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What Did You Eat Today?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Diet Tips, Dieting, Weight Gain, Food, Weight Loss Tips, Fat, Weight Loss, Eating, Obesity, Diet, Health, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

What I ask people to do is to get on the scale every day. Yes, every day. Write down your weight each day and average it out over the course of a week. This keeps you awake and aware to what is going on.

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Point 4: Americans Are Obese And Inert -- Resulting In Huge Health Care Costs

George Halvorson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Dementia, Personal Health, Universal Healthcare, Weight, Kaiser Permanente, Obesity, Obama Health Care, Childhood Obesity, Overweight, Weight Control, Health, Obesity Epidemic, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Alzheimer's, Causes of Dementia, Diabetes, Health Care, George Halvorson, Living News
George Halvorson

We will spend about 17.6 percent of our GDP on health care expenses this year in America, primarily because we are not healthy in some very key areas.

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28 Diet Tips In 28 Days

intent.com | Janice Taylor | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Diets, Losing Weight, Diet Tips, Dieting Tips, Dieting, Weight Gain, Healthy Diet, Diet Advice, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Weight, Diet, How to Lose Weight, Living News

As we move from summer to fall, into the new school season and new year, I am wondering if you would like to join with me as I recommit to my health, ...

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Why It's So Hard Not To Be Fat

Christina Pirello | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Fat, Weight Loss, Sugar, Pesticides, Fast Food, American Diet, Prevention-Magazine, Steroids, Weight Loss Tips, Herbicides, Fast Food Industry, Weight, 1950s, Papa-Johnss-Pizza, Salt, Wendy's, McDonald's, Marketing, Processed Food, Losing Weight, Food Marketing, 1950s-Housewife, Canned Foods, Growth Hormones, Weight Gain, Blackberry Addiction, Pollan Food, Food Labels, Weight Control, Michael Pollan, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Health, Real Food, Toxic Waste, Consumer Protection, Heart Attack, Living News
Christina Pirello

Fat, sugar and salt; the triple threat to our waistlines... and health. Mere decades ago, the food industry made a conscious choice to seduce the Amer...

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People Don't Know What Healthy Eating Is

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Healthy Eating, Shopping, Cooking, Nutrition, Weight Loss, Diet, Obesity, Processed Foods, Calorie Restriction, Whole Foods, Whole-Foods, Fresh Food, Calorie Content, Calorie Counts, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

You do have to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. You can't rely on processed foods to be healthy. You have to cook, a little and learn the calories in the food you eat.

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The Key to Losing Weight that Nobody Talks About

Dr. John Neustadt | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Losing Weight, Medical Biochemistry, Dieting Tips, Weight Management, Biochemistry, Weight Loss Tips, How to Lose Weight, Overweight, Weight Control, Nutritional Biochemistry, Reasons-Youre-Not-Losing-Weight, Stress and Obesity, Yo Yo Dieting, Dieting, Chronic Dieting, Yo-Yo-Dieting, Weight Loss, Dieting-Tips, Diabetes, Cancer, Heart Disease, Obesity, Living News
Dr. John Neustadt

What's completely ignored in the diet debate but essential to long-term success, is the need to realign the body's biochemistry in order to reach a healthy weight.

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I'll Be Happy When I'm Thin

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 05.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Self Esteem, Dieting, Health, Healthy Weight, Women's Health, Weight Loss, Diet, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Thinking that you will be happy when you get thin is a slippery slope. Once you reach your goal weight you don't suddenly attain a state of happy that stays put as long as you weigh that number.

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Three Weeks to Thinner Thighs: Exercise Optional!

Anne Dunev | Posted 05.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Skinny, Losing Weight, Lifestyle, Diet Tips, Pounds, Weight Loss Tips, Weight, Diet, How to Lose Weight, Detox, Sugar, Weight Control, Skin, Dieting, Water, Vegetables, How to Sleep Better, Weight Loss, Bottled Water, Sleep, Low Carb Diet, Carbs, No Carb, Fish, Lo-Carb, Protein, Low-Carb-Diet, Food, Carbohydrates, Meat, Living News
Anne Dunev

Without starving yourself, without diet pills or gimmicks, even without exercise, it is possible to have thinner, smoother thighs in three weeks.

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Are You a Compulsive Overeater?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 04.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Mental Health, Dieting, Exercise, Health, Compulsive Overeating, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Eating, Diet, Obesity, Bulimia, Binge Eating, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Compulsive overeaters eat way past the point of full. Some I have worked with have consumed up to 60,000 calories in one day.

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New Diet Study Reveals that Research Studies Mislead

Fred Hahn | Posted 04.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Fat-Loss, Weight Loss, NEJM Study, Weight Control, Low Carb Diet, Calories, Dieting, Diet Study, Weight Gain, Calorie Content, Diet, Fad Diets, Living News
Fred Hahn

If a woman stays at her 25 year old wedding day weight of 130 pounds until she is 50, she is pleased with herself. However, should she be?

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Don't Let Anyone Tell You What to Eat

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Weight Control, Dieting, Eating Disorders, Food, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Tips, Diet, Obesity, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

A recent study has confirmed what I have been teaching for a long time. A calorie is a calorie and the only way to lose weight is to take in less calories then you burn. The end.

