Weight Loss and Exercise Stories from the front lines

Honey and Water – Another Way to Diet. One of the healthy way to diet without taking tablets or suffering the painful exercise is drinking honey and water. People use a honey and water diet to lose weight and reap the health benefits from the honey. Bees make honey from the nectar of various flowers, [...]

With our hectic schedules these days, it can be hard to eat right on the go. Despite all those healthy, on-the-run snacks and meals, you could be packing on pounds simply because you don’t plan ahead. If you want to lose weight, it is essential that you plan ahead to eat right. Planning ahead leaves [...]

I just heard about this product yesterday when I was reviewing sale items at my local grocery store. Banana babies? What is that?! I looked it up and found out that they were chocolate covered frozen bananas available in the freezer aisle. One serving is a half of a (large) banana, which makes them more [...]

When people are trying to lose weight, they often count the calories of everything they eat; however, many people forget that the way they prepare a food can drastically affect the number of calories in a dish. Many preparations of the healthiest foods contain some type of oil or butter that can add (forgotten) calories [...]

Most dieters succumb to the occasional visit to a restaurant, and many often fall back on the salad selection as a safe bet for diet-friendly options. Unfortunately, many salads – especially those found on restaurant menus – contain as many if not more calories than some of the regular entrees. If you’re committed to your [...]

If you’ve ever been on a diet, you’ve probably heard that cottage cheese is a typical diet food. Cottage cheese gets this reputation because it is a high protein dairy product that is low in calories and relatively low in fat – even lower if you choose the reduced fat varieties! Most cottage cheeses are [...]

Have you ever found that when you go on a diet, all you want to do is eat? Even if you force yourself to pay little attention to food as soon as you go on diet, all of a sudden you become obsessed with it. You find yourself concerned about what you’ll have for your [...]

If you’re looking for a low-calorie food that will fill you up, pumpkin is the super food that can be used for more than just carving jack-o-lanterns. With a rich, velvety flavor perfect for autumn and winter, adding pumpkin to your diet can be a tasty way to feel fuller longer. I first considered adding [...]

When you’re on a diet, you may cut out desserts as a way to cut sugar, calories and temptation. However, when you deprive yourself of these small pleasures, you put yourself at risk for binging on way more sweet stuff than you otherwise would have. Adding a dollop of Reddi Whip to fruit (or just [...]

When we are on strict diet plans, we sometimes forget everything outside of counting calories. It’s easy to forget how important it is to drink enough water every day to lose more weight. So how does drinking more water help you lose weight? In several ways. First, water can curb hunger cravings. Sometimes when we [...]