Sunday 23 February 2014

Lap band surgery provides ‘last resort’ for weight control

At 5-foot-3, Mary Lou Pascarella weighed 222 pounds.

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Mary Lou Pascarella holds a photograph of herself on an iPad before she lost 40 pounds after having a lap band procedure.

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She had high blood pressure and needed a knee replacement. She had trouble sleeping because of shallow or infrequent breathing, a condition called sleep apnea.

In Volusia County, where two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese, Pascarella wasn’t alone in her fight to lose weight. She turned to an ..

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Jennifer Hudson Gives the Key for Losing Weight!

“The key about losing weight: You have to do it for you,” Jennifer recently shared to People. “It’s not about even starting the journey, it’s about you. You have to want to do it. And you can’t let what everyone has to say overshadow what you want for you.”

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'Super Shred' vs 'Doctor's Diet': Physicians debate merits of weight loss plans

So you want to lose weight. What could be better than a diet plan created by one of the well-known physicians on the popular health talk show "The Doctors," two of whom have created their own weight loss programs? The challenge in choosing one of those plans: Dr. Ian Smith provides very different diet tactics in his "Super Shred" diet when compared to Dr. Travis Stork's "The Doctor's Diet," reported USA Today on Feb. 23.
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Diet plan of action for those fallen from the New Year's Resolution wagon

When it comes to successful long term weight loss, changing the way you think about food is the key

Feb 23, 2014 19:09
By Claire Higney

When it comes to successful long term weight loss, changing the way you think about food is the key

Muffin top: A second on the lips, a lifetime on the hips...

We’ve all fallen into the diet trap – started a weight loss plan full of optimism and a few weeks later it goes to pot. In fact, an estimated three million women fell off the New Year diet wagon by early February, with a recent study showing the average dieter gives up only having lost 5-7lb.

So why is it so hard to see our resolution through? According to Harley Street behavioural expert Sandra Roycroft-Davis, founder of ThinkingSlimmer.com , the odds are stacked against us.

A quarter of us give up because strict regimes leave us moody and desperate for sugar, while at least half throw in the towel when we simply run out of willpower.

Miserable weather makes it harder because we turn to comfort foods and have less motivation to exercise.

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Dr. Oz: Fenugreek fights diabetes; eat fat-burning snacks for weight loss

If you're concerned about diabetes, you know that blood sugar spikes can be serious. On his Feb. 21 talk show, Dr. Mehmet Oz revealed how fenugreek can stabilize blood sugar and fight diabetes. Plus: Discover new Oz-approved fat-burning snacks to accelerate your weight loss.

Fenugreek slows down your body's digestion of carbohydrates while decreasing the absorption of glucose. As a result, it can help to control your blood sugar while battling diabetes, says Dr. Oz.

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Weight and watch!

Some stars go to great lengths to get into the skin of the characters they portray. And for them, strict diets and physical regimes are not a dampener when it comes to their onscreen image. While the trend is not entirely new, we are seeing an increasing number of Mollywood stars sweating it out in the recent times, all to lose weight for the sake of a role. Here are some of the more popular stars and their weight-loss mantra.

Mohanlal

In the latest blockbuster hit Drishyam, we saw a slightly portlyMohanlal in the garb of Georgekutty, a villager. However, the actor recently underwent Ayurveda treatment in Peringode to rejuvenate his soul and body. The actor has lost considerable weight after the treatment, and had even posted his new look on his social networking page. Clad in a white mundu and shirt, the superstar looked much more healthy and fit. Post the therapeutic sessions, the actor will join the set of B Unnikrishnan's Mr Fraud.

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Obese Patients Who Feel Judged by Doctors Less Likely to Lose Weight

By TRACI PEDERSEN Associate News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on February 23, 2014

Obese patients who believe their doctors are critical of their weight are more likely to attempt to get fit but less likely to succeed, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers.

“Negative encounters can prompt a weight loss attempt, but our study shows they do not translate into success,” says study leader Kimberly A. Gudzune, M.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

“Ideally, we need to talk about weight loss without making patients feel they are being judged. It’s a fine line to walk, but if we can do it with sensitivity, a lot of patients would benefit.”

