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If you’re wondering what CLA is, it stands for conjugated linoleic acid. Health stores all over the nation have been selling CLA as supplements to aid in fat loss. As with most other weight loss pills and supplements, it has received its fair share of hype and ‘testimonials’ to convince potential buyers that it is effective.

So is CLA as Effective as the Manufacturers Claim?

Studies have been conducted on rats, mice and recently humans too. The studies have shown that CLA indeed does promote fat loss but the participants also were on a sensible diet and exercise program.

Ah hah! Isn’t that always the case; a sensible diet and exercise program!

CLA is a supplement and just like the word suggests, it is meant to supplement a proper training regimen and healthy diet. Without these 2 fundamentals in place, no supplement or pill or anything that we know of will work to make you lose weight.

Most of the typical fat burners on the market contain stimulants to make your body lose weight. Recently, one of these stimulants, ephedrine is being clamped down on and now illegal in the US because of its negative side effects; which can be potentially fatal.

What are the Side Effects of CLA?

Most fat burners which contain stimulants will produce side effects such as jitters, trembles, heart palpitations, increased heart rate and increased blood pressure. None of these are good for you. Fortunately, CLA has no stimulants, so it does not cause any negative side effects.

Now let’s look at studies conducted to determine the efficacy of CLA.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published the first study we know of. It was discovered that when the participants were supplemented with 3.2 g/d of CLA (the recommended dose for weight loss benefits) they burned more fat while they slept.

This is excellent news. To make things even better, the fat the subjects burned was stored body fat and not the fat they had consumed the day before. The results are promising.

The CLA also promoted improved protein retention. This is good news because it prevents muscle from breaking down easily. During weight loss programs, it is common to lose some muscle along with the fat. That is why it is crucial to include resistance training with the cardio so that we can retain every bit of muscle that we can.

CLA is Another Good Tool to Add to Your Weight Loss Tool Box

So, the bottom line is that by consuming CLA supplements, it might give us an added advantage to holding on to our precious muscle and burn body fat at the same time.

So far, there have been no documented cases of adverse reactions from people who have consumed CLA. That’s a really great sign. With that said, this would be a supplement worth investing in to help accelerate your fat loss and to help you reach your desired weight loss goals.

A word of caution though – Don’t overdo it. It is very common for people to not stick with the recommended doses and take more than the prescribed amount. They naively assume that by increasing the dose they’ll speed up the process because more is better. This is not so and is a huge mistake. Stick with the recommended dose which will probably be around 3.2 g/d.

Lastly, make sure you maintain your training regimen and eat wisely while aiming for a daily calorie deficit of 500 cal/day. If you do this right, the CLA will be a very beneficial tool that you can use on your weight loss quest.

Can I Lose Weight By Using a Sauna?

We could sum this entire article in one word. No.

Nothing to see here about losing weight, so move along folks…

But that wouldn’t be fair since an explanation is necessary. A sauna is basically a room which is heated to high temperatures and meant to warm up your muscles and ‘loosen’ them a little. The temperature in a sauna can go all the way up to 150 degrees Fahrenheit. You will be dripping with sweat and feeling light headed after a sauna session.

So, does that mean you lost weight? Probably yes.

Does it matter? Nope.

Why not?

Because you only lost water weight and once you rehydrate, your body will replenish the lost fluids as soon as possible and you will be back to the same weight you were before.

Pro Athletes Use Saunas to Lose Weight Temporarily

Saunas are sometimes used by pro athletes to lose weight so they can qualify for a lower weight class during the weigh in. This is their strategy to give them an advantage later on.

For a normal person just trying to shed excess pounds, a sauna should not even be a consideration as a weight loss tool. If you want to relax after a hard workout and ease your tired muscles, then by all means use a sauna.

If you are hoping to lose weight just by going to saunas, it’s not happening.

There are some health benefits to using a sauna. Personally, I feel that these health benefits can be achieved with a hard 30 minute run.

You May Not Lose Weight but You Can Lose Toxins

However, for an easier way to experience similar benefits you may try a sauna. When you use a sauna and sweat copiously, you will be flushing out toxins from your body. That’s a good thing.

Your heart will beat a little faster so it can be considered a very mild cardio session. The heat in the sauna will stimulate blood flow and help tired muscles to recover faster.

Some research shows that the increased heart rate in a sauna is similar to that as going for a walk. My suggestion is to just go for the walk instead. Use a sauna as a way to mentally de-stress.

