weight gain

As a woman, you hear a lot about hormones. From the time you’re told about puberty to until well-after menopause, you’re bombarded with sexual health information and more-than-a-few PMS jokes. Your manlier counterpart, on the other hand, is…

There’s a growing trend (pardon the pun) of young mums piling on the pounds in their middle age. As young mums are now gaining weight at an even faster rate than middle-aged women, they face greater wellness risks of developing chronic…

If you’ve ever mentioned to a friend that you wanted to lose weight, the chances are that they’ve tried to drag you along to a spin class. Maybe you’re even one of those fitness fanatics that are addicted to the act of indoor cycling,…

Why is weight loss always so temporary? Sure, you shift a few pounds in the beginning but then you turn around and you’ve put it all on again from nowhere. Still, according to Jillita Horton, a certified personal trainer and fitness writer,…

It seems too good to be true, but it seems that a new diet has been released that promises it’s possible to lose four to nine pounds of belly fat every week without cutting back on calories and without doing any exercise. Jorge Cruise…

During Diwali, an abundance of sweets, rich treats and fatty foods will be on offer. If you’re trying to maintain a healthy weight during this time and beyond, it can be tricky knowing how to avoid the sweeter treats and still enjoy the…

There’s more than enough information on the market about how to lose weight, but when it comes to keeping that weight off it suddenly falls silent - so how do we maintain our new bodies once we’ve worked so hard to achieve them? Studies…

As you reach your 40s, weight loss requires a whole lot more effort. You find yourself cutting out cake (sniff sniff) and even signing up to Zumba classes, but still the number on the scale continues to go in the wrong direction, and now…

How to Set Off on the Right Foot with Your Diet Plan Could Your Diet Fall Prey to the Five Weight Loss Pitfalls? Weight Have you been trying your best to lose weight, but still that arrow on the scales won’t budge? A faulty diet…

It would be impossible to work out how much has been said and written about weight loss, but that doesn’t mean it’s all well being-centred and accurate information. There are more myths surrounding weight than any other area of wellness, so…

If you aren't sleeping well, research suggests that it may have a negative impact on your weight. A spokesperson for The Sleep Council has explained that a recent sleep study showed that you may eat more while you're awake to compensate for…

Your partner doesn’t only have an impact on your sexual health or emotional wellbeing; he also influences your waistline! While he may not realise it, your man is messing with your metabolism, so how do you guard your wellness against his…

Whether you haven’t got the right eating habits, are overdoing it on the exercise, suffer with malabsorption due to prolonged illness or have a disease – such as tuberculosis, cancer or an eating disorder – weight gain can be vital to your…

Whether you have a sweet tooth or not, sometimes you just feel the need for a sugar fix. This probably comes from the times you guzzled on sweets as a kid, but now that you’re older and wiser, is it time to give white sugar up? A diet high…

We are often reminded about how our diets will affect our bodies. The numerous articles, the trailblazer-paths of adverts with smug, size-6-or-lower models with perfect skin or just simply the continuous reminder from friends and family…

No one loves belly fat from an aesthetic point of view, but this kind of fat is actually dangerous to your overall wellbeing. A portly midsection is a significant indicator of disease, signifying that your levels of the stress hormone…

If you’re worried about your financial wellness, you may also be putting other aspects of your wellbeing at stake. This is according to new research from Weight Watchers, which found that money worries are making us overweight because we…

Weight loss is pretty straight forward: eat less, exercise more, and there you have it. So if you seem to keep piling on the pounds no matter how many diets you try, the problem may have more to do with your general wellness than with your…

It’s a common occurrence to find yourself gaining weight as you get older, but that doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to stay slim as you age. There are just some different things you have to think about to ensure that you aren’t…

Stress can be one of the biggest causes of us gaining weight. So if you want to avoid piling on the pounds it’s best to avoid stress. Of course, in our increasingly stressful lives that is usually virtually impossible. So here are…

A new study in Health Psychology has suggested that happily married couples are more likely to gain weight. The research looked at over 160 recently married couples who found that the happier they were in their relationship, the more extra…

If you struggle to gain weight, you'll probably have blamed your metabolism at some point for your skinnier frame. Those with a tendency to burn calories more quickly may be opting for high-calorie foods such as cakes and biscuits, but this…

Getting your forty winks a night is not only important for your day-to-day energy levels and emotional wellness, but also your waistline. This is according to new research from the University of Colorado, which found that weight gain could…

We often think that weight gain is entirely to do with our lifestyles. If we overindulge in a diet that’s high in fat and sugar and don’t get enough regular exercise, we’re bound to put on weight, right? Well yes, but that doesn’t tell the…

We’ve all had that break-up that had to be soothed with a tub of ice-cream, or that stressful workday which would not go away until we had a giant bar of chocolate. However, emotional eating can be detrimental to your diet, and, most of the…

If you want to gain weight, then exercise is an extremely beneficial way to do it. Though it seems counterintuitive, exercise can help you increase your muscle mass in a healthy way, instead of resorting to unnatural pills and other weight…

If you’re trying to lose weight, a lot of people adopt a vegetarian diet to do it. However, though it seems counterintuitive, if you’re underweight, or want to bulk up a bit without the animal protein shakes, certain vegetarian foods can…

Sleep is something that everyone needs. It's as essential to living as breathing, drinking and eating. The problem is that it's one of the easiest things to forgo. Busy work schedules, nightmares and troubled thoughts are just three of the…

If you are planning to get married one day, the chances are that you want your marriage to be a happy one. Surely, if marriage is something you want, there’s no downside to a happy relationship in which you work hard to build a life…

As we get older it becomes easier for us to gain weight. Very few people end up skinnier when they’re middle aged than when they were younger. It’s been a fact of life for so long that most people don’t even question it so much anymore.…