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Lucca the Belgian Tervuren's goal weight was 85 pounds, which meant she had to shed 15 pounds.

The running joke shared between Diane Lazzari and her husband, Dennis Green, was that their dog, an 8-year-old Belgian Tervuren, had a fully stocked refrigerator hidden in their Alameda backyard. Because regardless of what they fed her, Lucca kept gaining weight.

When our veterinarian shared her concern about Lucca's weight, which hovered between 98 and 101 pounds, I reassured her that we walked a vigorous 20 miles a week. A few extra pounds shouldn't be that big a deal, should it?

Then I read an article in The Chronicle that spelled out the "secret" formula for losing weight, human or canine: Eat less, exercise more and voila! A no-brainer, sure, but that article helped me realize that Lucca's extra weight really was a problem. Even a few additional pounds could lead to long-term health risks, such as hip dyspepsia and heart problems.

Dennis and I agreed that a serious diet was in order for our pudgy Belgian. A meeting with our vet established that Lucca's goal weight was 85 pounds with no more than 970 calories per day.

Lucca's first meal on her new regime was a real eye-opener. It was immediately evident that I had been overfeeding her, and by a lot. I used to fill her large metal bowl to the very top. Now, her 1 cup of measured food sat sadly at the bottom of her bowl, filling it only to about one quarter of what I had been giving her.

Lucca didn't have a refrigerator in the backyard. I was her refrigerator! Plus, Dennis and I were guilty of another no-no: sharing our people food with Lucca. We realized we had to cut back. My half scrambled egg in the morning became a teaspoon. For Dennis, leaving generous leftovers in his bowl changed to letting Lucca lick an empty bowl clean.

With monthly weigh-ins at the vet, we slowly started seeing progress. Two pounds one month, a pound another, sometimes none, but at least the numbers were moving down.

Unfortunately, these pound-saving techniques were not appreciated. I never realized how piercing the eyes of a Belgian could be while I was eating a hamburger. Or the effectiveness of a cold nose poking my face at 3 a.m. Initially, I thought the "cold nose poke" was Lucca's way of telling me she needed to go out. But I soon recognized ulterior motives were at stake when she continued walking past me, past the open door, and into the kitchen. Standing next to her empty bowl, she would look at it, and then back at me with an accusing stare. The message was all too clear and hard to ignore.

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Angelina Jolie Loss 2012 AngelinaJolie Diet Program - Isn't amazing how all of the celebrities you see have a celebrity diet plan for weight loss to maintain their weight. Some of them are shapely and healthy looking, and look good on camera. Others look like they haven't eaten in weeks, like they just got back from the famine in Ethiopia for a few weeks. Like they had been starving themselves to lose weight, and that is probably what they have been doing. You see it in all the tabloids, this person lost 100 pounds again, this one gained 100 pounds, and then lost 150 pounds. Some are not as dramatic; this one lost 40 pounds and is a television spokesperson, because the previous celebrity diet spokesperson gained the weight back. The fact is they may be starving themselves to lose weight, fasting like they are going through a famine.

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Celebrities make dieting look so easy, don't they? One month they're on the cover of US Weekly for gaining too much weight and the next they're headlining the "sexiest beach bods" story. It is true that seriously overweight people can lose large amounts of fat in a quick amount of time, because of the large fat content in their cells. But those that are only a few pounds overweight, losing 40 pounds in a month, is not only starvation, it is malnutrition and can have serious side effects. Our body weight can fluctuate day to day and the best diets take the weight off gradually, the way it came on. If you lose a lot of weight in a short time, staying the same size will be impossible unless you follow a maintenance program for life. Good, sensible dieting means skill and will power combined. A lot of these celebrity diets or Hollywood diets are very bad for the body and the celebrities are thinking of the camera rather than their long term health. Researches indicate that individuals who indulge in a weight loss program by taking prepared meals end up losing an additional 31% weight as against those who cook their own meals. With help, losing weight is made easier and at times much faster as against doing it on your own.Diet delivery is gaining popularity in a big way as it is fairly affordable by even the common man, roughly around $20 a day with an increasing variety to choose from. A few of which include: Zone-compliant meal, low carbs plan, veggie meals, and gourmet too.

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With the rapidly increasing epidemic of obesity and increasing BMI levels, there is an array of products and diet plan to aid in combating obesity. Celebrity slim diet, the basic idea is to educate people and not to depict food as an enemy. Like a lot of famous diets in Hollywood, if your body thinks you are starving, it is going to hold on to every calorie you take in to keep you from starving to death instead of burning them for energy. When you follow a properly balanced weight loss diet, your metabolism will hardly notice the decrease in calories and continue to burn fat it doesn't need to store. This is a more long-term weight loss strategy.

