The Healthy Foods Shopping List

Keep this list handy and take it with you on every visit to the supermarket. These are food and drink items that may contribute to good health, enhance weight loss, and lower risk of many chronic disease. 1. WHOLE GRAINS: Cereal, pasta, rice crackers, noodles, and bread should all be made with whole grains. Read your labels carefully for grams of fiber per serving. I also recommend flaxseed as an additional healthy source of essential fatty acids, fiber, and protein. 2. VEGETABLES: All vegetables... Read more »

4 Strong Stomach Workouts For A Flatter Stomach

Many people go all out with a stomach workout routine for one goal only: to get the flat stomach that they’ve always dreamed of. While a flat tummy certainly looks good on anyone, have you ever considered what good it does? Sure it looks good, but so what? After all that exercising, your stomach should not only look good but should also be toned and strong. Instead of just working on the outer abdominals, you should also strive to build up the strength of your core abdominals. How do you do... Read more »

7 Myths of Exercising

This article is dedicated to the truth behind some of the most well-known exercise legends of our times. Selecting the views and opinions from a variety of sources, like doctors, gym trainers, and fitness columnists, this article presents the reality behind contemporary myths related to exercise. “In order to loose weight from a particular area of your body, you should repeat an exercise multiple times” - The truth is that loosing weight specifically from one particular area through the... Read more »

8 Reasons To Lose Weight Now

Obesity is the second leading cause of death after smoking. It is associated with an increased mortality rate of all ages including children. Losing weight though commercialized is still to your benefit if you carry more weight than you should. Obesity and overweight are term often used interchangeably. However, technically they refer to two different states. Being overweight technically means excess body mass. This includes all the body tissues. Obesity on the other hand refers explicitly to excess... Read more »

Weight Loss Surgeries Are Not A Cure. . . But A Tool

Weight loss surgeries or bariatric surgery or are not a cure for obesity. Infact you only have a few years to enjoy the sole benefits of weight loss surgeries. Permanent lose of fat is not assured through surgeries; rather it is about a change in lifestyle. Obviously these bariatric surgeries do not constitute a lifestyle change. Actually the best approach to these surgeries is by viewing them as support structures. There are basically three types of bariatric surgergcal procedures; Restrictive,... Read more »

Escaping the Dreaded Doldrums of Weight Loss Plateaus

Here’s a problem that has reared it’s ugly head for all of us on our way to our healthiest, fittest, and most gorgeous/handsome weight. We have been following along on our chosen plan, doing the workouts and choosing what and how much and how often we eat very carefully and making noticeable progress. But, after a while, for no apparent reason, we seem to get stuck. The scales don’t go down or the inches don’t decrease or the waist to hips ratio won’t budge and we stay... Read more »

Weight Loss and Carbohydrates. . . Some Basics

When it comes to weight loss diets, carbohydrates are becoming misunderstood nutrients. Carbohydrates are the main source of energy in your body. They are also one of the three macro nutrients required for nutrition. The other two are proteins and lipids. Carbohydrates are organic molecules, made up of sugars called saccharids. A carbohydrate with one unit of sugar is called monosaccharides. Carbohydrates with two units of sugar are called disaccharides. Those with more than two sugars are generally... Read more »

How Muscles React to Exercise

When undergoing exercise it is your muscle fibers that are enabling most of the movement. These fibers enable energy stored up in chemical compounds to be released during physical movement. Coordinated firing of electrical impulses down the nerves to the effector organs i.e. the muscles allows movement of a body part. The more you develop particular athletic movements the better concentrated the coordination of the impulse shots, and therefore the more highly tuned/ efficient the result. If you are... Read more »

How To Get Six Pack Abs

Ok so you want to learn how to get six pack abs. There are a few things you need to keep in mind and add to your lifestyle to get great abs. First you need to eat healthy clean food, second you will need to workout on the muscles of your core, and thirdly you will need to increase cardio if you need to lose some fat that is covering the muscle. Exercises to get six pack abs: To really see definition in the core and abs you need to work your core at different angles and positions. There are dozens... Read more »

Body Building Stretch Marks - The Unwelcome Side Effect Of Body Building

As body builders, you are trying to create a strong, muscular, lean, well-sculpted beautiful body that is the epitome of your physical perfection - a body in its purest physical form functioning at its peak performance. The last thing you want to see when you flex in the mirror is a purple marks and then more purple scars until you realise that all the hard work of you bulking up has resulted in something you didn’t have before - stretch marks! It is common for body builders to get stretch... Read more »