It seems like at one time or another, everybody wants to lose weight; however, when you try, it seems the only thing you think about is food. Or if you do start to lose weight you reach a plateau and nothing seems to help. Well, here’s the top ten best secrets to ensure you achieve weight loss.

In order to maintain a healthy weight, you have to learn how to manage your hunger. Here are five great tips to help you stay on track.

Want to lose weight even when you’re resting? According to the experts, you need to lift weights because weight lifting revs up your resting metabolic rate. They claim the biggest mistake people make when they start an exercise program is to only do cardio and diet. Yet, if you lose weight, and if you aren’t [...]

If you’re wondering how much belly fat is too much, here’s what physicians say:

Women ’s waists should measure no more than 35 inches.
Men’s waists should measure no more than 40 inches.

To accurately measure your waist follow these steps:

Find you hipbone and place a tape measure just above it.
Make sure the tape measure is level.

If you thought spinach was only for Popeye, think again. Spinach is high in calcium, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, fiber, and magnesium. Yet, what makes spinach unique is it’s ability to help you lose weight. That’s because spinach is the number one source for a powerful antioxidant, known as alpha lipoic acid, and alpha lipoic [...]

If you’re dreaming of cookies, donuts, and chips, there are plenty of other healthy snacks that are just as tasty and contain alot less fat and calories. So, don’t ruin your hard work at the gym when there are so many other alternatives, and, keep in mind, these fifteen snacks are all 100 calories or less.

If you’ve been thinking about losing weight, you’ve probably heard about hoodia gordonii. It’s a cactus-looking succulent plant that is a spiny and leafless and used for medicinal purposes. It grows naturally in South Africa and Namibia, and Bushmen have eaten it for years to prevent hunger.
It was the bushman’s use that first brought it to the attention of scientists, [...]

Amar Cheema, an assistant professor at at St. Louis’s John M. Olin Business School, and Dilip Soman from the University of Toronto, decided to see how packaging affects consumption rates. They learned the way something is packaged determines how much we eat
According to the Social Science Research Network, partitioning food actually clamps down on a [...]

Learn how a calorie watch can help you watch your calories.

If you want to slim down, one food you shouldn’t omit is watermelon. It’s low in calories, has no cholesterol, and almost no fat. It also has the antioxidant lycopene, and lycopene has been shown to lower the risk of uterine, prostate, and esophageal cancers. In fact, if you thought tomatoes had alot of lycopene, watermelon has [...]