Posted by Meadow Summers on Friday, February 4, 2011,
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How many times have you gone on a diet, only to regain the weight, plus a little dividend?? For many people, diet is a vicious cycle full of ups and downs, and a lot of discouragement. If you want to maintain your weight permanently, you will need to implement some techniques. For most of us maintaining a healthy weight requires a lot of dedication and hard work, but your reward could well mean a longer life, less illness and simply feeling better. Let's look at some of the ways you can main...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Saturday, January 15, 2011,
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Weight Loss
The average weight gained during pregnancy is between 25 and 35 pounds. During birth, new mothers lose from 12.5 up to 14 pounds, which leaves 12 to 21 pounds of excess weight to be lost postpartum.
Some mothers may gain an extra 10 to 12 pounds during pregnancy because of various medical conditions, which may make it more difficult to lose in order to get back to their pre-pregnancy figure.
It is natural that new moms want to shed pregnancy weight as soon as possible. A lot of mothers are eag... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Monday, August 16, 2010,
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Emotional eating can interfere with weight management. Having the propensity to eat more in reaction to emotions can be vital in accomplishing long term weight loss. Emotional eating is a somewhat widespread dilemma for both women and men. If an individual eats as a reaction to their feelings, he or she is an emotional eater. This type of mindless food consumption is defined as emotions -- not the body – dictating when to eat or how much to eat. Undergoing this type of eating predominantly ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Tuesday, August 3, 2010,
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This has been the tug of war question among dieters since the beginning of time. Does one lose more weight if eating low carb meals or will more weight be shed if one consumes low fat meals? According to recent research in the end, you will lose about the same amount by following either one. But, which one is healthier? Diets such as South Beach and Atkins, which tout the benefits of low carb meals, will typically call for consuming more fat and protein. Adherence to these diets results in more...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Tuesday, June 29, 2010,
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It can be a difficult endeavor to lose those excess pounds of body fat. However, there are certain common foods you can eat regularly that will assist in the process. Research has shown that the best foods for weight loss are ones that are naturally low in fat. These include fruits and vegetables, which should be a major staple in anyone's diet.
Try some of these easy healthy diet foods to enhance your weight loss regime.
Cabbage - Since it contains iodine and sulphur, cabbage will purge wast... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Monday, June 28, 2010,
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Weight Loss
Since ancient civilization, apple cider vinegar has been used to treat various diseases. The father of medicine, Hippocrates, used it to heal his ails and maintain youth. Ancient Greeks and Romans used apple cider vinegar to flavor foods and heal illness. Babylonians made use of this elixir as a stabilizer and as a condiment. The Parisians believed it preserved youth and used it as a ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Monday, June 14, 2010,
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Weight Loss
Everybody faces the reality of gaining weight at some point in their lives. The rationale behind our unwanted pounds is simple: we consume more calories than our bodies are able to burn. It’s a fact that we need food that serves as nourishment in order to survive. The food that you eat must contain the suitable vitamins and nutrients needed. In short, one is supposed to be eating to live, not living to eat.
Everyone desires to use rapid weight loss diets in order to shed weight, but sometime... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Wednesday, June 9, 2010,
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Weight Loss
Here are 6 tips on how to lose fat and keep it off:
1. Eat several small meals each day instead of three big ones.
Eating six times a day will nourish your body frequently, ward off hunger pangs, maintain stable energy levels and metabolism. It is also a great way to supply the body all the nutrients needed to recover from the fatigue of intensive training. People who eat three times a day often experience the presence of the sudden urge to eat, especially towards the evening meal.
2. Portion c... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Wednesday, June 9, 2010,
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Weight Loss
With hundreds of programs dedicated to nutrition and weight loss, the so called "experts" attempt to presents fiction as reality. Let’s take a look at some of the common myths floating around that you may encounter when you want to lose weight.
Myth 1 - Foods such as grapefruit or celery can burn fat
No food can "burn" fat. Although some caffeine containing foods have the ability to speed up the metabolism for a short time, can cause weight loss (such as green tea). But foods themselves do n... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Wednesday, May 26, 2010,
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Weight Loss
Weight is an issue that a lot of people find difficult to manage. Gaining it is easy, we can all do that! But losing it requires a lot of effort. Many people are looking for ways to lose 10 pounds. There are a lot of plans and programs that claim they can help. The point is, however, how long will you be able to maintain a weight loss of ten pounds or more? The primary objective is to lose 10 pounds and keep it off.
What to avoid
Believe it or not, it is actually a simple endeavor. Starvation i... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Thursday, April 29, 2010,
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Weight Loss
 There are so many diet plans out there that promise weight loss by eating their food or following their plan. However, the foods that comprise these plans are either frozen, pouched or dehydrated. These prepared foods are low calorie meals that don’t offer much in the way of nutrition. These plans call for the addition at home of fresh fruits and vegetables in order to complete them. Most of the meals on these diets is highly processed and does not offer much in the way of nutrition. It is u...
Posted by Dieter Peise on Monday, April 12, 2010,
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Weight Loss
 Recent studies have revealed that green tea can actually assist in the process of weight loss. The catechin epigalllocatechin gallate (ECGC) is the culprit.
