Patience. Its the one thing you never seem to have when youve got a body fat problem. You want the fat gone and you want it gone now! And why not? It seems so do-able. Everywhere you look, you read and hear promises of quick weight loss and you even see people losing weight quickly. We have reality TV shows that actually encourage people to attempt extreme body makeovers or see who can lose weight... 

Let’s face it – most of us want to lose weight – whether it is those last ten pounds or a bigger goal, there are common obstacles for all of us.  It’s good to recognize these and then move on.  So many of us set unrealistic goals – we set ourselves up to fail.  Take a look at these top five obstacles to your weight loss goals. Going on a “diet”. Most people have success with diets,... 

For severely overweight individuals that have failed to see results from diet and exercise alone, weight-loss surgery has become the safest and most effective means of achieving significant weight loss. In fact, studies have shown that with diet and exercise alone, nearly 95% of obese patients will gain all the lost weight back within 5 years. On the other hand, long-term success rates for weight-loss... 

How is it that food has become the way to reward or celebrate any and all accomplishments?  Got a promotion at work?  Let’s go out to dinner to celebrate! Wedding anniversary?  Let’s go out to dinner to celebrate!  Sometimes a dinner out is even used as a way to celebrate weight loss. We all know that eating out does little to benefit our waistlines.  Not only do we tend to eat more when at... 

You’ve heard that breakfast is the most of the important meals of the day, but many are still skeptical.  With this news in hand, some eat a token bowl of cereal and call it done, but the latest news is that you need to eat more for breakfast. Most quick breakfasts are full of simple carbohydrates which spike blood sugar levels.  In this scenario, a few hours later your body will be starving... 

Here’s five simple steps to lose weight without dieting.  Take these small steps and you’ll find yourself feeling full by eating less. 1.    Eat more fiber. If you’re trying to eat less, but continually find yourself hungry it’s time to add more fiber to your diet.  There are two kinds of fiber: soluble and insoluble.  Soluble fiber keeps hunger at bay by stabilizing your blood sugar. ...