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WHEN most people are looking to lose weight, they go on a diet.

They pick the latest low-carb, no-carb, highprotein or low-fat fad out there, and hope to stick with it long enough to lose 10 or 20 pounds.

And, it will likely work. The problem comes after the goal weight is achieved and they go back to their pre-diet lifestyle.

A lot of people can lose weight, but not many let their new eating and exercise habits become part of their everyday life. The problem is, without making an entire lifestyle change, as soon as you halt the diet, the weight starts to pile back on. That's not to say dieting won't work. If you have a lot of weight to lose, a diet might help to kick-start weight loss and get you thinking about your health. Plus, some people need a sense of deprivation to get them to realize what they're putting into their bodies, and to feel like they're making a change. But to keep the weight off, it's important to change the way you eat in the longterm and transform it into a new, healthy lifestyle.

It takes 21 days to form a habit, or, in this case, to break the habit of unhealthy eating. The first part is the most difficult because you have to consciously think of what you are, or aren't, eating. There are many diets out there, but the truth is we all know what healthy eating looks and feels like. Concentrate on being healthy, not following a strict regimen you read in a book.

After accomplishing your initial weight loss, you need to remind yourself that achieving and maintaining your ideal and healthy bodyweight will be a lifetime commitment. Now you can change your thoughts about eating from depriving yourself to being healthy. Focus on eating three meals and two snacks daily, controlling your portions, and making sure to take in a lot of fibre, protein and foods rich in antioxidants, as well as drinking plenty of water, and green or white tea. You need to achieve an overall balance, not completely avoid carbs and fats.

Healthy eating is important in maintaining a healthy weight, but it is only half the equation. Exercise is key, especially when coming off of your diet. It's unrealistic and unhealthy to meticulously count calories, but you should still actively think about what you have to do to maintain a healthy body. Exercise a minimum of three times weekly, incorporating weights into your regimen. Keep yourself challenged by increasing your weights or repetitions every three or four weeks.

The key is to start looking at healthy living as a lifestyle change, not just a short-term solution to shed some pounds. It's not going to be easy. Keeping your body healthy and active will be hard work, but with determination and persistence, you'll continue to reap the benefits of your efforts, and will be on the road to a healthy body for life. Your body will feel better when you're eating healthy and your body composition will reflect this change.

Shaun Karp is a certified personal trainer. For further information, call his office at 604-420-7800 or visit his website, http://www.karpfitness. com.

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March 24, 2012 (CHICAGO) -- If your New Year's resolution was to lose weight, hopefully, you have seen some success by now. But now comes the tough part: keeping off the weight.

One man knows all about that. Mark Pinhasovich (link: http://www.facebook.com/BL10Mark) was The Biggest Loser's Season 10 At-Home Winner. The Biggest Loser's season 10 at-home winner, who dropped 213 pounds from being on the show. Mark came into our ABC7 studio to give us the skinny on exercise and nutrition to help you maintain your weight.

Mark is part-owner of the new gym called AMPD FitCamp (link: http://www.ampdfitcamp.com).

1. Customized Trail Mix - Don't buy pre-made trail mix. - Measure your ingredients. - Mark's favorites are almonds, dried cranberries, freeze dried bananas (so they are not covered in oil - and a great way to save calories), and dried mango. - Measure your ingredients so that you only have 200 calories per baggie.

2. "Oreo" Cookie Protein Bars - Mark is a protein bar fanatic and also struggles with a sweet tooth. - One of his favorite bars is called Ultimate Flurry bars because they have flavors that taste like candy and cookies but they aren't chalky like a typical protein bar. - He uses these as snacks when he travels or when can't be somewhere to prepare his own food.

3. No Rocks Smoothie - Start by using Greek yogurt - it is double the protein of regular yogurt because of they way they strain it. - Mark takes 6 ounces of Greek yogurt (100 calories) and a little capful of vanilla, couple shakes of cinnamon and some Stevia (one packet), and fresh cut barriers (Mark likes to use strawberries). - Mix it up and you have a healthy smoothie without the mess of a blender.

