WEIGHT LOSS TIPS

Fighting Inertia to Start Weight Loss

Albatross has a good discussion about 'inertia' and how it prevents us from getting started with our weight loss goals. She's lost about 30 pounds in the past year and has increased her fitness and health levels. See what she has to say about overcoming inertia and the four factors that helped her do it.

Bron won a 12-week employee weight-loss contest and $3,000 in cash. He lost 60 pounds.

He says; "You have to exercise. There is no way around it. It's tough sometimes; you work all day, you're tired, and that couch looks mighty comfortable."

Check out his story here.

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Weight Loss Spas

There are so many ways to lose weight thee days and so many methods to make it as easy or as hassle free as possible. One such easy way of losing weight is to plan a vacation at one of the many weight loss spas that are popping up everywhere and promise to make your holiday a fun and productive one at the same time.

So what's all the fuss about these weight loss spas?

Well, if you're planning a vacation anyway and haven't really got a set idea of where to go, then these spas as ideal in that they provide a very restful and stress free vacation while combining that much needed rest and relaxation with some good, honest weight busting programs designed to help you to shed a few pounds while not feeling like you are actually doing anything special to lose some weight.

Ok, maybe that's an over simplification, but you get the general drift.

There are various levels at which you can place yourself depending upon what you actually want to get out of the time spent at the spa. You can go for the easy treatment or you can get tougher with yourself and tighten up your diet choices so that the food is low calorie but still appetising. You can opt for the outdoor activities that are easy and fun to do, or sign yourself up to things like army assault course that will test your mettle as well as make you burn off more calories than you can possible consume while you're there, meaning you will definitely lose weight.

Its a great idea for a vacation if you also want to combine it with improving your health and shaping up your body at the same time!

Weight Loss Tips

Here's an interesting weight loss story from a recent comment on the post "Drinking Water to Lose Weight";

Hello. I was an avid sweet tea drinker. I drank about 3/4 of a gallon a day. I decided that I was tired of being chubby. (I have never been what you would call fat but maybe pudgy in the middle is fair to say) Anyway I cut that out and went to unsweet iced tea (no calories) and along with that started to drink 4 32 oz. cups of water a day. In 8 weeks I lost 25 pounds. It was like it just fell in the floor. I also love fresh fruit so I ate fruit and veggies and cereal. I cut out fried foods as well. I think that you have to look at the whole picture and not just one thing.

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Excercising 6 Hours per Week

Sonya lost 60 pounds. She did it gradually. It took her over a year to do it. She now weighs 130 pounds at 5 feet and six inches.

See her before and after photos and how she changed her lifestyle here.