There are two times a year when people decide that losing weight is imperative...immediately. One of those times is coming up next month, when the unofficial start of summer kicks off with a wave of crash diets, detox diets and whole-body cleanses. The swimsuit season is second only to New Year’s as a time when otherwise healthy, intelligent people put themselves through crazy restriction diets and extreme exercise programs. What they don’t realize is that crash dieting doesn’t work, and it may do some serious damage to your health. So to answer the headline question, yes, crash diets are bad for you.
I love pizza. I admit it. I’d much rather order a large pepperoni, sausage and banana pepper pizza (thin crust of course—got to watch those carbs!) than sit down to a meal of fresh fruits and veggies. And it’s not just the taste that I prefer. The cost of pizza and other junk foods is so much lower than their healthier, whole food counterparts. As it turns out, this cost disparity may be the key to nudging Americans toward healthier diets and away from the junk food aisle.
It always amazes me how fast two weeks can fly by. It’s been two weeks already since we last checked in with our Working for Wellness team, and there is some nice progress to report. I think it’s been over two months now since we started tracking our progress, and it seems like a lot of the changes in diet and exercise have gotten closer to becoming permanent for many of us. For me, I have a new, well-defined goal to work towards.
It takes approximately 21 days to learn a new habit. There are 31 days in January. Math wasn’t my best subject in school, but even I know that the healthy life-style changes made by the Working for Wellness team should be second nature by now! I would like to commend my teammates for making the commitment to Working for Wellness and for sticking with it. It’s not always easy to make changes, but when you make the right ones, they are totally worth it.
It's Friday, which means it's time to check in with our Working for Wellness team to see how they are progressing. It seems this whole "getting into shape" thing is tougher than most of us planned. A few of us have been doing better than others, while at least two teammates have yet to jump on the exercise bandwagon. This week, you can also read some tips that a couple of us have discovered along our roads to wellness. Please share your tips with the crew if you have any. We all need the help!
For those of us who have a few extra pounds weighing us down, wouldn’t it be nice to be able to pinpoint where we went wrong? Aside from the recent Holiday overload of sweets and treats (which I for sure enjoyed to the fullest when we were all snowbound with 20+ inches of snow), we may now actually have an answer. While there are several factors that come into play, researchers from UCLA have discovered that soda pop may be one of the most significant causes of obesity.
New Year’s Eve is next week already. While it’s been a long, strange year in many respects, the start of a new year always seems to bring with it an opportunity for a fresh start. Often, that fresh start means another attempt at losing weight, which in turn also means frustration and disappointment if (when?) you don’t reach your goal. But I have some good news for you; news that may help boost your chance for weight-loss success in the year 2010...
The on-going research in the field of healthy dieting and weight loss is exciting to say the least. It turns out that the fruit of the hot chili pepper, known as capsicum, can stimulate thermogenesis—stoke your metabolism in other words. Who would have thought? I know peppers make you sweat, but I had no idea they could really help with weight loss.
Last week on our Facebook Fan Page, we posted one of iHealthtube.com's latest videos featuring Dr. Roizen (yes, THE Dr. Roizen from Oprah and author of many self-help/health books). In the video, Dr. Roizen discusses four things you can do when starting a weight loss program. One of our Facebook fans posted a follow-up question concerning the use of Coconut Oil and its benefits for health and weight loss. While I could write my own long-winded response to her question, NaturalNews.com just posted an article entitled "Three Reasons Coconut Oil Can Help You Lose Weight," which answers the question quite nicely.
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