Losing weight can be a very daunting task filled with many challenges; among those are motivational ones as well. Motivation is a strange thing. It can propel you towards your success or derail you in the wrong direction. Oxford language dictionary defines motivation as, a reason or reasons for acting or behaving in a particular way. To lose weight, a reason for acting in a particular way needs to be strong. This is a true essence of motivation. For example, let’s deconstruct two different reasons for losing weight: I want to lose weight because my friends or my friends tell me I should. I wa ..read more

Takeaway has become a way of living for most people (especially in big bustling cities), based on the current trend of start-ups like Uber Eats, Deliveroo and alike. Although we can’t say every takeaway food is bad, if your goal is to lose weight, you need to be mindful of the food you consume and the ingredients in it. It’s not correct to proclaim that no matter what food you eat, you are good as long as you are within your daily calorie threshold. That may be true if your goal is just to lose weight. But to lose weight in a healthy and sustainable way without losing mass, you will need to pa ..read more

Emotional eating, in its essence, is a habit of turning to food for comfort, whether consciously or unconsciously, when you face a difficult problem or when you feel stressed. Millions of people engage in emotional eating every single day around the World. It has been one of the most significant reasons for gaining weight. This blog post will offer you some strategies on how to fight your emotional eating disorder. These strategies are simple but not easy. It will take a lot of discipline and control from you, but it will be worth it. The basics of emotional eating and its implications As ment ..read more

Starting your day in the right way is one of the most important things you can do to have a productive day and boost your weight-loss results. This blog post will describe an optimal weight-loss morning routine you can adopt but have in mind that a more personalised approach is needed. How you start your day sets the tone for the rest of your waking hours. If you start your day in a hurry or stuffing yourself with high-calorie food, this will have an impact on your weight-loss results. The saying, No matter what type of food you consume and when you eat, as long as you are hitting your da ..read more

You heard the term love handles, but what are they really? Love handles” represent excess fatty areas that sit on either side of the waist above the hips. They occur due to fat retention around the hips and abdominal area. In this blog post, I will talk about how you can get rid of your love handles and get fitter. The basics and the cause of love handles appearance Another more blunt definition for love handles is fatty bulges along the sides of the body at the waist. So why do we store more fat in these areas than in others? The researchers concluded that for men, there are more fat cells in ..read more

When you are trying to lose weight but don’t see any results, it’s time to stop, reflect and ask yourself, “Am I taking the right actions personalised to me to lose weight”? This blog post will shed light on three specific factors that could be the culprit for not losing weight. In our previous blog post Is your weight-loss approach sustainable, we concluded that the best weight-loss approach you can take is sustainable. The most efficient sustainable weight-loss approaches are personalised entirely to you. But there are three more factors I consider important because they limit your weig ..read more

Is your weight-loss approach sustainable? Or you are looking for a quick-lose-weight scheme? If you seek the latter, let me prove in this blog post that a sustainable weight-loss approach is much better than a quick-lose-weight approach. When approaching weight loss, your goal should always be to lose weight in a sustainable way. This means adopting daily healthy and nutritional habits that stay with you for the rest of your life. One of those habits that I recommend is exercising regularly (you can exercise daily, which I highly recommend. Something is always better than nothing) and eating n ..read more

I have mentioned before that losing weight is not rocket science, but to many people is hard and arduous pursuit. Losing weight is simple but not easy. You need to navigate between online myths (untrue information) and the facts (basic principles that are always true). If you are not losing weight, you are probably making some mistakes and errors in your judgement. In this blog, I will describe eight common mistakes you are probably making when trying to lose weight. It’s true that you can exercise and eat healthily and still struggle with losing weight. There is a difference between a general ..read more

Losing belly fat is very important since fat around our middle section produces substances that can create serious health risks. Those health risks can include various cardiovascular diseases, asthma, dementia, breast cancer, etc. This blog post will give you five steps to lose belly fat for good and show you how to live a healthier life. Many people go around neglecting their belly fat issues. Ignoring the belly fat problem will not make it go away, and long-term consequences may occur sooner than you realise. Before I go deeper into the five steps of getting rid of belly fat, let’s learn som ..read more

As you have learned from our previous blog posts, you need to adopt healthier nutritional habits to lose weight. Moreover, you should strive to consume nutrient-dense foods, foods rich in nutrients, and not empty calories. Here we will direct your attention to few types of food to avoid when trying to lose weight. To achieve your weight-loss target, it’s true that you need to be in a calorie deficit. That is the basic principle. However, it matters what food you consume daily. Thus, the quality of food is critical. To be in a healthy calorie deficit, nutrient-dense foods are the best option to ..read more