Diet Tips and Tricks

Healthy Weight Loss Tips One of the biggest industries around today is the weight loss industry. Everyone is selling machines and pills that will melt off pounds like lightning. The truth is: healthy weight loss requires time and dedication. If you’re committed to losing weight the right way, here are a few healthy weight loss tips to help you … [Read more...] about Healthy Weight Loss Tips

Great Skin Foods - Stay Younger and Feel Good Everything you put into your body will be reflected in your skin. If you have a diet high in fat, processed foods and little fruit and vegetables your skin will surely reflect that. In our teens, and 20s we’re able to get away with a lot but once we hit 30 and beyond our skin isn’t so forgiving … [Read more...] about Great Skin Foods

Some Low Fat Alternatives * For low-fat gravy, use a separator (from any kitchen store), cool the gravy so the fat rises to the top and pour the flavorful liquid from the spout at the bottom. * Use half the amount of high-calorie ingredients like chocolate chips, but use the mini kind, or chop things small, so they go evenly throughout the … [Read more...] about Some Low Fat Alternatives

Adding Fiber to Your Diet The International Food Information Council suggests these foods as ways to add fiber to your diet: * A medium apple with skin, 3.7 grams of fiber. * One cup of broccoli, boiled, 4.5 grams of fiber. * One cup of brown rice, cooked, 3.5 grams of fiber. * One medium raw carrot, 2.2 grams of fiber. * One cup of … [Read more...] about Adding Fiber to Your Diet

The Harvard School of Public Health has now published a guide to fats and cholesterol online. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fats.html … [Read more...] about Guide to Fats and Cholestorol

Fat Labelling What do the labels we read mean by low fat? Here's a list of some of the most common label claims and what they really mean. Taken from http://about.com Fat Free - Less than 0.5g of fat per serving XX% Fat Free - Must also meet the low fat claim (below) Low Fat - 3g or less per serving; or 3g per 100g for a meal or … [Read more...] about Fat Labelling

Planning the Diet Diet planning, for us includes the following things. Most of the reasons are purely selfish, I admit it. Prepare the household. All three of us. I continue to tell babyboy on a daily basis that once school is out, we will begin dieting. I'm doing it this way because I will have more control (evil maniacal laugh) over his … [Read more...] about Planning the Diet

I require alot of food. More than most men. It's not because I'm bored, or depressed, or PMS'd, or whatever - although all of these things can contribute. The bottom line is: I'm just freakin hungry! I'm hungry all the time. Even when I'm on my deathbed sick, I have an appetite. As a kid, my mom never believed me when I said I was sick because I … [Read more...] about What Do I Snack on When Dieting?