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A link between homophobia and weight loss?

Last month, the delicious tasting cookie brand Oreo posted an image of a rainbow-layered cookie, accompanied with the word Pride in support of Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Pride month in the US

In a matter of hours, the gay cookie generated over 100,000 likes and nearly 20,000 comments, ranging from admiration of the brand for promoting tolerance and love and of course quite a few comments calling for boycotts.

Busybody group One Million Moms wrote in their campaign to boycott not only Oreo but their mother ship brand Kraft.

The group said: Kraft needs to hear from you. Supporting the homosexual agenda verses remaining neutral in the cultural war is just bad business. If Christians cannot find corporate neutrality with Kraft then they will vote with their pocketbook and support companies that are neutral.

While overall Oreos support of Pride has been well received, YouTuber Franchesca Leigh Ramsey has come out with a important announcement that finds a link between homophobia and weight loss.

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Jul 3, 2012 6:00am

(ABC News)

TRENTON, N.J. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie opened up about his weight problem in an interview with ABC News and stressed he is trying to lose weight, a battle hes waged for 30 years, but said hes never considered gastric bypass surgery because its too risky.

I mean, see, listen, I think theres a fundamental misunderstanding among people regarding weight and regarding all those things that go into, to people being overweight, Christie said in an interview that will air Tuesday on Nightline. I think folks say yeah, well he must just not be disciplined, you know, or he must not have willpower that kind of thing. I guess the best analogy to make is some people drink too much. Some people take drugs. Some people eat too much. See, you can go live every day without drinking. You can live every day without taking drugs. You cant live every without eating.

Watch ABC News Jake Tappers full interview with Gov. Chris Christie on Nightline tonight at 11:35 p.m. ET.

Christie, who often jokes about his weight, but rarely opens up about the struggle, acknowledged that its a really difficult thing to deal with.

Christie said he works out with a trainer four days a week and is trying to eat better, but said its really difficult like to eat better.

With running around all the time and grabbing things on the go. But Im trying to eat better, Christie said in the interview from the state capitol. Im working at it. But obviously, Im not there. But I also have hope that I can get there.

Christie suffers from asthma and was admitted to the hospital last summer, but said besides that ailment he is healthy and sees the doctor regularly.

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DENVER, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows that dieters who had successfully lost weight and were trying to maintain their weight loss burned significantly more calories eating a low-carb diet modeled after the Atkins Diet than they did eating a low-fat diet. In fact, participants following the Atkins-like diet in the study burned about 300 calories more a day on a low-carb diet than they did on a low-fat diet. Additionally, there were several key health benefits experienced by those following the Atkins-like diet, including increased HDL, lowered triglycerides, reduced inflammation from baseline, and improved insulin sensitivity.

The study examined 21 participants, ages 18 to 40, who had lost some initial body weight and each participant completed three different diets in random order for four weeks. One of the diets followed was modeled on the Atkins Phase 1 Induction diet, with only 10 percent of calories from carbohydrates, 60 percent from fat and 30 percent from protein.

According to the researchers, "These findings suggest that a strategy to reduce glycemic load rather than dietary fat may be advantageous for weight-loss maintenance and cardiovascular disease prevention."

"We are very gratified to see the research community continue to study and validate the Atkins Diet. In this study, the investigators looked at Atkins Induction phase only which caused superior energy burn at rest, as well as much better triglycerides, HDL levels, and overall metabolic levels," said Colette Heimowitz, vice president of nutrition and education for Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. "It would have been ideal if the researchers had the funding to follow a longer term protocol which would have allowed the participants to become adapted to fat burning and produce even more favorable results in regard to cortisol and CRP."

About Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. is a leader in the $2.4 billion weight control nutrition category, and offers a powerful lifetime approach to weight loss and management. The Atkins Diet focuses on a healthy diet with reduced levels of refined carbohydrates and added sugars and encourages the consumption of protein, fiber, fruits, vegetables and good fats. Backed by research and consumer success stories, this approach allows the body to burn more fat and work more efficiently while helping individuals feel less hungry, more satisfied and more energetic.

Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., manufactures and sells a variety of nutrition bars and shakes designed around the nutritional principles of the Atkins Diet. Atkins' four product lines: Advantage, Day Break, Endulge and Cuisine appeal to a broad audience of both men and women who want to achieve their weight management goals and enjoy a healthier lifestyle. Atkins products are available online at atkins.com and in more than 30,000 locations throughout the U.S. and internationally. For more information, visit atkins.com.

