Tag Archives: lose weight
The Down and Dirty on Portion Control
downsizing portions can lead to sizing down on your waistline Over the years our food habits have changed so drastically it’s hard to understand what constitutes a traditional healthy diet and what doesn’t. Adding to the confusion is the overabundance of food choices, countless sources of nutritional and weight loss information competing for our attention [...]
The Grapefruit Should Be Called Greatfruit
several benefits of eating grapefruit This time of year I am always trying to feed my body copious amount of vitamin C. Most because I am trying to avoid getting sick. While friends and family commonly come down with bad colds, I come away fairly unscathed. I attribute this to my friend the grapefruit.This year [...]
Getting Skinny on Six Meals a Day
more on eating less more often We’re so used to hearing people talk about eating less food that it’s become weight-loss doctrine. But as you remember from the physiology of metabolism, you have to eat more often to change your body composition. The new philosophy I want you to keep in mind is “energy balance.” [...]
The Truth about Gluten
separating the wheat from the chaff If you are already avoiding gluten then you have something in common with NFL quarterback Drew Brees and Cyclist Tom Danielson, a record-breaking member of the Garmin-Transitions team. Both have been gluten free for the past two years. Going gluten free has become big business. Sales of gluten-free products [...]
Alec Baldwin’s War on Weight Gain
turning around impending diabetes How many of you read about Alec Baldwin? Well, if you didn’t here’s the skinny. He went to the doctor for a check up and the prognosis was he was heading down the path of Type II Diabetes. Flash forward four months. Have you seen him lately? He dropped over 30 [...]
Declaring War on Weight Gain
five easy steps to win the battle of the bulge It’s a war out there and the battle is the battle of the bulge. The one around your waist and butt. We are here to help you in your battle to be better. Therefore we are declaring war on waiting gain. Here’s a good battle [...]
Look and Feel Better
5 ways to slim down January is almost half over and have you made some headway on your resolution to get in better shape, by decreasing fat and increasing muscle? Weight loss is often a common thing at the start of a new year, it is a clean slate to leave old patterns behind and [...]
Breaking The Habits That Make You Fat
little decisions that can take you from fat to fit According to recent research, the average person makes 200 decisions every day that will influence his or her weight. And most of these decisions aren’t monumental choices, most, in fact, are small choices, habits if you will, that over time can take us to two [...]
Festivities + Fun = Health + Happiness
three important ingredients in the formula of a quality life It is the time of year when we are gathering with friends and family for different festivities intended to be full of fun, however they sometimes lead us to stress simultaneously. Stress is different for each person, but for everyone it can wreak havoc on [...]
Taming the Insatiable Beast
[fb-like-button] Recognizing when you are really hungry Our body has the natural ability to let us know when we have had enough to eat and when we are hungry. Listening to these subtle signals is critical when you are trying to avoid the blood sugar yo yo effect. When we ignore these signals and skip [...]
Cooking with Steviva for Thanksgiving Without Gaining Weight
[fb-like-button] Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and with the season of fall closing in it will be celebrated with roasted turkey, homemade stuffing, pies, cakes, and desserts, and well the most fattening foods an individual can eat. This is why Cooking with Steviva stevia sweetener is great for keeping your “girlish figure” and warding off weight gain, however [...]
How Weight Training Increases your Metabolism
[fb-like-button] Weight training is anaerobic and therefore burns carbohydrates (sugar). Cardiovascular exercises such as jogging, cycling, step classes, or stair climbing are aerobic and therefore burn fat. So it seems logical to focus on aerobic training for fat loss. However, something interesting happens “beneath the surface” when you lift weights. Weight training increases your lean [...]
Winning the Battle of Body Image
[fb-like-button] Transforming your self image and propel your weight loss All of us sometimes wake up on the wrong side of the bed . It’s these times when we look in the mirror and loath what we see in the reflection. This type of destructive behavior can have a detrimental effect on your weight loss [...]
Cooking With Steviva, an Awesome Recipe
[fb-like-button] Have you ever considered that as ingredients can be replaced in high calorie desserts and dishes that you can incorporate cooking with Steviva into your recipes to make them more diet friendly and just as delicious? Cooking with Steviva alone can assist you in losing weight gradually, and best of all Stevia sweeteners are all natural and double [...]
A Casualty of Consumption
[fb-like-button] Waging war on weight gain- part one of a ten part series. We are being assaulted thousands of times a day with ads and marketing encouraging us to consume more. We are asked to eat more pizza, they’re only five dollars for a large and if you call now you will get chicken wings [...]
Lose Weight, Keep It Off – slower is better – here’s why
[fb-like-button] “Losing three to five pounds per month is the maximum you should aim for.” The battle to lose excess inches and pounds of unwanted body fat is a common one. An estimated ten million Americans are currently on some form of weight-reduction program. Unfortunately, the success rate for any diet is ultimately an abysmally [...]
