There is a new concept coming to the fore about the best way to lose weight. It is really the opposite from the old outdated ‘diet’ and exercise in the ‘fat burning’ zone. It is about achieving good ‘metabolic fitness’ which means your body is balanced and fat burning/fat storing hormones are working efficiently. It […]
Just Two Things Are Needed For Permanent Weight Loss
No More Dieting – Please
We have all seen them – the promises of the get thin quick schemes – ‘lose ten pounds in 7 days’ or ‘get thin thighs in 3 minutes a day’. They taunt us with images of overweight bodies next to super slim ones and we think to ourselves ‘maybe this time’. We think that the […]
Is Your Metabolism Healthy Enough To Keep You Slim?
Most of us are aware of the connection between a healthy metabolism (the body’s engine) and the ability to lose or gain excess fat weight. Some people have been blessed by the fast-metabolism gods, but for most of us we can only wish that we could burn more fuel (calories) than we burn eat day […]
Losing Weight And Losing Body Fat Are Very Different Things
There are some major differences between what you do to lose weight and what you do to lose excess body fat. Somehow with all the misinformation that is rife about weight loss we can easily lose sight of which one of these two is the one we want. The main difference is that a weight […]
Time To Rethink The Rules About Weight Loss
How do we keep up with the constantly changing information about the best way to lose weight? Are carbohydrates the source of all dietary evil – or is it fat? Are dairy products good for weight los these days, or bad? Has protein had its day in the sun, or is it just beginning? And […]
Are You On A Weight Gain Merry-Go-Round?
It is hard to understand how we can continue to resort to methods like dieting for weight loss when 95 percent of them don’t work. You could compare it to filling up a swimming pool with a hose running in one end while you try and empty it at the other end with a bucket….futile. […]
Have You Got It All Wrong When It Comes To Losing Weight?
For the last 40 odd years we have been fixated on diets, low slow activity and what the bathroom scale says in our quest for a slimmer body. Finally with the proof of scientific research and the fact that we now know that 95 percent of the time these out-dated weight loss methods do not […]
If You Are Overweight Here May Be The Reason Why
You have made the decision to lose some excess fat weight. You cut calories and you exercise. You do exactly what they say – your calories out are more than your calories coming in. You should be losing fat. But apart from a little when you started you aren’t. Perhaps you are not paying attention […]
Are You In Need Of A Metabolism Makeover?
The health and condition of your metabolism – your body’s engine determines whether you are storing fat or burning fat. One means you become overweight and the other means you stay slim and trim. Just as there are factors that work against the metabolism there are also elements that will boost it. The wrong types […]
Don’t Confuse Losing Weight With Losing Body Fat
Many people looking to lose weight do not really understand the difference between weight loss and fat loss. All they are concerned about is what they weigh on the bathroom scale but what you weigh really has nothing to do with the big picture of becoming slim and trim again. Losing weight and losing fat […]