It can be really frustrating trying to lose weight as an adult.  When you’re a kid, your parents can make sure you’re eating the right foods and they can force you to walk to school.  But as an adult, there’s no one standing over you, checking on your meals or making you walk to work.   Read More →

When you’re trying to lose weight, the world doesn’t seem to make it easy for you.  There are more fast food restaurants than you can count, and processed, packaged food is everywhere, convenient and cheap.  And forget about exercising; there are way too many other things to take up your time.  If you have a family, it’s hard to stay on a diet or exercise program if they’re not involved in it.  And in an office,... 

Kids can get a lot of pretty brutal teasing.  Though it may not seem like it to adults, teasing can change a child’s personality and scar them emotionally with wounds that will last a lifetime.  Overweight kids may get teased a lot a lot and may have a fear of being shipped off to “fat camps”; for adults, it’s important to understand that kids may need a lot of extra support and encouragement if they’re going... 

Losing weight is very different for kids than for adults.  Of course the basic idea is the same, to take in fewer calories and to burn off more calories, but nutritional needs are different.  Also, kids and adults don’t have the same schedules and there can be challenges and advantages to each.   Read More →

When you’re an adult, you’re constantly told that if you overeat and don’t exercise, you’ll end up gaining weight.  For the most part, that is true.  If you eat the wrong foods or skip meals, you could also be creating problems for yourself.   Read More →

When you’re an adult, weight loss camp may seem like an extreme solution to a few extra pounds, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be so.   Read More →

When you’re a kid, you probably spent a lot of time thinking about what it would be like when you’re grown up.  You have an idealized vision of how great it would be to eat whatever you want, stay up as late as you want, buy whatever you want, and do absolutely anything you please.   Read More →

It can be really frustrating trying to lose weight as an adult.  When you’re a kid, your parents can make sure you’re eating the right foods and they can force you to walk to school.  But as an adult, there’s no one standing over you, checking on your meals or making you walk to work.   Read More →

When you’re trying to lose weight, the world doesn’t seem to make it easy for you.  There are more fast food restaurants than you can count, and processed, packaged food is everywhere, convenient and cheap.  And forget about exercising; there are way too many other things to take up your time.  If you have a family, it’s hard to stay on a diet or exercise program if they’re not involved in it.  And in an office,... 

Kids can get a lot of pretty brutal teasing.  Though it may not seem like it to adults, teasing can change a child’s personality and scar them emotionally with wounds that will last a lifetime.  Overweight kids may get teased a lot a lot and may have a fear of being shipped off to “fat camps”; for adults, it’s important to understand that kids may need a lot of extra support and encouragement if they’re going... 

Losing weight is very different for kids than for adults.  Of course the basic idea is the same, to take in fewer calories and to burn off more calories, but nutritional needs are different.  Also, kids and adults don’t have the same schedules and there can be challenges and advantages to each.   Read More →

When you’re an adult, you’re constantly told that if you overeat and don’t exercise, you’ll end up gaining weight.  For the most part, that is true.  If you eat the wrong foods or skip meals, you could also be creating problems for yourself.   Read More →

When you’re an adult, weight loss camp may seem like an extreme solution to a few extra pounds, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be so.   Read More →

When you’re a kid, you probably spent a lot of time thinking about what it would be like when you’re grown up.  You have an idealized vision of how great it would be to eat whatever you want, stay up as late as you want, buy whatever you want, and do absolutely anything you please.   Read More →