Let’s show some Black Women Losing Weight love to Brittney who lost 40 pounds in the last year. She started walking and then jogging. She also started juicing and worked to change her eating habits. Here is what she shared about her weight loss journey: Hi! I’ve been really serious about losing weight for the […]
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Vegetarian Protein Myths: Does a Plant Based Diet Contain Enough Protein?
For years, dieticians, medical professionals, and the health conscious have insinuated that vegetarian and vegan diets are deficient in some way, mainly when it comes to protein intake. However, most of the hype surrounding vegetarianism and protein deficiencies can be attributed to our culture and not to any real medical research. You see, before the […]
La’Shonda lost 65 pounds
Update 2016: We shared La’Shonda’s story back in 2013. Now, she is updating us about her ups and downs, as well as her success. She’s lost a total of 102 pounds. My name is La’Shonda, and I am emailing you to share my blessed testimony. I was featured about 3 years ago when I lost […]
Your Metabolism Likes Food: How Not Eating Is Keeping You Fat
You go on a diet, restricting your caloric intake drastically. What happens? At first, you lose a lot of weight; it seems like things are going in the right direction. Suddenly, though, you reach a plateau. You become discouraged, start eating again, and end up putting the weight back on plus a few extra pounds. […]
Lanea lost 54 pounds
Let’s show some BWLW love to Lanea. She lost 54 pounds going from 299 to 245 pounds by changing her eating habits and exercise. She has a supportive spouse and wants to live a long life with her loved ones. Here is what she shared with us: I knew it was time for me start changing […]
What Are Negative Calorie Foods?
One topic that you will find all over the net when you look at weight loss topics is the concept of negative calorie foods. In essence, a negative calorie food is presumed to be one that requires more energy to digest than calories it provides to the body for fuel. Thus, the body uses more […]
Karen lost 30 pounds
Let show some Black Women Losing Weight love to Karen who has lost 30 pounds. She was motivated by a diagnosis of diabetes. Here is what she shared with us: I changed my eating habits. I stopped eating pork. Now I eat chicken, fish and less beef. I also eat a lot of vegetables and […]
Nadira lost 30 pounds
Let’s show some Black Women Losing Weight love to Nadira. She lost 30 pounds since the birth of her son with Crossfit training and distance running. Here is what she shared with us: I’ve lost 30 lbs since having my son. I attribute my weight loss to Crossfit training 3-4 times per week and distance […]
Precious lost 107 pounds
Update: Shout out to Precious. She lost the weight and has kept it off for more than 4 years. Sometimes you need your ego, gotta remind these fools who they effin’ with.🎶 #bam #glownup 🙃 20th bday vs 30th. 😲. A post shared by 👑 Pree | 프리 🐘🐧 (@bombshellantics) on Jul 13, 2017 at […]
Lashonda lost 145 pounds with weight loss surgery
Let’s show some BWLW love to Lashonda who has lost 145 pounds with gastric bypass weight loss surgery. She was motivated by her diabetes and her family history of it. Here is what she shared with us: Hey, I lost 145 pounds from Gastric Bypass surgery. I’m striving to lose more. My motivation was that […]
