Posts Tagged ‘obesity’

The Top Five Reasons Why Weight Loss is Temporary

We all know that the vast majority of people who lose weight, regain it. And while we know that nobody who loses that weight actually wants to put it back on, somehow we've become really good at it! Some of us have spent a lifetime cycling between the fit and fat versions of us. We even have the small, medium, large and… Continue reading

October 24 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: diet, health, nutrition, obesity, weight-loss | 13 comments»

15 Reasons Why You’re not Losing Weight

A Good Story When it comes to marketing and selling products, the food companies have never let the facts get in the way of a good story. A lot of the information we find on the front of food packaging is not so much information, as it is a somewhat misleading and deceptive sales pitch. For example, the reduced-fat peanut butter we find on our supermarket shelves has less fat when we… Continue reading

October 13 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: calories, diet, eating, food, health, obesity, weight-loss | 27 comments»

Don’t Always Believe the Science

Science has given us some amazing inventions over the centuries. Personally I'm a big fan of the light bulb (thanks Thomas) and the Wright brothers were certainly having a good day when their flying machine finally took to the air at Kitty Hawk all those years ago. But I guess the scientific breakthrough at the very top of my list was created by that little-known inventor, designer, engineer and scientist… Continue reading

July 14 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: bmi, calories, fiitness, health, obesity, weight-loss | 29 comments»

How to Lose Weight Watching TV

We are fast becoming a society of statues. A curious species who seem to have our collective asses permanently attached to a chair. Or preferably, a couch. We discovered that within a few years many of us will have identical movement patterns and daily activity levels to that of the oak tree. Yep, it appears that many of us have become fat (seated) spectators in the game of life. Heavy… Continue reading

July 7 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: exercise, fitness, health, obesity, weight-loss | 39 comments»

Living in Fat City

If you live in Australia, the US, the UK, Canada or New Zealand, then you live in the same place as me; Fat City. Fat City of course, being more of a collective mindset, and a culture of eating too much and moving too little, than any geographical location, or 'literal' place. And while it's not a literal place, it is very real. If you know what I mean. The… Continue reading

February 22 2008 | By Craig | Tagged: attitude, fitness, health, Lifestyle, obesity, weight-loss | 43 comments»