Category: Weight Loss



Low intensity exercise better for burning fat
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Low intensity exercise better for burning fat

Not necessarily! Although fat provides a greater percentage of energy during low intensity exercise, you still have to take account of the total calories burned. For example, walking for 60 minutes burns 270 kcal, of which 60% (160 kcal) comes from fat. However, jogging for 60 minutes burns 680 kcal, of which 40% (270 kcal) [...]


Fat can I expect to burn
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Fat can I expect to burn

The speed at which your body can produce energy from fats, and the amount it can produce, depends on a number of things. 1. How fast your body can break down fats in adipose tissue into their component fatty acids. This requires oxygen, so you must be exercising aerobically. 2. How fast your body can [...]


Factors in Being Overweight
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Factors in Being Overweight

The first thing to do is think about why you are overweight. There are only four possible reasons for this – and these are the only factors I could find upon a thorough investigation. Genetics The one factor that is completely outside your control. There is nothing you can do to change this, but this [...]


Get good shape for wear top swimsuits
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Get good shape for wear top swimsuits

Getting ready to hit the pool or jetting off to relax on the beach? Whether you want to cover up, show off a fab figure or get fit in style this summer, we’ll help you find a suit to suit you. If you thought shopping for women’s swimwear was simply about choosing between a bikini [...]


The WF bikini body blitz
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The WF bikini body blitz

The WF team are on a quest to get figure-fabulous in just four weeks. Follow our progress here… Never mind the weather, summer is officially here – and team WF are on a mission to get body-beautiful! Over four weeks we’ll be trialling pound-melting fitness routines, healthy home-delivery diets and supplements, super-slimming beauty products and [...]


The WF bikini body blog: Week 2
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The WF bikini body blog: Week 2

We’ve made it to week two of the WF body blitz, hurrah! This week we’re continuing our quest to look sizzling hot this summer. We’ve been honing our way slim with gruelling Power Plate sessions and complementing our fitness routine with fat-blasting meals from the nutrition experts at My Zenergy. We’ve road-tested beautifying treatments from [...]


The truth behind staying slim
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The truth behind staying slim

Forget the diet myths and miracle fixes – nutritionist Lowri Turner reveals the real way to shift fat for good. So, what is the secret to staying slim? It’s the question that fuels the sales of myriad fad diet books, exhausting exercise videos and whizzy smartphone apps. But, truth is, being able to lose weight [...]


New ways to slim in 2012
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New ways to slim in 2012

We’ve found the latest ways to kick-start your new year healthy eating regime. Go on a digital dietWant to lose weight just by listening to your iPod? Slimpods are weight-loss programmes designed by Harley Street cognitive hypnotherapy experts. The makers claim listening to the podcasts for just 10 minutes a day can help change the [...]


Kimberley Walsh’s favourite fat-burning exercises
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Kimberley Walsh’s favourite fat-burning exercises

Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh keeps her womanly figure in check. In an exclusive interview Kimberley shares some of her secrets.exclusively. ‘When touring and performing with Girls Aloud, I never worked out – I didn’t need to. We danced all day and ate pretty well. There’s nothing worse than dancing on junk food – it [...]


Can hypnotherapy help you lose weight
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Can hypnotherapy help you lose weight

Struggling to shift those last few pounds? Why not try hypnotherapy? As reported by the Daily Mail Online last week, hypnotherapy fan Suzi Gibbs described how she lost a stone in a month using through visualisation and listening to a recording while she slept to imagine she was exercising. She has managed to drop from [...]


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