Weight Loss Recipes: 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Smaller Portions More Fruit Among Easy Ways to Take Weight Off

Unfortunately a large percentage of us have some extra weight hanging around, but we rarely have time to exercise or make healthy meals, but there are several small changes you can make that will easily take the weight off.

Easy Ways to Take the Weight Off #1: Smaller Portions

This really is an easy way to take the weight off. It's just as easy to choose small portions as it is to choose large portions. When cooking food at home, serve smaller portions and take the leftovers and eat them for lunch the next day. When eating out at your favorite restaurants, request half portions of dishes. You'd be surprised at how many restaurants are willing to this. If the restaurant won't do this, ask for a box to put half the food in before you even start eating. If you leave the food on your plate, you'll be tempted to eat it all.

Easy Ways to Take the Weight Off #2: Eat More Whole Grains

This is a really easy thing to do to take off that extra weight. Instead of buying products that are made with enriched flours, get products that are made with whole wheat flour. You can get whole wheat tortillas, bread, pasta, and you can even get whole wheat cookies. You must read the labels though. Check the nutrition label and make sure the first ingredient is whole wheat flour, not enriched flour.

Easy Ways to Take the Weight Off #3: Eat More Fruit

I don't think people realize how easy it is to incorporate more fruit into their meals. You can easily get a few servings of fruit into breakfast by choosing the right foods. For example, I like to take a ? a cup of a cereal that has bran flakes, dried fruit, and almonds and put a light fruit yogurt over the top. Then I add a sliced pear and an 8 ounce glass of orange juice for even more fruit. This breakfast is not only healthy, but it's the type of meal that allows you to easily take the weight off.

Easy Ways to Take the Weight Off #4: Eat More Vegetables

Just like fruit, vegetables are really easy to add to meals. Most of the time, we simply don't think to add a vegetable to our meal. You may think that you don't need to add another vegetable because you have potatoes on your plate, but potatoes are a starch. This can be an easy way to take the weight off, if you keep frozen vegetables in your freezer. I highly recommend Steam Fresh Vegetables by Birdseye. These cook up in only 5 minutes and taste delicious.

Easy Ways to Take the Weight Off #5: Substitute Ingredients When Cooking

When cooking, it's really easy to substitute certain ingredients and not change the taste of your recipe. For example, Splenda is a wonderful sugar substitute and works well in most recipes.

Easy Ways to Take the Weight Off #6: Park Far Away from Buildings

If you think you don't have time for exercise, you're wrong. When you go shopping or even when you go to work, park as far away from the building as possible. Choose a parking spot that is located in the back of the parking lot. This really does help take the weight off. If you want another easy tip, take the stairs instead of the elevator.

Easy Ways to Take the Weight Off #7: Drink More Water

This can be a really easy way to take the weight off. Simply drinking more water really does help you to lose weight. The extra water will help to flush extra fat and calories out of your system. One thing you must remember is to not drink too much water which can be deadly.

Easy Ways to Take the Weight Off #8: Switch to Diet Drinks

You wouldn't believe how easy it is just to buy diet rather than regular pops. Simply by switching to diet pops you can take off 10 pounds. It does depend on how many pops you drink each day and if you drink a lot you may see a bigger weight loss than 10 pounds.

Easy Ways to Take the Weight Off #9: Play Sports

Playing sports is an easy way to take off the weight because playing sports is fun. You can get out and play with your kids or have a friendly game of basketball with your friends. You'll never realize that you're exercising.

Easy Ways to Take the Weight Off #10: Cleaning

This is something we already have to do, but most people don't realize that cleaning burns calories. So, if you want an easy way to take off the weight, get in there and clean that bathtub like you really mean it.

By Amy Brantley

The Quickest Weight Loss Healthy Looking Great Plan in History

To lose weight, be healthy, and look great, follow this:

Throw out or eat up all of the fattening foods that you have in the house. Never buy these again unless....you are having an uncontrollable craving that you have to satisfy. I'll cover this in more detail later.

After you have taken care of that, you'll be ready to move on.

On this plan, you will have a limitless amount of food choices to choose from every day! However, to keep a healthy balance, I have come up with what I call a otation plan. Eat a fruit, vegetable, carbohydrate, and a fat with every meal. I have outlined the amount below. However, with carbohydrates and fats, this will require more focus. With this plan, a food that has over 7 grams of fat per serving will count as a fat. If not, it will count as a carbohydrate, even if it is relatively low in the amount. If your food does not have a label, do a little research and find out what the ingredients are.

Fruits (moderate amount)

Vegetables (no limit)

Carbohydrates (minimal amount)

Fat (minimal amount)

Juice made from a juicer (moderate amount)

Water (no limit)

If you're still hungry after eating your meal, repeat with another fruit, then a vegetable, carbohydrate, and fat, until full. Follow the guide above- fruits (moderate amount), vegetables (no limit) and so forth. Of course, no 3 servings of pasta with five pieces of bread as your carbohydrate serving! Read the label and eat the serving amount only! This includes all beverages as well other than water.

Helpful hint: Healthy fats are avocados, nuts, seeds, and organic peanut butter. Not candy bars!

Exercise (aerobic) at least 20 minutes every day! Suggestions: Riding a bike, walking, etc.

Exercise some more (crunches) at least 5 minutes every other day (not counting resting in between)

Eat three meals a day! (No combining all three at once if you skip breakfast and lunch )

Eat your biggest meal at lunchtime. Then, begin to eat lighter and lighter as the day progresses.

When you feel a satisfied full, not a stuffed full, that's means stop eating! Wait about twenty minutes after you finish eating before deciding that you are not satisfied and continue to rotate. Only one serving of each per rotation. Keep rotating until full.

You can combine: If your sandwich has vegetables along with your fat and carb (the bread) then you have rotated everything successfully (except the fruit, which would be next).

Do not drink while eating!

Drink water all day every day.

Buy a juicer and juice three times a week. (The combination of six medium -sized carrots, one apple, one fourth of a medium-sized beet, and a handful of kale is best.) Juicing counts as one of your meals. (I suggest doing this for breakfast.)

If you like to snack, do it. Just remember to keep an eye on the serving size, then rotate. (For example, if you eat a serving of potato chips, and you want more, it will then be time to snack on carrots. )

Don't forget to follow the guide above for exercise!

Absolutely no food or drinks (except water) after 8 p.m.

Also, it is important to do a juice fast once a week. (See the juice recipe above.) This is the natural way of cleaning out your colon. Have as much juice as you like on your fasting day.

If you have a craving that you cannot control, and it's about to drive you crazy, satisfy it. Eat as much of hat fattening food as you want , but only do this once a week! This also applies if after 8 p.m., you drink anything other than water. This is your one get out of jail free card for the week.

In closing: If you skip any part of this plan, the whole thing is no good! Therefore, the plan itself did not fail, it was not properly followed! Also, you must be totally disgusted at yourself being overweight, and totally disgusted at other overweight people as well. This is the mindset of thin people. For example, if someone magically added 100 pounds to me, I would be so upset that I would fast until the weight was gone. This is the mindset that you need to have for sustained weight loss. Also, if you give in to the food, end the plan, and gain all your weight back, don't give up. You just aren't committed enough at this point in your life. But don't get frustrated. This diet plan will always be here for you when you're ready to really do it!

Have fun!

By John Ezell

Holiday Weight Loss Tips How to Lose Weight Before You Gain It

Before you know it, the holiday season will be here and, unfortunately for many people, so will the extra holiday weight--you know, that inevitable 10-15 pounds you gain every year between November and January. However, with a little planning, you can take a different approach. Why not try to lose a little weight before the holidays? That way, if you do gain a few pounds, you won't care as much. Here are a few suggestions:

1. Start a regular exercise program now.

By starting now, you will already be in the habit of working out by the time the holidays roll around. Research suggests that It only takes 21 days to form a new habit. So you have much better odds of continuing to exercise during the holiday season by getting a head start now. Exercising on a regular basis increases the muscle content in your body, and muscle burns more calories than fat. So, eating a few extra calories over the holidays won't cause you to gain as much weight if you're already exercising regularly.

If you enjoy working out at the gym, see if you can have a personal trainer help you design a good workout program. And, if you're not a gym person, set up your own regular exercise program that you do at home. Even just taking regular daily walks can be a big help when you're trying to keep from gaining weight.

2. Make a few immediate changes in your eating habits.

These don't have to be major changes. Just find something that you can do consistently without feeling overly deprived--something that will benefit your health and help you lose weight. For example, you might decide that you will not eat after 8:00 p.m. every night. Many experts say that the less you eat in the hours immediately before you go to bed the less weight you gain. By ingraining this habit into your lifestyle, you will do better during the holiday season. You will be used to eating less after a certain time at night so you will not feel comfortable breaking your habit and, therefore, you will be less likely to gain as much weight.

3. Buy yourself a new holiday outfit now or else promise yourself a new one when you have achieved a particular weight loss goal.

By rewarding yourself in advance, you will be more likely to avoid some of the extra food and drink during the actual holiday season. After all your hard work, you will want to be able to show off your figure in that new outfit. This will make it easier for you to eat less of those holiday goodies.

4. If you traditionally attend many parties at work or at other people's homes--and you normally bring a food item--find a new special recipe or item to bring with you.

Take one of your favorite recipes and find ways to make it less fattening. Experiment with healthier recipes. Find new ways to enjoy food without endangering your health or your weight. If appropriate, consider bringing a nice scented candle or flower arrangement--something that everyone can enjoy without any risk of gaining weight.

Realize that the holidays are a time that we typically celebrate with special foods and drinks. Find a way to make a few changes in advance so that you don't gain too much extra weight while enjoying your particular traditions. Then look forward to enjoying your holidays while feeling good about yourself at the same time.

By Jenny Evans Dunham

What Makes an Ideal Low Carb Diet

Low-carb diets are diet plans low in carbohydrate intake. These are designed to help the user control or lose weight as well as treat obesity. Carbohydrates are the body's first source of energy, when a low-carb diet is followed; it usually involves taking extra protein and fat to make up for the caloric deficiency of carbohydrates. The American Academy of Family Physicians provides the following definition of low-carbohydrate diets.

