Author: CMWL Team

If you’re like many people, one of your 2016 New Year’s resolutions may be to finally lose that excess weight and improve your health. And if you’re also like many people, you might be trying to fight excuses that might prevent you from reaching your goals. We’ve been at this a long time, and trust us, we’ve heard them all! Luckily for you, we also have an answer to each and every one of them. Here are five of the most popular weight loss excuses and how to overcome them....

We’re all looking to save a dollar wherever we can, so did you know that you can actually save money shopping for higher quality food, which will support weight loss in both the short and long term?...

Sometimes the federal government can be a few steps behind the curve, but ultimately it does catch up. With the recent introduction of its new dietary guidelines, it has definitely caught our attention, in a good way. The new five-year guidelines appear to be taking the obesity crisis very seriously. Now there really are no more excuses for an unhealthy eating plan. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights?...

It seems like new methods for weight loss make headlines every day, many of which may sound like a load of poop. But new research from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is actually exploring how said poop may in fact become a weight loss aid in the future....

The season of love is finally here. As we prepare for Valentine’s Day by giving flowers and other symbols of affection, let’s remember to show our own tickers some tender love and care. As February also marks American Heart Month, we here at CMWL would like to remind everyone of just how important weight loss is to protecting your heart....

When you decide to start a weight loss program, one of the first rules you often hear is to cut down on fats. While it is true that foods high in fat can contribute to weight gain, there is much more to the story about fats that has not been widely acknowledged, which includes the fact that fats can also help with weight loss. You heard that right. Fats can help with weight loss....

How many times have you stood in front of the full-length mirror, sucking in your stomach, flattening out your bulges and cursing your cellulite until you’ve exhausted the curse word dictionary? The answer for most of us is probably too many times to count. ...

American industry icon Henry Ford once famously said, Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re right. Said another way, you may be the only one standing in the way of your dreams, which includes achieving weight loss goals....

After the American Medical Association officially declared obesity a chronic disease in July 2013, more doctors and medical providers naturally have sought to learn about the biological mechanisms driving the condition, and the optimal treatment approaches for it. One of the surprising things they may have discovered is that numbers on the scale tell only part of the story about how weight impacts overall health. In short, what they’ve learned is that it’s all about the fat....

Whenever we encounter a problem in our lives, whether it’s financial, emotional, physical, or what have you, our initial instinct is usually to try to solve it ourselves. Get a cut, put a Band-Aid on it. Break up with your boyfriend, cry it out for a week. But what if the wound keeps opening up? Or, what if the crying lasts for more than six months? At what point do we know it’s time to seek professional help?...