Counting Calories

Posted on April 2, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets, Weight Loss, health coupons | Leave a Comment

  • Alcohol’s Hidden Calories

    Although most experts agree that moderate consumption of alcohol, specifically red wine, provides a dose of healthy antioxidants, alcohol is not calorie-free; it provides about 7 calories per gram.

    If you are counting calories, remember that a 5-ounce glass of wine has about 100 calories. A 12-ounce can of beer (not light beer) contains about 150 calories, and 1.5 ounces (about a shot glass worth) of distilled spirits contains 100 calories.

    If you choose to drink alcohol and you are following a weight loss program

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    Medifast For Teens Or Kids? My Modified Version That Has Worked

    Posted on March 1, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment

    Let me disclose right upfront that I am not a doctor, but I have lost almost 50 pounds on medifast. A couple of months ago, I was approached by a coworker who had three pretty overweight children, who frankly were approaching being obese. After seeing my results, and noticing that I’d been able to eat snack type foods, my coworker wanted to know if medifast could work for her kids and her teenage daughter.

    There’s not much data available on using the medifast diet on kids or teens and I knew that children are still growing so it probably was… Continue reading

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    Need Feedback On The Medifast Diet? Here’s Mine

    Posted on February 28, 2008 - Filed Under Popular Diets | Leave a Comment

    If you’re researching or considering medifast, I was in your shoes about six months ago. I’m a 30 something mother who is getting married this summer. I’ve needed to lose weight for a very long time and have tried every diet under the sun. Nothing worked long term, probably because I could not stick with any of the diets.

    I’m a big snacker. I like carbs and dessert foods. When I feel deprived, I get depressed and this generally did not help my weight loss cause.

    A coworker of mine started losing a good deal of weight… Continue reading

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    Lose 10 Pounds In One Week

    Posted on February 20, 2008 - Filed Under Weight Loss | Leave a Comment

    Losing 10 pounds in a week is a lot to ask yourself! However, if you are really committed to it, you just might be able to do it! Here are some tips to help you along your way.

    Let’s go over some things that you will need to either do, or change up in order to get to your goal.

    To start off, let’s get to a touchy subject — caffeine. Science has shown that caffeine can actually cause your body to hang on to fat. Yes, lots of weight loss products have caffeine in them from one source or another. It… Continue reading

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    What Is the Difference Between Dieting And Cleansing?

    Posted on January 25, 2008 - Filed Under Weight Loss | Leave a Comment

    In this short message I will reveal the primary differences between dieting & cleansing — and determine which will get you to your weight loss goal more quickly and which is better for your health.

    This is how most diets go for the average American, let’s call him Joe…

    Plan A: Cut calories and increase activity. Ok, that sounds simple enough. After about a week or two, Joe will decide the one or two pound weight loss per week is not worth the hunger pangs, sweets cravings and grueling excursions at the gym.

    Plan B follows, shortly after Joe person gets… Continue reading

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    In this short message I will reveal the primary differences between dieting & cleansing — and determine which will get you to your weight loss goal more quickly and which is better for your health.

    This is how most diets go for the average American, let’s call him Joe…

    Plan A: Cut calories and increase activity. Ok, that sounds simple enough. After about a week or two, Joe will decide the one or two pound weight loss per week is not worth the hunger pangs, sweets cravings and grueling excursions at the gym.

    Plan B follows, shortly after Joe person gets… Continue reading

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    How To Flush Out Your Colon And Lose Weight Fast

    Posted on January 23, 2008 - Filed Under Alternative | Leave a Comment

    There are many ways that you can go about creating quick weight loss and colon flushing. There are herbal supplements and laxatives, but both of these can cause embarrassing odors and numerous trips to the bathroom.

    There is also colon hydrotherapy or colonic irrigation, which is administered by a specialist. This works almost like an enema and is repeated multiple times. This can prove to be costly if one has chronic constipation.

    The best method I have found is to use an oxygen based intestinal cleanser that is all natural and safe. It is the lowest cost doctor recommended effective method for… Continue reading

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    There are many ways that you can go about creating quick weight loss and colon flushing. There are herbal supplements and laxatives, but both of these can cause embarrassing odors and numerous trips to the bathroom.

    There is also colon hydrotherapy or colonic irrigation, which is administered by a specialist. This works almost like an enema and is repeated multiple times. This can prove to be costly if one has chronic constipation.

    The best method I have found is to use an oxygen based intestinal cleanser that is all natural and safe. It is the lowest cost doctor recommended effective method for… Continue reading

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