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  Low-Carb Eating — The Basics Your food choices depend on a few things, including how healthy you are, how much you exercise and how much weight you have to lose. Consider this meal plan as a general guideline, not something written in stone. Eat:  Meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, high-fat dairy, fats, healthy oils and maybe even some tubers and non-gluten grains. Don’t eat:  Sugar, HFCS, wheat, seed oils, trans fats, “diet” and low-fat products and highly processed foods. Foods to Avoid You should avoid these six food groups and nutrients, in order of importance: Sugar:  Soft drinks, fruit juices, agave, candy, ice cream and many other products that contain added sugar. Refined grains:  Wheat, rice, barley and rye, as well as bread, cereal and pasta. Trans fats:  Hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils. Diet and low-fat products:  Many dairy products, cereals or crackers are fat-reduced, but contain added sugar. Highly processed ...

  Losing weight isn’t easy, and whoever tells you differently is lying. It takes commitment, hard work, and for many, a complete lifestyle makeover. But these 56 techniques will make losing weight much easier: Limit Your Calorie Intake Losing weight boils down to simple math. To lose one pound weekly, burn or cut out 3,500 calories in the course of seven days. That breaks down to 500 calories per day. It’s difficult to cut out that many by dieting alone, especially for someone who loves to eat. The most effective approach is this combo: each day, cut out 250 calories from your diet and burn 250 through exercise. Choose to either cut out one 250-calorie item such as a serving of ice cream, or omit a few small things that add up to 250 calories a day. Check out  calorie calculator  to figure out how many calories to consume each day, based on your current weight and your weight-loss goal. Don’t dip below 1,200 calories to prevent going into starvation mode, which makes...

  Ever tried to DIY juice? Too much of this, not enough of that, and you quickly end up with a funky-tasting experiment. We’ve taken the guesswork out of the equation with these juicing recipes that are just as good as they are good for you. Drink to Your Health A month ago I decided to start juicing. Call me lame, but those celebs with totally covetable bikini bodies are always toting around algae-colored concoctions. I figured that juicing, aside from breathing, is about the only thing we could have in common. So I bought a juicer and an entire basket of produce and went to town. My first batch was gnarly (I don’t love kale that much), but eventually I got the hang of it. Now I feel like one of those women who does yoga at 6 a.m., whips up her own face scrub and meditates — without actually doing any of those things. DIY Delicious Don’t shell out $10 — make your own juice-bar best sellers for much less. Just add the ingredients to your juicer in the order listed. Sweet Greens Fro...

  High-Protein Snacks: Paleo Protein Brookies Following a Paleo diet? Fit Foodie Finds’ brownie and cookie hybrid allows you to eat dessert while fulfilling all of your nutritional needs at snack time. Let the prehistoric rejoicing begin! 184 calories, 7 grams of protein Spicy Roasted Chickpeas A sprinkle of lemon juice helps the paprika, garlic powder, cumin, and curry adhere to Simple Vegan Blog’s garbanzo beans. (Psst…these would also be killer tossed in a salad in place of croutons or on a fancy hors with cheeses, and crudites.) 192 calories, 10 grams of protein 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed (or 1.5 cups cooked chickpeas) 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/4 teaspoon cumin 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper salt and pepper, to taste To read  Full article click here .