by angela.booth on March 30, 2010

Commercial diet plans are all over the place, aren’t they? And they’re generally so complicated that you could spend half your day counting carbs, fat grams and calories, making sure you don’t go over some limit. The stress of such diet plans has sent many a dieter to the fridge or cupboard for consolation. It [...]
by angela.booth on March 29, 2010
If you’ve tried the Atkins diet, you know that while the diet is initially easy, because you’re satisfied and have lots of energy, it’s a hard diet to stay on for the long-term — in fact, it’s almost impossible. You develop cravings for high-carb foods, and then gradually the weight creeps on again. There may [...]
by angela.booth on March 23, 2010
Many food companies proclaim their product is the perfect diet food. While there is no such thing as one perfect food, here are ten foods you should always keep stocked in your pantry, fridge or freezer if you are trying to lose weight and keep it off. 1. Bottled water. Keeping bottles of water in [...]
by angela.booth on March 20, 2010
If you need to lose weight, the banana diet is not only super-simple, it’s healthy too. Bananas contain potassium, and A Banana A Day Keeps the Cardiologist Away reports: “Potassium is an essential mineral found in many foods, including bananas, potatoes, leafy greens, soybeans, apricots, avocados, yogurt, prune juice and dried beans. It has been [...]
by angela.booth on March 15, 2010
Weight loss supplements are a billion-dollar industry. It seems as if every day there are new supplements on the market designed to make your extra pounds disappear over night. Unfortunately many of these are scams: The only thing that will lose weight is your bank balance. However there are some legitimate weight loss supplements. Here [...]
by angela.booth on March 11, 2010
Prepared foods are your friend. It seems silly to pay three to four times as much for a bag of cleaned prepared salad as for a head of lettuce. But it can be a boost to your diet program. If you have to take the head of lettuce apart, wash, dry and tear into bite [...]
by angela.booth on March 9, 2010
Are you a diet failure? Don’t despair. You can create your own weight loss plan that will work, no matter how many times your weight has gone up and down. Here’s how. 1. Determine why you are overweight. Take a few minutes by yourself to reflect on your typical day: How many hours of sleep [...]
by angela.booth on March 8, 2010
If you’ve tried to lose weight, but consistently regain all the pounds you lose, you need a way to get skinny — permanently. Yoyo dieting isn’t good for you; to stop the cycle, you need to develop a slim person’s mindset. Let’s look at three tips which will help you to do that. 1. Stressed? [...]
by angela.booth on March 7, 2010
You probably know ginger as a candy, and have eaten gingerbread cookies. But did you know that this tuber is also a potent medicine, and can help you to lose weight? Ginger has been used as a medicine to ease upset tummies for centuries, and is also popular as a remedy for travel sickness. It [...]
by angela.booth on March 3, 2010
You’re trying to lose weight. Do you have an occasional McDonald’s meal? Of course you do, you’re only human. However, you do probably do extra exercise to try to make up for the slip up, and don’t make a habit of it. Now it seems that Weight Watchers is endorsing McDonald’s — in New Zealand. [...]