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What do you need? Exercise advice from a personal trainer? A registered dietitian to walk you through the grocery store? A psychologist to help you stop procrastinating and face your fears? Perhaps a chef to help you turn low fat into high flavor? You want it? We have it. Meet our Experts and let them help you through this journey.

Dizzy and hips

justanothergirl
  • By justanothergirl · New reply yesterday at 2:49 pm
  • 4 replies
  • When I exersize I get dizzy, my doctor says it's just because I'm not used to physical activity and brushed it off. I read somewher that it's due to a lack of oxygen. If that's the case, on average, how ...

Jonathan's Holiday Give-Away

JonathanRoss
  • By JonathanRoss · Posted November 25, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I'm having a Give-Away of fitness products for the Holidays. Details are at the following page on my site: http://www.aionfitness.com/holiday-give- away.html Two of my favorite products are on sale ...

artificial sweetner

time4achange64
  • By time4achange64 · New reply November 24, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • hey everyone. i have a weekness for sweets. man i tried but it's hard to kick& thats what got me down. i know they said artificial sweetner is not good for you, but man i need something, especially around ...

weightsmart one a day, vitamins or diet pills?

time4achange64
  • By time4achange64 · New reply November 24, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • hey everyone. i take weightsmart one a day, suppose to help with the metabolism. i've been using this for a few yrs. still trying to notice a difference when taking it. my question is, do u consider this ...

HAIR!

pattiwax70
  • By pattiwax70 · Posted November 22, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • There has been much discussion amongst women of color (black, especially) about our hair and working out. The discussion: we want to work out but the sweating done by cardio, which induces calorie burn ...

Having internal fever...freezing everyone with AC & outside it's 45 degrees

skeetelmore65
  • By skeetelmore65 · Posted November 17, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • It is strange and I don't understand what is causing this. I have been feeling hot and even my face feels like it is sort of on fire. If I touch or scratch anywhere it feels like it burns...somewhat like ...

Time for a Change

naples106
  • By naples106 · New reply November 13, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Why is it that the manufacturers of food products still using ingredients that are killing off the consumers. Why can't all foods be grown as Organic and All Natural? We as consumers need to fight back ...

Not losing weight

shermantcj
  • By shermantcj · New reply November 12, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • I need help I don't know what more I can try. I lost 50 pounds and just quit losing. This has been going on for almost 2 months now, and I have tried many different ideas to get it going down again, but ...

Exercise options at 400 lbs.

JonathanRoss
  • By JonathanRoss · New reply November 10, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • I received the following question from "mykhenry:" ------------------------------- Hi, Can u help me to find ex I can do? I am about 400lbs right now.My knees and legs are very painfull,what can I do ...

meal plans

Morley
  • By Morley · New reply November 6, 2009
  • 1 reply
  • For some reason I cannot access the meal plans when I go to the National Body Challenge site. I can see My Fitness and My Progress fine. I cannot see the meal plans or the overview. I tried three different ...

My wife has sole custody of our children

brownb
  • By brownb · New reply November 3, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • My ex-wife has sole custody of our children and they have reported to me that they have been molested by their uncle whom lives with them. I have brought this up with my ex-wife and she is in full blown ...

Why am I gaining weight when I'm suppose to be loosing

missi0714
  • By missi0714 · New reply November 3, 2009
  • 57 replies
  • So I decided to take this weight loss challange and It's not going so well. Everyday I seem to be gaining just 1 pound...since starting I've gained 3lbs. I don't understand its very upsetting and depressing ...

Losing weight & pmdd

Nichole4565
  • By Nichole4565 · New reply November 3, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • I have recently been diagnosed with pmdd and am finding it very difficult to stay on my diet during my "evil" cycle as I call it. When my pmdd symptoms start to appear, I become very depressed (about ...

hypothyroidism

nancy2love
  • By nancy2love · New reply November 2, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Since surgery I been feeling down ...

Strength exercising

inspired57
  • By inspired57 · New reply October 27, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I am a bilateral amputee and need to do strength exercises. My question: are strength exercises enough to lose weight? If not, what type of exercising would be helpful? I heard of sitting exercises, where ...

PLEASE!!! This is NOT weight-related, but I really need some SERIOUS advice

Markie
  • By Markie · New reply October 25, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • Ok, being a new mother, I am completely PARANOID about a lot of things, and this time, it's SWINE FLU. Around where I live, the cases of it have drastically increased. FOUR people that I know (2 friends ...

up 5 times from 11PM to 5AM to PEE!! WHAT IS UP WITH THIS?

jhsbobo
  • By jhsbobo · New reply October 23, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • O.K, I DO NOT drink any more of anything more than the Average Bear after 5-6P.M Probably even less..like maybe at the Very Most 1 1/2 small bottles of water. I have been getting up 4-5 times per night ...

What's An Acceptable Weight Fluctuation Range?

busymomofthree
  • By busymomofthree · New reply October 22, 2009
  • 7 replies
  • Hello All! It's been a looonnnggg time since I've written, but things have been going pretty well. My back diagnoses have been doing well and I'm doing pretty well w/workouts, too. My question is this ...

Conveniently eating healthy

larueb
  • By larueb · New reply October 22, 2009
  • 9 replies
  • So, here's the deal, I find it very difficult to eat healthy when I am a full time student with a part time job. I partially live in my car. I have clothes that havent even been washed in at least two ...

hip replacaement

gypsynana
  • By gypsynana · New reply October 14, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • i had right hip replaced two years ago; left hip, one year ago. i have pain in front of my right hip. xrays show nothing wrong. i think the pain is in the ligament. dr gives nothing but a pain shot that ...

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