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These really easy tips go a long way in your battle against the bulge!

Losing weight can be a challenge, especially if you have many pounds to shed. You may have tried weightloss programmes before, but have failed to lose any weight. Everyone is looking for a short cut to lose weight. However, these short cuts never work. You should never crash diet because it's a short term approach that usually fails. You need to be very patient when it comes to weightloss. But finding the time and resources to lose weight can be a challenge.

Many diets don't hold up to all their hype. The true key to losing weight and keeping it off is adopting a sustainable eating plan and then sticking with it. When it comes to weightloss, you have to lose some diet habits which you've grown accustomed to and add some items that may be new to you. Here are some tips to get you started.

Become a vegetarian

This may be a drastic lifestyle change but an effective one nonetheless. Studies have shown that a diet high in red meat consumption is often linked to obesity. If you have been an ardent non-vegetarian, then suddenly stopping meat will not help. Start with alternating between meat and vegetarian food until you are comfortable with ditching it completely.

LifeMojo is one of the most trusted sources of information about good health and wellness. To those who want to manage their health themselves, LifeMojo provides necessary information, tips, tracking tools and support to help them stay informed and motivated.

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Q: With how hot it has been, what should I do to prevent my family from getting dehydrated?

A: The main function of the human body is to provide oxygen and glucose to the brain. Blood carries this oxygen and glucose, and is mostly made from water. So having adequate water in the body is critical for good health.

I think about the bodys fluid composition using my rules of two thirds rough estimate. Over two thirds of our body weight is water. Most of this water is inside the cells of the body, again about two thirds. Of the water not in the cells, about two thirds is in the space between the cells. This leaves 2/3 of the body weight times 1/3 not in the cells times 1/3 not between the cells equals 2/27 (about 7 percent) of our bodys weight being blood; and about two thirds of that is in the veins. Water can easily move from inside the cells to outside the cells to inside the bloodstream, balanced by colloid osmotic (oncotic) pressure that works to keep sufficient amounts in the bloodstream.

The body loses water in many of its normal daily functions; moisture in the air exhaled, sweat to help regulate body temperature, and the fluids used in waste elimination (urine and stool). Electrolytes (such as sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate and others) are also lost (taste how salty sweat is).

Additional fluid and electrolyte loss can occur for many reasons:

- Infants lose more fluids per body weight than adults.

- People with poorly controlled diabetes may have increased urine output.

- People who develop vomiting and/or diarrhea (from any cause) lose fluids and may also have decreased fluid intake.

- Respiratory problems causing fast breathing increase fluid loss.

- Any condition that causes fever may lead to excess sweating.

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It seems like every day there's a new celebrity announcing her pregnancythen hitting the runway or the red carpet in a barely-there outfit weeks after giving birth. Hollywood moms have plenty of incentive to get back into shape: Jessica Simpson recently struck a $3 million deal with Weight Watchers to use the program to lose her baby weight, while Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai was criticized for not losing her pregnancy pounds quickly enough. (Her daughter was born in November, 2011.)

"Celebrities work hard and they put the time in, because their career depends on it," said Lisa DeFazio, a nutritionist in Los Angeles. While some stars may resort to surgery or dangerous cleanses, most simply diet and exercisebut have the money to afford personal trainers mail-order meals to speed the process. Here's 13 who bounced back in record time.

Beyonc

Gracing the cover of People's Most Beautiful People issue in April 2012four months after the birth of her first child, BlueBeyonce told the magazine that she was back to her pre-pregnancy weight and felt "more beautiful than ever." In fact, she flaunted her famous curves just weeks after giving birth when she wore a figure-hugging dress to husband Jay-Z's Carnegie Hall concert in February. "I lost most of my weight from breastfeeding and I encourage women to do it; it's just so good for the baby and good for yourself," Knowles told People.

Bethenny Frankel

The Bethenny Ever After Star caused a stir in June, 2010 when she posed for Us Weekly in a size-4 swimsuit just three weeks after giving birth to daughter Bryn. Frankel responded with a statement to the website Momlogic, where she attributed Bryn's early arrival (five weeks premature)as well as healthy eating habits and yoga throughout her pregnancyto her ability to slim down so quickly. Later that year, she told Health she probably still weighed four or five more pounds than she did before pregnancy, but that she was "not even concerned about it."

