Category Archives: General Weight Loss

Weight Loss Tip: Understanding Body Fat and BMI

Fat can lead to a number of body issues for individuals, regardless of your age, sex, nationality and other individualizing factors. However, while many people understand that body fat is not an altogether positive thing, it can be very difficult to get rid of the body fat and keep it off. By understanding more about body fat, and individual can be more likely to be successful in getting rid of…

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8 Quick and Easy Tips for Effective Weight Loss

When I meet people at speaking engagements or even when I’m checking my email I always get similar questions repeatedly. One of those questions is: do you have any tips for me?

Yes, I have tips. In fact I have so many tips I wrote a book about it. But in those moments people want quick answers and quick solutions. The first thing you have to understand is that…

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How To: Starting a Successful Weight Loss Program

I just got an email from someone asking me for advice about getting started with weight loss so I thought I’d cover it again in a blog post.

Typically the main cause of obesity comes the type of lifestyle that you lead and the basic concept of calories in and calories out. This means that if you want to lose weight, you need to step back and see where…

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Weight Loss Tip: Don’t Eat When You Are Bored

I’ve found myself doing this plenty of time. I’m sitting around and I start mindless eating or eating when I’m not hungry just to give myself something to do. It’s a horrible habit to get into and something we all need to avoid.

Many times, people can eat when they are not actually hungry. They may think that they are, but sometimes people are just using food as an excuse.…

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New Years Resolution: Start Your Life-Changing Weight Loss Here

Around this time last year at the start of 2010 I made a commitment to change my life and lose weight. Throughout the course of the year I went on a journey of self-discovery where I learned new ways to think about food, dieting and weight loss.

I’ve documented everything I learned to give you the best advice and tips that I can to help you lose weight and…

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How Metabolism Affects Weight Loss

Recently a number of studies have come out showing that over the past decade there’s been a tremendous increase in obesity rates. This number is so dramatic that there have been numerous discussions about how to control eating habits and weight. The studies have shown that not only is there an increase in obesity, but people are becoming obese at progressively younger ages and there is also an increase in…

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Finding Healthy Cooking Alternatives

What’s your favorite food? Is it a dessert that’s loaded with sugar? Or maybe a fat filled pizza. And the last time you “blew” your diet you might have given in and eaten some of that sugar or fat laden food that you love so much. Of course, once you’re blown your diet, you’ve set yourself up for diet failure. You could feel like you’ll never get back on your…

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10 Strategies For Long Term Weight Loss

Have you tried numerous diets guaranteed to shed those pounds and, unfortunately, you only got lighter in your wallet? It’s frustrating to discover that the diet that “everyone” loses weight on seems to not work for you. Well, if it makes you feel any better, you’re not alone. The “miracle diets” that guarantee you’ll shed unbelievable amounts of weight are just that…unbelievable. And, unfortunately, millions of people are taken in…

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Tips for Setting Goals for Permanent Weight Loss

For many people, there will come a day when they realize that they’re just too fat. Maybe that day has come for you. Your weight gain happened over time with you eating one too many cookies, or super-sizing those fries, or indulging in that extra piece of pizza. And now it’s time to lose those pounds. But just remember, that you didn’t gain that weight in a day or a…

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Weight Loss Raises Pollutant Levels In Blood: A Ridiculous Study

Since I’ve lost weight and decided that I would help others by writing about health and weight loss, as well as write a book about the process of Life-Changing Weight loss, I have started reading a lot more health and weight loss related articles.

Most articles help me with research and provide a great amount of knowledge. This article however, about how losing weight increases pollutant levels in blood–therefore losing…

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