20 List of Good Distractions

You’re bored: You eat. You’re depressed: You eat. You’re stressed: You eat. You’re mad: You eat.
Often, though, you can derail such behavior by doing something else to take your mind off your craving. Here are 20 things you can do to keep your mind off the high-fat food you crave.

Drink two glasses of water.
Brush [...]

(6)Six Ways to Make Time for Exercise

Here are six ways that you can make time for exercise and other fat-fighting habits without feeling the tiniest pang of guilt.
Give the TV a rest. If you are watching for a few hours a day, your television time could be the easiest spot to cut back. You don’t have to give up television [...]

Mindell Dieting Tips

Before starting any diet, check with your physician. If you don’t feel that your family doctor understands your dieting needs, contact a bariatrician, who specializes in the filed. For the name of one in your area, write to the American Society of Bariatric Physicians, Suite 300, 5200 South Quebec, Englewood, Colorado 80111. (Enclose a stamped [...]

Types of Diets

The Atkins’ Diet
This diet (Dr. Atkins’ Diet Revolution, Dr. Atkins’ Super-energy Diet), ignores calories content and focuses on carbohydrate restriction; but unlike other low-carbohydrate programs, Dr. Atkins’ calls for no carbohydrates (at least for the first week). By doing this, the body begins to throw off ketones (tiny carbon fragments that are by-products [...]

Next Page »