Low-carbohydrate diets restrict caloric intake by reducing the consumption of carbohydrates to 20g to 60g per day (typically less than 20 percent of the daily caloric intake). The consumption of protein and fat is increased to compensate for part of the calories that formerly came from carbohydrates.

The ideal low-carb diet should be one in which your diet is focused around maintaining a standard calorie intake, normal for your age, gender and height, but deriving those calories from sources other than carbohydrates, preferably protein. The reason why low-carb diets, like Atkin's Diet, are useful in weight loss is because they train the body to utilize its full calorie reservoir for energy. Carbohydrates, sugar, are the first to be digested by the body. When the body requires energy, the stored carbs are the first to go. Thus far, all's well. But when the stored carbs are used up and the body needs more energy, it again craves sugar. Hence the other stored nutrients such as fat never get used up. The result is a build up of fat cells in the body.

So what should be in your Low-Carb Diet? Here are a few essentials;

1. Commitment: your commitment to your own health is essential for your diet to succeed.

2. Balance: just because you're cutting on the carbs doesn't mean that your diet is or should be out of balance. Make sure your nutritional requirements are complete. Buy a nutritional table or some other source of authentic information about what kind of nutrients and how many calories are present in each kind of food.

3. Eat more Vegetables: vegetables are a great source of minerals, protein and vitamins. But avoid vegetables with starch such as corn or potatoes. Green leafy vegetables are an excellent source of nutrition. Mushrooms, avocados, cauliflower, etc are all great.

4. You Will be Taking Fats: since your body will be low on carbs, it will require more fats. The fats help it to run smoothly as well as fill the calorie deficiency caused by the absence of carbs. The only real danger is having a diet high on both carbs and fat. But fat means healthy fat, the kind found in olive oil, avocados, fish fat, flex seeds, etc.

5. Watch the protein: your protein intake should comprise about 35% of your total calorie count. This is a safe, healthy proportion. But go for the high quality protein such as white meat. Chicken, fish, etc are much better than beef, pork or other forms of read meat.

6. Cut out Beverages: avoid carbonated drinks like coke.

7. Low Carb Doesn't mean No Carb: remember you're on a low carb diet, your not trying to eliminate carbohydrates completely from your body. But as you increase the proportion of other nutrients in your diet, the share of carbs will go down. This means that you now have to make smarter decisions about the 'kind' of carbs you do eat. Firstly, don't waste the carb slot for the day by eating something distasteful. It's better to have a small portion of really tasty chocolate cake, rather than a big tasteless bar of chocolate or a small scoop of rich ice-cream. Secondly, go for high quality carbs such as nuts. You're body shouldn't feel tortured.

8. Brown is Healthier than White: don't go for refined grains. Brown bread is better than white bread, whole grain flour is better than white flour and brown sugar is better than white sugar.

By Johan Knutsson

Weight Loss Shake Recipes to Lose Weight Fast

There are many weight loss shake recipes to choose from. Typically, these shakes are made with protein powder, vitamins and minerals, and act as a meal replacement. You can either buy them from the store or make them yourself. Weight loss shakes are a great solution for those busy and on the go. It is better to drink a shake than to skip a meal.

Drink a shake in place of a meal and you will lose weight a bit faster. Be sure to visit your health food store and buy the protein powder to mix in. Other ingredients you will need is low fat yogurt, fresh or frozen fruit and even vegetables.

Here are a few weight loss shake recipes that are delicious and nutritious:

Chocolate Shake

For the chocolate lover in you, quench your chocolate desires with this yummy weight loss shake recipe.

1 regular size low fat vanilla yogurt

1 ripe banana

1 cup blueberries

1 scoop of protein powder

1 heaping teaspoon Cafix (coffee alternative)

1/2 teaspoon carob powder

dash cinnamon

Put it in a blender and mix it up.

Chocolate With Strawberries and Bananas

1 medium banana

? cup of fresh or frozen strawberries

1 low fat vanilla yogurt

1 1/2 teaspoon sugar free chocolate syrup

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Protein powder

4 ice cubes

Mix in blender and enjoy.

Energy Shake

Give your body a boost with this weight loss shake recipe:

Protein powder

16 ounces Skim Milk or 1 low fat yogurt (regular size)

2 Bananas

2 tablespoons low fat Peanut Butter

Mix in blender and enjoy.

Hopefully, this has sparked some ideas for you to get creative when making your weight loss shakes. Weight loss shakes are a great meal replacement and will help you lose weight faster.

By Kel Irene

Britney Spears Weight Loss Recipes Secret Revealed

Britney Spears the super star claimed to gained almost 19 kilograms during her pregnancy. She looses it in few weeks. How? Read this Article Youll See All.

The super star Britney Spears reportedly jumped from 54 kg to 73 kg during her pregnancy with her second child. After five weeks after giving birth to son Sutton Pierce, Spears has reportedly dropped amazing 12 kilograms - without a trainer, weight loss diet pills or a nutritionist. According to an employee at a store, the Toxic star gushed that she was a whole new size - an eight, and needed all new clothes.

Tip - To reduce weight you should use weight loss recipes and stick to a plan.

Spears Weight Loss Recipes Secret

Spears, who is working out six days a week, hits the treadmill each morning, followed by weight lifting and then does sit-ups in the evening. She is also taking off the excess weight with a diet of six small meals a day, ditching her love of fast food for healthy snacks like fruit, nuts and low-fat yogurt.

Tip - Small meal is a meal with less fat and sugar like weight loss recipes.

It's a fact - 95% of the people who go on conventional diets gain all the weight loss back and sometimes they end up fatter than when they started. But spears managed to keep the figure so far with out gain any weight.

One of the best ways to learn what you should eat every day on a fat loss diet is to identify which foods you shouldn't eat on a fat loss diet to weight loss. Then, by a process of elimination, you'll automatically improve your food choices; you'll discover which foods are most likely to turn to unattractive, mushy body fat, including the deadly fat-storing foods that you should almost NEVER eat.

by : David Cohen

Read The Truth About Weight Loss And Weight Loss Patches

Weight Loss Patches In Dealing With Obese, Is It For Real?

One of the worldwide problems is overweight or obese. It has reaches an epidemic level that need to be STOP. There are serious medical problems associated with obesity and these include gallbladder disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and osteoarthritis. The main cause for the obesity crisis is of course a sedentary lifestyle, not enough exercise and the eating a lot of high calorie foods. Millions of people around the world turn to natural weight loss program to help them lose weight such as exercise program, natural supplement program as well as hypnotizing. Weight loss patches is one of the program that we are going to discuss here.

What is weight loss patches?

It is one of the latest breakthrough and creative invention to help people lose weight. It is ideal for those who hate painful exercising as well as forgetful in using weight loss pills. It is one of those tiny patches that is to be placed on the wrist, arm or other smooth part of your skin. It is known as transdermal delivery in medical term.

It works through releasing a herbal or medical nutrients through the dermal layers of skin into the blood stream directly instead of being filtered through the liver. Its idea is to provide a consistent dose of medication over a long period of time. Once it is inside your bloodstream, it will increase your metabolism to burn more calories and decreasing your hunger resulting in natural weight loss.

With weight loss patches, you will experience lessen hunger pangs and other symptoms generally associated with weight reduction, and serves to jump-start your metabolism, dramatically increasing your bodys ability to burn fat.

Ads & Commercial on Weight Loss Patches. Does It Really works?

You can find many types or brand of weight loss patches in the internet. The question is how do you know which one is right for you?

You will never know unless you tried it out yourself. Losing weight is a decision not to be taken lightly. It needs a lot of commitment and sacrifices among each individual. Learn the secret from people who had succeeded and not from failures. Taking a first step is definitely difficult but once you put in a lot of effort, nothing is impossible.

Lose your weight now or you will never see the other side of your magnificent, slender & healthier body.

By: Jed Baguio

If You like Corned Beef and Cabbage Weight Loss Recipes

If you like corned beef and cabbage, you will love my shredded chicken and cabbage recipe. I am doing my best to get healthy right now. After losing 40 lbs right now and gaining back 10, I have a new resolve to reach my ultimate goal. To get closer to my journey, I filled my fridge with lots of healthy foods from the cancer prevention list (another fear of mine that probably will require therapy). Today I created a recipe I will call Mock Corned Beef and Cabbage.

Ingredients for Mock Corned Beef and Cabbage weight loss recipe
3 cups Shredded chicken (mine was leftovers from the roast chicken we had yesterday)
3 large onions
1 head of cabbage
Fresh peppercorn (in grinder)
Fresh sea salt (in grinder)
Olive Oil
1 tspn Pesto
Water

Equipment required for Mock Corned Beef and Cabbage weight loss recipe:
1 crock-pot
1 wok or saut? pan
(This equipment is not absolutely necessary, but helpful in cooking the food with as little oil as humanly possible)

Instructions for Mock Corned Beef and Cabbage weight loss recipe:
~Chop the cabbage creating bite-sized pieces, and put it in the crock-pot.
~Add 1 onion, salt, and pepper to taste. Then add more pepper. If you like red pepper flakes, add some of that too.
~Add 2 teaspoons of olive oil, set the crock-pot to high, and cover the pot.
~Stir after about 30 minutes.
~Let the cabbage cook for 2 or more hours until it starts to stick to the pot just a bit. (I like a couple of leafs to burn, it ads a nice flavor and eliminates the need for pork or fat.)
~Turn the crock-pot to warm and set aside.
~Next, put a few teaspoons of olive oil in the pan or wok.
~While the oil is heating, julienne the remaining 2 onions and add them to oil.
~Cook the onions until they caramelize, and then add the Pesto and chicken to the pan.
~Add salt and pepper to taste and saut? the mixture for 10 minutes until the oil cooks out.
~Next, add ? cup of water cover the pot with a lid. Allow to it to until the water is gone, approximately 10 minutes.

Serve the chicken mixture on top of the cabbage.

This makes six servings and has approximately 247 calories, 17 grams of fat and 22 (healthy) carbohydrates per serving.

This meal is quick and easy to make as most of the work is done while you are tending to other matters, if you use the crock-pot. The chicken takes little time to prepare.

