Diet and Weight Loss Programs
Diet Articles
Eating Healthy On a Budget
Every where you look the experts are telling us we are fat and need to lose weight. Yet, if you want to eat healthy, it’s going to cost a bit more in the long run. You’re on a tight budget and buying healthy food is difficult, especially when […]
Create A Support System
Weight loss is a lot easier on you if you have a support system. It can be a motivating factor during those inevitable tough times, and can be a great ego booster when you are succeeding.
How do you create a support system?
Families
Your family should be the first layer of […]
Create Your Own Weight Loss Program
Have you ever thought about creating your own plan for weight loss? Weight loss programs can serve as motivation and as a guide for a lot of people, and have helped them realize their goals for weight loss. Programs for weight loss, whether they be local or online can give […]
Types of Diets
There are several different types of diets available today. These diets have several categories that we can define them by.
Fixed-menu diet
The fixed menu diet provides a list with all food you are allowed to eat. The fixed menu diet may work well on the short term, but it won’t help […]
Making Resolutions
Do you make resolutions every year that start on January 1st ? I still do. They rarely work, like the resolution I made once with a group of friends to quit drinking on New Year’s Day. We were all completely serious about it – partied till we puked on New Year’s Eve.
After […]
Choosing A Diet Program
There are tons of diet plans to choose from. Celebrities push various diets and pills: it’s difficult to decide on a diet that will work for you and keep you healthy. So, when looking for a diet, think about the following things.
Lifestyle – Are you sedentary or active? Do you […]
Weight Loss Program Benefits
Are you afraid of the scale? Do you shake uncontrollably as you get on? Once you’re on the scale, do you see the number and run screaming from the room? You know you need to be on a diet, but what to do? Where do you start?
You need to find […]
Making Weight Loss Easy And Permanent
Think about setting goals.
If you do set goals, set reasonable goals. Be prepared for the goal to change sometime down the line. If you set a goal for yourself, it should be attainable. But don’t say: I’m going to work out an hour a day, 7 days a […]
The Incredible Edible Smoothie
There are smoothie shops everywhere these days. Within a 5 mile radius of my house, there are four shops, not including the mall.
The smoothie has been around since 1960. Similar to a milkshake, they’re sweet, made with fruit, milk or yogurt. They can be made from vegetables as well.
Smoothies can be […]
Make a small change or a big change?
I have a hard time making small changes. When I decide I need to do something, like lose weight, I can’t start small. If I start small, then I feel I’m setting myself up for failure.
For instance: if I make small changes in my diet, it makes it […]
Sanjay Gupta About HFCS
Sanjay Gupta - a doctor with CNN talked about corn in our diets. Not so much natural corn - like corn on the cob, but - my favorite thing lately - high fructose corn syrup! He had a carbon test done on himself to find out how much high fructose corn […]
Are you sure it’s 100 percent?
So you’re in the store and you’re getting ready to buy a product. The package says 100% whatever it is you’re going to buy. But did you read the label?
If you read the label on […]
Ways To Cut Fat In Your Diet
Try using a butter spray. Using a butter spray can help you cut the fat in your diet, but you must remember the sprays on the market still have fat in them. For instance, Butter Flavor Pam says it has 7 calories per 1 second spray, and less than […]
How much fat are you storing on your body?
How much fat are you storing on your body? The body mass index or bmi can help you determine this. The number you get, once evaluated; will help signify if you’re in danger of developing heart disease by establishing if you are overweight or underweight.
You can […]
Five Ways to Cut Carbs
I don’t know about you, but cutting carbs, for me is a tough thing to do. While I’ve cut back somewhat, I’m not able – and I won’t – cut carbs completely out of my diet. A gal’s gotta have some comfort! I do try to watch what kind and how […]
