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Looking to get back into Pro-Bowl form, Baltimore Ravens tackle Bryant McKinnie is treating the team's voluntary offseason workout as if it was mandatory.

"I feel like I'm on Celebrity Fit Club," McKinnie told the Ravens' official website.

McKinnie's weight shot up to 400 pounds during the lockout last offseason, leading the Minnesota Vikings, the only team the 10-year veteran had known, to cut him.

Now McKinnie is playing at 365 pounds and trying to lose 15 more.

"That would be that perfect weight, because when you get too light people start pushing you around," McKinnie said. "That would take away my advantage."

The Ravens have shown faith in McKinnie, reportedly picking up his roster bonus after meeting with him in March.

"They just wanted to see what I looked like physically, make sure I didnt balloon up," McKinney. "It was important for them to see me here working and for me to take advantage of the time we have in the classroom."

The 6-foot-9 McKinnie was a first-round pick of the Vikings (No. 7 overall) in the 2002 NFL draft. He played college football at Miami.

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Whether it is low carb, low fat, gluten free or vegan you name it, there is a diet plan out there for it.

But if youre like many Americans, total commitment to a diet doesnt necessarily mean it will be successful for you.

Dr. Mark Liponis, author of The Hunter/Farmer Diet Solution, said failure with a diet isnt your fault. You may have been following the wrong diet for your metabolism.

In his book, Liponis places people in two different categories the hunter and the farmer.

These people are really very different kinds of people, and they need different eating strategies and different diets to lose weight, Liponis said. The hunter is the one who is putting on weight more around the middle of the body.The farmer puts on weight more under the skin and in the hips, the thigh area.

According to Liponis, if youre unsure about which category you fit into, there are simple blood tests you can take to better understand your metabolism. Hunters tend to have higher triglycerides in their blood and lower HDL levels than the farmers.

When it comes to picking a diet to follow, Liponis said its important for people to understand their specific metabolic type. He also noted that exercise isnt always an effective weight loss strategy for some people either.

Exercise doesnt always make us lose weight, Liponis said. We go to the gym, we burn 300 calories, then you know what happens? You have a sports drink, a smoothie, a granola bar and there go the 300 calories. And when you exercise, of course, youre a little hungrier.

To learn more about whether or not youre a hunter or farmer, visit http://www.hunterfarmerdiet.com.

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SEATTLE, May 1 (UPI) -- Sleeping too much does not make one fat -- in fact, sleeping more than 9 hours a night may suppress genetic influences on body weight, U.S. researchers say.

Principal investigator Dr. Nathaniel Watson of the University of Washington and colleagues said the study looked at 1,088 pairs of twins and found sleeping less than 7 hours a night was associated with both increased body mass index and greater genetic influences on BMI.

The study, published in the journal Sleep, found the heritability of BMI was twice as high for short sleepers than for twins who slept longer than 9 hours a night.

Watson and colleagues determined that for twins sleeping less than 7 hours, genetic influences accounted for 70 percent of the differences in BMI, with common environment accounting for just 4 percent and unique environment 26 percent.

For twins averaging more than 9 hours of sleep, genetic factors accounted for 32 percent of weight variations, with common environment accounting for 51 percent and unique environment 17 percent, the study said.

"The results suggest that shorter sleep provides a more permissive environment for the expression of obesity related genes," Watson said in a statement. "Or it may be that extended sleep is protective by suppressing expression of obesity genes."

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A Pittsburgh-based company says it is helping people lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle thanks to a small device that is strapped to your arm.

Chas Cwenar wears his BodyMedia armband about 23 hours a day. The device tracks his calorie, activity and sleep patterns. He said it helped him unlock the secret to losing weight and already helped him drop 12 pounds.

I like that it collects information about what I am doing, he said as he worked out at the PNC YMCA branch in downtown Pittsburgh.

The technology was developed by four scientists and designers who met at Carnegie Mellon University. They had a vision to create a product people would wear 24/7.

Something that would be consumer friendly and work like an iPod, but instead of about being about music data, it would be about your data, said John Stivoric, chief technology officer and co-founder of BodyMedia.

They wanted people to learn more about their own health, so they created a computer program linked to an armband. It tracks what people do and tells them what they need to do -- or stop doing -- to get to a healthier lifestyle.