Kids version of Mock Corned Beef and Cabbage weight loss recipe:
Leave out the cabbage, and serve the chicken on whole-wheat tortillas, with salsa cheese and raw spinach. My kids loved these chicken wraps!

By A. Hermitt

Free Quick Weight Loss Tips Lose Weight at a SUPERCHARGED Speed

Here are some free quick weight loss tips that will RAMP up the rate at which you lose weight. If you're desperate for some fast weight loss results, read this now.

Free Quick Weight Loss Tips

1. Drop water weight with this rick

The trick, well, it's kinda boring. It's drink more water each day. Wait, wait, wait. Before you stop reading, you must understand the reasoning about drinking more water.

You have a bunch of retained water your body is carrying around. You probably want to get rid of it, right? Well, you can drop 3-5 pounds of it within a few days by simply ricking your body out of it's survival mode. It thinks water is scarce, so it hoards it. If you drink 30+ more ounces of water each day, you body will be fooled into thinking there's a lot of water available so it's unnecessary to retain it. So the body flushes it out almost immediately.

2. Take fish oil pills

This is more a long term weight loss tip. I know you want fast weight loss, we all do. But to accelerate your short term results and make sure you continue to lose weight over the long term (as well as keeping it off), take the fish oil pills so that the Omega 3 Healthy Fats can do their job.

Your body is so deprived of these healthy fats to the point that once you give them to your body, your body does some amazing things. Seriously, as long as you get a quality fish oil pill, you will not only get weight loss results, but you'll pretty much help out any healthy condition you have or are worried about.

Use these 2 free quick weight loss tips and you'll lose weight fast and over the long term... you get the best of both worlds.

If you're SICK and TIRED of getting the same old boring weight loss advice... you know, like Eat more fruits and vegetables, drink 8 glasses of water, jog, and blah blah blah

By Jennifer Jolan

Weight Loss 8 Ways to Lose Your Weight

For a healthy person weight loss is simple: burn more calories than you consume. Your healthiest weight is determine by height to weight ratio or Body Mass Index (BMI) and the amount of fat in your body. Unfortunately over 60% of the North American population are considered to be overweight according to the BMI index because of unhealthy diet with foods high in saturated fat and trans fat, causing many diseases and becoming a heavy burden to our national heath care system.
For many people losing weight is easy, but keeping that lost weight is the big problem. In fact if you have a permanent weight loss plan, you will have no problem maintaining that lost weight.

I) Tips to Trick your Body Into Losing Weight
For many people losing weight is easy, but keeping that lost weight is the big problem. In fact if you have a permanent weight loss plan, you will have no problem maintaining that lost weight.
Here are some tips that may help and you might want to keep them in mind in daily diets.

1.Replace high density with Low nutrition density foods
Low density food such as fruits and vegetables are bulky, filling and contains less calories meaning it can help you lose weight and control your hunger. By consuming fewer calories, you can lose weight over time and keep it off forever.

2. Fluff up your foods
Food with extra air whipped has fewer calories. Study shows that people drinking longer air whipped milkshake consume 28% less calories than normal milkshakes, because milkshake blended longer adds air and volume.

3. Foods to avoid
Avoid eating foods that are high in saturated and trans fat. Dip fried foods can contain high calories and any extra fat will be stored away for future use, causing weight gain. Also saturated fat and trans fat might cause arteries to clogg up with bad cholesterol, resulting in heart diseases.

4. Limit food variety
An overload of food will make you go beyond fullness just because you want to taste everything. Limit only a few selection of snacks in your house so you will eat less, because you will get tired of the same old foods.

5. Replace high calorie drink with low calorie beverages or water
Study shows that you can put on weight without realizing by drinking high calorie beverages, because high calories beverages go right through your stomach with out registering it. Therefore you might intake a lot of calories, but your stomach will still feel hungry.

II) Lose Weight With Foods Containing High Amount of Fiber
Since fiber improves large intestine function and keeps the muscles of the large intestine strong, it speeds up the transit time of food and increases the size of stool (fecal bulk), thereby helping prevent constipation and hemorrhoids. Foods that contain fiber are typically low in fat and therefore it is a very important component in weight control as well.
In this article we will discuss why foods containing high amounts of fiber can eventually make you lose weight.

1. Foods high in fiber offer more food per calories
Since most fiber can not be digested in your stomach, they have a negative calorie effect. Fiber also help to trick your stomach into feeling full with less calories than you would normally eat.

2. Prolong your meal
High fiber foods require lots of chewing and swallowing. Therefore it takes longer for you to finish your meal.

3. Fill up your stomach
Water soluble fiber absorbs water from your stomach and forms a kind of gel that swells up, causing receptors in your stomach to signal your brain that you are still full and no longer need to eat.

4. Stabilizes blood sugar
Foods containing high fiber such as whole grain, and dried bean release their sugar slowly into blood streams thus supporting blood glucose stability to help weight loss. Also a high fiber meal can affect blood sugar's response to the next meal, keeping your blood sugar more stable throughout the day.

5. Boost your Hormones
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1, a small protein that is naturally produced in the human body and can slow the digestive process and giving a sense of fullness, causing you to lose weight.

6. Block some calories
Fiber blocks the absorption of calories and enhances your body's absorption of nutrients. Study shows that a diet containing only 20 grams of fiber a day absorb 8% more calories than a diet containing 48 grams of fiber.

III. How to lose Weight with Foods Substitution
The healthiest weight is determine by height to weight ratio or Body Mass Index (BMI) and the amount of fat in your body. Unfortunately over 60% of the North American population is considered to be overweight, according to the BMI index. We also have discussed the negative weight loss in the article Foods make you lose weight. In this article we will to discuss how to lose weight with food substitutions in your diets.

1. Dip fried food is crunchy and tasty, but it contains lots of saturated fat that causes arteries to build up with cholesterol, heart disease and unhealthy weight gain. You can avoid these by steaming, stirring and consuming more cold water fish.

2. Adding one teaspoon of hot pepper and mustard to every meal will raise metabolic rate by as much as 25 percent.

3. Replace the cream in your recipe with low fat sour cream or low fat evaporated milk.

4. Don't smother your baked potato with butter or sour cream. Replace it with salsa or low fat chili.

5. Use olive oil or canola oil instead of animal oils or vegetable oils.

6. Add nuts in your diet. Nuts tend to be high in fat and nutrition, so include them in your diet but do not overdo it.

7. Substitute mungbean paste for butter in peanut butter cookies to lower fat and increase fiber.

8. Serve meat or poultry with cranberry sauce, salsa and skip the gravy.
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9. If you don't eat your foods while walking, driving or watching television, you will eat less and enjoy your foods

10. Put spinach on your sandwich instead of lettuce, since spinach is more nutritious.

IV. How to Lose Weight with Herbs
As we mentioned in the other articles, weight loss is simple: burn more calories than you consume. If you have a healthy diet plan that contains alot of fruits, vegetables, less meat and dairy foods andare low in saturated and trans fat, it will help you to lose weight and keep it off longer. In this article, beside some other diet plans, we find that some herbs can help you to lose weight and keep it off forever:

1. Fennel seeds
Fennel is known to metabolize and throw off fatty substances through the urinary tract. It has a spicy smell and is rich in vitamin A that helps to improve eyesight. Fennel seeds also aid in digesting and promotes the functioning of the liver, kidneys, and spleen, thereby ensuring the healthy processing and elimination of dietary fat.

2. Cleavers
Cleavers is one of the most well known tonics available to assist the lymphatic system with the healthy clearing of waste and toxins and is an excellent detoxifying agent. Cleavers are not known to lesson the appetite but rather accelerate the fat metabolism.

3. Raspberry leaves
Red Raspberry leaves are very beneficial to the health of many people. Red Raspberry leaves can be used to treat a wide variety of problems. Beside having a reputation as a weight loss aid, raspberry leaf tea is said to help control diarrhea, nausea and help pregnancy, delivery and post delivery easier for the mother.

4. Japanese Green tea
Drinking 3 to 5 cups of green tea at each meal will help to boost your metabolism, which means burning more calories faster.

5. Burdock Roots
Burdock root helps to increase carbohydrate metabolism, and aid the healthy pituitary gland in the regulation of hormones and body weight because of its cleansing and detoxifying abilities.

6 Chickweed
Chickweed was commonly used as a wash for soothing sore eyes, while the leaves were used to ease cuts and sores. It contains high amounts of Vitamin C, protein, flavonoids, phytosterols and glycosides as well. Chickweed may be beneficial to weight loss when included in a healthy lifestyle, proper diet and exercise.

7. Chlorella
Chlorella helps to restore the natural balance of the body and aids any weight loss program by stimulating peristalsis in the intestines.

8. Royal Jelly
Royal jelly is a milky secretion from worker honey bees that's fed to the queen bee to stimulate her growth and development. Royal Jelly has also been said to improve athletic and sexual performance, slowing down the aging process and promoting weight loss.

There are more herbs that have the same affects in losing weight such as cinnamon, etc.

V. How to Lose Weight with Common Sense Approach

Together with a healthy diet and consuming more of fruits, vegetables and meat and dairy foods that are low in saturated and trans fat would help you to lose weight and keep it off longer. Be sure to talk to your doctor before you would like to start any weight loss program.
Here are some common sense approaches that might help you to lose weight:

1. Don't skip your breakfast
Skipping meals will only cause you to eat more in the next meal. After a long period of hunger, your stomach triggers the brain to release more chemicals that ask you to eat more (more than 2 meals combine) in the next meal.

2. Follow the BMI index
According to the National Institution of Health, the definition of healthy weight is a BMI of 24 or less. Men and Women with a BMI of 25-30 are considered to be overweight. BMI is reliable for people from 19-70 years of age. Study reveals that for people over 64 years of age, the risk of dying from heart disease does not go up with a BMI between 25-27. A BMI over 28 seems to increase risk of heart disease.

3. Slowly and Surely
Change your lifestyle habits slowly. Each day replace some of the saturated and trans fat foods
with healthier foods.
Start Exercising gradually. Walk 10 minutes a day for a few days then 15 minutes, 30 minutes. Keep going until you work your way up to doing a supervised exercise program. Be happy if you lose 2 to 3 Lbs a week.

