High energy levels don’t just happen—for some people anyway. For many, a lack of sleep and exercise combined with poor eating habits result in underperformance and low energy levels. In addition, if these basic health habits are not adhered to, studies show that mental sharpness and memory seem to dwindle as well. Fortunately, the opposite [...]

Barack Obama has admitted to falling off the wagon when it comes to stopping the nicotine habit. He reportedly chewed Nicorette gum while on the campaign trail. Wonder how he’ll hold up now that he will have the US economy, foreign policy, and housing crises to contend with.  

In an interview for the November issue [...]

Eating healthy just got a little bit tastier. At least this dish of sauted zucchini and chikuwa looks like it tastes wonderful and won’t give you love handles. It’s from the flickr photo stream of  yomi955 who also happens to have plenty of other photos of very tasty looking dishes. Now, I had to look [...]

I’ve been eating non-stop since I woke up this morning. Let me see if I can even remember what I’ve had to eat. I started with left over Chinese. Yep, first thing in the morning I had left over Chinese; and this after having more than I should have had last night. So I started [...]

I don’t have anything to eat for lunch today, unless I eat leftovers from yesterday’s dinner; but it was macaroni and cheese with spinach and pieces of chicken mixed in. It’s way too heavy for lunch. We’re still struggling with finances around here and just barely managing to get the essentials paid. The cupboards and [...]

Dieting isn’t always easy. Life is filled with stressful moments and in moments of stress some of us turn to food. If you start your day breaking your diet there’s no need to feel guilty about it. Guilt is pointless, and, in fact, guilt is likely to increase your stress level and send you back [...]

Taking a guess here and could be wrong but strongly suspect Jessica Alba used the starvation diet method combined with 4-hour workouts 7 days per week to lose her pregnancy weight fast. There’s nothing better for losing lots of weight in very little time than not eating anything for days and working out on an [...]

While a bacon egg and cheese biscuit won’t usually be an item found on a diet menu, you can certainly have a bacon egg and cheese biscuit for breakfast and still lose weight. As long you manage the rest of the meals you consume for the day so that when added to the bacon egg [...]

The most you can reasonably expect to lose in 7 days is 3 - 5 pounds. Some people can probably lose more by going to extremes of starving themselves and working out 2 - 4 hours per day; but if you’re more inclined to take a safe and sensible approach to your dieting, you should [...]

Alexander Morentin of betterlivingwithwholefoods.com has a warning for you about fat free products. One fat free product in particular, the Skinny Cow Low-Fat Ice Cream, has been deemed by Mister Morentin as being harmful to dieters. According to the post “Sex, Lies, and Fat-Free Ice Cream” Skinny Cow Low-Fat Ice Cream “will sabotage your weight [...]