Celebrities do not have secrets about dieting. They are normal people like the rest of us but, unlike most of us, they have people working for them such as diet advisors and personal trainers. Celebrity diets involve a level of commitment and dedication which we struggle with. The best celebrity diets involve eating sensibly and limiting our calorie intake. Having these factors in mind will allow you to have safe and easy weight loss that will provide you with short term and long term consistent results.

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Designing a T-shirt is one thing, but designing a T-shirt that catches the eye of designers Zac Posen, Cynthia Rowley and LWren Scott and seeing it in the aisles of Target stores across the country? Now thats extraordinary.

Diet Coke and the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) today announced a partnership to give talented design students an extraordinary portfolio boost a chance to have their design featured at Target stores nationwide.

The three fashion-forward brands will celebrate up-and-coming talent through the Diet Coke Young Designer Challenge, a new competition searching for the next official Diet Coke T-shirt to inspire creative, extraordinary individuals everywhere.

The CFDA is an authoritative voice in the world of fashion and style, and we couldnt ask for a better partner for the Diet Coke Young Designer Challenge, said William White, Group Director Brand Diet Coke, Coca-Cola North America. With their support, one up-and-coming design student will have an extraordinary opportunity to launch his or her career in the world of fashion.

Adding to the excitement, the winning T-shirt design will be selected by some of the biggest names in fashion, including Vince Voron, associate Vice President, Strategic Design and Integrated Marketing Content, Coca-Cola North America, creative experts from Target and luminary designers Zac Posen, Cynthia Rowley and LWren Scott.

These leading style and fashion experts will select the winning design from a pool of 10 finalists, who will be chosen based on an online vote.

Through June 18, visitors to DietCoke.com/Design will be able to cast their vote for the T-shirt design they believe best represents the multi-dimensional and aspirational Diet Coke brand. The 20 designs in the running are the creations of the following design students, and were pre-selected from submissions by sophomores and juniors at CFDA partner colleges:

In addition to having his or her design available in Target stores nationwide this September, the grand-prize winner also will receive a $10,000 scholarship and a trip to New York City in September to experience the rush of a week of high fashion.

Diet Coke is an exciting and stylish brand, and we are pleased to be a partner in this unique design challenge, said Steven Kolb, CEO of the CFDA. Were always looking for ways to support the next generation of fashion designers, and this will be an amazing accomplishment for a student to put on a resume before he or she even graduates!

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Tammy Jackson swears she hasn't blown her nose in seven months. The credit, she said, goes to a change in diet.

Jackson and her boyfriend, Will Poole, started the Paleo diet in an effort to help Poole deal with Type I diabetes.

The Paleo diet eliminates processed foods and focuses on hunter-gatherer foods, much like cavemen would have eaten during the Paleolithic era. The philosophy is centered on the theory that our bodies respond best to food that is, and has been for thousands of years, naturally available to us.

Breads, cereals, potatoes, legumes and dairy products are prohibited in the strictest versions of the diet. Jackson and Poole have adapted their diets to include more meats, vegetables and nuts.

And eggs, Jackson said. "We eat a lot of eggs."

Health advantages

Jackson and Poole are convinced that the Paleo diet has improved their health.

Before the Paleo diet, Poole's food choices were adversely affecting his health.

"I didn't do a good job," he said. His idea of managing his diabetes well was, "I wasn't having to have to go to the ER on regular basis."

"Will's diet was a big concern of mine," Jackson said. "He ate anything. He would eat food that would spike his blood sugar and then treat it with insulin."

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Key concepts Chemistry Physics Materials science Carbonation Physical reactions Explosions

Introduction Have you ever seen the Diet Coke and Mentos experiment that is all over the Internet and wondered what makes the reaction work? You might think that there is some ingredient in a Mentos candy that causes a chemical reaction with the soda pop, like the way baking soda reacts with vinegar. But the amazing eruption that takes place when Mentos are dropped into Diet Coke or other brands of diet soda pop is not a chemical reaction at all! Instead it is a physical reaction. That means that all of the pieces of the reaction are there, but that they are simply rearranged. It also means changing some factors may cause a larger or smaller physical reaction to take place.

