Complex carbs are an important part of a balanced diet. In the past few decades, carbohydrates have gotten a bad rap in popular culture. Low-carb diets like Atkins have convinced the world that the key to losing weight is cutting carbs. While this is a strategy that technically works, it’s not really a good long-termContinueContinue reading “16 Complex Carbohydrates to Give You More Energy and Promote Weight Loss”
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How to Boost Your Metabolism This Winter
There has never been a better time to boost your metabolism. Winter is here. A pandemic is in full swing. Those two things create the perfect storm for a sedentary lifestyle. The weather keeps us from going outside, and the pandemic gives us the perfect excuse to let ourselves go. Before we know it, springContinueContinue reading “How to Boost Your Metabolism This Winter”
Five Surprising Foods to Boost Your Metabolism
Speed up your weight loss with metabolism-boosting foods. As you know, I always say that the best way to lose weight is to adjust your eating and fitness habits, to create long-lasting lifestyle changes. When it comes to dieting alone, it is true that what you eat directly correlates with how much weight your gainContinueContinue reading “Five Surprising Foods to Boost Your Metabolism”
Intermittent Fasting: What You Need to Know
Intermittent fasting may be the weight-loss solution you have been looking for. It goes without saying that weight loss and diet go hand in hand. No matter how much you work out, if you aren’t eating right, it won’t really do any good in the long run. Diet is obviously one of the more difficultContinueContinue reading “Intermittent Fasting: What You Need to Know”
How to Fight Unhealthy Food Cravings
Food cravings affect everyone, but there are plenty of ways to fight them. Food cravings happen to the best of us, especially those of us who identify as female. Not only do we have to deal with food cravings once a month, but also when we are pregnant, stressed, pregnant and stressed, or dealing withContinueContinue reading “How to Fight Unhealthy Food Cravings”
Can Protein Powder Help You Lose Weight?
Supplementing your diet with protein powder can actually help you lose weight. When you think of protein powder, I have no doubt that you think of body builders grunting around the gym, sipping protein powder like a snack, in their stringy tank tops and gym shorts. While that is definitely a typical image, protein powderContinueContinue reading “Can Protein Powder Help You Lose Weight?”
Five Ways to Speed Up Your Metabolism
When it comes to weight loss, metabolism can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Ask anyone who has ever attempted it, and they will tell you the most difficult part of losing weight is keeping it off. Maintaining weight loss is so hard because of all the external factors, since it generally involvesContinueContinue reading “Five Ways to Speed Up Your Metabolism”
How to Stop Binging Food at Night
Binge eating at night can kill your diet. I always say that I am in favor of adopting an overall healthy lifestyle of proper eating and balanced fitness, but I know that for many people, diets are a more viable option. The problem with diets is that it’s so easy to slip up, and oneContinueContinue reading “How to Stop Binging Food at Night”
Five Foods to Stop Buying Now
Making the right food choices is instrumental in any fitness or weight-loss plan. For most people, food is one of the most difficult things to control. If you are a working mom like me, then you know that during the day it is difficult to make healthy food choices, when non-healthy food options are soContinueContinue reading “Five Foods to Stop Buying Now”
Five Weight-loss Tips to Lose Weight Forever
The hardest part of losing weight is figuring out how to keep it off. In the United States alone, 74% of adults are overweight or obese. This is due in large part to the type of food we eat, but it also has to do with how difficult it is to lose weight, and thenContinueContinue reading “Five Weight-loss Tips to Lose Weight Forever”