weight loss

The 50% Solution to Weight Loss After 50 (and Before the Holidays!)

Posted on 11/16/2012 by | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Personal Health | Your LifeLosing weight and getting back in shape isn’t always easy after 50. But I learned something new a few years ago after packing on almost 15 (and counting) post-menopausal pounds: it’s far from impossible. What’s more, I found a three-part solution that works: establish an achievable goal eat less move more Simple! A plan to lose weight or start a fitness program can be stymied before you even start if it seems too difficult to do. Like most of us, …

The Best-Kept Secret to Weight Loss

Posted on 11/8/2012 by | Fat to Fit | Comments

Personal HealthAre you ready to learn the best-kept secret to weight loss? It doesn’t involve purchasing a miracle product or submitting to a killer exercise routine. Nor does it involve weighing yourself three times a day or obsessing over every bite you put in your mouth. The best-kept secret is to develop and maintain a happy relationship with yourself. Many of us go to great lengths to please others and develop happy relationships with our spouses, parents, children and co-workers——even strangers. …

Surprise Ending: Huge Diabetes Study Stops Early

Posted on 10/22/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthFor overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes, the oft-repeated advice is to get some exercise and lose some weight to lower the increased risk of heart disease. But a large federal study designed to prove this advice really works has ended early because weight loss and moderate exercise didn’t have the expected benefit. Details of the massive study have yet to be published, but the National Institutes of Health (NIH) pulled the plug on the study two years …

10-Second Weight Loss Secret: Read. The. Label.

Posted on 09/17/2012 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthThis has got to be the simplest weight loss trick ever: Read the nutrition labels. That’s right. An international team of scientists, using data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),  found that people who paid attention to the nutrition labels on food weighed less than those who didn’t. For women, in particular, paying attention to those nutrition facts translated into an 8.6-pound difference over those who ignored them. As reported in The Atlantic, the results …

Does Drinking Water Trigger Weight Loss?

Posted on 09/13/2012 by | Fat to Fit | Comments

Personal Health Perhaps so. Researchers studied middle-aged adults who were placed on a low-fat, low-calorie diet (1,200 calories for women and 1,500 for men). After three months, the subjects who drank two glasses of water before breakfast, lunch and dinner lost an average of 15.5 pounds, compared to the non-water drinkers who lost 11 pounds. The difference occurred because the adults who drank water ate 75-90 calories less per meal. Also promising were the long-term losses. Researchers continued to monitor the water …

Ten Ways to Outsmart Food Cravings

Posted on 09/6/2012 by | Fat to Fit | Comments

Personal Health Losing weight and keeping it off require effective management of food cravings that can easily undermine plans to eat healthfully. Use these 10 tips to manage yourself through the crazy maze of cravings: 1. Eat at regular intervals. To avoid becoming overly hungry, don’t go more than five hours without eating. 2. Include protein in each meal to control appetite. Skinless poultry, fish, eggs and low-calorie dairy products are good sources. 3. Stay hydrated with water, since thirst can mask …

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