4. Stay Moderately active
Sitting in front of the computer or television all day will increase the risk of arthritis, type II diabetes, obesity, heart diseases, and depression.

5. Shopping parking
Parking your car at the far end of the parking lot will help you to burn more calories. If you calculate the calories which you burn from all the trips that you take such as mall shopping, grocery shopping, working, picking up the kid from school, you will be surprised. Each mile will burn somewhere around 125 calories.

6. Moderate intake of alcohol
Moderate drinking of alcohol beverages containing no fat, no cholesterol, and very little sodium and is often associated with weight loss in women. Moderate consumption of alcohol is associated with better health and longer life. Drinking a cup of red wine for women and two cups for men daily will help increase blood circulation and decrease risk of heart attack.

7. Study shows that eating chicken soup with rice and drinking water together before meal will help to curb your appetite.

VI. How to Lose Weight with Mediteranean diet
As we mentioned in the other articles, for a healthy person weight loss is simple: burn more calories than you consume. The healthiest weight is determine by height to weight ratio or Body Mass Index (BMI) and the amount of fat in your body. Unfortunately over 60% of the North American population is considered to be overweight, according to the BMI index. There must be something wrong with our diet. In faraway places such as Southern Italy and Greek, most people live longer than us because their diet contains lots of fruits and vegetables. The People in Southern Italy and Greek only eat fish and poultry a few times a week and meat a few times a month. Their diet is high in carbohydrates and only containing 8% of saturated fat.
You can find some very good traditional Greek foods in you local restaurants.
Here are some meals that I found very different than our diet:

1. Savor souvlaki
Also known as shish kebob, it contains a large amount of vegetables and a small amount of meat. This is a meal with an average of about 300 calories and only 10 grams of fat with 1/5 of fat being saturated.

2. Pita Bread sandwich
Pita bread sandwich includes hefty raw vegetable, some meat, feta cheese and cucumber sauce. It contains roughly 800 calories with 45 grams of total fat and half of that are saturated.

Unfortunately, under the influence of western diet, some of the meals that we found is no longer really Greek foods. They are high in meat and saturated fat, therefore please do not assume that all Greek restaurant are original Mediterranean diet.

Here are 2 recipes of original Mediterranean diet that not only helps you to lose weight but also reduces your high blood pressure and bad cholesterol level in result of lowering risk of heart diseases and strokes.

1.Sauce of yoghurt with dill ( Sources from Ellaia)

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Sauce of yoghurt with dill
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300 gm. yoghurt with low water content
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1 spoonful dry dill
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1 clove garlic, salt, pepper
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2 spoonfuls olive oil ELLAIA
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1 spoonful lemon juice.
* We pulp the garlic in a mortar with little salt.
In a deep bowl we strike yogurt with garlic, the dill and the pepper and we continue with the olive oil and the lemon until they are mixed well. We maintain the mixture in the refrigerator. Accompanies vegetables and green salad.

2. Meat with plums ( Sources from Ellaia)

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1,5 kg meat (pork, lamb, beef or even chicken)
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1 onion
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salt, pepper, nutmeg
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1 cinnamon stick
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5-6 clovesjuice of 2 lemons
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2-3 spoonfuls olive oil ELLAIA
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Half kg plums
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1 cup almonds
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2 spoonfuls sugar or honey
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Wash the meat and cut it in portions. We put it in a basin and throw on the onion in big particles, salt, pepper, the cinnamon, cloves, the nutmeg and the juice of lemon. We leave the meat to be marinated for 2-3 hours and meanwhile we wet the plums in water in order to absorb water and also the almonds in order to be peeled easily. We put the olive oil in a saucepan and saut? the meat. We douse with the marinade liquid, we add 1-2 glasses hot water and we boil the meat in low temperature, until it gets soft. We put inside also the plums, the almonds and the honey or the sugar and we leave them to boil for a few minutes.

Finally we will provide you with a Mediterranean diet food list. It contains cheese, eggs, fish and sea food, fruits, grains, legumes, nuts, olive oil, red wine, vegetables and yogurt.
On the top of the pyramid contains meat, poultry and on the lower broader base, there are dairy products, oils, fruits and vegetables.

VII. How to Lose Weight With Fiber
Fiber is the portion of plant material that humans are not able to digest. There are two kinds of dietary fiber, soluble and insoluble. Both are important for proper bowel function. Soluble fiber dissolves in water, forming a gel in the intestines. Insoluble fiber passes through the digestive system almost intact, adding bulk to the stool and acting as a sponge to absorb water. If you have gone through all kinds of diet plans or programs such as diet pills and supplements, and despite all your efforts you can't seem to lose weight, then you might be not eating enough fiber.
Study shows that people eat as much as 60% of fiber everyday, 85% are in ideal weight. In the US they only average about 15% of fiber being consumed per person, this may be the the cause of obesity of 60% of adults.
Here are some foods that are high in fiber:

1. Dried Bean
Dried bean is high in fiber and contains proteins. Fiber-rich dried beans like some other complex carbohydrates make you more likely to feel full sooner. Therefore, it is an ideal food for weight loss. Also a diet high in fiber can reduce the risk of colon cancer, as well as cholesterol levels that we know may cause heart diseases.

2. Acai Berry
Acai Berry is filled with vitamins and minerals that can aid in weight loss, building muscle and increasing overall energy. Acai berry helps to increase your calorie consumption rate such as burning more calories doing the regular chores and exercises. This increased metabolism rate leads to substantial weight loss.

3. Whole Grain Products
Whole grain cereals are very nutritional as they are a good source of vitamins, phytochemicals, and minerals that are needed in your day-to-day life. Whole grain products generally take a longer time to digest, and thus gives a feeling of fullness that discourages a person under a weight loss program from overeating. This is how it basically helps in weight loss.

4. Broccoli
Broccoli not only has low calories, but is also inexpensive. Broccoli is one of the tastiest and healthiest vegetables, and it's readily available year-round. Broccoli helps you lose weight because they are high in fiber and water, so you get a lot of food for a few calories.

5. Celery
Celery has a high concentration of calcium that ignites your endocrine system. The hormones help to break up the accumulation of fat build up, resulting in weight loss.

6. Spinach
Spinach is a dart green, negative calories vegetable. It is an excellent source of powerful disease fighting antioxidants and a good source of iron, vitamins and minerals. Spinach is loaded with fiber and one cup of steamed spinach has only 42 calories.

7. Nuts and Seeds
Nuts and seeds are high in protein, nutrients and fiber. It contains lots of Omega fatty acids which means nuts and seeds can get you to feel more full and keep you from overeating in result of weight loss.

by : Kyle J. Norton

A Meal that Will Make You Lose Your Appetite for 7 10 Days

eed to lose weight, fast? Here's something that may help; a recipe that made me lose my appetite for about a week. At the end of a long day I find myself wandering aimlessly around the grocery store when I get a great idea. I needed to use up the defrosted Hatch green chile in the fridge. In my delirium, I went through the convenience noodle aisle and said, Yum! spicy Hamburger Helper, Cheesy Macaroni with Green Chilei!

To call myself a vegetarian, would make me a big, fat liar. Let's just say I go for long stretches of time without eating meat, once it lasted five years. I am not a vegetarian, but five days often pass without me eating any meat. My on and off vegetarianism began about 20 years ago, when I was 14.

Some people can't bear the thought of life without meat. Others go vegetarian and can never imagine eating meat again. If it happens accidentally, they will attest to the fact that it makes them physically ill. What's my problem? I'm not sure.

I still buy into the vegetarian ideology, but there are several of reasons that I gave up on strict adherence. One reason was poverty. I found that I could save precious pennies if I didn't turn my nose up at free food that may contain meat or meat products. Such free food was available in kitchens of restaurants that I waited tables in, on the table at mom or grandma's house, and at various social functions.

When traveling for work or pleasure, I've found that beyond French fries or a sad, pale iceberg-lettuce salad, the available restaurants near my hotel don't offer many nutritional vegetarian options. The last problem I had with being a strict vegetarian is that I didn't have that much time to put into nutritional considerations. My skin, hair, and nails seemed to all improve when I incorporated a bit of meat back into my diet.

Beyond any of the other reasons to not eat meat such as the environment, ethical treatment of animals, or health benefits, I just don't want to eat it because there are so many things about it that I think are disgusting. Even though I do it sometimes, I have accumulated too much vegetarian propaganda in my mind to ever feel good about eating meat. My grandfather was employed by Swift for umpteen years, but I've never stepped foot in a slaughterhouse. I have read Upton Sinclair's, 'the Jungle.' A visit to a slaughterhouse would probably permanently render me a pompous, holier than thou vegetarian.

I'll eat a free, meat-laden meal, and avoid thinking about it. I'll avoid the thought of the hundreds of different cows ground together to make my hamburger and of all the things that might be contaminated in the process.

Sometimes, when my body gets down to whatever nutrients I may be lacking from my primarily vegetarian diet, maybe when I should look to an organic filet of grass-fed/free-range something or another, instead I look to Church's friend chicken. A few bites later and my craving has often been cured for another month.

If I'm eating meat, 97% of the time, it means that somebody else has cooked it. It doesn't matter if it is my mom, a three star chef, or a pimply 16-year old drop-out at Churches, anybody else must cook it but me. I don't like it's slimy, cold, greasy feel. It never smells right, so I'm always certain it's at least slightly rancid.

That's not to say that I am not a good cook most of the time and even with a rare inspiration to cook meat. I must have been high on sleep deprivation and jet fuel when I thought this one up.

The other night when the Hamburger Helper caught my eye, I must have been working up the slight protein deficiency that makes me want to eat meat one in a while. I thought hamburger helper, cheeseburger macaroni, substitute ground turkey (to make it slightly less unhealthy), and for some heat: New Mexico Hatch Green Chile.

This meal went wrong in so many ways.

I was worried the Hatch Green Chile in my fridge had been around too long. I've heard it is possible to get food poisoning from New Mexican green chile past it's prime. With the same batch I'd made some perfect, restaurant-style chile rellenos and breakfast burritos. I wanted to make another batch of chile rellenos, but the chiles just fell apart when I tried to stuff then with cheese. They may have been harboring salmonella, but I chopped them up and threw them into my goulash.

