One of the primary reasons some people fail to lose weight utilizing a diet plan is that they either stop at a certain point, or are not motivated enough to continue to its successful conclusion. The G.I. Diet alleviates these worries by simply avoiding all foods that have a high glycemic index.

The glycemic index works in this way: it breaks down foods into sugar which is the source of energy for the body. When consuming foods high in glycemic index, the foods you eat are broken down so quickly that your body signals the need for more food. Conversely, foods which are low in glycemic index slowly break down thus you are satisfied with the meal and are no longer hungry.

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The Atkins Nutritional Approach™, as the Atkins diet is commonly known, has worked for several people with weight problems, although the opinion about its efficacy, especially in the long term, is divided among the medical community. Considerable controversy surrounds the program. Most other diets, and there are numberless of them out there, follow the principle of avoiding high-fat foods. But the Atkins diet allows things like red meat, bacon, butter, cheese, eggs and so on, which are all high in fat. Yet, to the utter surprise of everyone who repose their trust in the tried and tested low-fat diets, the Atkins diet works.

The reason is rather simple. The Atkins diet limits the consumption of foods containing large amounts of carbohydrates, such as rice, pasta, white bread, cereal and sugar. Your body burns its excess fat during a process consisting of four phases, which the late Dr. Robert Atkins developed. In his book Dr.Atkins New Diet Revolution, published in 1972, he advised dieters to cut down on only carbohydrates, not both fats and carbohydrates as had been the practice followed until then.

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If you have trouble getting in extra water during the day — because you find water a bit, well, bland — you may want to look into flavored, “nutrient-enhanced” water to up your water intake. Although I’m all for “eating” your vitamins, I’m not totally against a little boost through water.

I had the chance to review 3 flavors from Aquafina’s revamped Alive line of nutrient-enhanced water.

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When it comes to cardio workouts, interval training is one of the best ways to get the most out of your workout. But have you ever tried to do an interval training workout that you printed out from a website? Pretty near impossible to do, unless you have a photographic memory. Chances are you have to bring the printed workout along with you to the gym or tape it to your machine at home… and then comes the crazy part: you have to stop focusing on your workout in order to read the darn thing! Not to mention keeping track of the time, so you know when to slow down or speed up. Not a good way to workout, right?

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Inquiring minds want to know: What’s the biggest question you have about counting calories?

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