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Shed Holiday Guilt to Lose Weight

November 22, 2010 Read the full article →

The holiday season should be filled with joy and fun. But many people approach this time of year fearing weight gain, stress and guilt. What a shame! True, there is an abundance of tempting food available this time of year. But feeling guilty will never prevent us from getting out of control with food. If [...]

Eating Tips to Prevent Holiday Weight Gain:How to Get Through Holidays without Pigging Out

November 11, 2010 Read the full article →

Holiday weight gain does not have to be a given. Starting on the right foot before the holidays can result in enjoyment as well as prevention of holiday weight gain. Originally, holidays were associated only with enjoyment and fun. In our modern times, however, many people look upon holiday eating with dread. They associate it [...]

How to Eat Well with Little Cooking: Fast Food That is Also Nutritious

November 2, 2010 Read the full article →

Many people complain that they can’t eat well because they don’t have time to cook. Eating well does not have to take time. There are fast ways to get what is needed. Many people complain that they can’t eat well because they don’t have time to cook. Eating well does not have to take time. [...]

Are Low Carb Diets Effective?: Long-Term Success of Diets Restricting Carbohydrates

September 26, 2010 Read the full article →

Many people think that low-carb diets are more effective than more traditional diets that focus on cutting calories and fats. How true is this? A low-carb diet restricts carbohydrates such as breads, cereals, rice, and starchy vegetables. Low-carb diets also encourage consumption of proteins and fats. The Atkins diet and the Zone diet are two [...]

Why People Lose Control of Eating: What Causes Compulsive Eating or Binging

September 1, 2010 Read the full article →

Most people with problems controlling their eating think that it’s caused by some weakness on their part. In reality the problem has more to do with the human brain. Compulsive eating problems are not rare today, but for the person experiencing the problem, it feels like no one could possibly understand what it’s like. Sadly, [...]

Eat When Hungry to Lose Weight: Losing Weight Without Starving

September 1, 2010 Read the full article →

Most diets leave a person battling with hunger yet the most effective way to lose weight should not involve any struggle with hunger. The body needs food to survive and one of the ways the body makes sure that it gets this fuel is through the feeling of hunger. For most people in developed countries, [...]

Is Eating Out Making You Fat?

July 6, 2010 Read the full article →

How to Minimize the Fattening Effects of Going Out to Eat Americans like to eat out a lot. Unfortunately, eating out can get in the way of managing our weight. There are ways, however, to lessen its caloric impact. Eating out can be fun and flavorful but it can also be fattening. Restaurants are businesses [...]

Weight Loss Nutrition Made Easy

July 6, 2010 Read the full article →

How to Eat Healthy Food Without Measuring, Weighing, or Counting Diets that involve rigid measuring, weighing or counting never last. But there are simple and fun ways of improving nutrition without becoming a scholar on the subject. Who wants to be bothered with studying up on nutrition to eat better or lose weight? Learning about [...]

How to Control Hunger

February 12, 2010 Read the full article →

Hunger is a normal body signal.  The body uses hunger to signal when it needs fuel.  It’s possible, however, to mess up this natural and adaptive function and many people do it by stringent, yo-yo dieting and subscribing to dieting myths. If a person has never dieted they don’t give a second thought to hunger.  [...]

New Years Resolutions and Weight Loss

December 27, 2009 Read the full article →

Does It work to Set Resolutions About Weight? People get tons of messages at the year’s end that making resolutions to lose weight is a worthwhile endeavor.  If the commercials, the talk show hosts, and the advertised new diets are believed,  making a resolution to lose weight during the new year will guarantee success. Making [...]

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