ECGC is touted for many health benefits including effective results against high blood pressure and the prevention of cancer. For centuries, Asians have used green tea regularly.
Green tea is made by steaming fresh tea leaves. Black tea leaves are fermented leaves. Because green tea is not fermented, it has a higher concentration of po... Continue reading ...
Posted by Dieter Peise on Monday, April 12, 2010,
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Weight Loss
 When it comes to weight loss, it is sometimes difficult to find the patience and discipline necessary to make lifestyle changes that will last. A fast way to lose weight may not be the best way.
Eating foods that are highly processed and contain hydrogenated oils and refined sugars are not good for our health. By simply dieting and perhaps reducing the quantities of these foods will leave you hungry and lacking in nutrients. Limiting foods that are already devoid of nutrition will only lead ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Tuesday, March 9, 2010,
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Weight Loss
 When it comes to dieting, there are a myriad of options out there to try. There are the plans that count calories, plans that limit the types of foods that you eat, and plans that focus on a certain food or food type and use that as a basis for weight loss. If weight loss is your goal, you need to examine what exactly you are eating that is causing you to gain weight. Those of us who consume a lot of processed foods on a daily basis are more likely to have an issue with weight loss than someo...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Tuesday, March 9, 2010,
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Weight Loss
 When it comes to dieting, crash diets, fad diets and quick weight loss diets just don’t work if your goal is long term weight loss.
If you are someone who is addicted to junk food, your chances of keeping the weight off are not very good. Diets that work are not diets at all, for the betterment of your health and to lose weight and keep it off requires lifestyle changes. Research has shown that processed foods offer little nutritional value and consuming them frequently can lead to the ma... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Tuesday, March 2, 2010,
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Weight Loss
 When I learned I had breast cancer, I felt as though I was not going to come out of this alive. I thought that my life was over and that my children would grow up without a mother. As the smoke cleared from all of the shock and confusion I was feeling, I dug into research and found some information that I was not expecting to find.
During the last 10 years prior to my diagnosis, I had let things slip in my life. I had always been somewhat health conscious and kept myself in good shape. I ha... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Tuesday, February 23, 2010,
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Weight Loss
Since I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I researched ways in which to reduce my risk of a recurrence. There are several natural substances that induce apoptosis (spontaneous cell suicide) in cancer cells. Research has
found that green tea is one of them. It is rich in polyphenols and catechins, which are strong antioxidants. I am dedicated to drinking my 5-6 cups of warm green tea every day. In the winter, especially, it is warming and soothing and something I look forward to. However, gr... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Thursday, February 11, 2010,
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Weight Loss
If you have read any of my posts regarding nutrition and weight loss, you have seen that I am a huge endorser of all things natural and pure. I was jolted into making sweeping lifestyle changes when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
For a while, I tried an exclusively raw food diet. I purchased lots of cook books with yummy gourmet recipes and devoted myself 100% to this lifestyle. I found that no matter what I ate, when I followed these recipes, there was no way that I could gain weight. I... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Thursday, February 11, 2010,
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Weight Loss
Weight loss is not an easy endeavor. And, for many, it is a chronic issue that can plague one for their entire life. So many times one will follow quick weight loss tips and shed a bunch of weight, only to gain it all back and then some when they go off of the program. There are many strategies that can help you to lose weight. I would like to share some sensible, healthy weight loss tips with you that should help you to rid yourself of those extra pounds once and for all. Of course, no diet ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Saturday, January 30, 2010,
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Weight Loss
The Lemonade Diet seems all the rage these days. I will tell you a bit about it here, but as with other quick weight loss diets out there, I don't recommend it as a long term, healthy weight loss solution.
The Lemonade Diet cleanse promises a huge reduction in your weight in only 10 days. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, guess what, it is!
A benefit of the diet, is that it will cleanse your system. To think of it as a lemonade detox diet would be more beneficial as it is always a go... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Friday, January 29, 2010,
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Weight Loss
I don't believe in products that claim to help you drop weight quickly such as Slim quick, Slimfast or any other product that makes such claims. In my opinion, eating a sensible diet that is rich in fresh organic fruits, vegetables and whole grains is the way to maintain a healthy weight and lose excess weight you may be carrying.
Research has found that there is nothing in the "revolutionary formula" of Slimquick to back up its claim of fast weight loss. The majority of its ingredients, whi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Thursday, January 28, 2010,
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Weight Loss
Natural fat burners are in existence in your body. It is important to take this into consideration when planning a weight loss strategy. All too often, we do not rely on our body's innate ability to lose fat and use outside weight loss methods that can be unhealthy. You may have just had a baby and are facing weight obstacles.
If you work with your bodies natural fat burners, you can safely burn off the fat without relying on diet fat burners or even herbal fat burners.
One way to get your... Continue reading ...
Posted by Meadow Summers on Wednesday, January 27, 2010,
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Weight Loss
What do you think of when you hear terms like: fat burners, fast diet, lemonade diet, slim quick, or Beyonce diet? When I hear these terms and their claims for easy weight loss, I think of an unhealthy diet that lacks in nutrition and long term success. With all of the cleanse diets, fasting diets and juice diets out there, it is difficult to make a decision on what will work the best for you.
Let me tell you from experience, none of these diets will work! Sadly, there is no true key to eas... Continue reading ...
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