Losing Pregnancy Weight: Need a Constant Source of Motivation?

Do you struggle with weight loss? Some days, you feel gung-ho. You're ready to eat salad and chicken all day long, forsaking desserts for good. On other days, you feel completely hopeless. You think, "Why bother?" as you reach to open a bag of cookies. When fighting a...

Succeeding with the Raw Food Diet

Our schedules often prohibit us from finding the time to develop the kind of physique we want to achieve for a healthy life. Disheartening as it may be, this fact also leads to the unnecessary accumulation of fat which only invites poor health. There’s the saying that...

Controlling Portion Size

If you observe carefully you’re likely to find that you eat more than you need. There are several steps you can take to reduce the size of your portions without being hungry or feeling deprived... The first, and most obvious, is to emphatically say “no” when asked,...

A Message To Overweight Kids or Teens

If you are overweight or obese, don't be afraid to ask your parents for help. I know that you may think they are too busy, don't think it is a problem, or will just tell you to "eat less and get up and move instead of sitting around all the time". It isn't quite that...

How to fight urges to eat

How can I resist the impulse to eat? We must first comprehend why we eat in order to respond to this query. You most certainly already know the answers to that question, it's safe to assume. We need food to survive. We eat for caloric energy. We eat in order to fuel...

Take Control of Your Metabolism

Quick Tips for Increased Muscle Tone, Faster Fat Burning, and Energy Levels Like a 9-Year-Old! So many people are talking about how slow their metabolism is and why they need to start taking the latest diet supplement scam yet they don’t even understand how the human...

Am I Gaining The Freshman Fifteen?

by Editor | Jun 9, 2011 | Overweight

If you have ever found yourself pondering this question, you are not alone. Millions of freshmen across the nation struggle with weight gain each year as they adjust to college life, and quite often this weight gain comes as an unpleasant surprise as they return home...

College Weight Gain

by Editor | Jun 9, 2011 | Nutrition, Overweight

Are you destined to gain the Freshman Fifteen? Students today are faced with the serious reality of unwanted weight gain as they enter college. A recent study by Cornell University found that, on average, college freshmen gain about 0.5 pounds a week... This is almost...