Contrary to what many people believe, exercise does not have to be boring. In fact, exercise should be designed to be fun. Don't start treating physical fitness as a chore. Below are some of the fun exercises that you can do to start losing weight. Zumba Zumba is a fitness craze that was first created by Choreographer Beto Perez in the 1990s. It has been growing rapidly … [Read more...]
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Losing Weight: It’s All In Your Head
As each new year begins, many women decide that it’s time to become healthier, fitter, and skinnier. Weight loss can drastically improve and change your quality of life, but there is so much that can go wrong as well. Forget Your Flaws and Focus on What You Love I have always had disproportionately big legs-- you could say I’m “pear” shaped. I used to hate my legs. I lost … [Read more...]
Ditch the Diet Fads: 6 Lifestyle Changes That Will Actually Help You Keep Weight Off
In today’s “eat and run” culture, it can be hard to maintain a healthy weight. Losing weight is even harder. Many people who try fad diets fail to experience permanent weight loss, and their bodies often suffer from poor nutrition. Weight is a balancing act with a simple equation. When people eat more calories than they burn, they gain weight. If they eat fewer calories … [Read more...]
Losing Weight Can be Tough: Six Tips for Getting the Support You Need
Effectively losing weight is both a psychological challenge and a physical one. It can often be challenging to stick with it, or to have your friends and family along for the ride. By following these six steps, you will be able to successfully lose weight with the support that you need to succeed. 1. Tell your family and friends of your plan By telling your family and … [Read more...]
Fighting Hunger on a Diet
Nobody likes dieting. We like eating what we want, when we want, but there are consequences to pay for eating too much of the wrong foods. There are several reasons we diet. We may have health conditions that require a special diet such as diabetes or celiac disease, but for the most part we diet to lose weight. There are all sorts of fad weight loss diets-- no carbs, no … [Read more...]
Your Weight Loss and Exercise Questions Answered
Health and wellness is an important part of our daily lives and it doesn't matter if you're male or female or which age group you fall into. To stay healthy and fit you must eat balanced meals and make time for an exercise regime. Unlike crazy, crash or fad diets, eating healthy needs to be a constant in your life, not an exception. Below are some common questions asked about … [Read more...]
Top Three Weight Loss Tips For The Busy Office Person
Being tied down to a nine-to-five job can lead to an unhealthy lifestyle. You will be sitting in front of the computer most of the time, which means you will not be burning as much caloriescompared to someone with a more active work life. Having to be at work on time every single work day also means you will not have enough time for exercise in the morning. When your … [Read more...]
Top Reasons Why New Year Diets Will Fail
With every New Year comes a New Year's resolution, the most popular of which tends to be losing weight, or eating healthily. Millions of people around the world decide that New Year Diets are a great time to go on a diet, but not many of them will get past the first few weeks. What is it that makes these resolutions fail? Let's take a look at the top reasons and how to stop … [Read more...]
Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Weight-Loss Program
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third of U.S. adults are obese. Obesity has been shown to increase the risk of developing heart disease, cancer, respiratory issues, gallstones, diabetes and more. Not only does being overweight increase your chances of developing serious illnesses, but it can also dramatically shorten your … [Read more...]
Change the way of Life to Change the Way You Look
Sedentary lifestyles, resistance towards physical exercise, large dependence on junk foods, regular intake of fried and fast foods along with cold drinks, etc. are all responsible for making young people susceptible to gaining weight. Excess weight gain results in young people becoming overweight and this often results in becoming obese. Weighing a bit on the heavier side does … [Read more...]