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- Why Do I Overeat? Discover the Reason to Fix the Problem - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyWhen you overeat on a consistent basis you can begin to worry that you are controlled by food. Try as hard as you might you can't seem to stop once you start. It is frustrating and without an explanation of what might be going on the problem escalates. But I want to reassure you that there is ...
Views: 1128 - Five Ways to Make Sticking with a Fat Loss Program Easier - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2008 from Shannon ClarkTired of struggling to stick with your fat loss workout or diet program? If so, you’re in the company of others. Staying with any given fat loss workout or exercise program is potentially one of the biggest reasons why individuals don’t get the weight loss results they’re after so finding a ...
Views: 936 - Crucial Reasons to Stay Motivated to Lose Weight - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2008 from Todd HicksAre you overweight and constantly out of breath? Do you often get sick or feel bad physically? Have you started a weight loss regimen to eliminate your physical burden but quit out of a lack of motivation? Becoming lighter should not be your only goal to lose weight. You will probably possess a ...
Views: 1145 - Holiday Weight Loss is Possible - Discover The Simple Trick to Control Your Eating This Season - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyLike everyone, you have created a story about your holiday season. Your story is a collection of thoughts and beliefs that you have gathered and now use to describe yourself and how you see yourself fitting into this world during the holiday. And while your story is not necessarily reality ...
Views: 782 - Are You Supposed to be Fat? - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyHave you struggled with your weight for so long that you can't remember a time when it wasn't an issue in your life? Has being overweight become your norm? Is it part of your identity? If you would like this to change you must start asking yourself some different questions, it is no longer ...
Views: 1087 - Keep Your Weight Loss System Simple But Focused! - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2008 from Marie GordonI very much doubt that there will be any information in this article that is either completely new, or indeed will come as a stunning revelation to anyone who has been concerned with losing weight during their life. Actually that is not my purpose in writing this piece as it happens. As ...
Views: 702 - Discover the 4 Stages of Temptation to Avoid Giving In - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyThere are 4 stages of temptation and if you become aware of them you will be able to short circuit your tempting thoughts before they cause you to act in a way that sabotages your diet. 1. Temptation Starts With a Thought Tempting thoughts cannot be avoided and everyone has them, and while ...
Views: 1060 - Alkaline Diet and Weight Loss - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2010 from Maria DolgovaWeight loss. It is a multibillion-dollar industry. Scarcely a day does not go by where there is not some new 'Diet Revolution' or 'Celebrity Diet' that claims to be the be all and end all in the 'Battle of the Bulge'. While there are many less than truthful claims being made out there about ...
Views: 2399 - Breakfast – Key to a Slimmer You - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2008 from Lynn SmithHow does your day start? Are you someone who hits the snooze button, staying in bed as long as possible? Or maybe your mornings are rushed and hectic, trying to get the kids out the door. In this crazy morning routine, are you taking time for breakfast? Many people don’t. They say they don’t ...
Views: 1293 - How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain Without Dieting – 3 Super Simple Eating Modifications - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyThe holiday season brings friends, family, fun and FOOD. It is truly a season of abundance but your waistline doesn’t have to be a victim of this abundance, you can avoid the typical holiday weight gain without having to dedicate yourself to a diet plan. By incorporating these 3 amazingly ...
Views: 868 - How to Escape Holiday Overeating – A Powerful 3 Step Strategy to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyThere is no doubt about it; the holiday season revolves around food. It seems everywhere you turn there is another reason to eat, from office parties to friends sharing homemade Christmas cookies escaping the abundance is hard to do and sticking to your healthy eating plan easily goes out the ...
Views: 848 - Do You Deserve to Be Thin? - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyIs a thin body really an option open to everyone? Or are there some people more deserving than others? How deserving are you of having a thin body? Now this might seem like an absurd line of questioning at first glance, but a surprising number of people don't truly feel like they deserve to be ...
Views: 1814 - How to Train Your Brain For Weight Loss Success - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyFor some people weight loss has been a challenge for so long that they stop believing they can lose weight at all. They have started and stopped so many diets that they begin to think there is something wrong with their body, or worse yet something wrong with them, and start believing that maybe ...
