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Weight Loss Goals for the Rest of Us
Posted by: By | CommentsCelebrities, professional bodybuilders and athletes can afford to hire personal trainers, dietitians, nutritionists and lifestyle coaches to help them lose weight. What about the rest of us? How do you and I set goals that will help us achieve a healthy weight loss?
Don’t dive into the deep end of the weight loss pool without some planning first. The way to approach healthy weight loss is not by rushing into it with no clear plan or goal. Start off by thinking about it before you start doing it. Deciding on some goals for your weight loss can mean the difference between success and defeat.
Be specific
You can have many goals with your weight loss. “I am going to lose 10 pounds in 30 days” is a good specific goal but “I am going to lose a lot of weight as quickly as possible” is not. You can also have goals like not snacking on junk food after dinner, or adding two servings of raw vegetables a day to your diet, or exercising 20 minutes every morning. These goals lead to good habits, just make sure you’re not trying to change too many things all at once. Read More→
Eating Healthier Comfort Foods While Losing Weight
Posted by: By | CommentsIt is a given fact that to lose weight you must eat healthy. To most people, that means giving up some of their favorite foods or their comfort foods. That is a big sacrifice to make, especially over the long haul.
Is it possible to get the best of both the worlds? Yes, it is! It is possible to eat healthier comfort foods and lose weight at the same time. How? All you need to do is to replace some of the more fattening ingredients with healthier alternatives and you have yourself a healthy dish! Your favorite foods will still taste good but with a healthier twist.
Here are some examples of ways you can make your favorite dishes healthier by substituting certain ingredients:
Motivation May Be the Key Ingredient in Helping You Lose Weight
Posted by: By | CommentsA lack of motivation may be stopping you from losing the weight you want. While you may know a lot about what exercises to do and what food to eat, but you also need a healthy dose of motivation to go after it for as long as it takes to reach your weight loss goal.
Unless you are motivated to get up and cook that healthy meal or go out for that run, you’re going to find yourself sitting in front of the television doing nothing and becoming depressed. Take some time before you start and figure out what motivates you to lose weight. It doesn’t necessarily come naturally, so take a look at some interesting ways to get yourself moving towards your goals.
The first thing you can do when you are looking for motivation to lose weight is to start keeping a journal. Sometimes, nothing is more motivating than seeing how far you have come. This is something that can be a pain in the beginning, but it can help you go the distance with your weight loss plan. Read More→
5 Muscle Toning Exercises You Can Do Anywhere, Anytime
Posted by: By | CommentsExercising regularly and maintaining an active lifestyle are important for permanent weight loss. Toning your muscles and staying in shape are easy ways to increase your life expectancy and improve your overall health and wellness. Weight-bearing exercises are important, especially for girls and women who want to build bone strength and prevent osteoporosis later in life.
Learning to do easy muscle toning exercises is not the problem, the challenge is finding the time to do them.
Here are five easy toning exercises that you can do anywhere and whenever you have time. At home, at the office, or on vacation, you can do these easy yet extremely effective exercises for general fitness. Read More→
Dr. Ian K. Smith’s Fat Smash Diet
Posted by: By | CommentsDr. Ian K. Smith, the creator of the 50 Million Pound Challenge is also the medical mind behind the Fat Smash Diet. If you are looking for a way to get your body losing weight and feeling good, this might be the plan for you. His Fat Smash Diet is an eating plan that is designed to change the way you think about food.
Unlike many diet plans today, the Fat Smash Diet is inexpensive. You shop just like normal at your regular grocery store without having to buy strange foods with names that you can’t pronounce. You don’t need to add any obscure spices to fix them at home. Once you understand the rationale behind how the diet works, you can follow what it says and see measurable weight loss. Read More→
