Go
walking in any popular park where people enjoy exercise and
you'll find fit people working out with personal
trainers.
Seeing this might lead us to conclude
that personal trainers are just for fit people and not for those of us
with weight loss goals.
We asked a couple of our favourite personal trainers to see what
they had to say.
There are many advantages to doing bodyweight workouts if you have a
weight loss goal or want to strengthen
and tone.
In this article, we describe some of those benefits, list our
favourite ten bodyweight exercises and show you how to turn them
into a muscle-building, fat-burning bodyweight workout that you
can do anywhere, anytime.
For
many of us the weight loss journey is a hard and lonely one.
This article describes what a weight loss support network
is, how it helps, which people make valuable members and how
to develop a support network of your own so that you can successfully lose
the weight you want.
Changing
our eating behaviour is one of the critical lifestyle changes necessary
to successfully lose
weight and keep it off.
If you’ve tried to change your eating habits before and failed,
or if you’re about to try to start eating healthier for weight
loss and improved health, this article's for you.
Child
obesity levels are on the increase in Australia and around the world.
This article discusses the rise in childhood obesity, offers some eating
and exercise tips to help children
lose weight, and discusses what
parents can do to ensure their kids aren't a victim to this harmful
epidemic.
Christmas,
or the "silly season" as it is affectionately called, is a
particularly perilous time for those of us who want to lose
weight.
In this article we provide our top ten weight loss tips
for the holiday season so that you can maintain your weight or at least
minimize the 'weight gain damage'.
Cross training is a technique used by professional athletes to improve their
performance and enjoyment of sport.
But you don't need to be an athlete to use cross training techniques or benefit
from it.
In this article we'll tell you what cross training is, the top 10 benefits
of cross training and how you can use it to help you lose weight.
Reaching
our weight loss goal needn't be as difficult as it may seem. The secret
to losing weight successfully is making
small and progressive lifestyle changes.
This article will show you how to make those changes so that you too can
achieve your weight loss goal.
A
degree of weight loss can make many of us
happier and healthier. But for those who take weight
loss too far or adopt the wrong approach, eating disorders
can lead to very unhealthy outcomes and possibly even
death.
This article
discusses various types of eating disorders, who is at risk of
developing them, their causes, warning signs and effects.
Keeping motivated to exercise for weight loss and
fitness can often be the hardest part of shedding
unwanted kilos.
One of the best ways to stay motivated is to train for
and participate in exercise related events like
fun runs, walks and bike
rides. If this sounds like the sort of motivation you need, read on.
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.
Successful
long term weight loss for most of us is about making small, progressive
changes to our daily exercise and eating
habits.
To help us make those changes, keeping a
weight loss journal or diary can
be a great help. This article tells you everything from why to how to
keep a weight loss journal.
If
making excuses was an Olympic event, would you be a gold medalist?
For
many people trying to lose weight, making excuses not to exercise or
modify their eating habits is often their greatest barrier to weight
loss success.
More and more Australian's each year are turning to their local pharmacy for weight loss help. In response to this, more and more pharmacies are beginning to offer professional weight management products and services.
In this article, we explore some of the benefits of getting weight loss help
from your local pharmacy.
I'm sure you already know that weight loss and improved fitness don't happen overnight.
But did you know that there are steps that you can take to improve your chances of weight loss success before you even start your healthier eating and exercise plan?
After
a pregnancy, most of us want to get back to our pre-pregnancy shape and
weight as soon as possible, but many women find it hard to lose
weight post pregnancy.
In this article we explain the
best ways to get back into shape after a pregnancy and provide some
very helpful tips that can help you get fit for motherhood.
Sonja
Falvo not only used to provide clients with great exercise routines and
exercise
motivation from her Personal
Training studio in Brisbane, she also provided
healthy eating tips that help them get into the best shape of their lives.
In this article, Sonja shares her top 10 weight loss eating tips.
Of
all the excuses people use not to lose
weight, the only one I have sympathy
for is when someone can't exercise because of
injury.
Having said that, most injuries
can be worked around so that at least some form of
calorie burning exercise is possible with the right kind of help. That's
where Osteopaths come in.
There are many excellent weight loss programs in Australia, but finding
the right one for you isn't always easy.
The SureSlim weight loss program is a scientifically and medically
researched weight loss and wellness program that has helped thousands
of people across Australia to lose weight and it may
be able to help you.
Syndrome X has recently been in the news because critics of the popular CSIRO diet suggest that the research it is based on is biased because it was conducted solely on women with signs of Syndrome X.
This article discusses Syndrome X and how to prevent it.
Most
people who are overweight got to where they are today because of poor
lifestyle choices.
Knowing the 10 most common bad habits that lead to weight gain may help
those of us that want to lose
weight identify any bad lifestyle habits we practice and
help us reverse them.
Ask a motivational speaker, personal
trainer, coach or weight
loss professional what the most important factor affecting weight
loss is and many will say it's our attitude.
Having a positive attitude is not the only thing you
need to achieve a healthy weight, but without one you don’t
stand a chance.
Motivating
yourself to lose weight isn't easy,
especially if you have tried before.
The good news is that many people have successfully lost weight for
the long-term and there are a few proven rules that we can all follow
which will improve our chances of success.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of myths around about weight
loss, exercise and nutrition.
In this article we explore the top 5 weight loss myths and debunk them. What
do they say about the truth setting us all free? In this case, it certainly
will.
Everyone
who has ever tried to lose weight has
hit a plateau at some point. A
plateau is that point at which no matter what you do, you cannot seem
to lose any more.
If you have currently hit a weight loss plateau, there
are a number of things that you can do to get going again on the road
to successfully reaching your ideal, healthy weight.
