Middle Age Women Who Sit a Lot At Risk for Future Frailty
If you’re a middle age woman who sits many hours a day, you’re at risk for becoming frail and weak later on, yet this is just SO preventable. Read more…
Slow Walkers with Heart Disease Hospitalized More Often
If you have heart disease you’d better pick up the pace with your walking if you want to avoid hospitalizations. Read more…
Is Pasta Really As Bad As Its Reputation for Fat Gain?
Looks like all the backlash against pasta over the years as a weight gain food has been undeserved. New research shows that pasta, which has a low glycemic index, isn’t bad at all for people Read more...
Stopped Losing Weight? Don’t Blame Genes; It’s Your Diet
Don’t chalk your stalled weight loss up to body type or genes; there are several dietary reasons why the scale is now stuck at that still-too-big number. Read more…
Can’t Lose Your Stubborn Fat and Nothing Seems to Work ?
Can’t lose stubborn weight no matter what you do? Don’t give up! If you haven’t been able to lose weight, don’t assume you’re meant to be fat. This is not how the human body was Read more...
Workout Beliefs that Sabotage Weight Loss
Don’t count on weight loss if you’re making mistakes with your APPROACH to working out, what you believe. Here are 7 skewered beliefs that will kill any chance at losing weight. Read Read more...
Why You Should Stop the Crunches if You’re Really Fat
Crunches are worthless if you’re fat, obese or have a huge belly. Read more…
10 Reasons the Weight Loss Has Stopped Despite Exercise & Diet
Some of the reasons you’ve stopped losing weight despite all that exercise and strict dieting will shock you. There are many reasons a person stops losing weight, despite sticking to what seems like an effective Read more...
Can Tons of Cardio EVER Cause Lots of Weight Loss?
Is there a way you can lose lots of weight with lots of cardio exercise? Have you read that cardio won't cut it for weight loss? How MUCH cardio must you do to lose all Read more...
Six Things Stopping You from Losing Belly Fat
There are six reasons why you haven't been able to lose your belly fat even though (or so you think) you've "tried everything." Fforget everything you THINK you know about how to lose belly fat. Read more...
Have Obese People Really Tried Everything to Lose Weight?
This article explains why “I’ve tried everything to lose weight” is a myth, and what obese or overweight people CAN do for permanent fat loss without surgery. “‘I’ve tried everything, but nothing works,’ is a Read more...
Do Most Obese People Do REAL Exercise?
Many obese people insist that they exercise as much as any lean person, and in fact, I do see obese people at the various 24’s and Bally gyms that I frequent. About 80 percent of Read more...
5 Shocking Reasons You Can’t Shrink that Fat Stomach
Why aren't you able to get rid of that belly fat? What's preventing this? You may not be the problem. Here are 5 shocking reasons the fat stays: Belly fat that won’t go away is frustrating to Read more...
Why Obese Women Can’t Lose Weight on a Treadmill
Just because you haven’t lost weight despite all the time you’ve spent walking on a treadmill, doesn’t mean that you can’t change this outcome. As a personal trainer, I’ve worked with many heavy women who wanted to Read more...
Treadmill Walking for Obese: Why Holding On Is Wrong
How much weight can an obese woman or man actually lose if they decide to take up a walking program, using a treadmill, and hold onto it? Not much. Perhaps zero. This is because holding Read more...
Why Housework Is Worthless for Losing Weight
I’m a certified personal trainer who’s been writing for years that housework does not replace structured exercise, and thus, is a poor tool to rely upon for any fitness goal, including weight loss. The BMC Read more...
How Much Can Thyroid Problems Be Blamed for Obesity?
Where do we draw the line for blaming thyroid issues on obesity? Can low thyroid make a woman weigh 528 pounds? That's a LOT of weight to attribute to a sick thyroid gland. It seems Read more...