In our society, it’s become socially acceptable to eat large greasy meals.
We don’t blink an eye when someone orders a king size burger with extra fries; yet if that same person orders a salad, we think “What’s up with that?“.
In fact, if you decide to change your ways, and start eating healthy salads and vegetables, it can feel as if you’re doing something wrong.
Read More “How to Order a Salad When Everyone Else is Getting Burgers”
Medically reviewed by Dr. George Kosco, DO on March 14, 2020
Women, what do your ovaries have to do with belly fat?
A lot… if your ovaries have cysts.
PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is a hormone disorder characterized by:
- Cysts on the ovaries
- Insulin resistance
- Elevated male hormones
As the most common hormonal problem for women of childbearing years, PCOS sets up a hormonal storm that encourages belly fat weight gain.
Fortunately, an improved diet along with a few lifestyle changes can improve hormonal imbalances associated with PCOS to stop and reverse your growing belly.
Read More “Belly Fat due to PCOS – How to Plan a Diet to Lose It All”
A 500 calorie diet is a very low-calorie diet. For 5 days my family ate 500 calories a day. The three of us lost a combined total of 17 pounds in just 5 days. But this was not easy.
Editorial Update: We ate low-fat for the experiment but would change that in the future. While dietary fat has more calories, it also decreases hunger. Alternating between low and high-calorie days would have benefitted our metabolisms. Below is an account of our 5-day, 500 calorie diet experiment.
500 Calorie Diet -Our Plan of Action
- Focus on nutrient-dense foods.
- Make non-starchy vegetables a top food choice
- Avoid sugar and processed foods
- Limit our eating occasions during the day to pack in more volume per meal
- Have our plan ready and prepare our meals at the beginning of the week
Let’s Begin…
Misery loves company, so I recruited two family members to join me in eating only 500 calories a day for 5 days.
Read More “500 Calorie Diet Results: For 5 Days My Family Ate 500 Calories, Here’s What Happened…”
[Guest Post by Nicole Noel, editor of HighStyleLife]
What came first, stress or weight gain?
And better still, how to curb both?
For most people, high stress levels are a trigger for appetite changes and increased food intake – and reaching for the cookie jar every time anxiety goes up a notch is a shortcut to extra pounds.
But why do we eat more when exposed to stress, and how can we turn the tables on stress-caused hunger spikes?
Read More “How Stress Influences Weight Gain and How to Fight It”
I can’t believe it!
I was so careful this time…
I planned.
I researched.
I cleared out all of the junk food from my kitchen.
And I still blew my diet!!!
If you’re a yo-yo dieter, then you’ve certainly felt the frustration reflected in the scene above.
Yo-yo dieters are smart. They’ve done their homework and can easily tell a healthy food from a junky one, and explain how they know the difference.
Read More “How to Stop Yo-Yo Dieting: Foods That Make You Yo-Yo & How to Break the Cycle”