Archive for the 'Weight Loss' Category
Aerobics Vs. Resistance Training
The million dollar question: Which is more effective? Which one will make my waist-line slimmer faster? There are arguments on all sides with this one.
The truth is that they’re both important in accomplish a healthier better looking body. While resistance training is more intense, and the results might be seen much faster, the downside of [...]
Weight Loss During Pregnancy
The guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy are pretty straightforward:
Underweight (BMI less than 18.5) 28-40 pounds
Normal weight (BMI 18.5-24.9): 25-35 pounds
Overweight (BMI 25-29.9): 15-25 pounds
Obese (BMI over 30): no more than 15 pounds
A new study found that obese pregnant women who had gestational diabetes had better pregnancy outcomes if they exercised moderately and did not [...]
Have Fun and Get Fit
Remember when you’d run around, climb trees, play games and get your exercise while enjoying every minute of it?
Why not go back to playing for fitness?
Join a softball team, go to the beach with friends and play Frisbee or walk/run along the beach. Take a long hike in the hills and stop for a picnic [...]
The Non-Food Aspects of Weight Loss
There are a few things that you can do besides eating well and exercising that will expedite your physical transformation:
1. Stay positive
Believe that transformation is possible even when you haven’t seen the changes that you want yet. I am sure that you can site many examples in your life where you didn’t expect something to [...]
Lose Weight Eating Restaurant Food
Just because you’re on a diet, doesn’t mean you must give up on your favorite eating places. It just means you got to do it a little bit differently. Here’s a few tips on how to manage the seemingly mutually exclusive behaviors of dieting and eating at restaurants:
Skip Out on Eating All the Bead
In most [...]
Beware of Bingeing at the Movies!
We all like to go out and have a good time. A movie is perfect: relaxed, entertaining, and usually food for thought. But what’s the movie without some food to munch on? That would ruin the whole experience, wouldn’t it? A movie means a combo of watching the big screen and eating the giant bag [...]
No commentsArtificial Sweeteners Cause Weight Gain
A new study suggests that drinking diet sodas and other soft drinks with artificial sweeteners may lead to weight gain. The reasoning given is that when your taste buds taste sweetness, you body automatically prepares itself for a load of calories. When this isn’t done, it can completely mess up our metabolism.
A Purdue University [...]
It’s Eating Time! Enjoy Your Food
Don’t obsess over calories
Eat until you’re full, but not stuffed. Try to choose wisely, but don’t stress yourself and becomes obsessed over every meal- your diet won’t last and it will just back-fire in the end.
Never Go 4 Hours Without Eating
If you do, you’ll come into a situation- be it your kitchen or a cafe- [...]
Good or Bad For You?
We’ve all heard that Italians don’t get heart attacks even when they’re over-weight because they use olive oil in their foods instead of regular vegetable oil and margarine which clogs arteries. We may come to conclude well, then this must mean that olive oil is great for us and we can and should start frying [...]
No comments100 Calorie Snacks
Here are HG’s [hungry girl's] TOP ATE picks for the best new snacks in the 100-calorie category! In no particular order …
Slim-a-Bear 100 Calorie Ice Cream Sandwiches, Vanilla and Chocolate
(1 sandwich: 100 calories, 1.5g fat, 65 mg sodium, 21g carbs, 2 - 3g fiber, 8 - 10g sugars, 2g protein)
Who else but a fit (dare [...]