Posts Tagged ‘Weight Gain’
8 Ways to Prevent Job Related Weight Gain
You work long hours, feel stressed out, have minimal time for the gym and often grab a not so healthy lunch to eat at your desks (or skip it totally!) To make matters worse, you frequently find your office full of tempting goodies. This is a perfect breeding ground for job related weight gain. Read…
Read MoreDo You Keep Looking in the Refrigerator?
Do you find yourself frequently getting up to look in the refrigerator or kitchen cabinets … even though you know you keep minimal food in your apartment? Not only are these kitchen visits distracting, but they can also promote weight gain. I find myself doing this when I’m home, especially when I’m working on the computer. I know I…
Read MoreBeware of the Chair
How many hours do you sit a day? If you are like me – it’s over 10! Not only does sitting on your butt for long periods of time increase potential for weight gain (and a larger butt), but new research shows it can have serious consequences on your health – like increasing risk of…
Read MoreIs Your Warm Home Making You Gain Weight?
Is your apartment or office building uncomfortably warm in the winter months? If you live in the city, this isn’t an unusual occurrence as we often can’t regulate heat. Not only does this make choosing a wardrobe difficult for city girls (hot inside – freezing outside), but a new study shows these warm temperatures may contribute towards weight gain. Yikes! Read on to learn why and what you can do about it. READ MORE https://citygirlbites.com/archives/5594
Read MoreIs Exercise Making You Gain Weight?
You finally crawled out of your winter time slug mode and are hitting the gym full force. In addition to getting fit, you anticipated losing a few pounds. However to your dismay, you see the scale creeping upward … and it’s not all muscle! What is going on? With all this exercise, you should be losing weight, not gaining. If this…
Read MoreIs “Match.com” Causing You to Gain Weight?
You are on your 4th match.com date this week. It’s your third month on match and you still haven’t found your “match”. But you are quite determined … after all, they guarantee you’ll meet your match! While you haven’t found the man of your dreams, you have found that your pants are getting quite tight and your thighs…
Read MoreCity Guys: Is Your Girlfriend Gaining Weight?
Ok guys, this post is for you! When you met your girlfriend late last summer, she was totally hot. Worked out 5 days a week and it showed. Tight jeans revealed her “assets”. But now things seem to be changing. You noticed a sprouting muffin top spilling over her jeans and yikes… that little fat…
Read MoreIs Your Butt Getting Big from Sitting Too Long?
It’s a city girls worst nightmare …. you are sitting in front of the computer for over 9 hours a day trying to advance in your career – only to find that your butt is getting larger and larger. You might say “OK, this isn’t rocket science. Obviously if I sit all day I will gain weight”. That is true, if…
Read MoreEat to Maximize Muscle Development
You spend hours in the gym pumping iron and eat a healthy diet… yet you aren’t getting the results you want. Building muscle mass involves a lot more than downing a protein shake or loading up on protein at meals. Assuming you are on track with your workout regimen, your lack of progress likely has something to do with your diet.…
Read MoreUndo Your Overindulgences with “Recovery Dinners”
How many times have your overindulgences caused the scale to jump up by several pounds? Perhaps the cause was your Thursday night “drinks with the girls” which turned into midnight munchies. Or the weekend with your family which ended up in a food fest. Perhaps you had 3 business dinners out this week. Whatever the cause,…
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