Understanding a food’s nutritional composition is the key to weight loss. In an effort to promote a healthy lifestyle, manufacturers are required by law to list the food’s nutritional value on the packaging. The food label compares the product’s nutritional value to the recommended daily values based on a 2000-calorie diet. Each label must list […]
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Stay on Track this Holiday Season: Holiday Survival Guide
Need some help navigating holiday cravings and Christmas events? I’m currently attending the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and they have put together this awesome Holiday Survival Guide to help you thrive during the holiday season. Get the Holiday Survival Guide today. Inside you’ll get: The 3 secrets to staying energized amid the family frenzy The best […]
How many calories do I have to eat and burn to lose weight?
A lot of people don’t know that what they eat can sabotage your exercise efforts. You can workout all day, but if you eat more calories then you burn (counting all the calories you burn, not just exercise), you will likely gain weight. That is why so many people get discouraged after killing themselves daily […]
Choosing Healthy Meat and Protein Options
I know that there are a lot of BWLW Ladies out there who love their meat. You aren’t interested in going vegan or vegetarian. You want to hold on to your ribs and modify grandma’s fried chicken in a healthy way. I can respect that. As we focus on eating lean meats during our December […]
Just post a list of what to eat and what not to eat? Not that simple
Morning Inspiration: Why don’t I just post a list and instructions for people to follow to lose weight? Because there is no one size fits all plan that I can give that will work and give you results. We are all adults and we have to take responsibility to find out what eating health is […]
Post-Turkey Day Check-in: How did you do?
It’s day 23 of the Black Women Losing Weight November challenge and the day after Thanksgiving! How did you do with your eating goals, Ladies? Did you eat clean? Did you declare Thanksgiving a cheat day? Did you enjoy the bounty with moderation? Check-in via the comment box below. NO need to beat yourself up […]
Fibroids, Black Women and Weight Loss
Many African American women are living with fibroids. My mother has them and has had surgery. Two of my very close friends have had surgery for fibroids the size of oranges and grapefruits. It is extremely common among black women. I thought that I’d provide some background info on fibroids and their connection to weight. […]
Five Things We Can Learn from Jennifer Hudson’s Weight Loss
Jennifer Hudson has become one of the major faces of weight loss in the 21st century as she has kept off the weight in addition to losing it. What can women learn from her success? Benefits of Weight Watchers Hudson used the Weight Watchers program to achieve her weight loss, and have been inspired to […]
Ada’s Rules Book Club Questions #2
Hey Ladies, I hope you are loving Ada’s Rules and following along with our bookclub during our November Challenge. Here is our second set of bookclub questions. Give your answers in the comment box. Ada’s Rules is about loving the body you have while being willing to transform that body in the service of your own […]
Do black women have a problem with the concept of being “thin”?
Do black women have a problem with the concept of being “thin”? I ask this question because of the reaction that always comes out when I post success stories where the before photo doesn’t show a woman who is “classically” overweight. I understand that one woman’s before photo could be another woman’s after photo. For […]
