Weight Loss
Four women share how they lost weight, how they keep it off
Together, these four women lost almost 300 pounds after reaching a turning point. Because finding out what worked for others can be the motivation someone needs to find her own turning point, today we share their stories.
Jennifer Schrader, 35
Lost: 110 pounds. It took about a year, beginning in January 2007.
What made her do it: A [...]
leViv Unveils Chef-Inspired Meal Programs for People Managing Chronic Health Conditions and Those Seeking a Healthy Lifestyle
leViv, Inc. (www.leViv.com), a consumer health care company, today introduced breakthrough meal programs designed to allow people diagnosed with Type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and prostate cancer to easily incorporate restaurant-style cuisine into their lives. leViv has also introduced a meal program for consumers interested in healthy living. The plans are part [...]
Understanding Emotions Improves Our Food Choices
Menus and advertising affect our emotions, and if we understand those emotions, we make better food choices, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Authors Blair Kidwell, David M. Hardesty, and Terry L. Childers (all University of Kentucky) examined the “emotional intelligence” of consumers, including obese people. They found that people who [...]
New Trimfizz is “The Champagne of Weight Loss Systems”
Power-Trition, one of America’s leading nutritional supplement companies, has introduced Trimfizz®. Labeled “The Champagne of Weight Loss Systems,” European-made Trimfizz® is an effervescent stick pack. It dissolves quickly in water to provide a tasty, citrus-flavored beverage. Because it is dissolved in water, its ingredients are absorbed four times more quickly than is the case with [...]
Most people get too much sodium in their diet
Most people use too much sodium (salt, sodium chloride). The upper limit on sodium comes from a panel of experts, and often different panels come up with different limits. One group sets the upper daily limit at 2,400 mg of sodium. Another would like people to use less, somewhere in the range of 1,200 mg [...]
Faith Helps Women to Lose Weight
They ate when they were stressed. They ate when they were lonely or frustrated. Then the guilt set in — for breaking the latest attempt at a diet, for losing the power struggle with a craving. It’s an unhealthy pattern familiar to the women below, and one to which many of us can relate.
So what [...]
Practical Guide to Weight Loss the Six Senses Way
We all want to lose a few pounds and look better than ever, but sometimes it just so difficult to achieve. Frustration and failure are easy to avoid if you have an effective and realistic plan of action. To help you reach your fat-fighting goal, Marteyne van Well, Spa Manager at Six Senses [...]
Adding eggs to breakfast could stimulate weight-loss
If you’re counting calories and thinking about what would make a better breakfast, assuming equal calories for both: a 3.5-inch bagel with 1-ounce cream cheese and 3-ounces light nonfat yogurt or two jumbo eggs (scrambled) and two toast slices with reduced-calorie jam; which do you believe would help you lose weight faster?
At first, that bagel [...]
Weight Watchers on the Move with New Mobile Site
he folks at Weight Watchers have just made it a little easier for members to stick with the program. Simply point your smartphone’s browser mobile.weightwatchers.com to access the same weight loss planning and tracking tools available on the desktop from the hand.
Compatible with most BlackBerry and Windows Mobile 6 devices as well as the iPhone, [...]
Good Desserts are a Sweet Way to Lose Weight This Fall
It’s back to school time. What are the best foods for you to eat in order to get and stay thin as the baking season begins? How about desserts? Let’s all lose weight with dessert. Not lose weight in spite of dessert, but by using the Top 5 Weight Loss Dessert foods.
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