Weight Loss is a Laughing Matter

Weight Loss with Laughter

While the calorie count for laughing doesn’t sound all that high, just laughing for ten to fifteen minutes each day can add up to almost a five pound weight loss over the course of the year. This is a significant weight loss – or it can simply help you to not gain those pounds over the

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Using Target Heart Rate for Weight Loss

Target Heart Rate

Your target heart rate is the rate at which your body is actually burning the most calories for your physical effort. For this reason, the target heart rate range is also referred to as the Fat Burning Zone or Calorie Burning

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Weight Loss and Pregnancy Do Not Mix

I find there are two key similarities between weight loss and pregnancy - a healthy diet and regular exercise are extremely important. Here is a picture of my little one at 11 weeks, 5 days.

Needless to say, I am thrilled beyond belief, but I am also scared about how pregnancy will make me gain weight. I have been thinking about this a lot and have come to the conclusion that weight loss and pregnancy do not mix. The bottom line is that I have to stop being so concerned about my weight as it appears as a number on a scale and just focus on eating a healthy diet and getting regular

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Zerose – A New Zero-Calorie Sweetener

Zerose is a relatively new artificial sweetener that contains zero calories and is organic.

Zerose sweetener is the latest in zero-calorie sweeteners, and is a brand name used by Cargill for erythritol. This chemical is different from other no calorie sweeteners because it is the only natural polyol sugar alternative that does not have any

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Honey Sweetens a Weight Loss Diet

Despite that fact that honey contains calories, it contains beneficial nutrients that help to promote weight loss and good health.

Most dieters are so concentrated on limiting calories that they are inclined to avoid any type of sweetener that isn’t zero calories. Thus, honey is often left sitting in the shelf while artificial sweeteners get all the use, even though some pose potential health risks. Honey, however, can be a perfect addition as a sweetener to your weight loss

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Exercise + Healthy Diet = Weight Loss

When trying to lose weight it is not only important to exercise, but also follow a calorie-restricted and healthy diet.

Exercise + Healthy Diet = Weight Loss. This equation, one which seems completely common sense, has been the center of conversation lately because some say that exercise may cause weight gain and work against your weight loss efforts. This misleading fact about losing weight was recently promoted in a Time Magazine article “Why Exercise Won’t Make You Thin” and has been at the center of some fiery

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Top Reasons Why You Cannot Lose Weight

Eating too many calories, even if your diet is healthy, is one of the top reasons why you may not be able to lose weight.

One of the top reasons you can’t lose weight is that you don’t have a weight management plan for when you are finished dieting. You can not simply change the way that you eat, lose weight, and then go back to your old eating and lifestyle

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Tips For Planning Your Weekly Meals

Follow these five essential tips for planning your weekly meals to help you stay on track with your diet.

Planning your weekly meals like I do may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you are following your own diet plan then I highly recommend it to you. Here are five essential tips for planning your weekly

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Losing Weight on a Raw Food Diet

Following the Raw Food Diet will improve overall health and can help form eating habits necessary for weight loss and weight management.

Losing weight on a raw food diet is very likely as long as you control portion size and continue to watch calorie consumption. Although raw foods have nutritional benefits over processed foods, this does not mean that they are low in

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What Causes a Slow Metabolism

There are a number of factors that may cause a slow metabolism, which can make losing weight that more difficult.

On a number of occasions I have met people who claim they cannot lose weight, not because of a lack of effort or poor dieting, but because they have a slow metabolism. Although the personal trainers and dietitians from ‘The Biggest Loser’ may not take this as a valid excuse for not losing weight, it is true that some people’s metabolism is slower than

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