It is true that inactiveness and certain medical treatments can allow you to gain weight quickly; however, everybody likes to indulge in their favorite special treats–that can severely imbalance their daily caloric intake. Unfortunately, the yummiest foods tend to be
How to Kick-Start Your Diet
How can you kick start an effective and sustainable diet plan? There are certain factors you must consider before initiating your diet program: Do not plan on starting a diet when you are feeling overly stressed or depressed. Do not
Psychological Causes of Weight Gain
Many people think that weight gain is caused by how we act externally—the food we eat, the amount of exercise we put into our weight loss regime etc. However, weight gain is a consequence of much more than excessive eating
Eating Out and Sticking to the Diet
How often have you started a diet with the best intentions, gone out for a meal a few days later and eaten all the foods you know you shouldn’t have, felt like you’d blown the diet completely and then given
Plan Your Meals
Plan your meals and satisfy yourself at each meal! If you have little or no breakfast, you are more likely to reach for that mid-morning snack, a bag of potato chips or coffee and a doughnut. A small lunch means
Always have Breakfast!
Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. Of all the possible mistakes you could make when planning your meals, missing breakfast is probably the worst. I am frequently told, “I don’t have time” or “I’m not hungry.”
Nutrition: the Good and Bad foods
In order to make the necessary changes in your diet, you have to change the way you shop. After all, with the best intentions in the world, you can cook only the foods you buy. One factor that puts a
Essential Nutrients
The foods or nutrients we eat can be broken down into six groups: – Carbohydrates – Fat – Protein – Vitamins – Minerals – Water A calorie is simply a way of measuring the amount of energy we




