The game is on! Thanksgiving is the kickoff that starts the season of the parties and treats, buffets, football games and extra alcoholic beverages. Cookies and candies are brought in to offices on a daily basis, plopped right in the central location for office grazing. Family and friends get together for potlucks, and pies and chips and cheesy dips are the main attraction. Here are a few tips to keep you on your goal for weight loss and avoid the average 10-pound holiday weight gain. 

1. Going to the mall. Ah the mall - shopping is fine and so is the smell of those cinnamon rolls! Do yourself a favor - eat before you go. It’s kind of like grocery shopping on an empty stomach. You always buy more treats if you are hungry. Same goes for the mall. If you have a satisfied appetite before you go, you are much less likely to indulge in a sweet treat. But wait a minute - some of us can shop for hours! Carry a healthy snack like an apple or handful of nuts in your bag. If you really need a pick-me-up or get caught without a healthy snack in your bag, get a nutrition shake. Thankfully, most malls have healthy real fruit shakes and smoothy vendors. Add protein powder and a small size smoothy should satisfy.

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Thermogenic foods, or fat burning foods, help boost your metabolic rate into high gear. If you’re serious about losing weight, working out as well as eating the right kinds of food are an advantage. You can certainly speed things up just by including these 15 fat burning foods into your everyday diet.

* Peppers - These are probably the most recognized fat burning foods anywhere. They may be no bigger than your thumb, but they’re crammed with thermogenic properties like no other. (more…)

It’s normal that most people consider their love handles and back fat a big problem. However, they don’t seem to see the connection between excess fats and their lifestyle. Love handles and back fats surely don’t look sexy and attractive to most people and these excess formations are rather unhealthy.

Luckily, there are methods on how to get rid of love handles and back fat. Here it is.

Lessen your calorie intake. For normal days of eating, calorie intake is 2000. But if your want to lose some weight, it is better to cut it by at least 300 plus every day. Remember that calories stores up fats in your body so lessen calories and surely, fat accumulation will also lessen. (more…)

When people decide to cut calories to lose weight the first thing they turn to is low calories or sugar-free foods and drinks. Those sugar-free drinks and foods usually have some sort of artificial sweetener in them to sweeten them up without the added sugar. But many are wondering: Do artificial sweeteners had an impact on our ability to burn fat?

Artificial sweeteners are natural or chemicals compounds that basically replace the sugar by adding sweetness without the extra calories. But studies are showing that people are getting bigger because of that. These are causing people to gain weight because the body is actually storing more fat and the cravings for sugar are increasing. (more…)

You, like many women today, may be longing for a bigger butt. Whereas in the recent past, the desirable body shape was for a smaller butt and larger breasts (think Baywatch), the likes of bootylicious babes in the public eye such as Beyonce and Kim Kardashian has meant that our body ideals are changing. No longer do we find super skinny attractive but we love the curves! If you were not naturally blessed with a big, round booty, there are some steps you can take to get a bigger butt and rival your favourite celebrities.

Surgery and exercise are two options but surgery is expensive and risky. Exercise alone can be boring especially if you are not seeing immediate results. You can give your butt a helping hand with your diet. You need to gain weight in just the crucial areas so you’ll need to discover what foods make ONLY your butt bigger. Add these foods to your diet and exercise regime and you’ll soon be mistaken for J-Lo from behind!

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In a desperate attempt to shed weight, people are lured into the multi-billion dollar diet aid market, promising quick results with little effort. Nearly all these pills are no more effective than a placebo, and some are dangerous, increasing the chance of heart attack. Information presented to the International Conference on Obesity concludes that there’s no evidence that any herbal diet pills provide any sustainable weight loss results.

It is critical to understand that there are no magic pills which will miraculously cause the pounds to melt away, and a reduced calorie diet and regular exercise are the backbone to any permanent weight loss effort. (more…)

15 tips that will help to break a weight loss plateau when on the hCG diet. The following tips have been found to be very effective during Phase 2 of the hCG diet protocol. Remember that it is very important to consult with your doctor before beginning any low or very low calorie diet.

If you are not drinking enough water and/or fluids throughout the day, your body will store water as a mechanism of protection. It is important to drink an adequate amount of fluids, up to 3 quarts or 12 eight-ounce bottles of water in order to promote adequate digestion and prevent constipation.

Make sure that you are eating enough calories daily. Avoid starvation mode by consuming at least 550 calories a day, when in starvation mode your body will store fat. Increase your daily protein intake by a half ounce. (more…)

Sugar has become part of almost all our lives. Could even say we’re addicted to sugar. How not, nearly every beverage and food we consume everyday is filled with sugar content. For example, fruit juice, coffee, tea, milk, yogurt, jams breads, breakfast cereals and many more, even the soda drink consuming nearly 10 teaspoons of sugar (the maximum allowed limit consumption of sugar in a day).

Sweet drink is eliminating thirst. Especially if you drink it cold, it feels fresh. If warm, it will feel warm and add strength. Though drinking is too sweet it would make more thirsty and thirsty again. Actually, for our bodies, sugar only increases energy, without vitamins, minerals, fiber, or anti-oxidants which can be found in natural foods. And what’s more negative effects, the sugar can trigger obesity. (more…)