Tired of meetings and office get togethers where the only food on offer is cake, Danish, pizza, biscuits and other high fat snacks?

There's no need to feel unsociable or avoid these gatherings while you are trying to lose weight, if you plan ahead.

Keeping nutritious snacks at the office can help you achieve your weight loss goals while everyone around you is letting their guard down.

This article includes some great ideas about what to keep handy.


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Some people think that skipping breakfast will help them lose weight. It won't.

Studies show a direct link between breakfast and successful weight loss, and that compared to breakfast skippers, breakfast eaters generally:

• Eat fewer calories throughout the day
• Eat less saturated fat and cholesterol
• Have better nutrition habits
• Weigh less (women 4kgs/men 3kgs less).

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If you are trying to lose weight and minimize your body fat, many research studies suggest that maintaining a diet high in calcium should be a high priority.

In this article we discuss the role of calcium in our diets, why calcium is important to people wanting to achieve or maintain a healthy weight, what foods have the best sources of calcium and provide tips to increase your daily calcium intake.


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Are the stars really keeping the best weight loss program a secret from the rest of us?

Last year, one of the most popular search terms on both Google and Yahoo was Paris Hilton. A quick review of the top 500 searches for last year reveals inquiries on other celebrities too, such as Jenny McCarthy, Tara Reid, Shakira and Tyra Banks. Why are we, as a country, so fascinated with celebrities?

One of the reasons we're interested in the stars is because, simply stated, they seem to have some magical ability to lose weight with zero effort.

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Grilled chicken breast, egg whites and cottage cheese have been the foods of choice among bodybuilders for decades. Because these foods are all low in fat, low in carbohydrates and high in protein, they should be among the foods of choice for anyone dieting for weight loss as well.

In this article, we'll tell you why cottage cheese should be part of your weight loss diet, shed some light on how versatile cottage cheese can be, offer you some recipe ideas and hopefully get you excited again over this much overlooked superfood.


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Being overweight is so unpleasant that it can become all consuming and have a negative impact on our whole world, especially our health and happiness.

When we get out of bed each morning we are confronted with the fact that we face a day full of food and eating. How we handle this ultimately determines how successful we are at losing unwanted weight.

The twelve diet tips in this article have been provided by real women who've faced serious food and weight issues and conquered them.

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Occasional emotional eating is normal. Everyone has celebrated with food before, that’s what birthday parties, Christmas lunch and BBQ’s on grand final day are all about. But emotional eating can become a serious problem when it leads to negative emotional and physical imbalances in our lives.

Frequent emotional eating can easily become a destructive cycle.

Emotional eating becomes entrenched in the lives of its sufferers when they use food to regulate their mood, cope with stress or overcome feelings of anxiety or boredom.

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Feeling fuller throughout the day is one of the keys to successful weight loss.

When we're hungry, we're more likely to eat whatever is convenient and tasty, regardless of how good for us it is.

In this article we discuss why staying fuller longer is important for weight loss and detail six simple strategies to ensure you stay fuller longer each day.


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Many of us get a lot less fibre than we need to maintain optimum health. For those of us with weight loss goals, consuming insufficient fibre each day is disastrous and may be stopping us from achieving our ideal weight.

Among its many benefits, fibre can help reduce the risk of developing harmful diseases and can help us to successfully lose weight long term.

This article explains what fibre is, why we need it, what diseases it helps combat, how it helps with weight loss and how to get more of it into our daily diets.

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Research studies have shown that almost all women and nearly 70% of men experience food cravings.

Because these cravings are often for foods that are high in fat, sugar, salt and calories, they can seriously jeopardize our weight loss efforts and our long-term health.

In this article, we explain what food cravings are, why many of us have them and what can be done to eliminate them or at least minimize them and their impact on our weight loss efforts.


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