As you work to overcome your struggle with obesity and find a balanced form of weight management, it is important to find balance in all areas of your life. Losing your excess weight can be hard when your home is filled with excess clutter. Help your life shed chaos as you shed pounds by decluttering your bedroom and rediscovering your sanctuary.

Losing weight is an uphill battle. As almost anyone who has lost weight will explain, the fight to shed pounds and attain a healthy weight level requires physical difficulty. In order to lose weight one must cut their calorie intake by eating healthier foods and work out on a regular basis, but for many people this is incredibly difficult to do.

In addition to aerobic exercise and strength training, a well-rounded fitness routine will include stretching. Stretching regularly helps increase flexibility, improve your range of motion, and relieve stress. Find out how to get the most from your stretches while avoiding injuries. Six Tips for Proper Stretching Target major muscle groups. It’s important to give your [...]

For many people, emotional eating is at the root of their inability to lose weight. Emotional eaters, or people who turn to food to deal with emotions, tend to take in far more calories than they need because they’re using their emotions, rather than their body’s natural hunger, as their guide.

Sharing a meal is one of the oldest and most popular ways to socialize. With the holiday season on the horizon, invitations to food-oriented events are bound to multiply. Developing a strategy for coping with social eating is key to maintaining your weight loss goals.  How you handle dining out will be determined in part [...]

When asked why they overeat, most dieters commonly confess that they eat when they are under stress. Considering the numerous stressful situations people encounter in modern everyday life, it’s no wonder so many of us are battling the bulge. If you suspect stress plays a significant role in your eating habits, learning more about stress [...]

Self Esteem. It’s a term we come across frequently in the media and in self-help books, but when asked to define it, most Americans have difficulty pinpointing its meaning. Many think of it as body image. While body image does influence self-esteem, it is only one of several such factors. Self-esteem is a person’s sense [...]

Singer Carnie Wilson, known as the face of weight loss surgery after her gastric bypass procedure was broadcast live on the Internet, has made headlines again by confessing to Oprah that she gave up food but took up alcohol. Carnie is not alone. Addiction treatment centers like the Betty Ford Clinic in California report that [...]

Each year, millions of people vow to make important life changes like losing weight, quitting smoking, starting an exercise program, learning a new skill for career advancement, or controlling their spending. Yet, many of them never realize their goals, despite their seemingly sincere desire for change. People who find that losing weight causes them to [...]

Having bariatric surgery does not guarantee that you will achieve your weight loss goal or the desired changes in health and quality of life. Successful bariatric surgery patients recognize that while surgery is a potent tool for creating significant weight loss, their success ultimately depends on their ability to make lifelong changes in their eating [...]