Nicole-Rene on January 11th, 2009

I just found this nice little calorie counter online. I don’t think it has a long term memory, but it is great if you are just wanting to check your daily calories to see how closely you are following your goals. Feel free to give it a try!

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Nicole-Rene on January 6th, 2009

I wanted to mention that Discovery Health is again putting on the National Body Challenge for 2009! They have a lot of great tools available to help you plan your weight loss. I myself have signed up, and am having a great time checking out all the tools. The features included are great! They even [...]

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Nicole-Rene on January 1st, 2009

I originally wrote a derivation of this message for a woman who wanted to know whether a certain amount of activity would result in her losing weight. She asked that I ignore her diet (which isn’t the most effective way of losing weight). I found that it was a good general guide, besides being good [...]

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Nicole-Rene on December 25th, 2008

This post belongs in both Nutrition and Weight Loss Info. This is because it is not simply important to know to have good nutrition, but is also vital to be able to lose weight. Now, there are several differences between fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. Each one plays an important part in your body, and it [...]

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Nicole-Rene on December 17th, 2008

So, as you may or may not know, calories in are very important to consider when wanting to lose or maintain a specific weight. Calories in constitute calories that you ingest through eating. Calories out would correspond to the calories that you burn while exercising (or those your body uses to keep your heart beating, [...]

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Nicole-Rene on December 15th, 2008

The magic number for losing/gaining a pound of fat is 3,500 calories (on average, although every person could have a slightly different number to coerce their body into letting fat go). So, every time you get in 3,500 calories worth of exercise mixed with diet, you are going to lose 1 pound of body fat [...]

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Nicole-Rene on December 13th, 2008

Now, although it would seem I don’t know that much about weight loss and maintaining a healthy weight, I actually do know a lot about it. My problem has mostly been in the implementation of my knowledge. However, I love learning and I plan on keeping this topic up to date. Everything, from how many [...]

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