Weight Loss AND You

A Picture Tells A Thousand Lies

When it comes to selling a weight loss product, the oldest trick in the book is for companies to be liberal with the airbrush. They take an image of an overweight person, slumped and unhappy, and use this as their pre-diet shot. For the post-diet shot, the same person is shown, complete with huge grin, several stone lighter and looking healthy and happy.... [Read more of this article]

Laxatives: Weight Loss At A Cost

It seems that laxatives, pills designed to ease constipation, and weight loss are going to be forever linked. For a person determined to lose weight, the idea of being able to eat whatever they desire but not absorb much of the fat content is extremely tempting. Yet the use of laxatives is an extremely risky choice to make just to achieve weight loss,... [Read more of this article]

Post Natal Weight Loss

A huge amount of women begin to diet following pregnancy. As carrying a child is traditionally associated with weight gain – and is utterly necessary to ensure a healthy pregnancy and child – the problem arises when the child is born. Suddenly, that weight gain that had once been so crucial is suddenly restrictive. Many new mothers make their new... [Read more of this article]

The Dreaded Weight Loss Plateau

During any concerted effort of weight loss, most dieters find that they will reach a plateau at some stage. This is when, after a steady period of weight loss has been going well, you reach a weight in which you don’t seem to be able to lose anymore. Suddenly, despite continuing the exact same good habits established in the first few months, you... [Read more of this article]

How Portion Sizes Can Help You Lose Weight

It has become the way that people use the terms ‘large’ and ‘extra large’ without really thinking. They appear on menus – particularly for takeaway restaurants – and no one really considers what these mean. A large portion to some people may be a medium portion to others; there is no universal standards. Portion sizes,... [Read more of this article]

Medical Aids For Weight Loss

In today’s society, the want-it-all mantra has become all too familiar. Many people who decide they wish to lose weight simply do not want to wait for it; instead, demanding almost instantaneous results. The concept of slowly and gradually losing weight, combining a restricted diet of fatty foods exercise, seems to have been lost in the midst... [Read more of this article]

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