Dieting

No More Body Bashing

Emme | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Self Esteem, Oprah Winfrey, Weight Fluctuation, Dieting, Body Image, Exercise, Weight Gain, Self Image, Unhealthy Diets, Weight Loss, Oprah Weight, Living News
Emme

It's time, we must accept our bodies not as objects to manipulate but ones to appreciate, feed, exercise and have fun in.

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How Often Should You Weigh Yourself?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 01.06.2009 | Living

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

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

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The "New You" in the New Year

Cameron Alborzian | Posted 01.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Change, Mental Health, Dieting, New Year's Resolution, Meditation, Gurus, Weight Loss, Spirituality, Happiness, Living News
Cameron Alborzian

Creating change in your life, however, has nothing to do with the time of year, the season, or if it is Monday or Thursday.

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Big Fat Denial

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

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

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

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New Year's Resolution: To Be Happy in 2009, Stop Dieting!

Colleen Perry | Posted 12.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Calorie Restriction, Self Esteem, Yo Yo Dieting, Binging, Dieting, 12 Steps of Recovery, How to Stop Dieting, Eating Disorders, How to Stop Binging, Self Acceptance, New Years Resolutions, Set Point, Self Love, Restriction, Losing Weight, Weightloss, Diet, Metabolism, Water Weight, New Year's Commentary, Living News
Colleen Perry

In order to break out of our delusion, we must acknowledge the crucial fact regarding dieting and weight loss -- dieting does not work.

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Losing Weight, But Not as New Year's Resolution

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 12.25.2008 | Living

Read More: Diets, Weight Loss Tips, Weight Loss, Diet, Dieting, How to Lose Weight, Health, New Year's Resolution, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you make a New Year's Resolution to go on a diet, days or weeks before January 1st, you are really saying that you give yourself permission to pig out until then.

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How to Keep and Use a Food Journal

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 12.18.2008 | Living

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

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

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Low-Carb Diet Causes Memory Loss

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Posted 12.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Low Carb, Women's Health, Memory Loss, Diet, Dieting, Personal Health, Living News

Dieters who eliminate carbohydrates from their diet may lose some extra pounds, but it could leave them fuzzy headed and forgetful, says a new study. ...

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Healthy Reading

Hillary Newman | Posted 12.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Health, Michael Besancon, Thomas M. Campbell, Animal-Based Proteins, Chinese Diet, American Diet, American Food, Dieting, Protein Diet, Food in China, Protein, Food Study, Nutrition Study, The China Study, T. Colin Campbell, Entertainment News
Hillary Newman

Just finished The China Study by T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell. I was originally turned on to the book by Michael Besancon, VP of Whole Fo...

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Kick in the Tush Club: A Letter to Oprah

Janice Taylor | Posted 12.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Weight Loss Coach, 200 Pounds, Janice Taylor, Kick in the Tush Club, Oprah, Healthy Living, How to Lose Weight, Our Lady of Weight Loss, Healthy Eating, Weightloss, Women Self-Image, Oprah Winfrey, Dieting, Exercise, Oprah Weight Gain, Oprah Weight, Living News
Janice Taylor

Dear Oprah, If I can lose over 50 pounds, so can you. Why don't you come and visit with me. We'll talk; we'll walk; we'll eat fruits and vegetables; we'll laugh it up while we slim down together.

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America the Beautiful Headlines Vienna Body Image Conference

Darryl Roberts | Posted 12.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Bulemia, Anerexia, Europe, Italy, Self Esteem, Model, Dieting, Switzerland, Health, Body Image, Beauty, Vienna Austria, Eating Disorder, Media and Body Image, Advertising and Body Image, Air-Brushing, Media, Italian Modelling Laws, Fiji Body Image, America the Beautiful, Shaped Body Symposium, Harvard Fiji Study, Anna Maria Fecchio-Comito, Living News
Darryl Roberts

As economic globalization becomes a reality, it seems that the language of beauty changes along with it.

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MTV Decides Not to Release New Show Model Maker

Darryl Roberts | Posted 10.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Obsession, Women, Model, Mtv, Dieting, Health, Supermodel, America the Beautiful, Fashion, Beauty, Makeup, Diet, Darryl Roberts, Eating Disorders, Teenage Girls, Anorexia, Body Image, Self Esteem Teenage Girls, Cancelled Tv Program, Entertainment News
Darryl Roberts

The proposed MTV show, Model Maker aimed to take 15 young women and turn them into high fashion models by forcing them to lose weight. Sounds disturbing, doesn't it?

