Debate Over Popular Arthritis Supplement Heating Up (Healthday)
Glucosamine, the popular dietary supplement long promoted as a natural remedy for osteoarthritis, offers no long-term benefit, a small Canadian study suggests. (more…)

Do You Need To Cut Down 100 Calories A Day? But Don’t Know What 100 Calories Is?
The difference between weight loss, and steady or weight gain, can be as little as 100 calories a day. Well, that is according to the American Dietetic Association, and it is very easy to believe the underlying truth in that. Most overweight people in the US and UK put on weight very slowly over the years. A weight gain of 2lbs per year, which is about average, may seem very little. In fact, it is very little, if it stops there and you take it off again. However, a steady weight gain of 2 lbs per year for 10 years is 20lb. In 20 years it is 40lb. Now, that is a serious weight gain that can increase vulnerability to chronic disease. If you are in your 20’s now, you can look forward to a weight drift upwards of 60 lbs by the time you reach your 50’s. That, for sure, is not a healthy trend. But the cause of that 2lb weight gain each year could be as little as an extra 100 calories a day regularly over the year. So, if you can cut out 100 calories a day, you may keep your weight under control over the years. Or how about doing that little bit extra that will use 100 calories per day? Neither task is that difficult; you just need to ensure you do it every day. Examples Of Cutting Out 100 Calories Per Day Intake Here are just a few examples of what 100 calories a day means, and how you may cut it out of your regular diet: 1. Do you drink non diet soft drinks? An 16 ounce can could add 250 calories, so if you switch drinks to a lower calorie drink, or just cut them out altogether, that’s a significant saving in calorie intake. 2. Are you a beer drinker? Even a 12oz light beer is 100 calories or so, which means cutting out one beer will achieve your daily reduction need. 3. Are you a coffee lover? Do you drink your coffee with whole milk? If yes, you can save 100 calories a day by drinking two of your regular cups with skimmed milk instead of whole. 4. You think salads are low calorie? Maybe, but not if you plaster them with dressing. One packet of French dressing can have 160 calories in, so if you usually use the whole packet in a restaurant, try using just under half instead. You will find many more examples of easy 100 calorie savings. If you look at your diet now, and then check the calories on all the items you think may be high calorie, you will soon find an easy way to reduce your calorie intake by 100 calories a day. That is not too painful a diet experience. How To Burn An Extra 100 Calories A Day Would you prefer to burn that 100 calories instead of cut it out of your diet each day? If so, here are a few ways to burn 100 calories extra: 1. Vigorous cycling on a stationary exercise bike should use up over 100 calories. 2. Swimming energetically for just 10-15 minutes should burn more than 100 calories. 3. Walking at about 3mph pace for half an hour should also use up more than 100 calories. You can burn up 100 calories in only 10 minutes that way. 4. Do some aerobics for 15 minutes. That alone could shed that 100 calories. Make it enjoyable by putting on some of your favourite dance music. 5. Do you like golf? Play more often if you can. Just half an hour of golf activity, carrying your own clubs, could help you shed 120 calories. There are many more similar examples to the above, so make them as pleasurable and easy as possible. 100 calories intake or burn is very modest. Do it every day, and your weight may be under control. Start while you’re young and normal weight, and that’s a good investment for your future health. Roy Thomsitt is owner and part author of <a href="http://www.routes-to-self-improvement.com" target="_blank">http://www.routes-to-self-improvement.com</a> (more…)

Breakfast helps girls stay thin
A new study is out that says eating breakfast regularly helps girls stay thin (sorry guys, the research is still out on you). Conducted by the Maryland Medical Research Institute, the study tracked nearly 2,400 girls for 10 years. Girls… (more…)

Losing Those Last Five Pounds
My mother told me a little story the other night. When she first started working in sales, she said, her goal was to ‘write a string of pearls’ - in her parlance, five weeks in a row of 100 sales or more. Her first two weeks would be great - but that third week was always a killer. Four times in a row she got those two weeks, only to fail on the third week. Every morning she woke up and told herself, “I can write a hundred sales this week.” And in the back of her mind, she’d add, “I can never get that third week.” On Thursday of that third week, she was struggling and determined, even though she’d only made 22 sales so far that week. She woke up and told herself, “I can write a hundred this week” - and for the first time, she actually HEARD what she was saying to herself in the back of her mind. “BUT I CAN NEVER GET THAT THIRD WEEK”. Realizing how she’d been undermining her own attempts at positive mental attitude, she resolved to overcome it. She went out that day and made over 50 sales - and the rest of the week fell into place. Not only that, she went on to write a string of pearls that set a record in her company that has yet to be broken. What was her secret? And what does it have to do with losing weight? Simply put, your biggest enemy in your quest to lose weight is your own self-doubt and negative thinking. Positive affirmations are a powerful psychological tool that can help you lose weight - but it’s just as important to catch your negative thinking and turn it around. How many times have you caught yourself thinking, “I can never lose those last five pounds.”? No matter how positive you believe you’re being, no matter how often you congratulate yourself for the great job you’re doing, those lingering doubts are sabotaging you. Overcoming them isn’t a magic bullet that will make it all happen — but at least you won’t be fighting your own inner voices when you face those last five pounds - or that piece of cheesecake. How did my mother do it? She used a sneaky little trick that might be just what you need to get you past those last five pounds. She decided that since she could never get that third week, she’d stop thinking of this as ‘that third week’. Instead, she’d just focus on selling what she could today. Setting a new goal for herself relieved her of the pressure and negativity that had been holding her back. Setting yourself a new goal can freshen your perspective and wipe away all the ‘failures’ that seem to be holding you back. Forget the ‘last five pounds’. From this morning on, think of it as ‘only five pounds’. When you only have to lose five pounds, how can you miss? This article provided courtesy of <a href="http://www.liposuction-guide.com" target="_blank">http://www.liposuction-guide.com</a> (more…)

Weight Loss Organizations
Losing and maintaining weight is a difficult and intimately personal struggle, but it is not one that anyone needs to go through alone. There are literally millions of people forging their own paths to their better selves, and together, they offer support, advice, and inspiration to one another. (more…)

Getting The Body Ready For Summer
Three cheers. Summer is just around the corner. It’s time to get the body ready to show off the shorts and sleeveless tops. A bikini is defiintely not something I’m brave enough to wear. Although I’ve been at my target weight for some months now I’ve still got too much body fat.

To get ready to […] (more…)