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By Denise Mann If your diet isn’t going as well as you had hoped, the problem may not be your food choices or exercise habits. It may be your sleeping habits. Sleep loss may hamper even your best attempts to lose weight, according to new research in the Oct. 5 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. |
3 Ways to Get Back on TrackWhen weight loss professionals discuss emotional eating, you hear a lot of talk about stimulus control, stress management techniques, and cognitive reframing. This is all well and good (and you’ll be hearing some of that here), but it doesn’t quite capture the actual experience of being caught up in an episode of emotional eating. |
Old Fashioned Taste, Better NutritionTomato-rich spaghetti sauce is packed with the micronutrient lycopene, which researchers think may help fight cancer. And “red sauce” is also an all-time favorite American recipe that is easily adjusted to cut calories and fat and to provide more dietary fiber. |
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It may sound like weird science, but “energy density” is nothing more than the calories in a portion of food. Fruits, vegetables, legumes, and cooked grains are examples of low-energy-density foods that give you plenty of water and fiber for very few calories. |
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An interview with sports dietitian Christine Rosenbloom, PhD, RD, CSSD By Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD Whether you’re a “weekend warrior” trying to stay fit or an athlete training for a marathon, what you eat can affect how you perform. Eating right can give you the edge to help energize your workout or reach that 26th mile. But which foods are best for fitness activities, and which should you avoid? With so many sports drinks, bars, powders, and supplements to choose from, how do you know which are best? Or can you skip the expensive supplements and get everything you need from a well-planned diet? |
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By Kristie Leong M.D., If you’re trying to lose weight, you may want to avoid extreme calorie restriction. Here’s why. What’s the best way to lose weight? Undoubtedly, the safest and most effective approach is to eat healthy and exercise; but some people want faster results and resort to unsafe practices such as diet pills and starvation diets. Neither approach works in the long run and both can have serious health consequences. To speed up weight loss further, some people adopt very low calorie diets that fail to provide adequate nutrition. Sure, they may be rewarded with weight loss initially, but inevitably they end up jeopardizing their overall health. What are the consequences of eating too few calories? |
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Can a food diary really help you loose weight? By Elaine Magee, MPH, RD WebMD Feature reviewed by Louise Chang, MD It may sound too good to be true, but many experts say the simple act of keeping a food diary can encourage you to eat fewer calories — and thus lose weight. |
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Evaluate yourself before you begin to consider the various offerings of weight loss sites. Decide if you need specific menu plans, supplied food, exercise plans, community support forums, individual counseling or individualized diet plans. Then it will be easier to decide which one is best for you. Determine how each website handles food plans. Does it offer tools and resources such as meal trackers, recipes and custom meal plans? Do you need guides to eating out? Do you need tips as to which foods are best for you? Does the site do more than just try to sell you food? |
Motivation makes you feel as if you are full of life and ready to do anything you have to set out for yourself.Motivation-we’re all chasing it, but few of us understand it, or why we lose it in the first place. |
