Diet

What do most people do when they figure out that they have put on a few pounds? The first thing they decide to do is to eat less food than they normally do. It sounds like a reasonable solution does it not? It would seem that it was food that got us overweight in the first place, would this not be a reasonable solution to the problem? Read More...

Eating a Balanced Diet - What Does This Mean?

By Hilary Basile

A Balanced Diet

Eating a balanced diet means getting healthy portions of the five basic food groups each day. Use the food pyramid as a guide for how many servings of each food group you should be getting each day. A balanced diet means eating a wide variety of foods, as well as eating everything in moderation. Read More...

Formulate Your Own Fat Loss Diet

By Scott T Smith

In the world of weight loss, there are definite do's and don'ts. Exercise is a must, and so is diet choice, but these are hardly issues to play by ear. Diet is quite possibly the most important consideration in any personal weight loss effort. So don't just rely on hearsay - consider these 4 recommendation in formulating a fat loss diet for you. - Read More...

Fat Burning Compatible Foods

By Gary Gresham

Fat burning compatible foods seem to be a popular topic around the gym these days. We also hear a lot about negative calorie foods which are considered a part of fat burning compatible foods. So if you are wondering what all the hype is about here is a simple explaination. Read More...

6 Steps to Breaking Bad Eating Habits

By Larina Kase

As you know, habits are difficult to break. This is because habits are formed by a complex combination of emotions, actions, biology, and relationships. Here are 6 simple steps to breaking your bad habits. Read-More...

Good Food/Bad Food What's Left to Eat?

By Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP

We've entered the Twilight Zone when it comes to the multitude of diets being promoted today. Starting with the Atkins Diet, then the South Beach Diet, now the Hamptons Diet and more. All higher in protein, lower in carbs, but the distinction should be quality of carbs, not singling out one nutrient entirely. If you are on the Atkins Diet, South Beach Diet or any other variation of a high protein/low carb diet simply adjust from eating low quality carbs like refined flour and sugar products (think if it comes in a box, it's likely low quality) to eating more whole food products like fresh vegetables and fruits - yes fruits. Read More...

Eat Healthily - Results Will Come!

Most people are impatient. They decide they want something and they want it NOW!

We live in a world where unless we can have what we want straightaway, we lose interest very quickly. Read More...

Emotional Eating

Most overeating is emotional!

Very few people realize that they are eating for emotional reasons and then go after specific problems behind their eating to try to cure them. If you are an overeater you need to understand the reasons why you overeat which will help you change your eating patterns. If not, you end up getting stuck in a self-defeating cycle like this one; "You overeat because you're upset, you gain weight because you overeat, you get upset because you've gained weight." And you never seem to break out the cycle long enough to lose weight or keep weight off. Read more...

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