Over-indulged last Christmas? You’re not alone. Research has shown that most people gain anything from one pound to an entire stone throughout the festive season due to over-eating, and worst of all, many of these individuals will never actually lose this extra weight. If, like many, you’ve decided to start battling the bulge this [Continue]

The Christmas season is a happy time of year. It is filled with family feasts, office parties, and get-togethers with your friends. With all of these happy happenings, you will most likely put on a couple of pounds. While that doesn’t sound too bad, studies show those pounds stay on and are not lost in January. Multiply [Continue]

Staying focused on being fit and healthy during the winter can be extremely difficult. It’s a known fact during the winter we have a tendency to consume lots of carb rich foods, and the colder it gets, the less we leave the house. With all these stodgy foods and staying home more, the results are [Continue]

While doctors and fitness instructors blame us for our sedentary lifestyle, for many of us it’s more of inevitability than a lifestyle choice. Yes, you’ve guessed right – it’s us, office workers I’m referring to. Secretly exercising our tums and bums certainly has its benefits but everyone knows that healthy eating habits are the one [Continue]

Losing weight can often seem like a chore. And even if you have the right balance of diet and exercise it can still be hard to lose those last few pounds. But there are natural and healthy ways that you can help to kick-start your metabolism. One of those natural ways is that of sea [Continue]

Today, I’d like to talk about something I get asked about more than any other subject –weight loss. While it can be one of the most challenging goals set, the simple truth is that if you use more calories than you consume you will lose weight. The hard part is knowing how calories are going [Continue]

There are sneaky health foods that find their way into your cart, cabinet and refrigerator. You can’t always judge a food by its cover or, in this case, its label. There are some “health foods” that may say low fat, but they are covered in hidden oils, salts or sugar. We got the scoop on the [Continue]

The end of another year will soon be upon us, which means there will be a host of New Year resolutions that will be made and then broken. One of the most popular resolutions is “I am going to Join a Gym to lose weight whilst getting fit”. This resolution is made with good intentions, however, [Continue]

Considering all of the information out there today regarding dieting and exercise, many wonder what the best combination is to lose weight: eating a low-calorie diet, exercising daily or a combination of the two? Following a dieting plan aimed at controlling calories and losing weight has always been an excellent way to shed excess pounds. [Continue]

Now that you have decided to finally get up off of your seat and start moving those muscles, one of the very first questions that you might have is just how much exercise you will really need. Do you have to work for an hour or will 30 minutes cut it? Will doing it a [Continue]