A number of things impact body weight – genes, diet, exercise and lifestyle habits – but what about light exposure? A fascinating study shows a link between exposure to early morning sunlight and BMI. Find out more.
Can adding more protein to your diet help you lose more body fat? Is animal protein better than plant-based proteins for shedding fat? Find out what research shows about protein and its role in weight loss.
Yoga helps you relax and helps with balance and flexibility. Most people don’t think of yoga as being a fat-burner or a form of exercise that promotes weight loss – but is it? This article looks at yoga workouts – whether striking yoga poses can help shed body fat – or not.
Think you’re home free after losing weight? Now comes the hard part – weight loss maintenance. How can you prevent weight regain? According to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, five habits are important for maintaining your new weight once you’ve lost it. Find out what they are.
Do you “cheat” on your clean eating plan with a cheat meal or a cheat day on a regular basis? Is this a good practice or does it hinder weight loss? This article discusses how refeeding affects an important hormone that controls your appetite and metabolism.
A mnemonic acronym helps people remember helpful facts that are easy to forget without a convenient prompt. Elementary school students know that HOMES is an easy way to recall Huron,Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior as the Great Lakes. A treatment for sprain is rest, ice, compression and elevation (RICE), and cryptologists find special meaning in SENORITA. Taking the advice of psychologists to use acronyms as gentle reminders, you can use WEIGHT LOSS to keep your healthy weight loss plan on track.
If you’re trying to lose weight, you might imagine Thanksgiving as a kind of no-man’s land of diet disasters just waiting to happen. You imagine yourself standing nervously by the veggie platter, hanging on for dear life to a few stalks of celery while your family and friends gorge themselves on turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. But don’t worry! Just because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean you have to give up your weight loss plan, or resign yourself to a dismal feast of crudités.
Losing weight has benefits. You can slip into clothing you thought you could never wear again, and you look and feel your best. It took lots of time and dedication to reach your weight loss goal and you’re proud of your accomplishment. Losing weight is no small feat! Hopefully, your spouse and family feel as
What you eat counts when you’re trying to lose weight – but what about when you eat? Find out what a recent study shows about meal timing and weight loss and why when you eat is important.
Few things ruin body confidence quite like cellulite. You can struggle to shed every trace of fat and possess the perfect physique but still suffer from this harmless dimpling on your backside. Cellulite is the universal bane of the female sex across the globe, with reports suggesting that it affects up to 90% of all women but only a handful of men. Despite its prevalence, most affected individuals remain ignorant of the facts, and contribute their affliction to overeating or being overweight. However, cellulite’s relationship to fat is much more complex than simply being indicative of a few extra pounds.
Do you weigh yourself on the bathroom scale first thing in the morning? Some people become so focused scale weighing that they forget there are other ways to follow their fitness progress. Find out why stepping on a scale every day isn’t always the best way to monitor your progress.
Considering going gluten free? A number of people are. Discover some of the problems you might encounter when eliminating gluten from your diet and how to avoid some of the most common pitfalls of going gluten-free.
