Low carbohydrate diets have been around since the 1970s. These high protein weight loss plans have recently gained huge popularity as can be seen by the massive amount of books, advertisements, foods and entire stores dedicated to the subject. While some of these diets restrict the amount of carbohydrates you are allowed others prohibit them [...]

Some people feel that snacking between meals is disruptive to your diet. However, there are a variety of clever and easy snacks that can fit easily into any weight loss diet. There is no reason to feel guilty about snacks as long as you make healthy selections and eat in moderation
Snacking can be beneficial to [...]

Don’t be fooled by the name ‘high protein’—high protein is another way of saying low or no-carb diet.  All of the fad diets that were no or low carb in recent years were bashed for their unhealthiness.  Don’t be tricked into thinking that this new thing—the high protein diet—is a whole new thing!  Low or [...]

Exercise is good for you, but if you’re like millions of others, you find it hard to commit to a regular exercise routine. In today’s busy society getting a little exercise can be a lot frustrating, if you want to stay in shape. You can get more activity by rearranging how you do things, and [...]

Americans are obsessed with weight loss.  Maybe it is because over half of the population can be considered overweight.  Maybe it is all the skinny and gorgeous celebrities we see on the TV.  Either way, it seems like every other commercial, radio spot, or magazine advertisements that are for some sort of diet program.  There [...]

For a long time now you have monitored your expanding waist size and have contemplated that you will need to do something to control the expanding girth.  Yet not until the pair of pants that fit the most comfortable suddenly becomes too snug are you ready to move out of your comfort zone and into [...]

Weight lifting has long since been a staple of many a workout routine.  Yet while many an avid weight lifter is well familiar with the traditional barbell, the kettlebell is only recently coming back into the good graces of exercise aficionados everywhere. Its country of origin is Russia, where it began as a simple cannonball [...]

The term metabolism refers to all of the chemical reactions by which complex molecules taken in by the body are broken down to produce energy. Simply stated, you metabolism is the way the human body burns up all the calories from the food you consume. Your metabolism has been proven to slow down as you [...]

Body mass index is the number given to the relationship between your height and your weight.  The reason behind having this sort of a measure is that people with different heights should have different ideal weights; not all women should be of one weight and all men of another weight.  Someone who is six feet [...]

The Pritikin Diet is the polar opposite of the Atkins Diet.  However, this diet is not as popular as the Atkins Diet. The Pritikin diet plan promotes a diet that is high in carbs and low in fats. The diet was originally developed by Nathan Pritikin and further enhanced by his son Robert Pritikin. The [...]