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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Read food labels to lose weight
- I was at the grocery store the other day, doing my weekly shopping and reading food labels like I always do, when and acquaintance came up and said, "Why are you reading labels? You can eat anything you want with all of that exercise you do!" I have to say that this is probably one of the biggest misconceptions that people have.I talk to many people who are frustrated because they are worki...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eating on the run for weight loss
- "I'm too busy!" "I'm always on the run." "I never leave my desk during the day."Sound familiar? These are the most common excuses I hear for why people don't eat a healthy, balanced diet. Too many people resort to fast food and junk because they don't think they have any other options. But with a little planning and preparation time, it is possible to eat well and maintain a busy l...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Record your meals to lose weight
- Are you one of the many people who feel frustrated because you think you eat well and exercise regularly, but you just can't seem to lose weight? If so, a food journal is a great tool to help you reach your weight loss goals. It will help to determine any patterns in your eating habits, it will force you to be accountable for what you eat, and it will help you to see where you are consuming your "...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Food: the proof is in the portion
- We are a large people. 65% of us are overweight, 30% actually obese. How did we reach this point?We ate ourselves into a prison of our own fat.Why?Well, we certainly didn't sit down and decide that we wanted to gain weight, did we? We had no pressure on us to fatten ourselves for some eventual slaughter. On the contrary, as our collective girth increased, we paradoxically elev...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Five really tough dieting tips
- If you are losing, trying to lose, or think you need to lose, weight, you are probably as sick as I am of those "easy" and "quick" diet tips that NEVER work!The following tips are neither quick nor easy. They are tough, uncomfortable, and demanding (but they work).1. Don't Eat.On a permanent basis, that obviously doesn't make sense unless you have a secret death wish. On a tem...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Were cave dwellers ever fat?
- In our mind's eye, we see our ancient ancestors as they have been depicted in paintings, stories, films, and scientific recreations. Small, wiry, hairy figures surrounding a huge beast, poised for the kill.Do we know if that picture is really accurate?We do know, from skeletal fragments that have survived, that they were definitely smaller than present day human beings. We can surmis...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Diet: are french fries really a vegetable?
- The government, nutritionists, doctors, and dietitians implore us to eat 5 servings of vegetables a day. Considering that a serving is only half a cup, a decent-sized side of vegetables and a big salad does it for the day.But are we eating that consistently?For the average American child, 25% of their intake of vegetables consists of french fries or potato chips. Adults eat an averag...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Losing weight - stop focusing on the carrots!
- What do I mean by that?Well, carrots are good for you and I encourage all of my clients to eat them - as well as all the other veggies - whenever they can. The problem I find with most of my clients looking to lose weight is that they are focused on the wrong things. They will come to me and say, "I have taken carrots out of my diet because I heard that they contain "sugar" and that's bad r...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The simplest diet plan ever - 3 easy steps to healthy living
- You've heard the popular advice on weight loss diets. Cut the fat! Cut the carbs! Cut the calories! Eat a balanced diet! But how can you cut though all of the confusion, and eat a diet that's balanced and healthy?Here's the advice from nutritional science:Cut the JUNK fats: Most people do not need an ultra low fat diet. But most of us could improve our diet by cutting out the junk fa...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Seven pitfalls that cripple weight loss
- Do you struggle to maintain or lose weight? If so, you are certainly not alone. Obesity is on the rise and becoming an epidemic in our society. Why are so many people overweight? Can we blame our genetics? Are we are plagued by a slow metabolism? Certainly, we can't be the victims of our own self indulgence, can we?I advise people that losing weight is like starting a new business. It takes...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hoodia gordonii - the hoodia cactus - whered my appetite go? my experience with pure hoodia
- If you are into herbs and natural cures, you've undoubtedly heard of the Hoodia Gordonii cactus, the latest natural diet discovery for suppressing the appetite. Pure Hoodia (Hoodia Gordonii in it's purest form), acts as a natural appetite suppressant and has helped its devotees naturally curb their appetite and consequently take the lbs off.So, what is Hoodia exactly? The Hoodia Gordonii ca...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Weight loss fads that dont work
- No matter what the reason, successful weight loss and healthy weight management depend on sensible goals and expectations. If you set sensible goals for yourself, chances are you'll be more likely to meet them and have a better chance of keeping the weight off. In fact, losing even five to 10 percent of your weight is the kind of goal that can help improve your health.Most overweight people...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Signature lines on weight loss websites
- A reader recently wrote to ask why I don't include my weight statistics in my signature line. A great observation and excellent question.Typically in on-line weight loss communities a signature is written with starting weight/current weight/target weight ? so for me that would be (287/146/140). For a long time after WLS I did carry the weight stats on my signature line ? it was part of who ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The public stoning of gastric bypass patients: when things get ugly
- Recently a woman went public in her online diet community with her decision for gastric bypass surgery. She was asking for fellowship and support from fellow dieters. What she received was a public cyber-stoning from hostile opinionated and poorly informed sanctimonious people.I was a bit taken back by the arrogance of some respondents: that if Lisa simply had the willpower she could lose t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Wls patients take too long to order food: what?s that about?
- Families who dine out with their loved ones who've had gastric bypass surgery often complain the patient takes an unusually long time to order food. Rose, whose mother had gastric bypass about eight months ago asked, "What's wrong with her? It's so frustrating!"There are a number of reasons gastric bypass patients are indecisive when ordering a meal at a restaurant. Consider some ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Self-sabotage snacking after gastric bypass surgery: why do we do it?
