Weight Loss Strategies

How to Lose Weight in 2012

By Paul

Here's to a Happy New Year and to getting everything that you want out of 2012. Today you have a clean slate with a brand new year spread out in front of you, filled with endless possibilities. How will you harness your potential to create the very best you? I recommend using the teachings of Dr. Maxwell Maltz in his legendary book... »

Survive the Holiday Parties with Your Waistline Intact

By Paul

Surviving this years holiday parties without having to buy bigger clothes is everyones biggest concern "What concerns me the most is that most our our holiday parties are potluck or hosted, so we pretty much have no control over what they will serve. If they are serving unhealthy food, and we don't partake of it, they would feel offended." ~ Barbara. Thanks... »

Make New Favorites

By Paul

So you've decided to ditch your old eating habits and to embrace a new diet of lean proteins and lots of veggies. You know that your new eating strategy will lead to many pounds lost…but you can't get your old favorite foods out of your mind. Watch out! When you spend time dwelling on the burgers and pizzas that you loved, you're... »

How to Eat Out and Still Lose Fat

By Paul

A woman sits at a restaurant studying the menu with furrowed brow. She has begun an exercise routine and knows that her frequent meals out could slow her weight loss results if she wasn't careful. When the waiter comes she is still deep in thought over what to order. "What can I get for you?” he asks with a smile. She... »

What Candy To Avoid This Halloween

By Paul

Over 35 million kids will go trick-or-treating this year If that doesn't scare you maybe this will. There will be just as many bags of candy that will be devoured by well meaning treatees before the kids even pick out their costumes. To lessen the damage I have complied a list of the worst offenders that will but the most frightening amounts... »

How to Survive Halloween without Gaining Fat

By Paul

Or what I like to call: "How not to eat all the candy yourself" This is diabetes waiting to happen. The average adult and child will eat the candy equivalent of a 5 lb bag sugar this Halloween season. And if that wasn't bad enough, don't forget all the trans-fat that you and they will be consuming in candy form. Halloween is a night... »

The Halloween Candy Excuse

By Paul

The stores are brimming with Halloween candy – and it calls your name every time you walk by it. STOP! You don't have to buy loads of candy just because the holiday is approaching. Admit it to yourself that you've used Halloween as a big excuse to eat candy. This year stop and think. Do you really want to eat candy... »

Drop 5 Pounds Before the Holidays (and keep it off)

By Paul

I'd like to share five simple strategies with you for shedding five pounds of fat before the holidays. But first let me clear something up. Weight loss can be put into two categories. The first is a fully concentrated effort. This is where you dedicate yourself to counting every calorie and slaving away in the gym. The pounds come off, but once you... »

Caveman Fat Loss

By Paul

How would you like to be naturally lean, muscular and energetic? To effortlessly maintain a low body fat, rippling muscles and picturesque health? Mark Sisson, an athlete, coach, and student on a lifelong quest for exceptional health, happiness, and peak performance (his words), penned the book, "The Primal Blueprint" to show you how to do just that. At 55, he weighs 165... »

Confuse Your Muscles to Burn Off More Fat

By Paul

There is nothing quite as frustrating as seeing your results fizzle out. This is a common place to end up, usually after a few months on the same exercise routine. In the beginning your body responds to your routine with lost pounds and gained muscle tone, then one day all results screech to a stop. You have reached the dreaded plateau. Don't worry,... »