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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cellulite: the biggest female epidemic
- Cellulite is probably one of the most embarrassing of all physical faults that women have.Cellulite isn't just a problem with the obese or overweight either. Normal sized and even skinny women suffer from cellulite as well!It has been surveyed that 90% of ALL women have cellulite somewhere on their bodies. That leaves only a small 10% who are actually free from this problem....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - On a diet? ensure you get enough nutritional supplements for your good health
- There is never any absolute certainty about what the nutritional requirements are for the human body of a certain age, size and gender. Scientific research on the subject takes a long time, and results are often not that clear. But, at least scientific research into the subject of vitamins, minerals and other nutritional requirements is being undertaken seriously, and taken seriously by government...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Yes, you can lose weight!
- Weight loss is one of the biggest industries in the world! And for those of us that need to lose weight it is the biggest struggle of our lives! The industry takes advantage of the fact that we don't want to give up our "little pleasures" by telling us we don't have to. They also know we don't want to get all sweaty, out of breathe, and feeling pain, so they tell us we don't have to exer...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Add high water content fruits and vegetables to your diet for fast weight loss
- Include in your diet things that contain more water like tomatoes and watermelons. These things contain 90 to 95 % water so that there is nothing that you have to lose by feasting on them. They fill you up without adding to the pounds.Eat fresh fruit instead of drinking fruit juice. Juice is often sweetened but fresh fruits have natural sugars. When you eat fruit, you are taking in a lot of...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What to eat after gastric bypass surgery
- Many people are under the impression that gastric bypass surgery is the easy way out of obesity. However, those that believe this unfortunately misunderstand the operation and its lifestyle and mind altering effects.After speaking to people who have had the gastric bypass you soon realise that real work and focus is needed to actually keep the weight off after the first year of rapid weight...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Loose 10 pounds by drinking water?
- Drink plenty of water. Our body needs a lot of water so give in to water. Water is not just way to flush out toxin but if you have more water in your body you will generally feel healthier and fitter. This it self will discourage any tendency to gorge. The best thing about water is that is has no calories at all.Start your day with a glass of water. As soon as you wake up, gulp down a glass...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Best diet type -- losing weight for your wedding
- Choosing the right diet type is the most important decision you'll make, as you plan for weight loss success.The best plan to follow is designed to produce 1-2 pounds of weight loss per week. At this rate, weight loss is safe, healthy, and lasting. Plan accordingly and designate the proper number of weeks for dieting following the 1-2 pounds per week rule.For instance, if you want to...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The mini tummy tuck procedure
- What is a mini tummy tuck? Officially called a partial abdominoplasty, a mini tummy tuck simply removes unwanted skin and fat from the area below the navel. This type of procedure has substantially increased in popularity. A full tummy tuck, by contrast removes skin and fat from the entire abdominal area. A mini tummy tuck is a good option if there is not a lot of excess skin to remove, and the pa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Weight loss: why do 98% of people fail on a diet and how to avoid this easily
- Everybody knows that 98% of dieters fail. But do you know exactly why does this happen?To understand this, let's probe a little deeper into the working of your own body.The fact is,Your own body holds the secret key to weight loss.Human body is a complex, self-sufficient machine capable of managing it's affairs on it's own.It has an independent defence and immune system...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are your nutrition habits robbing you from the body you desire?
- What if by making a few small changes in your nutrition and eating habits you could add up to a 50% gain in muscle mass and loose up to 18% extra fat.Well you could be robbing yourself of these gains just by not eating correctly and at the right times. You see by eating at the right time you can catapult your body into a fat burning anabolic state which will not only help you gain more musc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Atkins diet ongoing weight loss (owl) carbohydrate ladder
- The Atkins low-carb diet consists of four phases: Induction, Ongoing Weight Loss, Pre-Maintenance, and Maintenance. This article focuses on phase II of the Atkins diet, ongoing weight loss, or OWL.The OWL phase of the Atkins diet begins immediately after the two-week induction phase. This is the fun part of the diet where you get to experiment with new foods and determine how they affect yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Understanding bariatric surgery
- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity among adults has risen significantly in the U.S. over the last 20 years. In fact, statistics show that 30 percent of adults 20 years of age and older are obese (body mass index [BMI] of 30 or higher). That translates to more than 60 million people. Although reducing the prevalence of obesity among adults is a national health obje...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Grains and weight loss--do whole grains help you lose weight?
- Whole grains and weight loss have a definite, scientific, and proven connection. Perhaps that is not the best way or most accurate way to say it. It is actually whole grains and weight gain that have the connection. What do I mean?In an original research communication from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, dated November 2004, researchers summarized their conclusions which can be ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 3 day diet -- make believe diet plans
- The 3 day diet mixes certain types of foods that supposedly react in a specific way to increase your metabolic rate. Apparently, you'll burn fat at a higher rate than usual, but be careful and don't abuse the power of the diet's reaction.This reaction is so powerful that the 3 day diet can only last 3 days, beyond which the author can't be held responsible for what might happen to you. The ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to start losing weight and keep losing weight
- I have put off writing a motivation article because of two reasons: 1) There is a glut of articles out there already; 2) My philosophy is so simple, I didn't think it justified an entire article. I was amazed at the incredible number of articles on the net and in the news that dealt with motivation to diet and exercise. Everybody and her cat have written about ways to trick yourself into exercisin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Its all in the numbers
- Offer a woman the choice between a dress she likes a lot, that fits well but is size 12, and a dress she likes, which also fits well but is labeled size 8, and she'll take the lesser preferred every time.Why are we so hung up on sizes? Men don't care. If something is too snug, they just go to a larger size. If the fit is a little tight for a woman, she'll buy it anyway, and swear to lose a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Weight loss superfecta
- If you are a fan of horse racing, you are familiar with the exotic bet called the Superfecta. It requires that you pick the first four horses to cross the finish line. Depending upon the size of the field and the odds of the winning horses, the pay-off is frequently tremendous.Approaching our weight loss efforts with a bettor's attitude, we're going to pick four sure winners in the dieting ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The french fry: weapon of mass destruction?
