Book: Where Did All the Fat Go?
September 19, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Book Reviews, Diets and Dieting, Exercise
Fans of ‘The Biggest Loser’ reality series looking to lose weight will be pleased to hear that the doctor behind the program, Dr Robert Huizenga, has written a book “Where Did All The Fat Go” to guide them on their weight loss.
But if you plan on following his action plan, be ready to sweat.
Huizenga’s weight loss program focuses on large quantities of jogging daily and a strict balanced eating plan. According to him, the body has to work at 120% 7 days a week in order to lose the fat. To do this, anyone looking to lose weight needs to …read more
Opera Singer on a Diet Fat Relocation Program to Lose Weight.
February 5, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diets and Dieting, Exercise, Extreme, Food and Drink, Happy Living Tip, Health, How To
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Fat relocation – I love that phrase. It says so much more that ‘being on a diet’ or ‘dieting’.
It’s a loud, in your face type of statement, and it’s what exactly what opera singer Cindy Salder has been doing for the last year or so. In September 2007, Cindy decided that enough was enough and it was time to remove the weight. A woman on a mission, within nine months, she managed to shed 100 pounds.
Want to find out how?
Take a look at this June 2008 New York Times video…
Tara Parker-Pope at the NYT’s Well Blog caught …read more
Join the Pound for Pound Challenge.
January 15, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Announcements, Contests and Giveaways, Diets and Dieting, Easy Health Tips
Talking about dieting and hunger in the same sentence somehow doesn’t seem right.
But what if you could lose weight and help feed the hungry at the same time?
That’s the idea behind a new campaign created by General Mills, NBC’s The Biggest Loser and the non-profit organization Feeding America.
It’s called the Pound for Pound Challenge because, for ever pound you lose, General Mills will donate 10 cents to Feeding America. That’s enough, apparently, to provide one pound of groceries to a local food bank.
Imagine all those 10 cents added together – just think of how many pounds of groceries Feeding America could provide for those without …read more
Sleep or Get Fat People, Your Choice
June 10, 2008 by Liberty Kontranowski
Filed under A Mother's Wisdom, Easy Health Tips, Happy Living Tip, Weight Loss, Your Body, sleep
Sleeping or getting fat? Hmm, tough choice.
Image details: Portrait of a young woman sleeping fully dressed on a white bed served by picapp.com
Well, you don’t have to tell me twice to follow this advice:
Get more sleep!
So the deal here is that we can go about our business, scraping for anything remotely resembling rest, or we can make sleep a priority and lose weight. Boy, I’m just not sure on that one. Lemme think a sec…
Okay, yeah, I’ll play. I am officially on board with the findings that too-little sleep ends with a 40% increase in cortisol in the blood (cortisol …read more
