This articles takes a close look at how Weight Watchers has changed their points system with the new Points Plus plan. As a long-time member of Weight Watchers, I was very nervous about the introduction to the new Points Plus plan. If you’re like me, then you’ve gotten so used to the old points system…
Learning the proper method for performing a feast and fast diet allows maximization of weight loss efforts while keeping the diet as healthy as possible. Overview When it comes to effective dieting measures, there are countless paradigms that can help you to lose weight. For many, the conventionally accepted dieting maxim of “multiple small meals…
Staying under 1,200 calories a day is just a matter of choosing the most satisfying lo-cal foods you can, so meet your new favorite breakfast: Oatmeal! Welcome back (assuming you read the introductory column for this diet). Let’s start at the very beginning of the day, a very good place to start. Breakfast! More:…
We’ve looked at the best hot cereal options for the 1,200 calorie diet…now let’s go through the looking glass, people: COLD cereal! So tell me if this surprises you: Post Grape Nuts: 400 calories/cup Kellogg’s Lucky Charms: 122 calories/cup Now, far be it from me to advocate eating the Lucky Charms over the Grape Nuts,…
We continue exploring the best breakfast options for the 1,200 calorie-a-day diet. Let’s talk eggs. All right, so we’ve looked at hot cereal, and we’ve looked at cold cereal. We’re going to skip “just right” cereal and move on to all things eggs, and please rest assured that this column will contain no egg puns,…
This sample three-day diet plan includes menus to lose weight eating healthy foods. Weight reduction should not be at the expense of nutrition. “How can I lose weight?” is a question often posed after numerous diet attempts result in either little weight reduction or pounds regained. The menus below are low enough in calories for…
We continue to explore breakfast options for staying under 1,200 calories a day. Here come some of the less advisable ones. Okay, so now you’ve got a few solid choices for keeping breakfast in the 250-300 calorie range: Hot cereal, cold cereal, eggs. But now you’re skimming down the menu for some alternatives. I’ll reiterate…
These weight loss tips for women will help you lose weigh fast and burn fat. Try them today. Why weight loss tips for women? Well, it seems that at some stage or another in the life of a woman she is trying to lose weight. In fact the words ‘diet’, ‘weight loss’ or ‘lose weight’…
If you are eating 3 square meals a day, you may not have to eat less to lose weight. Learn how to use multiple mini-meals to drop the pounds. The evidence suggests that the mini-meal philosophy may be able to help you improve your health in the following ways. It controls your weight. Here is…
What exercise intensity is most effective to burn body fat? Is it high, medium, or low intensity and why? I found this to be a curious question – I always thought that low intensity was the fat burning area – that’s what my coach has always said to me. This is how my metabolic tests…