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Recipes

Oatmeal Applesauce breakfast cookie

  Applesauce Oatmeal-Raisin Cookies  This recipe serves:  24  These are a great replacement for a breakfast bar.     Ingredients: vegetable cooking spray 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2...

Orange Chocolate Chip Oatmeal

  POINTS® Value: 5 Servings: 1 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 5 minutes   Ingredients ½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats ½ cup fat free milk ¼ cup water 1 tablespoon 100% fruit orange marmalade ½ teaspoon orange extract ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract Pinch salt 2 teaspoons mini chocolate...

Meatball Sandwich

  Low Calorie Meatball Sandwich Recipe Ingredients: - 1 pound lean ground turkey - 1/2 cup seasoned bread crumbs, Italian-flavor - 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese or low / zero fat cheese - 1/2 cup liquid egg substitute (get flavoured, cheese and chives!) - 2 cloves of garlic, finely minced -...

Weight Watchers Zero Point Vegetable Soup

  Zero POINTS®-Value Vegetable Soup Some say that this soup is the secret to their weight-loss success. It's a great midday snack or premeal hunger-buster. 2 medium garlic clove(s), minced 1 medium onion(s), diced 2 medium carrot(s), diced 1 medium sweet red pepper(s), diced 1 medium...

Breakfast Muffins

All-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups 375 mL Baking powder 2 tsp. ...

Where to buy!

Where can I get low calorie foods?

So you want to eat healthy but aren't sure where to go?  Below are a list of foods and places to buy them.  Enjoy!   Believe it or not you don't have to buy very expensive "brand" name foods to eat healthy.  Superstore offers a very large variety of healthy choices with their...

Exercise

Exercise you wont hate!

29/04/2010 20:49
  Here is a very simple and short list of weight loss exercises to try that you won't hate:   Walking:   This is easy and no special equipment required! Walk 20 to 25 minutes 3 days a week is all it takes to become healthy and a few pounds lighter.  Or spread it out to...

Simples Tips

Easy Changes that make a big difference.

Here are some easy tips to follow without counting calories or points or making too difficult a change in your eating habits.    Eat 1/3 cup of almonds per day (watch calories on these, best are at Costco in bags), great for protein, magnesium, fiber and a natural hunger suppressant....

Dieting Tips:

 So you've plateaued?  What do you do now? 

Try keeping your body guessing!  Have high and low calorie (or WW point) days. 

Example: If you on a 1300 calorie diet add up your calories for the week - 9100 calories, now divde them up to have high and low days alternating to keep your body "guessing" so it doesn't store fat.  Works the same with Weight Watchers, divide your points but don't go over your allowed amount.  This you will find is a very satisfying way to lose weight as some days we are more hungry than others so we can eat without guilt.

 

When selecting a meal plan, make sure you are consuming a balanced and complete diet. Set realistic and attainable diet goals. Start by following the simple guidelines below. 

Nutritional and Diet Plan Guidelines
  1. Commit to consuming 4 - 6 small meals and snacks everyday.
     
  2. To succeed, you must plan ahead by packing your foods the night before. Thus, you should always have fresh and low-fat foods around.
     
  3. Keep it simple. Don't get too caught up on the specifics or your diet. Start by simply just counting calories.
     
  4. Eat your foods slower.
     
  5. Make healthier food selections like fruits, vegetables, whole grain cereals, and beans, low-fat or nonfat dairy products, low fat meats, fish and skinless poultry.
     
  6. Avoid foods that are high in fat and calories.
     
  7. Avoid foods that are high in sugars such as pastries, candy bars, pies and candy.
     
  8. Use a variety of fruits and vegetables in your nutrition plan. Start by trying to eat 5 total vegetable and fruit servings every single day.

 

Toning Muscle, Exercise, and Weight Loss

There are two ways in which toning muscle and exercise can lead to weight loss. The first way is simple thermodynamics and the second way is metabolic.
 

  1. Exercise Thermodynamics & Weight Loss

    Weight loss will occur when the amount of energy you consume (calories) is less than the amount of energy you use or "burn." You can achieve this state, referred to as a negative energy balance and represents a true energy deficit, by eating fewer calories, exercising more, or both.

    Let's look at a simple example and use exercise as the sole means of creating a negative energy balance, which will lead to weight loss.

     

      Before Exercising...
    • Energy in (calories consumed)=3000
       
    • Energy out (calories used or burned)=2700
       
    • Total energy=+300, this is 300 calories extra that you will store as fat
      After starting an Exercise Program...
    • Energy in=3000
       
    • Energy out=3100
       
    • Total energy=-100, utilize stored energy to make up the 100 calorie deficit

    With daily exercise, you'll create an energy deficit of 100 calories that your body will fix by using up stored energy, which is stored fat. This results in weight loss.

    No fancy diets, no added cost, no diet shock and weight regain, just weight loss by moving your body in some consistent manner, called exercise.

    Historically, this option makes the most sense, too. Your extra weight is extra energy stored as extra fat. So why not do something that directly eliminates the extra energy keeping you overweight? This is what exercise does...it burns extra energy (stored as fat) by physically working your muscles.

    Dieting to lose weight, on the other hand, is an indirect attempt to burn extra energy stored as fat.

     

  2. Metabolic Weight Loss

    The more you exercise the more you use muscle. The more you use muscle the more metabolically active muscle becomes. This means, even at rest, you'll burn more calories and protect against gaining weight, in the first place.

 

Exercise

Exercise you wont hate!

29/04/2010 20:49
  Here is a very simple and short list of weight loss exercises to try that you won't hate:   Walking:   This is easy and no special equipment required! Walk 20 to 25 minutes 3 days a week is all it takes to become healthy and a few pounds lighter.  Or spread it out to...