With the holiday season fast approaching, it’s easy to worry about packing on the pounds. But that doesn’t have to happen this year.
You can enjoy the holidays without having to worry about gaining too much weight.
Here are 5 simple tips to help you avoid putting on weight during the holiday season. Read more »
We are all guilty of cheating on our diets from time to time and can also feel guilty about doing it. So why do we cheat anyways? This article is going to address this question. You will also learn how often you should cheat on your diet and supplements that should be taken before and after a big cheat meal. Read more »
Many people become overweight and feel the need to lose weight. Instead of losing the weight naturally, they start using fat burners instead. This article is going to explain what fat burners are, what they are useful for, common side effects, and the best fat burners on the market today. You are also going to learn the positive side of using fat burners and if used properly, why they can enhance ones physique. Read more »
In the first two parts of this series, I discussed the importance of avoiding fad diets, starvation diets and gimmicks when trying to lose weight. In the last of this three part series, I will discuss the importance of moderate exercise in helping you not only achieve your weight loss goals but maintaining them for the rest of your life!
Crucial to raising your metabolic rate and therefore losing weight, is a moderate exercise program. You do not need to run or kill yourself with endless cardio exercises, exhausting, “boot camp” style fitness regimens or aerobic classes that leave you drained.
Depending on your level of fitness and how far over your target weight you are will determine the level of exercise.
There is one thing to remember when exercising to burn fat: You need to do some type of activity that will raise your heart rate to what is known as your “target zone”. This is the number of beats per minute you want your pulse at for a continuous session of 30 minutes. Read more »
In Part 1 of this series, I explained how the only way to permanently lose weight is to change your lifestyle. “Dieting” will almost always result in an initial loss of weight (both fat and lean muscle) however, once you go off your diet you will rapidly gain back the weight you lost. In addition, since your body is designed to protect itself from a lack of calories, it will also put on additional stores of body fat. The old adage “one step forward, two steps back” applies to this type of “yo-yo” dieting.
I also discussed your Basic Metabolic Rate (BMR) and how that plays into your weight loss plan. If you go on any type of extreme diet, your body will simply lower its BMR even further in order to survive. The goal is to increase your BMR not decrease it. Read more »