- Americans have their French fries, the British have their chips, Latin America has its papas fritas, and the French have their pommes-frites.We love them. The potato, that most ubiquitous and perennially popular vegetable, is simply sliced into strips and deep fried. The fast food chains have managed to create total consistency so that fries at a McDonalds in Kalamazoo are identical with th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Five reasons not to lose weight
- We are inundated by exhortations to lose weight - from the media, from our friends, from our family. As the richest, fattest, nation on earth, we idealize the impossibly thin supermodels who smile (or smirk?) at us from every magazine cover. We spend a fortune on trying to lose weight and despair when we don't.Enough of the diet gurus, the nutritionists, and the weight loss experts (includi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Weight loss and nutrition myths ? what you need to know! part 1
- MYTH: Fad diets work for permanent weight loss.FACT: Fad diets are not the best way to lose weight and keep it off. Fad diets often promise quick weight loss or tell you to cut certain foods out of your diet. You may lose weight at first on one of these diets. But diets that strictly limit calories or food choices are hard to follow. Most people quickly get tired of them and regain any lost...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Fighting cellulite and winning
- Cellulite ? a word most women are very familiar with. Cellulite is the formation of tiny dimples on the skin, usually appearing on the thighs and your bottom.Now dimples were really cute when we were children, but the puffy puckering dimples we find on our body are a curse to most women. Statistics say that over 80% of women develop cellulite.Cellulite is very difficult to treat. Cel...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is body mass index or bmi a real measure of obesity or is it flawed?
- Body Mass Index (bmi) A Misleading measure of ObesityMany professionals use body mass index also known as bmi as a measure of excess fat or obesity, but the system is totally flawed and misleading. So...Don't use body mass index, otherwise known as bmi, as a measuring stick to see if you are overweight or obese, because it's totally misleading.Yes if you are obes...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is natural weight loss really possible?
- Natural Weight Loss Is PermanentOnly natural weight loss can be permanent. Going on diets and taking weight loss pills to eliminate food cravings is only temporary and leads to obesity.Not only is natural weight loss safe, but you'll eliminate food cravings without taking weight loss pills.Most weight loss systems are not natural, and that's why the "failure...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Healthy supplements make diet pills obsolete!
- Diet PillsTaking diet pills is definitely not an effective weight loss strategy, because as soon as you stop taking them, all the weight you lost will return with a vengeance, because...Most diet pills are nothing more than drugs which act as appetite suppressants, and the side effects can be devastating or even deadly so it's not a good way to lose fat.Most of them wil...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Gastric bypass surgery ? what happens afterwards?
- After patients have had gastric bypass surgery comes a very challenging and demanding few months ahead. It isn't easy, no matter what those success stories on the adverts tell us. It requires a great deal of mental and emotional toughness. Unfortunately these assets aren't always seen in the morbidly obese, and must be developed to ensure a healthy life and weight loss after the surgery.Sti...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Does a quick weight loss diet really work?
- Only if you're trying to fool the scale on a specific date and time.Quick weight loss is advertised by diet marketers all the time. The marketing screams"Lose 10 pounds over night, while you sleep"You've heard them before, but you really don't believe them do you? I hope you understand somewhere in the back of your mind that quick weight loss is neither real health...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - What are fats?
- Fat is fuel. That is basically what it is. A solid concentrated form of fuel. They have more calories than proteins or carbohydrates. Here are the basic forms of fat.Saturated FatsThis type of fat comes from animals and vegetables. It is only needed as a form of energy and because of its structure it is readily absorbed by our own bodies fat cells.Monounsaturated FatsTh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Stress eating & unbearable cravings
- It's common to respond to stress by distracting yourself with your favorite comfort foods. Here are some ideas for healthier ways to cope when you're under pressure:1. Do a preemptive strike on unhealthy eating. Keep unacceptable foods out of the house. If you know a particular food will be irresistible to you when you're stressed, make sure it is not within your grasp.2. Keep your h...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eating tips
- Make sure that no more than a quarter of your calories come from fat.Cook your own meals at home and avoid eating at restaurants as much as possible.Eat six to eleven servings of complex carbohydrates (fruits and whole grain breads, pasta and cereals), but avoid white flour when possible.Don't go too crazy on the protein. Too much doesn't add muscle, contrary to popular belief...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eating out
- I know how difficult it can be do stick to a healthy diet when trying to eat out. Here are some tips that might prevent you from totally "blowing it" the next time you dine out.1. As soon as your food is served, ask for a box and put half of your meal into it to take home. Restaurant portions are usually twice the size they should be anyway.2. Don't ruin a nice, low fat sal...