Mark's Weight Loss: Starting Weight: 421 lbs. (Sept. 21, 2010) Week 1: 380 lbs. Week 2: 369 lbs. Week 3: 361 lbs. Week 4: 352 lbs. Week 5: 336 lbs. Week 6: 329 lbs. Week 7: 317 lbs. Week 8: 309 lbs. Week 9: 299 lbs. Week 10: 292 lbs. Finale Weight: 208 lbs (Dec. 14, 2010) Today's Weight: 245 lbs. (Current - 2012)

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There is a natural parallel between losing weight and saving money.

For the past several months, CB has been on a weight loss journey. In the middle of January, I joined him. True, we want to look good for the wedding (because there's nothing like having your appearance captured by pictures that will last forever to give you a kick in the pants), but more importantly we want to establish good eating habits and exercise habits to carry us far beyond the Big Day. CB lost 50 pounds in eight months, going from a 38-inch waist to a 32-inch waist. I had a modest-sounding-but-still-signficant-to-me 6-pound weight loss, trimming an inch around my waist.

Watching CB lose weight and then working at it myself, I realized that there are so many lessons that losing weight have taught me about saving money.

1. It's about understanding the numbers AND taking action.

Losing weight and saving money are math problems. To lose weight, you need to create a calorie deficit -- eat fewer calories than what your body needs to maintain its current weight. To save money, you need to spend fewer dollars than you earn. Both cases can be boiled down to a case of simple arithmatic: dollars in vs. dollars out, calories in vs. calories out.

But THEN you throw in human behavior, and it just all goes out the window! Plenty of people understand that eating unhealthily and sitting all day will encourage weight gain, just as plenty of people understand that if you spend more than you make, you will run into debt. But as anyone as ever tried to lose weight or save money (*raises hand*) would tell you, it's one thing to know the math. It's another thing to make the not-so-fun decisions (choosing an apple over a chocolate muffin, trading a loft apartment for room in someone else's house) that will allow you to achieve the desired results.

2. You can't out-train a bad diet, and you can't out-earn bad spending.

Watch this video on why you CANNOT out-train a bad diet <--- one guy runs at a pace of 11 miles per hour and burns 40 calories in a few minutes. In the same amount of time, his buddy consumes almost 1,000 calories in pizza and soda. In the same way, I'd say that you can't out-earn bad spending. Of course, if you are rich like Bill Gates is, it is quite difficult to imagine how you can ever spend all that money if you just kept a portion of your wealth in income-producing investments. On the other hand, we've all heard stories of some very wealthy people -- professional athletes, Hollywood stars, famous photographers, etc. -- who have to live in reduced circumstances because they spent beyond their means.

Making a high income is important, it's one side of the equation. But it'd be pretty darn difficult to earn enough money to support a life of indiscriminate spending. Focusing on earning without examining your expenses is akin to trying to lose weight while filling your diet with sugary drinks and fried foods. When I saw that video, I felt a lightbulb switch on... which brings me to the third lesson I've learned.

3. You can't manage what you don't measure.

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ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2012) Obese white teenage girls who lose weight may benefit physically, but the weight change does not guarantee they are going to feel better about themselves, according to a Purdue University study.

"We found that obese black and white teenage girls who transitioned out of obesity continued to see themselves as fat, despite changes in their relative body mass," said Sarah A. Mustillo, an associate professor of sociology who studies obesity in childhood and adolescence. "Further, obese white girls had lower self-esteem than their normal-weight peers and their self-esteem remained flat even as they transitioned out of obesity."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that about 17 percent of American children ages 2-19 are obese.

"If the current national movement to end childhood obesity is successful, we can anticipate many young people moving from obese into the normal weight range, which will result in better physical health," Mustillo said. "I wanted to know if the same thing would happen for psychological health. Girls often struggle with self-esteem anyway during adolescence and, therefore, it is troubling to find that the negative effects of larger body size can outlive the obesity itself."

