Our October Challenge will be a PHOTO Accountability Challenge. We want you to post your photos to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or your personal blog/website using the tag #BWLWOCT to participate. When you sign up for this challenge you are agreeing to post a photo related to your weight loss journey at least 3 times a week. Feel free […]
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What is Carb Cycling and How Can it Help You Lose Weight?
Carb cycling is the foundation for a variety of eating plans which alternate between high-carb and low-carb meals. Day to day carb cycling is usually broken down into four different levels. For this article we will call them Easy, Classic, Turbo, and Fit. Carb cycling routines can be adjusted to cater to individual fitness and nutrition […]
Is Green Tea Good For Weight Loss?
In these days of fad diets and intense searches for the next weight loss miracle, you’ll hear “green tea” come up in health-centered conversations more and more often. Many people take on drinking green tea not knowing if or why it really helps with weight loss. Even though it’s occupying shelves in health and vitamin […]
Healthy Sweet Tooth: What Can I Use Instead Of Sugar?
It sounds good in theory but the agonizing reality of transitioning to a healthy lifestyle eventually smacks us in the face. Frantic, we conduct our own research, hoping to uncover that hidden gem that will make the process easy. We go scouring the earth for that diamond in the rough- you know, that one study […]
Diet Review – The One One One Diet
“The One One One Diet: The Simple 1:1:1 Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss” There’s no way around it, diets are confusing. Having to remember what you can and cannot eat on a certain time and day of the week can be just too frustrating for people to overcome and they simply give up […]
292 lbs Gone: Vote for Veronica in the BeachBody Challenge
Update: We got an awesome update from BWLW Sista Veronica S. about her weight loss journey: “Hi! I’m excited to announce that I’m a finalist in the Beachbody Challenge. As a finalist I have the chance to win $100,000! I’ve lost more weight since my story was first published by BWLW and have lost in […]
What Makes Processed Sugar Addictive?
Is Processed Sugar Addictive? There has been a lot of discussion and debate over whether sugar is truly “addictive”. What has been proven is that the brain reacts to sugar in the same way that it does to some addictive drugs. It is true that the more sugar you eat, the more you will crave it. […]
The Basics of Weight Loss
Certain things never change and how to effectively lose weight and keep it off is one of those areas of life. Here are the basics of weight loss that can work for almost anyone*. Eat Real Food If you can do nothing else but eat real food, you are more likely to begin to lose […]
Mary J. Blige Looks Amazing in a Bikini on the Cover of Shape
Oh My Goodness. I must add the R&B queen Mary J. Blige to my list of Ab Divas after seeing the new Shape Magazine cover featuring her for their December Issue. WOW!! Do you see those abs! Fitspiration! In the article, she talks about her new holiday album and how she is committed to not over […]
Natasha lost 30 pounds by eating clean and exercising
Natasha wrote to us to share her weight loss journey. This proud mom has released 30 pounds by eating clean, counting calories and exercising. Read all about how she did it: “Hi! This is my first attempt at losing weight naturally and I’m succeeding. Thus far, I have released 30 pounds by eating clean and […]
