People all over the country are trying to lose weight. They may try counting calories, skipping meals, cutting out certain foods, or working out long hours to try to pare the pounds. One thing weight-loss experts recommend to anyone trying to slim down is that they create a food journal to help lose weight.

You can create a food journal out of any number of materials. You can get a three-ring binder with notebook paper, a spiral ring notebook, create a journal to suit your needs, or print out pre-made food journals which you find on the internet.

The purpose of a food journal is to track what you’ve eaten during the day. This will give you an accurate picture of what you’ve eaten all day long. It will ensure you’re getting all of the nutrients you need as well as helping you keep track of how much water you’re getting each day. Continue reading →

Yoga physically burns fewer calories than traditional exercising like jogging or running. But because of the internal and external changes your physical body undertakes when you consistently practice yoga, you can find yourself losing more weight than when you perform more intense exercises over time.

Beth Lewis is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Kinesiology in the United States (Kinesiology is basically a study of human movement, and the mechanics behind it). She has stated that regular yoga exercising tends to influence weight loss more than it directly causes it.

The regular weight loss you are familiar with is when you burn more calories than you consume. And to a small extent, yoga will contribute to your weight loss efforts in this way. But the spiritual and mental understanding of how your body works that comes with practicing yoga over time is what leads to a realization of what is causing your weight gain. Continue reading →

Due to an unhealthy diet of fast and fatty foods packed with preservatives and other nutritional nasties, many people find themselves with a desire and a need for weight loss.

Unfortunately, in today’s fast-paced society, many people who are overweight attempt to employ dangerous diets and shortcuts to help them reach their weight loss goals.

Just make sure you adopt a sensible strategy, and look out for these weight loss methods you should avoid at all costs.

Diet Pills

Even Elvis Presley, the King of Rock ‘n Roll, turned to diet pills when he was trying to lose the excess weight he gained by living an unhealthy lifestyle. Continue reading →