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Join a gym and hire a trainer. This is great for beginners as well as those who are more experienced. For beginners, it's a great way to learn the basics of weight lifting and exercise. For the experienced, it's a great way to get motivated because there will be someone there who won't let you...

Read several different books on proper nutrition and eating. Many of them will say the same things. After reading a few, you'll be able to figure out what everyone agrees to as to what works and what doesn't. For example, almost all will say to eat 5-6 small meals per day. Almost all of them...

Here are my top 6 weight loss secrets: 1. Eliminate (or cut way back) meat, dairy (esp. cheese, butter and ice cream) from your diet 2. Have one meal per day be a big salad and make your own salad dressing from mustard, a bit of honey and red wine vinegar. Have a slice of whole grain bread (no...

I don't drink the fizzy (much) either. Only when I am really watching it around holidays and stuff - mostly I am a tea person - Iced or otherwise. We have a relative that drinks large amounts of caffeinated soda daily and we keep trying to tell her it is bad for her. But she will not listen...

I lost 12? 15? ack.. I forget... lbs the first month and then 10, 10, 10..or something like that. Mind you, glycogen holds water...and by eliminating carbs, well.. the water doesn't have anything to bind it up in the muscles and in that first month you lose a good bit of weight as "water...

If you go from sedentary to active you generally WON'T lose weight immediately. You WILL start to put on muscle and your muscles will hold extra water (in the form of blood swelling) for a couple of weeks as they adapt to the increased activity. Getting a doctor or gym to accurately measure your...