1. Fruits. To help your body more efficiently use the energy you take in, you need to eat smaller, more frequent meals. You also need to eat snacks between meals so you don't get hungry and end up binging on junk food. Fruit are great intra-meal snacks because they are...
A New Year's Resolution Contract is different from contracts you make with other people. Legal contracts have penalties if they aren't followed. A resolution contract is an agreement with only one person, you. If you don't follow through, you aren't cheating your business partner, you're only cheating yourself. Signing this...
Achieving a toned and chiseled look is pretty much everyone's dream. Who doesn't want to have a perfect beach body all year round? Getting this look requires a low body fat percentage which is too often a misunderstood process. Hours spent doing sit ups, using topical creams and taking pills...
Your goal when trying to gain weight should be to eat many meals throughout the day. Sleeping overnight isn't very conducive to this since you'll be fasting for 6-8 hours which means no food. When you wake up, you need to ensure that you take in some good calories to...
The simple answer to this question is no; eating fatty foods will not make you fat. The more complicated answer is maybe. Energy Balance If you eat more than you burn, your body will store those extra calories as fat and you'll gain weight. If you eat less than you burn, your...
The main principle of gaining weight is the same for everyone: if you eat more than you burn, your weight will go up. If you are a vegetarian you still need to eat a lot but you need to eat different kinds of food. Its a bit more complicated since protein...
Getting a six pack seems like the ultimate way to show everyone you're healthy and in shape. Having a nice set of abs lets the outside world know that you workout, care about your weight and eat healthy. To help you achieve this milestone, there are plenty of diets, books...
10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1 Happy New Year!! Its that time again and after we find our way back home, recover from a night of fun and say good bye to our grouchy in-laws, its time to pick our resolutions and actually stick to them this time. A new year is a time for...
Failed diets and out of control obesity may lead you to believe that losing weight is difficult but it is quite easy, at least on paper. The only thing you need to do is keep the calories that you burn greater than the calories that you eat. So why is...
The term love handle refers to fat that accumulates on both sides of the body above the hips. You can use your imagination to figure out why they're called love handles. This area of fat is a wide spread problem with no easy solution. Diet + Exercise The only way to get...
