Archive for the ‘Weight Loss’ Category

Get Lazy

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Two things caught my eye today, both having to do with laziness. I loved the first one, called The Laziest Ways To Lose Weight. While these ideas should not be your Plan A when it comes to losing weight, they can easily supplement what you're already doing. I especially love ideas numbered 3, 5, 7 and ...Read More...

Feed Your Willpower

Monday, January 9th, 2012

According to the NY Times, scientists have determined that willpower isn't an intangible skill; it's a real form of energy in your brain that's fueled by glucose. From a dietary point of view, this explains a lot. If you've ever dieted, perhaps cutting carbohydrates to cut calories, you may have found yourself easily defeated. Since ...Read More...

Back to School Breakfasts

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

It's Back to School time! We'll talk this week about starting your kids' day off right with a good breakfast. No kids? Adults will benefit from this as well. Breakfast is important for so many reasons. It revs your metabolism, stabilizes your blood sugar after too many hours of not eating and helps you avoid overeating ...Read More...

Sip a Better Soda

Saturday, August 6th, 2011

One of our main sources of sugar and sugar-like substances is soda, both regular and diet. Neither one is something I recommend as a regular part of your diet, for a few reasons: Regular soda is full of completely empty calories. One 12-ounce can of regular soda contains about 150 calories, and no nutritional value. Cutting out ...Read More...

Water-y Weight

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

This week, I got a great question from one of my readers: "How could I gain 4 pounds between this week and last week? Is it water weight?" I hear this question all of the time, from both men and women who are trying to lose weight. Actually, the question went something like: "I am really ...Read More...

You’re Doing It!

Monday, June 6th, 2011
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Many of my clients don’t just want to lose weight, they must lose weight in order to improve their health. Often the amount of weight the client should lose is daunting: 40, 50, 100 pounds or more. We all know that this weight is not coming off very quickly, nor should it. Weight loss stimulated by ...Read More...

A Perfect Weight Loss Day

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

All this month, we've been talking about losing weight. It's not just because bathing suit season is almost upon us; excess weight is associated with many diseases such as high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and so on. Losing even just a few pounds can improve your health and reduce your ...Read More...

Recruiting Your Weight Loss Team

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Picture this: you've got the football, you're reaching back and you launch it down the field! Only it bounces ineffectually on the ground because there's no one there to catch it. Kind of hard to win a football game all by yourself. It's the same way with managing your weight: ...Read More...