While there’s no magic fat-loss fairy who’ll grant your wishes overnight, there are a few proven techniques you can use to boost your results and lose weight faster. Check ’em out.
Use of Herbs
Next time you walk into the kitchen and smell something delicious that makes your mouth water, or you have a fresh salad that’s got something extra yummy in it, odds are that you can blame it on fresh green herbs—fragrant, flavorful, and actually good for you. Sure, you can get the dried version in a […]
Breakfast Burrito
Here’s a good reason not to skip breakfast: our tasty breakfast burrito! It’s quick, it’s handy, and it’s nutritious. Make a date with yourself to try one for your next breakfast . . . you won’t be sorry! Nonstick cooking spray 1 10-in. whole wheat flour tortilla (I personally use gluten free tortillas) 3 egg […]
9 Foods That Can Fool You
While delicious by mid-20th century Midwestern standards, it wasn’t nearly as calorie-restrictive as you’d think compared to the chicken-fried steak and baked potato my dad was eating across the table.
Sore, Hungry, and Slow
Source: P90X Newsletter 3 Signs That Show Your Program Is Working By Steve Edwards Exercise makes us feel great. It makes us less hungry. It helps us perform everyday tasks better. Besides our health and the way we look, feeling great, being less hungry, and performing better are exactly the reasons we put ourselves through […]
Down and Dirty One-Pot Meals
For a lot of us, an elegant sit-down family dinner means serving the chicken without the bucket. Having to work until 5:00 or 6:00 at night and then having to come home and whip up something your children will eat that won’t get you reported to the Department of Children and Family Services can be […]
Three Healthy Breakfast Recipes
Baked Apple-Cinnamon French Toast. Southwestern Omelet Wrap. Banana-Bran Muffins.
Low-Fat Apricot Banana Muffins
These are great to grab when your on the run, use for a pre-workout snack or have with some scrambled eggs or egg whites if you prefer for breakfast . It’s the end to those rubbery low-fat muffins. The banana will make these moist yet fluffy. 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour 1/3 cup unbleached […]
Healthy Tips for Eating Out
These tips may take some planning, but you will sure be glad you planned ahead. Share a meal and save on cost and calories. Leave off the mayo and special sauce. They are high in fat. Do not super-size. This is just adding calories and fat. Remember shakes, sodas and specialty dinks just add more […]
Fighting the Obesity Trend
Most of us are aware that we’re in the midst of an obesity epidemic. And while we can’t open a newspaper or turn on a computer without a reminder, the problem is still continuing to grow. A recent article in the UK newspaper, The Guardian, predicts that two-thirds of children and 9 out of 10 […]