The Fat Loss Authority- How to Lose Weight

Very few breakfast pastries are more delicious—not to mention high in calories—than muffins. Whether topped with sugar, oats or nuts, starting your day with a muffin isn’t an ideal way to lose weight.

{You can have (most of) these with a few strategic changes!}

But if you love muffins, and who doesn’t, then you’re in need of healthy muffin recipes that help rather than harm your weight loss efforts. Keep reading for tips for making healthy muffin recipes you and your body can enjoy! Click here to continue reading

For the sushi adventurer looking for something new, consider the Orange roll. Made with imitation crab meat, cucumber, avocado and fish roe, the orange roll is packed with healthy nutrients.

With a relatively low calorie count and lots of weight loss nutrients you should keep reading to find out why the orange roll will become your new favorite! Click here to continue reading

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so says the nutritionists, yet most of us spend as little as 13 minutes to prepare and eat breakfast each day according to a recent article. Think about what that number means for your weight loss efforts.

{In a rush each morning? Choose a bagel for quick and convenient nutrition.}

One breakfast food that often gets a bad reputation is the bagel. If portion sizes are adhered to, the calories in a bagel can give you energy and satisfy your appetite until lunchtime. Keep reading to find out more about bagel nutrition facts! Click here to continue reading

One of the tastiest spreads that you could put on your morning piece of toast or smear over a banana for something totally different is Nutella. While peanut butter is the common go-to condiment, if you are a choco-holic, you’re going to love the rich and creamy taste that this condiment has to offer.

Just like peanut butter, Nutella is a higher calorie condiment however so you will have to watch out for how much you use.

Let’s give you the nutritional facts on Nutella that you need to know about.

Major Nutrients Found In Nutella

Nutella is a chocolate tasting spread that is made from a base of Hazelnuts, so will be filled with healthy fat content. It is slightly higher in total

One breakfast cereal that many people often find themselves eating to start their day off is Cherrios. With many different flavoured varieties available now such as honey nut and apple cinnamon, there are plenty of options to choose from.

If you’re watching your weight however opting for the simple whole grain variety will be your best bet as this will supply you with the lowest total amount of sugar and calories.

Let’s look a little further into this food so you can see what nutrition you’re getting from your morning bowl.

Major Nutrients Found In Cherrios

Since Cherrios are made from whole grain you will get a healthy dose of dietary fiber per serving. In addition to that, they also have very little fat with no trans

For times when you’re in a rush and looking for something to prepare for your lunch meal of the day, luncheon meat may seem like a simple option.  Making a classic sandwich on whole grain takes just minutes to prepare and should provide you with balanced nutrition, correct?

Before you go off digging into your noon-time sandwich, there are a few points to keep in mind with deli meat.

Major Nutrients Found In Deli Meat

While the nutritional table above shows turkey deli meat, it’s important to be aware that the variety you choose will alter the nutritional content.  Chicken and turkey do tend to be the varieties that contain the least fat so what you should always try and select.  Ham is next

If you’re like many people, you choose to start your day off with a bagel.  Whether it’s a whole grain bagel, a blueberry bagel, or a poppy seed bagel, there are plenty of different varieties to choose from that you can then smear many different condiments over.

But, what is that bagel really providing you with? And is it a breakfast choice that’s a good option if you want to maximize your body composition by building more lean muscle mass while losing body fat?

Let’s take a closer look so you have a better idea of what bagels are all about.

Major Nutrients Found In A Bagel

As bagels are a carbohydrate rich food, they’re going to provide the body with plenty of energy to go

Another catchy title on the fat loss book circuit has made it’s way across my desk this month with The Denim Diet -16 Simple Habits to Get You into Your Dream Pair of Jeans coming in from wardrobe stylist and set designer Kami Gray. I’m not kidding. Gray is not a dietitian nor does she have an emotional fat-to-skinny story to fall back on. Instead she’s a working woman who has styled for TV shows House, Veronica Mars and Hell’s Kitchen as well as commercials for Toyota and Nike.

I try not to judge but sometimes you just want to stop and consider the facts. Her background doesn’t exactly scream expert but I’m an open-minded individual so let’s give Kami a chance and see what she has to offer.

Remember being a kid in a grocery store and picking out a cereal based on the toy or gadget offered inside the cereal box? Me neither…

It was the sale price that determined my parents choice of breakfast cereal to purchase and stock boys beware if there wasn’t a limit on the number of boxes one could purchase!

[When eating cereal, breathing is completely optional. Inhalation is the preferred method. Kudos to TheShoppeDenver for the photo and fresh pastry ideas.]

Based on some new research from the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania there’s another reason to stock up on cereal.

Professor Vinson and his team of researchers have found that nearly all whole-grain breakfast cereals and many common whole-grain snacks contain high levels