Freeze your buns off?  Maybe not. But the latest research from several universities show that you have a kind of fat that actually helps your body lose weight when the temperature is cool.  It’s called brown fat, and is a different kind of substance than the white fat you want so much to shed. It…

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.  Proverbs 20:4 Are you planning to start your healthy eating and exercise plan when life is back to normal?  Won’t happen.  Life is never normal. There will always be birthday parties and church camp and company…

Want a faster metabolism?  The answer could be in your glass.  It may not be what you are eating that is your problem, but what you are drinking. Alcoholic beverages pack on the calories and will drag down your metabolism.  Don’t drink and you may find your weight loss taking off.  Can’t do it, even…

Want the easiest way possible to speed up your metabolism?  Catch some more zzzzz’s! It’s true.   In 1999 the University of Chicago did a study with eleven lean young men.  They had them sleep eight hours for the first three nights. Then for sixteen nights the men slept only four hours, between 1 a.m.…

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