Why It's so Hard to lose weight

Why It's so Hard to lose weight

Losing weight and keeping it off is a struggle for many people out there. More often than not, people who have lost weight tend to gain it back rather than keep it off. But why is this?  What in our nature makes it easier to gain the weight back than keep it off? Recent research has sought to find out what happens after weight loss that leads to weight re-gain.

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5 Foods That Fill You Up and Aid Weight Loss

5 Foods That Fill You Up and Aid Weight Loss

There are so many diets and weight loss tips spouted each day online. Of course it gets confusing. But we want to start with the basics a.k.a. finding the foods that fill you up, keep you fuller longer and fuel the metabolism. 

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Tips For Setting Reasonable Weight Loss Goals

Tips For Setting Reasonable Weight Loss Goals

Losing weight is one of the hardest thing anyone encounters. It's of course, not always fun, but that doesn't mean tossing the scale out the window and giving up before you've begun is the way to go. The most important thing and often the weight loss strategy that's overlooked is setting actual goals that are achievable. This means, making smaller goals versus a big scary goal weight that seems so far in the future you can't even imagine it. Because it's a far-stretching goal, it's not part of your reality. Setting small goals and figure out what you want to do to get there. 

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7 ways to lose belly fat without exercise

7 ways to lose belly fat without exercise

If exercise is not your thing and yet you have excess belly fat that doesn’t want to budge, is it possible to lose your muffin top without resorting to breaking a sweat?  It’s possible but only with a lot of dedication and diligence by adopting a healthy eating pattern along with other habits.  It’s always best to combine exercise with a healthy diet to get the best results but for those who won’t or can’t exercise, where there’s a will, there’s a way.

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5 Weight Loss Myths

5 Weight Loss Myths

Yes, there are many weight loss myths infused throughout our culture. There are so many diets out there and weight loss tips. Many of them can work if integrated into a healthy lifestyle plan. We've talked about all types of weight loss strategies and trends recently on the blog. From intermittent fasting and weight loss myths to juicing and detoxing for losing weight, there are sure no shortages of tips. However many people make a lot of mistakes when they choose to go on a diet or lose weight. So often we cling to unsupported studies that we heard somewhere, statistics taken out of context. We insist they must be true, because a friend heard it from a friend who used to want to be a personal trainer. 

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Importance of Self-Esteem for Weight Loss

Importance of Self-Esteem for Weight Loss

We've talked about all types of weight loss strategies and trends recently on the blog. From intermittent fasting and weight loss myths to juicing and detoxing for losing weight, there are sure no shortages of tips. However, we wanted to bring it back to basics and to something that often overlooked as a weight loss strategy, and that's self-esteem. More often than not, people lose weight thinking they will develop self-esteem and while this can seem the case in the beginning of a massive weight loss journey, deeper self-esteem issues can make for a long and difficult or vicious cycle of crash diets and starving yourself. 

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How to stop eating mindlessly and emotionally

How to stop eating mindlessly and emotionally

We eat because we need to survive. Food gives our bodies the fuel that it needs to maintain energy. While energy is the primary reason us humans eat, many people have adapted to eating for other reasons as well.

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