Background A carbonated beverage is packed full of dissolved carbon dioxide gas, which forms bonds with water. While the soda is in the bottle, the gas is kept in solution by the bottle's pressurized conditions. When you pour some soda into a glass, some gas escapes and forms foam, but most stays trapped by the surface tension of the water. But all those gas bubbles want to escape, making it no wonder that soda makes you burp!

To create bubbles, the carbon dioxide needs to interact with itself, which means that the carbon dioxide's bonds with water in the Diet Coke must be broken. A Mentos candy can help with this. Although the candy may look smooth, if you looked at it under a microscope you'd see tiny bumps coating its entire surface. This rough surface allows the bonds between the carbon dioxide gas and the water to more easily break, helping to create carbon dioxide bubbles and cause the classic eruption. The speed at which the Mentos falls through the soda can affect how large the eruption is, and this can be tested by comparing whole with crushed Mentos, the latter of which are less dense.

Materials Wax paper Cutting board Knife One roll of Mentos (at least eight candies) Two index cards Tape Two two-liter bottles of Diet Coke An outdoor area at least two meters from buildings Eye protection (safety goggles or glasses) Video camera with either a tripod or a helper to take the images (optional)

Preparation Place a piece of wax paper on top of the cutting board. On the wax paper, carefully use a knife to crush and cut four Mentos candies into many small pieces. An adult may help you cut up the candies. What does the inside of the candies look like? Make a Mentos cartridge to hold the candies for you before you drop them into the Diet Coke bottle by rolling an index card into a tube, slightly larger than the diameter of a Mentos candy. Tape the tube together on the side. Be sure to wear eye protection when putting the candies into the cola! Wear clothes that you would not mind if they get splashed with a little soda popthis activity can get a little messy!

Procedure Place a Diet Coke bottle in an outdoor area, at least two meters from any buildings or anything hanging above the area, such as eaves, overhangs or wires. Make sure that the bottle is on a level surface and stably standing straight. Why do you think all of this is important? If you want to videotape the reactions, set up the video camera so that it has in its viewfinder the bottle and a height equivalent to at least the first story of a building. Carefully remove the cap from the bottle and place the flat index card on top, covering the hole. Add four whole Mentos candies to your cartridge, put on your eye protection, and start the video camera. Place your full cartridge on top of the flat index card. Line up where the opening of the bottle is with the opening of your cartridge. Quickly pull out the flat index card, releasing the Mentos candies into the bottle. Then step back without tipping the bottle over or disturbing the reaction. How quickly did the reaction start to happen, and how quickly did it stop? About how high did the eruption go? How much cola is left in the bottle? When the bottle stops spouting, stop recording. Remove the spent cola bottle and place a new full bottle in the same position, again making sure that it is level and stably standing straight. As with the first bottle, remove the cap and place the flat index card on top, covering the hole. Add your four crushed Mentos candies to your cartridge, pouring them in from the wax paper. Put on your eye protection and start the video camera. Like you did before, place your full cartridge on top of the flat index card, then line up where the opening of the bottle is with the opening of your cartridge. Quickly pull out the flat index card, releasing the crushed Mentos into the bottle, then step back without tipping the bottle over or disturbing the reaction. How quickly did the reaction start to happen, and how quickly did it stop? How high did the eruption appear to go? How much liquid is left in the bottle? Is it more or less than the amount that was left when you used whole candies? When the bottle stops spouting, stop recording. If you videotaped the reactions, you can watch your videos now. What do you notice from the videos? Which reaction went higher, the whole or the crushed Mentos? Extra: Find an exterior wall of a building with no windows and set a Diet Coke bottle at the base of the wall. Use a tape measure and blue painter's tape to mark off the height from the top of the bottle in meters. Then repeat this activity three times, with the bottle in front of the tape-marked wall, video taping it each time. When you review the recordings, use slow motion and pause the recording when the spout is at its maximum height. Using the tape marks in the background, estimate the height of the spout. Calculate the average height of the fountains for the whole and for the crushed Mentos. What is the difference in height of the eruptions? Extra: What other factors affect the size of the Mentos and Diet Coke eruption? You can try testing different kinds of carbonated beverages, different kinds of candies with different shapes and textures or using other things to start the reaction, like rock salt, pennies or dice. Which beverages, candies or other things cause the largest and smallest fountains? Why do you think this is? Extra: Do this activity again but instead of testing whole Mentos versus crushed, compare warm versus cold Diet Coke. Does temperature affect the eruption height?

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By Frances Childs

PUBLISHED: 16:34 EST, 13 June 2012 | UPDATED: 19:41 EST, 13 June 2012

Since astrology can give us an insight into what makes us tick - helping us understand how we act in a relationship, what we need to inspire us and the situations we should try to avoid - then could our star sign also help determine the best way to keep in shape?

