Tips and advice on losing weight the healthy way from NZ Real Health.
Stretching is an important part of any workout, but is often left out of many people’s fitness regimes. Although it may not burn many calories, making time to do your stretches is a good thing in more ways than one and it’s certainly not wasted time. Why you should stretch Increasing your flexibility may not …
Are you one of the many women skimping on strength training because you don’t want weights to turn you into the Incredible Hulk? We’ve got some good news for you: training with weights won’t bulk you up, but it will increase your muscle tone and help you burn fat! Women’s physiology doesn’t allow for bulking …
Fitness myths: Why women won’t bulk up from weight training Read More »
Sugary foods laden with calories usually come with warning bells when it comes to weight loss and weight maintenance. But it can be frustrating when you feel deprived, and completely avoiding foods that you love may result in either a one-off binge (not so healthy) or even lead to unravelling the rest of the healthy …
Expert Q&A: Can I eat chocolate and still lose weight? Read More »
Been walking regularly for exercise but finding your weight loss journey going slowly, or even worse, backwards? So many people use walking as their main form of exercise but get frustrated when they either reach a plateau or the weight doesn’t budge. We look at whether walking is enough when it comes to losing weight. …
There’s a lot of confusion when it comes to losing weight. Is fat-free food good? Why should you lift weights if it can make you heavier? There are many assumptions floating around out there – it’s time to bust those weight loss myths! MYTH: Lifting weights will make me bulk up FACT: Not true. Women’s …
Somewhere along the way, striving to become fitter and healthier become synonymous with the words ‘weight loss’
Most of us have big picture goals of how we want to be keep our lives interesting, satisfying, focused and fun. But what about the small day to day goals? We don’t only need big picture goals of where we want to get to, but habits or ‘mini goals’ that we are working on daily. …
When it comes to skipping meals, many people thing that taking in fewer calories will help with weight loss. From a mathematical perspective it makes sense, but unfortunately your body doesn’t quite work that way! Q: Why does skipping meals cause you to put on weight? A: When you skip meals or eat an extremely …
Expert Q&A: How can skipping meals cause weight gain? Read More »
‘There are those who DO and those who DON’T… Those who WILL and those who WON’T…’ Right when you’re about to get on the treadmill or stop short of your last few painful reps, those words can make you think twice. When you’re tossing up whether to workout or not, think –’ it’s challenging – …
If you’re slogging it out at the gym and watching what you eat but your weight isn’t budging, there may be good reason for it! When it comes to losing weight, it’s easy to place too much focus on the number that appears on the scales. However, this isn’t the only way to monitor progress …
People often hit a plateau on their quest for weight loss and there is good explanation for it. Your body won’t change unless you give it reason to! Aside from health conditions, common reasons for weight loss plateaus are: Your eating habits haven’t changed Or they haven’t changed enough. (nutrition) You’re not exercising often enough …