No matter how good it makes you look and feel, fitting exercise into a busy schedule and hectic life takes motivation and enthusiasm. But, even die-hard fitness buffs find themselves in a rut now and then. If you are slacking more than sweating, dig your way out of a fitness slump with these simple tips. Shake [...]
Summertime often involves some serious challenges to healthy eating and weight loss. These challenges fall into three categories: travel foods, lazy summer grazing, and family gatherings. Travel Foods Vacation time means planning great destinations and fun activities. Be honest in planning your meals, as well. Don’t settle for eating out for an entire week [...]
When it comes to gaining control over our eating habits, human beings simply aren't very well adjusted. When we try to rely on self-control or commit to stringent diets- the desire to eat fatty foods doesn't go away- it intensifies. It's like closing the flood gate without opening a release valve. Eventually, the pressure [...]
The proliferation of diets, including low carb, low fat, vegetarian, Mediterranean, and many others, tend to be confusing to a lot of people. Also, the very idea of a diet, being a temporary regimen when someone tries to lose weight, should be considered a fallacy. Too many people go on diets, lose a certain [...]
In today’s world, fad diets claim to be the easiest and most effective solution for weight loss. Let’s not forget that cutting an entire food group out of a person’s diet is said to be the best way to lose weight. With all of these different concepts, it’s hard to decide the most effective [...]
If you would like to consume the recommended amount of protein without eating meat, it can be done with a little extra planning. A vegan or vegetarian diet is highly rewarding and many food scientists actually believe that the proteins received from non-meat foods are actually stronger than the proteins found in meat. Protein [...]
Your metabolism is the rate your body converts the calories you eat and drink into energy. Each person’s natural metabolism rate varies. The rate of metabolism naturally begins to slow down for most people after the age of 40 because the amount of muscle tends to decrease. A slowed metabolism reduces the calorie burn [...]
Research shows that losing weight is harder now than it’s ever been. Even with calorie-counting and exercise, it’s often difficult to shed extra pounds. It isn’t necessarily that we’re eating more or exercising less. What’s causing our waistlines to widen and our scale readings to skyrocket? One primary contributing culprit is processed food. Genetically modified organisms [...]
There is a common misconception that exercise is the greatest contributor to weight loss when in fact, what you eat and your level of physical activity work together to burn fat and build muscle. Research shows that food contributes to 75% of our fitness results, whereas exercise takes care of the remaining 25%. Since our [...]
The foundational components of a good fitness regimen haven't ever changed, and it is important to understand this and how fitness was truly designed to work. Fitness really does mean getting healthier, losing unwanted weight, gaining muscle and getting stronger - this sounds like a life change doesn't it? There's a reason for that, [...]
