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Dave Watkeys is an online fitness coach with an honours degree in Exercise Sciences who specializes in body transformations. Here's his advice for you.

Calvin Fisher was no longer happy with how he looked. Here's how he got back into shape by taking up cycling and completed the Argus Tour.

The formula for weight loss: add, don’t subtract. Related: Here’s How To Smash Fat Faster, According To Science A study from the Netherlands suggests we should focus on increasing protein intake rather than cutting carbs. People who followed a high-protein diet lost a similar amount of weight after a year whether they were also limiting carbs or not. Protein should be the centrepiece of your diet because it keeps you full and helps you maintain muscle mass, the researchers say. The top tip…

Neil Pillay decided to kick excuses to the curb and lose weight in just a few months with the help of a Men's Health guide.

Weight loss is the opposite of accounting. Your goal: accumulate red ink, spending more kilojoules than you bring in. We asked nutritionist, Alan Aragon, and Dr Mike Roussell, author of The Six Pillars of Nutrition, to give us a budget-busting plan PART ONE: METABOLIC MATH How many kilojoules are you eating? Track everything you eat and drink for three days and tally your daily total at with an app like Calories 2 (free). How many kilojoules do you actually need to maintain your weight? Use…

A too-strict diet can undermine your weight loss effort. To keep the kilos coming off, sometimes you need cheat your diet.

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Sergio da Costa couldn't tie his shoes or walk up the stairs without some difficulty. In 2011 he finally made the decision to ditch the extra weight.

The BellOff! reader challenge finalists shed a collective total of 130kg!

Dave Watkeys is an online fitness coach with an honours degree in Exercise Sciences who specializes in body transformations. Here's his advice for you.

Weight loss doesn’t come in a bottle: a recent study from Germany reveals that many over-the-counter weight-loss supplements don’t help you shed kilograms. The researchers tracked the effectiveness of nine diet supplements (each with a different key ingredient, such as bean concentrate) over a period of two months. Supplement users didn’t lose any more weight than those who took a placebo did. As study author Dr Thomas Ellrott, says, the pills can be sold without being proven effective. The…

We've heard all the excuses for why you can't lose weight. We're hear to tell you why they're all wrong. Your weight loss begins at the end of your excuses.

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It's true what they say. Abs are made in the kitchen. Exercise won't work unless you're eating right too. Lose weight by following meal plan.