Mekhi Phifer is an American actor best known for doing the role of Dr. Gregg Pratt in NBC’s long-running medical drama ER and is the co-star opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile. He claims that his diet regimen keeps his healthy, fit with high energy levels. Want to know what this is? Then […]

Suffering from hypothyroidism can make weight loss more difficult. But not impossible. Most doctors tell hypothyroidism sufferers that after they get on the thyroid replacement hormone all will be well. In most cases this doesn’t happen. The fat just doesn’t come off after your thyroid problems get fixed. Getting rid of hypothyroidism doesn’t get rid […]

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could blame our genes for our weight problems. “I’m fat! Too bad I can’t do anything about it because I have bad fat genes.” This is the reasoning some people use to avoid doing whatever it takes to lose weight. Such nonsense. It is true. I won’t deny it. […]

According to a recent study, obese employees take more sick leaves than more slender employees. The result of this study tend to suggest that if an employer has to choose between two employees to fire, if their skill level is about the same, they will be more inclined to fire the more overweight one. It […]

It would be far easier to lose weight permanently if replacement parts weren’t so handy in the refirigerator.~Hugh Allen Constant snacking can ruin your dieting, slowing down your weight loss or even make you gain weight. If you can’t stop snacking all the time, at least make sure you eat healthy snacks for weight loss. […]

Have you ever wondered if slimming supplements and weight loss pills are worthless or God sent? Have you ever wondered if they can back up their claims or are just a waste of your money? Have you ever wondered if the people who take them get any results? If you have then you are in […]

If I had been around when Rubens was painting, I would have been revered as a fabulous model. Kate Moss? Well, she would have been the paintbrush.~Dawn French A long time ago being a little plumper was very sexy. That was the beauty standard. If you look at Rubens pictures and of other painters around […]

The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life.~Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave A purpose driven life will get you moving. I’m not talking about the almighty purpose of eating a huge hot pizza. I am talking about following your dreams, going after them full force. If you have an active […]

”Albert Einstein, who discovered that a tiny amount of mass is equal to a huge amount of energy, which explains why, as Einstein himself so eloquently put it in a famous 1939 speech to the Physics Department at Princeton, “You have to exercise for a week to work off the thigh fat from a single […]

The McMaster University recently finished a study involving the beneficial effects on women of drinking milk after doing strength exercises. In a previous study it was shown that milk has amazing effects on the muscle growth men can experience after doing strength training exercises. After the researchers found enough women willing to pump some iron […]