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Best tips from 'Super Shred,' 'Doctor's Diet' authors

High-profile physicians Ian Smith and Travis Stork of the TV show The Doctors offer different takes on how to lose weight in their new books, which have spent weeks on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. Here's a look at both doctors' best diet tips:

In Super Shred: The Big Results Diet, Ian Smith outlines a short-term, rapid weight-loss plan that he says can result in losing 20 pounds in four weeks. He has dieters follow a specific four-week eating plan, including some days where the calorie count is about 1,600, and other days where it is 900. (The average caloric intake for women is about 1,800 a day; for men, 2,500, according to government statistics). Smith's plan includes specific grocery lists and meal plans. He recommends doing about 40 minutes or more of high-intensity interval aerobic exercise a day.

His tips for losing weight and keeping it off:

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The weekend weight gain Pattern

Most people look forward to Saturdays and Sundays because those are the two days of the week that don’t require waking up early in the morning to go to work. We take the opportunity to sleep in and maybe spend a lot of time lounging around the house, engage in recreational activities and do things for ourselves. For some, the weekend also includes a “cheat day,” that day in the week when they’re not keeping tabs on their calorie consumption.

Apparently, all these things affects our weight. A new study published in Obesity Facts found that there is a weekly “pattern” to our “daily weight changes.” Typically, we are heaviest “early in the week (Sunday and Monday” and gradually lose weight “during the week,” beginning on Tuesday. It’s a normal pattern or rhythm, researchers say, and small fluctuations shouldn’t alarm anyone.

Avoid weight gain by not eating at your office
desk during work week.

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Personal Best: A postal problem

Wow! The sun is shining and it is above the zero mark on the thermometer, a good day to be living in the North Okanagan.

Every day seems to be a good day as we listen to the repeated weather reports happening across more eastern parts of our land. Snow storm after snow storm, followed by ice storms, followed by floods, the nightly news seems to be repetitious and we, safe in our lotus land climate, seem to be on another planet.

It is hard to imagine what it must be like to have to shovel snow every day before going anywhere, just to get out of your driveway. Sometimes twice a day. I can only imagine how it must be for those seniors with physical difficulties who find it hard to get out in normal circumstances, never mind the continuous snow storms. Under the circumstances, depression and anxiety would be a normalresponse to these home-confining conditions. Yet research conducted by health psychologist Kelly McGonigal of Stanford University shows that our attitude and approach to stress can make all the difference.

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“Eat Stop Eat” Helps People to Lose Weight Naturally

Eat Stop Eat made by Brad Pilon is the latest program that covers special ways to lose fat quickly. An overview on the website Vinaf.com tells readers if the program is worth buying.

Eat Stop Eat created by Brad Pilon is the latest program that covers a wide range of strength training exercises and a list of high protein diets that promote weight loss. Since Brad Pilon released the “Eat Stop Eat”program, he has received many positive comments from customers regarding their success. Therefore, the website Vinaf.com tested the program and published an overview.

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Posted in: Health Posted: February 22, 2014 Weight Loss: Is Venus Factor Legit?

With all the new weight loss programs coming out each year, you have to start to wonder if any of them truly work or if they’re all just hyped up by people trying to sell the actual program.

Well, this year rolled around and once again we have several new weight loss trends such as Garcinia Cambogia and the Venus Factor. We’re only going to examine one in this article, though: Venus Factor.

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Saturday 22 February 2014

Promote healthy lifestyle tactics to overweight teen

Question: Our son is lazy and eats too much. He’s 12 years old and weighs more than 130 pounds. He is a little tall for his age and is big in general, but he is at least 20 pounds overweight for his height, according to our doctor.

My wife doesn’t want me to address the issue of his weight with him because she’s afraid of making him self-conscious. I’m afraid if we ignore it, he will continue to sit around, play video games, eat crap and get heavier. I want to remove the junk food from our house, but my wife is terrified of bringing this up to our son.

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A dieting cookie addict's plea

We must stop them.

We must stop the millions of Girl Scouts who are, right this moment, preying on a helpless public, making us buy and consume calories we don't need — at the rate of one or two rows of cookies at each sitting.

I am on a diet, you see — not just a low-carb diet, but a low-fat diet, low-calorie diet. I am getting by on only 1,300 or 1,400 calories a day.

That means I can't eat sweets or drink adult beverages or consume pretty much anything that tastes good and makes me happy. I am giving up almost all my vices in one fell swoop — making me one of the least pleasant people you'd want to be around.

The only upside is that this diet is very effective — and it is working. It is monitored by well-educated administrators and coaches. I meet them every Saturday morning for a weigh-in and to discuss any untoward dieting challenges that I faced the prior week.