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Japanese Women Don't Get Fat?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Japanese Food, Longevity, Japan, Obesity, Diet, New Diet Books, Dieting, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

In her new book, Naomi Moriyama attempts to discover the secrets to the Japanese peoples' super low obesity rate -- 3%, the lowest in the industrialized world -- by dissecting her mother's kitchen.

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Restricting Food By Any Other Name is Still A Diet

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.01.2008 | Style

Read More: Diets, Boston Globe, Dieting, Diet, Obesity, Fad Diets, South Beach, Atkins, Food, Scarsdale, Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

"Dieting is not your normal way of living. You have to limit what you eat and pay attention to your health." Got that?

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Why A Food Diary Will Double Your Weight Loss

Time.com | Sanjay Gupta | Posted 08.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Food Diary Weight Loss, Dieting Tips, Weight Loss, Food Diary, How to Lose Weight, Dieting, Living News

The study tracked nearly 1,700 overweight or obese adults across the country who were at least 25 years old. Men and women were included, and 44% of t...

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Getting By With A Little Help From Yourself

Donna Albergotti | Posted 07.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Book Reviews, Self-Help Books, Vegetarianism, Health, Happiness, Diets, Dieting, Green Living, Green Dining, Living News
Donna Albergotti

Kathy Freston conducts a one-on-one conversation that encourages readers to do a self-exam of what makes themselves tick and to formulate a plan for making life a meaningful and rewarding journey.

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Food Diary Helps You Lose Weight: Study

Reuters | Will Dunham | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

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Keeping a food diary -- a detailed account of what you eat and drink and the calories it packs -- is a powerful tool in helping people lose weight, U....

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Poetry Beyond Words: On Being Satisfied...

Tamsin Rothschild | Posted 04.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Audi, Dreams, Lifestyle, Mfa, Dieting, Non-Profit, Raw Food, Weight Loss, Contentment, Living News
Tamsin Rothschild

i am gonna lose 20 pounds buy an AUDI TT inherit a farm start a non-profit go green eat raw have some babies do my MFA publish make a million dollars ...

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What Your Personal Trainer Isn't Telling You

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Diets, Lies, Dieting, Health, Hemorrhoids, N.O. Xplode, Fitness, Eating Disorders, Hollywood Diet, Personal Trainers, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

First off, many of them do things they would never ever tell a client to do. Also, They totally think you look fat in those pants.

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It's Not Over 'Til the 40-lbs Overweight, Smart Lady Sings

Leslie Goldman | Posted 04.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Diets, Losing Weight, Body Image, Dieting, Sexism, Smart Women, Fat, Weight Loss, Girls Body Image, Diets Suck, Feminism, Women and Body Image, Living News
Leslie Goldman

How is it that at such a young age, we almost instinctively understand that it's "better" to be small/thin versus big or large?

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Sherri Shepherd Jokes About Diabetes And Amputation, Says Dieting Is Like Sex With No Orgasm

The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media

Read More: The Tonight Show, Sherri Shepherd, Sex, Jay Leno, Diabetes, David Beckham, The View, Dieting, Orgasm, Media News

The View's Sherri Shepherd was on "The Tonight Show" last night. After caressing fellow guest David Beckham — and prompting Jay Leno to remind h...

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The Power of a Bagel

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 03.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Calorie Counting, Food as a Drug, Obesity Research, Dieting, Emotional Eating, Weight Loss, Weight-Loss, Overeating, Calorie Counts, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Some of us may be genetically predisposed to use food. We get that drug-like high from thinking about, scoring, preparing and ingesting our substance.

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5 Ridiculous Diet Devices

Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent | Posted 03.01.2008 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Diets, Diet Tips, How to Eat Like a Hot Chick, Dieting, Diet Coke Plus, Skinny Water, Diet Gum, Diet Candy, Diet Cookies, Protein Water, Diet Plans, Living News
Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent

As if there weren't enough fad diets, diet pills and celebrity-endorsed liquid diets already out there, a new crop of ridiculous diet aids have found ...

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Skinny Songs

Heather Cabot | Posted 02.20.2008 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Atkins Diet, Heidi Roizen Skinny Songs, Dieting, Jenny Craig, The Zone Diet, The Biggest Loser, Weight Loss Tips, The Master Cleanse, Diet Plans, South Beach Diet, Living News
Heather Cabot

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Diets Work

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 01.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Beverly Hills Diet, Diet Books, Diets, Losing Weight, Calories, Dieting, Pineapple Diet, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

The only reason any diet works is because of the calorie content and not because of the carb/fat/protein content. This is where the confusion comes in and the diet book gods make billions of dollars.

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