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A Salad Is A Perfect Diet Food, Right? It depends. Are you having a salad or a tossed meal? Does the salad dressing you’re using have a lot of calories in it, and are you using so much of it on your salad that you have the caloric equivalent of a McDonald’s burger on your salad in dressing alone? Many people think that if they are having a salad for lunch or dinner, or even breakfast – that they are having a healthy meal. And yes, a salad can be a very healthy food choice. It can also be just as b... Are You Really Ready To Lose Weight? Well, are you? Do you constantly think about losing those excess pounds you’re carrying around? Do you go on the latest diet you read about online or in the latest magazine for a few weeks but then give up? Do read everything you can about dieting, weight loss, and exercise, but never do anything about it? Are you always on a diet but never really getting anywhere with reaching your goals? If this sounds like you, maybe you aren’t ready to lose weight. That may... Broccoli Is Not A Health Food At My House Broccoli is said to be one of those super foods that are very healthy and good food you. It is a good source of fiber, vitamin C, iron, and potassium which are four very good reasons to eat it often. And we do like broccoli at my house. Some of our favorite foods contain broccoli: broccoli covered with cheese sauce, cream of broccoli soup, broccoli and cheese dip, broccoli cheese soup, and deep fried broccoli cheddar bites. Yes, at my house we only like broccoli if it's swimm... Can I Eat More And Weigh Less? It depends what you are eating more of. If you are eating more fresh vegetables and less chocolate brownies and nachos, then yes; you certainly can eat more and weigh less. You may have seen article titles such as "Have More Food and Lose Weight," or Eat More and Weigh Less" and thought, "Yeah, sure." I've thought that because I never thought I could eat more and lose weight. But that's because I always thought in terms of calories rather than in terms of volume of food... Can I Eat Some Fast Food And Still Lose Weight? Because there is so much fast food out there that is loaded with fat, lots of sodium, and is high in calories, many people believe the only way to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight is to stay away from fast food restaurants. Yes, it is true that a fast food meal that includes a burger, fries, and a soft drink is not healthy and has too many calories in it. But there are fast food options that are healthy and okay to have. Here's one way to think of it. Most weight l... Can You Eat Chocolate On A Diet? A co-worker of mine once said, “Every person should have a little bit of chocolate every day. It’s how I maintain my weight.” She said this after a group of coworkers that included myself had just finished eating lunch at a Chinese restaurant (an all you can eat buffet) and were staring at her as she was putting quarters into the candy machine for a chocolate treat. She didn’t get a lot of chocolate, just a handful of M&M’s. But the rest of us were staring at her, wondering h... Can You Eat Dessert On A Diet? In my opinion, any diet that doesn't allow for desserts, at least once in a while, is a diet that is doomed to fail. I know there are diets out there that are designed to help you get rid of sugar cravings and therefore ban sugar from your diet. But even if you are on a sugar free diet, either because you choose to be or because you need to be because of a health issue such as diabetes which makes avoiding sugar part of your everyday life, I think dessert should be part of ev... Diet Soda; Is It Good Or Bad If You Are On A Diet? The debate over whether diet soda is a dieter's friend or a dieter's enemy seems to become more heated every day. One side is saying diet soda is a great beverage for people trying to lose weight and who want something more exciting to drink than water. The other side is saying diet soda won't help you lose weight but can actually make you gain weight. I wish I could give you a definitive answer and say either, "Yes, diet soda is fine to drink when you are trying to los... Do Low Carb Diets Really Work? Sure. But, from my experience and from the experience of every person I know who has gone on a low carb diet and successfully lost weight, that weight doesn’t stay off unless all but a tiny amount of carbs are always avoided. A few years ago when low carb diets were incredibly popular, I went on one just like millions of other people. I lost 40 pounds in a little over four months. But as soon as I started eating a normal amount of carbs again I gained the weight back v... How A Chef Stays Slim While Around Food All Day My son went to culinary school to become a chef. Although he was excited about cooking for a living, he was worried about packing on extra pounds because as he put it, "None of my chef instructors look like they've missed any meals recently." He has been out of school for a few years and not only hasn’t gained any weight; he's slimmer than when he was in school. I asked him how he does it because he's not just around salads all day. He also makes breads, pastries, appetize... How A Dog Helps You Lose Weight If you are one of those people that find it hard to motivate yourself to exercise like you should, enlist the help of your furry four legged friend, your dog. Dogs love to go for walks. Even if you are not feeling motivated and up to a daily walk, your