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Does Ephedra Really Shed the Pounds Like It Promises? I Decided to Put It to the Test!


Since the reintroduction of Ephedra based products on about April 15 of this year I have had a few close friends of mine contact myself about Ephedra. The had simple questions about the safety and effectiveness of Ephedra based products. We chose to purchase a bottle and run our own little test. The test consisted of 20 days, following the instructions of course, with regular monitoring. The Results were not what we expected!

Pushing Gastric Bypass: When to Talk, When to Keep Quiet


Sharing our bariatric stories is as personal decision as electing to have the surgery itself. Some of us are very private and others of us are very open. Overall I think we do the best we can on any given day. There are times when the moment is right to share and times when it is best to keep quiet. Here are a few things this bariatric zealot has learned the last few years:

After WLS: How Much Weight Have You Lost?


I had lost nearly fifty pounds before anyone mentioned my weight loss. Then, all of the sudden, everybody noticed! As soon as they noticed the questions began. The most often asked: ?How much weight have you lost?? People who I barely knew asked me this question as if it were their right to know. I was never sure of the motive for the question? Did they want to celebrate my weight loss? Did they want to gasp knowing just how fat I was?

Simply Weight Loss -- Losing Weight is Easy if You Stop Dieting


In theory, if you're starving, exercising less helps conserve energy. But obviously you're going to place finding food and eating at the top of your to do list. But dieters today do exactly what they shouldn't do...exercise less if they were to starve and start dieting when trying to lose weight.

The Myth of Spot Reducing


There is no such thing as spot reducing. Any fat you lose comes off in the same proportion it?s stored in your body.

Change Your Habits for Effective and Long Term Weight Loss


More likely than not a diet with end up a failure. Trust me on this one because, well, I have tried them and failed. I have tried eating their food, counting their way, and taking their hunger-fighting pills. I think that my body just gave up trying to tell me what it really wanted because I just keep depriving it. I have cut calories and exercised six times a week and only felt tired and hungry.

Breakfast -How Not To Start The Day Part I


Axiom Number Four

Can Quick Weight Loss Really Work?


Quick weight loss is promised by diets all the time. "Lose 10 pounds over night," the ads will scream. Most people know in the back of their mind that quick weight loss is either not healthy or is a short term fix.

Wellness Coach Reveals Celebrity Diet


We think we know everything there is to know about them. After all, faithful paparazzi hunt them down just so we can get a picture or a glimpse of their lives. However, the ?money shot? doesn?t tell us everything. Especially how they stay in shape, maintain their youthfulness, and flawless skin. Who are "they"? "They" are celebrities and they are keeping secrets--secrets that could help each of us maintain optimal health, get fit, regain our youthful vigor, and have more energy to live life "out loud."

Keen To Be Lean? ? Some Metabolic Musings


Metabolism is the process by which your body changes food into living tissue and changes living tissue into energy and waste products. Metabolic Rate is the speed at which the body uses energy (burns calories.)There are two genetically-determined types of people; those with a naturally low metabolic rate (slow fuel burners), and those with a naturally high metabolic rate (fast fuel burners). Slow fuel burners tend to have trouble keeping weight off.

Dropping The Carbs - The Pros and Cons of Ketogenic Dieting


We must all now be familiar with the Atkins Diet. Of all of the ?trend? diets that move through our popular culture, none has caused as much interest or controversy. Put forward by the late Dr. Robert Atkins in the 70?s, the diet that has caused a storm is continuing to acquire both dedicated followers and severe opponents both within and without the medical community.

Self-Sabotage Snacking After Gastric Bypass Surgery: Why Do We Do It?


LivingAfterWLS reader feedback indicates snacking is the single biggest problem for people after having gastric bypass ? the problem being we snack on unhealthy items, we sabotage our weight loss or weight maintenance and we spiral back into the self-loathing that is so much an emotional part of morbid obesity.

WLS Patients Take Too Long to Order Food: What?s That About?


Families who dine out with their loved ones who?ve had gastric bypass surgery often complain the patient takes an unusually long time to order food. Rose, whose mother had gastric bypass about eight months ago asked, ?What?s wrong with her? It?s so frustrating!?

The Public Stoning of Gastric Bypass Patients: When Things Get Ugly


Recently a woman went public in her online diet community with her decision for gastric bypass surgery. She was asking for fellowship and support from fellow dieters. What she received was a public cyber-stoning from hostile opinionated and poorly informed sanctimonious people.

Signature Lines on Weight Loss Websites


A reader recently wrote to ask why I don?t include my weight statistics in my signature line. A great observation and excellent question.

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