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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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How to Prepare for Reaching Your Final Weight Loss Goal

If you've been dieting for longer than five minutes, you understand the meaning of the final round of your weight loss plan all too well. Individuals losing large amounts of weight tend to have ounds of weight loss throughout their journeys. Lose twenty pounds, wait two months, then start again. Sound familiar? When we reach a specific goal, we tend to tell ourselves that it's time to take a break and adjust to our new diet and exercise habits. While this is normal, it can also lead to seemingly never-ending plateaus due to a lack of motivation. After all, you look and feel so much better as you reach each new goal that it's hard to tell yourself to get moving again for an even harder session. To break past that mentality and prepare for reaching your final weight loss goal, try keeping the following tips in mind.

Of course, you know to get back into the swing of things slowly. Shave off 50-100 calories from each meal, and add ten to fifteen minutes of exercise to your routine. You've come a long way from where you started, and it's going to take just a bit more effort to break past those final goals. Ease into your weight loss plan again with moderation.

As the pounds begin to fall back off (which may take a week or two, so be patient), step up your reward system. This is big, after all, so treat yourself accordingly. While many long term dieters already use a reward system of some sort to motivate themselves toward a far-off goal, start rewarding yourself for every single pound lost once you enter the final 10-20 pound weight loss phase. Each week, have a small reward in place for one pound of weight loss, a slightly larger reward for losing two pounds, etc. Why? Because the closer you get to your weight loss goal, the more difficult it becomes to lose each and every pound. The effort intensifies, and rewards for every milestone will help keep you motivated and on track.

A common problem among long-term dieters is reaching the point where another twenty pounds or so lost would mean being at their goal, but apathy begins to set in. They begin to feel good enough where they are and lack the determination to keep going until the very end. When this happens, begin doing daily diet devotionals by reading clips of weight loss stories that inspire you. Stories from those who stuck it out to the end are featured in weight loss magazines every month, so clip out those that impress you as you go for a daily pick-me-up reference. Begin each morning by reviewing one that will remind you of your goals.

Of course, while motivation from others is wonderful, the best motivation is your own progress. To prepare for the journey to your final weight loss goal, start a weight loss scrapbook. Paste a picture of yourself at your current size on the first page, and write down your current weight next to your photo. Because long-term dieters tend to let how far they've come keep them from going any further (again, the good enough mentality kicks in), giving yourself a diary of your progress from your new starting point will help you get in the right mindset for your final goal.

On that note, begin tracking your new weight loss journey with a progress graph. Many websites offer free tracking tools including graphs that track your weight loss as you go. Print out your updated graph each week to keep that motivational sense of urgency flowing.

Finally, start preparing for the lifestyle you will lead at your goal weight by creating a recipe book filled with creative snack and meal ideas that are within your new caloric limits. Because losing weight and keeping it off is a lifetime commitment, you'll find sticking to your diet much easier if meal planning isn't such a bother. Over time your stomach will adjust to let you know when enough is enough, but until then it might be a good idea to control portions with pre-calculated recipes created during your journey.

Remember, you didn't come this far in your weight loss program to stop now. Keep your head down and run hard. The finish line is within your reach.


By CBB

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How to Lose Weight and Effectively Keep it Off

Ever try one of those quick, easy, and fast diets that promises big results in a short amount of time? Notice how they work great for about a week and then your weight loss virtually stops? That's because they target the easy, fast, water weight loss that all weight loss regimens will remove in the beginning. Most of the time, these easy solutions will do nothing more than that, though, and will leave you wondering if that six, eight, or ten pounds is all you're going to lose out of the twenty or thirty you'd wanted. Many times, that weight comes right back after a while because you've quit the diet or changed your habits again.

The Internet is full of diet and weight loss programs, ideas, and lose-it-quick schemes. With over 70% of America estimated to be overweight now, it's getting harder and harder to be one of the ones that isn't too heavy. Rather than give up, it's time to change our minds about what weight loss programs should be doing for us and what we can expect. Here are the diets you shouldn't be using and why:

Starvation Diets - When you starve your body of nutrients, it immediately goes into a specific, instinctive mode wherein it stores what nutrients it does get as, you guessed it, fat. Your metabolism slows down, you lose energy, and your body starts stealing the nutrients it does need from itself, which will eventually lead to serious medical problems. This is one of the worst ways to lose weight.

