Before I decided to get real about health and fitness, I asked this question many times. Having worked for a major weight loss company, I have also been asked this question many times. The answer is always the same. We are not being entirely accountable. When we get serious about our health we will stop…
Tag: weight loss
3 Card Monte of Weight Loss
Are you familiar with the card game 3 Card Monte? It is a common gaming scheme to separate a fool from his money. It is always without fail, a set up. A mark happens upon the game and watches as other players both win and lose. The mark will watch the other players lose track…
Tips To Avoid Belly Bulge
Ah, it’s that time of year…swimsuit season. While some of us are a bit obsessed with our abs year round, almost everyone thinks about their bellies come Springtime. Through the years I have learned about a few things that make a difference in my belly. 1- Carbonation, just don’t! While those aluminum cans and plastic…
Tips to Beat Bloating
It’s been said that a flat belly is the evidence of fitness. That is entirely possible. Being lean and defined will definitely show up in the belly. It’s a good feeling to look down and like the shape of your abdomen. It’s also disheartening when you have worked hard to look great, but your abdomen…
How To Lose Weight
Most people want to lose weight. There are Countries where this is not true but in a large part of the world, we are too heavy. While body fat percentage is the true measure of how fat we are, we love to see that number on the scale go down. ALWAYS CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN BEFORE…
My Experience with Weight Watchers
A little over a year and a half ago, my dear wife made the decision to join Weight Watchers. Me, being the thoughtful husband that I am, decided to join with her in order to be supportive of her journey. Truth be told, I was in need of losing weight too as I was a…
How To Approach Weight Loss
Many people want to lose weight but don’t know where to start. First decide on your motive. Do you just want to fit into a swimsuit for the summer or do you want a lifetime of good health? Appearance is a strong motivator because we all want to look good, but that isn’t always enough…
How To Get To Goal
I am a WW Lifetime Member. I was also a “turtle”, a very slow loser, when I was following that plan. I learned all the “tricks”. I have moved on to David’s Way because it is better for me and has enabled me to hone my fitness and overall health. These are the tools that…
Food Intake Versus Exercise In Weight Loss
Sometimes we search for every possible avenue to lose weight before we accept that we have a direct route, changing the way that we eat. It’s common to get active and feel justified in eating a lot because we “worked out”. The truth is, as a general rule there are about 65 calories used per…
Benefits of Slow Weight Loss
For a lot of my life whenever I embarked on a weight loss journey the first thing that I thought was, “How long will this take?” I just couldn’t wait to finish the diet and get back to life as usual. That is the very reason that I had to keep doing it over and…