Pink

"As soon as Pink had the green light from her doctor, we got to work," said Jeanette Jenkins, celebrity trainer and creator of The Hollywood Trainer DVD series, who's also helped Tia Mowrey and Alicia Keyes get their pre-baby bodies back. After the June 2011 birth of her daughter, Pink trained five days a week with Jenkins and followed a healthy meal plan in preparation for her fall tour and her first movie role in the upcoming "Thanks for Sharing."

Gwyneth Paltrow

Losing the baby weight after the birth of her second child in 2006 was "by far the hardest thing I have ever done," Paltrow said in 2010. She worked out two hours a day with the help of celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, the Huffington Post reported, but also said that time constraints shouldn't be an excuse for any woman not to get her body back. "Every woman can make timeevery womanand you can do it with your baby in the room," she said. "There have been countless times where I've worked out with my kids crawling all over the place."

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SAN FRANCISCO, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --A frustrating side effect of childbirth is pregnancy weight gain. After childbirth, many women find that baby weight is seemingly impossible to shed. Even women who watch what they eat and work out may find themselves held captive to that stubborn baby weight gain. These moms want to feel energized and able to take care of their responsibilities, but they don't know how to lose pregnancy weight.

Donna Parker, a licensed acupuncturist and Wellness Coach, launched a new website earlier this year to bring hope to moms who have tried to lose baby weight and failed. BestWaytoLoseBabyWeight.com offers visitors advice on how to lose baby weight and adopt a low-glycemic lifestyle, the cornerstone of Donna's pregnancy weight loss program.

Donna works with her clients to help them eat the proper combination of fat, carbs, and protein. "I don't ask my clients to go on a diet," says Donna. "Diets are restrictive. Dieters feel deprived and count the days until they lose weight and can go back to their old eating patterns. Instead, I show my clients a new way to eat that includes wonderful, delicious food they will be able to enjoy for the rest of their lives."

The results of this lifestyle change include steady and permanent pregnancy weight loss and a new way of looking at food. It eliminates cravings for refined carbohydrates (foods which quickly release their sugar content into our bodies, such as baked goods, alcoholic drinks, and all things sweet), which raise levels of the feel-good hormones, dopamine and serotonin, in the body, but overload the system, causing abdominal fat and wild blood sugar swings.

To start losing baby weight, Donna's clients begin with a five-day "re-set" period, during which they reprogram their bodies to lose cravings for refined carbohydrates, followed by a further 23 days eating only low-glycemic foods. It takes 28 days for these lifestyle changes to be fully incorporated. Donna's clients receive individual, customized recommendations with respect to food, water, sleep, and exercise which reflect each client's lifestyle, age, body type, specific health issues, and weight loss goal. She provides nutritional products that help moderate her clients' cravings (including the Usana products endorsed by Dr. Mehmet Oz) and coaches her clients to success.

A study by Dr. David Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D, director of the Optimal Weight for Life program and an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, showed that some people's bodies react to the blood sugar spike caused by refined carbohydrates by secreting too much insulin and are prone to stubborn weight gain. Dr. Oz mentioned this study in conjunction with his advice to follow a 28-day low-glycemic diet to get control of unwanted weight.

Donna understands the frustration of stubborn baby weight gain and the process of changing deeply ingrained eating habits. She changed to a low-glycemic lifestyle to lose the weight she gained during pregnancy. "It helps so much to have a coach," says Donna. "So many times we are very good at knowing what isn't working for us. We need someone to point out what we have accomplished and show us the progress we are making."

Donna's dietary products help her clients transition from high-carbohydrate foods to low-glycemic foods. "You can't just change a lifelong way of eating overnight," she says. "These are our comfort foods, the ones we crave when we're tired, depressed, or anxious because they boost the 'happy' hormones. The products I recommend cut cravings and help your blood sugar level out."

Donna maintains that the two biggest barriers to permanent weight loss are having the attitude that we can lose some weight and then go back to bad eating habits and that we are just one of those people who can't keep weight off. "The program I offer combats both these issues," she says. "People who eat a low-glycemic diet stop craving unhealthy food and start craving healthy food! It takes awhile for your taste buds to change, but they do. My program is so useful because it gets you over the hump. I know this program will work for everyone who follows it."

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Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jonathan Dwyer got into the doghouse quickly last year, showing up 20 pounds overweight to training camp.