dog is still more than happy to follow you around with those puppy dog eyes waiting for you to give in and go. At our dog's last vet visit, we were told our dog needed to lose a few pounds and were asked about how much ex... How To Survive Thanksgiving Dinner While On A Diet It’s the dreaded time of the year – the food filled holidays. It’s not that you don’t like food. It’s just the opposite. You love food. But you are working hard to lose those extra pounds you have been carrying around and you don’t want the holidays to undo all that hard work. Many weight loss experts will tell you to not bother trying to lose weight during the holidays and to just try to maintain your current weight until after the holiday season. They probably think that... If You Are What You Eat I'm A Super Sized Bag Of Potato Chips We have probably all heard that you are what you eat. It is true. It is pretty hard for your body to keep you healthy and running in tip top shape if you aren’t giving it the nutrients it needs. If you don't take care of your vehicle, it won't run very well and will eventually leave you stranded on the side of the road. It's the same with your body. If the only thing you feed it is junk food like potato chips, soft drinks, sugary foods, and fast food, it won't take long for y... Is Drinking A Lot Of Water Really Necessary If I Want To Lose Weight? That’s the question I have asked over and over again as I have tried to lose those extra pounds because, like many people, I don’t drink the minimum eight, eight ounce glasses of water every day that is recommended by most health professionals. And since I’m not drinking the 64 ounces of water a day recommended by most health professionals, it sure means I’m not drinking the ½ to 1 ounce of water per pound of weight some experts recommend you drink if you really want to sh... It Takes Too Much Time To Eat Healthy And Lose Weight Is that your excuse for not eating healthy and losing those extra pounds you've packed on? Do you think that eating healthy means you have to spend all day Sunday in your kitchen prepping fresh vegetables and putting them in single serve baggies so you have food to eat the rest of the week? While I agree you could easily spend half a day in the kitchen cutting up fresh vegetables for the entire week if you wanted to, there are other options that aren't such a drain on you... My Kids Love Raw Vegetables I am not making this up. My children really do love raw vegetables. Even now that they are grown up and either at college or living on their own, one of the first things they do when coming home is open the refrigerator while asking at the same time if there are any veggies and dip. The dip is the key. That is how I got my kids hooked on eating raw vegetables and eating a lot of them. It is not unusual for my three children to eat two heads of cauliflower, and a two pound bag... Once You Lose The Weight How Do You Keep It Off? Statistics show that the only 10 percent of people who successfully lose weight go on to successfully keep that weight off for a year or more. That means 90 percent are unable to keep the weight off, often gaining back everything they lost plus few extra pounds. Have can you be on the 10 percent who keeps the weight off and not one of the 90 percent who gains it back? Here are tips and strategies from people who have successfully kept weight off for more than a year. E... Quit Being A Member Of The Clean Plate Club Were you told as a child that you had to clean your plate before you could leave the table? I was. And to make me feel guilty about not wanting to eat my food, my Mom would tell me how there were starving children who would be happy to have what I wasn't eating. While I know that is true, having me clean my plate and overeat did not help starving children. My sister-in-law was also forced to clean her plate before leaving the table when she was a child. She remembers still... Walking To Lose Weight Can walking help a person lose weight? There is conflicting information about whether or not walking can help a person lose weight. Any exercise is better than none and will not only help with weight loss efforts, but will also help a person attain better health and more stamina. The “Naysayers” There are people who are negative about the benefits of walking to lose weight. A fitness center I once belonged to (for a very short time) told me I would never lose any weight b... Weight Training Exercise And Dieting Is weight training exercise important when dieting? Many experts will quickly tell you “yes” if you ask them this question. Why? It’s because weight training builds muscle and helps increase the body’s metabolic rate. This means, that even while resting, a person who weight trains and who has built more muscle in their body will burn more calories than a person who doesn’t do any weight training. Plus, weight training workouts typically burn more calories per minute of exe... What Is The Milk Diet? The Milk Diet is a diet that was promoted by Bernarr Macfadden in the early 1920's. His belief was that milk was a miracle food and could take the place of all other nourishment. It was touted as a miracle diet that would cure disease and illness, not cause a person to lose weight as is often erroneously believed. The Milk Diet is definitely a fad diet, at least in my mind, because it promotes having only one food (or beverage in this case) and not having anything else for...

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