- LivingAfterWLS reader feedback indicates snacking is the single biggest problem for people after having gastric bypass ? the problem being we snack on unhealthy items, we sabotage our weight loss or weight maintenance and we spiral back into the self-loathing that is so much an emotional part of morbid obesity.None of us goes into surgery expecting to be the one "who lost all that weig...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Dropping the carbs - the pros and cons of ketogenic dieting
- We must all now be familiar with the Atkins Diet. Of all of the 'trend' diets that move through our popular culture, none has caused as much interest or controversy. Put forward by the late Dr. Robert Atkins in the 70's, the diet that has caused a storm is continuing to acquire both dedicated followers and severe opponents both within and without the medical community.The Atkins diet itself...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Keen to be lean? ? some metabolic musings
- Metabolism is the process by which your body changes food into living tissue and changes living tissue into energy and waste products. Metabolic Rate is the speed at which the body uses energy (burns calories.) There are two genetically-determined types of people; those with a naturally low metabolic rate (slow fuel burners), and those with a naturally high metabolic rate (fast fuel burners). Slow...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Wellness coach reveals celebrity diet
- We think we know everything there is to know about them. After all, faithful paparazzi hunt them down just so we can get a picture or a glimpse of their lives. However, the "money shot" doesn't tell us everything. Especially how they stay in shape, maintain their youthfulness, and flawless skin. Who are "they"? "They" are celebrities and they are keeping secrets--secrets that could help ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Can quick weight loss really work?
- Quick weight loss is promised by diets all the time. "Lose 10 pounds over night," the ads will scream. Most people know in the back of their mind that quick weight loss is either not healthy or is a short term fix.Most quick weight loss pounds are only water. Your body will flush water out of your system and the scale will show a quick weight loss of 3 to 10 pounds. The quick weight loss is...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Breakfast -how not to start the day part i
- Axiom Number FourTo have a great selling diet plan encourage people to do what they want to do anyway, even if they won't lose weight and may become morbidly obese, get cancer and have a very poor quality of life.Question from one of our readers ...Just read your letter "Energy That Is Stored -Must Be Utilized" Won't fasting slow your metabolic rate? Doesn't your body think yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Change your habits for effective and long term weight loss
- More likely than not a diet with end up a failure. Trust me on this one because, well, I have tried them and failed. I have tried eating their food, counting their way, and taking their hunger-fighting pills. I think that my body just gave up trying to tell me what it really wanted because I just keep depriving it. I have cut calories and exercised six times a week and only felt tired and hungry....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The myth of spot reducing
- There is no such thing as spot reducing. Any fat you lose comes off in the same proportion it's stored in your body.For example, if you carry most of your fat weight in your hips and thighs (like most women), then the fat inhabiting those area will be the last to go. If you carry your fat weight around your waist as "love handles" (like most men), then your significant other will ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Simply weight loss -- losing weight is easy if you stop dieting
- In theory, if you're starving, exercising less helps conserve energy. But obviously you're going to place finding food and eating at the top of your to do list. But dieters today do exactly what they shouldn't do...exercise less if they were to starve and start dieting when trying to lose weight.The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System recently published their findings from a 21 state...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - After wls: how much weight have you lost?
- I had lost nearly fifty pounds before anyone mentioned my weight loss. Then, all of the sudden, everybody noticed! As soon as they noticed the questions began. The most often asked: "How much weight have you lost?" People who I barely knew asked me this question as if it were their right to know. I was never sure of the motive for the question? Did they want to celebrate my weight loss? ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Pushing gastric bypass: when to talk, when to keep quiet
- Sharing our bariatric stories is as personal decision as electing to have the surgery itself. Some of us are very private and others of us are very open. Overall I think we do the best we can on any given day. There are times when the moment is right to share and times when it is best to keep quiet. Here are a few things this bariatric zealot has learned the last few years:It is well known ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Does ephedra really shed the pounds like it promises? i decided to put it to the test!
- Since the reintroduction of Ephedra based products on about April 15 of this year I have had a few close friends of mine contact myself about Ephedra. The had simple questions about the safety and effectiveness of Ephedra based products. We chose to purchase a bottle and run our own little test. The test consisted of 20 days, following the instructions of course, with regular monitoring. The Resul...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Wls patients report frequent dizziness: what causes it?
- Many gastric bypass patients report frequent spells of dizziness. In general they are using the word dizzy to describe everything from feeling faint or lightheaded to feeling weak or unsteady.Research indicates a state of chemical imbalance can lead to temporary bouts of dizziness. When a bariatric patient feels dizzy it could very well be related to the restricted diet. Most commonly going...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Little known facts about changes in our diet
- To say that Americans are obsessed with dieting is an understatement! Pick up any magazine, tune-in or turn-on any source of advertising and you're bombarded with the latest diet schemes and food fads. More often than not, they are endorsed by some familiar Hollywood celebrity, or promoted using some other cleaver technique.It's no mystery that the weight-loss industry has built a thriving ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Setting objectives for weight loss
- I am sure that when I mention setting objectives for weight loss, the majority of people will be thinking in terms of how many pounds in weight that they, or someone else, should lose. That is similar, in a way, to those who consider setting financial objectives, and then state money as an objective.Really, if they think about it more closely, money is not an objective; the real objective i...