Weight Loss and Exercise Stories from the front lines

I joined Weight Watchers for the second time last week. I’m hopeful that everything will go good the second time around.
Why the second time around you ask? Well, the first time I did do fairly well. I lost 27 pounds and lost a little bit every week - about 1 and a [...]

There are many out there that will tell you that a calorie is just a calorie. In other words, if you just cut back on your calorie intake you’ll lose weight. Well, that’s not true. Think about this. If you eat a bag of potato chips – let’s say plain potato [...]

Losing weight is not always healthy. That sounds so wrong doesn’t it? But it is true. If you are losing weight in a manner that is unhealthy like starvation, throwing up, excessive exercise, or fad dieting, you may be doing your body more harm than good. And once you stop, if [...]

When you eat only one meal a day your body eventually rebels. What does that mean? It means that no matter how little fat you put into your body, you body will start to hang onto it and put it into “reserves” so that it has it for later. Why does it [...]

Did you know that a large number of people are not overweight because they eat too much but because they don’t eat enough? Really! It’s true. Many overweight people eat only one meal a day but that one meal is filled with unhealthy trans fats, low quality carbs, and fatty proteins. [...]

When you are leaving the house on the run you often skip breakfast because you don’ t have time to sit down and eat but if you have bananas in the house you could be doing yourself a big favor by grabbing one before you dash out the door. Bananas have loads of food [...]