Views: 1043 - Why A Good Weight Loss Program Should Include Green Tea - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2008 from Marie GordonThe concept of green tea being good as an aid to weight loss, has been known for some considerable time now. It will probably be the case therefore, that the information contained in this article is not new to many of the people who will read it. However as an enthusiastic advocate of green ...
Views: 812(1 vote) - How Effective Is Your Weight Management - Some Food For Thought! - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2008 from Marie GordonAs someone who has had to struggle with my weight management for all of my adult life, there have been many many occasions when I have asked myself whether or not I was having any success at all. There are so many conflicting pieces of advice, and articles published in women's magazines in ...
Views: 671 - Are You an "All-or-Nothing" Dieter? - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyDo you believe you must follow a diet plan exactly as it is written? Does your diet end the moment a potato chip hits your lips? Are you either "on" a diet or "off" - with no in-between? This all-or-nothing mentality makes life stressful and makes losing weight nearly impossible. In order to ...
Views: 1168 - Weight Loss Tips – Diet Difficulties, Excuses, And How To Tackle Them - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2008 from Liz CopelandIf you want to eat it’s possible to be very creative and find all sorts of reasons for overeating. These reasons are, of course, excuses. But sometimes we find ourselves in situations where it is very difficult to eat as healthily as we’d like. Here are some practical tips for dealing with ...
Views: 1155 - How to Motivate Yourself to Stick To Your Diet - 3 Amazingly Simple Steps - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyIf you are completely frustrated because you can't stick with a diet long enough to see results then what you are lacking is not willpower, it is motivation. Starting a diet is easy, it can even feel exciting at the beginning because weight generally drops quickly the first week. The problems ...
Views: 1233 - Use This Simple Trick to Stop Overeating Today - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyOne of the fundamental principles of weight loss is to eat smaller portion sizes but sometimes it is hard to stop eating once you start. The mere act of eating stimulates the appetite making it easy to overeat before you even have time to realize you are full. It can also be a challenge to ...
Views: 1040 - The Quickest Path to Weight Loss - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyIn order for a diet to produce the results you want you must stick with it. This is a logical statement but not always so easy to do because of all the distractions that seem to pull us off track. There are literally hundreds of safe, healthy and effective diet plans on the market today and ...
Views: 912 - Food in its Natural State - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Courtney FindlayRaw Food. Perhaps a better name would be natural food. You’ve probably heard about Raw Food, also known as Living Foods and Natural Hygiene. All words, that when first heard, may denote some negative images. Raw Food makes me think of raw meat, Living Foods causes me to think of actually ...
Views: 3449 - 3 Steps To Leaving Your Comfort Zone Behind - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyIn order to lose weight and keep it off you must break out of your comfort zone and move into unknown territory. This can be intimidating and stressful but it doesn't have to be. This article will walk you through how to successfully navigate your way out of your comfort zone and create new ...
Views: 924 - Help - My Old Habits Are Keeping Me Fat! Two Surefire Ways To Break Free From The Habit Trap - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyWhen you set out to lose weight, it is easy to get disheartened by how difficult it seems to break old habits. Old habits die hard because they are serving a purpose; they protect you from the unknown world of change. But when extra weight starts to interfere with your health or happiness it ...
Views: 806 - Healthy Thanksgiving Recipes Key to Keeping Calories in Check - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2008 from Jim MackeyIt’s that time of year again. The time of year when calories are in total abundance and everyone is having some sort of holiday party or potluck dinner. You bring your favorite dish and hope that others are cooking healthy like you are trying to do. You know the days are coming when ...
Views: 697 - Is Mindless Eating Making You Fat? - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyDoes your hand put food in your mouth without any conscious thought? Do you eat in front of your computer, television, or while on the phone? Do you have trouble recalling what exactly you ate? Then you might just be a mindless eater. Mindless eating happens without your awareness, you pay ...
