How to know when enough calories are enough?

In a weight loss program calories are important. But a calorie is not a calorie. For example, let’s compare calories from white bread vs. oatmeal, both of which are starchy carbohydrates and contain 4 calories per gram respectively.

However, when you eat white bread, which is stripped of its nutrients such as fiber, minerals and vitamins, you are not taking in essential ingredients that help your body run its metabolic system efficiently.  Conversely, quality calories, from foods like oatmeal, that are not processed, and are not taxing to your system, help you to maintain your metabolism and to then lose excess weight. 

What prompted me to share an e-mail with you today was a question I recently received in my mailbox from Vikki, who has lost 20 pounds since starting the program January 2010.

Why are you gaining weight again?

Remember January when the motivation to lose weight was high? It is clear that you could succeed as you lost the first 10 to 15 lbs. Then you get comfortable and you start gaining slowly all back. Frustrating isn’t it? And the stats prove this phenomenon relapse and weight gain. Just consider:

80 percent of all individuals who lose weight gained the pounds lost and even a little more within 3 to 5 years, according to a study from Oxford University published in the International Journal of Obesity.

To all Cardio Kings and Queens- Is running enough?

 I had to use this wording. I couldn’t resist. Because this is really what it is.

This might be you. You are priding yourself on going running every single day. You love it. Yet, you meet me and you ask me how you can lose weight. That has happened so many times that I want to share with you the basics of what I explain to those individuals like you.

Don’t know where to begin? Tip’s to get started!

Today I have tips for you. Tips that you can use right now to get started in moving in the direction of better health, less weight, a toned and in-shape body, and a positive attitude.

Tip one:
Create an

Make your abs pop

Bring your six-pack to the surface. Does it need a crunch? A plank? A lateral twist? Perhaps none of this.  An evident six-pack or not, you do need abdominal strength for stability of the upper and lower extremities. 

What is the right body fat percentage to see six pack abs?

Your motivational count!

Listen to this simple motivational strategy to implement when the going of activities get tough. Click the play button to find out.

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Soy- Dare To Be Tried?

“Soy causes cancer and it is bad.”

“Soy helps to prevent cancer and it is good for you.”

Which statement is right? Who should you believe? I found myself in the same confusing position as I read reports and books dealing with soy as a protein source, as an adjunct to therapeutic

Oprah’s 50-year-old man with a heart of a 20 year old.

Recently on Oprah, a 50-year-old man was interviewed. Using diet alone, he transformed his heart into that of a 20 year old. Is this something you should be doing? Or is this just another gimmick that is arriving on the horizon?

Calorie restriction diets have been shown to

How to succeed in weighing less

How about 25 lbs less? Recently, a client started working with my program and has lost that amount already.What is the secret? First, it wasn’t just

Supplements: Yes, No, Maybe?

Whoa! What news there was last week. You’ve got to read this.

 

A study from the Women’s Health Initiative has found by tracking 161,000 older individuals that vitamins don’t prevent diseases. Now, we are talking about a $20 billion industry.

 

And, at the same time, another study