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5 Simple Solutions to Weight Loss

Are you tired of hard, complicated diets that simply do not produce the results that you are looking for? You are absolutely not alone, because there are people all over the world that are yearning for simple solutions to weight loss that will drive results. Research has shown that 98 percent of all people who [...]

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The 5 Most Common Diet Myths

When it comes to dieting over the past 100 years, there have been so many new techniques and advice books that they could literally fill a library all on their own. With these new techniques have come a lot of myths that have been ingrained in our consciousness. We may not even know where we [...]

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Snacking Without Ruining Your Diet

One of the major reasons that people have difficulty keeping on their diets is the urge to snack. For many of us, it’s hard to get through the day without having at least one snack. However, that one snack can easily turn into ten and before you know it you’re grazing all day long, adding [...]

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How to Retrain Your Cravings

Whenever you start a new diet, cravings are pretty much inevitable. It can get to the point where you feel as though you’ll literally stop existing unless you cave in. Countless diets are broken due to cravings, but there are a few techniques that you can use to retrain your cravings and keep your [...]

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Sunday Roundup: Diet Cults and Fatty Chinese

Good morning readers! I hope everyone is doing well and not cheating on their diets. Spend the day doing something fun - go biking or swimming! Take advantage of the day!
Proudly announcing the Carnival of Weight Loss.
The Fitness Health Network presents:

Mr. Low Body Fat asks Are You A [...]

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Combining It All - My Health Optimization Plan

Okay, here’s where I’m at, as of right now -
I’m trying to combine ALL of the concepts and ideas that I’ve learned - over several years - about losing weight and maintaining focus.
1.  I’m going through a bit of a cleansing, following the diet suggest by Doug Kaufmann over at Know The Cause.  I’m taking [...]

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How to Find the Diet That Works For You

Once you’re ready to take that step and go on a diet, there will literally be thousands of options available to you. There are a myriad of different diets out there and most claim that they have the secret to fast weight loss. It can be very frustrating to keep trying these different diets, only [...]

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Banish Cheat Days for Diet Success

Have you ever fallen off the diet wagon and then said, well, I may as well enjoy myself today, since I’ve already messed up. I’ll get back on my diet tomorrow. If this sounds familiar, you’re dealing with one of the biggest reasons that diets fail. Cheat days are fine, within reason, but if you’re [...]

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The Rice Diet Solution

This is one of the oldest diets that is still followed today, and thousands of people swear by it. There is a clinic in North Carolina for those that really want to take this diet to the next level, but the rest of it can get almost the same benefit from reading the book at [...]

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Is Grazing a Good Idea?

For many of us, it’s just too hard to get through the day without nibbling on something. If you have issues with your blood sugar being too low, or you are simply hungry during the day, snacking can be second nature. While snacking generally gets frowned upon, grazing is typically recommended for many diets. The [...]

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The Weight Loss Cure They Don’t Want You To Know About By Kevin Trudeau

The Weight Loss Cure They Don’t Want You to Know About is an interesting book that covers quite a lot of shaky ground. If you’re sick of trying several different diets that never seem to work, you may be tempted to buy it and give it a whirl. However, it’s a pretty far fetched read [...]

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The Pritikin Weight Loss Breakthrough by Nathan Pritikin

When Nathan Pritikin found out that he had heart disease, back in the 1950’s, most dietary concepts were pretty basic. He was one of the first to try out a low fat, high fiber diet to improve heart health and his results were pretty amazing. Fast forward to today and we now have the Pritikin [...]

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Dieting Causes Brain Damage: How to Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind By Bradley Trevor Greive

Out of all the diet books we have ever seen, this one simply has the best cover. Nothing gets the point of the title across better than a pie-eyed dog staring at you over a bowl of what looks like very unappetizing cereal. The author of this book is the renowned Bradley Trevor Greive, who [...]

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Volumetrics Diet: Fill Up To Lose Weight

Volumetrics is a diet plan developed by nutritionist Barbara Rolls, PhD, with one aim in mind - fill you up with food that is low in calories but high in volume (volumetrics! get it!?). She explains the Volumetrics diet in a 2000 book titled The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan and then in 2005 with The Volumetrics [...]

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Low Carb Diet Is Best!

Which is best? Low carbs? Low fat? Or the Mediterranean diet chock full of healthy fats, fruits, and veggies? Turns out that conventional wisdom, where lower fat is always better, doesn’t always win out and the latest study shows that low carbs is actually the biggest winner. This was a story featured on ABCNews and [...]

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Diet vs. Exercise

There has been a constant debate in the world of health sciences. Which is better… diet or exercise? Both are very crucial to a healthy lifestyle, but which yields best results?
When I am dieting, I focus on the limiting the unnecessary calories that cross my lips. Sometimes I wonder what is and [...]

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High Protein, Low Carbohyedrate Diets

If you’ve ever heard of the Atkins diet then you’re familiar with one of the most popular high protein, low carbohydrate diets. The idea behind high protein and low carbohydrate diets is that you get approximately 30-50% of your calories from proteins, which is much higher than what the American Heart Association, the National Cholesterol [...]

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Weekly Roundup: Diets & Pushups Are Popular

The man who told me about 100 pushups in the first place is also joining the 100 push up challenge. A few others are joining the craze as well, we’ll all be ripped in six weeks.
Elsewhere in the fitness world, there’s been a deluge of posts about diets. Fat Man Unleased unleashed a post on [...]

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A Trip To The Dentist And Lots Of Walking

I went to the dentist Thursday.  I’m ashamed to admit, it had been quite awhile since I had been.  For years, I wasn’t covered by my wife’s dental plan, so I avoided going.  Plus, going to the dentist, in the past, kinda weirded me out.  But, my experience yesterday was amazing.
The hygienist who cleaned my [...]

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Are All Diets Doomed?

This post was submitted by an anonymous guest author. I thought the strong viewpoint might draw up some interesting discussion. Perhaps cheat days should be incorporated so that cheating is part of the plan?
Pretty much every diet fails at some point or other. Yes, it’s true - diets are doomed. No [...]

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Lose Weight Without Dieting?

Losing weight doesn’t have to involve following an elaborate meal plan and making a great deal of changes in your daily life. Yes, you do have to make some changes in what you eat. As always, exercise is important. However, you can lose weight by just making a few simple changes in [...]

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