Archive for the ‘Weight Loss’ Category

Weight Loss Habits Forming Now

Monday, January 14th, 2008

If you have been keeping with your New Year's Resolution to lose weight, I have good news for you. A person forms a habit within 3 weeks, according to many reports I've read. So at Day 21 of 2008, you should already have some great habits formed that ...

Weight Loss Without Will Power

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Losing weight is viewed by many people as an act of sheer will power. If you think this way, you might be in danger of failure. If you absolutely "cannot give up" some food for whatever reason, you're looking for excuses to stay at your current weight or ...

Eat More Vegetables and Fruit To Lose Weight

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

It's no secret that people these days don't eat enough vegetables. The recommended daily intake for people in the United States is 2 fruit portions and 3 vegetables portions. But people aren't hitting that lowly target too often. “We found that fruit and vegetable consumption patterns are ...

5 Weight Loss Tips For The New Year

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Everybody gets excited about January because "this year is going to be different". But when it comes to losing weight, this year had better be different, if many of you past years have ended up with you not dropping the weight you wanted. The slate has been wiped ...

Get Off Your Lazy Ass And Do Something

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

Do I have your attention now? Good. The 8 word sentence I just placed in the title is the only secret to weight loss you need to know. And the best part is, it's not even a secret. You can "watch what you eat" and it ...

Featherish Weight Loss Success Stories

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

The Featherish Weight Loss Success forum has been getting some great reports lately with pounds lost from all over the world! I think that these successes deserve a special mention in our blog because of the hard work and dedication these members have had. HDales, just reported that she has ...

Are modern people doomed to being fat?

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Of course no one should think they're "doomed". It's a bad way to look at things. But realistically, modern people are almost guaranteed to keep on getting heavier, especially if the trends of the last 30 years continued. What trends would those be? 1) People became more sedative ...

The Power Plate (with all due respect, I can’t stop laughing)

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

The Power Plate is a machine that looks like “a doctor’s office scale on steroids” and can supposedly help people lose weight in just 10 minutes a day 3 times a week by standing on its vibrating plates. Amazingly, there is some scientific research to back it up. We’ve ...

Making a resolution online - and sticking to it

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

When you visit a website like Featherish, you'll see a lot of new members join and then "fall off". In fact, it gets to be a dreary spectacle to watch new people arrive, state their intent to lose weight, and then to watch the sad reality of them not ...

Phat Girlz - Hollywood gets the weight issue wrong as usual

Monday, September 4th, 2006

Okay, Heather and I viewed the DVD presentation of "Phat Girlz" starring Mo'Nique last evening. I can be honest, I wasn't expecting much, and that's what I got. The movie was made by first time movie director Nnegest Likke, who also wrote it. Now Mo'Nique does a ...