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Posted Get OFF the Couch and Start Exercising! to Diet Blog
sxc.hu: stylesr1 Do you sit for hours vegetating in front of the television? No doubt, T.V. is an addictive pass-time for many, and I could preach all day telling them to get to the gym--but some would take absolutely no heed! So, let's compromise here... How are you with multitasking?...
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Posted Weight Loss: Focus on Cutting Calories to Diet Blog
sxc:hu: Lockstockb Sometimes I get sick listening to people groan on about how great THEIR diet is over another diet--whether it's low carb, low fat, high protein, or whatever! So, I found the results of a new study of interest. They concluded as long as your diet cuts back on calories it will lead to weight loss. Researchers said this:...
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Posted STOP Being a Couch Potato! to Diet Blog
sxc.hu: MJimages Are you a couch potato? I used to think the only thing keeping couch potatoes from the gym was, well, themselves! But, it seems there's some evidence to suggest it's not merely a motivation problem, but also genetics separating the fitness fanatics from the slouches....
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Posted Pilot's Eating Habits May Affect Their Flight Performance to Diet Blog
sxc.hu: Maavi How much do you believe your diet affects your job performance? I know for sure when I don't eat regularly, I get tired and a bit cranky! And, I suppose if I think about it, a poor diet could potentially effect my job performance too. If your job requires that you are responsible for the safety of others,...
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Posted 7 Ways to Maintain Weight Loss to Diet Blog
sxu: Genkaku I've noticed recently some of the posters on Diet-Blog Share have been asking about how to maintain weight loss. There's no doubt about it, despite the large amount of books and other resources available these days, the big problem most people seem to have isn't with losing weight, but maintaining weight loss....
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Posted 3 Ways Twitter Could Improve Your Health to Diet Blog
Marissa Jaret Winokur, the host of "Dance Your Ass Off," reports she's trying to lose weight. Her newest strategy? She'll be Tweeting what she eats. Marissa tell us: It's kinda like my own little support group... I had never used Twitter before, but I thought what an easy way to beg for support while standing on line at the...
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Posted 5 Healthy Kids Lunch Ideas to Diet Blog
chrissi Whether your children are at school, or home on holidays, it can be really difficult coming up with healthy kids lunch ideas day after day to keep them interested. We're all extremely busy these days, so the last thing we need is to get complicated at lunchtime. But, what should your child's lunch contain?...
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Posted 5 Ways to Stop Food Cravings to Diet Blog
Flickr: obo-bobolina If you try to eat healthy and take regular exercise I think it's possible to allow for all types of food in your diet in moderation. But, sometimes you may find yourself overcome with evil cravings that seem to have a mind of their own! So, why do we crave certain foods? According to Dr Elizabeth Markley, assistant...
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Posted Are You Aware of the Hidden Salt in Chicken? to Diet Blog
sxc.hu: prof You wouldn't expect uncooked chicken to be a significant source of sodium, would you? But apparently it can be. And, this is before you add any seasoning to it in your own home. Injecting raw chicken with saltwater solutions during processing is actually a widespread practice in the poultry industry. Manufacturers say it makes for tastier, juicier meat....
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Posted Mother's Weight May Impact Daughter's Obesity Risk to Diet Blog
sxc.hu: simmbarb According to new research a mother's weight, and the amount she gains during pregnancy, may have an impact on her daughter's risk of obesity decades later. This research has important implications for the future - if women can reach a healthy weight before they begin their family, it has the potential to impact two generations. This is exciting...
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Posted 13 Big Fat Dieting Myths to Diet Blog
SXC: Lusi Wouldn't you agree the diet industry is saturated with unhealthy weight loss misconceptions? This has helped lead to an explosion of behaviors, which do little to encourage good health and well-being in the long run. I hate the fact that in our day and age for some people "health" equals "fad dieting!"...
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Posted Today's Diets: A Remake of Yesteryear? to Diet Blog
Flickr: D Sharon Pruitt While there's a general consensus that to lose weight the calories you burn must exceed the calories you consume, how you decide to achieve that goal is certainly up for debate. I am constantly amazed, horrified and completely baffled by the bizarre weight loss plans people follow these days in an attempt to slim down....
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Posted Your Healthy Skin Diet in 6 Steps to Diet Blog
Bob Moawad once said, "Quality begins on the inside, and then works its way out." I think this is very profound, and not only true of how you are as a person, but can also be said of your health. In fact, there's good reason to believe the food you put into your body has a huge influence on...
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Posted Does Your Toddler Have an Eating Disorder? to Diet Blog
I was completely shocked and horrified when I came across an article recently in BBC News, stating some parents are attributing their children's dietary foibles to an eating disorder, rather than simply bad behavior. In the interview, Dr Su Laurent discusses how she spends a significant amount of her clinical time seeing healthy young children whose parents are convinced...
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Posted SAME Café: Pay Only What You Can Afford to Diet Blog
Without a doubt the SAME Café is a unique concept rarely heard of in today's society. In fact, it's the only café (as far as I know) having no prices on the menu, and were customers simply pay what they can afford for the food. It probably sounds like something out a movie, but in fact you can find...