Ketogenic Diet: The Basics A ketogenic diet produces nutritional ketosis. This is where your body is efficiently burning fat as its main fuel source instead of glucose (sugar). With a ketogenic diet, you become primarily a ‘fat-burner’ rather than a ‘sugar-burner’. This is accomplished by eating a high-fat, moderate (adequate) protein, and low-carbohydrate diet. 10 […]
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A Super Simple Hack to Help You Lose Weight.
A Simple Trick How can you use the scale to improve weight loss? Weigh yourself at least three times a week and chart your results in a graph. Self-weighing is a component of many different weight loss programs. Although few studies have proven that this strategy can help with weight loss, a recent analysis found […]
Let’s talk average: size and weight in the US.
Think you’re average? The average size and weight in the US. I often hear that the average woman in the US wears a clothing size 14. After researching to see if this is correct, I discovered that the current average size of a woman is more like a size 16-18 according to a 2016 study published in […]
Weight loss and better health in 100 days: the start.
This morning I weighed in at 305.8 pounds. Yes, you read that correctly. Written down, that number is so high – it’s almost not believable. Like play Monopoly money only with pounds. Unfortunately, this is no surprise to me. I am 5 feet and 6 inches tall, and have been hovering around this weight for the […]