OK, now I’ve seen it all. A diet plan that let’s you replace two meals per day with cookies and eat a sensible dinner. Can you say SCAM? Have I tired the Hollywood Cookie Diet? NO! Will I try the Hollywood Cookie Diet? NO! Why? I’ll at least give the diet plan a review. The [...]
I really can’t stress enough how important it is too add numerous small meals into your diet. Instead of eating 3 large meals per day it’s much better to consume 6 or more small meals throughout the day. A few months ago my wife’s family and I planned a trip to the beach. We started [...]
When you hear the word diet does your body cringe? Do you think of starvation or misery? The word diet doesn’t necessarily mean eating a lot less food. Actually the word diet means what you eat. You can have a bad diet or a good diet depending on what you consume throughout the day. Eating [...]
Do you ever get hungry just a few hours after dinner? Sure, most of us have had the occasional late night hunger attack. It’s ok to have the attack and even try to control the hunger with a snack, but most of us don’t have the will power to eat some carrots or celery in [...]
Celery is a great snack anytime of the day. It’s low in calories, low in fat, high in fiber and loaded with other vitamins. It does however have some sugar and sodium which are a couple of bad points for eating a lot of celery. Celery however, does have another big advantage according to some experts. [...]
Looking for a way to easily burn a few extra calories. A healthy, balanced diet combined with some exercise is obviously the best way to weight loss, but what if you don’t have a lot of time to exercise? There are many quick exercises you can do at home and at the office to burn a [...]
You hear it all the time, “Drink 8 glasses of water every day”, but do you know why you should? Water has so many health benefits it has to be the best drink on or off a diet you could ever drink. Every body function requires water in order to work properly. Keeping your body [...]
A well balanced diet may be difficult to fit into your schedule, but an exercise routine may be even more difficult to adopt. With most fast food restaurants offering healthy alternative meal choices, a healthy, diet is now a little easier to create. However, that doesn’t really help in the exercise department. Exercise is just [...]
This week my wife has decided to start a regular diet and exercise program. With two small children and a full time job it seems like there is always something that comes up to interrupt any type of exercise program she starts. From changing diapers, cooking dinner to housework it seems like there is little or [...]
There are hundreds of “fad diets” and other diet plans created by nutritionists, but which one is right for you? I’m not an expert on the matter but I can give you a rundown of today’s most popular diets. Today I’ll talk about the Atkins diet. The Atkins plan emphasises a heavy intake of protein [...]