Diets of the Stars - If Miss Famous can lose weight using this program, so can you! Right? Probably not. You see, these diet programs usually leave out the fact that Miss Famous had a professional chef, nutritionist, personal trainer, and probably a motivational coach or multi-million dollar movie contract to give incentive. I don't know about you, but none of those things are in my portfolio.

Low-Carb Diets - Recently all the craze, these work really well...in the beginning. Then your body starts getting starved. As soon as you leave the program (and you will, your body will insist on it), you'll immediately start gaining the weight right back. Why? Diets that remove essential nutrients from your palate are essentially starvation diets and are not good.

Low Fat Diets - These are a little more realistic, but are usually taken to extremes. Most of us do intake too much of the bad fats in our diet, but how do you know which ones are bad and which are good? Unless you're a real expert, you don't-and even they aren't always sure. Cutting some fat is fine, but these diets often go to extremes, which is bad. See numbers 3 and 1 for more on that.

Prepared Food Diets - You've seen these, even in the grocery store. They're those diets that send you prepared foods you just microwave and enjoy. This might be great if you have a $500+ per month disposable income or are interested only in the fairly limited menus they offer. Most of us, though, aren't interested in that-or won't be for long at any rate. You can usually make these same meals at home and make them healthier and cheaper too. So why buy them? There are good versions of these programs that offer recipe menus instead of actual food. Nothing really wrong there, provided you're getting all your nutritional needs.

Any attempt to lose weight, no matter what the hype says, will require some dietary changes and exercise. This doesn't mean you'll have to start running marathons and spending three hours a day in the gym pumping weights, but it does mean you'll have to do some cardio (walking, bike riding, swimming, etc.) and probably some strength training (isometrics or light weights). Amazingly, studies have shown that most overweight people are getting enough exercise, just not eating healthy enough.

Keep attainable, realistic goals and use a realistic program that you and your physician can approve of. Good luck!


By Emma Geller

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Lose Weight in a Week Reduce Your Waist and Lose Fat From All Your Female Fat Zones

Here's how to lose weight in a week. You're going to reduce your waist and drop fat from all your female fat zones that have stubborn fat.

Lose Weight in a Week

1. Walk on a slight incline

This can be done on a hill or better yet, on a treadmill that inclines. The incline only needs to be slight. Even though it's not much, it makes a HUGE difference in weight loss results for people.

Trust me, if you've never consistently walked on an incline, you're in for a treat. It's nothing like plain walking. Incline a treadmill 15 degrees and walk on it for at least 20 minutes a day.

If you do that, your fat will start to magically melt off all those problem areas.

2. Take extra virgin coconut oil everyday

If you want some sort of quick fix type of supplement, try this stuff out. You can easily lose 5-6 pounds in under 2 weeks. How do you take this to maximize the results?

Take 1 tablespoon, twice a day. I have tons of clients who take this and get a quick burst of weight loss. After 2 weeks, the weight loss slows down, but it still happens slowly. Plus the awesome benefits of improved skin and hair will keep you from stopping the use of extra virgin coconut oil.

You'll see. Try it out.

3. Spin to balance your hormones for natural weight loss

If you liked spinning as a child, try it as an adult so you can lose weight. It doesn't work because of burning calories (it burns few), it works because of the POWERFUL affect it has on your body's hormones. Spin a few times a day and watch the results come quickly.

Lose weight in a week by just doing these 3 things.


By Jennifer Jolan

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Weight Loss Food Recipe

The path to weight loss is not easy. This is a known fact. However, there are simple solutions to weight problems, which work much better than synthetic weight loss products that often have serious side effects. A weight loss food recipe is one answer to all your weight woes. Designed to make you eat less, a weight loss food recipe serves to jumpstart your weight loss regime and achieve that ideal body you have always wanted.

Cut down on calories

A weight loss food recipe varies, depending on who is promoting it. Nevertheless, a weight loss food recipe is designed to make you lose weight but cutting down on your caloric intake.

Below is a typical weight loss food recipe:

Chicken Burger with Salad

Ingredients:

4 oz chicken breast

1 whole wheat hamburger bun

1 sliced tomato

1 small red onion sliced

2-3 leaves lettuce

1 tbsp ketchup

Cooking Method:

1. Broil chicken on both sides for 4-5 minutes each side.

2. Split the bun, lightly toast and top with cooked chicken, ketchup and salad.

Sounds delicious right? There are tons of recipes that provide healthy and fat free foods that are very low in calorie count. However, there are also recipes out there that sell the not-so tasty alternative.

