If you’re exercising for weight loss, the most important factor isn’t the exercises you perform, or the duration of your workouts, or even the intensity of your workouts.

These all do have a bearing on how many calories you burn during your workouts, but the single most important contributing factor to your weight loss success is the consistency of your workouts.

We’ve all heard that the secret to achieving sustainable weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight is lifestyle. And what exactly is lifestyle?

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A key to successful weight loss is exercise.

For some of us, joining a gym can provide the knowledge, equipment, motivation, variation and atmosphere we need to make regular exercise a part of our life.

But fitness centres aren't for everyone and not all are equal.

This article explores the pros and cons of fitness centres and provides some considerations for assessing them.


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Everyone experiences stress at some point in their life. In fact, stress is a natural part of life and some of it can even be good for us.

Your ability to identify stress that can be harmful, manage or cope with it and reduce it where possible can have a dramatic impact on your life and on the lives of those around you.

How well you do these things will ultimately determine if this impact is for the better or for the worse.


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If you would like to exercise at home at any time that suits you, then you should think seriously about setting up a home gym.

Whether your want a simple dumbbell set and fitness ball, an exercise bike or treadmill and a piece of resistance equipment or two, or even a mini professional gym, there are a few things to keep in mind before you part with your money if you want to ensure you get the most out of both.


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According to Diabetes Australia, more than 1 million Australian's already have diabetes and more than half of those people don't know it! By 2010, this number may reach 1.7 million.

Diabetes already costs the Australian health system over $1 billion a year and as this disease increases, so too does its cost in lives and stress on our economy.

This article puts the spotlight on diabetes and explains what it is, what causes it, what affects it can have on our health and what techniques are used to treat and prevent it.


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Exercising at home is becoming more and more popular as the price of good quality home exercise equipment comes down, we all lead busier and busier lives which means we don't have time to go to the gym and the availability of personal trainers who’ll come to our home to train us increases.

For those trying to lose weight, working out at home may be the perfect way to balance weight loss aspirations with other lifestyle considerations, including time and money.


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Exercise and weight loss can be hard to maintain without help. Fortunately for many of us, help is close at hand and comes in the form of our family.

Making exercise a family activity not only helps every family member to lose weight and keep it in a healthy range, it's also good for our individual spirits and helps aid in family bonding.

This article explains why making exercise a family affair is a great idea and provides suggestions for you to begin exercising with your family.


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Today, our ever-increasingly sedentary lifestyle is causing a 'down-sizing' in daily activity and a corresponding 'up-sizing' in our body sizes and the readings on our scales.

This article explains one of the main reasons many of us are getting fatter and provides some suggestions for reversing this trend.

Finally it describes what exercises are best to do to lose fat and provides 5 easy steps we can all follow to help us look and feel great everyday.


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According to a new study from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 9 out of every 10 Australian adults are living with at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

Among these risk factors, obesity ranks very highly among tobacco smoking, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol and diabetes.


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It is amazing how few people realize how much a good posture can improve their quality of life.

If your goal is to maintain a healthy weight and avoid experiencing pain in your later years, monitoring and working on improving your posture earlier on is a must.


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