But now with Rashard Mendenhall out with an injury, Dwyer sees an opportunity before him, and he intends to capitalize on it, says the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

I know if I come in at the weight I am supposed to be, I will be OK. It is not anybody elses responsibility to come into camp in shape. It is mine, said Dwyer, who will train with Maurice Jones-Drew and Matt Forte before camp opens.

They asked me to come down, and I see how successful they are and how the training is and felt it was a good idea, Dwyer said. I thought to myself that I would be a fool not to go train down there with them.

Dwyer said he hopes to prove himself not only to teammates, but the rest of the league as well.

I am just realizing how much it takes to get where you are in this league and how hard you have to work and push yourself, Dwyer said. This is my year to prove something to myself, the league, to the organization, that I am worth more than what I was.

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Dear Abby: I want you to know that you saved my life. I was a lonely, desperate woman, dying a slow and painful death. I had an eating disorder and weighed more than 400 pounds. I was taking many different medications and suffering from depression, high blood pressure and other ailments. Most of them were the result of my addictive eating. I wore a size 52 dress and had 89-inch hips. I had trouble caring for myself and I wanted to die.

One day, I saw a letter you had printed from a woman who seemed to know what I was feeling. She had gone to a 12-step program and was happy, successful and free from her addictive eating disorder.

Seeing her letter gave me a spark of hope. I sought and found a program called Overeaters Anonymous and began attending meetings. I took a sponsor and am in recovery from the food addiction. I lost more than 300 pounds and have lived in a normal-sized body for eight years. (It took a long time to lose that weight safely and sanely.)

Thanks to that letter in your column, and your continuing support of the 12-step programs, I am living a life that I never imagined possible. No words can ever express the gratitude I feel for what you have done for me and many others. At our meetings, speakers often share that they found recovery because of a letter to Dear Abby. Please keep the word going that there is hope for us, no matter how far down we are or how far we have gone.

Janet In Orlando, Fla.

Dear Janet: Thank you for a heartwarming letter. Its gratifying to know you were helped because of something you read in my column. I hope your success will inspire others who also suffer from compulsive overeating and are unaware that help is available.

Overeaters Anonymous has more than 6,500 groups in more than 80 countries. There are no requirements for membership except a desire to stop eating compulsively. I have attended some of the meetings. There is no shaming, no weighing and no embarrassment only a fellowship of compassionate people who share a common problem.

Chapters are located in almost every city, but anyone who has difficulty locating one should go to oa.org, or send a long, self-addressed stamped envelope to Overeaters Anonymous World Service Office, P.O. Box 44020, Rio Rancho, NM 87174-4020. The email address is info@oa.org.

Dear Abby: We have a friend who lives in another city and takes a lot of trips. She visits me a couple of times a year. When she does, she brings along a large photo album from her most recent trip and insists we sit down with her so she can give us a running commentary about each photo. Abby, her travelogues last an hour or more.

Were pleased that our friend enjoys her trips, but we no longer wish to be subjected to her presentations. We would never expect her or anyone to view all the pictures we take on our travels. How can we gently explain this to her?

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DEAR ABBY: I want you to know that you saved my life. I was a lonely, desperate woman, dying a slow and painful death. I had an eating disorder and weighed more than 400 pounds. I was taking many different medications and suffering from depression, high blood pressure and other ailments. Most of them were the result of my addictive eating. I wore a size 52 dress. I had trouble caring for myself and I wanted to die.

One day, I saw a letter you had printed from a woman who seemed to know what I was feeling. She had gone to a 12-step program and was happy, successful and free from her addictive eating disorder.

Seeing her letter gave me a spark of hope. I sought and found a program called Overeaters Anonymous and began attending meetings. I took a sponsor and am in recovery from the food addiction. I lost more than 300 pounds and have lived in a normal-sized body for eight years. (It took a long time to lose that weight safely.)

Thanks to that letter in your column, and your continuing support of the 12-step programs, I am living a life that I never imagined possible. Please keep the word going that there is hope for us, no matter how far down we are or how far we have gone.

Janet in Orlando, Fla.

DEAR JANET: Thank you for a heartwarming letter. It's gratifying to know you were helped by something you read here. I hope your success will inspire others.

For info, go to http://www.oa.org, or send a long, self-addressed stamped envelope to Overeaters Anonymous World Service Office, P.O. Box 44020, Rio Rancho, NM 87174-4020. n

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