All Entries For weight loss
See Yourself as Fit Person, No Matter Your Size
Sometimes the difference in whether you gain or lose is how you see yourself.
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Bidding Adieu to 'The Last Supper' Mentality
Before you start a "diet," do you binge on a food because it will be off limits? I sure did, until I joined SparkPeople and gave up the all-or-nothing mentality.
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New Study: Turn to the Web to Keep Off the Weight
By doing something as simple as reading this very blog post, you could increase your chances of losing weight.
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Crossing over Those Dreaded Plateaus
~INDYGIRL has lost 126 pounds, but it hasn't been easy. She has struggled with plateaus. The trick is not letting plateaus become insurmountable obstacles. Here's how.
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We Know Diet Pills Don't Work, But We're Still Buying
Even though we know they aren't likely to work, a lot of us are still spending big bucks in the hopes that diet pills will help us reach our goals more quickly and easily. Why?
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Study Reveals Tips to Make Your Healthy Habits Stick
A new American Heart Association study proves that key parts of the SparkPeople program can boost your chances maintaining healthy lifestyle habits for the long haul.
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How the 'Girl with the Scars' Learned to Survive the Locker Room
Along her weight-loss journey, Beth faced a lifelong fear: changing in the locker room. Read how ~INDYGIRL overcame this fear--and how you can too!
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An Obesity Expert Tells Us What Really Works with Weight Loss
Want to know what an obesity researcher has to say about weight loss? What works? What doesn't? Read on to find out.
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Finding a Doc Who Sees beyond the Scale
Blogger ~INDYGIRL shares tips on choosing a doctor will treat you with respect and dignity, regardless of the number on the scale.
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If More Americans are Exercising, Why Aren't We Losing Weight?
A new report shows that more of us are active, so why aren't less of us obese? I think that even though we're moving more, we're still eating too much.
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Turning It around When You're Spiraling Out of Control
Embarrassed, I admit to you all that for a few days I was out of control. I want to share my turn-around with you so it might help you turn it around during a bad spell.
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Want to Lose Weight? Keep It Simple.
New research is looking at what makes some diets more successful than others, since weight loss isn't quite as simple as just eating less.
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Is It Worth It?
I’ve asked myself some days if it’s worth it, all this tracking and exercising, when I would rather dive into a box of donuts and then go to sleep. The answer: YES!
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Putting Foods Off-Limits Can Sabotage Your Diet
Do you ever notice that as soon as you decide a certain food is "off-limits", you crave it? A new study shows that the more you restrict foods, the more tasty they sound.
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'Organic' Labels May Lead to Overeating
A new study reveals that most people mistakenly believe that organic is synonymous with low-calorie.
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