Weight Loss Articles

We all eat. But how mindful are we of every bite we take? Your mother always told you to slow down and taste your food. That's great advice, especially when we find ourselves grabbing a quick snack on the run or eating a meal while driving. How we ea...

How to Break Your Plateau Today is a typical morning like any other for you. You get up, go for your workout at the gym or go for a nice run, before you start your day. Or maybe you go from work to the gym to jump on the treadmill for 40 minutes th...

Low Calorie Diets have risen in popularity in the past 20 years because of the rise in obesity in the USA. Obesity affects more than 30 percent of U.S. adults, and is fuelling an industry dedicated to low-calorie foods and drinks, diet and slimming ...

Facts not Fiction about Weight loss: Weight Loss Facts If you take anything away from reading this article it is my hope that you will fully understand and be able to differentiate weight loss facts from fiction. To put it plainly, no diet in the wo...

Surprises always come in small packages and these words suits perfectly to these bunch of wonder tablets better known as diet pills. Most of us have seen diet pill advertisements… have read the testimonials claiming the efficacy of diet pills and h...

Liposuction, tummy tucks, gastric bypass, implanted electrical devices... every day there is another surgical "solution" to obesity. There are many reasons not to undergo surgery, and only one reason to try it: you'll die if you don't. My goal in t...

Cardio, Calories, and the Starvation Response Most of the time, when someone decides that they want to lose fat, they inevitably head for the nearest fad diet. However, 95% (closer to 100%) of the time, these fad diets fail. The reason they fail is...

Many times, when one begins a new fat loss regime; they focus on dieting (hopefully intelligent dieting, not fad diets or very low calorie diets) and hopefully an exercise regime. Most of the time, to accomplish fat loss, people seem to believe that...

Have you been cursed with those lumpy, cottage cheese like areas of fat on your thighs, hips, buttocks, and other parts of your body? There's a good chance; 85% of women are already afflicted with these same cellulite woes. The term "cellulite" is ...

Nutrition and weight-loss researchers say that some supplements can give you an advantage in the battle to be slim (helping you lose about 2 to 3 pounds a month). Protein can reduce hunger (thereby decreasing the calories you consume), help you prese...

Summah Time! The livin' is easy -- out of the kitchen and onto the beach. Everything is minimal in the summer … less cooking, less clothes, less stress. Some things increase in the summer, too. You need to drink more water to prevent dehydration, a...

Do you know what it takes to lose weight, get healthier and realize your dreams? Awareness, Education, Determination, Action, and Motivation! That's it! five simple tools in your tool belt of success and you are on your way. Awareness is essential in...

Just when you thought it was safe to dive back into swimsuit season… The rising temperatures mean it is time to break out the suntan lotion and head for the beach. Unfortunately, many women will keep themselves covered up, because they are afraid t...

The number one way for obese people to lose fat is the exact same for those that are only 20 pounds overweight. Strength training is the best way to cut through fat and burn through calories. There's no difference between strength training for the ...

Overweight is becoming normal - assuming that by normal you mean what most people do. Normal doesn't mean healthy or best. Why? Why is food controlling the minds of so many people? This must be what is happening because the body isn't designed to be ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, gasoline prices appear to be on automatic pilot to the moon. As reported by www.cnn.com on 9-5-05, "Drivers paid an average of about $3.20 a gallon for unleaded regular on Monday, up $1.35 from a year ago, and 7...

Perhaps you've heard the joke about the SHOCKING news headlines from the year 2050: "New study reveals that exercise and proper nutrition is the key to successful weight loss!" It seems that we're always looking for a quick and easy way to lose fat, ...

Cursed by dieters everywhere, and loved by children around the world, sugar is one those substances we 'love to hate' and 'hate to love'! It can make bland foods tasty and can make the dentist rich. Americans love sugar in all forms, from pure white ...

Caveat emptor is Latin for "let the buyer beware". Nowhere is this phrase more applicable than in the weight loss industry of today. It seems that every time we turn around we are blasted and bombarded with the latest, greatest, new and improved trea...

When was the last time you watched Sesame Street? If you have a youngster at home, maybe it was this morning! For most of us, however, it's been years since we last viewed Big Bird and the gang. But, even now as adults, our friends from Sesame Street...

On July 16, 2004 the headline posted all over America was "WASHINGTON (AP) -- MEDICARE NOW RECOGNIZES OBESITY AS AN ILLNESS, a change in policy that may allow millions of overweight Americans to make medical claims for treatments such as stomach surg...

Remember when we were 7 years old? At that age, any insult (no matter how mean or despicable) could instantly be nullified by simply replying "I'm rubber, you're glue....whatever you say bounces off me and sticks on you!" Even though we're not seven ...

Because you're reading this article, I'm willing to bet that you are interested in looking and feeling better. You, like me, probably want to lose some weight and tone up. But it's hard to find the time and motivation to exercise! Sometimes it's even...

I hate the word "obese". With as much as 60% of the Americans being fat, you'd wonder why there isn't some sort of law suit against certain institutes, public facilities, theatres, and most of all the airlines. Why? The seats are to small. Think a...

Hoodia gordonii is a natural succulent plant that looks like a cactus. It grows in the Kalahari Desert region of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Angola. It is said that the bushmen used to eat hoodia gorodnii stem to curb their hunger and thirst...

If you're looking to lose weight, build muscle, get fit or whatever you goal may be, I'd like you to go in a straight line towards that goal, whatever it is. If you go in a straight line you are going to get to your goal because in this world where o...

"Sound the alarms! I need an emergency weight loss plan!" Two weeks before her wedding, my sister yelled, "The heck with your healthy diets...I need to lose weight and lose it now." Unfortunately, we have become accustomed to immediate gratification...

Stress can stop your weight loss goals about as much as eating a family size bag of Nacho chips and a 2-Liter bottle of pop can. My approach to weight loss was in gaining my health. Losing 300 pounds was not the first thing that occurred to me, but r...

While the success rate of gastric bypass surgery is very good, complications from the weight loss surgery do occur. One of the rare complications is a gastrogastric fistula or leak in the newly reduced stomach pouch. Recently a LivingAfterWLS reader ...

Weight Watchers inspired me to change my eating habits, lose weight, exercise and, indirectly, learn to cook healthy and incredibly delicious food. Now, I'm not affiliated in any way to the organisation, and I am not in their payroll. In fact, I am n...