Continued from Burn 100 Calories a Day.

You are already familiar with the so-called 100-calorie diet plan, so try this weight loss trick for a change:

Instead of cutting only 100 calories a day, try to make three daily 100-calorie cuts from your diet.

According to Mindless Eating, this change to your daily calorie consumption can make you as much as 30 pounds lighter by the end of the year. (more…)

How did Robin Quivers lose weight and what her diet is like? She’s still a big presence on Howard Stern’s radio show, but nowadays, there’s a lot less of Robin to love.

Quivers, 54, is almost finished with her weight-loss plan, which is based on the infamous Lose 21 Pounds in 21 Days starvation fad program (a.k.a. 21 Pounds in 21 Days: The Martha’s Vineyard Diet Detox), and she’s already shed about 20 pounds. (more…)

Continued from How Long Should I Exercise?

Roadblock 6 To lose 15 pounds fast, I have to weight myself every week to see how well I’m doing.

Success Strategy Look beyond the scale.

Your hips don’t lie, but sometimes your scale does. Weight training builds denser muscle.

Some weeks, the number on the scale will look the same or higher, but if you check your waist, hip, or thigh measurements — or use another means to check body-fat percentage — you’ll discover that something great has happened. (more…)

Question: How much protein do we really need after a workout?

Answer: The answer depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. If your primary goal is to gain mass, you need 30-45 grams of fast-absorbing protein (preferably whey) after training.

If you’re dieting and trying to lean out — and this may surprise you — you may require between 40-60 grams. When training for mass, postworkout protein helps bring muscle breakdown, a result of hard training, to a standstill. (more…)

Women who deny themselves the foods they crave — particularly carbohydrates — are likely to end up overeating them, according to a University of Toronto study.

For three days, 77 female college students were placed into one of three groups: carbohydrate restriction, protein restriction, or no restriction.

Then they were offered croissants, chicken, and cheddar cheese for a supposed taste test. The women who had abstained from carbohydrate foods ate more croissants than did the other groups, but those who had limited their protein intake did not eat more of the protein-rich foods. (more…)

Montag’s personal trainer reveals how Heidi keeps her bod in shape. Heidi Montag’s Diet Rules:

Eat 5-7 mini-meals Lean protein and lots of veggies. Her menu? Egg whites and oatmeal, ham-on-wheat sandwiches, sushi, apples and a multivitamin.

No alcohol “It’s impossible to lose fat drinking multiple times a week,” says Heidi’s trainer John Damon, who advises 10 8 oz. glasses of water.

Sweat Weight train 3-5 days; at least 30 minutes of cardio 4-6 days. (more…)