Weight Loss and Exercise Stories from the front lines

A short article on eDiets.com caught my eye today. Titled “Why A Colorful Diet Is A Better Diet”, it explains this by focusing on why eating brown rice is better than choosing its white version:
A healthy rule of thumb? Don’t eat anything white! This applies to bread, rice and grains. In a general sense, if [...]

He usually doesn’t write about dieting, but I found Steve Pavlina’s approach to finding a diet that works for you interesting: he applied to it the principle of his “30 days to success” method, which basically consists in adopting whatever change we want to make for a 30-days period only, much like we’d do for [...]

The Diet Blog recently linked to this article in the Ledger regarding whether the fat-burning ability of muscle is exaggerated or not.
Building muscle is a piece of advice I’ve seen on many websites, articles and other texts since I’ve been paying more attention to weight loss and exercic. The general conensu is that muscle needs [...]

IVillage’s specialists give their advice on workout partners, whether this can be an efficient solution or, on the contrary, a hindering one:
Stacy Berman, Trainer Having a workout partner is a great idea. Not only does she provide motivation and support, but she can also make the workouts more enjoyable. On their own, people often skip [...]

Ever considered hypnosis to help you lose weight? Apparently, more and more people are, nowadays:

Imagine a world where chocolate cake holds no temptation, where celery is an indulgence and food cravings float away in a balloon.
Now open your eyes to the trancelike world of Americans who are turning to hypnosis to drop extra poundage. [...]

Since many, especially in the Southwest utilize the flesh of the Prickly Pear Cactus for dieting … I thought I’d share this snapshop and marker sign from Bottomless Lakes State Park in Roswell, NM that tells a little about the plant so you know what you are eating …

Prickly Pear Cactus(Opuntia spp.)The “paddle” cactus [...]

We’re so often told that exercise should be part of a good weight loss program, and this sure isn’t anything I’ll argue against. I’m not going to go back here on the benefits of strength-training and building some muscles to help the body burn more energy, and thus make the weight loss “easier”. However, there [...]

The Independant online edition has an article about green tea and its benefits in aiding weight loss:
Green tea comes from the same leaf as black tea, but undergoes a less aggressive manufacturing process and contains antioxidants that can protect against cancer and heart disease. A recent study found drinking two cups a day was equivalent [...]

Another eDiets article by Raphael Calzadilla (I already linked to one of his pieces in a previous entry), this time about tips for people who want to start exercising. Since exercise can play a great role in weight loss—I don’t deny that you can lose weight without it, but in my opinion it’s less easy [...]

Please, don’t laugh, and stay with me here a little longer! I tried this a few days ago, and I’ve since then come to realize that it could be a good way to incorporate more exercise into my routine, without feeling bored or “doing something useless”. In fact, I suppose this entry would even [...]