Archive for December, 2011

Hoodia Gordonii – The Hoodia Cactus – Whered My Appetite Go? My Experience with Pure Hoodia

If you are into herbs and natural cures, you’ve undoubtedly heard of the Hoodia Gordonii cactus, the latest natural diet discovery for suppressing the appetite. Pure Hoodia (Hoodia Gordonii in it’s purest form), acts as a natural appetite suppressant and has helped its devotees naturally curbtheir appetite and consequently take the lbs off. So, what [...]

Poor Weight Loss Advice : 10 Red Flags

There’s a huge amount of weight loss advice and information out there. Much of it is of questionable value and some of it is quite misleading. This can even be the case for reports from seemingly legitimate scientific studies. So how do you sort out the wheat from the chaff when it comes to deciding [...]

Weight Loss Success

Weight loss success requires staying inspired and sometimes giving your weigh loss plan a tune-up. Drinking more water and eating smaller portions are effective but boring. Much of weight loss success really depends on your attitude. Staying positive just takes a little creativity and some diet strategy to keeping your mind and body motivated. Here [...]

Jogging or Walking Light

Many of us live in climates where certain times during the year it is simply too hot during the day to go jogging or take a long walk to stay in shape. Yet if you are out jogging too late at night in areas with no streetlights when there is no moon, you risk the [...]

Weight Loss – Five Ways to Stay Motivated

So you’ve decided that it is time to lose weight. You’ve started your exercise routine and you are choosing healthful foods. Everything is going great for the first week. The second week rolls around and you ditched your exercise routine a couple days and find yourself not paying too much attention to what you are [...]

Stress Can Help Make You Fat

Do you know by not using proper stress managementtechniques or stress relief strategies you could be contributing to fat gain? There is a condition called stressinduced obesity which promotes a stress producing hormonecalled cortisol. Let’s take a closer look at how stress, cortisol, and fat promotion can make your waist, hips, and buttocks larger. Stress [...]

Beware The Summer BBQ!

Now that it’s summer, it’s almost impossible to avoid the ever-popular summer BBQ. Some of our favorite meals are cooked over charcoal, but we still need to be aware that many of the traditional ‘summer’ foods are packed with fat and calories! Isn’t it ironic that some of the ‘fattest’ foods make their debut in [...]

4 Reasons Why Everyone Likes the Mediterranean Diet

Introduction There are very few diet plans that receive as wide spread appreciation than does the Mediterranean diet. Indeed, as a matter of routine, nearly everyone who has the opportunity to experience the Mediterranean diet tends to hold the dining scheme in high regard. In short, when people have the chance to try the Mediterranean [...]

Atkins & Low-Carb – Part 3

Papa Murphy’s has a new low-carb pizza. Burger King has a low-carb hamburger. Applebee’s has rolled out a new low-carb menu, as have dozens of other national restaurant chains. There are low-carb tortillas, breakfast cereals, breads, and just about anything else you’d care to eat! No doubt about it…..low-carb dieting is the biggest trend since [...]

Exercise More and Eat Less – Why Is It So Difficult?

Are you on the road to Blobville or Heart Health City? Although the legendary Yankees catcher/manager Yogi Berra had an outstanding career in baseball he is no doubt better known for his colorful quotes. One of Yogi’s famous sayings that never fails to make me chuckle is “When you come to a fork in the [...]