A tough training regimen and strict diet can take a mental toll on you. Use the sauna to relax. Close your eyes, soak up heat, sweat away and relax. You will be less tempted to binge on junk food if you’re relaxed.

You should also take note that a sauna will dehydrate you. Avoid alcohol before a sauna and do remember to rehydrate once you are done. Do not use a sauna before a cardio or weight training session. Only use it after your workouts therapeutically.

Many gyms are equipped with saunas and many members use a sauna after a hard session on the treadmill. I wouldn’t recommend it because your body will have lost a lot of water from the workout. It would be a good idea to rehydrate and wait about 20 minutes before heading to the sauna.

Last thing is to not fall asleep in the sauna and do not weigh yourself after a sauna and feel happy that your weight has dropped because you’ll just be disappointed later when you must re-hydrate.

Burning fat can be slow and tiring process. It’s easy to lose motivation and just give in and give up. Below you’ll learn 9 ways to stay on track and keep yourself motivated to stay the course till you reach your desired weight loss goals.

Burn Fat Tip #1. Don’t weigh yourself daily

This is a very common mistake that people make. They weigh themselves daily and some even weight themselves a couple of times a day. Your weight fluctuates on a daily basis for a variety of natural reasons such as water retention to the foods you eat.

If you weigh yourself daily and do not see any change on the scale, you’ll just de-motivate yourself and feel depressed. Only weigh yourself once a week on the same day, same time, every week.

Burn Fat Tip #2. Cut your calories gradually

This is very important. If you cut your calories drastically too soon, your body will go into starvation mode. When this happens, your body will hold on to its fat stores desperately and you may hit a weight loss plateau real fast.

Burn Fat Tip #3. Include resistance training in your program

Many people mistakenly believe that cardio is the only way to lose weight but this is untrue. Cardio and resistance training go hand in hand. By combining the two, you will shed the fat fast and furiously. Weight training increases muscle mass and the more muscle you have, the more calories you will burn.

When you are on a caloric deficit, your body may burn its muscles instead of the fat stores. By working out with weights, your body will realize that it needs the muscle and so starts burning its fat stores and that’s what you want.

Burn Fat Tip #4. Consume different amounts of calories on different days

Do not eat the same amount of calories daily. For example, if you consume 1900 calories on Monday, then you may wish to consume 1500 on Tuesday and 2100 on Wednesday. When you keep your body guessing and never let it adapt to a habit you’ll be keeping it on alert and burning fat.

Burn Fat Tip #5. Minimize your carb intake

Cut down your carbs to the minimum that is required daily. Avoid processed carbs that have a high GI. Consume starchy carbs that digest slowly but limit those to the minimum too.

Burn Fat Tip #6. Make HIIT training part of your regimen

HIIT stands for high intensity interval training. This is very high intensity training with very short breaks between sets and reps. For example, sprinting for 1 minute followed by a 30 second walk and back to a 1 minute sprint.

HIIT training will leave you gasping and panting. It will create an oxygen deficit. That means you will be on fat burning mode for 8 to 12 hours after your workout

Burn Fat Tip #7. Eat more fats

To lose fat, you must eat fat. It sounds contradictory but holds true. Eat healthy fats such as natural nut butters, egg yolks, fish oil, etc. When you eat healthy fats, your body will realize that it can do away with its fat stores since it is getting a healthy amount of fats daily. Your body will burn fat more readily.

These are the 7 key ways to burn and lose more fat. By incorporating these methods into your weight loss program, you will reap the rewards for the long run and will see weekly progress in reaching your weight loss goals.

All is going as planned, then suddenly here comes the dreaded weight loss plateau that so many people experience and have no idea why it happens; or how to break through it.

This is one of the main reasons why people just stop trying and give up on their weight loss journey. It can feel horrible when you see no change on the scale despite eating right and working out like crazy.

People are motivated when they see positive results and changes. The moment the results stagnate and there is no change, they assume the worst and feel that their efforts are in vain. They think that the work they’re doing is not paying off and it’s their fate to be fat. This is not true of course.

Why Does a Weight Loss Plateau Occur?

The first point we must note is the difference between weight loss and fat loss. You can lose fat but not see a weight change. Most people don’t know this and it takes a while to wrap your mind around this fact. After all, how could you lose fat but not weight?

