Weight Loss

Portion Control: It’s More Important Than You Might Think

My wife and I have been part of a Weight Watchers group in our area for about a month now, and we’re both losing weight right at about the rate that they said we would (1-2 lbs/week). I’ve lost about 10 1/2 pounds since we started, and my wife has lost over 8. We’ve been [...]

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My Journey To Weight Loss.. Again

I‘ve been writing here at this site for almost 3 years now, and during that time I’ve had quite the roller coaster of fitness and weight. I’ve been as high as 270 lbs, and as low as 210 lbs. I figured today I would fess up to the struggles I’ve had over the past couple [...]

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Review Of Weight Watchers Weight Loss Program

A few weeks back my wife and I started talking about how we both thought that it was time that we lose some weight. We’ve allowed things to go on for far too long, and we’re both pretty far from our ideal weight. Funny how life can just start flying by you, and before you [...]

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Kinect Sports For Xbox 360 Review: Another Kinect Title That Will Give You A Workout

A couple of weeks ago I did a quick review of the game Your Shape: Fitness Evolved on this site. I talked about how I thought it was a leap forward for fitness video games, and how it was so much better than any other games in the genre that I had tried before. I’ve [...]

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My Fat Butt Is Back On The Workout Wagon

Ok, if you’re a regular reader of this site you may have noticed that I have pretty much dropped off the face of the earth the past few months (probably longer). I haven’t been exercising regularly, and my diet hasn’t been one to be proud of either. I’ve been full of excuses as to why [...]

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Interval Training Can Cut Your Exercise Time

In the past when I’ve tried to lose weight I’ve found that one of the things that works best for me is when I workout using high intensity interval training in combination with some form of resistance training (along with eating healthier of course). Now they’re finding that by using interval training you may be [...]

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Should You Lose Weight Running?

photo credit: SashaW What do you tell your clients who ask if it’s better to lose weight running? After all, if you visit just about any gym or health club the most popular area is the cardio section. I remember back in 2002 when I was a personal trainer at a health club how in-demand [...]

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Interview With A Weight Loss Champion and Ultra Marathon Runner

A few days ago I discovered a blog that I found to be inspirational in my own adventure in weight loss. The site was Run4Change and it details the weight loss journey of the site’s owner Jason. Since 2006 Jason has lost over 130 pounds, and went from being overweight and un-athletic, to fit and [...]

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Getting Away From The “I’m On a Diet” Mindset

photo credit: Celso Flores 2008 was a year filled with ups and downs. My wife was in and out of the hospital a couple of times, and at one stretch was hospitalized for 3 weeks straight with a blood clot. We had tons of other things going on during the year that made it a [...]

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Help Track Your Fitness Goals By Using Your Iphone Or Ipod

Over the Christmas holiday I got a new Ipod Touch through some work I did for another website. Since my old classic Ipod was stolen a few months back I had forgotten how much I loved having an Ipod. It was useful in so many ways, but then again it was limited for some applications. [...]

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