I had to handle and cook the ground turkey myself, which might have psyched me out from enjoying this meal at all.

Once I get a whiff of raw poultry, I can never tell if it smells right.... Hamburger Helper, slightly rancid green chile.. Who knows what ground turkey is supposed to really look like?

What other culinary genius would throw a box of Hamburger Helper into the shopping cart in the first place?

If I had read the box while still in the grocery story, I would have noticed that it required 1 ? cups of MILK. I almost never have meat in the house. Milk? From a Cow? Are you kidding me!? I'm not afraid to say that I love to eat cheese and vegans, but when it comes to milk straight up, I am somewhat lactose intolerant.

If you aren't ready to throw up yet, throw some 'Silk' vitamin-enhanced soy milk, in with the rancid Hatch New Mexican Green Chile, ground whole turkey with feathers, and Hamburger Helper.

As my concoction congealed into the pan, I wondered, Is it just me or does this smell as gross as it looks?

Taking a few bites, I tried to give it a chance. I swear I could taste crushed up bone particles in the turkey.

I tested it out on the dog to see if she thought it was edible. She didn't have a problem with it, but rather than possibly disrupt her gastro-intestinal balance, I opted to throw the whole pan in the trash. After she didn't keel over, I determined that I would probably make it for at least another week.

In the following week, I did lose ten pounds. I don't know if I can attribute my weight loss to hypochondria and meat-eating related paranoia or to food-born illness. If you need to drop a dress size fast, you know what to do.

Until the next time I get really hungry and confused..

By Summer Day Escobar-Finklestein

Michael Thurmond's 6 Week Body Makeover for Weight Loss

Michael Thurmonds 6 Week Body Makeover is a weight loss program that has been developed over a fifteen-year period. This weight loss system is presented online and in infomercials. The 6 Week Body Makeover is available online for approximately $100. You can find it on ebay, on the Provida website, as well as other online stores. Do a search and shop around.

Michael Thurmonds 6 Week Body Makeover is an interesting blueprinting system in which you answer a series of specific questions then are assigned a Body Type (A, B, C, etc) based upon your answers. Your eating plan is completely customized based on your body type. You customize a binder with specific information for your body type. You will be provided with a very specific eating plan to follow balancing proteins, carbohydrates, vegetables, and fruits, again based upon your body type. Foods are grouped accordingly (A, B, C). The best foods are your A foods. They are the leanest proteins and healthiest veggies and fruits and carbs. Your Food Plan is specific and strict. There are certain foods you have to eat at certain times - breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, mid-afternoon snack, and dinner, evening snack is optional. A wonderful resource are the forums on the 6 Week Body Makeover website. I think its crucial to your success to check out the recipes on the forums. Youll find that there are numerous meal ideas within the confines of the food choices in your food selections.

You then continue customizing your binder by blueprinting your body and customizing body-sculpting exercises that target the specific areas of need. Aerobic exercise is crucial to the success of your Body Makeover. The body-sculpting exercises are done with exercise bands, the toning exercises in the binder as well as a video that demonstrates how the sculpting exercises are done.

The balance of the right foods, exercise and lots of water (at least 100 ounces a day) is a guarantee for success. The forums on the 6 Week Body Makeover website offer support for: newbies, success stories, motivation, problems and challenges, food and eating, travel and eating out, body sculpting, recipe exchange, and the specific body types. The communities that form on the forums are a wonderful network of people who are going through the same trials and tribulations as you. The recipe exchange is quite possibly the key to keeping you POP (Perfect On Plan). Too often people fall off track because they find the foods boring and restrictive. If they are willing to make that 100 percent commitment then they will see success.

The biggest downfall is that the 6 Week Body Makeover is really a total lifestyle change. There is no turning back to the old ways of eating or you are asking for failure and weight gain. One more important fact about Michael Thurmond's 6 Week Body Makeover eating plan - No Sugars, No Fats, No Caffeine, and No Dairy products. I'm not sure if the 6 Week Body Makeover is realistic because of how restrictive the plan is for people. Though it's worth a short since there are thousands of people who have been successful on Michael Thurmond's 6 Week Body Makever!

By Renee Bodkin

How to Stop Dieting and Reclaim Yourself With the Law of Attraction

If you are ready to shed some pounds but the concept of limited food choices is less than appealing and weight loss programs focused on what you can't do or have tend to encourage tantrums from your inner two-year old, read on. You are not alone - diets don't work!

So, if dieting isn't the answer to shedding pounds, what is?

How about a program that teaches you to honor and nourish all aspects of yourself - physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally - so you can heal past hurts and expand your capacity to love yourself and others, all while achieving your weight loss goals? The Journey to WOW - Choose Health NOW? program, based on the Law of Attraction, will do just that.

You may have heard about the Law of Attraction through the book and DVD, The Secret, featured in many media channels including Oprah, Larry King, and USA Today. Simply put, the Law of Attraction is a universal law that states like attracts like. This means, as explained in Michael Losier's book, The Law of Attraction: I attract into my life whatever I give my energy, attention, and focus to, whether positive or negative. Our minds are powerful. Too often, we unconsciously use this power to create negative thoughts that sabotage our efforts to make positive changes in our lives. The Conscious Transformation ProcessTM, a method I developed for my clients that is integral to the Journey to WOW program, teaches you to harness the power of your mind to create your ideal body in a constructive, life-affirming way through the following five steps:

1. Ask the universe for what you want. Get really clear about all the attributes and characteristics of what you want. What do you want to experience as a healthy person? What will it look like? What will it feel like?
2. Align your thoughts, beliefs, and words with your desires. Use affirmations, visualization, guided imagery, vision boards and even movies you create with affirmations and pictures. Feel how great you will feel when you are at your ideal weight.
3. Act upon inspiration and in congruency with your desires. Adopt the behaviors of health conscious individuals. You can't ask to be healthy and then eat a dozen cookies. If you truly want to release weight, then eat appropriate portions, exercise regularly, hydrate yourself and be mindful about your actions. Say to yourself I'm in control of my choices; is this what I choose?
4. Account for your actions. Don't adopt too many new behaviors at one time. Choose to incorporate 2 - 3 new behaviors every 14 to 21 days. Then keep track every day of whether you were successful in adopting that new behavior that day.
5. Allow your desires to manifest. Believe in your ability to create a healthy body for yourself, and then detach from the outcome. Don't get on the scale every day, just let it happen gradually!

You can, once and for all, throw dieting out the window and achieve your perfect healthy body. As you begin to experience success, your confidence will soar, and you will feel a heightened sense of joy and well-being. So forget dieting. Allow the Law of Attraction to help you create the life you truly want.

By Pat Altvater

Vegetarian Diet Menu Ideas Snack Ideas

Snack ideas
1 Small cup of Yogurt
2 Small/medium fruit (1 cup frozen green grapes is great!)
3 Lite butter flavor popcorn (great sprayed with ICBINB spray!)
4 Baked lays chips
5 Pretzels
6 Raw veggies with lite or fat free dip/dressing
7 Trail mix (1/2 cup cheerios, ? cup puffed rice cereal, ? cup puffed wheat cereal, ? cup chocolate chips, 1/2 -3/4 cup raisins, ?- ? cup dried cranberries ? cup good nuts- mix togethereat about ? cup of made mix.

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or nutritionist. I just wanted to share what I came up with that made me lose weight. If you're stuck in a rut, try this for a week, and see if you lose anything. You should always consult your doctor before starting any weight loss plan.

By Nicole

Easy Ways to Succeed with Weight Watchers

The Weight Watchers program is one of America's most popular diet programs; its ongoing success can be attributed to the points system, as well as the weekly meetings where dieters keep track of their progress and interact with fellow dieters and coaches. The program began with a community-based focus with Weight Watchers centers stationed all around the country, and now many dieters turn to online resources to learn, review recipes, design their program, and meet other dieters who have resolved to lose the weight for good. Whether you're just starting out, or need to brush up on the basics of losing weight, here are some easy ways to succeed with Weight Watchers:

Succeed with the Weight Watchers program by Joining an Online Community
The Weight Watchers website offers a community segment where you can connect with other dieters. This can serve as a virtual support group for those really tough days when you need to vent. Sharing tips, narrowing down a specific recipe, or just raving about your success is all possible with an online support group. The online community can be even more important if you're not planning on attending Weight Watchers meetings in-person.

Lose weight with Weight Watchers by Staying within 5 Points of Your Recommended Point Level
Your daily point allotment is determined by your weight, and you need to either meet this amount or fall just below it in order to start losing weight. Plan on staying within a 5 point range so you don't become obsessed with just one number; this will give you a little freedom to eat a little more or a little less on some days, but still stay on track for the long term.

Succeed with the Weight Watchers Program with a Journal
Journaling is a valuable activity for all types of weight loss program as it can help you stay accountable for your actions. The benefit using a journal during the Weight Watchers program is you'll be able to track, log, and monitor your daily points with ease; this information can also help you identify good and bad phases of your diet and fine-tune it accordingly.

Lose weight with Weight Watchers with a Regular Exercise Routine
Regular exercise is recommended for a healthy lifestyle, and is even more important when you're following a weight loss program. The Weight Watchers program encourages some form of daily exercise, and you can keep track of this in your journal or a separate exercise log.

Succeed with the Weight Watchers program by Cooking Your Own Food
While the convenience of pre-packaged meals and snacks can provide value, you'll be able to enjoy meals that are much more satisfying if you've made them yourself. The Weight Watchers website features dozens of healthy recipes with nutritional information and points included; you can choose from these, or review hundreds of blogs and websites of Weight Watchers dieters who are sharing their latest menus.

Lose Weight with Weight Watchers by Stocking Up on Food Substitutes
Many Weight Watchers recipes call for Splenda, cooking spray, and butter substitutes. Make sure you read up on potential side effects of these foods so you can make the best decision for your health. If you're not comfortable using processed food substitutes in your recipes, consider turning towards an all-natural or organic approach in your cooking. There are many vegetarian recipes that can be modified with organic ingredients available for Weight Watchers dieters.

