In the struggle to lose weight and gain a fit, sculpted body, have you considered turning to protein as an ally?

Essential to any animal’s diet, proteins and their component amino acids play a role in virtually every cellular process. Most importantly to those trying to maintain good health and lose extra fat, proteins are the literal ‘building blocks’ of muscle. Without them, no muscle growth would even be possible.

During weight loss, a quality protein will help keep your muscles from degrading and disappearing along with the fat, allowing them to grow when it seems like everything else is shrinking.

After a punishing workout, having ample protein in your system will prevent a reaction called muscle catabolism. This

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Losing weight is not typically seen as an easy task. Add in factors like being a teenage girl with a body that is constantly changing, and losing weight may be even more difficult. Certain elements can aide in the success of weight loss as a newly released study conducted by Kaiser Permanente has shown. This study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and looked at 208 girls between the ages of 12 and 17 living in Oregon and Washington. The observations of the study took place in the years 2005-2009 with all of the participants being classified as obese at the beginning of the study.

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I must admit Ive been to quite a few weddings before but never has the invitation stated that there is a weight limit for the guests so why on earth do we feel we need to lose weight for a wedding?

Maybe its because we bought our outfit a while ago and weve over done it since then or perhaps its because we know The Ex is going to be there, but more than likely its because we just dont want to look at the photos afterwards as we dont like looking at ourselves in the shape we are currently in.

So what can we do about it?

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Can adding steps really help you lose weight? It certainly can. Lets say your weight is currently Stable neither increasing nor decreasing but you feel that youre 10 pounds overweight.

By maintaining your current activities and diet and adding 2,000 steps a day (about 7 miles, or roughly 700 Calories a week), you could lose up to 1 pound every five weeks.

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