Five Tips to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain Originally posted by Brianna from the Live Naturally Healthy blog If you’re working on a weight loss plan, one of the most difficult times of year can be the holidays. Around Christmas and New Years, the parties and meals you’ll attend will include foods that are high in fat [...]

Wendy Chant, the author of “Crack the Fat-Loss Code,” came up with a different approach to losing weight. The book is based on the assumption that our bodies will resist starvation by holding on to the fat. She explains that we can overcome the natural cycle that controls the storing and burning of calories by [...]

Believe it or not, your sleeping position can affect your abs. Sleeping on your back with a pillow under your legs will help you with that stubborn back pain. I didn’t say it will eliminate it, just alleviate some of the pain. But, it will contribute to building your abs by keeping your legs up [...]

· Crunches with your legs elevated. Keep your legs up on a couch or chair OR to make it the most effective, lift them up in the air with no support. This allows the upper muscle section of your abs to be worked more by not allowing your hip and leg muscles to assist in [...]

· Old fashioned sit-ups. This provides a lot of stress on the lower back and increases your chances of injury. They mostly work your hip flexor muscles and hardly work your abs at all. It makes it worse when you have your hands behind your head and pull. · Straight leg lifts for your lower [...]