So how much weight did you lose? 10 pounds? 20 pounds? 30 pounds? Excellent! But you’ll still need to keep working to keep it off. It’s really easy to slack off and start to regain that weight that you worked off, but you don’t have to if you truly don’t want to.

Let me give you some tips that will help you in your life after weight loss. They’re easy and effective, so there’s no reason for you to regain that weight that you worked so hard to remove! Continue reading »

Can you really lose weight just by thinking about it? Well studies have shown that athletes can improve their game through the technique of visualizing the correct sequence of muscle movements. During the process of visualization it seems that even though the muscles don’t move, the brain sends electrical impulses that mimic the impulses sent when the action is physically carried through. That is practicing by thinking about it.

People who want to lose weight are often their own worst enemy. Looking in the mirror they chide themselves for their flabby thighs or stomach over hanging the belt. They don’t see that they’ve lost weight, they just see how much more weight they should lose. This mind set just re-enforces their poor self image. Then when a caramel swirl cookie beckons, they figure why not, they’re fat and flabby anyway. Continue reading »

When they speak about World War II and the Battle of the Bulge, they forgot about the biggest bulge battle of all time. I’m talking about that spare tire around your middle, the flabby arms and thighs, the double chin and just about every other part of your body that’s got just a little more meat on it than it’s supposed to have. Well, fear not. While you may have tried just about every get thin quick diet in existence with no luck at all, this article, and the brief series to follow, will give you some solid info and a few common sense tips to get you off on the right foot in getting that body that you always wanted. Hopefully, after reading this series, you’ll have a pretty good idea of how to go about losing those extra pounds.

The first thing you need to do is actually determine if you need to lose weight. Oh, I know, you’re not a size three. Well, maybe you’re not supposed to be a size three. After all, each of us have different heights and bone structures. Those two things play a great role in determining just how much we should weigh. For example, somebody who is five foot seven with a small frame, or bone structure, should not weigh as much as somebody who is five foot five with a large frame, or bone structure. News flash, bones are heavy. So you have to take that into consideration. Continue reading »