We all know that we’re supposed to eat right and exercise to stay healthy, but when it comes to weight loss, which matters most — diet or exercise? If you want to lose weight, what’s the most important thing you have to do? If you said “burn more calories,” you aren’t alone in this way of thinking. For decades, we’ve …
Have you been working out like crazy because you’re determined to lose weight? Maybe you’ve finally hit your exercise groove only to find the numbers on your bathroom scale aren’t budging. Or worse yet, are those numbers getting bigger? The exercise-weight gain equation is a mysterious one, but we’re going to clear things up. It’s not unusual to gain weight …
Are you exercising regularly, but not losing weight? Many of us commit to intense workout routines, only to find the numbers on the bathroom scale stay the same. We may even gain a few pounds, which seems counterproductive to our health and weight-loss goals. If your primary reason for working out is to lose weight, you may be surprised to …
Do you struggle to get yourself to the gym? Or maybe you want to exercise more, but the thought of working out in front of other people fills you with dread? Making time for more physical activity in your life is important — so many of us spend too much time sitting in cars, on couches, or in desk chairs. …
Do you painstakingly count calories in an effort to shed excess weight? What if there were a better way? It turns out, there is: tracking your macronutrients. Instead of thinking in terms of restriction by limiting your calorie intake, focusing on macros for weight loss allows you to think in terms of nutrition by giving your body what it needs …
Do you have a goal to lose 10 pounds? Ten seems like a realistic number—one that should be a reasonable goal when it comes to weight loss. And many of us these days could stand to lose at least 10 pounds, not only for vanity’s sake, but for our overall health and wellness. For those of you who’ve already lost …
Do you want to lose weight and get fit, but don’t want to spend hours at the gym? Maybe your schedule is simply too busy to even get to the gym in the first place. If this sounds like you, there’s no need to fret. Long hours working out are a thing of the past. Science shows that shorter, more …
If you want to lose fat, you shouldn’t eat fat, right? Actually, wrong. While it feels like a contradiction, you do need to eat fat to lose fat. For decades, we were sold a low-fat diet by the food industry, which marketed low-fat/no-fat everything. We thought eating anything would help us lose weight as long as it was labeled low-fat. …
Feeling sluggish? Aren’t we all. What with the fast pace of modern life, and the go-go-go mentality in our culture, it’s no wonder we’re all exhausted. We’re living in an information age, which fatigues the mind. And most of us have so many responsibilities, it feels like there’s never enough time to get it all done. We could all use …
Have you been considering a weight-loss program, but aren’t sure which one to choose? Commercial weight-loss programs have been around forever, but do they really work? These days, more advanced weight-loss programs are able to offer a higher degree of personalization than those that focus on counting points or calories. These programs, known as medical weight loss programs, are supervised …