Simple. You must have gained lean muscle because of your exercises. So, the new muscle weight will offset the actual fat loss weight. You body’s lean muscle mass has increased and that’s a good thing.

That’s When a Weight Loss Plateau is Not a Plateau at All

Another point is that your body could be retaining water. Your body’s water weight fluctuates daily which is equal to one pound per pint (500ml.) so keep that into consideration.

The best way will be to track your progress with body composition tests over a period of time. You want to focus on fat loss. Weight loss is just secondary. Changing your body’s composition is what really matters.

Another very common problem is that people over-estimate their training and under-estimate their eating. It’s really tough to train hard but it is so easy to eat. So, in their mind, they assume that a hard 45 minute workout may have burned over a 1000 calories, but eating 2 slices of pizza in 15 minutes will add up to about 300 calories.

This of course is totally wrong!

A 45 minute workout may burn about 300 to 400 calories. 2 slices of pizza may contain above 600 calories. Now you see how easy it is to negate a workout with poor diet choices. So, when people slip up on their diets and then later on see no changes on the scale, they wonder why all the hard work is not paying off. It’s not a weight loss plateau but self-sabotage.

Adjust Your Numbers to Avoid a Weight Loss Plateau

Another common mistake is not changing the numbers. When you first start losing weight, you are heavier and your “required calorie consumption” for fat loss is very high. Weights are built onto your body in the form of fat.

However, as you lose weight and become smaller, your daily calorie requirement will drop. You will need to recalculate your daily calorie requirements based on your current weight. Eating the same amount as before will just not cut it unless you intensify your workout routines.

Another Weight Loss Plateau Reason: Adaptive Thermo-genesis

Basically what that means is your body’s metabolism drops due to caloric restrictions. This could be caused by a fasting or starvation diet and could be heredity as well.

Trying to cut too many calories too fast is the most common reason for this happening. Aim to cut no more than 500 calories from your daily caloric requirement and gradually back it down as needed. This will help you maintain your metabolic rate.

If you have been doing that and still experience a plateau, then it could be that your body type is that of an endomorph. A way to get around this is to take a 3 day break from the diet you’re on and eat what you want to within reason.

You may gain a pound of two, but your metabolism can see a boost from this. You’ll break through your weight loss plateau and then you can carry on with the caloric deficit, get back to burning fat and moving towards your goals.

Now you know what a weight loss plateau is and a few of the best ways to avoid it; and overcome it if it does occur. You can break through this plateau if you hit it but you can’t give up because giving up is the way to certain failure.

This is a very interesting question and causes a lot of debate among health care professionals and fitness experts. After all, there are people who are obese and yet engage in sports actively on a daily basis. They are fat because they consume more calories than they burn off.

So, it is possible to be fat and still relatively fit. I use the term relative because we must look at fitness from a broader perspective. It’s not about how fast you run, how much weight you can lift or the amount of stamina that you have.

Fat and Fit vs. Slim and Unfit

Fitness encompasses all of the above but it also includes the general state of your health. When you factor this in, even slim people may be considered unfit and unhealthy.

Obesity has been linked to many diseases from hypertension to diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, etc. However, automatically assuming that becoming obese means you will get these problems is not really correct. There are many other factors to consider.

Young Fat and Fit People

Age is one. Younger people often tend to escape these problems even if they are obese. It’s older people who are more prone to obesity linked diseases. So, a young obese man could be fitter than a slim but older man.

Then we have genetics which is never fair. Some people are much more prone to health problems due to poorer genetics. There are many obese people with normal blood glucose and blood lipid levels. They just have good genes.

Other Factors of Being Fat and Fit

There are many other factors such as smoking, diet habits, stress levels, sleep habits, drinking, drug use, etc. that may cause health problems. So, an obese man who smokes and drinks frequently will be less fit than another obese man who maintains a healthier lifestyle.

In the end, it’s really all relative.

If you eat right and exercise often, you will be healthy. Eating right in this case means eating healthy. Of course, even if you eat healthy but exceed your daily calorie requirements, you will still gain weight. You will be fit but fat to a reasonable point.

The best way to live life happy and healthy is to slowly shed the excess pounds and reach the ideal weight for your height. As you age, your body’s systems will deteriorate and any excess fat that may not pose a problem now will start causing problems later.

Prevention is better than cure so it’d be ideal to lose the excess weight now because now is as easy as it’s going to get for most of us.