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Do You Have Metabolic Syndrome?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Weight Control, Stroke, Insulin Resistance, Health, Weight Loss, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Obesity, Diet, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

It is estimated that 50 million Americans have it. Metabolic syndrome, also called insulin resistance syndrome, is a dangerous thing to have.

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Lighten Up: Enjoy the Journey!

Kim Bensen | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Weight Watchers, Healthy Lifestyle, Health, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Tips, Obesity, How to Lose Weight, Living News
Kim Bensen

Welcome to Lighten Up!, my weekly blog which talks about the joys and woes of America's favorite past time - dieting - on a practical, everyday level.

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How to Have Your Chocolate and Eat It Too

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Valentine's Day Gifts, Healthy Eating, Diet Tips, Dieting, Chocolate, Valentine's Day, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Eating, Diet, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Know and count the calories. You can include chocolate in your daily diet if you plan for those calories. If you get 1,300 calories a day and 160 of them are chocolate, you should still be fine.

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Seeking Happiness? Try Pursuing Purpose

Anne Dunev | Posted 03.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Blood Sugar, Type 2 Diabetes, America, Purpose, Economic Crisis, Beer, Weight Loss Tips, Diet, Common Sense Nms, Puritanism, How to Lose Weight, Life Purpose, Happiness, Cream Puffs, Declaration of Independence, Weight Control, Cocktails, Biological, Dieting, David McCullough, Alcohol, John Adams, Purpose in Life, Aarp, Weight Loss, Diabetes, The Purpose Driven Life, Pharmaceuticals, Health Care, Healthcare, Ben Franklin, Living News
Anne Dunev

It appears we contemporary Americans may have switched the interpretation of "pursuit of happiness" to "pursuit of pleasure."

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Let's Talk About Your Health and Your Weight

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Weight Control, Diet Programs, Fat Loss, High Blood Pressure, Health, Diet Books, Fat, Diet Pills, Weight Loss, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Diet, Obesity, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you are not healthy, due to poor diet and lifestyle choices, then you can change that. Take control. Educate yourself about food, calories and healthy eating.

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Counting Experiential Calories

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Calorie Counting, Reactive Eating, Tasting, Emotional Eating, Pavel Somov, Diet, Sensing, Compulsive Eating, Overeating, Existential, Calorie, Savoring, Eating the Moment, Calories, Mindfulness, Dieting, Spiritual, Conscius Eating, Social Eating, Mindfulness-Based, Losing Weight, Weight, Weight Control, Body Image, Health, Weight Loss, Living News
Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

An Experiential Calorie is a unit of awareness, a unit of conscious presence, a unit of meaning. The job of an Experiential Calorie is to enrich your Mind. Take a moment to count the latter.

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Dueling Docs

Janice Horowitz | Posted 02.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Stomach Stapling, Weight Loss, Doctors, Weight, Weight Control, Television, Losing Weight, Surgery, Exercise, Health, The Biggest Loser, Food, Fat, Nbc, Living News
Janice Horowitz

Most stomach-stapling patients lose 3/4 of their extra weight within 12 months. However, complications will strike a quarter of people who have the surgery and one in every 200 will die from it.

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Weight Loss Porn

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 02.15.2009 | Living

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Irene Rubaum-Keller

Please, if you want to lose weight and keep it off, educate yourself. Read all you can from reputable sources.

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Overweight and Not Doing Anything About It?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 02.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Weight Control, Losing Weight, Health, Addiction, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Obesity, How to Lose Weight, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

The pain of being overweight, and all the negatives associated with it, has to be greater than the pleasure of the food before one is ready and willing to change.

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How Often Should You Weigh Yourself?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Diet Tips, Diet, Obesity, Dieting, How to Lose Weight, Health, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

The best way to keep track of your weight is to weigh yourself everyday, first thing in the morning. Write down that weight and average it out over the week.

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Big Fat Denial

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 02.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Denial, Healthy Eating, Weight Control, Losing Weight, Dieting, Health, Self Image, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Eating, Diet, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you are in some form of fat denial, you may find yourself avoiding the scale. This can go so far as avoiding going to the doctor as they always weigh you there.

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How to Keep and Use a Food Journal

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 01.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Healthy Eating, Health, Weight Loss Tips, Food, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, How to Lose Weight, Food Journal, Losing Weight, Calories, Dieting, Counting Calories, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

I have been touting the value of food records for years. It is tedious and it can be hard to write down high calorie days, but it is so worth it.

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An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 01.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Oprah's Weight, Diets, Oprah Winfrey, Diet Tips, Calories, Oprah, Eating Disorders, Food, Weight Loss, Diet, Obesity, Food Journal, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Your body counts calories. That is how it determines what you weigh. If you understand that and can keep track, learn the calories and portion sizes of the foods you eat, you can do this, Oprah.

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Thanking, Instead of Apologizing for, Our Bodies

Adia Colar | Posted 01.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Weight Control, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Psychology, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Health, Living News
Adia Colar

Recently, I've been thinking about how so many people, but particularly women, apologize for their bodies rather than celebrating how great they really are.

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