Weight Loss

Football Season: Super Bowl Sunday and Weight Gain

Many who enjoy weekends of football during the fall and winter months add a few pounds of body weight. Here are some ways to...

How to Lose Stubborn Love Handles

The number one item if you will notice is food intake. As with any fitness and health goal - nutrition and exercise are alway...

I Need to Lose 40 lbs!

It is a fact that many (too many) of America's men, women, as well as teenaged youth are overweight. Recent alarming statisti...

How to Lose Weight on the Treadmill

Treadmills are the right choice for those who want to lose weight.

Ask Stew – Work Hard With No Weight Loss

Even if you are highly active with a manual labor job, after a certain age it is difficult to lose that stubborn 10-15 pounds...

Ask Stew: Joining the Military in Medical Services

Here is a nurse who is seeking to join the military, in part to help with student loans, but faces a hurdle – the physical st...

Does Water Affect Weight

This week a young man asked me, "Does water affect weight?" After some digging, I realized he has been observing his mother u...

Want to Lose Weight?

To lose weight, there are a few factors that you must consider for any weight loss program to be effective.

Fight Holiday Weight Gain

A study by National Institute of Health shows that most Americans only gain 2 pounds at the most during the six-week period b...

Weight Loss Myths

I have had an alarming number of emails that asked similar questions about quick weight loss through diets, diet pills, or pr...

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Soldiers from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) pull security during a joint air to ground integration training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. on Sept. 6, 2017. Soldiers from 10th SFG (A) participated in a three-week training exercise in support of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. The exercise is designed to enhance the interoperability of multiple air assets supporting Special Operations ground force maneuver. Photo Credit: Jorden Weir)

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Sgt. Michael Anderson, of the New York Police Department, demonstrates how he performs his squats while a classmate records him. Later the group critiqued his form on one of the screens in the workout room. Master Sgt. Jacob Barner of the U.S. Army Physical Readiness School at Fort Jackson said it's the school's first time using the technology in a course. (Photo Credit: Ms. Demetria Mosley (Fort Jackson Leader))

Ask Stew: Over 50 and Still Training to Defend

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Stephen Frank, instructor pilot, 559 Flying Training Squadron, performs leg press to build up his quads and lower muscle groups, 16 July, 2014, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarayuth Pinthong/ Released)

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Machinist's Mate (Nuclear) 1st Class Chad Salyers, from Wabash, Indiana, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), runs his last mile of the Murph Challenge fitness event in recognition of Memorial Day. The Murph Challenge honors Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy SEAL who died in Afghanistan in 2005. The challenge is to complete a one-mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats, and second one-mile run, all within an hour. ( Joe Boggio/Navy)

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"Researchers are looking at ways that can extend our lives, and quality of life, well into our latter decades."