Weight Loss

If you’ve got a high-pressured, time-consuming work life, trying to fit fitness in around your corporate wellness schedule can be a nightmare. They say that stressed out workers should try relaxing activities such as yoga, but…

If your weight loss regimen isn’t providing results, the problem may lie in your mental health. This is according to wellness expert Dan Trink, who argues that there are four non-fitness reasons why you’re not progressing the way…

Eating to lose weight may sound like a contradiction, but healthy, nutritious meals keep us fuller for longer and can help us to stop snacking on high fat foods. Some supplements are a great way to complement our diets further because they…

Two of the most common health and lifestyle trends have come together to make a lot of money for the industry. Supplements have become extremely popular for the variety of health benefits that they offer. And weight loss is one of the most…

As a diet wellness expert, Joe Donatelli has head all about juice fasting. ‘Juice-fasting proponents claim that fasting helps with weight loss, rids the body of toxins, reduces cancer risk, aids digestion and boosts the immune…

Weight loss is a tricky business. It’s easier to lose weight than you’d imagine, at least physically it is. When it comes to keeping up the motivation required to lose weight consistently you can have issues. That’s the key to weight loss…

Exercise is a great thing to start doing if you’re not already. It’s one sure-fire way to guarantee your health and wellness and it has all manner of wonderful benefits. A lot of people take exercising to an extreme but there’s no reason…

More often than not, you decide to lose weight because you want to improve your wellness, your favourite jeans have become too snug, or a toddler innocently uttered the words: “are you pregnant?” However, sometimes the inspiration…

How do you feel after a full night’s sleep? It might have been so long ago that you last had one, but do you remember feeling better rested, more alert, and in a better mood and feeling of overall wellness? Not only does getting regular,…

There are certain myths floating around about weight loss that simply aren’t true, and some that are doubtful, but the problem is there are just so darn many of them that just knowing where to begin can take its toll on your mental…

Excess weight is a distinct wellness risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes, and excess weight also affects your wellbeing once you have the disease, as it makes blood glucose more difficult to control. Giving up your…

When the thought occurs to you to lose weight, people rarely take a beat to make a wellness plan before leaping into action. However, according to health and fitness expert Michelle Bridges, the trainer famous all over Australia…

The weight loss industry is a minefield of pseudo-scientific advice and anecdotal evidence often used irresponsibly just for the sake of marketing. After all, it is rare that people magically lose weight and keep it off in the long-term.…

Weight loss surgery is an option too regularly taken as a shortcut by those desperate for a better figure. While cosmetic reasons are not necessarily an insufficient motivation to take such a dramatic step, it’s important that every…

Weight loss isn’t as hard as you may think it is. It’s not the most difficult thing in the world and the only thing between you and a slimmer waist line is you. There are thousands upon thousands of supplements, methods and diets available…

When you’re on a special diet, whether for weight loss reasons or you just want to get enough nutrition to ensure your wellbeing, it’s difficult to stick to it when you go out to eat. With so many choices on the menu, but little labelling…

When you think of yoga, your mind goes to thoughts of spiritual wellness and flexibility, but weight loss? Not so much. However, according to fitness expert Lori Hall Steele, ‘Yoga may not conjure up the same images of a…

If you asked everyone you know what they would most like to change about their appearance, most of them would say that they’d like to lose a little bit of weight. However, many people turn to crash dieting to achieve this goal, which is…

When comparing ourselves to our ancestors we’ll always look advanced. It’s easy to fall into the trap of assuming we know all there is to know. The stark reality is that we don’t and our knowledge, though constantly expanding and certainly…

There are hundreds of weight loss tips out there, but these ones come straight from the horse’s mouth. Chris Pirillo lost 30 pounds in three months – which makes him a great source of wellness information. So, how did he do it?…

There’s a lot of information which is just accepted when it comes to weight loss. We know fats are bad for us and that nutrients and vitamins are good for us. We understand the value of exercise and we’ve come to accept that it’s unlikely…

There’s no denying that weight loss leads to major physical changes; you’re slimmer, you need new clothes because the old ones don’t fit, and chances are the healthy diet you’re having has made your skin look amazing! However, these aren’t…

Don’t listen to the hype and the media. Weight loss is exactly as hard as you make it and there are all sorts of things you can do to make it easier on you. Of course for some people it’s easy anyway and they don’t need the advice but I can…

When we consider stages in our lives where we’re most likely to gain weight, we tend to assume that it is during phases such as our teens or early adulthood, when our diets are perhaps not as much of a priority as they are in later life.…

We’ve all been there – you’re struggling to shift the pounds so you get lured into the promise of a fast weight loss through a new diet plan. Fad diets don’t work though, and once you’ve lost the weight, it will simply pile back on again…

There are a lot of diet wellness books emerging for 2014, but do they work? And how do they impact your wellbeing as an older adult? We’ve looked at three of the top weight loss books for 2014 but, first, there are three points…

The majority of us will attempt a diet at some stage in our lives, and when it comes to losing weight everyone’s aim is the same – do it as quickly and effectively as possible. In a bid to shift the pounds, we often fall foul to a myriad of…

How many times have you said “the diet starts tomorrow”? How many times does tomorrow never come? Being honest with yourself, you will probably admit never. It’s easy to talk about starting a new fitness and diet regime but it’s so much…

A common diet myth, many people take chromium supplements as a weight loss aid – but do they really work? And what do they do to your body in the meantime? Diabetics with chromium deficiencies take this supplement as a way of improving…

The key to weight loss definitely lies in diet and exercise. But the facilities around you can also help. If you live in an urban area or city where there are plenty of gyms, health food stores, parks and other leisure facilities, you are…