Happy Nirvana

I’m not suggesting you run out and buy a dog, but having one really can help you stay more active and as a result keep the weight off. For example, I have a French Bulldog and although he is not a particularly active breed I do have to walk him at least 3 times per [...]

I can totally see what those people who say that parking across the parking lot and walking the long distance to the entrance when going shopping is not going to help you lose weight… Antagonists of being more active throughout the day would be right by saying that being active for 5 minutes at a [...]

In staying with our theme of being more active throughout the day in order to help you lose weight I wanted to make you aware of a new movement that is going on all around the world. It’s called WorldCommute.com. Membership is free and it is one of the most fun ways I’ve seen of [...]

Getting your zzz’s might be as important to a healthy weight as what you eat and how active you are.  Consider these two recent findings: In a controlled experiment, 12 young men reported feeling hungrier before both breakfast and dinner after sleeping only four hours a night compared to eight.  The result?  They ate on [...]

After having talked about exercise routines that burn more body fat through total body workouts and total body training exercises I now want to discuss what one of those workouts may look like. The exercises below can be completed in 20-30 minutes depending on whether you choose to do 2or 3 sets. I would also [...]

Since I’ve received several emails on how to pick out the proper weight loss journal to keep track of your progress, I’m willing to bet several of our readers have the same question.   My answer is very straight forward and simple.   Any good weight loss system that you’re following should provide you with [...]

In my last post I detailed how you can actually increase the volume of your workout program and still not lose weight if you don’t track your nutrition and calories burned and end up eating additional calories that offset your energy expenditure. To prevent this from happening what I would recommend doing before you add [...]

Q. Help! I've lost 26 pounds since last October but I seem to have reached a plateau. How can I continue losing weight? A. First of all, take a deep breath and congratulate yourself for a big accomplishment! Losing 26 pounds in eight months is a big deal. It's also exactly the way we would [...]

While doing some online research I came across a particularly interesting study that showed that the group’s participants were able to significantly improve their insulin levels and better metabolize glucose after just one short high intensity workout. What I found even more interesting was that the participants only did 30 second sprints on an exercise [...]