Weight Loss

Football Season: Super Bowl Sunday and Weight Gain

Many who enjoy weekends of football during the fall and winter months add a few pounds of body weight. Here are some ways to...

How to Lose Stubborn Love Handles

The number one item if you will notice is food intake. As with any fitness and health goal - nutrition and exercise are alway...

I Need to Lose 40 lbs!

It is a fact that many (too many) of America's men, women, as well as teenaged youth are overweight. Recent alarming statisti...

How to Lose Weight on the Treadmill

Treadmills are the right choice for those who want to lose weight.

Ask Stew – Work Hard With No Weight Loss

Even if you are highly active with a manual labor job, after a certain age it is difficult to lose that stubborn 10-15 pounds...

Ask Stew: Joining the Military in Medical Services

Here is a nurse who is seeking to join the military, in part to help with student loans, but faces a hurdle – the physical st...

Does Water Affect Weight

This week a young man asked me, "Does water affect weight?" After some digging, I realized he has been observing his mother u...

Want to Lose Weight?

To lose weight, there are a few factors that you must consider for any weight loss program to be effective.

Fight Holiday Weight Gain

A study by National Institute of Health shows that most Americans only gain 2 pounds at the most during the six-week period b...

Weight Loss Myths

I have had an alarming number of emails that asked similar questions about quick weight loss through diets, diet pills, or pr...

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Sgt. Ayrin Hamner-Ripperger, the administration and supply non-commissioned officer for the 831st Engineer Company, Iowa Army National Guard (IANG), runs on the physical training track at Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center on May 13, 2019. In September 2018, (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Tawny Schmit)

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’m proud to say that after years in the military, I’ve learned a few things to help me not only bear the brunt of preparing f...

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Randy Oczkowski, 19th Operation Support Squadron Air Traffic Controller, gets his face painted by Lily (left), Henry (bottom middle), and Patrick Griego (right), during a camouflage face painting activity as part of a mock deployment line (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Grace Nichols)

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brandon, a member of the 118th Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, performs an overhead squat during a high-intensity workout (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark Thompson)

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Col. Kenneth Moss, 374th Airlift Wing commander, runs up a flight of stairs during the Sept. 11 Tower Run at Yokota Air Base (U.S. Air Force photo by Machiko Arita).

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The Army released a graphic showing its new Expert Soldier Badge. Courtesy of the Army

Army's New Expert Soldier Badge Will Demand Mastery of Warrior Skills

The new skill badge is designed to recognize soldiers who demonstrate a mastery of fitness, marksmanship and critical skills.