Contestants on NBCs Biggest Loser have used the devices, and trainer Jillian Michaels endorsed the product.

Thebiggest reward for us when you see them at the end of the show, and they go from having Type 2 diabetes and on all these medications and cardiac concerns and losing the weight, to a clean bill of health said Stivoric.

There are three versions of the BodyMedia armband, ranging from $120 to $200. They are available at Best Buy, Costco and online. There is a monthly subscription free.

BodyMedia is offering WPXI viewers a special discount. Just enter WPXI2012 at the checkout on bodymedia.com and save 15 percent through May 31.

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Now that Jessica Simpson hasfinallygiven birth to baby girl Maxwell, she already has the gossip mill buzzing about whether she'll be able to lose the roughly 60 pounds she gained during pregnancy. Her fuller figure has been chided by celebrities and doctors alike, who said 60 pounds is way too much for an expecting mother to gain, as it could cause delivery complications or set a child up for diabetes. This isn't the first time the 31-year-old singer has had her weight under a microscope (remember the mom jeans incident?) and it won't likely be the last.

[See: Celebrity Weight Loss: Tales of the Scales]

While celebrity moms make it seem like post-baby weight loss is just for vanity (a bikini-clad Heidi Klum wowed audiences at a Victoria's Secret fashion show in 2005 just eight weeks after giving birth), the reality is that it's critical for your health, too.

Shedding pregnancy pounds is "absolutely necessary," says Raul Artal, chair of St. Louis University's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health. Most women gain between 20 and 40 pounds during pregnancy, but holding onto those pounds can lead to obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease down the line. "After pregnancy, women should return to normal range for body mass index [a measure of body fat based on height and weight], which is anywhere between 19 and 25."

How long that should take depends on the individual. Celebrities have been known to drop pregnancy pounds in mere weeks by turning to questionable tactics such as fad diets, "extreme breast pumping," or having fat surgically removed from one spot and transplanted to another. Experts say a more realistic time frame for regaining your figure via healthier means is a several months. However, if you put on more than the average 25 to 40 pounds, or if you were overweight or obese before pregnancy, it could take as many as nine or more. In any case, aim to lose the weight before your baby's first birthday; studies have shown that any weight you retain beyond that point is unlikely to ever come off. Your doctor can help you determine the safest schedule.

As for Simpson, she will surely have an entourage of personal chefs, trainers, and nannies to help her get back in shape. Although most moms don't have these luxuries, weight loss after pregnancy is certainly doable. Some strategies:

Don't cut calories. Most women who want to lose weight try cutting calories or going on dietsbut you shouldn't skimp on food if you've just given birth, especially if you're breastfeeding. You'll need lots of nutrients to make sure you and your baby stay healthy. Rather than trimming calories, eliminate junk food from your diet to shed pounds. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that new moms say goodbye to soda, candy, dessert, sweetened cereals, fried foods, fatty meats, and even cheese, whole milk, and sweetened yogurt. Instead, embrace foods without extra sugar or fat, and make sure to get at least 2 cups of fruit, 3 cups of vegetables, 8 ounces of grains, 6.5 ounces of meat or beans, and 3 cups of low-fat or non-fat milk each day. Artal suggests spreading this out over three meals and three small snacks daily.

Breastfeed instead of using formula. Breastfeeding is not only good for babiesit immunizes them against diseases and gives them the nutrients they need to growit might also help mothers shed post-pregnancy pounds, says Artal. He estimates that breastfeeding burns 600 calories each day, the equivalent of roughly two hours of moderate exercise, depending on your weight and the activity you choose.

[See: 4 Breastfeeding Benefits for Mom]

Go on walks. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists emphasizes the role of exercise in post-baby weight loss. While many experts have advised against exercise until six weeks after delivery, ACOG says there's no evidence that "in the absence of medical complications, rapid resumption of activities will result in adverse effects." Depending on the type of delivery you had, you may not feel ready to run long distances or lift weights right away, so Artal suggests walking, which he says is "always a safe type of physical activity." Aim for 30 minutes of moderate or brisk walking each day. Pushing your baby in a stroller will burn extra calories. And exercise has another perk besides weight loss: It may thwart postpartum depression.