Options

Different recipes are available over the internet. These recipes vary. Others promote a strictly vegetarian diet, supposedly aiding in detoxifying your body and ridding it of fat at the same time. Others promote a juice diet, taking in different fruit juices plus 8+ glasses of water each day to 'cleanse' the body.

Healthy

Hundreds of recipes are available and it is very important to know which ones are effective and which ones are fraudulent. The best way is to take a sample recipe obtained through the internet, take it to a doctor, and have it evaluated. That way, you can know whether that weight loss food recipe is okay for you to follow and whether it is safe.

By Phillip England

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Basics of Summer Weight Loss

Summer. Its hot, and that means less clothing. For those of us whove gained some weight over the winter, it can be hard to get it off. Though the summer may be nearing its end, there is still time to loose as much as ten pounds. Its not too late to start your summer weight loss diet plan.

Safe weight loss diet plans have you losing 1-2 pounds a week. The goal is to restrict your calories just enough so you can lose weight. Cut too many calories, however, and it can actually have the opposite effect. It slows your metabolism which prevents your body from burning fat. Exercise is also an important part of the weight loss equation. In summer, weight loss can occur even quicker with the addition of exercise.

Summer is the ideal time to lose weight. Markets are stuffed with a bounty of fresh, local produce. The weather is hot so our urge to eat thick, heavy foods is nearly nonexistent. Plus, the warmth encourages outdoor exercising and since the sun sets late, theres plenty of time to squeeze in a workout.

Here is some advice specifically tailored to summer weight loss:

Drink plenty of water. In the hot months, it is easy to get dehydrated. One of the problems with dehydration is that it can undermine any summer weight loss attempts by slowing your metabolism. Drink water even if you arent thirsty. And, if you are exercising outside, you may want to consider hydrating with a sports drink which will also replace lost electrolytes.

Eat Salads. Salads are a great summer food and help a lot with summer weight loss. Add a little meat and serve with whole wheat bread or whole wheat croutons and you have a complete meal. Plus, with all that fresh produce, they are extra tasty at this time of year.

But, be careful. Salads are a hidden fat trap. Steer clear of high fat dressings and make sure you dont eat too much bread. To keep a salad low fat you need to make sure and eat low fat dressings or vinaigrettes and keep the bread portion fairly small. Also make sure you keep your meat portion down to about three ounces.

Smoothies. Smoothies are another good way to fill up on fresh produce. Bananas, fruits, strawberries, blueberries, melons, and kiwis all work well when included in a smoothie. Here is a basic recipe- you can add ingredients according to your personal tastes.

Basic Smoothie Recipe

1 c. fresh or frozen fruit
1 c. liquid such as fruit juice, milk, or soy milk
1 scoop protein powder
1 t. honey or sugar, optional
5-8 ice cups

Add ingredients in the order listed into a blender and pulse until well blended. If your blender isnt that powerful, add all the ingredients except the ice cubes. Then once the fruit, liquid, protein powder, and sweetener are all well blended, drop the ice cubes in one at a time until well combined.

Exercise. It is essential to exercise because it helps get you in shape and burns calories. Try running, swimming, rowing, etc. The basic idea is to find something that you enjoy so youll stick with it. If you decide to exercise outside make sure you drink plenty of sports drink if its hot. Or better yet, exercise in the early morning when the air is coolest.


By Katherine Huether

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Food Obsession a Key to Diet Success

Through the years diet fads come and go. Trendy weight loss techniques such as the 60 Minute Binge, the All Pasta Diet, and the ever so popular Atkins Diet that promise to put one into smaller clothes in weeks if not days are gobbled up as quickly as the forbidden foods we are trying to break the habit of. And so often they fail, or harsher still, we fail. We count calories, we weigh out ounces, we eliminate fat and when that fails we change our philosophy and eliminate carbohydrates. Sometimes we lose five pounds, sometimes ten, but its always a struggle and we always gain it back. Yet for some, the authors of the books for example, or the celebrities who endorse them, the diets work weight loss wonders. Pounds are shed seemingly effortlessly and new and improved sculpted bodies are not only ascertained, but maintained.

