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Posted: February 21, 2012 at 1:27 am
19-02-2012 16:16 http://www.aimtofit.com Bryant and Maura continue with their weight loss transformation and show others what they can do to have their own weight loss transformation.
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Posted: February 19, 2012 at 10:53 pm
If you?re looking for fast weight loss tips for women, forget it! Let's face facts ladies. To have permanent healthy weight loss, you need permanent healthy eating and lifestyle changes.
So here are my top 10 + 1 healthy weight loss tips for women to tip the scales your way:
1. Create a new self-image. Do you see yourself as fit or fat? If "fat" is all you see, reaching and maintaining your ideal weight will be a futile struggle. Learn to imagine yourself as slender and energetic. Once the ?fit? image dominates your thoughts, it can become a reality.
2. Eat healthy whole foods. Permanently changing your diet to eat for great health is the best way to reach and maintain your optimum weight. Choose fresh produce, low fat protein, 100% whole grains and good quality nutritional health supplements.
3. Focus on vegetables. Most veggies are healthy low fat, low calorie, high fiber foods that help fill you up. So choose more vegetables for snacks and meals. Add low fat, high protein foods, whole grains and a small amount of olive oil for complete nutrition.
4. Eliminate high glycemic foods. Processed grains, sugar and other simple carbohydrates are your biggest saboteurs. The resulting insulin release causes you to store fat and crave sweets. For best results follow a healthy low glycemic diet.
5. Drink plenty of liquids. Water is the perfect calorie-free drink and increasing your water intake helps keep you feeling full. If you want to sweeten it up, add the natural herb Stevia to lemon water or herbal teas.
6. Move your body and build muscle. Daily exercise and weight training keeps your metabolism working optimally and helps you build muscle to lose fat. It also benefits your bones, your heart, your whole body and your disposition.
7. Increase fiber, decrease calories. To lose weight you need to eat fewer calories. High fiber foods keep you feeling full longer, protect against cancer, heart disease, diabetes and help to relieve constipation. A daily fiber drink of unsweetened psyllium or mixed nutritional fibers adds more fiber with fewer calories.
8. Replace bad fats with good fats. Trans-fatty acids, processed vegetable oils and excess saturated fats add empty calories and are bad for your health. Choose whole raw seeds and nuts, 100% whole grains and fatty fish or quality fish oil supplements for omega 3 fish oil benefits. Also use small amounts of virgin olive oil for cooking and salads.
9. Do it your way. Studies show most people successful with weight loss find their own way. If a good diet recommends 5 meals a day, but 4 or 6 suits you better, then do what's best for you.
10. Have a simple organized plan. When you learn what works for you, work your plan. Find recipes you like. Have healthy foods available at all times. When you go to restaurants, take along your favorite salad dressing and fruit for dessert. Stay on top of your program.
11. Forgive yourself and move on. Guilt, self-pity and irritation have no useful purpose. When you fall off the wagon, don?t waste time with regret. Talk yourself into feeling positive about your situation instead of negative. Then get right back on track.
And, if you add diligence along with patient persistence, these 11 tips for healthy weight loss for women will help you to achieve all your weight loss goals and end up healthier than ever.
But if you still want to lose weight fast, just make sure you learn how to lose weight fast and safe and you know the healthy answer to, ?How many calories should I eat a day to lose weight??
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Posted: February 19, 2012 at 1:43 am
LEWES, Del. - The first day of Spring is just about a month away, which means bathing suit season isn't far behind. Since weight-loss is a hot topic, many have questions about the many options out there to help you lose weight. That can include surgery, but it's not for everyone and it can be costly.
"As I get older I find different things are starting to happen that the diabetes is causing," replied Maryann Opatt who is looking into getting weight loss surgery.
69-year-old Maryann Opatt was diagnosed with diabetes 20 years ago. She believes that weight loss surgery could improve her condition, but on a fixed income, she's concerned about the cost. "If the insurance doesn't take care of it then I have to worry," said Opatt.
Mary Ann brought her concerns to the Beebe Medical Center's Weight Loss Surgery Seminar where Dr. Daniel McCullough addressed sticky issues like medical insurance. "Most insurance companies now will provide a benefit for weight loss surgery," said McCullough.
But Dr. McCullough adds that insurance companies determine eligibility for surgical benefits by the BMI or the body mass index rate. "If your BMI is less than 35, insurance companies will not provide a benefit for weight loss surgery," said McCullough.
Dr. McCullough also discussed the pros and cons of different procedures - gastric by-pass surgery and lap banding are two of the most common surgeries done.
Not all surgical procedures for weight loss are covered by insurance - seminars like this give the patient the information they need to eventually make the right decisions.
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Posted: February 18, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Healthhound.org has set up a rapid weight loss department on their site. The new department will be fielding question from people interested in rapid weight loss.
Houston, TX (PRWEB) February 18, 2012
Healthhound.org has just set up a rapid weight loss department for their readers. People who are interested in rapid weight loss can check out the site right now for more details on the new department.
Michael Connors, one of the main Directors on the site said that “this new rapid weight loss department is something that we have been working on for some time now. We have hired a number of people with knowledge in the weight loss sector to man this department. The new department will be located on a special page on the site where people will be able to log on and talk to a person through a live chat program about their rapid weight loss goals. The person working for the health hound team will then advise the person accordingly. We hope that our readers will really appreciate the level of customer service that we are providing with this new department”.
The news of the rapid weight loss department has caught the attention of a number of forum members on the site and many of them have been leaving comments about the new department. Many of the commentators are praising the team at the site for setting up a department like this and other commentators are saying that they are looking forward to checking out the new rapid weight loss department.
