How many times have you gone “gung-ho” and created a workout plan that you were going to use to get that sculpted body you’ve been after for so many years? Well, I myself could fill a rather large book with the number of pages I’ve created as part of my “new workout plan”.

They all fell through! I guess you could gather that from my need to continue creating them. LOL

Well, I finally found one that I was able to make stick, at least for the last few months, which is really a few months more success than any of my others plans, so I reall think I’m onto something here.

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Remember the old saying “if you can pinch more than an inch…” which basically was a way to tell how fat you were getting. If you could pinch more than an inch you were getting fat, so you would lose weight. If you couldn’t pinch that inch of fat then you were ok. Many people still use this technique to see how out of sync they are becoming with their diet.

But what do us big folks do? Pinch an inch? Hell I don’t know how much in inches it is that I’m pinching, but it sure aint no inch. It’s a handful! So unfortunately, there goes that measuring technique. The only thing left is the scale.

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We all worry about heart dieses today. No wonder, it’s one of our worse enemies. But, there is a very basic thing that we can do to help protect ourselves from the hidden dangers of heart disease – drink green tea.

It may sound too simple, but in one study of more than 40,000 people, those that drank more than 5 or more cups of green tea every day had the lowest risk of dying from heart disease or stroke.

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If you’ve gone to a bookstore after the holidays, you probably noticed the giant stack of diet books that magically appears near the entrance right at the start of the year. Whether you find these books guilt-inducing or inspiring, one thing’s for sure: most of them sound too good to be true. More often than not, they probably are.

Fad diets or popular weight loss diets aren’t new; in fact, they return every year with different names and perhaps a different celebrity endorser. Here are the six basic fad diets, why they won’t work, and why they can even be unhealthy. You may not find these exact titles at a bookstore near you, but hopefully this article can help you recognize the gimmicks no matter how they’ve been tarted up.

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There so many ways to lose weight, but the tricky part is maintaining the weight loss. Diet advocates argue that skipping food groups and reducing calories is the key to losing weight, but will following a diet be worthwhile if you end up with your old eating habits once you’ve shaved off the weight? This is what most people do with fad diets, and why diets “don’t work.”

There is no one weight loss approach that works for everyone because we have unique biochemical makeup. However, weight loss plans that work do so because they are built on the basic tenets of permanent weight management. Follow these weight management tips to help you maintain your figure for good.

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There are such things as super-foods that help you lose weight and maintain it – and no, they’re not miracle foods that can magically “melt fat”. Rather, these foods aid weight loss by helping you burn more calories or helping you eat less. Nutritionists say that fruits, vegetables, fiber-rich foods, and proteins are the best super-foods for weight loss, because they make you feel full without all the calories.

Before we go on to the list of super-foods, bear in mind that weight loss is essentially about burning more calories than you consume. These foods can help you do so if you eat them instead of high-calorie foods, and complement your diet with regular exercise.

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