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By Matt Fitzgerald Published 1 day ago Cutting out food with no nutritional value is the simplest diet there is.

Ignore the smoke and mirrors. Avoiding junk food is the way to go.

Cutting out food with no nutritional value is the simplest diet there is.

There are a million ways you could change your diet to promote weight loss. The options include eating less carbohydrate or less fat, eating more protein, eating more frequently, eating smaller portions, eating more fiber, going vegetarian, and switching from processed to whole grains, to name a few. But of the million ways you could change your diet to lose weight, which is the most effective? In other words, if you could make only one change, what should that change be?

Before I answer this question, let me first define effective. Obviously, a dietary change must first of all produce weight loss when practiced correctly and consistently to be considered effective for weight loss. But in my view thats not enough. I believe a dietary change must also be relatively easy to practice correctly and consistently to be considered truly effective for weight loss. In other words, a change must work in practice for real people rather than just in theory.

There are many dietary changes that work for weight loss only in theory. The most extreme example is the very low-calorie diet (VLCD). If you reduce your daily caloric intake to the bare minimum required to maintain basic health (which is about 800 calories per day for the average person), you will lose a lot of weight. However, you will also be wracked with hunger all day long. Very few people are psychologically capable of sustaining a VLCD. Thus, its effective in theory but not in practice.

Some dietary changes for weight loss are ineffective in practice because, like the VLCD, they require inordinate willpower. Others are ineffective because they are too complex, too weird, or too countercultural for most people to practice correctly and consistently. Glycemic index-based diets are an example of the too-complex kind, grain-free diets an example of the countercultural kind. Sure, there are some people who get good results from such diets, but they dont work for the majority.

By my definition, the single most effective dietary change for weight loss is the elimination of junk food from the diet. This is true for two reasons. First, junk food really is the reason most of us could stand to lose a few pounds. Its a prosaic fact thats almost disappointing to accept, but its a fact nonetheless. Science and commerce have created a public mindset whereby we want the cause of our fatness to be revealed as a breakthrough discovery and we want the solution to our weight issues to be novel and preferably available in pill form. But this mindset serves to do nothing besides distract us from the boring reality that the difference between our actual and ideal weights is accounted for entirely by fried foods, fast food, snack chips, soft drinks, candy, and other sweets.

The second reason that eliminating junk food from the diet is the single most effective weight-loss measure is that it is simple almost to the point of absurdity. If a person knows only one thing about nutrition, she probably knows what constitutes junk food. The average five-year-old comprehends the difference between food and junk food, and this transparency matters. Studies have found that the more complex dieters perceive their nutrition programs to be, the sooner they abandon them.

But wait a minute: The reason we eat junk food in the first place is that its delicious and tempting. Is a junk food-free diet truly more realistic than any other diet? Let me be clear: I dont believe that any dietary change that has the capacity to yield significant weight loss is easy to sustain. But eliminating junk food is easier than the rest because it is confined to a single change. There is plenty else to eat besides junk food. Eradicating junk food leaves behind all of the true staple foods of our cultural diet.

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Apr 24, 2012, 15:02 GMT

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Jason Segal was 'forced' to lose weight for his new movie.

The funnyman actor stars alongside Emily Blunt in his latest film 'The Five-Year Engagement' but was told by bosses he should shift at least 35lbs as they wanted the film to be as realistic as possible.

He told talk show host David Letterman: 'I was forced to lose weight for this movie. It was by the studio president!

'I was told it had to be conceivable that Emily Blunt would ever choose me to be her husband, which I think is fair enough! I had to lose a good 35lbs. I didn't enjoy it but they sent a trainer to set and I had to work out twice a day and he would also watch me eat all day.'

However, the 'How I Met Your Mother' star - who is currently dating actress Michelle Williams - says he didn't follow the strict rules he was put under and did his best to eat as much food as possible.

He said: 'What they didn't anticipate is that I'm very clever and I play a chef in the movie, so there were a lot of scenes in which I had to eat. So I paid my co-stars phenomenal amounts of money to mess up their lines during the scenes and I'd get to keep eating!'

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Jason Segal was ''forced'' to lose weight for his new movie, 'The Five-Year Engagement', because producers wanted it to be as realistic as possible so that co-star Emily Blunt would want to marry him.

Jason Segal was ''forced'' to lose weight for his new movie.

