Weight Loss Articles

From personal experience I have myself like all of you at one time or another tried dieting. I have lost weight on some plans but in the long run was not able to sustain it. It seems as though every time I lost some weight I would gain it all back an...

In the medical community, "obesity" is generally said to be present in women with more than 30% body fat and men with more than 25% body fat. "Morbid obesity," a more serious condition still, occurs when a person is 50-100% or 100 pounds above his or...

I'm sick of all the fad diets I see people preaching about, as if the only thing that matters is losing a lot of weight fast. We need to focus on permanent weight loss as a result of permanent changes to dieting and exercise habits. Unless you have e...

For the person who wants to shed a few pounds (or even a lot of pounds), there are many choices of diet programs. To pick the best one for your tastes and lifestyle, you need to look at the attributes of each diet plan. A listing of just a few is b...

Several months ago I was in desperate need of weight loss motivation. As I was observing my friend's kindergarten classroom I was struck by an idea when I saw her in action. One of her students was filled with self-doubt and seemed to truly believe...

The scourge of obesity has reached such gigantic proportions across the world that it is now termed as globesity. The obesity is now accepted as a global epidemic and governments are pouring in money and resources to fight this menace, which is quie...

Dr. Hagglund's Healthy Eating Tips (All wheat products, bananas*, breads, rice, sugar, and potatoes.) Research has shown that these foods almost triple your blood sugar rise in proportion to how many calories they carry... nobody knows why for sure b...

You've finally committed to getting fit and you want to join a gym, but which one? Unless you've been a regular at gyms in the past you really don't know a good one from a bad one. A good fitness center has their members as their number one priority....

With millions of people participating in the "Battle of the Bulge" here's some useful ammo to help you adhere to your weight loss plan, keep you motivated and ensure victory: 1. Enlist Just as new enlistee signs a contract that commits him/her to the...

In my time I have been an international competitive swimmer, ranked number 1 in the UK, in the top 20 worldwide, represented England, and won medals at World level. Having been in the environment of top class athletes, and everyday healthy people, I ...

Back "in the day" when I used to be a full time personal trainer and I met with clients in person at my New Jersey Health Club, the first thing I would always ask my clients during the initial consultation was: "Tell me exactly what you want... and I...

It's no wonder that confusion reigns when it comes to the worth and reliability of low-carb diets after all the conflicting studies and confusing interpretation of the information. It seems like debates are popping up everywhere! No matter if it's A...

It seems that we spent the first months and years of our children's lives obsessing about getting them to eat enough and put weight on. Just when we start to relax we have to worry about them eating too much and keeping weight off. You only have to...

The weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar industry filled with meal plans that provide very low calorie levels. This is the magic bullet because if you follow these meal plans closely you will absolutely lose weight. You're happy and the com...

If you have read my article called Exercise: Essential, then you can skip down to the next section, called How to do Interval Training. Read on if you need a reminder of the basic principles of exercise for weight loss. Skip to the bottom to find a...

As many of us well know, our expanding waistlines are at epidemic proportion in America. For those who are dubious, epidemic, according to Webster-Merriam online dictionary means, "affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of i...

Weight problems and obesity are constant topics in the news these days, because fat has become an epidemic. With this increase in obesity, there's also been a huge surge of diet pills put on the market. Unfortunately, prescription diet pills are quit...

Recent reports from the 'British Nutritional Foundation' show that obesity is on the rise in not only the UK but all over the world. Statistic's state that in the 1980's 6% of men and 8% of women were obese in the UK. However the latest figures for G...

The first article in this series stressed the importance of being prepared to begin any weight loss program. Without proper diet preparation, you will set yourself up for weight loss failure instead of success. This entire series deals with diet pr...

Music is the key to the soul. It can lift you up and put a smile on your face or alternatively it can bring you down and reduce you to tears. Music is powerful and fortunately you can use it to help with your weight loss. The interesting thing about ...

My young son, like most toddlers, has a piggy bank. Every evening he and his Daddy have fun putting spare change from Dad's pockets into the pig. In fact, we've had to empty the pig contents several times in the past months. It sure does fill up quic...

At an estimated 64.5% of the U.S. population being considered obese or overweight, we must have that dubious title. This information comes from the Trust for Americans' Health, an independent advocacy group. They say that the nation has been let down...

If you were to search 'Prescription Diet Pills' online you would come up with more than 3.5 million results, certainly a large number of results to sort through to find the best prescription diet pill. The problem is that several diet pills go by man...

"Losing weight is hard but living with weight is even harder" My friend john is an outstanding mimic but is embarrassed to expose his talent because he is overweight. Millions of people around the world are addicted to obesity; the worst part is that...

"Who Wants To Know The Truth About Weight Loss, Fat Loss And Metabolism?" -To reach a great height, a person needs to have great depth… Anonymous. My hope with any program that I design for an individual is extraordinarily basic; it is to simply en...

You know what is so amazing? We get to keep learning how to improve ourselves. Each day brings a new opportunity for us to practice unconditional love, especially of ourselves. Loving your body is demonstrating unconditional love. Think what you...

A really easy, fast way to weight loss is walking a lot. If the other things you've tried haven't worked, or if the results aren't quite what you're looking for, try walking twice a day, every day. This is the time of year when walking outdoors is ea...

The first scientific study of hoodia was really sparked by chance, as is often the case in scientific "discoveries". What started it all was not, in fact, an exclusive study into the hoodia gordonii, a succulent that looks like a cactus. South Afric...

Here are some everyday, helpful hints to get you started, keep you going, and help you stick to your diet. 1. Never leave home "starving." Always have a light snack before eating dinner in a restaurant, such as a piece of fruit, a glass of juice or a...

If you are looking for a way to lose fifty pounds in two weeks, a high protein diet, a low carb diet, a fruit diet, a no fat diet, a blood type diet, a juice fast, a diet named after a place in Miami, a grapefruit diet, a cactus diet, a coffee and ci...