http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog fad-free weight loss & fitness Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:51:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Think of a birthday balloon.  When you blow it up it has to stretch to accommodate all the air, but when you deflate it, it never quite returns to it's original firmness.  Frustratingly, the human skin is much the same. When you eat more calories than your body burns, the excess ... http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/loose-skin-after-weight-loss/ The number you see when you step on your scales is the result of one thing and one thing only - your unique energy balance.  Whenever we talk about diet, nutrition, calories, exercise, fat burning, metabolism and so on, these are all factors that make up our energy balance equation.  If ... http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/energy-balance-the-key-to-weight-loss/ So you've tried all the low-fat diets, you live by the healthy eating pyramid, and you have a fridge full of low-fat ready meals. So why is it that you just can't seem to lose any weight?!  Don't despair.  The truth is that for most people their excess weight isn't ... http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/the-truth-about-your-weight/ Most people understand the rule that if you eat more than you burn you gain weight, if you burn more than you eat you lose weight. This energy balance equation is well researched and well proven, but the diet and slimming industry has done a very good job of over ... http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/the-magic-numbers-of-weight-loss/ Picture the scene.  It's time to step on the bathroom scales to see if the first week of your new diet has paid off.  Surely you've lost half a stone this week, or at the worst about 4lbs.  You take a long, deep breath... one foot on... the other foot on... and ... http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/the-3-golden-rules-of-weight-loss/ 1) Forget fat... focus on your carbohydrate intake. So many dieters make the mistake of following a rigidly low-fat diet, but don't realise that the underlying cause of their weight gain is eating too much carbohydrate - usually in the form of chocolate, bread and alcohol. Sounds familiar doesn't it?! The ... http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/top-5-nutrition-tips-for-weight-loss/ Most people think they have a slow one.  We all wish ours was a lot faster.  The slimming industry has made a fortune selling pills that supposedly boost it... Even my local curry house is claiming that eating spicy food will make it sky rocket!  But what exactly is 'metabolism'?  Why is ... http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/what-exactly-is-metabolism/ Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hope than the first four hours of a diet - Dan Bennett If sticking to a diet was easy, everyone would be slim.  So why is it that we struggle to stick at our diets for longer than a week?  Why do we promise ourselves ... http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/6-reasons-you-struggle-with-diets/ I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me, I was shocked to discover how much stronger earth's gravitational pull has become since 1990.  - Dave Barry Most people know what they weigh.  Some have an idea of what they want ... http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/what-is-your-healthy-weight/ Yes I know I had five skinny muffins... but the people who make them used the latest 'calorie compression techniques' so I won't gain an ounce! - anonymous I work with a lot of veteran dieters who have been through the slimming clubs and back again more times than they can remember.  They all share ... http://www.theslimcompany.co.uk/blog/are-slimming-foods-making-you-fat/