Image via Wikipedia By Haiyan Lai-Heskin Healthy living is not only a matter of physical health – spiritual and psychological health is an essential foundation upon which we can build physical health. Learning to cope with problems better is vital for healthy daily living. Research examined both the positive and negative effects of lifestyle if [...]

by Mike Roussell PhD(c) Weight loss plateaus can be frustrating and detrimental to your fat loss if not dealt with swiftly and properly. Another way to look at weight loss plateaus is that they are actually your body settling in at a new body weight set point. The set point theory is basically the idea [...]

Do you think cardio or weight bearing exercise is the secret to losing fat and weight?  Hmmm.   I would tend to think that working more cardio would benefit the spare tire around your belly.  Maybe we better watch today’s video to figure out how we can best use our time to benefit our weight loss [...]

Do you hit a brick wall with your weight loss goal?  Exercise and watching your diet not doing the job? I know that I have been frustrated when I see what seems like everyone around me melting off the pounds when I maintain the same weight regardless of my attempts to burn some off. Here [...]

Many people never get very far on their weight loss path because they don’t know how to go about making a plan.  On the other hand, some people are too optimistic about losing a lot of weight fast and are quickly disappointed when they fail.  Do you know how much weight you can safely lose?  [...]

So many diet programs so little time. Do you ever feel like if you just had the formula that was right for you that you could hit that weight goal or fit in to that slinky suit? Maybe you should check out our video for the day.

Did you know that some people think low carb diets and ketogenic diets are the same? What about a low starch diet, how does that factor into the realm? Today let us review the differences in ketogenic diets, low carb diets, and low starch diets. There are a lot of misconceptions out there. Check out [...]

One of the things that has worked the best for me to lose weight was to reduce my carbohydrate intake.  Now don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy my chocolate.  But you have to choose your battles.  You think you need that toast or cereal for breakfast but you are really not doing anything to [...]

I bet you thought that in order to lose more of that spare tire around your waist you were going to have to hit the treadmill more.   Well, guess what….

You can’t turn on the TV or hit a search engine web page this time of year without seeing an ad for Atkins, South Beach, Weight Watcher’s etc…   Which one is for you?  What if you like bits and pieces of each type of diet?  Hmmm.  Maybe you should check out this short video and [...]