The mind is the central tool to healthy, sustainable weight loss, and your thoughts can either sabotage or strengthen your progress. Learn from ACE Senior Fitness Consultant Dr. Michael Mantell as he shares how to make lasting lifestyle changes by monitoring and understanding our own thoughts and behaviors.
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The essentials of a healthy diet are similar for men and women. Eat when hungry, stop when full. Choose fruits, vegetables, whole grains, protein, and dairy sources that are low in saturated fat. Avoid trans fat, excessive sodium, and added sugar. While these general recommendations apply to everyone, a more detailed nutrition and exercise plan to carry out the recommendations do vary by gender.
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If you’ve ever wondered what foods you might find in a registered dietitian’s pantry, now’s your chance to find out. Gina Crome, R.D., shares how she stocks her pantry — from breakfast foods all the way to desserts — to maintain her 172-pound weight loss! By stocking your pantry like a registered dietitian, you too can learn how to eat healthier and maintain your weight — all without losing flavor.
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When it comes to weight loss and maintenance, it’s important to keep in mind that it’s a journey, not a destination. Set yourself up for long-term success and lead a lighter, healthier, fitter life with these helpful tips from Registered Dietitian and ACE-certified Personal Trainer Gina Crome, who herself has lost (and kept off) nearly 200 pounds!
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If your holiday diet consisted of eating too many heavily processed and artificial foods, you may be thinking about adopting a “detox” diet this new year. But does it really work? Do these regimens safely help the body rid toxins better than the normal metabolic processes of the liver, kidney, skin, lymph nodes, and other bodily systems?
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ACE Fitness Expert & Exercise Physiologist, Jessica Matthews, is back to bust four more common fitness myths! The second in a two-part series, Matthews not only sheds truth on the myths, she also shows how you can incorporate the truth into your fitness routine, so you can live a healthier, fitter life!
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Weight loss is tricky in that multiple factors play into how much weight is lost, how quickly it comes off and for how long the weight loss is maintained. To successfully lose a sizeable amount of weight, a person needs to be committed to significant long-term lifestyle changes.
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With the New Year underway, discover ways in which you can increase your willpower and experience weight loss success.
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For anyone on a mission to lose some weight, or even just to adopt a healthier diet, assessing your current nutrition habits is essential. Here we describe five steps to keeping the type of food log that give you maximum benefit.
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When it comes to losing weight, many people find themselves wondering which method is best? From popular workouts to fad diets and fitness products, we often hear of different "fat burning" strategies, but how do you separate fact from fiction? Let's explore this topic and discuss what you need to know to help you reach your weight loss goals.
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Holiday season is just gearing up. Maybe you haven’t yet thought about your January strategy to drop off the holiday weight gain and any of those other extra pounds that seem to accumulate over the years. Let us help you make smart choices to successfully adopt a healthier lifestyle and drop a few pounds that you will permanently keep off.
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The idea that eating late at night leads to greater weight gain has long been a source of interest and debate. Most nutrition experts have felt that this is not necessarily true...
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Feel like your fighting the battle of the bulge without much success? Discover a well-rounded approach to help banish belly fat once and for all.
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Do calories have you confused? Find out how to estimate your caloric needs and learn more about how exercise factors into the equation.
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Ever wonder why weight loss seems so easy for some people yet so difficult for others? Learn what factors contribute to weight loss as well as steps you can take to help you reach your weight loss goals.
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The most practical way to learn what works in losing weight and, more importantly, keeping it off, is to ask the people who have overcome the odds and successfully lost and kept off large amounts of weight.
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With the New Year upon us, millions of people are thinking hard about their New Year’s resolutions, many of which will likely include ambitious nutrition and fitness goals. Given the increasing ease of measuring body composition and the known benefits of decreasing body fat percentage, it is no surprise that fitness professionals and consumers alike want to know how much body fat they should expect to lose.
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Let’s examine how getting enough zzz’s can play a role in warding off unwanted lbs.
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Let’s examine how getting enough zzz’s can play a role in warding off unwanted lbs.
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Take a pill and lose weight - is that it?
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Find out what cross training can do for you.
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