Archive for the 'Weight Loss' Category

Exercise Video - Weight Training

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

You know, my wish is to lose a decent amount of weight. I really don’t have to look like the Hulk to feel comfortable. But the video below shows that through weight training you can lose weight and build muscles. I don’t remember my wife ever mentioning whether she likes muscular men… but I’d bet [...]

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Lost Weight Comes Back

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

It has happened to me many times. I lose a nice amount of kilograms and then 2 years later it’s all back! It’s got to be the most frustrating thing ever. You know you worked hard to lose that weight. Most dieters will recognize this problem. What is interesting is that new research shows our [...]

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New Weight Study in Nature Medicine

Friday, July 6th, 2007

A newly published study in the respectable Nature Medicine looked at the effects of stress on weight gain in mice.
It says that a chemical messenger called neuropeptide Y is turned on by stress. This “messenger” can be found in human fat. It increases appetite, causing you to eat more, resulting in an increase in weight. [...]

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Losing weight at work

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Sounds too good to be true? A new desk created at the Mayo Clinic in the US is basically a desk placed on top of a treadmill. An overweight worker would lose over 60 pounds if he or she used the desk-treadmill all day every day for a year. If that isn’t multitasking, what is? [...]

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Weight Loss On Tv

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

We all know how much television influences people. From the extremely skinny models, to the perfect looking actresses, and the unbelievable weight loss programs. Two contestants of the TV show “The Biggest Loser”, in which participants battle each other to lose as much weight as possible, warn people with weight problems that they shouldn’t try [...]

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