Margon lost 57 pounds by switching to a low carb lifestyle and working out three days a week. She is determined to break her unhealthy addiction to food.
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Nory lost 25 pounds and gained a healthy and fit lifestyle
Transformation of the Day: Nory lost 25 pounds and gained lots of lean muscle. However, for this Alpha Kappa Alpha soror the 7 year journey has been more about creating a healthy lifestyle than just losing pounds. Check out her story for a ton of great insights. What was your motivation? What inspired you when […]
5 Mistakes Vegetarians Make When It Comes to Healthy Eating
Countless studies have proven the benefits of a diet rich in fresh fruit and vegetables, sparking the growing popularity of vegetarian cuisine. However, to fully realize the benefits long term you need to do a bit more than simply cutting out meat! A well planned plant-based diet is packed with disease preventing nutrients – processed […]
Food Packaging and Labeling Could Be Incorrect
Calorie counting is one of the most universally common means of losing weight. Diets focusing on weight loss, whether it’s Paleo or vegetarian, often times use some type of method of counting calories or portion sizes to ensure that there is a calorie deficit. A calorie deficit means you consume less calories than you burn. When […]
Anissa lost 160 pounds with surgery
Update Oct 2015 – Anissa lost the weight and now she’s raising funds to remove a significant amount of loose skin.- I had the gastric bypass March 17, 2009. In four months, I had lost up to 186 pounds but I wasn’t healthy. I wasn’t eating and I was real depressed. I still didn’t like the […]
The Basics of Weight Loss
Certain things never change and how to effectively lose weight and keep it off is one of those areas of life. Here are the basics of weight loss that can work for almost anyone*. Eat Real Food If you can do nothing else but eat real food, you are more likely to begin to lose […]
Home Delivery Diet Food Companies – Pros and Cons
It seems that with weight loss plans like Nutrisystem® or The Fresh Diet® we have been bombarded by the value that delivery diet meals can give us. They are convenient and face it, in today’s world, who doesn’t want fresh low calorie meals they don’t have to worry about preparing? They are popular in America […]
Fact: 1 Pound of Fat equals 3,500 Calories
Weight Loss Motivation for the Day 1 Pound of Fat equals 3,500 Calories! We also know that 500 calories burned per day for 7 days equals 3,500 Calories! GET THE Math and how it can help you? Knowing the amount of calories you eat and what you burn in terms of activity can be very helpful when […]
April Challenge Day 1 – Things you should know about reading food labels
Ladies, one of the main things you will want to use a guide to find out just how processed your food is during our April Challenge is Food Labels. This month we are committed to eating more REAL food and cutting out highly processed food and junk food, so these labels are KEY. US food […]
