Fitness
Emotional Eating - Why Do We Do It?
Sandra found her weight ballooning 60 pounds after her separation from her husband. While part of the weight gain was apparently tied to the medication she was taking, the rest appeared to be the result of what can be described as emotional eating.
In recent years, greater attention has been focused on the […]
Carbohydrate Cravings On The Atkins Diet
Carbohydrate cravings are difficult to deal with, especially when you are trying to maintain a low carbohydrate way of life. However, carbohydrate cravings are not just a matter of will power.
As Dr. Atkins points out in his book, carbohydrates produce a flood of insulin and a rise in blood sugar. There is indeed a […]
A Guide To A Teen Weight Loss Program
Losing weight is in vogue right now. What with celebrities and teen stars all losing pounds, it is not surprising that the vast majority of teeners in America are also obsessed with weight loss programs. Everyone wants to stay slim as the models that they see strutting in the catwalks.
Everyone wants to be able […]
Reward Yourself For Weight Loss Success
Whether you have a little or a lot of weight to lose, you will benefit greatly by some simple behavior modification measures, such as rewarding yourself every time you meet one of your smaller goals. Losing weight is a big challenge for most of us.
It requires a lot of hard work to change what […]
Weight Loss - Substitute Flavour For Fat!
It’s the age-old dilemma: how to lose weight without feeling deprived? For many of us, food is much more than fuel. Food is social, because we eat with others much of the time, and especially on festive occasions. Food is also comfort it can even be entertainment, both in terms of its preparation and its […]
Lose Weight By Eating The Right Carbs
In the past few years, we’ve heard a lot about how carbohydrates are bad, and how the road to weight loss is low-carb eating. In fact, have you checked out the plethora of low-carb products even whole stores dedicated to high protein, low carbohydrate eating plans? It would be easy to conclude, given what the […]
The Most Natural Way To Lose Weight
Because of our societys obsession with thinness, losing weight is a primary concern for many individuals, particularly women. Sometimes its an obsession that goes too far. Many women with perfectly normal body weight consider themselves overweight, and this applies to young girls as well. Its very sad to see girls as young as eleven or […]
Weight Loss - The Group Approach
People are social beings, so for many of us, it doesn’t make sense to try and lose weight alone. Many people do better in a group program such as Weight Watchers. In fact, Weight Watchers has been one of the most successful weight loss programs around for many years now. It operates on a simple, […]
Low Fat Eating - A Lifelong Diet Plan
It seems as though every few years, a new diet fad comes along. The low fat approach was popular last decade, only to give way to a type of diet that is almost its complete opposite the low carb Atkins or Zone approach. Its easy to forget that it was only about a decade ago […]
The Raw Foods Diet For Weight Loss
Though it will probably never become a mainstream way of eating, there are those who swear by the raw foods diet. Not only will this diet help you lose weight, but it is also supposed to be healthier than any other way of eating. The concept is simple, though it may not be so easy […]
