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Weight loss is never easy, you have to put forth effort to see results. Anybody that says otherwise is stretching the truth.

Even worse, if you let your energy levels drop, fat loss can become an uphill battle with no light at the end of the tunnel.

So here are 6 things that will zap your energy and will power when dieting:

1. Eating carbohydrates with saturated fats: Saturated fats block the absorption of carbohydrates. Thus, if you eat carbohydrates and saturated fats at the same time, you are setting yourself up for dieting disaster. Your active tissues will have a harder time absorbing the carbs and they will get sent to fat cells.

2. Being too heavy: The more weight you carry, the harder it is for your body to send calories towards your active tissues. The good news is that as you lose weight, you can gain a lot of positive momentum as more and more nutrients get shuffled to active tissues.

3. Skipping breakfast: Coffee and pastries don’t count as breakfast, by the way. You see, when you skip breakfast not only will your energy plummet, but you will also mess up your hormonal profile for the rest of the day.  Read more...

Do you have a juicer? Do you drink lots of juice? Are you trying to figure out how to get thin arms? Well, juice increases arm fat!

The big companies, however, would have you believe that fruit juice is healthy. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. So please don’t buy into all those infomercials promoting juice that will solve all your physical ailments.

How can juice get such a bad rap? Because of sugar which makes your body secrete lots of insulin. And insulin will block arm fat burning.

And if you’re still grasping to that image of juice being healthy, please consider the following:

1. It causes your liver to secrete not so good things. What type of things? Excess fatty acids and bad cholesterol! Now you really do NOT want these two floating around within your body if your main goal is to get thin and slim arms.

2. Elite research shows that it increases fat. Peer reviewed research has shown that ONLY 12 oz of fruit juice per day is directly correlated with obesity. Still want to have that giant carafe of freshly squeezed juice?  Read more...

Most people in modern societies have desk jobs. Unfortunately, the human body was not designed to be seated all day. Thus, modifying your desk space can be an extremely effective way to enhance your weight loss.

The main issue here, however, is that many desk workers don’t know what they can do to improve their mode of existence.

Thus, here is a sleeveless in 7 review of workplace weight loss strategies:

1. Schedule your meals in your calendar: Schedule them in the same way that you would schedule a meeting. Doing this will prevent last minute fast food binges. Moreover, study after study has shown that eating on a regular schedule promotes greater weight loss.

2. Pack your own food: Don’t rely on your company to provide healthy food for you. Take charge here and bring your own healthy food from home. This will also prevent you from going to the nearest fast food place once you start getting hungry at work.

3. Pack like a rat: You want to pack as many back up sources of food as possible. Doing so will help you stay out of “whatever you can eat at the last minute” mode. Now just make sure you don’t load up on candy bars or potato chips. Instead, focus on healthy protein bars and other snack options.  Read more...