If you are involved in exercise actively but still overweight, then the problem lies with your diet and just with a few tweaks, you can attain your desired weight.

It will even be easier for you since you already have the habit of an exercise routine worked out. Those people who are obese and do not exercise regularly will have a much tougher time since they’ll have to inculcate 2 new habits – exercising regularly and eating properly.

There is no doubt that fat people can be fitter than slim people who lead sedentary lives. However, why carry more weight than you need to in any case?

Lose it. You will look better and feel better. You will be lean and fit. Now that’s a goal anybody can strive for and feel happy about when they accomplish it. For some great weight loss and fitness tips, check out the weight loss section and subscribe to our My Fitness Nut Newsletter at the top of the page.

The Pros and Cons of the Atkins Diet

The Atkins diet is one of the most popular diets and thousands of people have reported benefits by going on the Atkins diet. Even famous celebrities have come out and vouched for its effectiveness.

The Atkins diet is indeed effective because it uses nutrition principles that are very sound.

The Atkins diet also known as the ‘fry up’ diet strictly limits the amount of carbohydrates consumed to the bare minimum. This is the key principle behind the Atkins diet. It aims to make the body convert the stored body fat to energy instead of using glucose as a source of energy. This is known as ketosis.

What You Can Eat on the Atkins Diet Plan

Food will be restricted but you will be able to eat foods that other diets will never recommend. You will be allowed to eat oily and fatty foods but will not be allowed to consume carbs or foods which contain sugar. You are forbidden from eating foods like white bread, pasta, cakes, etc.

You are allowed to eat any kind of meat, fish and shellfish. It does not matter if the meat is fatty. In fact, eating fats are encouraged in the Atkins diet. Most vegetables are allowed on the Atkins diet except the starchy types of vegetables such as potatoes, peas and corn.

You may eat butter but margarine is not allowed. It is recommended that you consume fish oils or omega 3 supplements. In fact, you may eat cheese, creams, sauces, condiments and spices as long as they are low in carbohydrates and do not contain sugar.

The Atkins Diet Plan Totally Rules Out Sugar

There are no restrictions on beverages either. However, as mentioned earlier, your beverages should not contain sugar. Even natural sugars like honey are not allowed on the Atkins diet. Artificial sweeteners are fine but controversial in regards to the health and safety of them. Try stevia leaf instead.

All these requirements make the Atkins diet very effective. Just cutting out the high GI foods itself is a very effective measure. The body will not experience insulin spikes and blood sugar levels will be constant. This will make fat loss easier and it will be more difficult to gain fat.

Sugar is detrimental to any weight loss program if it exceeds the daily requirement. Many people drink their calories from sodas, sweetened fruit juice, etc. The Atkins diet puts an end to unnecessary calorie consumption from sweetened drinks.

That’s the Biggest Problem of the Atkins Diet

The problem with the Atkins diet is that it restricts the unrestricted carbs for life. Any diet that uses restrictions will not be effective for the long run.

There may be occasions when you feel like having a plate of pasta or a pizza. However, if you are doing the Atkins diet, you will not be able to eat these kinds of foods.

This may be inconvenient and in some cases, the self-denial may cause you to binge on junk food. Cravings may reach a point that you just have to satisfy them and when you do, you will likely go overboard.

The best way to lose weight will be to adopt a healthy diet that does not have extreme restrictions. Eat sensibly and have a  good exercise program in place. If you are maintaining a calorie deficit daily then having a pizza every now and then can’t hurt. Life is meant to be enjoyed and having a meal that you crave occasionally shouldn’t be a sin.

Walking for Weight Loss is an Easy and Effective Solution

What’s the hardest part of losing weight?

While you may be tempted to answer by referring to that period when you are still learning to fight and control your impulses and cravings, many others would beg to differ.

For a lot of people, the hardest part of the weight loss process is keeping the weight off once it has been lost. As a matter of fact, it’s so hard that it’s keeping the weight loss business afloat; if everyone could become slim and never gain weight again, eventually there would be nobody left to purchase weight loss products.

Needless to say, many are looking for ways to maintain their weight once they have dropped their excess fat, and as it happens the answer might lie in something as simple and lightweight as walking for weight loss.

The Effectiveness of Walking for Weight Loss

Various studies have looked into the effectiveness of different types of exercises when it came to burning calories, and it surprised many when it was observed that walking about two thousand steps at a brisk pace burns somewhere around a hundred calories. For reference, two thousand steps is about one mile’s length and takes a person on average fifteen minutes to travel.

