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Eating less can be as simple as not putting the serving dishes on the table.  Have you ever tried this?  If the food is conveniently in front of you, you might help yourself to more and more food.  But what if it’s across the room?!  If you are serious about making a healthy impact in your life and your waistline,... Read More

By Mark Nelson It probably is. If you’re like many people, you don’t eat often enough – your biggest hurdle to overcome to lose weight. According to Turbo Jam® trainer Chalene Johnson, you should eat at least five times a day. That includes three meals and two snacks. So why eat so often? It helps prevent your body from storing... Read More

Few topics boggle dieters and fitness enthusiasts the way sugar does. Is this simple carbohydrate the key to unlocking elite sports performance? Or is it the chains that drag our country deeper into the obesity epidemic? Annoyingly, the answer is both. But before you throw your hands up in frustration and grab yourself a Twinkie®, let’s take a minute to... Read More

Most people think they have to exercise for numerous hours per week to burn the extra calories and lose weight. The popular belief for weight loss is the longer and harder the better.  But this is really not true for effective and lasting weight loss.  There are many people stuck at the same weight or actually gain weight despite multiple... Read More

Some bad news, some good news.  If you eat only an extra 100 calories a day, you could gain 10 pounds by the end of next year.   Good news… if you cut 100 calories a day from your diet, you could be lighter!!  This can be really simple from adding in a little more exercise and/or substituting food items or... Read More