Did you know that your smart phone can be a powerful weight loss tool? One new way to keep track of your diet, exercise, and weight is through mobile apps. From lists of diet plans to calorie counters, the tools available offer many new, convenient ways to manage your weight loss journey on the go. [...]
Sleep It Off! How a Good Night’s Sleep Can Work Weight Loss Wonders
Whether you’re beginning your weight loss journey in 2012 or continuing to fight the good fight, we’ve got a tip for you that could help you lose weight and get healthier at a faster pace: a good night’s sleep. Sleep? Isn’t that the opposite of exercise, dieting, and all the hard work of losing weight? [...]
Skip the Snack, Lose Weight Faster!
A midmorning snack might be slowing your weight loss journey down. A new study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center brought some surprising findings to light. The study split 123 overweight or obese women aged 50–75 into two groups. Both groups were put on low-calorie diets, and one group incorporated an exercise plan into [...]
Overcome Peer Pressure by Asking These Questions.
Whether it’s coffee, ice cream, or a full meal, we love eating out. It’s a staple of American socialization, which makes it a big challenge to those of us who are trying to lose weight. Restaurants tend to use high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, and other ingredients that extend shelf-life … and expand waistlines. [...]
Is Your Diet Too Extreme?
We live in a quick-fix society of self-parking cars and apps for everything. It’s easy to imagine that, in a culture where what we want is usually within a few minutes’ reach, the weight loss we want should be right around the corner. This is how fad diets crop up. We’re not used to waiting; [...]
Is Color Affecting Your Diet?
A recent study in the Journal of Consumer Research uncovered a tip that might help you shave calories from your diet and lose weight faster: the color of your plate influences how much you eat! ABC News reported on this study, which showed a correlation between serving size and both color contrast and plate size. [...]
How to Tell—and Be Told
How do you tell somebody you love—your spouse, your friend, your parent—that they need to lose weight? Or what if you’re on the receiving end of that message? A recent article in Shape magazine explored the issues of breaking the news to a loved one, or receiving such news. Telling the people you love that [...]
Childhood Obesity—Are Sports Enough?
Having your child participate in sports might not be as effective as we thought. According to a recent study from the University of Minnesota, it takes more than just team sports to curb obesity among children. In fact, they found that “nearly half of overweight adolescents ages 12 to 17 also participate in organized sports [...]
Chew More, Lose More?
Could cutting down on calories be as simple as chewing your food more? It’s something that many of us have heard for years, but how reliable is this advice, really? A recent article in the Associated Press takes a closer look at this theory. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition did a study in 2011, [...]
Can You Diet through Christmas?
Weight loss: a super common New Year’s resolution. It’s not hard to understand why—with a whole year stretched out before you with clear start and finish dates, it just seems like a logical plan to make. It sounds smart at first, but let’s think about it some more. Most Americans plan their New Years’ resolutions [...]