Swim away your flab

Each swimming stroke has its own advantages, and you can master them with the proper techniques and equipment. -Photos courtesy of Speedo

Swimming is a great workout to melt away your post-Chinese New Year fat.

LIKE all other festivities commonly observed in Malaysia, the recent Chinese New Year holidays were an excellent opportunity for family and friends to catch up on lost time.

Kicking off with the requisite reunion dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year, the celebrations are usually accompanied with a wide array of seasonal goodies, including mandarin oranges, sticky rice cake (nian gao), preserved meats (bak kwa), various cookies, assorted sweets and other delicacies.

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LIFE ‘Eat Chocolate Lose Weight’ diet advocates daily intake of the sweet stuff -

Neuroscientist Dr Will Clower penned the book 'Eat Chocolate Lose Weight' and says consuming chocolate can actually help you eat less each day. File pic of Torben Bang, a chocolatier and pastry chef, ladling dark chocolate into a mold in Norwalk, Connecticut. — AFP pixNEW YORK, Feb 22 — Chocolate has almost always been on the “Heck no!” list when it comes to diets, but a new regimen promises eating the sweet treat helps with weight loss. Neuroscientist Dr Will Clower penned the book “Eat Chocolate Lose Weight” and says consuming chocolate can actually help you eat less each day. Studies on thousands of people have reportedly proved his theory right. - See more at:
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Murray loses weight, makes great new friends

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Linda Murray, left, receives her prizes for winning the Lose to Win Fitness Challenge from Michele Grzebien-Huckson, executive director of the Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. (contributed photo)

Linda Murray has shaken her fear of gyms and it's literally been a weight off over her shoulders – and other parts of her.

The 48-year-old Blenheim resident is the winner of the 4th annual Lose to Win Fitness Challenge, which wrapped up on Wednesday, raising nearly $20,000 for the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s most urgent capital needs fundraising campaign.

Murray was among the 117 people who spent 16 weeks faithfully going to Performance Fitness & Training in Chatham. This resulted in her losing 35 pounds and 30.5 inches, and raising $3,503.10 in pledges for the campaign.

“I had never stepped foot in a gym until I went there,” she said. “Gyms always intimidated me.”

She credits the people she exercised with

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Fern Britton forced to deny using diet pills after being linked to ad campaign for weight-loss supplement Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2565319/Fern-Britton-forced-deny-using-raspberry-ketone-linked-ad-campaign-weight-loss-supplements

Fern Britton has been forced to deny using diet pills after being linked to a scam advertising campaign for a weight loss supplement.

Yesterday, Miss Britton, 56, used social networking site Twitter to rubbish claims she had used raspberry ketone capsules, and warned: ‘It’s a scam! Not me!’

Believed to have been generated by a bogus company to dupe people into parting with credit card details, the scam says Miss Britton lost seven stone.

It includes the words: ‘Fern proves critics wrong. Drops 22st without cheating – no weird exercise or ugly diets!’

It also features a photograph of Miss Britton’s face, despite the former This Morning presenter having not given her consent to be linked with the product.

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Shed weight, not cash Sticking with fitness plan need not be a cash drain

Shed weight, not cash

Sticking with fitness plan need not be a cash drain

Remember when you resolved that this would be the year you would shed those unwanted pounds and pursue a healthier lifestyle? It's been eight weeks, and of the 45 percent who made New Year's resolutions — many to lose weight — just 8 percent are persevering with that self-promise, according to a recent survey by Sears Holdings.

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Rounding up the latest research on health, diet and weight loss

According to research from Jeremy D. Coplan at SUNY Downstate, “Being overweight appears related to reduced levels of a molecule [N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA)] that reflects brain cell health in the hippocampus, a part of the brain involved in memory, learning, and emotions, and likely also involved in appetite control.”

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A book, a treadmill and prayer

By MONICA CANE
Faith Columnist

February 22, 2014 12:01 a.m.

I love junk food! I’m not talking a casual fondness for a fistful of Doritos or a mouthful of powered donuts. I’m talking full blown, passionate love, for deep fried chicken, cheeseburgers and French fries, supreme pizzas with extra thick crust and a pound of shredded cheese scattered over chunks of sausage and pepperoni. Washed down by a mug of ice cold soda, followed by a jumbo scoop of vanilla ice cream with hot fudge drizzled on top. Do you get the picture? I love junk food!

