Lately there’s been renewed interest in the use of very low calorie, liquid diets to treat obesity when other more conservative diet plans have failed to work. The Medifast Liquid diet is one of the most popular liquid protein diets available to the public. This very low calorie diet typically provides the patient with 400 to 800 calories a day in the form of high protein liquid shakes. The very low calorie portion of the program is maintained for a period of three months at which time sensible, well balanced meals are gradually added back into the patient’s diet to give them a reduced calorie diet of around 1000-1200 calories per day. During this period, the patient learns how to eat a well balanced diet in preparation for maintaining their initial weight loss.

But, is the Medifast Liquid Diet safe? Interestingly enough, very low calorie liquid protein diets earned a bad reputation in the 1970’s when sixty deaths were attributed to the use of these diets to treat obesity. Read the rest of this entry »

These days you see weight loss advertisements everywhere. The internet is full of them, magazines are full of them and Television is full of them. But no matter how many ads there are, people still do not lose weight. Which means that all the diets, exercise programs, supplements and pills are not enough. There is one other aspect of weight loss, that nobody really talks about – mental strength.

All the knowledge that you have gained is useless if you can not take action. Very often people even do not have the basic understandings about proper nutrition and exercise, let alone having strong willpower to go over every hurdle. Read the rest of this entry »

How To Lose Weight Fast~Have you tried several diet plans and weight loss programs just to lose some weight? Did any of these help you? If your answer is no, do not give up. There are still ways to lose weight and get the body you’ve always wanted. There is really no need for anyone to enroll in to any weight loss program or even consider a special diet plan. The key to losing weight fast is discipline and the will to achieve the desired body weight. This involves no unnatural way of losing weight and in fact, very natural. It will not require you to do very heavy work out and you would not have to starve yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

These cardio-interval workouts from Chicago-based personal trainer Michelle Rossfeld help you take off the pounds the easy way. Short bursts of moderate- to high-intensity activity make a workout feel easier than doing the same routine at a continuous pace, according to a new study published in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Read the rest of this entry »