And so it was found that walking is great for losing weight… but how is it the perfect tool in order to maintain it?

Well, it was estimated by researchers at the University of Colorado that most adults consume somewhere around ten to thirty excess calories per day, leading to gains of somewhere between one and three pounds per year, and that’s if you are following a more or less strict nutritional plan as well as a light exercising regime.

Surprisingly enough, the key to keeping the weight off is to simply walk for an additional fifteen minutes for five days per week.

15 Minutes of Walking for Weight Loss

If you will be taking an extra two thousand steps five days per week, you are going to be burning an extra five hundred calories. For the sake of the argument, let’s say that you are typically gaining an excess of fifty calories every day. Under these circumstances, you would be gaining an excess of three hundred and fifty calories per week, but burning five hundred through walking.

In the end, you will be burning an extra hundred and fifty calories per week, even leaving you with some room to cheat on your diet once in a while.

Taking Walking for Weight Loss to The Limit

If you really want to tap into the full potential of walking for weight loss, then the best thing to do would be to walk not for an extra fifteen minutes, but for an extra forty-five minutes to an hour, five days per week.

At this point, you are going to be burning somewhere around 1500 to 2000 extra calories per week, which will actually help you lose between one and two pounds.

All in all, regardless of what type of exercising system you are following, you would do well to integrate regular walking into it; it doesn’t take up much time, effort, money or equipment, but the results it yields can be truly phenomenal. Get a good pair of walking shoes and you’re set to go.

There has been a lot of buzz recently about liquid diets which are alleged as being the ultimate solution to losing weight as they are supposed to provide an easy-to-follow method that will yield you some dramatic results in a short amount of time…

A surprisingly short period of time!

If the testimonies of people who have used these diets are to be believed, they are the best thing since sliced bread was invented. However, many people are expressing doubts about what the actual liquid diet weight loss effects are, and if only consuming liquid is really a healthy way of dropping the pounds.

Are Liquid Weight Loss Diets Effective?

For starters, it is important to address the issue of whether or not they actually work. On this front, everything seems perfect as the people who have gone through with the liquid programs have reported seeing some drastic differences at the end of it all.

Some people are even claiming losing as much as twenty to thirty pounds in a 30 day month. However, there is a flip side to the coin that is seldom discussed…

The effort that it takes to achieve this level of efficiency.

Consuming liquids only on a liquid diet means that you will be forbidden from consuming any type of solid food, at least while you are on the diet. You will only be able to drink juices, and at most, nutrient rich meal replacement shakes.

Needless to say, not only would you be constantly fighting with your cravings, but you will also have to contend with hunger for a good part of the diet. In other words, it will take a tremendous amount of willpower and determination to make it through a liquid diet weight loss program, but at least the results are guaranteed… or are they?

Results You May Not Want with a Liquid Diet Weight Loss Plan

Perhaps in the short term it can be said that you are going to get what you paid for. However, what happens after, when you come off the liquid diet? After all, you can’t possibly hope to sustain yourself on liquids for the rest of your entire life.

Well, the first thing that is going to happen is that your stomach won’t be used to processing solid foods anymore, meaning you will have to slowly teach it to do it again. If you planned on eating a big feast at the end of your diet, you better drop that idea right now, unless of course you want to be rushed to the emergency room for your stomach bursting and splashing all the nearby organs in a stomach acid bath.

In addition to that, on top of having to suffer before getting back to a normal diet, how long do you think the results are going to last? While a liquid diet weight loss sure is sweet, it’s really the only thing you will have learned from the program.

Furthermore, you won’t have a clue as to how you should maintain your body’s shape; how to maintain a careful balance between losing weight and gaining it all back. In the end, a 100% liquid diet weight loss program will end up being costlier to you than just going through with the weight loss process naturally by using a weight loss program that provides a good balance of both liquid and solid foods.

It seems that people are starting to get a bit more creative in the ways in which they are fighting weight gain and helping obese people achieve weight loss. Up until recently, pharmaceutical pills, diets and workout plans were pretty much the only roads to success.

However, it seems that something changed when we decided to take a closer look at common foods; it was found that many of them possessed potential for helping us lose weight with the ingredients they contain. For instance, ever since it was discovered that raspberries were full of ketones, an enzyme that helps to break down fat, their extract has been used as a basis for countless weight loss supplements.