Succeed with the Weight Watchers Program by Shopping with a List
As you begin to learn the different points and nutritional values of various foods, a trip to the grocery store can be overwhelming. Avoid spending hours trying to calculate all your meals by planning ahead with a list. The easiest way to do this is to make a list of menus you'll be using throughout the week, then break it down by ingredient. Consult your Weight Watchers points guide for only these items if you need to, then head to the store with peace of mind!

Lose Weight with the Weight Watchers Program by Drinking Water throughout the Day
This is a good habit for dieters and non-dieters alike, and can really help you stick with your Weight Watchers diet program. Drinking water helps you stay full and also keeps the body in balance; when you're losing weight, flushing out toxins is an important part of the process. Drinking enough water is essential to flush out toxins and keep your body performing at an optimal level.

From logging your points to building a support network online, there are many ways to be successful with your Weight Watchers diet program. At the very least, keep track of your goals and progress with a journal and build up on your success every step of the way!

Permanent Weight Loss with Raw Food Diet

Major weight loss, and permanent weight loss, are possible with a raw food diet, says Philip McCluskey, 31. At 5-10, he used to weigh in at 400 pounds and tried many diets and other weight loss attempts; none worked until he tried a raw food diet for weight loss. In a little over two years, McCluskey has lost 200 pounds of fat. He is now a raw food coach and motivational speaker, and CEO of lovingraw.com.

The secret to overcoming obesity, and experiencing healthy weight loss, is the raw food diet, says McCluskey, of Danbury, Connecticut. He'd been overweight his entire life: going from chubby to overweight to obese to morbidly obese to 400 pounds. I was never trim. Previous attempts at weight loss include: Weight Watchers, the Atkins diet, blood type diet, and diet pills. Diets are designed to fail, says McCluskey.

He had also tried a vegetarian and even vegan diet, nutrition counseling, hypnotism, exercise videos, personal training, martial arts and gym memberships. I asked McCluskey some key questions about his raw food diet weight loss success.

Did you ever consider gastric bypass surgery?

I thought the only thing for me would be this surgery. I went through a month of tests to satisfy my insurance company to have this done. Literally every heart test, kidney, overnight sleep apnea, etc. I finally got approved to have it done and at the last minute something inside me say, Don't do it. I decided to listen to that voice.

How did you come to try a raw food diet?

I read something online about raw foods. So I googled it and found a book called Raw Family, which showed how four family members all overcame disease with this diet. I decided if they could do it, so could I. I literally went from a fast-food lifestyle to a 100% raw foodist overnight.

What exactly is the raw food diet?

Raw vegans avoiding all meat, dairy, eggs, breads, and pasta from their diet. They also do not eat any cooked, processed, and often conventional produce as well. My diet is basically uncooked fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and seaweed. That's it!

aw foods contain enzymes which help in the digestion process. By eating living foods you don't have to use your own enzymes, helping you live longer. Switching to a raw food lifestyle has helped people all over the world overcome illness, disease, and live a more vibrant and energetic life.

Why did the raw food diet work so well for you?

I saw results. I lost 100 lbs in the first year without even exercising (not that I promote that.) I started to eat less and felt so much energy. I wasn't falling asleep during work anymore. I went from a place of dying to a place of living. My bones weren't as sore, my acid reflux went away, and the weight literally fell off.

Don't you miss the foods you previously ate?

I don't miss any of the foods I ate before. Much of them don't even look like food to me anymore. By taking in the proper nutrients that my body needs, I lost the taste for so many of the other foods that are often just empty calories.

Are you ever hungry?

Surprisingly, no. I thought I would be, but the amazing thing is that when you eat foods that are living, you get a higher amount of vitamins, nutrients, and minerals, and you body actually needs less food because you are getting what you really need. That is why when you eat a McDonalds burger, many times people get hungry an hour afterwards, mainly because they really haven't had anything with any nutritional value.

How does a person make a raw food diet interesting, since food choices are limited?

The spectrum of foods is much greater than you could imagine. You can make so many amazing foods that are raw. There are hundreds of raw food restaurants now across the world that cater to this lifestyle. From mock lasagnas, burgers, ice cream, and chocolate. It's easy to make crackers in your home, nut pates, smoothies, shakes, juices, etc. A little creativity and maybe a raw food recipe book, and you would be shocked at what is available to make.

By Jillita Horton

Seven Weight Loss Tricks to Help You Drop Pounds Now

Here is how to lose fat with a few of simple weight-loss tricks. This has nothing to do with diet pills, going to the gym or doing some intense, extreme diet. Here is a way to get a tighter, firmer you!

1. Choose your snacks wisely. Too many overweight people use junk food for snacks. These people eat so badly in the morning and afternoon that they need the quick energy from the sugars in them. So, eat many apples and low calorie yogurts for your snacks.

2. To lose pounds fast. It does not matter what exercise you do, just be sure to mix in high-intensity and fast-paced intervals with slower-paced and low-intensity intervals. With any equipment you use, practice high intensity interval training. With this method, your body will melt away the inches.

3. Stress each day and lack of proper sleep each night, will cause your body gain weight. Even with a good diet and regular exercise, you will not lose weight in the best way possible. These two factors play a big part in whether you lose weight or gain weight.

4. Drink plenty of water. It is a great way to flush out toxin from our system. The more water in your body the healthier you will feel. It also stops the tendency to pig out. And the absolutely best thing is that it contains absolutely no calories at all.

5. If you really want to lose weight, here's the recipe - burn more calories than you take in. Healthy foods and physical activity are the 'ticket'. Observe and record your eating habits, patterns, and routines each day, then each day coax yourself to make these lifestyle changes.

6. Do not drink liquids with your meals. It 'washes away' your natural enzymes used to digest food. Undigested food causes a 'traffic jam' in your system and makes it tough for the nutrition to get into your blood system. This will lead to your gaining weight.

7. Fish, especially salmon and trout, contain omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 has an impact on enzymes in your body and determines the rate of your body's fat burning ability. Fish lowers your levels of leptin, and this contributes to a faster metabolism. High leptin levels have been linked to obesity and increased risk for cardiovascular disease.

I presented in this article safe, practical weight loss advice. It's not intended to be the final say on how to lose weight. These tips are a means of getting you started on your weight loss goals. Take baby-steps daily and see if you do not notice the impact they have on your life.

By Scarlett Lively

Losing Weight is so Easy I've Done it a Thousand Times

There is a growing obesity problem in the United States, no pun intended. I have struggled with obesity all of my adult life and will probably continue this fight until I die. I have reluctantly accepted this fact and have tried to move on to bigger and better things. There I go again with that B word. Yes, bigger, oooops I said it again. We are taught in this country and this culture that igger is better. Get more for your buck is a must when we go out to eat. Fast food has come to mean, fast and large. Super Size it is our battle cry. We eat, we love to eat, and we grow larger and larger. While most of the world's population is underfed or even starving we in the U.S A. are having to hire tow-trucks to pull us away from the table.

I am not preaching at you, trust me. I am a member of the proverbial Clean Plate Club too. Remember when you were growing up and you were told to clean your plate because there were people starving to death in China? I was told that. I got bigger and wider and the kids in China that were supposed to be starving probably did regardless of my 'plate licking' tendencies.One clean plate here and one obese child hardly saved anyone's life, I'm sure. Children starved then and they continue to starve now and eating as much as you can will not help. It will however make your life harder, more uncomfortable and may make your life end sooner.

What makes me such an expert on the subject, you ask? I have been on every diet that has ever existed to man. I have eaten eggs until I grew feathers and cackled. I ate so much grapefruit that my lips are still in a permanent pucker. I have drank water to the point that I know the locations of all of the clean public restrooms and a few not so clean, in the state. Yes, water does flush the toxins out, along with everything else in your kidneys. I have been folded, stapled and mutilated all for the sake of being thin and feeling like a so called 'normal' person. I have lost and regained and lost and regained weight so many times that I can actually be in a crowd all by myself if you count all of the weight I have lost as extra people. There should be some kind of 'Law of the Universe' which states that for every pound you lose, you must gain three pounds back and twice as fast as it took for you to lose it in the first place.

Have you ever noticed that you never seem to be really hungry until you start a diet? When you diet you somehow become afraid that French-fries and chocolate might cease to exist while you are attempting to lose weight. Smells become devine, and you wouldn't trade a sniff from that fried chicken place on the corner for all of the 'Chanel' perfume in the world. Heady stuff that chicken smell! Not to be outdone however, is the cruel way that fate invites you to every picnic or party on Earth while you are counting calories. You can't pass up that piece of chocolate Birthday cake at your cousin Erma's house because if you do, Erma will never forgive you. You might actually become slimmer than she is and then you will be sorry. Eat up!

Seriously though, I have been on liquid diets where all that you drink for months is Protein shakes. You know the ones where they hand you a recipe book that they charge you $20 and then claim that if you mix your package of vanilla protein powder with ice and cream soda it will taste just like steak. Yumm! While on this 'shake' regime I used to dream about the taste of peanut butter and the feel of hot French bread in my mouth.

I had Gastric By-Pass surgery seven years ago. I lost weight almost immediately and in great quantities. The thing about the surgery that didn't get fixed though was my love for eating. They stapled my stomach but they left the 'munchies' in there. Don't let anyone fool you, about this surgery. You still love ice cream just as much as you ever did before and it still goes down pretty smooth. I am still slimmer than I was seven years ago but I will never be the svelte, sexy woman that I have always envisioned. My bones still suffer from the weight that I piled upon them so many years. Now that I am older, things don't hang in quite the same place that they did when I was younger. 'Losing weight means never having to wear a bikini.' Say wasn't there a movie with that title in the 60's?

I do have one tried and true solution for losing weight and keeping it off though. You will never desire another piece of apple pie or want to eat another Christmas cookie. I have learned to like myself the way I am. My family loves me and my friends think I'm OK. I can even type on my computer and none judges the way I look. I am mostly at peace with myself and my warm, soft, squishiness. I may wear sweats instead of a bikini, but I am not ready for that ultimate solution to weight loss yet. I am not ready to Die. Life is so much more worth living, even if you do it Super-Size!