The study, based on data from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study, is in the current issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. The health and weight of more than 2,000 black and white girls was followed for 10 years starting at ages 9 to 10 as part of the national study. For this study, the girls were separated into one of three groups -- normal weight, transitioned out of obesity and chronically obese -- based on their body mass trends during the 10-year period.

There was a difference in self-esteem levels between races. Self-esteem for black girls transitioning from the obese to the normal range did rebound; however, both races continued to have negative body perceptions.

"The self-esteem for black girls was lower overall to begin with, but for those who moved into the normal weight range, self-esteem increased more than it did for any other group of girls," Mustillo said. "We would like to look at this at more closely to understand how subcultural norms influence this process.

"We did not show that self-esteem stayed flat because girls continued to see themselves as heavy, but just that they happened at the same time," she said. "Even so, providing mental health assistance during the weight loss process could be a benefit. Understanding and addressing body image, identity and self-esteem issues could ultimately help keep the weight off. Why keep dieting and exercising if you are still going to see yourself as fat?"

More research is needed to understand why girls feel this way, but Mustillo, who focuses on the trajectories of obesity in adolescence, said the feeling of lesser self-worth might be difficult to shake because society is full of negative stereotypes and messages about obesity.

"Studies show that children internalize stereotypes and negative perceptions of obese people before they ever become obese themselves, so when they do enter that stigmatized state, it affects their sense of self-worth," she said. "Then, whether they are gaining or losing weight, the negative message they have internalized and feelings of worthless may stick with them."

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Manu Feildel has revealed that he is trying to lose weight.

The celebrity chef, who is best known as one of the judges on Australian reality television series My Kitchen Rules, said that he has hired a personal trainer to help him lose the 10kg (22lb) that he has put on while filming the cooking show.

Feildel told The Daily Telegraph: "I'm a bit of a yo-yo. I put on weight on My Kitchen Rules last year, but then I did Dancing with the Stars and lost a lot of weight.

"I did My Kitchen Rules this year and put on weight, and now I've hired a personal trainer and I'm working hard to get those kilos off."

Feildel explained: "We film the show for five months and [fellow judge] Pete [Evans] and I had eight days off in those five months. We're doing 15-hour days and eating at any time of the day. It is full-on."

British celebrity chef and anti-obesity campaigner Jamie Oliver was recently forced to defend his weight in Australia, saying: "I do my best... working in the food business is quite hard when someone is constantly asking you to try things. I could definitely do better."

Curtis Stone later said that chefs who encourage healthy living have "got to practice what [they] preach", while Gordon Ramsay has previously insisted that professional chefs should never be "fat".

MasterChef judges Matt Preston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan have all admitted to struggling with their weight since the show debuted. Preston signed up with a weight-loss company in 2010, while Mehigan described himself as "chubby".

The My Kitchen Rules finals start tonight (March 22) at 7.30pm on the Seven Network.

> 'MasterChef' judge Matt Preston: 'My Kitchen Rules' is fantastic' > 'MasterChef' to 'My Kitchen Rules' boss: 'There's room for both of us'

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(KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - United States (US) researchers say if a parent is worried about the weight of their child, the parents should lose weight themselves and their children will too.

Prof Kerri N. Boutelle, an associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at University of California, San Diego said 31 per cent of US children were overweight or obese - between 4 and 5 million children.

'We looked at things such as parenting skills and styles, or changing the home food environment, and how they impacted a child's weight,' Prof Boutelle said in a statement. 'The number one way in which parents can help an obese child lose weight? Lose weight themselves. In this study, it was the most important predictor of child weight loss.'

The study involved 80 parent-child groups with an overweight obese child ages 8-12, who participated in a parent-only or parent plus child treatment programme for five months.

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Can coffee play a role in helping people to lose weight and reduce the risk of adult-onset diabetes? That seems to be the case, according to a number of studies reported in medical journals.

