So you’ve decided to join a fitness center to get the exercise you need for your weight loss programs. There are basics every and any fitness center should have.

Safe equipment and safe instruction. Continue Reading

In this article you will discover some simple, yet effective weight loss tips which will help you break your bad habits and fight off the cravings.

When you can feel a craving coming on, brush your teeth… Continue Reading

So, you want to exercise but you think that you just don’t have the time. Hey, you’re busy with the spouse and kids and activities and work and…

The list just keeps going on and on… Continue Reading

Millions of people resort to crash dieting every year with the same staggering effects: They feel worse after the crash dieting than before! Crash dieting can be dangerous for your overall health and fitness. Let’s take a look at some of the dangers of crash dieting and you tell me if you’ve done some of these things before, ok?

Danger #1 – Trying to lose a lot of weight really fast. Continue Reading

Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce

Chop 1 medium fully ripe tomato for each serving of pasta.  For example if you’re feeding four for dinner, chop four tomatoes.  Sprinkle with salt and set aside.  Cook your choice of pasta until it’s nearly done.  Add ½ cup frozen peas for each serving of pasta and add to the pasta just a minute or two before you remove from the heat.  Strain the pasta and the peas. Chop a handful of basil leaves.  Add the chopped tomatoes with their juice and basil leaves to the pasta and peas and toss well.  Sprinkle each serving with one tablespoon of freshly grated parmesan cheese.  Add a tossed green salad with low cal or no cal dressing and dinner is done.

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Joining a fitness center can motivate you to stick with your weight loss program.  But  there are so many to choose from, how can you narrow down the field?

Determine what your goals are for your fitness program. Continue Reading

Losing weight can be a very, very depressing goal to reach. You think about all of the work that you’ll have to do to get there and all of your favorite foods that you’ll have to quit eating to reach your goal. What if it isn’t as hard as you might think and you can still lose weight fast? Let’s look at three very easy and simple ways that you can lose weight fast starting right now.

First, don’t worry about not being able to eat all of your favorite foods because we’re not going to give them all up! Instead, we’re going to focus on simply eating less of them. That’s not too hard, is it? No, it’s not. When you go eat your favorite foods, grab a smaller plate, that way you’ll have less to eat but still eat what you like! Continue Reading

The Atkins Diet is the grand daddy of the quick weight loss diets.  It’s based on severely limiting carbohydrates.   Carbs are processed by the body to become sugar or glucose.  Glucose is used by the body for energy.  If the carbs consumed for the day aren’t enough, the body transforms the fat it has stored back into glucose for energy.  Carbs also cause the blood sugar to spike which signals the body to produce insulin to remove the sugar from the bloodstream.  This causes the blood sugar to drop which results in a craving for more carbs to raise it back up. That’s the basis of the Atkin’s Diet.  Severely limit carbohydrates in the daily diet and the body has to fall back on its fat storage for energy.

The initial two week kick start program only allows 20 grams of carbs per day. The carbs from fiber are netted – subtracted from the total carb count.  So for example, while ¼ cup of blueberries has a total carb count of 5.1 grams, only 4.1 grams are counted because 1 gram is from fiber. Continue Reading

This article may seem a little obvious to most people, especially people who are overweight, but believe it or not, there are factors involved with being overweight that many people are not aware of. They think it all comes down to eating too much. Ironically, it’s got very little to do with how much you eat, but more to do with WHAT you eat as well as factors that have nothing to do with eating at all. Bet that comes as a shock to you? Well, after reading this article, you may find quite a few things shocking as to why you’re having so much trouble fitting into that new cocktail dress or speedo.

Let me start off by saying that you can eat as much as you want and still maintain your ideal weight. If you’re thinking this is voodoo, it’s not. See, the general concept of how we gain a pound and lose a pound is very simple. The best way to explain this is with an example. But first let me explain what a calorie is. Yes, the evil culprit to this whole vicious cycle of gaining and losing weight. Continue Reading

An apple a day keeps the doctor away but it also keeps the pounds off as well.  Any type of apple will do, just eat it fresh and with the peel.  The pectin in the peel makes you feel fuller.  The average apple only has about 50 calories and is full of vitamin C and fibers.  Drinking apple juice or cooked apples won’t give you the same effect as a raw apple.

You can slice an apple and add it to cooked oatmeal for breakfast.   Sliced apples, turkey  and a sprinkling of walnuts makes a great sandwich filling.  Chopped apples can be added to a salad.   Apples can be added to chicken salad or ham salad. Continue Reading