Friends and Fat
You can hardly have missed the recent discussion about your friends making you fat.
The gist of it is this: Having an obese friend greatly increases your chances for being obese, even more so than having an obese relative or spouse. If one friend begins to gain weight, then there’s a good chance the other will [...]
Quick Tip for Lunchtime Exercisers
Often, lunch is a great time to work in some exercise, but it’s often not a great time to shower. First off, if that’s your predicament, then I’d suggest keeping your mid-day exercise toned down to something like walking. You don’t want to go back to the office dripping sweat. If you want to get [...]
How to not blow it on the weekend
You stick to your healthy eating plan and exercise all week, but when the weekend rolls around, something happens. You eat more than you should, don’t exercise, and end up feeling rotten by Sunday night. Sound familiar?
Do weekends and healthy plans just not mix? Actually, it is possible to stick to your diet and exercise [...]
5 Tips for Day to Day Motivation
Motivation is a funny thing. You may want a healthier lifestyle, to lose weight, manage a health problem, get in shape, or simply look better. All of those are great reasons to eat right and exercise, but they can often be lousy motivators.
You’re having dinner out at a nice restaurant. Which is likely to motivate [...]
10 virtually instant ways to improve your life
These tips may not be specifically related to weight loss, but I believe that mastering even a few of them can do wonders for your outlook and mental health. Since I believe that for many, including me, eating is a form of self-medicating, these can actually help you achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle.read more [...]
Most popular posts
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Type 2 Diabetes
12 Tips [...]
Tips for low-carb eating
Whether you’re diabetic or just trying low-carb or low-glycemic diets to lose weight, it can be tough to plan meals. When potatoes, pasta, rice, and bread are pretty much out of the picture, it can be almost impossible to follow your tried and true recipes.
How can you go low-carb and still enjoy eating?
Read labels. Beware [...]
Sex and Weight Loss
You probably know that losing weight can make you feel better about your body, which can help you enjoy sex more. Luckily, having sex can also help you lose weight. Talk about a lucky coincidence!
Fast facts about sex and weight loss.
Be active during sex for a good cardiovascular workout
Try different positions to work different muscles
Sex [...]
Americans making progress managing diabetes: study
Don’t get me wrong, it’s great that more people have their blood sugar under control. However, think about this for a minute, even with the improvement, still over half of diabetics DON’T.
Given the profound effect diabetes can have, that’s a pretty scary statistic, don’t you think?read more | digg story
Article Featured on Fit Buff
My recent article on eating out without blowing it was featured in the current blog carnival at Fit Buff. There’s some interesting material there, so take some time to look around.
Thanks for including me on your site!