So, what is the secret to successful dieting? People will blame their weight problem on an undying love of food, and they are right to do so, partly. While the love of food will get one in trouble, metabolically speaking, it is a passion for food that just could bail one out. When we love food we love the act of eating, every aspect of it, the flavors, the odors, the textures. When we have a passion for food however we move beyond the act and into the kitchen. Loving the act of preparing food truly exemplifies a passion for food. And it is here that a diet can be successful. The people who conceptualize diets, whether MDs like Dr. Atkins or personalities like Suzanne Sommers, and people who successfully utilize diets are prosperous for one of two reasons. They may have a passion that leads to a culinary insight to understanding how certain foods effect their bodies and in turn realize how to use food based on that analysis to work with them instead of against them.

These culinarily inspired yet metabolically challenged individuals will spend hours in a grocery store and then hours in a kitchen flexing their cooking brain until they come up with a wonderfully varied menu that meets the diets requirements but is still satisfying to a food lovers pallet. Similarly, celebrities or other monied individuals (ie. Oprah) who sample diets are fortunate enough to hire not only personal trainers and dieticians, who tell them exactly what to eat and when, but personal chefs to prepare their low cal, low fat, low carb, low whatever meal. If you have the money, you can successfully diet without a passion for cooking because you can pay someone else who does have the passion to do it for you. But for the average dieter who is limited in their kitchen experience and who doesnt have the benefit of a personal chef, the diets tend to fail, not because of a lack of will power or motivation, but because of a lack of variety that would keep their food loving pallets satisfied. When the average dieter is told to keep their daily caloric intake under 1200 they see three meals of roughly four hundred calories a piece, give or take.

The dieter usually survives about ten days which is about how long any mere mortal can stand tuna with lemon juice over greens for lunch and grilled chicken breast with steamed rice and asparagus for dinner. Maybe after week one theyll venture to substituting cottage cheese for the tuna and grilled salmon for the chicken, but these slight variations on the low cal theme is hardly enough to keep a true food lovers cravings quenched. But a dieter who has a passion for cooking and a flare in the kitchen may see more exciting prospects in that four hundred calories. Say a ? cup of cannalli beans with chopped onion and sliced mushrooms simmered in fat free chicken broth until the liquid is reduced by a third and then served over a half of a chicken breast and lightly dusted with parmesan cheese.

Thats about two hundred calories. Add a cup of brown rice, also cooked in fat free stock and some steamed broccoli and youve topped out at four hundred calories with a tasty meal that feels decidedly undiet like, especially if your previous meals that day were as yummy. Or perhaps its the high protein and low carb diet that you are interested in. Dr. Atkins says you can eat as much meat, eggs, fish, cheese and butter that you want and lose a ton of weight, as long as you avoid starches, sugar and fruit like the plague. At first you say, hey, that sounds great, but its only on the second day that you realize just how useless a carte blanche of protein and fat is if you cant have carbohydrates.

Super, you can finally have all the butter you want, but what are you going to put it on? Meat and cheese are exciting for a day, but by day two you want a sandwich so bad youd kill the Pillsbury Dough Boy for a bite of his tummy if you saw him waddling down the street. Of course, if you were inspired to do so youd take complete advantage of Dr. Atkins recipe for low carbohydrate bread. This simple recipe could very well save your diet, for after a few days of no bread like substance at all, this high protein loaf, that is made primarily of soya powder, eggs and butter, that doesnt rise more than a fraction of an inch and that has a spongy light consistency similar to angel food cake will be to your starch deprived pallet well, the best thing since sliced bread. And if you were cullinarily creative (and had both the time and the money to express that creativity), you might experiment with that recipe, try putting it into muffin cups instead of a loaf pan for example or crumple up a slice, drizzle it with butter, sprinkle with some parmesan and garlic powder, bake for five minutes, and waa-laa, croutons.

Of course reality is that we work full time jobs, we possess full time families, we have a litany of responsibilities that come before spending hours a week developing the perfect diet ready, yet creatively inspired menu, shopping for the perfect ingredients to create said menu and finally preparing the dishes. And added to all that is the fact that, if you are the primary cook in the family, chances are your other family members who are not on the diet will still expect regular non-diet meals filled with whatever has been cut out of your meal, whether it be fat, carbs of calories. So now youre cooking two separate dinners. So what is the answer to successful dieting? Hire a personal chef? Quit your job and go to cooking school? Im not sure. Like anything else in life though its probably a process that needs to be taken one step at a time, which is hard when youre trying to lose weight and are anxious for the next pound to disappear from your scales digital read out. Maybe if a dieter just made an attempt to get to know food better, to develop a true relationship and understanding of food, instead of continuing this wam, bam, thank you ham interaction with it society has gotten used to. Maybe.

