Lose Weight or Fat? Why losing weight is easy and pretty much useless compared to losing fat.

Hi, Saw another BS diet ad. Surprisingly it was on a blog that said some half way intelligent things. Yet the ad screamed: Lose 28 pounds in 28 days! Okay, is that even possible? Yes, it is possible. Is it probable or is it safe? Probably not. If you have read any of the posts [...]

Hi, Finally, we get to the exercise aspects of the lose body fat or lose weight series. It has been a long time in coming. Okay so let’s look at how exercise works. This will be somewhat simplistic so that even I can understand it:-). When you start exercising you first burn ATP (adenosine-5-triphosphate). ATP [...]

Hi, This is part 8 of the lose body fat or lose weight series. If you missed any of the other posts, just check them out under the archives section. Last time we talked about diet and how what you ate and how much influenced your hormones. One thing I forgot to mention was that [...]

Hi, Here is where we start to finally answer the question, lose body fat or lose weight? If you missed any of the previous posts, just check the archives at: http://www.femfigueres.com Losing weight is pretty simple – at first. You reduce your calories and you will lose weight. You increase your calorie burning activities and [...]

Hi, This is part 6 of the lose body fat or lose weight series. We have looked at several hormones over this series. As you have seen the most important role hormones play is keeping your body in balance to help maintain your health. Today’s hormones are no different. You have probably heard of these [...]

Hi, Today we are looking at a couple of more hormones that affect whether you will lose body fat or lose weight. The first is adrenaline, also known as epinephrine. It is both a hormone and neurotransmitter. You might know it as the fight-or flight hormone. It increases heart rate, contracts blood vessels and dilates [...]

Hi, Last post on the lose body fat or lose weight series we looked at the hormones ghrelin and leptin. These two hormones control your hunger and how much you eat. You saw how they – in a normally functioning body – balance each other out. Which is what they are supposed to do. Today [...]

Hi, Okay, let’s continue this lose body fat or lose weight series. Last post we mentioned some of the hormones that you should be concerned with in your goal to burn body fat. As mentioned those weren’t all the hormones in the body, but they are important ones. Go let’s get started. There are two [...]

Hi, This is part 2 of the lose body fat or lose weight debate. Today, we will look at some of the important hormones affecting your weight loss and body fat loss. I will just list them first and then go into more detail later. Adrenaline, cortisol, ghrelin, leptin, glucagon, insulin, testosterone, estrogen, human growth [...]