Managing Your Weight
What's a healthy weight?
Worried about your weight and whether it's affecting your health? Find out how to assess whether you are a healthy weight so you are not putting yourself in the 'obese' category or worse.
Read more…Top 10 dieting blunders
Very often, when we make the decision to lose weight, we start off with the best intentions and a focused, unflappable mindset that, this is it — this time will be different. However, many of us frequently find that only after a few days we begin to slip back to old habits and then eventually back to square one.
Read more…The dos and don'ts of weight loss
Not sure about how to diet, or of the best way to lose and maintain your weight? Well, here are a few do's and don'ts to help you on the road to fitness.
Read more…The truth about the fad diet
Fad diets do not work. Whether it is for the New Year, pre-Christmas, pre-holiday or in fact at almost any time of year, the focus on weight loss and dieting has become such a global obsession that almost every week a celebrity-endorsed ‘amazing new diet’ hits the media.
Read more…Coping with food cravings
Need help coping with food cravings? Some researchers think we crave certain foods because the body lacks nutrients. For example, many people who are dieting often crave carbohydrates; this may be because their current diet is too low in calories. Carbohydrate cravings can simply be due to your blood sugar levels being too low.
Read more…Top 10 reasons for overeating
Pigging out, binge eating, stuffing your face, whatever you want to call it, when dieting, overeating always seems to rear its ugly head and for many always becomes part and parcel of weight-loss strategy. You start with all the good intentions, stick to the rules but then, bang, it happens and you find that you've managed to demolish a packet of cookies in less than 10 minutes flat.
Read more…Top 10 foods that can help you lose weight
Losing weight is not just about reducing food intake and cutting things out of your diet. There are a few food stuffs you can add to your diet which can help with and potentially speed up weight loss.
Read more…Top six stop-hunger foods
How full did you feel after your last meal? Did you get a sense of sustained satisfaction or did you find that hunger pangs got you reaching for a snack just a little while later? The good news is there are certain food stuffs that have qualities that rate high on the immediate satisfaction scale (or satiety index) so, they make you feel fuller quicker, and keep you feeling that way a little while longer too.
Read more…Top 5 flat-belly foods
Dreaming of a flat stomach without hitting the gym? Start eating your way to a slimmer waist with these top 5 foods for a flat stomach.
Read more…Top 10 diet foods that can make you fat
You’ve cut back on cookies, chucked out the chocolate and raided your nearest health food store, so why aren’t you losing those pounds? Unfortunately, even with the best intentions, you could be sabotaging your weight loss with the wrong foods. They might look and seem healthy, but that’s not always the case. Check out the top 10 diet foods that could pile on the pounds.
Read more…Top 10 reasons why you’re not losing weight
If you’ve been adhering to a strict healthy eating and fitness plan for a while but are failing to see the results, it may be time take a look at what is sabotaging your success. From dieting blunders to physical factors, check out the top 10 reasons why you’re not losing weight.
Read more…How to gain weight healthily
Getting to a healthy weight can be problematic for some people. Our eight tips on how to gain weight can help you boost your weight and achieve that healthy weight safely.
Read more…10 worst diet excuses
Too poor, too busy, too sad, too happy... We come up with all sorts of reasons for ditching our diets, or for not even getting started in the first place. However, most of our excuses don’t really cut it. Here are the top 10 worst diet excuses, and the reasons why they should be dismissed.
Read more…5 surprising things that make you slim
Think cake and beer are off the menu when you’re dieting? The good news is this may not be the case. Check out these 5 surprising things that can keep you slim.
Read more…Top 10 worst fat traps
Losing weight isn’t easy, especially when you’re surrounded by diet saboteurs. Check out the 10 most common fat traps and how you can avoid them.
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