Calorie Counting: Calculating Your Dieting Budget – Part 1

You know how much you get paid right? Maybe not down the very cent but you probably wouldn’t have to respond with a series of question marks if you had to fill out a form asking for your salary range. And would you ever walk up to the cash at your favorite store and throw [...]

Calorie Counting: Calculating Your Dieting Budget – Part 2

It has always amazed me that some of the most disciplined and creative people I know, when it comes to finances and saving money, can still have as difficult a time losing weight as anyone. After all, they are very similar. Both require sustained, incremental efforts, both are the results of not spending more than [...]

Calorie Counting: Calculating Your Dieting Budget – Part 3

In Calorie Counting: Calculating Your Dieting Budget – Part 1 and Part 2 we talked about how to figure out the size of your calorie budget as well as how to learn how much of your calorie budget you are spending, and on what so that you can reduce how much you eat enough to [...]

Your Diet And Nutrition Program: 6 Kitchen Tools You Must Have!

When we think about the tools we need for fitness, we usually think about gym equipment, workout clothes, a scale, DVDs, and so on. But there’s also a nutrition aspect to fitness and, like any other area, it has its basics, its gadgets, and its gizmos. Here are the 6 kitchen items I wouldn’t want [...]

Weight Loss: How Alcohol Affects your Weight Loss Plan

If you’re in the habit of regularly tying one on, you may be sabotaging your weight loss plans. Alcohol undermines your fitness plans in almost every way imaginable. It adds calories, makes you hungry, changes the way you burn the fat that you are already carrying, and encourages you to carry more fat.
When watching their [...]

Trim Your Waste to Trim Your Waist!

I have always been a multitasker; I read my mail during television commercials, I listen to audiobooks during my commute, I catch up on my favorite recorded shows while I do the dishes. Until recently it hadn’t occurred to me that I could multitask more than just my smaller chores, but that I could also [...]

Developing Self-Discipline the Easy Way – Part 1

Something inside us cringes a little when we hear “willpower” or “self-discipline.” For one, it usually means you’re talking about denying yourself something you want, or doing something you don’t want to do. But I don’t think that’s what really leaves the bad taste in our mouths. I think the most distasteful aspect of self-discipline [...]

Losing Weight: Spot Reducing Problem Areas

Losing weight by spot reducing is one of the long enduring myths about weight loss, exercise, and muscle building. Many companies declare their machine or gadget is able to whittle your waist, eliminate your butt, or trim your hips by focusing on that area of your body. Unfortunately, this is unrealistic. (Sorry)
Your body stores fat [...]

Weight Loss & Sleep – The Connection

Who would have thought that weight loss & sleep could be connected?  With so much to do and so little time to do it in, it can be easy to begin to see sleep as a forced pause between periods of productivity. But, if fitness is on your list of priorities, then it’s time to [...]

Losing Weight, Dieting & Controlling Hunger

When you’re losing weight through careful dieting & exercise, controlling hunger can become a major obstacle to your fitness goals if it pops up so frequently that it keeps food on your mind during too much of the day. Thankfully, there are a number of things you can do to keep hunger in check so [...]

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