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Contrary to common belief, your weight is not really the indicator of a weight problem ? the actual percentage of body fat is the true indicator. You need to know what percent of you is actually FAT. How are you going to monitor your weight loss if you do not know what percent of your [...]

The best way to lose weight is by consuming fewer calories than you expend or conversely, by expending more calories than you consume. Experts have discovered that certain foods can actually help you to lose weight without the stress of dieting or exercise. The down side is that many of us have a tendency to [...]

I personally lost 60 pounds in 2003. Here are some tactics I used to lose the weight: 1) Steamed instead of fried 2) Brown rice instead of white rice 3) Wheat bread instead of white bread

Metabolism is essentially the speed at which our body’s motor is running. The speed at which our body burns calories is called the metabolic rate. It’s how fast your “motor” is running when you’re still in a reclined position or sleeping. About 60-75% of energy is expended by the body at rest in such activities. [...]

Low self-esteem produces a game of control. It causes a person to suffer in silence ? suffering that can lead to anorexia. Do you struggle with painful feelings about yourself, as a person? We can have so much in our western world, but lack the one thing we most desire ? acceptance and a feeling [...]

Doctor, Why Can’t I Loose Weight and by the Way Why Do I Feel Sick? This the number one question heard in my office and in physicians’ offices throughout America. There is a strong relationship between weight gain, difficulty in loosing weight and feeling sick. Candida Albicans, an opportunistic fungus, is often the link between [...]

There are those that walk amongst us who have followed all the advice, diligently dieted and exercised with genuine effort for long periods of time, yet still fail to lose their excess weight. Even more heartbreaking for those of us who genuinely struggle with obesity are the accusations of sloth and laziness from those thin [...]

The chemistry sounds very straightforward. Human body fat is a combination of three elements – hydrogen, carbon and oxygen molecules (plus other substances that are stored within the fat cells). Add extra oxygen to the body fat, and in theory it should break down into two well known substances: # Hydrogen & oxygen molecules (H2O [...]

Low carb (carbohydrate), high protein diets are the latest dieting craze. However, before you jump on the band wagon, you may want to consider a few things: 1. Low carb (ketogenic) diets deplete the healthy glycogen (the storage form of glucose) stores in your muscles and liver. When you deplete glycogen stores, you also dehydrate,  [...]

Are you dieting your way to bone loss? Are you aware that the diet you follow may be depleting your bones of essential nutrients and increasing your chances of developing osteoporosis? Popular diets may promise quick weight loss, but calcium and other important nutrients are often missing from the menu, which can lead to bone [...]

Losing Weight is All About Counting Calories/Carbs and Exercising. Or Is It? 5 Tips to Consider When You Want To Lose Fat Forever. With two thirds of our population overweight (one third in the obese category), watching our weight is no longer something we are doing to look more appealing, or perhaps thinking about doing. [...]

Addicted to Restaurants Are you addicted to restaurants? So are lots of Americans. What used to be a “treat,” going out for dinner, has become more common that cooking at home, and we think we’re better off? Think again. Restaurant eating, fast foods and highly processed foods are turning us into a nation of tubby’s. [...]

There are several ways to manage cravings. You can: Attempt to stop eating the food you crave entirely (out of sight out of mind). Modify your eating habits around a particular food, i.e. cut back on the quantity or how often you indulge. Use EFT to end the attachment you have to this particular food. [...]

What to Do with the Leftovers? Okay, tell me if you’ve ever done this: It’s Monday late afternoon. You decided yesterday that starting today you were going to 1) eat right, and 2) start to get regular exercise, and 3) give up all your bad habits. So, you’re picking things up around the house and [...]

I can’t do that Until I Lose This Weight! If you don’t enjoy the life you’ve got because you think you don’t look good in shorts or you can’t bring yourself to wear a bathing suit, you’re doing nothing more than wasting your life for nothing. Maybe you don’t look like a bathing beauty but [...]

