Weight Control Posts

A Cup of Yogurt a Day to Keep the Doctor Away?Want a convenient, good-for-you food that's a calorie bargain, extremely versatile, packed with vitamins and minerals — and a tasty treat? Say yes to yogurt! In addition to eating it plain or mixed with fruit, you can add yogurt to soups, sauces, marinades, and dressings, or use it as a healthy base for drinks. It has quickly become a favo...

If spending money on a gym membership is just not in your budget these days, there's no reason to abandon all hope of losing weight and getting healthy. Engaging in an active lifestyle doesn't mean only being confined to a couple of machines in the middle of a crowded room — it means getting your heart rate up, your blood pumping, and your self esteem on the rise. So how exactly do you ...

Who doesn't love a big Italian family dinner? And what's better than good old-fashioned lasagna overflowing with cheese and meat? The problem is, as delicious as this cheese- and meat-filled dish tastes, it's also filled with calories and saturated fat — which are not so good for your waistline and arteries. A serving of lasagna at most restaurants is 9 ounces, which, while it's certainly a g...

Q: I lost 25 pounds over the course of six months, but I've been stalled at the same weight for two weeks now. What's going on, and what can I do to resume my losing ways? A: You're not alone. Most dieters hit the dreaded plateau at some point, and I can attest to the fact that it's both frustrating and disheartening. Fortunately, though, there are remedies. T...

You probably know someone who can eat everything in sight, but still struggles to keep weight on. I don't know about you, but I can't do that. My metabolism certainly doesn't allow it — and I am guessing yours doesn't either. So where does a slowpoke metabolism come from and how do you change it? You probably want to blame bad genes for your metabolism. Sure, blame your parents! That's the ea...

When it comes to frozen-food choices, the "sky's the limit." Your options range from the simple (such as a meat and potatoes meal) to the gourmet (such as lobster tails). You can practically feed the United Nations with all the ethnic varieties available. If you're on a special diet, no problem. These days you can choose from varieties such as vegetarian, wheat-free, low-fat, low-carb, and m...

The biggest misconceptions about the avocado are that it's a vegetable (it's actually a fruit) and that it's high in fat and therefore unhealthy. The fact is, avocados contain just 5 grams of fat per serving — and of this amount, 3 grams (or 60 percent) are heart-healthy monounsaturated fat. Studies have shown monounsaturated fat reduces serum cholesterol levels when substituted for saturated...

Are you having trouble staying within your budget, both for dollars and for calories? Then ask yourself: How many times a week do you eat at restaurants and fast-food joints? If you're serious about losing weight, you need to keep dining out to a minimum. The simple truth is, when you don't make a dish yourself, you really can't know what's in it or where the ingredients come from. You can a...

To many people, artificial sweeteners seem like the solution for weight loss. You can get the sweetness of sugar in your diet soda without the calories. What could be bad? Well, as it turns out, a lot of things.As Americans, we are dropping our per capita consumption of regular soda (great!), but the bad news is we are replacing that soda with diet soda. Artificially sweetened food is not the...

Journaling Is the Write Way to Diet Nutritionists and dieters have always known it, but now one of the largest and longest-running weight loss trials ever conducted proves it: food diaries work. Big time. The trial, known as the Weight Loss Maintenance trial, compared different approaches to maintaining weight loss over a period of 30 months, and found that subjects...