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Fans of The Biggest Loser Show show know of the race among contestants to be the first to lose 100 pounds. It’s a huge milestone that most of the contestants will make at some point during the show. They begin hundreds of pounds overweight. What’s amazing is how fast they can reach that 100-pound mark. […]READ MORE

Something really brilliant happened at the gym the other day. My workout buddy, Jo, turned to me and said in her beautiful English accent: “I actually look forward to working out now. It’s really fun.” She was pleasantly surprised. I was thrilled. Jo has never been a “workout person,” as she puts it. She’s never […]READ MORE

In today’s world, you can find a diet on the internet to justify eating whatever food you really want. Low-carb diets let you feast on fatty foods. High-carb regimens give you clearance for bread products. For those of us who find it all a little confusing, we can now turn to government health officials for […]READ MORE

Hannah was an athlete in college. She could propel her body into the air to slam a volleyball across the room. And then she fell on the stairs and injured her back. She had emergency back surgery to repair slipped discs. The Biggest Loser contestant said it was then that her weight problems began. In […]READ MORE

Last week’s temptation challenge on The Biggest Loser show seemed rather cruel on the surface. Contestants paired up to take turns walking around a room filled with shelves of unhealthy food. Not just any kind of junk food either. It was their favorite dishes that they couldn’t stop eating before coming onto the show. Giant […]READ MORE

Many of the contestants on NBC’s The Biggest Loser say living on the ranch for 12 weeks is their last chance to do something about the pounds they need to shed. Isolated from family, pizza delivery and fridges stocked with soda, life on the Biggest Loser ranch means forced dieting. You can’t cheat unless you’re […]READ MORE

Maybe it’s been years since you last exercised. Maybe it’s been six months. It doesn’t matter. You should see a doctor first before heading to the gym. Certain health conditions that people have from birth or develop at some point in their lifetime can put them at risk during exercise. Even walking can be off […]READ MORE

As a fitness instructor, I meet a lot of people who are trying to lose weight and live a healthy lifestyle. It’s a privilege to help them succeed. I know what it’s like to be fed up with being overweight. To be ready to make some changes. To permanently alter the way I eat and […]READ MORE

So, you’ve joined the gym. Great job! Now what are you going to do? This can be rather tricky. You see, you have to find something you like to do. And some people don’t like exercising. They’ve never enjoyed it. Is this you? If you force yourself to climb onto that dreaded treadmill, you’ll probably […]READ MORE

We all hop on the scale and gauge our weight-loss success by how many pounds we’ve lost. But what does it really take to lose a pound of fat? Scientists have figured out that it requires burning 3,500 calories. Not so easy when you calculate how many calories you expend walking on the treadmill. It […]READ MORE