Weight loss news 2008-07-23

Low-carb" diets are still popular despite the fact that, while they cause short-term weight loss, there is usually a quick rebound to original weight. This is because the low-carb regime creates sugar cravings and slows metabolism.

Each week, a new diet offers you the ultimate weight loss miracle. But, finally, one that is achievable has arrived. Having a big breakfast every day is the way to lose weight and keep it off.

The answer is probably not too long. Harsh, denial-based diets are a dime a dozen and, in the long run, they actually make you gain weight. Repeated episodes of denial train your body to hold onto fat, as its best energy source, and never let go.

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Although weight loss is usually healthy, this is not always the case. It is also important to eat enough. Think of the surprising number of people with eating disorders, whose obsessive desire to be thin poses a life-threatening health risk. And illness sometimes causes unwanted weight loss, so a healthy diet may promote weight gain.

If we get involved with dieting or surgery or any weight loss strategy because we want to look like someone on TV, or to please someone else, or because we dont like ourselves very much - or for any other reason thats not related to wanting to be healthy - weight loss wont work over the long term.

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In a world full of weight-loss "solutions" promising a quick fix for people struggling with obesity, Donna M. Russell, LaFargeville, tells her support group that even one of the most successful fixes, gastric-bypass surgery, is anything but quick.

In her support group meetings, Mrs. Russell emphasizes the importance of weight loss on overall health. At Mays meeting she told about a recent study showing that Type 2 diabetes in many gastric-bypass patients tends to go into remission.

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Vincent proves that its possible to lose weight on your own, without the personal trainers and support provided by the show. She says quick, easy, healthy meals were a key for her, because if you cant make something healthy fast youre likely to stop at the drive-through instead.

Ultimately weight loss is a pretty simple matter, she told Womans World: Every time you burn 3,500 calories more than you take in, you lose a pound. Do that again and again, and you can meet even a huge weight loss goal.

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Biggest Loser Ali Vincent shares tips that helped her lose big, proving that anyone can lose any amount of weight if they stay committed. - Biggest loser diet tips

Virginia Spinks spent her life gaining and losing weight usually gaining more than shed lost. So one day she found herself with high cholesterol and energy so low she couldnt keep up with her young child.

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Her best friend asked her to get gastric bypass with her. Instead, Spinks gave regular dieting one last try. Shed heard about the Houston Adventure Boot Camp ( ) and signed up.

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We do lose weight quickly on high protein diets because we lose lots of water weight first. This can translate into a 3-7 pound loss in one week depending upon our total body weight. Another reason research has shown that high protein diets result in a higher weight loss is boredom. Yes, after weeks and months of eating mostly meats and high protein foods (most of us dont realize it), we start to reduce our portions because we desire less and less of the very limited foods we are eating. This, combined with the fact that we are not eating the foods that we tend to overeat (bread) leads to an overall reduced amount of food. Reduced food, reduced portions means, you guessed it, less calories hence weight loss. But how long can we keep up any one specific diet Even a once new fast food diet outlined how to stay within 1500

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Weight Abate started in March and so far Brown Sebastian has not had much success in losing weight. Shes at a plateau after her earlier loss. A problem with her left foot has prevented her from biking riding and walking as much as she would like.

She and her husband are not vegetarians. They eat chicken and fish, and "John will have beef once in a blue moon," she said. They enjoy a diet rich in fruits and vegetables.

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Take Off Pounds Sensibly is an international nonprofit weight-loss support group, providing members with information and fellowship, promoting a sensible approach to weight loss. Call Sharon, 304-523-4618.

The following weigh-ins and meetings, offered by Weight Watchers, are conducted at 727 9th Ave.

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Silvia Quinonez leads a Pilates lesson Saturday morning at Rancho Village Baptist Church at the end of a 12-week weight loss program in the Hispanic community.

In Oklahoma City to celebrate their health and weight loss, ending a 12-week program designed to infuse better lifestyle habits into the Hispanic community.

The first Hispanic Weight Loss Challenge, called "Gane . Perdiendo, or "Win . Losing, was started by two Integris Heath workers who noticed a need to improve their lives.

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More than 100 people gathered Saturday morning at Rancho Village Baptist Church in Oklahoma City to celebrate their health and weight loss, ending a 12-week program designed to infuse better lifestyle habits into the Hispanic community. The first Hispanic Weight Loss Challenge, called "Gane . Perdiendo, or "Win . Losing, was started by two Integris Heath workers who noticed a