Weight Loss Articles

1. Carrying around excess body fat will decrease your energy level. Having just 10 lbs. of excess body fat is like carrying around a 10-lb. bag of lard. 2. Your heart has to work overtime to support the extra weight. Obesity has a harmful effect on y...

Emotion: a moving of the feelings: agitation of the mind: one of the three groups of the phenomena of the mind - feeling, distinguished from cognition and will. Food: what one feeds on: that which, being digested, nourishes the body: whatever sustain...

In Jane Austen's day young women were not usually overweight even though it was unfashionable to be too thin. Food (for people in society) was plentiful and served in large quantities. (Just think of all those formal meals and banquets). But habits a...

One of the mistakes people make is turning a lapse into a relapse. We all have lapses. How well you manage it depends on how you think about it, what you focus on and what you do afterwards. First, think about it as a temporary lapse, not as a relaps...

This past Christmas Season, as most of us stuffed our faces full of turkey and pies, a well respected weight loss expert from WebMD made some crazy remarks about ending obesity. Needless to say, the response to his rhetoric, despite the Christmas...

Infrared Radiant Heat (IRRH) is a form of radiation that penetrates the outer surface of objects, including human skin. Heat is generated as the infrared energy interacts with and penetrates the skin surface. The depth of penetration is estimated ...

Many of us have tried losing weight in the past only to have it all find it's way back to us and then we notice it brought a few friends along. Then there's nothing left to do but feel frustrated, and suffer with our weight problem for another severa...

What is negative calorie effect? Whatever food we eat, our body has to work hard to digest and absorb. There are certain foods that require more calories to digest than their own calories. The overall effect of these foods in our body is that of usi...

How do we know what we know? Often, our knowledge comes from through repetition and stories. In childhood, we call them fairy tales or bedtime stories. They amuse or entertain and have with the occasional moral lesson. However, as adults these storie...

Any true body transformation starts with self-discovery. It is an inside-out approach method. By this I mean that you must honestly analyze what your strengths and weaknesses are. Also, what makes you and your body what it is today? Do not get me ...

*Do you truly believe that not eating or cutting back on calories will cause weight to be lost? *Guess what you are correct -You Heard Me, the WEIGHT will come off.* *In 9-12 weeks you could lose those 25 lbs. Keeping it off now comes the Work!* *He...

When you are faced with the daily challenge of trying to lose weight, you will need to find ways to stay motivated every day. The factors that keep weight loss motivation high include your specific goals, your ability to envision what you want to ach...

Nowadays, so much of the public is obese (fat) that it is the "norm". So much so, that we are starting to ignore this epidemic. Thankfully, the Surgeon General has issued a warning about the plague of obesity that has been considered to be as signifi...

The Review Diaries She Unlimited Magazine There are masses of carbohydrate diets like the Atkins Diet and The Zone. Now Hamptons diet meets South Beach. I think most of us know the reason for it's creative principle of lowering cholesterol for Dr A`s...

Do you want to lose weight? Of course you do, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this. Let me ask you another question. For how long do you want to lose weight? Just for the summer to look good in bikini? Or before winter Holidays to make some room ...

I believe that water not only helps with weight loss, but is also one of the most important things to keep in mind when trying to lose weight. Here are just some of the reasons why everyone should be drinking at least eight glasses of water day. - Na...

Congratulations on waking up each morning and greeting the day with renewed determination! Perhaps you rise and say, Today's the day — I will make it through the entire day sticking to my diet goals." What a wonderful, optimistic way to begin a fre...

Oh, no . . . You suddenly realize that you are well on your way to eating more than you had intended. Maybe it's a meal that you've already eaten too much of, or perhaps an unexpected binge. How do you stop? It's not going to be easy, and that's c...

Maybe your doctor suggested it. Maybe your favorite outfit doesn't fit you just the way you like, or maybe you've just decided that you want to be the healthiest you that you can be. Whatever the reason, it's time to put a weight-loss program into pl...

You know you have will-power. You can change a diaper while on the phone with an important client and then fix a fabulous, healthy meal for your family and your unexpected visitors while arranging your tax receipts. Only a master of willpower could d...

As many of us know, it's the first few days of starting a healthy new habit that can be the most discouraging. The first few days of exercise are always the achiest. A new reduced-calorie diet comes with hunger pangs until your body adjusts to the he...

These days, most everyone has heard of low carb diets such as the South Beach and Atkins diet but the GI or glycemic index diet is a fairly new name on the diet scene. While low carb diets restrict the quantity of carbohydrates, the GI diet focuses ...

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor; nor do I play one on TV. As a matter of fact, I don't even watch the actors, who play the doctors on TV. I am a researcher, extraordinaire. I research, "the research." Health statements made by this writer have not been...

Why Walking Could Be the Solution to Your Fitness Dilemma. Walk, don't run, to your local fitness store and try on a pair of walking shoes. For cardiovascular fitness, there isn't an activity that's more sensitive to the wear and tear of your body th...

"Who are you to give me weight loss advice?" I hear you ask. "You have no dietary or medical qualifications, but you're going to give me the best advice I'm ever likely to hear?" Let me explain... I'm not here to offer you radical diet plans. You've ...

Abdominal fat is now seen as a growing health hazard, an indicator and contributor to "Syndrome X," or metabolic syndrome. The risks of metabolic syndrome go far beyond a bulge at your waistline, and include heart disease, high blood pressure, high c...

Are you one of the 90 million Americans who are currently on a diet? Do you lose weight only to gain every ounce of it back? Well you're not alone. The national center for health statistics suggests that over 64 % of Americans are overweight and that...

Steady gains made in improvement in life expectancy may be brought to naught by the increasing waistlines in America. Obesity has become a killer disease and shortening the life expectancy of Americans. A new report by the scientists in The New Eng...

Franchised Business Models and American Diets could be at odds. Yes there is significant issues with this in franchising. First before I get into my discussion for fear of someone, screaming foul. I would like to point to Krispy Kreme's recent crash ...

Just like any other diet, the Atkins diet can become boring and for some very dangerous. Before you get into the plan make sure you get a physical and talk to your doctor. We already know that the diet works but how do you work the diet? There is p...