Some Say I’m Strange. I Prefer to Think of Myself as Resourceful If you’d like to learn how to obtain quality chocolate, put it in a drawer and forget it’s there, learn to use EFT and NLP techniques to conquer your emotional eating. That’s what I’ve done, and it’s such a freeing thing to be [...]

Telling yourself you have to “struggle with this weight issue for the rest of my life,” is as good as telling yourself there’s no point in trying. “Why bother? I’ll just gain it right back. It’s no use. I might as well eat more cake. Poor me. Life is hard. You know the drill. Life’s [...]

We’ve entered the Twilight Zone when it comes to the multitude of diets being promoted today. Starting with the Atkins Diet, then the South Beach Diet, now the Hamptons Diet and more. All higher in protein, lower in carbs, but the distinction should be quality of carbs, not singling out one nutrient entirely. If you [...]

Finding Mad Cow in Oregon puts a new wrinkle in the high protein diet, doesn’t it? What’s a person to do that wants to eat more meat, not less? Are you Eating Less Meat Due to Mad Cow Disease? Not the people I’ve spoken with. Most are saying, “Yipee, beef’s on sale!” The food industry [...]

When you truly consider the weight-loss process, the battle waged is mostly in your mind. “Should I eat the corn muffin with butter or would it be better for me to have margarine or better yet, have jelly? What am I doing eating this muffin anyway? It’s so caloric and filled with saturated fat. I’m [...]

1. What is Atkins Diet? Dr. Atkins diet, first introduced in 1972, is strictly focused on limiting carbohydrate consumption. That is why it is called a low-carb, high-protein diet or sometimes simply a low-carb diet, together with other diets such as South Beach Diet, Power Protein Diet etc… 2. What are carbohydrates, and where can [...]

1. What is my BMI and how do I calculate it? BMI means Body Mass Index. The value is associated with body fat and health risks. Healthy weight is defined as a BMI equal to or greater than 19 and less than 25 among all people aged 20 or over. Between 25 and 29.9 is [...]

Q: I’ve heard you mention that you don’t need tons of cardio to burn stubborn abdominal fat. Okay, I can live with that, but you’ve also said that it isn’t absolutely necessary to perform direct ab work either. What gives? A: If you want to build a serious set of abdominals, routinely perform the following [...]

Can Writing Actually Improve Your Health? According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, writing about stressful life events helped reduce symptoms of asthma and rheumatoid arthritis in patients with these chronic illnesses. The effects of the writing exercise were still evident four months later and resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in patient symptoms. [...]

Pick Up Your Pen and Lose Weight! Although every dieter knows that keeping food records is a key to permanent weight loss, few understand the importance of also keeping an “emotional journal.”   In fact, one dieter lost 100 pounds, thanks in part to the insights gained through daily journaling. Dieting for weight loss can be [...]

Real Weight Loss Begins Today…With Cliff Kuhn, M.D.s Fun Factor Diet! Weight Loss is something that many Americans struggle with. In this article, Cliff Kuhn, M.D. will teach you why your weight loss techniques so far have been unsuccessful, and how to correctly lose weight – and keep it off! P.T. Barnum, who dedicated his [...]

The Beginners Guide to Losing Weight So you’ve decided that you’re going to do it. You’re sick and tired of being sick and tired and are once and for all hell bent on losing weight. Well, let me be the first to warn you of a very grim fact: Millions have tried before you and [...]

3 Ways Going with the Flow Will Make You Fat – And What To Do About It! Wanna know the truth?  If you’re going to be slim, you’re going to have to swim against the current.  You’re going to have to take charge of your body and make your own decisions?cause if you go with [...]

What are the 8 Proven Weight Loss Tips? There are a lot of “crash” diets out there that promise that you’ll drop a considerable amount of weight in days or a week. I have tried a few of these, and in my experience the weight always comes back on, just as quickly since the weight [...]