by angela.booth on June 28, 2011

You’re overweight. You want to lose weight. That’s excellent, you’ll feel better, and you’ll look better too. However, don’t jump right into the latest diet program. Chances are, you did that before, and it didn’t work. You may even have put on more weight after you quit the diet. Before you start, consider your motivation [...]
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 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 June 2, 2009
Disappointed with your diet? If you’re losing weight in the wrong places — everywhere but your tummy — you may be wondering what you need to do to lose belly fat. Losing that spare tyre is easier that you think. Yes, it does involve exercising — you need to build up your tummy muscles. Here [...]
by angela.booth on May 21, 2009
Everyone wants quick and easy ways to lose weight. No problem: Here are seven weight-loss solutions you can start using right now. 1. Count to 50 before you eat anything. Whenever you feel the urge to grab a treat from the vending machine or your kitchen cupboard, close your eyes, take a deep breath and [...]
by angela.booth on May 20, 2009
Want to lose weight fast? To lose around 6 pounds in a week you must burn 21,000 more calories than you take in. That means that you have to burn about 3,500 extra calories a day. You cannot do this through diet or exercise alone, you need to do both. Tip: when you lose 7 [...]
by angela.booth on May 14, 2009
Teenage obesity is on the rise. Teenagers gain weight because: 1) They don’t know the difference between healthy and unhealthy foods. If they were eating junk and fatty foods as little kids, the same unhealthy eating habit follows them into their adolescence and they start eating them in larger quantities. Parents often ask their kids [...]
by angela.booth on May 2, 2009
Food calorie counters may be the secret weapon in your weight loss arsenal. There is no doubt that losing weight is hard. The deck is tacked against you these days. Portions get bigger and bigger, and there is continually more calories being pushed into our faces. We are constantly bombarded with ads encouraging us to [...]
by angela.booth on April 27, 2009
Is your diet pill a fake? It may well be. The TRUTH about all those dodgy health claims, by one of Britain’s top researchers | Mail Online reports: “… even when diet pills are shown in studies to help weight loss, the results can still be meaningless. The secret is in the small print. For [...]
by angela.booth on April 26, 2009
Rice cakes often eaten by people who want to lose weight. But do they help? Dieters believe rice cakes are low on calories. Funny enough, they seem to be ignorant of the fact that this “low-calorie” food is preventing them from losing weight fast. These people make such poor food choices because almost always they [...]