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A Guide to Successful Weight Loss

In addition to diets there is a plethora of information surrounding the concept of weight loss. This is useful for educating yourself on all your options. Understanding how our bodies work in relation to activity and calorie intake is important and will help us to make educated choices in the foods that we eat and the way that we approach exercise.

Sometimes when we come across an advertisement for a new product it may sound logical but at the same time too good to be true. The fact is, if it sounds too good to be true, then it often is. Having a good source of information that allows us to establish the pros and cons equips us with the information to make an informed decision.

Weight loss articles

  • Top 10 Fat Burning Foods
    To make it into our top 10 list of fat burning foods, the food must have fat burning properties, be easily introduced into the diet, versatile, commonly available and beneficial to our overall health in multiple ways.
  • Best Way To Lose Weight
    The best way to lose weight fast and quickly is to lose weight slowly. Here is a short list of examples of diets which are well balanced
  • Acai Berry - Super food?
    Acai berries are from the Acai palm tree. Considered one of the world’s super foods, it is nutrient rich and has generated a considerable amount of attention in the U.S
  • How to Lose Weight After Pregnancy
    This article will help new mothers to understand the hurdles and realistic expectations of losing weight after pregnancy
  • Gastric Bypass Surgery
    Gastric bypass surgery is a method of helping obese people to shed excess amounts of weight. Who should have gastric bypass surgery?
  • Fat Camp - Is it for you?
    Many join fat camp with the notion of being pushed and educated to lose weight in a safe environment amongst like minded people.
  • How many calories do I need to lose weight?
    Find out how many calories you need in order to lose weight
  • How many Weight Watchers Points is that?
    A Big Mac has 14 weight watchers points, quarter pounder with cheese 13 and a KFC chicken 9. So what is Weight Watchers Points?
  • Lap Band Surgery
    Who should have lap band surgery? It’s important to establish whether obesity surgery of any kind is something you should consider
  • Reductil Slimming Pills: Does it work?
    Reductil is a weight loss slimming pill that supposedly works in 2 ways. Should I take Reductil? How much weight can you lose on Reductil?
  • Weight Loss Programs
    Types of weight loss programs include do-it-yourself, clinical and Non-clinical weight loss programs
  • Weight Loss Surgery
    As a society, we have become more health conscious and concerned with weight gain so it comes as no surprise that there is a plethora of weight loss options, from dieting to elective weight loss surgery.
  • Diet Pills
    There are many diet pills to choose from on the market that suppress the appetite, satisfy hunger more quickly or increase metabolism.
  • How does calorie shifting work?
    The idea of calorie shifting is to trick the body into thinking that there has been no or little change in calorie intake, therefore avoiding the body’s tendency to trigger survival mode.
  • Phentermine for weight loss
    Phentermine is a prescription medication that can be used to assist with the battle of obesity.
  • Counting Calories - What's it all about
    Nutritionists, dieticians and other health professionals agree that healthy eating which includes counting calories and a low fat diet are essential for long term healthy weight loss.
  • The Glycemic Index
    The Glycemic Index (GI) relates to the way your body’s sugar levels respond to certain foods.
  • Guide to Prescription Weight Loss Drugs
    The purpose of this guide is to provide information on popular prescription weight loss drugs. Information here is from the MEDLINEplus, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and US Food and Drug Administration government websites.
  • The Pilates Workout & Exercises
    Read about this fast growing phenomenon that is Pilates.
  • Dietary Supplements
    Everywhere you turn these days, you see advertisements for dietary supplements. Miracle pills that claim to melt the pounds away, liquid protein diets that miraculously shed ten pounds in a week.
  • The health risk of being overweight
    Being overweight and obese is a problem that has increased quite rapidly in the last 2 decades along with the awareness of its apparent dangers.