Tag — Weight Loss Tips

Just because you appear to have a normal Body Mass Index doesn’t mean you’re healthy; it could in actual fact mean you’re obese! A new study published in the European Heart Journal defines a new term ‘normal weight obesity’ – an individual who has a normal BMI but has a high ratio of body fat, which could lead to obesity-related diseases like heart disease, high cholesterol and diabetes. [Read more →]

Celebrity dietician and motivational speaker Tanya Zuckerbrot believes that you should never sacrifice taste just to lose weight. But with Super Bowl Sunday coming up it’ll be hard to resist all the high-fat foods and stay on the health eating wagon. The author of the The F-Factor Diet: Discover the Secret to Permanent Weight Loss shares her low-calorie recipes for game-time favorites: buffalo wings and potato skins. [Read more →]

New research by scientists suggests that the thin air at high altitudes increases an individual’s metabolism and decreases their appetite, even without exercise. The small study found that obese participants who spent time at a weight-loss facility in the mountains lost weight without being put on a diet. [Read more →]

Being extremely overweight might not be entirely the fault of the individual; it may actually be their genes. Or rather, lack of genes. British scientists have discovered that severely obese people lack more or less the same 30 genes – which are found in people of normal weight. [Read more →]

This year Heidi Klum will once again be wearing her heart on her sleeve with Diet Coke and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to promote the national heart health awareness campaign, The Heart Truth. Heidi will also be hitting the runway in the annual charity fashion show, the Red Dress Collection Fashion Show, sponsored by Diet Coke and a popular kickoff to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week. [Read more →]

Yes, Ernestine Sheperd is 72-years-old. Yes, she’s a fitness instructor. And yes, she runs 80 miles a week and lifts weights almost every day.

Once a week Ernestine leads a workout class for senior citizens at the Union Memorial United Methodist Church in Baltimore, Maryland, with her main inspiration to let individual s her age know that they too can stay fit and healthy and not have to worry about being laughed at or stared at at a regular gym.

If this woman doesn’t inspire you, no matter your age, then I don’t know what will…

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Check out the abs on her! You go girl!

If you’d like to help the citizens of Haiti who are trying to piece back together their lives after the devastating earthquake ripped apart their nation on January 12, you can put your feet on the pavement and your hands in your wallets.

Trish Short: Sponsor this ultra marathoner as she runs 30 miles on January 30 at the Firstenburg Community Center in Vancouver to raise money for the Three Angels Children’s Relief, which supports an orphanage, school and medical clinic in Haiti. The charity also helps brings orphans to the U.S. after the tragedy.

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A 17-year-old has used his love of video games to shed half his body weight. Taylor LeBron was a severely obese 14-year-old, weighing more than 300 pounds, when he decided to do something about his unhealthy situation – he created the Ultimate Fitness Game, a weight-loss program he describes in his newly released book, Cutting Myself in Half: 150 Pounds Lost, One Byte at a Time, using the same principals and strategy as a video game to slim down to the 145-pounder he is today.

Speaking on The Today Show, Taylor said: “You have enemies, you have allies, and you have money. You have to play smart; otherwise, you run out of your money. Your score needs to be high at the end of the day.”

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We’re barely a month into the New Year and it seems many women have already cheated on the weight-loss resolutions and diets. A survey has revealed that 36% of female dieters are secretly cheating by either hiding the food they’re not suppose to eat or eating in the dark.

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For all the mothers who simply can’t make it to the gym during the day (or night), Carloyn Barnes has created the “ultimate mommy workout”. She’s incorporate simply exercise routines you can do while cleaning your house and taking care of your kids.

After struggling to lose the 57 pounds the cLEANmomma picked up after giving birth to her second child, Carolyn became so desperate to lose the baby weight that she began exercising while cleaning. [Read more →]