Astrologer Sharon Ward, who has more than 20 years experience in lecturing and writing on astrology and health, thinks so. Astrology can give us a real insight into personality, so it can help you find a diet and exercise regime that youll stick to, she explains.

Using her insights, Sharon has created a special astro-diet plan. So what do the diet and fitness experts think? Andrew Stemler, director of training at Crossfit in London, says: Looking at your star sign to work out what you enjoy is a fun way to start exercising, and anything that inspires you to get fit is a good thing.

Dietician Anne Myers, of the British Dietetic Association, says the astro-diet plan has some great ideas. I think everyone should be following these suggestions, whatever star sign they are. So whether youre a sensitive Piscean or a wilful Taurus, heres astrologer Sharons guide to getting your beach body this year...

Since astrology can give us an insight into what makes us tick could our star sign also help determine the best way to keep in shape?

ARIES Mar 20 - Apr 20

Driven, high-achieving, Victoria Beckham is a typical Aries. You thrive on competition and are determined to win. When it comes to dieting, fast-paced regimes that bring quick results are perfect for you because patience definitely isnt a virtue.

DIET: Atkins (high in protein, low in carbs) is a good bet for an Aries. It provides concentrated fuel and appeals to your competitive, all-or-nothing personality. This is quite an extreme diet so Id recommend regular health checks to keep an eye on things such as your cholesterol.

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Sugar-free drinks may make sweet-detecting circuits numb to the real stuff

Web edition : Wednesday, June 13th, 2012

By baffling the brain, saccharin and other sugar-free sweeteners key weapons in the war on obesity may paradoxically foster overeating.

At some level, the brain can sense a difference between sugar and no-calorie sweeteners, several studies have demonstrated. Using brain imaging, San Diego researchers now show that the brain processes sweet flavors differently depending on whether a person regularly consumes diet soft drinks.

This idea that there could be fundamental differences in how people respond to sweet tastes based on their experience with diet sodas is not something that has gotten much attention, says Susan Swithers of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. A key finding, she says: Brains of diet soda drinkers dont differentiate very well between sucrose and saccharin.

Erin Green and Claire Murphy of the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University recruited 24 healthy young adults for a battery of brain imaging tests. Half reported regularly drinking sugar-free beverages, usually at least once a day. The rest seldom if ever consumed such drinks. While the brain scans were underway, the researchers pumped small amounts of saccharin- or sugar-sweetened water in random order into each recruits mouth as the volunteer rated the tastes.

Both the diet soda drinkers and the nondrinkers rated each sweetener about equally pleasant and intense, Green and Murphy report in an upcoming Physiology & Behavior. But which brain regions lit up while making those judgments differed sharply based on who regularly consumed diet drinks.

Certain affected brain regions are associated with offering a pleasurable feedback or reward in response to desirable sensations. And compared with those who don't drink diet soda, the diet soda drinkers demonstrated more widespread activation to both saccharin and sucrose in reward processing brain regions, the researchers say.

One of the strongest links seen was diminishing activation of an area known as the caudate head as a recruits diet soda consumption climbed. This area is associated with the food motivation and reward system. Green and Murphy also point out that decreased activation of this brain region has been linked with elevated risk of obesity.

The new findings may help explain an oft-observed association between diet soda consumption and weight gain, the researchers say. Once fooled, the brains sweet sensors can no longer provide a reliable gauge of energy consumption.

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Doing anything on a small scale is not part of the equation in the world of Michael Phelps. When he swims in the Summer Olympics, he dominates and collects both gold medals and world records like a child collecting candy on Halloween. Everything else in his life tends to be larger than life, too -- including his eating habits.

Phelps attracted notoriety for a diet in which he allegedly consumed up to 12,000 calories per day in preparation of the Beijing Olympics. Soon after the story came out, Phelps refuted doing such a diet. Indeed, it seems unlikely he actually eats that amount because it is virtually impossible for the average person to consume 10,000 calories worth of food in a single day.

There is no way of knowing for certain how many calories Phelps consumes per day, but these 10 food and drink items are believed to be staples on the 12,000 calorie diet he is said to follow:

1. Fried-egg sandwiches

Breakfast begins with a trio of fried-egg sandwiches. Each sandwich is smothered in mayo and piled high with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and fried onions.

