Do you want to lose weight, but just can’t seem to keep track of everything you do?

Do you often wonder if the things you’re doing are making a difference at all with your fitness? If so, then you can now breathe a sigh of relief.

Thanks to the wonders of technology, health tracking devices are starting to become more widely available and are making a huge difference for those who use them. But what are they?  Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

2010 is your year. It’s a new year with new challenges, opportunities, and changes. But there’s one thing that hasn’t changed:

You still want to lose weight, get into shape, and look great. Everyone is watching the big names in fitness for the latest solution.  You included?

Here are a few ideas that we think will be on the scene… Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

Here it is another January. The year’s keep flying by and what did you accomplish last year?

Did you make those little changes you kept talking about, or did you watch time slip away, all the while wishing and hoping something, somehow would change, if only…

If only you’d get up a half hour earlier, think of what could be done?

A quick early morning workout perhaps, or time for a real breakfast? Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

And you start to feel as if all the delicious foods are there just to tease and taunt you to fall back from all of the work you have done all year long to get your body looking like we want them to.

You know it’s time to do something to prevent extra weight. You have been looking in the mirror for a while and have finally decided enough is enough!

Sure, you know all the things you need to do to get back in shape like eat better and exercise, but why not get a little help… I’m talking about a fat burner. Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

Step 1. Start a diet plan and follow it strictly for 1 week.

If you want to lose weight, you need to eat less calories per day than you have been eating. Staying on a healthy diet plan is the true way of losing weight.

With a healthy low fat diet plan, it can helps you lose up to 2 lbs or more in a week, and to go on losing weight in a healthy way until you reach your goal.

Depending on your gender and how much weight you want to lose, you can start a plan with a caloric intake ranging from 1000 to 2000 calories a day.

After a week, you may continue your weight loss by repeating the plan, or switch to another one with a different caloric intake.

Remember, diet plans can only work if they motivate you sufficiently to decrease the amount of calories you consume. Starting a diet plan can be pretty easy but after a week or two of eating the same foods your enthusiasm can take a dive. Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

Sometimes we don’t think about our calves until we don a new pair of heels and wonder why our calves don’t look fabulous. How could they when we neglect them so much?

We use our calves throughout the day without even thinking about it, but when it comes time for the gym, it’s the last body part we want to work on.

Plus there’s the looming myth that if we work out our calves, they’ll get big and bulky. No! The exact opposite is true. To shape your calves, you have to strengthen and stretch them.

When your calves aren’t strong, they tend to look flabby and shapeless. Many women know that muscle weighs more than fat. Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

Ask any woman what their New Year resolution is and they will instantly tell you that it is to ‘lose weight’.

But why wait until the New Year to begin your ambitions of reaching your ideal weight?

Despite many misconceptions that everyone puts on weight during Christmas – making diet plans useless – there is no actual rule stating that you have to wait until the holiday season is over before you put your weight management programme into action.

You can even begin today. Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

I’m hungry. It’s 6:16 AM and my stomach is grumbling. Do I really want my breakfast now? I usually eat around 7:00 AM. This sure feels like hunger to me, but is it real hunger, or something else?

And now it’s 10 minutes later and that grumbling is gone – funny.  Sometimes that occurs during the day and thinking it’s hunger I  want to eat but that may not be what it is after all.

Perhaps I’m thirsty or it could be something else entirely. It doesn’t hurt to wait a few minutes, just to see what happens.  Hunger is not going to hurt you. It’s a normal part of daily  living. Hunger can wait. Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

We can all agree that nobody knows more about how to gain lots of weight than these guys. What they primarily employ is the  “meal patterning” technique.

The sumo wrestler diet is based on this:

1. Skip breakfast. By depriving their bodies of food after eight hours of sleep, their metabolic rates stay low. Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

Jake, my training partner  and I were wondering why some people have more success than other even when they’re using the same diets and exercises.

Clearly the problem isn’t the routines, and it most likely isn’t anything to do with each person’s body as many people succeed and many people fail.

So there must be something that all the successful people are doing that the unsuccessful people aren’t doing. We struggled with this question for a while until I heard Jake  say one word that made all the difference…  Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

How many meals in your daily and weekly eating routine get served by someone else?

When you go to a restaurant you are clearly being served by someone else.When you got to dinner parties you most likely aren’t serving yourself.

In some cases you might not even be the person who serves the food in your own house.

This is a big mistake if you’re goal is weight loss. Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

What do bread, crackers, cereal, macaroni & cheese, frozen pizza, donuts, and cookies have in common? Besides being at the top of the list of many kids’ favorite foods, they are all possible sources of trans fats.

Trans fats are oils that have been chemically-altered (through a process called hydrogenation) from their original liquid states, into solid shortening. Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

I just got back from the gym this morning and while I was there I saw a few things that I just had to tell someone about.

So I’m just doing my thing, lifting some weights and watching the sports highlights between my sets and I notice a few personal trainers in the gym with a couple very heavy clients.

These trainers were pushing these poor people so hard I thought they were both gonna pass out right there in front of us. I was actually starting to feel uncomfortable and one of the gentlemen that was being trained looked faint. Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

A trainer told me that to burn fat I need to exercise at a lower intensity. I also noticed that my treadmill has a “fat burning zone.” At this intensity I don’t feel like I’m getting a good workout. Do easier workouts really burn more fat?

ANSWER:

The information on those machines can be deceiving. The “fat burning zone” is a myth that is based on a fact, but taken out of context…  Click to continue reading the rest of the article »

You have most likely heard a lot about acai berries lately. They are being talked up all over the place as a superfood that is going to be the cure to all sorts of ills. But if you are smart, you want to know a little more about anything you are going to ingest. So, let’s get to know this little berry.

Easily absorbed by the human body, the Acai berry has been found to be a fantastic source of antioxidants. Extensive research has uncovered many ways that Acai can benefit human health, such as boosting weight loss and fighting toxins. While it isn’t a new discovery, only recently has interest piqued enough to influence further research to prove the benefits of Acai. Click to continue reading the rest of the article »