There’s never going to be an easy time of year for dieters, and most of us have a love-hate relationship with popular holidays that are, it seems, an excuse to indulge. With Easter looming and chocolate eggs lining the shelves, dieting temptation seems to lie everywhere.
Here’s your guide to surviving Easter without putting on unwanted pounds – but without feeling that you’ve missed out, either.
This bus stop advert in The Netherlands is linked to a set of scales that shows the weight of the person sitting in the shelter.
The ad is for Fitness First (a gym). Presumably you’re so embarrassed the public display of your weight – that you go running for the nearest Fitness First…
Nothing like fat-shame and humiliation to stir sales…
I had the opportunity to attend a talk by author and researcher Dr. John Berardi. As always, JB had a very powerful message. Here are some highlights from his lecture:
Important vs. Interesting: There is a mountainous amount of information on weight loss hitting us from every possible angle. It therefore becomes vital to discern between what is important and unimportant. Unimportant aspects (so called Read the rest of this entry »
Today's post comes from Beverly Dame of Lyndonville, Vermont. After staying at Green Mountain at Fox Run for a week, she wrote a letter to friends and family to explain her experience with our program. We're sharing parts of it here to give women an idea the kind of changes that they can expect when they begin to make themselves a priority. Thanks for sharing, Beverly!
Today's post comes from Beverly Dame of Lyndonville, Vermont. After staying at Green Mountain at Fox Run for a week, she wrote a letter to friends and family to explain her experience with our program. We're sharing parts of it here to give women an idea the kind of changes that they can expect when they begin to make themselves a priority. Thanks for sharing, Beverly!
YouTube: dbfinchAs obesity continues to drag us deeper into the fiery depths of Hades, it seems only fitting that some people would turn to a higher power for salvation from the blubbery grip of gluttony.
New research shows obese African-Americans lost more weight on church-based fitness programs and were able to maintain the weight they lost for at least six months. Preach on!
A Newsweek piece hit recently explaining how men and women use different strategies to diet and that some tactics that work for guys don’t work for gals and vice versa. Here are some of the salient points;Dudes are better at saying “no”: An intriguing study that warrants further review is the one published a couple of months ago on temptation and how the sexes differ. It would appear that men have an easier time Read the rest of this entry »
Being extremely overweight can present some obstacles when it comes to working out, but it shouldn’t take you out of the race completely. Starting with low-impact activities — such as light resistance training using weights or exercise bands … or even soup cans — is just one way to start burning calories without any significant risk of injury.
In these uncertain economic times, we're all trying to count our pennies and every bit counts. So with tax season looming, it helps to know what you can safely write off. If you've made a concerted effort to lose weight and have been directed to do so by your doctor, you may be eligible to write off expenses related to your weight loss. IRS Form 502 breaks it down:
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Apr 04 2009