Views: 856 - How to Eat Mouth Watering Stuffing at Thanksgiving Without Getting Stuffed - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2008 from Marna GoldsteinEveryone loves Thanksgiving, don’t they? Yet there have been plenty of holiday meals where many have felt like large rolly pollies complete with hands on our aching, protruding bellies. Pants are stretched out to maximum capacity by the time the end of the holidays roll around, from all the ...
Views: 1204(1 vote) - Are You A Fat Person Trying To Get Thin Or A Thin Person With Some Fat To Lose? - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyThis seems like a silly questions but it is actually very telling because it gives you a glimpse into how you see yourself. How you describe yourself or perceive your body image is a part of your Weight Mindset and it plays a role in predicting your weight loss success or failure. Your Weight ...
Views: 768 - Confused About Fat Free-Foods? Revealing Answers - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2008 from Lynn Smith“Have another cookie. Go ahead, they’re fat-free.” Have you ever succumbed to such logic? Modern science has brought us many blessings. The internet. Strides in medicine. But are fat-free variations of your favorite foods really a modern miracle? Can you really have your (fat-free) cake and eat ...
Views: 1030 - Foods that Boost Your Metabolism - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2008 from Julie BarrosMetabolism boosters come in all different forms, shapes and sizes. You can find foods that boost your metabolism, exercises that rev up your metabolic rate and of course the diet pills and supplements that claim to increase your calorie burn. Find ways to boost your metabolism is a great ...
Views: 3058 - 4 Diet and Exercise Tips for the Holidays - by Don't let your diet derail during the holidays. Sure, you'll be surrounded by high-fat, high-calorie treats. But you can successfully navigate this season of indulgence with the help of these tips:
1. Adopt the right attitude.
One of the reasons so many people gain weight during this season is ...
Views: 1207 - Do You Have What it Takes to Lose Weight? - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspySome people have been down the weight loss road so many times without success that they stop believing they are capable of losing weight and keeping it off. They feel like they just don't have what it takes to lose weight. But the truth is that inside you, you already have everything you need ...
Views: 635 - Does Guilt About Overeating Make You Overeat? - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyIt would be hard to find a dieter who hasn't felt that pang of guilt after overindulging on something that was not on their diet but guilt is not a dieter's friend; in fact it often leads to even more eating because you feel so bad about your lack of discipline. So how do you break the ...It ...
Views: 1614 - Why Diets Fail - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2008 from Anne CuthbertI love peanut butter. As a kid, I used to eat it out of the jar, spoon first. Although I grew out of the spoon phase, I still love it with bread and honey, with chocolate and in nearly any candy bar. What I never did know about my love for peanut butter, is that it made me sick. I was so out of ...
Views: 808 - Is Your Belly Too Fat? Find Out How Big is Too Big - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyYou have long been told that excess weight leads to health problems but even more significant to your health is how that fat is distributed on your body. Researchers who followed 360,000 people for 10 years found that having too much belly fat doubled the person’s risk of dying ...You have ...
Views: 1037 - Eating To Lose Weight: Why Diets Don't Work - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Liz ModrellAre you trying to lose weight? Have you tried every diet out there and keep waiting for the next 'best diet' to come along because you know it will be the one that gets the results you want? Stop Waiting! Every year millions of Americans spend $30 billion on diet programs and diet products to no ...
Views: 1170(3 votes) - How To Tell If Your Belly Is Growing Too Fat - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2020 from Dr. Becky GillaspyYou may have noticed your belly growing fat but has it grown fat enough for you to be concerned about your health? Getting a fat belly is particularly unhealthy when compared with gaining fat in other areas of your body. Extra belly fat increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular ...
Views: 1700 - Is The South Beach Diet Safe? Get The Unbiased Facts! - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2008 from Claude AnthonyThe South Beach Diet has been around for a quite some time now and still seems to be quite popular. However, the question that keeps popping up is: “Is the South Beach Diet Safe?” You need the answer to this question before starting any diet. So I’d like to give you a brief explanation of this ...
Views: 1787 - Reading Diet Pill Ingredients To Avoid Ephedra - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2008 from Isabelle NewtonObesity is a problem which usually requires long term treatment to not only lose weight but to keep it off. Prescription and OTC (over the counter) weight loss medications are available and are very effective. Although weight loss pills are not for everyone many people do qualify for ...
