Managing Your Weight
What's a healthy weight?
Roughly one in five of us is heavy enough to be putting their health at risk, so it is very important to be able to assess your own risk. There are several very easy ways of assessing whether your current weight or body shape is likely to affect your health. These include calculating your body weight to height ratio, your Body Mass Index and checking your waist size.
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 into the plan 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, bingeing, 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 additions that you can make to your daily diet that can indeed help you lose weight. We've found 10 foods stuffs that incorporated with a healthy eating approach can help you shift those extra pounds and 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? The good news is your dream may not be too far away. Whether you’re hoping to blitz away a muffin top or are battling with bloating, your diet is integral to shaping up this problem area. Start eating your way to a trimmer waistline 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 chocolate, chucked out the biscuits 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
While many people long to lose weight, for those who are underweight due to genetics or illness, getting to a healthy weight can be just as important and problematic. While there is nothing wrong with being naturally slim, being seriously underweight can affect the immune system. To boost your health and get to a healthy weight, check out these tips for gaining 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.
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