By M.S.Medina

How to Lose Weight While Working at Summer Camp

Every year, hundreds of young and young-at-heart adults line up for jobs at summer camp. They're counselors and directors, nurses and lifeguards, and everything in between. Every year, I know summer staff who expect the weight to melt right off during those weeks. I'm going to be really active, right? they tell themselves. I'm won't even have to try to lose weight! Take if from this life-long camp staffer - that's not how it works. Summer camp life, despite the added physical activity and the diminished TV time, is often more likely to add pounds to staff. Here's some advice on how to actually lose weight at summer camp.

Skip the Bug Juice

Your water bottle is your best friend. Keep it full and empty it often. Ignore the strangely colored, high-calorie pitcher of punch. If you crave something other than water, stock up on those little pink cartons of skim milk, instead.

Eat Before You Eat

Camps usually eat three meals a day with little to no snack times available in between. This inspires staff to binge eat at meals, which, combined with the tendency of camp food to be greasy, salty, and generally deliciously unhealthy, is a recipe for weight gain. Hungry counselors are grumpy counselors, so I don't advise eating less, but eating better. Munch on a few carrot sticks before loading the spaghetti onto your plate. If your camp has a salad bar or fresh fruit available, always start your meal with one or both. Even if you just eat one of those small plastic bowls of salad first, you will feel fuller, faster, which means eating a few less mini corn dogs.

Prepare Food
Another major drawback of eating at camp is time. Often meals are 30-60 minutes long, way more time than you need to eat. So after you've finished your meal, you sit there with that bowl of French fries by your elbow. Before you know it, you are thoughtlessly munching away on whatever's convenient. One solution is to take you time. Eating slowly helps, but a great meal time waster is to get food you have to prepare. Make a sandwich. Slice fruits up into a bowl before you eat. Put bananas into your cereal. More time getting your food ready to eat means less time to munch once you're finished.

Embrace Opportunities for Exercise

Depending on your role at summer camp, you may not have the opportunity for that daily morning jog, and you definitely won't have the energy. At summer camp, it's important to take advantage of any opportunity to exercise. Race your campers to the dining hall. Play in the pool during swim time instead of napping on the deck. If you are privileged with golf cart access, hang up the keys and walk; you'll probably get there faster anyway.

Establish Routines Early

Whatever you start out doing at summer camp, you keep doing at summer camp. If you really want to lose weight, start the routines early - during staff training - and you'll find it easy to keep to it. The rhythm and momentum of camp will help you. Procrastinate, and changing those habits will be difficult. So, don't say to yourself, Starting tomorrow, I'll... Start now!

By Pathseeker

10 Ways to Get Back on Track to Your Weight Loss Goal

It usually happens to the best of us. We start out a weight loss program all excited and ready to go and then over a period of time, we start relaxing on the plan and before you know it, your off track. Here are simple ways to re-start your weight loss program and get back on track to losing weight.

1. Try a new recipe. Find a healthy recipe that appeals to you and make it for dinner that night. It may help you to realize that healthy food can still be tasty.

2. Eat a healthy breakfast. Breakfast sets the tone for the rest of your day. Eating a healthy breakfast can help you stay motivated and give you the energy you need for your day.

3. Take a walk. Even if it is just a 5 minute walk on your lunch break. Just get up and do it and you will feel better from it.

4. Write down your goals. Write down what your weight loss goals are. Seeing them on paper will re-motivate you and help you to get excited again for your weight loss program.

5. Go grocery shopping. Go the grocery store and stock up on healthy foods. When you get home, throw away the unhealthy foods so this way all you have at home are healthy and nutritious foods.

6. Work in your yard. Buy some flowers to plant or weed the gardens. It gets your body moving and gives you a unique way to exercise.

7. Find a buddy. Get support from a friend or family member to help you get back on track. Find a person that has the same goals as you to lose weight and promise to motivate each other. It is easier to lose weight with a buddy than going at it alone.

8. Listen to your favorite music. Before you know, you may just get up and start dancing. Dancing is a wonderful exercise and it can show you that you can have fun and get in some exercise.

9. Take a look at why you got off track. Look back at what you did in the past and where you got off track and make a commitment that you will not do it this time. If you have to, write down a weight loss program that you know that you can stick to and post it where you will see it everyday.

10. Learn something new. Learn something new about fitness or nutrition that you did not know before. Look up websites online or even make an appointment with a dietician or other doctor to learn what is the best way that you can lose weight.

By Tiffany B.

Weight Loss of the Future

Losing weight is one of the most popular issues of the past 20 years and is increasing in popularity every day. Looking good and fit is becoming more and more important to people as time passes. There are many methods to losing weight and more popping up everyday. Within the past five years, online weight loss programs have been growing extremely popular. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 10 years, I am sure you have come across more than a few while surfing the internet. They are advertised everywhere online and there are many testimonials about how they have helped. But do they work?

First let us take a look at what online weight loss programs are and are not. Online weight loss programs are mainly designed to aid individuals, in organizing their weight loss efforts, which is excellent for those with busy schedules. Some online weight loss programs also provide their customers with personalized diet plans and exercise regimens. There are also some online programs that actually send the diet plan to the customer via snail mail, including specialized food, shakes, or supplements.

If you are interested in an online weight loss program before, you may be wondering if one is right for you. Deciding which company to trust your health and hard earned money with is another very important issue that must be addressed first and foremost before you delve into any other inquiry. It all depends on your specific needs and health, but all in all you will typically find that online weight loss programs are safe and well worth their costs. To be sure that your money is well spent, although, you will want to research each program and choose the online weight loss program that is perfectly suited for your needs.

When researching for a program, be sure that it has desirable features. It is very helpful if the program has a free trial period or a low fee trial period. This way you can test it out first to see if it is right for your specific needs.

A few benefits that are must have are:

1) A recipe section

2) Daily meal planning

3) Calorie counting information

4) Exercise regimen

5) Personal weight loss consultant

6) Support team or Forum

Any features beyond this are a plus. It would be wise to ask a representative a few questions before you go any further. Some questions that you would want to ask the rep is:

1) What exact benefits am I getting?

2) How long do I get for the cost?

3) What is your refund policy?

4) Where can I read testimonials?

Also before purchasing, be sure to ask the representative if there is any type of health concerns associated with their diet program. If the diet program contains shakes, food, pills, or supplements, you should inquire into anything that may concern you, upfront. If you have a health problem, ask your doctor or health professional, first and foremost before beginning any diet or exercise program.

This should give you an excellent start to choosing the right online diet and weight loss program that is right for you. Remember to contact your doctor beforehand. When researching online programs, as with any program, asking questions is your new best friend.

As with any company, online or off, always check with the better business bureau to see if any complaints or issues have been logged. Also check with online complaint centers, as this may be the first place someone would turn to if an issue arises with an online program. Be in the know, not in the dark.

By Janan Allen

Vegetarian Diet Menu Ideas Lunch Ideas

Lunch Ideas
#1 Soup, Salad and Sandwich: 3/4 Cup low fat non-creamy soup, Salad with lite dressing, 2 slices lite whole grain bread, 1-2 slices of cheese (low fat or fat free would be good, but I can't do that!), 2 slices of fake turkey or ham (these are near the packaged salads at my supermarket), Lettuce, tomato, and onion

#2 Frozen weight watchers meal: 1 veggie weight watchers meal, Salad with lite dressing

#3 Hamburger and fries: Veggie burger, Lite whole wheat bread or bun,1 medium potato sliced into wedges ~sprinkle with salt and pepper and spray with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spraybake in the oven until done (or if you're in a rush, microwave the fries for about 2-3 minutes or until soft, then sprinkle and spraythen stick in the oven), Salad with lite dressing

#4 Chicken salad sandwich: 1 Morningstar Farms or Boca chicken patty, Chopped onions, About 1-2tbs Lite or fat free mayo, 2 slices lite whole grain bread, toasted or not ~heat up patty in micro, add chopped onions, salt, pepper, and mayomash with fork or put in food processorspread on bread/toast, Salad with lite dressing

#5 Rice and Vegetables: ? Cup brown rice, Favorite chopped veggies, steamed or cooked with non-stick spray ~for flavor add salt, pepper, herbs, and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray or 1 Tbs lite olive oil, Salad with lite dressing

#6 Grilled veggies: Grill (or bake) your favorite veggies with a little bit of lite olive oil, Salad with lite dressing

#7 BLT: 2 slices lite whole grain bread, toasted, 4 slices fake bacon, Lettuce and tomato, 1-2 Tbs Lite or fat free mayo, Salad with lite dressing

By Nicole

The Cabbage Soup Diet Does it Really Work

Regarding the origins of the Cabbage Soup Diet, we know almost nothing, some people say that Cabbage soup Diet has been developed in the US hospitals while some others say that Belgian university hospitals created this type of diet - a friend of mine has been following this dieting method in a Belgian hospital fifteen years ago. Some other people call Cabbage Soup Diet The Dolly Parton Diet.

Anyway, the supposed creators of this popular diet refute being part of this weight loss method even while many hospitals used it to help obese patients to quickly lose weight before undergoing a surgery.

The results of this weight loss programme are a spectacular miracle: 10 pounds lost in just one week!

The principle of this diet combines cabbage soup, known for their slimming properties, and fruits, vegetables, meat, sometimes in unlimited quantities but not at the same time neither the same day.

Cabbage is known for having weight loss stimulating properties, by regulating the sugar and fat metabolism and is also rich in vitamin C, potassium and fiber. Fibers are indispensable to a good intestinal transit.

Peppers and tomatoes provide vitamins A & C as well as potassium. Carrots provide vitamin A and beta carotene while celery provides fiber and potassium. Onions are also rich in potassium, fiber and protein.

But we do not have to include all the ingredients to cook the cabbage soup diet, and may improve the taste by replacing tomatoes and / or peppers by zucchini.

Here is the Cabbage Soup Diet basic recipe:

* 1 white cabbage, chopped
* 2 sliced green peppers
* 1 kilo sliced carrots
* 6 large white onions, chopped
* 4 stalks celery
* 1 or 2 canned peeled tomatoes, chopped
* 1 or 2 teaspoon vegetable soup mix
* Pepper, herbs to taste

Directions:

Putt all vegetables in a big pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil until all the vegetables are soft. Do not add salt.

