Archive for July, 2005

Twenty Ways To Burn 100 Calories

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Here’s a GREAT article on how to burn calories. I love these suggestions and will incorprate as many as I can into my lifestyle. What’s best about these little activities is that they are easy to do, and they are all good for you in some way! Oh, and if you […]

Why you are not losing weight

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Sometimes when you’re dieting, you don’t lose the weight you’re expecting. Here are eight reasons to why you are not losing weight. These are: identified by Glenn Mueller and Susan Burke from eDiets.com:
1. You might be eating too much

This often happens when you’re not weighting, measuring and noting down exactly what you’re […]

Television For Vegetarians

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Imagine being able to learn about how to eat healthily by watching TV. Instead of watching fast food commercials you’d be watching great programmes and interviews on nutrition….
TV presenter and businesswoman Karin Ridgers has spent the past 18 months liaising with TV stations to get a healthy compassionate TV programme off of the ground. […]

Potential New Obesity Treatment

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Weight loss struggles may soon be a thing of the past…. at least for some people. A new treatment that increases the feeling of being “full” has been hailed a success by medical researchers. Not only did test subjects feel full, but they also reported a weight loss of over 2kgs over […]

Calorie-Burning Drink

Monday, July 25th, 2005

Now I’ve heard everything:
The same people who produced those drinks and snacks that make us fat and unhealthy are going to produce calorie-burning drinks. Now that’s taking the concept of “hair of the dog” to another level! Here is the article by Rednova:
“Coca-Cola, Nestle Developing Calorie-Burning Tea
Sit back, have a drink, and lose weight. […]

Fitness Begins At Home

Monday, July 25th, 2005

A great thing about walking is that you can measure your progress. All you have to do is carry a little pedometer and it will measure the amount of steps you take each day. You can even compare your results with friends and family. Can you imgaine the fat burning benefits of […]

Healthy Chocolate Choices

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

When is chocolate okay to eat? There have lately been reports that the fat in dark chocolate containsa healthy monosaturated fat oleic acid, which you can also find in olive oil. I’ve also heard that chocolate contains phytochemicals, which are good for the heart, and that their flavionids have a more potent […]

Exercise At Home And Avoid The Gym

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

I have a love-hate relationship with the gym. I love it when I’m slim and looking good. I love wearing those cute outfits and admiring my newly svelte figure in the mirror. But when I’m heavy, I avoid the gym like the plague. I also resent paying for membership while I’m sitting at home watching TV and eating icecream. If you’re anything like me, there may be a solution to this situation

Why French Women Are Thin

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

Okay, we’ve all been bombarded with messages that French women are so much slimmer than us, and there are competing views as to why this is so. Could it be the diet that they eat? Could it be the amount of walking that they do? Could it be that French women are […]

Preventing Weight Gain With Walking

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

Bob Greene, personal trainer to the stars refers to research carried out at the University of New Mexico which found that when you increase your level of exercise to around 2 to 5 hours of brisk walking a week, you can prevent weight gain. Although the study was carried out on teenage girls, the […]