There are thousands of ways to lose weight. Ask 100 different people and you might get 100 different diets that they’ve found beneficial in helping shed some pounds. The “keto” diet is the most extreme example of the low-carb diets, which have been popular in various forms for the past several decades. Carbohydrates (i.e. carbs) … Read More
I recently had a client tell me about a vivid dream she’d recently had. In this dream, she was back at “fat camp.” My client explained that, when she was an adolescent, every summer her parents sent her to a camp designed to help children and teens lose weight. This started when she was seven … Read More
One big question that tends to arise for those trying to shed a few pounds: Is cardio for weight loss right for me? Although it may sound rather obvious, the impact of losing weight with cardio can vary from person to person. Cardio is any kind of movement that elevates the heart rate, so for … Read More
I’m feeling pretty good as I head into my eighth week at Structure House. In fact, I’m actually getting ready to do an 80-mile bike ride with my dad for his 80th birthday. We have this saying in my family: “The Bensons never lose; we only learn.” We don’t consider anything a loss, but an opportunity to learn something. And that includes your lifestyle and your … Read More
Burst training is a form of interval training that some instructors suggest to people who are trying to lose weight as well as vary their exercise routine. Burst training occurs within workouts to elevate the heart rate toward the higher levels of the max for a certain period of time before returning to normal. Burst … Read More
Feeling good about your body and dieting aren’t always one and the same. It’s easy to think that committing to the latter will lead to increased vigor, loads of energy, and a better self-image, but dieting isn’t always that black and white. I’ve been jumping in and out of different diets since junior high, and … Read More
There are a lot of claims about how probiotics can help you lose weight and improve your health. With all the information out there, it’s tough to separate health fact from fiction. So what exactly are probiotics? Most importantly, can you use them to promote weight loss and better health? Probiotics are actually bacteria (or … Read More
Take a moment to see if you can name one occasion, gathering, celebration, or holiday that does not involve food in some fundamental way. Really try to think of one. Having trouble? I’m not surprised. We live in a food-centric culture: a society so obsessed with eating that we implicate this behavior in almost every … Read More
A study that was published in the Oct. 27, 2011, edition of The New England Journal of Medicine (Sumithran, et al., 2011) found that one year after a completing a 10-week low-calorie weight loss program, dieters secreted more hunger-inducing hormones than they did before starting their diet. The authors of the 2011 study concluded that … Read More
Most of us have an intense fear of being uncomfortable. In fact, we are taught to fear discomfort from infancy. As babies, our expressions of discomfort are adaptive. They inform our caretakers when we need to be fed, changed, or put down for a nap. A baby’s scream is built to be heart-wrenching to surrounding … Read More
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