Saturday, September 4, 2010

Busting Up Some Common Myths About Fat Loss

February 12, 2010 by SkinnyMom  
Filed under Diets, Featured, Lose Belly Fat

Let’s bust up some common myths about fat loss.  First off:
1.  Eating less will cause you to lose fat
2.  You Don’t Need Exercise to Lose Fat
3. Skipping meals will help you lose fat
All 0f these are wrong in some fashion or another.  Starving yourself could actually backfire and cause you to gain weight.
Don’t Go Overboard
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Can Almond Butter help You Lose Weight?

February 11, 2010 by SkinnyMom  
Filed under Diet Tips, Diets, Featured, Nutrition

Maybe.  A lot of pregnancy weight loss diets suggest substituting peanut butter for regular butter on your morning toast for a protein laden punch.  And while peanut butter is certainly a better alternative than margarine or butter, you might want to try almond butter – that’s right – a spreadable butter made out of super [...]

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Will a Cocktail Make You Fat?

February 9, 2010 by SkinnyMom  
Filed under Diets, Featured

No, not exactly  – but now that you’ve actually had the baby you may be tempted to go out and celebrate with your friends.  But the damage to your post pregnancy weight loss diet can add up to be a lot more than the calories in that glass of Chardonnay.  While an average drink may [...]

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Why Do Celebrities Lose the Pregnancy Weight So Fast

February 2, 2010 by SkinnyMom  
Filed under Featured, Pregnancy Weight Loss

Because they have an incentive too, that’s why.  There was just an article on MSNBC about how celebrity new moms are dropping the baby weight super fast and debuting their new svelte bodies.  Why?  Because they all have an incentive too. Like a new show, million dollar contracts.  They’re using their personal lives – i.e. [...]

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Is the Weekend a Lost Cause for the Diet

October 8, 2009 by skinnymom  
Filed under Diet Tips, Diets, Exercise, Featured

So do the things you eat on the weekend count for your diet?  I had one of those weekends.  I think it started on Friday when I baked with the kids – we had to use up the apples we picked in the orchard.  Two apple pies later, plus a round of apple shaped cookies [...]

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