is obese and an obese dog like an obese human can definitely not go for a lipo. This five year ... Views: 1288
Every dieter sooner or latter is faced with an issue with plateaus or set points. Usually they occur after 20 lbs. of weight loss but in some people they occurs early or even later. Here are the two big issues to face when it happens to you.
Managing Portion Sizes.
This is a issue in every ... Views: 1287
Go wild and green
Wild as in salmon, green as in grass. Let me explain.
Wild salmon is a very different food from farm-raised. Wild salmon has higher levels of a potent antioxidant known as astaxanthin, which the salmon get from eating their natural diet of krill. Wild salmon has lower ... Views: 1287
If you're anything like me, you like things that run on auto-pilot. I love cruise control in my truck and auto bill pay. It makes life so much easier! But what if I told you that you could put your calorie burning on auto-pilot and train your body to burn calories while you are sound ... Views: 1286
You don't need doctors and scientists to describe to you about how your metabolism gets sluggish as you get to be a bit older. But you might like to know that they have come up with some intriguing new research to give you a hand to arouse it once again.
You could get rid of about 8 pounds in ... Views: 1286
Having a reduced waist size has always been a dream and a fitness goal for men and women. It may be a desire for two genders, but this is more apparent to women especially those who are under the influence by vanity; they consider being SLIM as a biological need and in order to be one, a small ... Views: 1286
Yet another glossy magazine cover, yet another new celebrity flaunting a just uncovered weight-loss strategy, yet another thin toned skinny picture - don't all these get old? You find headlines for instance “Kim Kardashian’s wedding weight loss” or possibly “LeAnn Rimes slims down for tropical ... Views: 1286
Most people join gyms with a clear mind of what they want. As soon as they sign up they hit the treadmill followed by a few crunches and hope in a few months time they will achieve their objective. There is a never-ending flow of people that are willing to buy into the belief that investing ... Views: 1286
I felt as if I had been pushed out of an airplane in the middle of the night with no parachute to save me from my fall. With no way of knowing if I would survive the plunge, I felt myself slipping into darkness. I screamed out to the universe “Help me, save me, I want to live.” Up ... Views: 1285
People always seek the fastest way to burn fat and they are willing to try various methods to achieve it. Of course, you can lose weight at lightning speed by using strict fasting program, but most of it will be water loss, not fat loss. If getting rid of the excess fat is your aim, don’t rely ... Views: 1285
The thing missing from most, if not all, diets on the market is the one thing that is essential to long-term weight loss success. That one thing is a means of changing your emotional connection and associations to food. Let's face it, we don't over eat because we're hungry, we over eat as a ... Views: 1284
Many people say that "abdominals are made in the kitchen, not in the gym," and there's a lot of truth to that. You can do thousands of reps of ab work every week, but if your nutrition is not in order, you can forget about getting a great set of 6-pack abs.
1. If you’re a calorie-counter ... Views: 1283