Category: weight loss

Food Diary Boosts Weight Loss

Keeping a food diary boosts your weight loss efforts as it makes you more aware of what you are eating, how much and  when. It enables you to monitor your food intake and to make adjustments. Those who keep a food diary lose more weight than those who don’t. So start keeping a food diary …

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Eat Salads to Lose Weight

Eat more salads and you will lose weight. Use dark green vegetables, red capsicums, cucumber, carrot, tomatoes and cabbage. Add in hard boiled egg and if you wish, some tuna soaked in brine, not oil. ( canned variety ) Squeeze in lemon juice  or  calamansi juice and mix your salad. This is very healthy for …

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Get Rid of Bloat and Toxins

You can get rid of bloat and toxins by eating these vegetables raw. Eat them as healthy snacks or as salads. Cucumber, celery, carrot, lettuce, tomatoes. Slice the cucumber and celery into sticks so that you can munch on them whenever you feel hungry. Baby carrots make ideal snacks. Tomatoes can be eaten just like …

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Metabolic Syndrome X

How do you know if you have metabolic Syndrome X? If you have the following, then you do. If you are a man and your waistline exceeds 40 inches or if you are a woman and your waist exceeds 35 inches. If your blood pressure measures 130/85mm HG or greater If your fasting blood sugar …

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Eat More Often to Lose Weight

When you eat several small meals a day, you will not feel hungry. In fact this will help you to control your appetite and weight because it keeps your metabolism high throughout the day. If you eat less calories than you burn, you will surely lose weight. Include protein in your meals as it will …

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Why You Get Constipation

Constipation is the result of eating disorders or bad eating habits. What can you do if you are constipated? Many people opt for laxatives and enemas to get rid of the faeces that have clogged their bowels and are giving them great discomfort. However this is not advisable as in the long run you will …

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Tone your Tummy and Lose Weight

I would like to share this simple exercise with you given to me by a doctor. It tones your tummy muscles and you will lose weight. Take a piece of wood ( the shaft of a broom stick ) and put it across the back of your shoulders. A golfer’s 5-wood will do just as …

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Exercise to Lose Weight

You need to exercise if you want to lose weight. Dieting is not enough. The best form of exercise is to walk briskly every morning for at least 40 minutes. This will get your heart pumping and you will sweat. This is a form of cardio-vascular exercise which is good for your heart. Take deep …

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You Can Lose Weight

As long as you do not overeat and are physically active, you can lose weight. Consume your daily calorie requirements less 100 calories and you will lose weight . An average Joe requires 2500 calories per day so if he just takes in 2400 calories, he can lose weight over time. Starving by not eating …

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2 Simple Tips to Lose Weight

Have you noticed that when you don’t have anything to do, you will head for the fridge to look for something to eat? So  keep busy with something, then you will not look for things to eat, simply out of boredom.Get rid of tempting snacks in your home. Stop buying them so that when you …

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