You can achieve weight loss and keep it off forever. How can I be so sure? Besides mountains of research from leading experts, there are thousands of Prevention readers who have successfully done it. Over the years, their letters and emails have been filled with practical tips, as well as the pride and pleasure of people who feel great about themselves. They can run, jump, play on the floor with the kids, wear sexy clothes—newly empowered to do whatever they want.
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For many people weight loss is a chronic endeavor. All too often the shedding of pounds is a temporary event followed by a steady regain of lost weight. Most popular diets are unsuccessful in the long run because they fail to address the multi-faceted nature of what successful, permanent weight loss entails. Luckily, research has revealed many invaluable strategies which can help increase your odds of permanent weight loss. While no single article can possibly cover this vast subject, we have provided links to excellent weight loss programs and books which are backed by clinical research, and can significantly help you in your quest.
You may not be eating Oreos by the roll or guzzling cans of Coke, but that doesn't mean sugar's absent from your diet.
You're likely eating sugar throughout the day without even realizing it, says Amari Thomsen, RD, owner of Chicago-based nutrition consulting practice Eat Chic Chicago.
Sugar is added to foods that don't even taste all that sweet, like breads, condiments, and sauces. And it adds up: although the American Heart Association recommends women consume no more than six teaspoons of added sugar per day (or about 100 calories), most of us take in double that. (One note: we're talking about added sugar, not the naturally occurring sugars found in dairy and fruit.)
A high-sugar diet boosts your odds of tooth decay, heart disease, and diabetes, not to mention weight gain. Slash your sugar intake now with these expert tips.
For most guys, dieting isn't bar-stool or even water-cooler conversation. Nor do men generally relish the thought of loading up on salad, lemon water, or brothy soups. "'Diet,' to guys, sounds very feminine," says Brian Wansink, a food behavior scientist at Cornell University and author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think.
So many plans have muscled up in an attempt to attract men, going heavy on meat, allowing beer, and emphasizing dumbbells rather than yoga mats. Some have recruited professional athletes, like Charles Barkley, as spokespeople to project that dieting isn't just a woman's game.
U.S. News, which publishes annual Best Diets rankings, took a closer look at 6 diets, listed in alphabetical order below, that are geared toward men. Two plans, the Men's Health Diet and Flat Belly Diet for Men, have not been evaluated by U.S. News. While these plans may resonate better with men, there's no promise that they'll deliver greater better results than gender-neutral diets can.
Losing pounds doesn't have to be torture (we're looking at you, cayenne-pepper cleanse). Adopt at least three of these behaviors — they're simple to integrate into your day-to-day routine, and all are enthusiastically backed by nutritionists — and you'll be thinner and healthier in days. (Plus, the weight will stay off.)
What's for dinner? Cut the guesswork and try one of these healthy dinner recipes that you can make with minimal preparation!
From celebrity-endorsed to science-backed, finding the right diet for your body and lifestyle can be an exercise in frustration—definitely not the kind of exercise you need right now! To make your search easier, we've pulled together the 10 most popular diets from Find the Best, a comparison tool that gives each program a Smart Rating based on expert reviews from US News, WebMD, and Health magazine.
We know. The basic abdominal floor crunch is old news at this point, and you want to take core training to the next level. Not a bad choice, considering almost all of our daily tasks require core strength (yes, even sitting at your desk).
According to Tom Holland, exercise physiologist and author of Beat The Gym: Personal Trainer Secrets Without the Personal Trainer Price Tag, the average American spends 56 hours per week sitting, which weakens the core—and that, in turn, makes daily activities tougher. But maintain strong abs, and you’ll help prevent back pain, boost your agility, increase your flexibility, and look good.
The focus in fitness these days is functional exercises — exercises that simultaneously use multiple muscles and joints to improve muscular endurance, overall strength, coordination, balance, posture and agility — to get a challenging, effective and fun full-body workout as well as prepare the body for everyday, real-world activities. You'll get a dynamite — and functional — workout with these 10 full-body exercises.
Don’t feel like going to the gym? With these fat burning exercises, you don’t even need a gym membership – or even any equipment, for that matter.
The best workouts are always going to be those that consist of moves that engage multiple large muscle groups. You can easily take a simple, conventional toning move and turn it into a something more efficient that gives you the most bang for your buck for every moment that you spend on your workout.
For example, consider the bicep curl. It is an extremely effective basic strength training or toning movement, however, 3 sets of them is not exactly going to crank up your calorie burning furnace or cancel out that cheeseburger and microbrew you had for dinner last night. Instead of isolating just the bicep, you could combine the move with a lunge to significantly boost the caloric burn, and simultaneously tone your lower body.
Apply the above concept to the exercises that make up your routines and they become dynamic, fat burning workouts. Here are the best examples that put this principle to work.
With food costs on the rise, we're all looking for ways to save money on groceries. Unfortunately, the food that costs the least is usually the food that's the worst for our health. Check out the value menu of your local fast-food joint. The prices are great, but the food is loaded with fat and chemicals. The good news is that you don't have to eat processed, calorie-laden food even if you're on a tight budget. Throw those ramen noodles away, and take a closer look at your grocery store for plenty of low-cost, healthy items. We've compiled a list of 10 foods that won't break your budget -- or your belly.
Experts and successful exercisers reveal the top tips and tricks they use to get the most from their fitness routines. Getting and staying fit can be a challenge. For many of us, it's hard just to get up off the couch. So what's the secret of people who have managed to make exercise a way of life?