Views: 772(1 vote) - 4 Simple Self-Help Tips To A Sexier You - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2008 from Mike PowersAre love handles, potbellies, and spare tires slipping their way onto your body? Do you fritter countless hours staring at yourself in the mirror hoping you had a better, fitter physique - like that of Angelina Jolie or Brad Pitt? Is it hard for you to stick to a diet? Have most of your ...
Views: 1019 - Exercising On A Minimal Budget - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2008 from Sandor CruzMoney isn't a big factor in keeping yourself whole. Think imaganatively and you'll find yourself associating working out to your daily stints. With our present fragile economy, we must do everything to put each and every hard-earned dollar to good use. Monetary problems are a stale alibi for ...
Views: 872 - How to Lose Water Weight Fast - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2008 from Claude AnthonyWater Weight – What Is It? Water weight is usually caused by a body that is rebelling against being treated poorly. You keep trying to lose weight and, well, your body just rebels. It insists on holding on to excess water that is making you look heavier, feel worse, and looking like a cream ...
Views: 4087(1 vote) - Fat Loss Diet - Lose the Weight Not Flavor - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2008 from Alvin HopkinsonMany people do not realize they can actually lose the weight they want and still eat food that tastes good. All you want to do is take of a few of those unwanted pounds but still eat food that doesn’t taste like cardboard. It is important when choosing a fat loss diet that you try one that ...
Views: 712 - How to Lose Weight Quickly and Keep it Off - 8 Simple Tips - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2008 from Alvin HopkinsonWhen you have decided that losing weight is what you want to do you have to make a commitment. Commit to a healthier lifestyle and yourself. Learning how to lose weight quickly is not difficult, the difficult part is putting your knowledge to work. Below you will find a few suggestions on how to ...
Views: 675 - Cabbage Soup Diet - A Good Starting Point To Weight Loss - by It is a nightmare for a lot of people when they think of diet. Losing weight is difficult and more so keeping it off. A lot of pounds challenged people are on the look out for the perfect formula to decrease the unwanted bulges and lumps on their bodies. The cabbage soup diet is a popular option ...
Views: 1261 - Diet Food Delivery Services - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2008 from Thomas NoonanWhen it comes to losing weight, there are a number of things that you can do. You can try to start exercising more. Go to the gym, go for daily walks, or start riding your bike to work. It is pretty easy to incorporate exercise into our daily routines. However, sometimes we don’t have ...
Views: 1078 - Diet, Weight And Confusion - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2008 from Linda SimmonSometimes, it seems as if all the doctors, scientists and dietitions in the world are trying to keep us confused. First, we were told that fat is bad for you; now oh oh, maybe it isn't. We all know the difference between bad and good fats, but in addition, according to the New York Times, a ...
Views: 1172 - Easy Daily Routines To Build A Healthier You - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2008 from Lynn SmithNow that school is back in session, everyone is settling back into routines. Seems fitting that this would be a good time to examine your routine and see what habits are serving you and which ones could use some improvement. Let’s start by looking at your morning routine. Do you get up early ...
Views: 1194 - 5 Tasty Cabbage Soup Recipes - by The variety of cabbage known today is well beyond the ten fingers of your hands. Use whichever is available to you and you can work magic in the kitchen. There are famous soup preparations that you can try at home. These variations can help you if you want delicious soups or if you are one of ...
Views: 1506 - How To Build A Healthy Lifestyle - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Jim RosenauBuilding a healthy lifestyle to loose weight is not easy. Let alone a healthy lifestyle change. But a healthy lifestyle change needs to be done in three categories to loose weight. Diet - lets face it, with out this you probably will not be as successful loosing weight as you would like. ...
Views: 1182 - Healthy Weight Loss Is The Best Weight Loss - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Michael MarshLet me explain why healthy weight loss is the best weight loss. Healthy weight loss is safe, natural, and permanent weight loss. Meaning you lose weight the way your body is designed to lose it: Slowly and naturally by creating a small daily calorie deficit. No pills, no fad diets, no colon ...
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