Fiber can help you lose weight and protect against certain cancers, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes. Find out how! Dietary fiber used to be known as roughage. It comprises the edible parts of plants that are not broken down and absorbed in the human gastrointestinal tract. Fiber comprises structural plant polysaccharides such as cellulose. [...]
My Transformation Journey And How I Can Help You To Lose Weight! I'd never been overweight through eating and drinking too much 'crap'. I'd always hit the gym hard. I was eating all the 'right' stuff (as in non-processed, low sugar, nutrient-dense foods, minimal alcohol etc), just too much of it - around 1000 [...]
Track your food intake using My Fitness Pal for 7-14 days. Ideally use the bar code scanner as there can be inaccuracies with most MFP numbers. If in doubt, use USDA or Supermarket data. When eating out in places that don’t give calories on their menus, search for alternatives on MFP such as Wetherspoons to [...]
Lifting weights was traditionally seen as something only male bodybuilders did in gyms. Studies are now proving that weight training throughout the lifespan can have tremendous health benefits for men and women. A recent study reported in Men’s Health from Penn State College of Medicine stated that people aged 65 or over can decrease […]
When trying to stick with a weight-loss diet, one of the biggest barriers people face is not having the social support from friends and family. I’m sure you’ve been there, Saturday night comes around and you’ve been invited out for a meal and a few drinks. You’re trying to stick to your diet, yet the [...]
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could eat and drink whatever we want, not even think about creating a calorie deficit through watching our diet or exercising to burn more off energy and yet still magically lose weight (body fat) because of a ‘weight-loss supplement’? Just lately, I’ve come across a lot of local ‘For [...]
Have you decided that it's time to shift the excess weight, which seems to have gradually crept up, but you hate gyms and can't bear the thought of standing out in a fitness class? Do you find slimming classes and being weighed in front of a group of people a little embarrassing? We have helped [...]