One clinical study published in the scientific French review Phytothrapie demonstrated fat-reducing effects of a green (non-roasted) coffee bean extract. One group of volunteers was given 400 mg of a decaffeinated green coffee extract daily, and the second group received a placebo. After 60 days of supplementation, participants who received the green coffee extract had lost 5.7 percent of their initial weight. By contrast, the group that received a placebo had lost 2.8 percent of their initial weight.

While this study does not show the kind of rapid weight loss touted by many diet fads, it does point to a steady decrease in weight as a result of the use of green coffee extract. Furthermore, since the extract was decaffeinated, the weight loss does not appear to be due to a calorie-burning effect noted with caffeine.

Coffee, one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, contains a plethora of naturally-occurring compounds, including several classes of antioxidants. Coffee is already known to be a preventive factor against mild depression, Parkinsons disease, and colon and rectal cancers. Now it appears that compounds in coffee also help to regulate blood glucose, reduce fat production, and enable steady weight loss.

The compounds responsible for the weight-controlling effects of coffee are antioxidants known collectively as the chlorogenic acids. These acids appear to slow the production of glucose in the body after a meal, by modifying the activity of certain enzymes in the liver. Additionally, the chlorogenic acids cause a more slow and sustained release of glucose into the body after eating, thereby reducing the production of new fat cells.

This process sheds favorable light on the practice of drinking an espresso after a meal. Espresso, made by steam expressing finely ground coffee, is rich in flavor and aroma and chlorogenic acids, but not very concentrated at all in caffeine. Drinking an espresso after eating causes a suppression of glucose production and release, in addition to causing the body to produce more gastric juices, which aids digestion.

Furthermore, coffee also appears to act as a preventive factor in type 2 diabetes. In one Harvard University in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers found that drinking coffee daily reduces the risk of the disease. In another study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from Amsterdam concluded that regular coffee consumption is associated with considerably lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes. And yet another study conducted in the Netherlands showed a direct connection between coffee consumption and lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

What conclusions can we draw from this work? For a start, coffee with lots of cream and sugar will do little to control weight or prevent diabetes, due to the load of calories in such a beverage. But black coffee, espresso, coffee with a small amount of milk, or a green coffee bean supplement all appear to support weight reduction and lower rates of diabetes. In the studies cited above, decaffeinated coffee and caffeinated coffee alike worked equally well.

Just as it has been discovered over the past few years that coffee provides significant antioxidant protection, it now appears that coffee consumption may play a valuable role in fighting epidemic obesity and high rates of diabetes. These studies suggest that drinking coffee daily and enjoying an espresso after a meal may provide significant benefits to health.

Chris Kilham is a medicine hunter who researches natural remedies all over the world, from the Amazon to Siberia. He teaches ethnobotany at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is Explorer In Residence. Chris advises herbal, cosmetic and pharmaceutical companies and is a regular guest on radio and TV programs worldwide. Chris is the author of 14 books, including Hot Plants, Tales from the Medicine Trail, Kava: Medicine Hunting in Paradise, The Whole Food Bible, Psyche Delicacies, and the international best-selling yoga book, The Five Tibetans. Richard Branson features Chris in his new book, Screw Business as Usual. His field research is largely sponsored by Naturex of Avignon, France. Read more at http://www.MedicineHunter.com

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TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

A traditional appetite suppressant recently touted by TVs Dr. Oz is changing the way Americans lose weight, and the popular ingredient could soon find its way into Neutra Corp.s (OTCBB:NTRR.OB - News) new Pure Plus Weight-Loss supplement.

Dr. Oz called African Mango a miracle in your medicine cabinet while introducing it on his show, causing a surge of new interest in the traditional weight-loss remedy. African Mango seed is harvested in West Africa, where locals have used the natural extracts to promote many health benefits.

The results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled research project on the effects of extract of African Mango was carried out in 2009 and later published in the international scientific journal, Lipids in Health and Disease. The study found that the extract Irvingia Gabonensis naturally acts as a very strong appetite suppressant by influencing the way the brain works.