The funnyman actor stars alongside Emily Blunt in his latest film 'The Five-Year Engagement' but was told by bosses he should shift at least 35lbs as they wanted the film to be as realistic as possible.

He told talk show host David Letterman: ''I was forced to lose weight for this movie. It was by the studio president!

''I was told it had to be conceivable that Emily Blunt would ever choose me to be her husband, which I think is fair enough! I had to lose a good 35lbs. I didn't enjoy it but they sent a trainer to set and I had to work out twice a day and he would also watch me eat all day.''

However, the 'How I Met Your Mother' star - who is currently dating actress Michelle Williams - says he didn't follow the strict rules he was put under and did his best to eat as much food as possible.

He said: ''What they didn't anticipate is that I'm very clever and I play a chef in the movie, so there were a lot of scenes in which I had to eat. So I paid my co-stars phenomenal amounts of money to mess up their lines during the scenes and I'd get to keep eating!''

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The safe way to slim down for the white gown

Im constantly amazed at the stupid stuff people will try to lose weight, feel better, or get some momentary visceral pleasure. (And, no, Im not talking about the secret service agents suspended for their Colombian exploits.) A rash of strange and ridiculous fads have been hitting the headlines lately and in case youre wondering whether to try one yourself, heres why you shouldnt.

1. Feeding tubes for weight loss. A Sunday New York Times article about brides-to-be hooking themselves up to feeding tubes to lose weight before the big day takes the three-tiered wedding cake for the stupidest weight loss stunt. Yet, there are actually doctors willing to insert a nasogastric tube through the nose, down the esophagus, and into the stomach to provide super low-calorie nourishment and rapid weight loss.

The price? About $1,500 for the 10-day treatment, but the price to the body includes constipation, bad breath, and dizziness along with the possibility of kidney stones, dehydration, and headaches.

I think its pretty gross, said nutrition researcher Dr. Thomas Moore, a professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. And you wind up burning off a lot of muscle on these low 800 calorie a day diets -- including heart muscle.

2. Intravenous hangover cure. A Las Vegas-based anesthesiologist last week began offering an IV cure for hangovers. For $90 or $150, patients get hooked up to an IV bag to alleviate dehydration caused by the hangover or, for the higher priced option, get a dose of powerful anti-nausea medication normally given to cancer patients.

How about just spending $5 on a few water bottles and aspirin? That way, you dont have to worry about side effects from the nausea medication, nor bruising from the IV needle.

3. Bacon sundae. Burger King started test marketing a sundae with a strip of bacon in some cities. Im not sure when, or if, the sundae is coming to Boston, but its not the first time bacon has been combined with ice cream. Jack in the Box offers a bacon milkshake, and Dennys started sprinkling bacon bits on its Maple Bacon Sundae last month. I guess these fast-food chains figured if fried butter on a stick was a hit at the Iowa fair, they had to up their ante.

4. Huggable vending machine. Ever thought of hugging a vending machine? What if it gave you a free snack in return? Coke vending machines in Singapore are doing just that: spitting out free cans in return for a hug. Its a campaign Coca-Cola is rolling out across Southeast Asia to get more people hooked on sugary beverages. In the U.S., we could certainly use huggable vending machines to encourage more of us to eat more fresh fruit or vegetables. We might be waiting a long time for that one.

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BOSTON (CBS) Obese Americans can still lose weight the old-fashioned way, according to researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

According to the study, obese people are more likely to lose weight through basic diet and exercise than other methods.

We found that people who said they were eating less fat, exercising more, taking prescription weight loss medicine and joining weight loss programs were successful at losing weight, said lead author Jacinda M. Nicklaus, a clinical research fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School.

WBZ NewsRadio 1030s Diane Stern spoke with Nicklaus:

Researchers analyzed self-reported data taken from 4,000 obese people over the age of 20, of which 2,523 attempted to lose weight. More than 40 percent of them reported that they lost at least 5% of their weight.

The numbers also showed that those using more popular weight-loss diets, liquid diets and non-prescription weight-loss pills were not as successful at losing weight.

Those people who said they were doing a popular diet, or they used a popular diet to lose weight, were not associated with successful weight loss, said Nicklaus.

The study did not look at an obese persons ability to keep the weight off.

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