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Half Ton Man tells the story of American Patrick Deuel, a morbidly obese man who is literally eating himself to death.

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Some people need an inside motivation to get exercising and eating right and others need a lot of extra motivation, like $50,000.

Podfitness is searching America for the most amazing stories of transformation. They’re giving away $50,000, a $30,000 home gym and a spot on their television show to one man and one woman whose stories are the most inspiring!

The Podfitness National Body Transformation Challenge is a 12-week (more…)

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About 2 months ago I found out that snacking was one of the important reasons I was not losing weight at a normal rate, even though I was on diet. I was very frustrated because I though my diet was ok, so there must be something wrong with my metabolism. It turned out I was snacking for about 500 calories/day. This is almost 1/2 of my daily calorie intake while being on a diet. Since I started the cut down calorie plan I’m very careful with what I eat and now I can see the difference.

Here is what you can do to avoid snacking:

1. be prepared: Don’t let a snack attack take you by surprise (more…)

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Are you trying to lose weight this year, or at least to cut back on snacking? Do you find yourself too often in the kitchen checking “what’s new” in the fridge or in the cupboard? One easy way to stay away from the kitchen is to keep yourself busy.

Finding things to do outside the house or moving in the office during work hours will keep you from getting bored and will hopefully prevent you from “checking” the fridge too often.

However, for a little bit of extra motivation, you might want to consider a little help from your diet friend: The Diet Piggy. It is a small plastic reminder (more…)

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Hannah Downie, 17, is seriously underweight with less than 6 stone (38 kg), but despite the severity of her condition, doctors are unable to help her because of a lack of services in Scotland.

Faced with the prospect of a daughter who refuses to eat, Barbara Downie, Hannah’s mother, was told by doctors to treat the girl at home.

“I’ve run out of hope,” the mother-of-five said yesterday. “Hannah doesn’t want to eat. She’s admitted she would happily starve herself to death. She needs proper medical help but she’s not getting it. “The NHS doesn’t have enough beds and they’re dragging their heels about getting her into a private clinic.”

Her mother said she noticed a gradual change in her behaviour as she became more quiet and self-conscious. Her weight has now fallen to (more…)

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Physical fitness stemming from laughter is a benefit known to few. Scientists estimate that laughing 100 times is equivalent to a 10-minute workout on a rowing machine, or to 15 minutes on a stationary exercise bike.

The act of laughing exercises the diaphragm, as well as the abdominal, respiratory, facial, leg, and back muscles.

Another benefit of laughter is that it improves our over-all mental health. Pent up negative emotions, such as anger, fear, and sadness, can cause biochemical changes in our bodies that can produce a harmful effect.

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When your body is rested your organs will function more effectively and you will look better and appear thinner, but if you are tired, your kidneys will retain fluid and you will appear fluffy. Sugar, caffeine and refined carbohydrates give you an energy boost, so you tend to eat more and more of that which can result in an extra weight.

If you want to lose that excess weight try to get the right amount of sleep each night. The average adult needs 8 hours sleep a night. People who sleep less than that have a 45% greater risk (more…)

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At first, when I saw The Flavor Spray I said “this is hilarious!”, but the more I think about it, the more I like it! The flavor spray “contain zero calories, zero fat, zero cholesterol, zero carbohydrates and FDA-approved Food flavoring” how they say.

When I’m on diet I always crave for all the bad aliments and this could be the key to overcome them, but I wonder how would a green salad with chocolate flavor taste like? It’s great that you could add smoked bacon flavor on steamed vegetables and stay thin, but I think is hard to find a basic aliment to spray on the desert flavors and still have low calories.

I think it’s worth trying it though, as it costs only $5.95/spray of 2.0fl.oz./60ml and you can get a discount for special packages. Unfortunately, they have limited countries they deliver.

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The weight loss plateau is that period in your diet that no matter what you do it seems like you are not losing weight anymore. It can be really frustrating and for a lot of dieters this is the point when they give up! Don’t panic, because it’s not the end of the road for your diet and the weight loss plateau can be overcome with lots of patience and a few methods:

• Try to break your daily routine with changing the hours you normally eat, but do not skip meals;
• You can “shock” your organism through disproportional meals. For a week try for example to eat less in a day (more…)

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