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Weight Loss Diet: Healthy Eating, Losing Fat and Calories

Losing weight: Diet is the practice of eating in a regulated fashion to achieve a particular, long-term objective. The most common objective is loss of excess body fat. Weight-loss diets restrict the intake of specific foods to reduce body weight. What works to reduce body weight for one person will not necessarily work for another, due to metabolic differences and lifestyle factors. Today there are lot of quick weight loss products available, but not all of them are efficient.

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How to count your calories
Kevin Kopjak doesn't think about carbs or fat. He reads only 2 things on a nutrition label: the portion size and the calories. The strategy has helped him lose and keep off 100 pounds. "Counting calories seems to work for me, but it's a lot of discipline. When I first started, I had an Excel log, where I literally wrote everything I ate down." The past few decades have brought us diets like Atkins, Sugar Busters, The Zone, Slim Fast and Jenny Craig. But Calorie counting (one of the oldest means of weight loss) is making a comeback with news books, calorie counting sites and portable calorie readers.
by canoe.ca :: 2008-06-12

Maintaining weight loss: Brain, hormones, metabolism and fat want those pounds back
Most people can lose weight. But few can maintain their new weight for long. Researchers are now tackling that problem, and what they're finding out is troubling. The body is designed to undermine weight loss: once a body has been fatter, it wants to get back to the weight that it used to be. Physiology is changed in two ways: The body needs fewer calories to maintain itself, but its craving for food is more intense. "We have a huge number of diet books and diet programs, and if you do them, you can lose weight. The big problem is keeping it off... 5%-10% of people are successful at keeping weight off on a long-term basis," said Paul MacLean.
by latimes :: 2008-06-12

Wedding weight loss: How brides go to extremes
According to a new survey of brides, 83% wanted to lose weight before their wedding, and many were ready to take drastic action. "A month before my wedding I panicked and bought diet pills as a quick fix. They were full of caffeine, and with all the stress of wedding planning, left me feeling so jittery and nauseous that after a week I decided to try will power instead. I tried to cut everything out of my diet except 800 calories' worth of vegetables, meat and fruit per day... By the time my wedding day arrived, I hadn't actually lost any weight at all," admits Ellen, 30, from Manhattan.
by nydailynews :: 2008-05-26

Keeping weight off is harder than losing it
Although dieters shake off pounds every year, only 6-10% of them are able to sustain that loss for 5 years or more, says Dr. Santiago Horgan. The majority get back the weight they lost - and then some. "Maintaining weight loss is much harder than losing weight because your body has made metabolic adjustments and all the brain does is think about food," says Dr. Ken Fujioka. One reason people often fail at maintaining their weight loss is because they didn't approach it with the right mind-set. Weight loss needs to be viewed as a permanent lifestyle change.
by halife :: 2008-05-26

Portion control key to losing weight
Eating right and portion control is very important from childhood to adulthood. Nutritionist Dr. Joye Willcox says portion control is the key for losing weight: "As soon as possible, portion control should be a lifelong strategy." The problem is, as our society has grown in pounds, portion sizes have grown in calories. Take a look at a soda: 20 years ago it came in 6.5-ounce portions, but now the standard is 20 ounces and 165 more calories. And that bagel you may have eaten two decades ago, 140 calories. Today, bagels are much larger and have over double the calories.
by news14 :: 2008-05-26

7 Reasons you're not losing weight and 7 fixes
Reason: You´re thinking short term. Fix: Think long term, and do small changes that last a lifetime. --- Reason: You're fooling yourself about the exercise you're getting. Fix: Be honest about how much you're moving and exercising. Most don't know the facts on physical activity and exercise. For example: how many minutes of walking does it take to burn off the calories of a small burger? --- Reason: You reward successes with food. Fix: Reward yourself with something appealing other than food. A new book, scarf, or game are better rewards.
by americanchronicle :: 2008-05-17

Diet Myths Debunked
(Q) I use diet soda to cut down calorie intake. (A) Bad idea. Most people who drink diet soda are drinking it as a replacement for water, and water is the best hydrator. Plus water can increase metabolism. There's some evidence that hints that diet drinks can have a negative effect on weight loss. --- (Q) My calendar is filled with celebrations and parties. (A) Remember the arm's length rule. Always stay an arm's length of pickable, poppable, unstoppable food. It may sound simple, but it's a tip that can reduce thousands of calories.
by 14wfie :: 2008-05-17

Research: Hunger hormone works by making food look more appealing
A hormone produced in the gut urge people to eat more by making food seem more appealing, research discloses, proving the wisdom behind the advice that people should never go food shopping when they are hungry. "It's something that people knew but this explains it. Ghrelin is a gut signal, it's the way the gut communicates with the brain to make you hungry. And how it does that is by increasing the rewarding nature of food cues, by making ... food thoughts ... more attractive to you. And therefore increasing the probability that you will eat," said Dr. Alain Dagher.
by canadianpress :: 2008-05-17

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