Weight Management: Metabolic Health, Bulking & Fat Loss Strategies

Weight management often depends on calculating metabolic rates, understanding fat biochemistry, and tailoring exercise programming for either muscle acquisition or structured fat reduction.

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How to Eat Chocolate to Lose Weight

Eating chocolate and losing weight just aren't compatible — or are they? While a chocolate diet might sound too good to be true to most seasoned dieters, it absolutely _is_ possible to lose weight while still enjoying chocolate as part of a balanced diet.

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Weight Loss for Apple-Shaped Bodies

While every body shape is different, key elements make it easy to separate certain characteristics into body types. Knowing your body type gives you greater insight into how your body works as you digest food and exercise for weight loss. If you carry your weight in your middle, you're an apple type.

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The Best Way to Tape Your Fingers for Volleyball

Volleyball is a game of precision, power and teamwork on the court. For the most powerful setting in volleyball, it is common to tape two of your fingers together for added support and strength, which is a technique known as "buddy taping."

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How Does a 12-Year-Old Get Rid of Belly Fat?

At around 12 or 13, your preteen's body is gearing up for a large growth spurt, notes the Baylor College of Medicine. Because of this, your usually thin 12-year-old may suddenly complain about excess weight.

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How to Lose Weight in 30 Days for a Wedding

Whether you're a guest or in the bridal party, with the amount of pictures being snapped at a wedding, you want to look your best. While 30 days isn't much to drop major weight, it's still possible to make a difference in your appearance in a short amount of time.

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How Do Actors Lose Weight So Fast?

In Hollywood, it seems like actors put on and drop weight for roles at an alarming rate. Once a young starlet has a baby, her body bounces right back to its former glory. Actors always look svelte on the red carpet.

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How to Jump Start a Weight Loss at a Standstill

A weight loss plateau can slow the motivation of even the most dedicated weight loss enthusiast. Reaching a point where your weight loss comes to a standstill is a common complaint for those trying to lose weight and it can be disheartening to experience.

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What Is the Victoria's Secret Workout Routine?

While the most famous Victoria's Secret models, like Alessandra Ambrosio, Miranda Kerr, Marisa Miller and Heidi Klum, all have bodies that look effortless, there's a lot of behind-the-scenes work to get them photo-shoot and runway ready.

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What Are the Benefits of Using a Waist Trimmer?

Waist trimming and compression aren't new concepts. David Kunzle points out in his book, "Fashion and Fetishism" that women have been binding their bodies for centuries to create a trimmer, more hourglass appearance. The only difference is that the new crop of waist trimmers promise to help you lose weight.

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Beats Per Minute Music Tracks for Exercise

Music can be a major motivating factor when it comes to exercise. A study published in a 2006 issue of "Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness" found that music can be a helpful distraction when exercising, reducing the stress you may feel from fatigue.

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How to Design a Weight-Loss Workout Plan

When deciding to lose weight, think about an ideal weight-loss workout plan that will help you achieve your goals. The best workout plans are those that allow you to combine cardiovascular activity and strength training to burn fat and build muscle for a faster metabolism.

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How to Read a Weight Scale

When you're looking to lose weight, a reliable scale is a must. Whether you prefer a new digital scale, a dial scale or an old fashioned medical office scale, each can provide accurate results when you read the results carefully.

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Jenny Craig Vs. Weight Watchers

With the sheer number of diet plans available to those looking to shed a few pounds, it's no wonder that one might get confused as to which plan offers what, the costs and the different diet options.

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How to Tell If You Have Man Boobs or Not

The formation of breast tissue in males can be a painfully embarrassing condition. Known clinically as gynecomastia, it can range from a slight puffiness in the nipple to what looks like a woman's breast.

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Diet for a Pear-Shaped Body

If you have a pear body shape, you have a smaller waist with larger hips and thighs. You carry your weight around your hips, making you smaller and slimmer on top. Dr.

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How to Motivate Your Wife to Lose Weight

Trying to motivate your wife to lose weight may put you on thin ice in your relationship. No woman wants to hear her partner take note that she's put on a few pounds, and she's probably embarrassed about the subject.

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What Are the Benefits of Slimmer Belts?

Commercials for slimmer belts are often shown on late night television, advertising a way to lose weight with little to no effort at all. Usually the belt manufacturers claim that the belt can help you sweat in order to lose water weight and look slimmer.

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Will You Gain the Weight Back After Taking Diet Pills?

Whether your doctor has prescribed you diet pills or you've purchased them over-the-counter, you should understand their function before you begin taking them. You may discover that, while you achieved weight loss while taking the pills, you gained that weight back once you stopped taking the medication.

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