Am I the only one who used last month for eating everything in sight? There were times when I was making healthy choices, even if I was consuming far too much. There were other times when I was just using Christmas cookies as a kind of additional meal at random...
If there is anything that every dieter knows, it is that there are a lot of great weight loss tips out there, and a lot of widely believed myths, to go with them. We hear them and see them everywhere! I can’t get through a Facebook doomscroll without stumbling on at...
When you’re trying to lose weight, finding yourself face to face with food cravings for something that is not appropriate to your dieting efforts can be a genuine problem. Food cravings may sound simple, but they can be overwhelmingly powerful, to the point that all...
Is it time to shake up your diet? There are many ways for you to know when it’s time for a change. A plateau in your progress or getting bored with your current plan are some of the top indicators that you’re overdue. A Plateau May Mean It’s Time to Shake Up Your...
I’m going to take a moment to vent about claims associated with some weight loss remedies. This is one of those topics that pushes my buttons. While I usually try to keep my topics upbeat, I’ve been thinking about this one for a while. Even though it’s not the...
Earlier this year, I started to look into a weight loss 7 day fast. Fasting has become such a hot topic that I’ve been looking into a lot of its forms to see if any of them will benefit me. This was not an easy process! There is an awful lot written about the...
Other than actual hunger, there are a number of things that can cause you to want to eat. Primary among them are issues such as eating when bored as well as sheer habit. Any of these things can make you want to start to eat more food than you actually need. They can...
Your weight loss, what works for you, and what doesn’t, is greatly dependent on who you are. Your characteristics and individual personality traits help to decide how you can realistically live your life. The lifestyle changes, from diet to exercise and from stress...
Have you been doing a dry January, planning a dry February, or thinking of skipping alcohol for all of 2020? The trend of scrapping alcohol for the first month of the new year has become a traditional one for many people as they recover from a holiday season of...
Having trouble controlling how much you eat? Want to eat a smaller sized portion and feel like you’ve satisfied your hunger without wanting more? Some researchers suggest you might want to try serving your meals on a smaller plate or in a smaller bowl, as studies have...
When you’re eating at a restaurant and you’re on a diet, it is very important to make the right selections for your meals. The problem is that many free restaurants that ruin your diet are commonplace in these establishments. Most restaurants are filled with little...
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that I gave keto dieting a try and gave up on it back in April. That said, after discussing the issue with a few friends who love this type of high-fat diet and the results it’s getting them, I got some handy...
If you want to lose weight, you can usually bank on cutting calories and exercising as your main two strategies. That said, if you’re doing it because you actually want to be healthy, then you’re going to have to pay attention to a lot more than that. Ever heard of...
I’ve always been a “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” person. Even in my last year of high school when I was skipping breakfast every morning so I could get fifteen more minutes of sleep, I still believed it was the most important. I’d always been...
It wasn’t until I started blogging that I really realized the difference that inspiration and motivation makes to weight loss. It doesn’t do it on its own, of course. If I sit at home eating cupcakes and feeling inspired, it’s not like the fat just melts off my body....
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We might not like to hear it, but if we really want to lose weight and keep it off, we need to think about changing habits central to our lives. This doesn’t just mean changes for a weekend during a fad diet. It means we need to stop doing some of the things that are...
Weight loss is hard. That said, when you reach your goal, it feels as though you’ve done something enormous – and you have! You’ve looked your challenge in the eye, and you’ve shown it who’s boss. This is what makes it feel absolutely devastating when the weight comes...
You work in a friendly workplace where someone is always making sure there are delicious snacks in the break room. That darling woman in the cubicle three rows down always brings enough of her homemade biscotti (from her Nona’s recipe) for everyone. The social...
Weight loss shakes are marketed as a fantastic option to help keep your calories, hunger, and macronutrients under control. I’ve used them in the past, though I stopped doing that when I started to try to put more whole foods in my life. When you make enough smoothies...
Just because a diet is trendy, doesn’t mean it’s effective. Just because your favorite celebrity does it, it doesn’t mean it’s safe. Let’s get real. This isn’t really news to any of us. Still, we fall for these diets, products and off-the-wall tactics now and again....
When I was growing up, if I whined to my mother about being hungry, she’d tell me to eat fruit. Typically, that meant that I should have an apple. Apples were a staple in my house. Even if we were out of just about everything, we always had milk, bread, potatoes and...
