Many of you know that one of the people I have great respect for in the weight loss and fitness industry is Joel Marion. He is a past champion of a wildly popular body transformation contest called Body-for-Life and since the day he won he has been researching and perfecting the best ways to get [...]
No need to fear the candy, cupcakes, cookies, lollipops and other sugary snacks this Halloween. I am handing out some tricks on how to avoid overdoing it on treats this week. 1. Buy Trick-or-Treat Candy on Trick-or-Treat Night — Not Before. Trust me on this one, stores will not run out of snack-size candy bars [...]
David Kessler is the former head of the Food and Drug Administration. When he was the acting commissioner of the FDA he took on the growing influence of the tobacco companies and now he is tackling the ever growing waist line of the average American. I composed a post of Questions and Answers to give [...]
When your goal is to finally lose those unwanted pounds, it is easy to get discouraged by how hard it seems to break your bad habits. Old habits die hard because they are serving a purpose; they protect you from having to face the unknown, and often scary world of change. But when extra weight [...]
Have you ever felt like fear was preventing you from reaching your full potential in life? If so, you are certainly not alone because fear is one of the biggest obstacles that many people face when trying to create better life circumstances. Below are some of the most common ways that fear can hold you [...]
You have probably heard the “old rule” that says you should not eat after 7PM. Well, this hard-and-fast rule is starting to soften. The new thought about eating at night is… It is not as important WHEN you eat as WHAT and HOW MUCH. So you don’t have to completely deny yourself food in the [...]
Why Losing Weight Fast is Actually Easier Than Slow Weight Loss It might sound silly to think that losing weight fast is easier then taking it off slowly but this fact is supported by research. Dr. Dean Ornish conducted research on what motivates people to change and what he found was that rapid improvement can [...]
What truly motivates people to change? Well some researchers put this question to the test and the results they found will surprise you… The Last Word on Dieting Motivation It is sometimes hard to stay motivated when trying to lose weight but the problem has a simple solution – feed off of the things that [...]
It is frustrating when you think you have your weight loss problem “figured out” and then out of the blue everything that worked in the past stops working. Weight loss can be a very delicate balance and the body is wonderful at adapting to new regimens so what you did in the past can still [...]
What truly motivates people to change? Well some researchers put this question to the test and the results they found will surprise you… The Last Word on Dieting Motivation It is sometimes hard to stay motivated when trying to lose weight but the problem has a simple solution – feed off of the things that [...]