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Who says snacking is bad? It becomes bad only when you eat cookies, cakes and biscuits as snacks! On the other hand, when you eat healthy snacks, they can help you lose weight as much as healthy fruits and vegetables. How, you may ask? Well, you might already be aware of the fact that the less you eat, the faster you lose weight.

Now, when you snack frequently, you are less likely to gorge on fast and junk foods, because you won’t feel hungry too often! Eventually, you will gain the slim and attractive body that you have always desired!

Cook your snacks

I know it is very tempting to just buy a packet of chips from your local store. But those chips are only going to make you fatter so you should AVOID them.

The best option is to cook your own snacks. I know you are busy and it may not be always feasible, but remember that when you are trying to lose weight you should make up some time for it! Read the rest of this entry »

Never has there been more pressure to maintain a healthy weight than today.  When you take into consideration the fact that the average woman gains 25 to 35 pounds during the course of her pregnancy, it is obvious why so many new mothers are eager to lose weight after having a baby.

While your health, and your new baby’s health, should always be paramount, there are a few powerful tips that can help you lose weight after having a baby.  Here are five of them:

The most powerful tip to lose weight after having a baby is simply to breast-feed

Not only does it provide numerous benefits to both mother and baby, but it burns a massive amount of calories.  Breast-feeding between six and eight times a day, the average mother can burn up to 500 calories in 24 hours.  That’s equivalent to about a pound of body weight per week. Read the rest of this entry »

This is a post that I have written also for my new Family Vacation blog about eating when on vacation.

Vacations are marred by bad eating and not only bad eating but usually our daily schedules are thrown out the window.

When you are away from home it is very common that you eat based on hunger and snacks are almost always bad food. Both of these are very bad and there are ways to avoid it. Last month while on vacation my family was able to conteract this bad eating structure by planning all of our meals and snacks and here is how:

Kitchenette - The hotel we stayed at had a kitchenette and this was easily the best way that we were able to avoid any eating issues. Kids are terrible for not wanting to eat when it is time to eat and then being suddenly starving. With the kitchenette we were able to prepare probably about half of our meals and warm up other meals as well. Read the rest of this entry »