What does stretching your muscles have to do with weight loss? Have you ever had a sore muscle and attempted to stretch it only to feel even more soreness? Have you ever had a massage and had the masseuse focus on one area and work it until it loosened? The reason for the soreness is because the muscle is torn, knotted and excited. Not excited like you and I may traditionally think about excitement, but muscle excitation is where the neurons in your muscle are continually sending out messages to keep the muscle under tension. This happens when a muscle is sore or over-worked as a protective measure to avoid over stretching or straining of the muscle.

Original Recipe can be found @ www.cleaneatingmag.com SUBSTITUTE - To reduce the amount of sugar in this recipe substitute the honey with your favorite sweetener, use low carb tofu and reduce the amount of orange juice to 2 tablespoons. If you find it is too much vinegar cut it back to 1/4 cup or add a little extra sweetener to cut the vinegar tartness. This is a good trick at restaurants when the dressing has too much vinegar. Sprinkle your salad with enough sweetener to tone it down.

Slower is Better At FIT Medical Weight Loss we know how exciting it can be to start a diet program, and along with this excitement can come lofty expectations of rapid weight loss. Doctors agree that a weekly weight loss of one-half to three pounds per week is appropriate and safe. Furthermore, sustained weight loss that is too rapid and unhealthy can have the tendency to come right back when you loosen the restraints of your diet.