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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why diets are a waste of time & money - what you can do instead
- A 'diet' is always seen as a temporary measure. An unpleasant episode that must be endured in order to reach some weight target, often in time for a major event such as a wedding, your own or your children's. Afterwards, with a big sigh of relief that its over, we get back to normal eating. In what seems no time at all, especially if a holiday is involved, the weight is back where it was, and you ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Three sure-fire ways to lose weight get healthier & feel great without dieting
- --ONE--Learn how to reduce the fat, sugar and salt content of your food and to enjoy fruit and vegetables. Use the nutrition guides on pre-packaged food to decide whether or not that product is best for you or your family. Cooking fresh food puts you in control of what you eat. Yes, it probably takes longer than heating processed food, but what else were you going to do with that time - wat...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Fourteen reasons why dieting is bad for your health
- 1. The lower the calories eaten per day, the harder it is for you to get your daily requirements of proteins and vitamins.2. Dieting makes your body believe it is starving so it starts to save fat, as this is its best way to store energy.3. Losing weight means digesting your own body tissues instead of food and unfortunately, dieting does not tell your body what parts it needs to dig...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - You can lose weight on a high carbohydrate diet
- A startling fact is that carbohydrates are not responsible for making people fat. Don't feel too badly though, you are not the only person who was sold on the idea that a high protein, low carb diet was the only way to lose weight.Here is a simple way to demonstrate this fact. Think about the vegetarians you know, are there any overweight problems among them? The high protein diets rely on ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is losing weight the same as losing fat?
- Contrary to common belief, your weight is not really the indicator of a weight problem ? the actual percentage of body fat is the true indicator. You need to know what percent of you is actually FAT. How are you going to monitor your weight loss if you do not know what percent of your body is fat, before you begin your program?Let me give you an example on measuring body fat, this is import...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Can eating certain foods help you to lose weight?
- The best way to lose weight is by consuming fewer calories than you expend or conversely, by expending more calories than you consume.Experts have discovered that certain foods can actually help you to lose weight without the stress of dieting or exercise. The down side is that many of us have a tendency to dress these foods up with cheese, sour cream, butter or other calorie-laden flavor e...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 10 surefire ways to survive eating out
- I personally lost 60 pounds in 2003. Here are some tactics I used to lose the weight:1) Steamed instead of fried2) Brown rice instead of white rice3) Wheat bread instead of white bread4) Sauce and dressing on the side. Dip your fork into the sauce first then into the food.5) At dinner exchange the potato or other carbohydrates with extra veggies6) No oil...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Speed up metabolism
- Metabolism is essentially the speed at which our body's motor is running. The speed at which our body burns calories is called the metabolic rate. It's how fast your "motor" is running when you're still in a reclined position or sleeping. About 60-75% of energy is expended by the body at rest in such activities.The metabolism is based on the number of calories we burn throughout the day. Ou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Anorexia - a game of control!
- Low self-esteem produces a game of control. It causes a person to suffer in silence ? suffering that can lead to anorexia.Do you struggle with painful feelings about yourself, as a person? We can have so much in our western world, but lack the one thing we most desire ? acceptance and a feeling of self worth!Tania was a beautiful teenage girl. She was given compliments, but felt unab...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Doctor, why cant i loose weight and by the way why do i feel sick?
- Doctor, Why Can't I Loose Weight and by the Way Why Do I Feel Sick? This the number one question heard in my office and in physicians' offices throughout America. There is a strong relationship between weight gain, difficulty in loosing weight and feeling sick. Candida Albicans, an opportunistic fungus, is often the link between weight gain, feeling ill and the difficulties people have with...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Your eight hormones and weight loss
- If you find this article helpful, please forward it to friends and relatives. There are many physical, mental, and physiological benefits to regular exercise. One category of benefits is the impact that exercise has on many of your body's hormones. Hormones are chemical messengers within your body that affect almost all aspects of human functio...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 10 weight loss and fitness myths
- WARNING: Don't weight train until after you've lost weight! No, no, no, no, pleeeeease don't believe that headline! That's one of the many myths associated with weight loss and fitness. If you're interested in losing weight and getting fit as quickly as possible, don't let these myths throw you off track; Myth #1 - Some fancy exercise ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Overweight - answering your critics
- There are those that walk amongst us who have followed all the advice, diligently dieted and exercised with genuine effort for long periods of time, yet still fail to lose their excess weight. Even more heartbreaking for those of us who genuinely struggle with obesity are the accusations of sloth and laziness from those thin people who eat junk all day long and show no physical sign of thei...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The jiggle effect on faster weight loss
- Exercise Physiologists who study the effects of exercise on weight loss, have determined that the "jiggling" or shaking of excess body fat when someone walks fast or jogs, in combination with the muscle contractions invlovled in that activity, causes weight loss. I call it the "jiggle effect". :) This effect is caused by chemical messengers in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Have you given up on weight loss?
