How not to destroy your diet during the weekend
Do you find weekends the hardest time to keep up with your nutrition? You know, all those events, dinners, parties and barbecues that happen, do they seem to throw you off course? Not to worry! I have some great tips to help you stay healthy on the weekends and...
How to understand nutrition labels
Having a hard time understanding all those difficult terms on nutrition labels? Do not fear because you are not alone. Saturated fats, trans fats, partially hydrogenated oils, carboxymethylcellulose, sodium hexametaphosphate, maltodextrin … it’s too much to take in. We want to help you understand the foods you are eating...
Calories Burned From Jogging: Don’t Be Fooled
Jogging is probably the easiest exercise to do that provides a substantial calorie burning rate, so it’s naturally tempting to know the number of calories burned from jogging. When you know this number of calories, it is easier to verify the amount of exercise you need to lose weight...
Diet and Training Philosophies of Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps is recognized as the greatest Olympian to ever walk the earth. Phelps has collected 16 Olympic medals, eight magnificently at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. So many achievements at the age of 23 as a mother. Without a doubt, Michael Phelps is made for swimming. His 14-foot size,...
2 major fat loss mistakes
To tone your muscles you must train with weights with light weights and high repetitions. First, let’s clarify the tone of the word. Toning is nothing more than reducing the percentage of body fat. The word was invented as a marketing word to convince women to go to gyms....
How many calories can I eat and keep losing weight?
To find out how many calories to eat, first start with where you are. In other words, find out how many calories it takes to maintain your current size, and then cut back from there. You can do it in many ways. Most people just choose an arbitrary number...
Empty calories and digestion
What are empty calories? Empty calories refer to the amount of energy present in certain high-energy foods, which have low nutritional value. In these foods, the energy comes primarily from processed carbohydrates or fats, and sometimes even ethanol. An empty calorie typically contains the same amount of energy as...
2000 calorie diet menu and meal plan
The 2000 calorie diet plan limits a person’s daily food intake to 2000 calories. This is almost close to the normal amount of calories a person consumes in a day. But the difference between a 2,000 calorie diet plan and a normal daily diet is that the 2,000 calories...
Tips for choosing the best dog food for your Labrador
The problem with choosing the best dog food for a Lab is that there are colossal measures of different dog food control options available today. As dog owners, we are quickly stumped: which one to choose? There are breed specific puppy supports, for puppies with particular afflictions and predestined...
Insomnia? – Rewire your brain to get some sleep
Why do we have problems with insomnia? Too many of us think about NOT going to sleep, rather than thinking about falling asleep when we lie on the pillow at night. Fearful thoughts about not being able to sleep trigger the fight or flight response, and the stress chemicals...