Posts Tagged ‘calories’

Wanna shed some pounds? Get rid of the “dieting mentality”

Friday, November 6th, 2009
iStock_000006918985SmallWhen you read or hear the word “diet,” what comes to mind? How about pain, suffering, deprivation and misery? Does failure come to mind? Maybe “weight rebound?” So why in the world would anyone want to go on a diet? Simple – to get the results… There is more to read....

Eat, move, lose. Period.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
One common weight loss myth that drives us crazy here at dotFIT is the starvation mode myth.  It goes something like this: Eating a diet that is too low in calories will cause the body to go into starvation mode and not burn any calories. People love this myth.  You know why? Because people, including me… There is more to read....

Night eating falsely blamed for weight gain

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
A recently publicized study by Northwestern University claims that their research sheds new light on obesity. In this study, mice fed a high fat diet during normal sleeping time led to a greater increase in weight gain than the same diet given during normal waking hours. This, they assert, proves that obesity is more than… There is more to read....

Why exerspy?

Friday, September 18th, 2009
When you wear something that kind of looks like an MP3 player on your arm all the time, minus the headphones, you get asked the same question a lot. “What is that?” And invariably when I tell people what it is – a device that monitors your calories burned, steps, physical activity and sleep efficiency for the… There is more to read....