- Have You Given Up on Weight Loss? by Greg Landry, M.S I receive several email messages every day from people who have given up on weight loss. They are at wits end and they don't know what to do. They've "tried it all" and they believe it's impossible for them to lose weight. Many of them have lost weight and gained it all back, and m...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Faster fat loss thats healthy
- I received a telephone call from a lady last week. Her first word was "heeeelp"! She was on a weight loss program and only losing about one half pound per week. She wanted to speed things up but didn't want to do anything that was unhealthy. Here's what I told her: If you're interested in losing fat, you're objective is to create a daily calo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 10 points of encouragement for weight loss
- On the road to weight loss, fitness, and health, you can easily become discouraged. In fact, discouragement is what leads many people to give-up when they may have been near a point of significant progress and encouragement in their program. I've put together my "top 10" points of encouragement to help keep your spirits high on yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Oxygen therapy for weight loss?
- The chemistry sounds very straightforward. Human body fat is a combination of three elements - hydrogen, carbon and oxygen molecules (plus other substances that are stored within the fat cells). Add extra oxygen to the body fat, and in theory it should break down into two well known substances: Hydrogen & oxygen molecules (H2O - water, which enters the blood stream, goes through the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Top 15 reasons to avoid low carb diets
- Low carb (carbohydrate), high protein diets are the latest dieting craze. However, before you jump on the band wagon, you may want to consider a few things: 1. Low carb (ketogenic) diets deplete the healthy glycogen (the storage form of glucose) stores in your muscles and liver. When you deplete glycogen stores, you also dehydrate, often causing the s...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Four big weight loss no-nos
- I've worked with hundreds of people who were interested in losing weight. Overthe years I've noticed four areas that I believe are particular hindrancesto weight loss. If your goal is to be successful at losing weight and keeping it off, avoid the "big 4" no-nos. #1 Big No-No: Not exercising on a daily basis. Daily exercise sends your metabolism through the r...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Calcium - the key to quick weight loss
- Are you dieting your way to bone loss?Are you aware that the diet you follow may be depleting your bones of essential nutrients and increasing your chances of developing osteoporosis? Popular diets may promise quick weight loss, but calcium and other important nutrients are often missing from the menu, which can lead to bone loss.And women who consistently limit what they eat to avoi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Losing weight is all about counting calories/carbs and exercising. or is it?
- Losing Weight is All About Counting Calories/Carbs and Exercising. Or Is It? 5 Tips to Consider When You Want To Lose Fat Forever.With two thirds of our population overweight (one third in the obese category), watching our weight is no longer something we are doing to look more appealing, or perhaps thinking about doing. It has become a necessary action to prevent disease and increased...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Action plan to take the weight off this year
- Addicted to Restaurants Are you addicted to restaurants? So are lots of Americans. What used to be a "treat," going out for dinner, has become more common that cooking at home, and we think we're better off? Think again. Restaurant eating, fast foods and highly processed foods are turning us into a nation of tubby's. It's time to take back control of our waistlines. You choose where...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Managing cravings with eft
- There are several ways to manage cravings. You can: Attempt to stop eating the food you crave entirely (out of sight out of mind). Modify your eating habits around a particular food, i.e. cut back on the quantity or how often you indulge. Use EFT to end the attachment you have to this particular food. 1. Stop Eating the Food you CraveEliminati...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Eating food just to be rid of it
- What to Do with the Leftovers?Okay, tell me if you've ever done this: It's Monday late afternoon. You decided yesterday that starting today you were going to 1) eat right, and 2) start to get regular exercise, and 3) give up all your bad habits. So, you're picking things up around the house and starting to notice all the little bits and pieces of leftovers from the past weekend. Namely, co...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Putting it off until im thinner
- I can't do that Until I Lose This Weight! If you don't enjoy the life you've got because you think you don't look good in shorts or you can't bring yourself to wear a bathing suit, you're doing nothing more than wasting your life for nothing. Maybe you don't look like a bathing beauty but who does? I've heard so many people tell me that they would give anything to be at a weight they once w...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to buy chocolate then forget to eat it
- Some Say I'm Strange. I Prefer to Think of Myself as Resourceful If you'd like to learn how to obtain quality chocolate, put it in a drawer and forget it's there, learn to use EFT and NLP techniques to conquer your emotional eating. That's what I've done, and it's such a freeing thing to be able to feel right with the world, be happy with myself, my shape, and not feel controlled by somethi...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Nothing more powerful than your words
- Telling yourself you have to "struggle with this weight issue for the rest of my life," is as good as telling yourself there's no point in trying. "Why bother? I'll just gain it right back. It's no use. I might as well eat more cake. Poor me. Life is hard. You know the drill. Life's a beach. Stop the struggle by stopping the self talk that supports the struggle. You've heard it before - wh...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Good food/bad food whats left to eat?
- We've entered the Twilight Zone when it comes to the multitude of diets being promoted today. Starting with the Atkins Diet, then the South Beach Diet, now the Hamptons Diet and more. All higher in protein, lower in carbs, but the distinction should be quality of carbs, not singling out one nutrient entirely. If you are on the Atkins Diet, South Beach Diet or any other variation of a high protein/...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - If youre eating high protein be informed about mad cow
- Finding Mad Cow in Oregon puts a new wrinkle in the high protein diet, doesn't it? What's a person to do that wants to eat more meat, not less? Are you Eating Less Meat Due to Mad Cow Disease? Not the people I've spoken with. Most are saying, "Yipee, beef's on sale!" The food industry has done a great job of convincing us they are providing a safe food supply and we've been lulled i...