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Was good looks and great health your New Year resolution?
Not too surprising is the fact that one of the most common of New Year’s resolutions is also one of the most often broken. If you’re a man who makes an effort to tuck in your bulging waistline when in the company of the fairer sex, you know what I mean. If you are a woman who thinks that dressmakers mislabel size eights as size ten, you have probably made that resolution a few times yourself.

Author: Dr Agolli
Category: Obesity

Winning By Losing (WEIGHT, THAT IS)
According to the CDC, Center for Disease Control, between 21 to 34% of us are overworking our bathroom scales...especially here in the Southeast. Body Mass Index (BMI) is calculated from a person’s weight and height, which provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most people and is used to screen for weight categories that may lead to health problems.

Author: Dr Agolli
Category: Weight Loss Articles

Who Influences You?
The people we are closest to, and spend the most time with, influence who we are; that should come as no surprise. But your friends may have much more of an impact on your health than you realized. If you struggle to lose weight, or want to gain insight into your health, start by taking a look at your closest friends.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Dieting (weight loss)

The Most Popular Weight Loss Diets And Methods Reviewed
Summertime is approaching and, for those who have to lose weight and wand to wear their most beautiful bathing suit on the beach, it's time to think about starting a little diet.

Author: Dominique Halet
Category: Dieting (weight loss)

Weight Loss Challenge
WOW! It's been a busy 4 months during the Lost It for Life: Weight Loss Challenge 2006. This was a weight loss contest that I helped coordinate at a local gym in Spokane, Washington.

Author: Ben Greenfield
Category: Dieting (weight loss)

Things you should avoid in your weight loss program
Very often we are aware of the reasons and practices that lead to gain in weight. Sometimes we plan to change them but find it difficult to execute our plans. In most of the cases, an attempt is made in right earnest but does not last long. Many excuses come handy.

Author: charli jhonson
Category: Dieting (weight loss)

All About Protein
Many of us are aware of the benefits of protein - it's ability to slow release of blood sugar, enhance muscular recovery, assist with weight loss, and perhaps most importantly, make our meals more interesting and tasty! Here are several recommendations for your protein intake.

Author: Ben Greenfield
Category: Dieting (weight loss)

The Secret to Busting Through Your Plateau, Part 1
Case Study #1 is a 40 year old woman attempting to lose weight. Let's call her Mrs. T. Two years prior, Mrs. T hired a personal trainer to design an exercise program for her.

Author: Ben Greenfield
Category: Dieting (weight loss)

A Neat Way to Lose Weight
Small changes in the amount of movement you make every day can lead to big rewards when it comes to weight loss.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Weight Loss Articles

How Big is Your Belly?
Being overweight is bad for your health; there is no question about it. But research shows that where you store fat is more important than how much extra weight you are carrying.

Author: Rachel Lukasavige
Category: Weight Loss Articles

Cardio: Get the Most Bang for Your Buck!
Which cardio exercise burns the most calories? If I had a nickel for every time I hear this question from a client or curious gym-goer, I'd have a pretty fat wallet! In this article, I'd like to not only compare the calorie burning effects of various forms of popular cardio exercise, but also consider the pros and cons of each.

Author: Ben Greenfield
Category: Weight Loss Articles

What Is The Best Way To Burn Fat?
What is the best way to burn fat? Over the years, the answer you would most likely hear is that some form of cardio was the best way to burn fat. Among the popular exercises to burn fat are these types of exercise: walking, jogging, running, swimming, biking, dancing and the like. We all have been taught that in order to lose weight we need to work our heart harder so that it's in the "targeted heart range". Basically, what this means is that any exercise that increases our pulse rate will help us to burn fat at a faster pace. Studies have shown that working the heart will increase our metabolic rate for up to four hours.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Other Weight Loss Issues

Boost Your Metabolic Rate and Start Losing Weight
The metabolism is one of the most understood processes of the human body. You may have even made the mistake of believing it was a body part! (It is not), and the lack of information is leaving people confounded.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Other Weight Loss Issues

How To Lose Belly Fat In Only 10 Minutes
I have been doing this for years folks. One of the most common questions I get at the gym while I'm training someone is "How Do I Lose Belly Fat"? It's simple I tell them and it really is. You just have to be consistent. That is the key to anything you do in life. It's called ambition. Let's start: Minutes 1-5

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Other Weight Loss Issues

Too Stressed To Lose Weight?
Can't commit to losing weight? Too tired, too busy or too preoccupied to put the effort into a new fit and trim you? Putting off a decent diet and exercise program until after Christmas, after the exams, after the baby is born, after...(insert perfectly valid sounding excuse here).

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Weight Loss Articles

How Fat Burners Work For Your Health
The purpose of a fat burner is to increase your metabolism so that your body will convert stored fat into energy and use it up. But when considering adding a fat burner to your diet and cardio regimen, you will face a choice of what type of fat burner to take.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Weight Loss Articles

Super Fast Weight Loss - How To Easily Get A Sexy Body!
We all know there's a sexy body inside us just waiting to get out. Remember how it was before all of that weight started piling on?

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Weight Loss Articles

Eating Disorders, Hypnotizability, and the Use of Hypnosis as a Part of the Therapeutic Process
Hypnotizability in eating disordered populations can be viewed as a personality trait as well as ability. In addition to hypnotic performance, in the literature hypnotizability correlates with eating disorders. In eating disordered populations, bulimics are significantly more hypnotizable than anorexics; anorexics of the purging subtype generally are more hypnotizable than restricting anorexics.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Eating Disorders

Why Eating Disorders Are Never a Laughing Matter
One common problem among today's growing population of self-conscious teens is eating disorders. This can be described as a seesaw of excessive eating and lack of food intake. Some teens go through several periods of normal eating followed by episodes of purging out whatever it is that they have ingested. It also includes cycles of binge eating and purging as well. Yet another practice among teens with eating disorders would be the non-eating of food. The most common eating disorders are Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia. This serious illness messes up or disturbs ones physical and mental health. If left untreated, the consequences may be severe enough to actually cause long-term health problems or even death.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Eating Disorders

What Is Normal Eating?
Many Americans have spent so many years of their lives either stuffing or starving themselves that they forgot what Normal Eating is. People beginning recovery need to explore and learn for themselves what Normal Eating is. They find that it is centered mostly on learning to feel when they were hungry and feel when they were full.

Author: HMF Editor
Category: Eating Disorders

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