Irvingia Gabonensis increases the bodys production of Adiponectin, which improves sensitivity to insulin and enables the body to burn more fat. With Dr. Oz touting the miraculous ingredient on his show, interest in this hot new weight-loss remedy has exploded. Adding African Mango to the Pure Plus Weight Loss supplement and enhancing its properties with our unique bio-energy infusion could prove to be a major boost to NTRR in differentiating its product from the competition once it hits store shelves.

Pure Plus products are formulated using a unique Bio-Energy infusion process that turbocharges select ingredients on the sub-atomic level, increasing the potency of their effects. In evaluating the benefits of adding African Mango extract to its formula, NTRR plans to test the potential fat-burning boost delivered by Bio-Energy infusion of the ingredient.

Neutra Corp. is developing Pure Plus Weight Loss and other new products to compete in the fast-growing nutraceuticals industry alongside Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF),Vitamin Shoppe (NYSE:VSI),Nutraceutical International Corp.(NASDAQ:NUTR) andSchiff Nutrition International Inc. (NYSE:WNI).

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The traditional diary program to lose weight has been revolutionized. Now advancing technology is allowing people to electronically record their diet and physical activity programs on their personal digital assistant.

The SMART study (Self-Monitoring and Recording with Technology) has proven that the device is significantly more efficient than a paper diary.

The devices people used provided personalized dietary and exercise feedback messages to better their weight loss goals. They adhered to five treatment factors for weight loss including attending group sessions, meeting daily calorie goals, reaching weekly exercise goals, meeting daily fat intake goals, and monitoring eating and exercise.

The SMART study involved 210 obese adults, 84 percent women and 79 percent white, who either used a handheld electronic device without feedback, a handheld device with daily feedback, or a paper diary. Those who used the electronic devices initially did better than those who used a paper diary in meeting attendance, self-monitoring, and energy and exercise goals.

The group that received daily messages from their device had more than a five percent weight loss at six months, but adherence declined and weight gain occurred over time. At 24 months weight loss was similar across the three groups; however, it was slightly better in the group receiving feedback.

"The results suggest that using an electronic diary improves treatment adherence. Over time, participants' adherence declined, particularly in the later phase as contact frequency declined and subsequently ended. Adherence in the paper diary group declined more than in the device groups," Lora E. Burke, Ph.D., study author and professor of nursing and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh, PA, was quoted saying.

All participants in the study recorded their exercise levels and daily beverage and food intakes. Those who used devices were shown their consumed daily calories and fat grams and compared them to targeted amounts. Those who used devices with feedback received messages on their diet once as day and exercise every other day. Thirty-nine group sessions were offered to participants in the first 18 months and one "maintenance" session in the last six months.

Dr. Burke believes that more frequent contact during the last half of the trial would have made adherence better. The study confirms that withdrawing or reducing contact will result in weight regain.

"The technology used in the study has since been upgraded, but the concept is the same for smart phones and self-monitoring applications," Dr. Burke was quoted saying and is now conducting a study using smart phones to monitor the triggers for relapses.

SOURCE: American Heart Association, March 2012

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SAN DIEGO, March 20 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said if a parent is worried about the weight of their child, the parents should lose weight themselves and their children will too.

Kerri N. Boutelle, an associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at University of California, San Diego, and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, and colleagues said 31 percent of U.S. children were overweight or obese -- between 4 and 5 million children.

"We looked at things such as parenting skills and styles, or changing the home food environment, and how they impacted a child's weight," Boutelle said in a statement. "The No. 1 way in which parents can help an obese child lose weight? Lose weight themselves. In this study, it was the most important predictor of child weight loss."

The study involved 80 parent-child groups with an overweight obese child ages 8-12, who participated in a parent-only or parent plus child treatment program for five months.

The study focused on evaluating the impact of three types of parenting skills taught in family-based behavioral treatment for childhood obesity: The parent modeling behaviors to promote their own weight loss, changes in home food environment and parenting style and techniques -- for example, a parent's ability to help limit the child's eating behavior, encouraging the child and participating in program activities.

The study published in the journal Obesity found, consistent with previously published research, parent body mass index change was the only significant predictor of child's weight loss.

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