2. Chocolate chip pancakes

Why settle for a dozen chocolate chip cookies when you can have a short stack of chocolate chip pancakes? Phelps consumes three of this pancake variety every morning. No word on if he dunks them in a tall glass of milk.

3. French Toast

Three is the magic number again. Phelps goes with three slices of french toast. Each one is topped by a generous sprinkling of powdered sugar.

4. Omelets

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Low carbohydrate/high fat diets may help short-term weight loss but don't work long term, say researchers Controversial diet also found to increase blood cholesterol

By Claire Bates

PUBLISHED: 03:23 EST, 11 June 2012 | UPDATED: 03:32 EST, 11 June 2012

The popular Atkins diet could be putting people at increased risk of heart disease, according to a 25-year study.

Researchers from Sweden found the introduction of the low-carbohydrate regime led to a surge in saturated fat intake in 2004, with a spike in cholesterol levels three years later.

Study leader Professor Ingegerd Johansson, from the University of Umea, said: 'While low carbohydrate/high fat diets may help short-term weight loss, these results of this Swedish study demonstrate that long-term weight loss is not maintained and that this diet increases blood cholesterol, which has a major impact on risk of cardiovascular disease.'

Full English? A diet high in protein but low in carbohydrates can play havoc with cholesterol levels, say scientists

In 2004 there was an explosion in the popularity of low carbohydrate/high fat (LCHF) diets like Atkins in Sweden. The diets focus on cutting out sugar and starch while upping intake of fats, including saturated fat.

Its proponents, such as Dr Annika Dahlqvist, who is credited with starting the Swedish craze, argue that it helps maintain normal weight and blood sugar while freeing people to eat their favourite foods.

A poll last year suggested that a quarter of Swedes had at least partly adopted an LCHF diet. Around five per cent had taken it up seriously, leading the DietDoctor website to hail a "Swedish low carb revolution". There were even reports of stores running out of butter due to increasing demand.

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If making healthy eating choices was easy, our fridges would be covered with gold stars. But even the best eating intentions get derailed on a daily basis. Why? According to a new poll of more than 1,000 women by ShopSmart magazine, four obstacles in particular make eating well harder than it needs to be. Lucky for you, ladies, weve rounded up the best ways to combat each diet-busting excuse:

1. Excuse: Healthy foods are too expensive. More than half of the women polled said cost was the reason they dont eat healthy foods.

Busted! Popular to contrary belief, eating fresh produce and other healthy foods actually costs less than foods high in fat, sugar, and salt, finds a new study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Comparing the cost of foods by weight or portion size shows that grains, vegetables, fruit, and dairy foods are less expensive than junk foods. Add in the countless benefits of eating healthy foods, and youve got a price than cant be beat. Check out our advice on how to slash your grocery bill the healthy way.

2. Excuse: Lunch just isnt a healthy meal to eat. Seventy-two percent of women said lunch was their least healthy meal of the day.

Busted! Acing your lunchtime meal is all about thinking ahead; its making decisions on the flywhen youre hungry and likely stressedthat gets you into trouble. "Have your go-to thing, said Keri Glassman, author of Slim Calm Sexy Diet. For people in an office, have your three go-to restaurants, and have two meals at each place you know are healthythat way, your healthy choices are already mapped out," she said. Another smart option is bringing your lunch from home. Make it after dinner, said Glassman, so you're not hungry and it's not an impulse decision." For more ways to guarantee healthy lunch success, check out our lunchtime meal planner.

3. Excuse: My friends made me do it. Forty-seven percent of women say social temptations are a barrier to eating healthy, and 44% say theyre more likely to eat poorly when theyre with people compared to eating alone.

Busted! No question, it can be hard to stick to your healthy eating plan when your buddies are downing dinner rolls by the half-dozen. But with a little pre-dinner planning, you can save a girls night out from being a diet disaster. Start by having a snack beforehand (so you wont dive headfirst into the first appetizer you see), and check out the menu online to make your selection before peer pressure can take hold. Find more advice with this guide to dining out wisely.

4. Excuse: I cant curb my cravings. If the bakery aisle of the grocery store calls your name a little too loudly, youre in good company: 63% of women admit to having regular cravingswith the number one culprit being chocolate.

Busted! What should you do the next time a craving hits? I always tell people, don't eat around a craving," said Glassman. Instead, find a healthy way to enjoy it. For example, if chocolate is what youre jonesing for, have a green tea latte with an ounce of dark chocolate, she says. Or try a couple squares of dark chocolate in your Greek yogurt, so you're getting calcium and protein, too." Follow these six other tips for keeping cravings in check.

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