Naturally, with all the health benefits that green tea has, it didn’t take people long to start wondering about whether or not there is such a thing as a weight loss tea.

Green Tea is One Weight Loss Tea That Works

Well, if recent scientific forays into the weight loss benefits of green tea are to be believed, the existence of a weight loss tea may very well be a reality. However, it has to be said that not all types of teas are beneficial for weight loss, let alone beneficial for your health.

There are various artificial combinations that end up having extra calories or fat in them, not to mention they need a bit of sugar to taste decent. In any case, if you are looking for the one tea that is going to help you lose weight, then your best bet would lie with green tea.

Why green tea anyway?

Well, recently there have been a few studies which have looked into its benefits, and the results were more than encouraging. In one study it was proven that even without exercising or eating right, simply consuming the antioxidants found in great quantity in green tea could help you lose between two to three pounds in three months.

If you were to also exercise and eat right, there is no telling as to what green tea may help you to accomplish.

Most of the studies performed on it were very similar, with there being two groups of subjects, both made to follow the same routine with only one of the groups being made to drink green tea.

The scientists who were running those experiments came to the conclusion that the antioxidants found in green tea help the body to process fat and burn it into energy, increasing your metabolic rate, even when aren’t doing any exercise routines.

To make a long story short, it was found that simply consuming green tea regularly (at least one cup per day), can definitely help you lose weight.

Want Weight Loss Tea Benefits But Hate Drinking Green Tea?

If you aren’t too fond of the taste of green tea or don’t want to drink it for any other reason, a number of green tea supplements have already been made available for public consumption.

Make sure to do some research on which ones are the best; there are many who combine their extracts with filler ingredients so that they can sell more bottles at the same price while giving people less than what they pay for. You should only take weight loss tea extracts that are a hundred, or almost a hundred percent pure and made by a reputable company; anything else simply will not be worth your time.

Regardless of whether you are looking at weight loss as being a one-time deal or a permanent change to your lifestyle, there is no debating about one factor: you consider it to be a challenge. Otherwise, chances are that you would have gone through with it a long time ago.

In what way does the weight loss challenge manifest itself precisely? Well, there are two main aspects to it which need to be discussed, and so let us begin with the first one, your physical capabilities.

Weight Loss Challenge #1: The Physical Factors

When talking about your physical capabilities we are not only discussing your weight, your age, how far you can run or how many push-ups you can do, although these things do play a factor. There are certain other physical factors in your life that need to be taken into account, such as time and money.

Practically everyone today is living life like a rat race, running from one place to the other, barely having enough time to catch our breath at the end of the day.

As far as money goes, the good news is that losing weight doesn’t require the purchase of fancy machines or expensive foods at the grocery store. You will probably need to invest a little on gaining information, such as a dieting guide or a workout plan, or subscribe to the My Fitness Nut Newsletter and use the free resources at http://MyFitnessNut.com – but it doesn’t have to go further than that if you don’t want it to.

When it becomes a question of time things get a bit more complicated, because after all, very few are capable of controlling when the events in their lives take place. Nevertheless, eating right doesn’t really require you to have enough time to do it (in most cases at least), and your exercising routines don’t need to be very long; two or three workouts of ten to fifteen-minute will generally suffice, at least if you are looking to maintain a natural weight loss pace.

Weight Loss Challenge #2: The Mental Factor

Now, it is time to discuss the more important factor, the mental one. The truth is that if you are really motivated to lose weight, if you have a goal in mind that is actually important to you, then rest assured, you are always going to find the time, the money and the reason to go through with it.

If you are constantly finding yourself making excuses as to why you should not or could not go through with a weight loss program, then chances are that you are simply lacking in self-confidence and motivation to lose weight.

Yes, it is true that the weight loss challenge is one of the hardest things in the world to go through with, perhaps because it is also one of the most important ones as well. If you do not take action to lose weight and get in shape right now, then chances are that you will keep on living the way you do for the next five, ten, perhaps even twenty years, at which point your body will likely have had all it could take.

In other words, if you don’t lose weight now, you are much more likely to develop ailments and pass away sooner… it’s only logical, not to mention statistically-proven. If you want to really turn your life around and make some real weight loss progress, then you better re-think your mental approach to it.

To help assist you with your personal weight loss challenge we have assemble a category of weight loss tips and strategies that you can use right now to help conquer your challenges.