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Losing Weight the Healthy Way

We all want to lead a healthy and good life that's full of joy and excitement. To achieve a good health, we need to be very cautious about the food habits. Here are some of the good tips that help you gain not only a good health but also good physique. Let us start with snacks. Snacks have to be taken slowly, just like the regular meals. You should not forget that it takes 20 minutes for our brain to get the message that we are full. Snack- Veggies ... maybe a garden salad (little or no dressing) or some baby carrots. You could also try a salad that is spinach based so it has more nutrients.

Add 50 grams of mineral water to a branded cheese. Mix it thoroughly and then add finely cut half of a banana. Add 10 percent to the amount of daily calories you think you're eating , then adjust your eating habits accordingly. If you think you're consuming 1,700 calories a day and don't understand why you're not losing weight, add another 170 calories to your guesstimate. Adding healthy snacks to your three squares and eating smaller portions when you sit down to dinner can help you to cut calories without feeling deprived.

Add good fats to your diet. Monounsaturated fats have been clinically proven to help you burn fat, especially in your midsection. Add protein (such as a stick of lowfat string cheese or Parmesan) to your between-meal bites. Research suggests protein may enhance the effect of leptin, a hormone that reins in appetite.

Adding water will help you gain the lost water content in the body and enable the body to burn more fat (as long as you increase your oxygen intake by doing some form of exercise). Walking, swimming, biking, jogging, calisthenics, and even yard work can help with working your cardiovascular system.

Now coming to the exercise. Exercise is a key component in any weight loss program, but it can be confusing to figure out how much you need and where to start. Here you'll find in-depth information about every element of an exercise program including cardio, strength training, flexibility and how to put it all together. Exercising gets your juices flowing and helps speed up your metabolism. Interestingly, studies suggest that exercise may increase your appetite at first since you are burning more calories. Exercise is always the better way, especially combined with eating less processed food, etc.

Exercise and a balanced diet are the key factors in fat loss and weight reduction. If you are eating more calories than you are burning off throughout the day the result will be that the calories will be stored as fat. Exercise is definitely the key, as it will decrease your appetite rather than increase it. Well, it's easier said than done, but not impossible. Exercise helps, but unless you are an athlete, you will have to cut calories, too. And remember, it?s OK to be hungry when losing weight.

Exercise on a regular basis. Sure eating right is important as well, but I believe exercising is going to get you to your goal much faster.

Dieting alone is just as effective at reducing weight and fat as a combination of diet and exercise - if the calories consumed and burned equal out. Dieting does not need to be a choir, however many of the weight loss programs that are available make it this way. During the article, I describe an easy to follow diet or weight loss program which has helped me to reach a weight that I am now happy and feel comfortable with. Dieters are often tempted by foods labelled as low fat, but low fat does not always mean the food is low in calories. Do not cut out all fat from your diet because your body needs some fat to work properly.

Successful weight loss is not based on hope or hit and miss techniques. Successful weight loss is as much about re-educating your unconscious mind as it is about dieting. Hypnosis is one of the most natural ways to lose weight.

Eat your soup at least once today. You may eat broiled or baked chicken (skinless) instead of beef. Eating Less Can Sabotage Your Fat Burning Efforts : If you've ever attempted to lose weight and firm up your abs by eating less, then you've probably found it difficult to lose fat after 4-6 weeks. It's actually a recipe for disaster. Eating 300 to 500 calories less per day should lead to a loss of between one and two pounds per week. This is a realistic target.

Eating too much or not being physically active enough will make you overweight. To maintain your weight, the calories you eat must equal the energy you burn.

Crash dieting is not the same as flexible intermittent fasting, where dieters fast for 2 days each week and calories are cycled. Generally the weight lost in a crash diet returns when normal eating resumes. Crash diets can help you lose weight quickly, but most people gain the weight back. Some of these diets are also unhealthy and dangerous. So, the conclusion is to eat healthy, do regular exercises and stay healthy.



By Steel Jack

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