Eat as much soup as you like and as often as you want.

Maybe you think that cabbage soup is not appetizing... But there are some ways to improve the taste of this soup by adding some ingredients.

Cabbage Soup Diet lasts for seven days and, while you eat cabbage soup every day, each day you have to eat different food:

* Day 1: Fruits
* Day 2: Vegetables
* Day 3: Fruits and vegetables
* Day 4: Bananas
* Day 5: Fish or Chicken + tomatoes
* Day 6: Steak + vegetables
* Day 7: Vegetables + rice

Unfortunately, Cabbage Soup Diet may lead to nutritional deficiencies; therefore, it is advisable to combine this diet with protein supplements such as drinking at least a homemade protein milkshake once a day.

Here is an easy to do recipe:

* 4/5 glass skim milk
* 1/5 glass pure apple juice (no canned juice!)
* 2 tablespoon protein powder
* Fruits
* 1 teaspoon aspartame

Blend the ingredients.

If you want to improve the Cabbage Soup Diet effects, preferably eat negative calorie vegetables, such as (energy for 100 g):

* Artichokes (40 cal)
* Asparagus (25 cal)
* Broccoli (35 cal)
* Cabbage (28 cal)
* Cauliflowers (30 cal)
* Chinese Cabbage (12 cal)
* Green Beens (40 cal)
* Lettuce (18 cal)
* Mushrooms (28 cal)
* Pumpkin (30 cal)
* Spinach (25 cal)
* Watercress (20 cal)
* Zucchini (30 cal)

Good luck!

By Prosperity66

You Can Lose Weight with Fruit and Yogurt Smoothies

I'm not excessively overweight, but I could stand to lose twenty or thirty pounds. When I finally made up my mind to lose the weight once and for all, my main goal was to improve the way I feel through exercise and healthy eating. The weight loss would come naturally. I've found a sweet and filling treat that has helped me lose weight, and not only is it sweet and tasty, but it's also healthy, and if you love yogurt you should take advantage of the following information.

I look forward to a large yogurt smoothie each and every morning, and it keeps me full until lunchtime. The yogurt smoothies I make are filled with all-natural fruit, low-calorie low-fat yogurt, and fruit juice. I also occasionally add a few goodies to make the yogurt smoothies even more appealing. I feel like I'm cheating on my diet, but I'm really not. So far I've lost seven pounds, and with healthy low-calorie snacks and my yogurt smoothies I'm sure I'll succeed. I have a head start on my New Year's resolution, and so can you!

Making Yogurt Smoothies

The recipe for the original yogurt smoothies I originally made came from the back of a 4-cup Dannon Light & Fit yogurt container. The instructions said to combine ? cup of fruit, ? cup of fruit juice, ? cup of ice, and 1 cup of Dannon Light & Fit yogurt in a blender. I already loved yogurt, and finding this recipe gave me a new and tasty way to eat the fruit I needed with the yogurt I enjoyed. Those who aren't fruit eaters will find this way to eat more fruit easy and delicious, even if they're not trying to lose weight.

The first smoothies I made contained freshly peeled banana, Sunny Delight, because I was out of juice at the time, and Dannon Light & Fit Strawberry yogurt. It tasted great, and this 195 calorie breakfast was almost too filling. This smoothie filled an 8-ounce glass with a little left over in the blender. I couldn't wait to experiment with other types of juice, yogurt, and fruit!

Believe it or not, Sunny Delight has the same number of calories as typical fruit juice such as apple or apple combinations! However, I prefer genuine fruit juice since I've improved my food and drink choices. I recently purchased white cranberry juice and canned unsweetened pineapple. I combined these ingredients with the rest of my Dannon Light & Fit strawberry yogurt, and this is also a very delicious combination for those trying to lose weight with the help of yogurt smoothies.

You can choose ? cup of any fresh or canned fruit to make yogurt smoothies. The options are truly endless! If you're out of juice, use the juice with the canned fruit you choose. If I hadn't purchased more juice before making more smoothies, I would have used the juice from canned pineapple. Consider using grapes, blueberries, raspberries, papaya, or even kiwi fruit. I've eaten more fruit in the past two weeks than I had previously eaten in the past two months, and I feel better than I have in years!

Optional Additions

Yogurt smoothies are great for breakfast, but smoothies are also a fantastic midday snack, especially for those trying to lose weight. They help curb the appetite until dinnertime. When I have smoothies for a snack I toss in a tablespoon of colored sprinkles to make it seem more like an ice cream treat and something sinfully delicious. The sprinkles have very few calories, but they add a lot of color and appeal.

If you're trying to lose weight, you can also toss in a bit of dried fruit such as coconut, cranberries, chunks of dried apricots, cherries, raisins, or any other healthy option to give it more flavor. I love dried cherries, and 1/8 of a cup has only 80 calories. It isn't necessary to use that many to give your yogurt smoothies more color and flavor. When you're trying to lose weight, a tablespoon or two is more than enough.

Nuts are high in calories, but they're also high in protein, and when trying to lose weight, it's important to get enough protein. Sprinkle a tablespoon or two of chopped peanuts on your yogurt smoothies. Nine roasted peanuts contains 50 calories, and when chopped into small pieces they'll go a long way.

By Crystal Ray

5 factor Diet Give This Weight Loss Program 5 Stars

5-Factor Diet creator promotes lean protein, whole fruits and vegetables, so you'll get all the necessary nutrients. Protein, low-to-moderate glycemic carbohydrates, fuel, healthy fats, and sugar-free beverages are all included in the diet. At specified times during the day, you can stop what you're doing and have one of your five daily meals. Pasternak recommends stocking with lean proteins like chicken, egg whites, fish, cottage cheese, lean beef and fat-free milk.

The 5-factor diet was initially created for celebrities. Harley has now taken his star-approved diet and turned it into an interactive and tailored online program. The plan is designed to give you results in five weeks, and you eat five meals per day. Each meal has five ingredients and takes five minutes to prepare. The plan also includes 25-minute workouts, and you get to cheat five times during the five weeks that the plan takes to work.

Expert opinions differ on the value of the program. Weight control psychologist Abby Aronowitz, PhD, director of SelfHelpDirectives.com says, I don't see any real science behind the 5-factor diet - no studies to show it works, plus it doesn't seem to address a major problem linked to obesity, which is emotional overeating. On the other hand, others see it as a refreshingly sound and wholesome approach to weight loss, one that can help dieters contain their cravings and lose extra pounds.

The 5-factor diet has been growing in popularity - due to famous people like Jessica Simpson and John Mayer using the plan. First published in 2004, this fitness program has five criteria for diet - at each meal:
1. Low-fat quality protein
2. Low- to moderate-glycemic index carbohydrate
3. Fiber
4. Healthy fat
5. Sugar-free beverage

The super-sized 5-factor diet book is an expansion of the dieting section of Harley's 2004 book, 5-Factor Fitness. The 5-Factor Diet book has over 40 pages of recipes for sample meals. The diet is based on five principles:
1. Eat 5 meals daily
2. Follow the 5 criteria for each meal
3. Spend 5 minutes in preparation for each meal, using only 5 ingredients
4. Workout 25 minutes 5 days a week for five weeks
5. Indulge in a weekly cheat day

The in-demand author, whose patrons' testimonials are dotted all through the book, never fails to sound positive, so even if daily rounds of five-factor strength-training sound intimidating, his energy will help give readers courage: Don't worry, my plan is the easiest, most effective exercise program you'll ever use. Though it might help to have the schedule of a Hollywood celebrity - getting in five meals a day presents its own challenges for busy nine-to-fivers - his exercise plan is very short, the diet itself is flexible, and it doesn't entail giving up any foods.

If you've ever dreamed of having the well-cared-for body of a celebrity, the 5-factor diet is your chance. The diet makes it possible for you to eat healthier, exercise and noticeably shape up in between meetings, soccer games, chores and much-needed sleep. As a 5-Factor member, you'll enjoy access to several essential tools to ensure your success, including meal planners, recipe box, activity journal, recipes, weight tracker and message board to help you stay connected to other people using the plan. You can start your membership online for as little as $65 per 13 weeks.

by : Astrid Bullen

Top Four Weight Loss Tips that Will Keep You Fat

The internet, magazines, books, and well-meaning friends are filled with weight loss tips. The goal of each is to lose weight and become healthy. However, overweight people can bounce from one tip to the next with minimal success. The following article explains the top four weight loss tips that will keep you fat.

Weight Loss Tip - Try This Diet Drug

The weight loss market is huge, and one of the main sources of revenue is the vast arsenal of diet drugs, both over the counter and prescription. Some of them stop absorption of fat or carbohydrates. Others decrease appetite, while others ramp up your metabolism. The one thing that diet drugs do not do is make you lose weight.

Diet drugs can be tools to help you lose weight, but their out-sized claims are often ridiculous. Every diet drug pamphlet includes a blurb that states, When combined with exercise and a healthy diet. The diet drug alone will not make you lose weight.

Weight Loss Tip - Buy a Gym Membership

Gym memberships are great things if you use them. Exercise is one of the most important keys to weight loss. But spending money on a gym membership will do nothing if you do not put forth the effort. Also, the same effort can be done at home for free, unless your intent is bodybuilding with weights.

Many overweight people, when faces with seas of spandex-clad skinny people jumping and running, never go back to the gym.

Weight Loss Tip - Do Not Eat Snacks

Deprivation rarely leads to long-term weight loss. Cutting out all snacks is a recipe for failure. In fact, many health gurus instruct people to eat six or more small meals per day, or three medium meals with a snack mid-morning and mid-afternoon. These snacks keep your metabolism up.

Weight Loss Tip - Food is Not Your Friend

Many overweight people eat for emotional reasons. Overeating is a type of self-medication due to depression, anger, or other emotional distress. If issues like this exist, it is a good idea to get counseling.

Food may not be your friend, but it is hardly your enemy. Shunning food leads to poor health. Eating only bland and unfriendly foods - ones you do not like - will lead to binging. The goal should be to make healthy food your friend, not villianize it altogether.

By Melanie Marten

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