Belly Loser

Where’s Your Ideal Body Weight?

Height-weight charts are not the place to discover your ideal body weight. Those are generalized tables that do not take into consideration your unique cell make-up and body structure. They will not give you what you are looking for. The reason is a ... Read >

Your Ideal Weight: An Arm-Chair Concoction?

“The fact is that the tables of ‘ideal’ or ‘desirable’ weight are arm-chair concoctions…," said Professor Emeritus Ancel Keys back in 1980. Not much has changed since then, except new light has been shed on our understanding about a person’s set weight. ... Read >

Eat Lusciously, Lose Belly Fat Scientifically, the MUFA Way

In her new book, “Flat Belly Diet for Men: Real Food, Real Men, Real Flat Abs," Liz Vaccariello raises the MUFA Diet banner and waves it unendingly throughout. Of course, some of us aren’t as familiar as she thinks we are regarding what a MUFA is. But y... Read >

How to Cope with the Ugly Process of Reaching Weight Loss Goals

I naturally resist change. Even when doing nothing, just sitting. Even when doing something that doesn’t produce results. Inertia, sameness, acquiescence. That’s what I call those silent, dominating forces that quell my unreasonable thoughts about... Read >

An Unusual First Question from My Trainer

Where will your feet take you today? This is what my fitness coach asked me on my first day, sitting in his office at the gym. “What has that got to do with my weight loss?" I asked. His answer surprised me. It was enough to get my feet jogging ... Read >

How to Set Weight Loss Goals – Shaping the Outcome

You can shed pounds without following complicated plans, without eating frozen or liquid meals, without craving your favorite foods, or shelling out hard-earned money. If you want to keep off extra pounds for good, then traveling like lightning isn’t the... Read >

3 Questions to Ask Before Any Weight Loss Program

If you are spanking ready to jump into a weight-loss program, I’m happy for you. But it’s important that you are prepared mentally for the challenges ahead. Losing weight often sends people on an emotional roller coaster. How you handle the ups and dow... Read >

Imagination – The Key Ingredient to Fitness Exercise

Does life, work, chores keep you too busy for fitness exercise? Are you thinking that if you only had that $1500 Bowflex machine, it would help you “fit exercise into your schedule," eliminating the time-wasting, thirty-minute drive to the workout gym,... Read >

40 Easy Exercise Tips to Help Lose Belly Fat

Start simple. I mean, the goal of losing 10 pounds can be daunting. So before I share these 40 Simple Ways of trimming up the tummy, hear out an opposing message: Not a single one of these tips has the power, in itself, to shave inches off your b... Read >