This was my dilemma I sighed, as I left my doctors office frustrated over the extra thirty pounds my love for junk food had packed on. I knew I had gained some weight since my last check up, but when my doctor poked a finger at my belly and said “I was getting chunky and could stand to loose a few pounds,” I really got the picture.

Over the years I had tried everything from liquid diets, low carbohydrate plans, to menus filled with fruit and vegetables only. With each new diet came the hope that my will power would last long enough for me to loose a few pounds before my junk food craving kicked in. Unfortunately, with each new diet came the same old failure.

By MONICA CANE Faith Columnist February 22, 2014 12:01 a.m. I love junk food! I’m not talking a casual fondness for a fistful of Doritos or a mouthful of powered donuts. I’m talking full blown, passionate love, for deep fried chicken, cheeseburgers and French fries, supreme pizzas with extra thick crust and a pound of shredded cheese scattered over chunks of sausage and pepperoni. Washed down by a mug of ice cold soda, followed by a jumbo scoop of vanilla ice cream with hot fudge drizzled on top. Do you get the picture? I love junk food! This was my dilemma I sighed, as I left my doctors office frustrated over the extra thirty pounds my love for junk food had packed on. I knew I had gained some weight since my last check up, but when my doctor poked a finger at my belly and said “I was getting chunky and could stand to loose a few pounds,” I really got the picture. Over the years I had tried everything from liquid diets, low carbohydrate plans, to menus filled with fruit and vegetables only. With each new diet came the hope that my will power would last long enough for me to loose a few pounds before my junk food craving kicked in. Unfortunately, with each new diet came the same old failure.

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Friday 21 February 2014

The Truth About Saturated Fats

By Sally Kuzemchak, RD

For years you've been told that the saturated fat you eat is public enemy No. 1 in the battle against obesity and heart disease. Turns out, it may actually be -- gasp! -- good for you.

Related: Should You Go Gluten-Free? What You Need to Know

Good Fats Versus Bad Fats I was a card-carrying skinny-latte-drinking low-fat girl. I ordered frozen yogurt instead of ice cream, grilled chicken instead of steak, and I snacked on low-fat cheese and reduced-fat crackers. With a family history of high cholesterol (my own number hovered slightly beyond the healthy range), I figured that limiting saturated fat was smart.

But in the past couple of years I've made some changes. Inspired by the movement to eat locally, I started shopping at my farmers' market:

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Five Badass Workouts Without Weights

Whip yourself into shape while taking it easy on your joints.

Michael Schletter, C.P.T.

There’s never an excuse to miss a workout. In fact, most excuses used are exact reasons one should work out. For example, if you’re stressed out, a workout can relieve some of that tension. Short on time? Perfect for a nice interval-training session to get your sweat on without even going to the gym. With that in mind, we’ve come up with these five workouts, guaranteed to burn off that pizza you ate last night and add muscle to your frame.

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Living Well: Keep your heart healthy with regular screenings

Keeping good tabs on your heart health will help you avoid cardiovascular disease as you grow older. The best way to ensure you’re doing so is to get regular check-ups that include heart screening tests and by discussing your risk factors with your doctor. ...
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Now 'depressed' Rob Kardashian deletes all but two of his Instagram photos as he continues weight loss attempt

He is reportedly 'really depressed' and is still attempting to lose weight amid reports his family are putting pressure on him to slim down.

And now, Rob Kardashian has deleted all but two photographs on his Instagram account.

It is not clear when the 26-year-old reality star erased the snaps, but the only pictures which remain are a grab he posted on Friday advising his fans to sign up to video service Keek and a snap of himself with sister Khloe Kardashian in their younger days.

How to Set Goals For Weight Loss

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) Setting weight loss goals is one of the hardest steps to losing weight.

How much do you need to lose?

Sometimes, we choose a number based on what we used to weigh or even what we've always wanted to weigh, but is that the right approach?

If you're trying to lose weight but don't know where to start, you're not alone.

Experts say by starting off small with weight goals, you stay on track and the goals are easier to be met.

"If you set a small goal then you can work on trying to obtain it and see what you need to be doing to either get motivated or find whatever support you need to make it," says Jessica Anderson, registered dietitian for Heartland.

Dietitians say that's the only way you can push yourself to where you want to be.

Our weight loss goals are usually based on what we think we should look like rather than what's reasonable for our bodies.
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