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Interested in working on your inner and outer thighs? This exercise will help! This great exercise is called a lateral lunge and it focuses on completing a lunge in the frontal plane. At first this may not seem so significant, but if you look at how our bodies move you will find that for 90% [...]

Researchers from Israel and the USA believe they have found evidence that demonstrates a link between obesity and metabolic disorders and exposure to LAN (light at night) in animal studies. In an article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences they found that mice exposed to dim light during their sleeping hours for [...]

The organization Operation Pull Your Own Weight has made it their mission to eradicate childhood obesity within the next decade. That’s a pretty tall order, but they’re going about it in a fairly interesting way that relates to exercise. What they are trying to do is get children to literally pull their own weight to [...]

It’s 10:00 pm, and you’re hungry.  Should you give in and eat?  If you do, are you guaranteeing weight gain?   Probably not, if your hunger is physical.  And if you’ve eaten regularly during the day so that your hunger isn’t out of control.   Warnings not to eat after a certain hour are generally [...]

My list of the 5 top weight loss habits is based not on a study or news story; it is based on personal observations among clients, fellow nutrition professionals, and acquaintances. The proof is in the pudding, so to speak. I know people who have lost weight and kept it off for years, and they [...]

Today I want to walk you through a sample weekly weight loss workout schedule that I think you’ll find to be very manageable. When I work with both my weight loss studio and online clients it’s important for them to understand that I know that working out is not the only thing they have going [...]

Many of us have likely heard stories of people who lost weight, only to fall ill or die shortly thereafter, presumably due to the weight loss.  The exact reasons for this potential reaction may never be completely clear, but research does point to one possibility:  The release of toxins, which are stored in body fat. [...]

Over this past week I’ve gotten a flurry of emails from true beginners looking for a weight loss workout they can do at home “to just get started.” Since I basically got the same question asked in slightly different ways I will outline a super simple beginner weight loss workout for you today that you [...]

At NutritionData we have readers and users of all different levels. Some people have achieved their weight loss goals and are happily maintaining their desired weight while others are just getting started on the path to attaining their ideal body weight. And of course, then we have everyone in the middle who is currently working [...]

When I mention constant weight loss reminders” most people will immediately conjure up thoughts of how they look when they see their reflection in the mirror, or when they go to try on a tight fitting pair of jeans, but that’s not what I’m referring to… In order to lose weight, keep the weight off, [...]