Put on Your Boogie Shoes

Put on Your Boogie Shoes

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Exercise doesn’t have to feel like work. So get you ready to march to the beat of your own drummer. We’re talking about incorporating dance into your fitness regimen. The rhythm is gonna get you with these fun-filled workouts. Dancing not only builds and tones muscles, but it also improves…

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Don’t Think Fast

Don’t Think Fast

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

There are those dieters who believe that skipping meals will actually kick start the weight loss process. But experts know better — bypassing breakfast, lunch or dinner is actually the quickest way to derail your diet efforts. While it may help you lose weight in the short term, it’s actually…

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Fast Facts: Time-Saving Diet Tips

Fast Facts: Time-Saving Diet Tips

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Time isn’t always on your side. That’s why it helps to arm yourself with some time-saving diet tips that will make your healthy meal planning a cinch. The goal is to make your eating regimen as seamless as possible so that the process is as convenient as slipping through the…

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The Best Leafy Greens to Eat

The Best Leafy Greens to Eat

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

You hear it all the time – eat your veggies. And leafy greens seem to give the best bang for your nutrition buck. But before you start scarfing up everything green, you should know the variances in nutrition from broccoli to Bibb lettuce. Unfortunately, the number-one green is dead last…

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Write Your Diet Wrongs

Write Your Diet Wrongs

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Just for the record, most diet and fitness experts can’t say enough about the benefits of journaling when trying to lose weight. After all, what better way to keep track of your successes and failures than by logging it all? It’s a tool that comes in handy when you’re recording…

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Be Accountable

Be Accountable

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

It’s far too easy to blame other people for your weight problem. Maybe your spouse is critical of your appearance or weight, and it drives you to eat. Perhaps obesity runs in your genes. We can all come up with a million reasons why we’re overweight. However, playing the blame…

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Losing in Intervals: A Fool-Proof Plan

Losing in Intervals: A Fool-Proof Plan

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

Integrate interval training into your workout. Interval training is a regimen that uses both low-intensity and high-intensity movements. The key is to vary intensity levels throughout the workout — performing intense spurts mixed with periods of rest. Interval training improves cardiovascular health, boosts metabolism, increases stamina and more. It also…

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Ancient Chinese Diet Secret

Ancient Chinese Diet Secret

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

The Chinese people seem to get it — how to eat lots of food, yet still lose weight. In fact, recent research says that they eat 30 percent more than Americans, yet they weigh 20 percent less. However, what they eat and their levels of activity differ vastly from fast-food-fed…

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Where’s Your Diet Danger Zone?

Where’s Your Diet Danger Zone?

Diet & Fitness / Diet Tips

When examining your eating habits, where you eat may be as important as what you eat. If you’re trying to get to the source of stress eating or habitual eating, then examine what you’re doing and where you’re doing it when the binge takes place. For example, if you snack…

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