The management team at the site have come up with something else this week that will help people who are looking to lose weight right now.
For a limited time only there is a free report on the site on quick and easy ways to lose weight.
The team at health hound are hoping that this report will help people to get even further with their weight loss goals.
The report can be downloaded right now at http://www.healthhound.org/3225/rapid-weight-loss/.
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Posted: February 18, 2012 at 1:46 am
Once Rejected Over Safety, Qnexa Again Before FDA Panel
Feb. 17, 2012 -- Once rejected by the FDA over safety concerns, the weight loss pill Qnexa on Wednesday will get a second chance before an FDA advisory committee.
Will the second time around be the charm? Qnexa maker Vivus Inc. hopes so. And the company will be showing off new safety data from patients who took Qnexa for a second year after completing a one-year clinical trial.
Whether that will sway the panel -- and, ultimately, the FDA -- is a tough call.
Qnexa combines two currently approved drugs. One is the appetite suppressant phentermine, the safer "phen" part of the infamously unsafe fen-phen diet drug.
The other half of Qnexa is the seizure/migraine drug topiramate. The topiramate label lists some scary side effects: eye problems, decreased sweating and increased body temperature, acidic body fluids, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and fetal toxicity.
But Vivus' new data suggests that the FDA's main safety concerns, heart risk and birth defects, were not a big issue in the follow-up study. Neither were worries about increased suicide risk, mental dulling, or too much acid in body fluids.
These may not have been major issues in the clinical trials, but troubling safety issues persist. In the FDA's analysis of Qnexa safety, there were some ominous comments:
There was indeed evidence of increased heart rate and acidic body fluids in people taking Qnexa. The FDA states that "only a long-term" study can tell whether Qnexa increases the risk of heart disease in obese people already at high heart risk. One question before the panel is whether Vivus must conduct such a study. A disturbing number of women in the clinical trials got pregnant, even though they had agreed to be on birth control and had regular pregnancy checks. One of the ingredients in Qnexa is linked to birth defects, although none were seen in the clinical trial. Since 36% of U.S. women are obese, the FDA worries that a lot of pregnant women will be exposed to Qnexa.
Does Qnexa Benefit Outweigh Qnexa Risk?
While the argument over Qnexa approval isn't about efficacy, not everyone taking the drug loses a significant amount of weight:
On average, people taking the dose of Qnexa proposed for approval lost 6.6% of their body weight. For approval, the FDA requires that a drug result in average loss of at least 5% of body weight. In one study, 62% of obese and overweight people taking Qnexa lost at least 5% of their body weight -- about three times as many as in the placebo group. The FDA standard is that 35% of people must lose 5% of body weight. In a follow-up study, people continuing to take Qnexa for a second year regained some of the weight they lost the first year. They did not regain as much weight as people taking a placebo.
Since Qnexa exceeds the FDA's minimum effectiveness requirement, the question is whether the new safety data will sway the new FDA panel.
The last panel voted 10 to 6 against approval. But a lot of those voting said it was a close call.
This year, there are 22 panel members scheduled to vote. Twelve of them were on the last panel. Last time, seven of them voted "no" to approval, and five voted "yes."
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Posted: February 18, 2012 at 1:46 am
Weight Loss Influenced by Team Support, Researchers Say
Feb. 17, 2012 -- Weight loss may be influenced by joining a team.
A new study shows that people who shed at least 5% of their initial body weight during a weight loss competition were likely to be on the same teams. Those who said their teammates played a large role in their weight loss were more likely to lose a significant amount of weight.
The findings appear in Obesity.
Shows like The Biggest Loser often have team-, family-, or couples-based competitions that harness the power of peer influence when it comes to weight loss.
“People around us affect our health behaviors,” says researcher Tricia Leahey, PhD. She is with The Miriam Hospital’s Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center and is an assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, R.I.
This is true for healthy and unhealthy behaviors. “It could be quite beneficial if a bunch of friends that choose to lose weight make healthy food choices together, and hold each other accountable to those choices,” she says.
Team members can motivate one another to stay the course. “If someone is doing really well, it could influence the whole group,” Leahey says.
The findings are based on the results of the 2009 Shape Up Rhode Island campaign, a 12-week statewide, online weight loss competition. Participants competed against other teams for weight loss, physical activity, and the number of steps taken. The weight loss arm included 3,330 overweight or obese people on 987 teams. The teams had between five and 11 members.
Two of the study’s co-authors, Rajiv Kumar, MD and Brad M. Weinberg, MD, are co-founders of ShapeUp, Inc.
There Is No ‘I’ in Team
People who lost at least 5% of their body weight, which is an amount that is thought to be significant in improving health, tended to be on the same teams. Those who reported a higher level of social influence by their teammates increased their odds of significant weight loss by 20%.
“This is really quite powerful,” Leahey tells WebMD. "We were surprised by the magnitude of the effect."
Team captains lost more weight than team members. This may be because they were more motivated and engaged in the contest.
Kevin Sloan is the acting psychology director at Beaumont Weight Control Center in Royal Oak, Mich. The findings mirror what he sees in his practice. “We find that when couples begin their weight loss journey together, they tend to do better. There is a lot of credence to the buddy concept,” he says.
Not everyone is a team player. “It is important to do a self-assessment before signing up, but this a good approach for some people who are joiners and do much better as part of a group,” he says.
Weight Loss Is Contagious
“People do better in a group because of the peer pressure,” says Louis Aronne, MD, founder and director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
And “virtual” weight loss works, too. Groups can get together via the web. “Social support helps people to do better, and there are a variety of ways to accomplish it,” Aronne says.
Still, group dynamics can backfire. "When someone is not doing very well, sometimes that person gets pulled along and sometimes they don’t,” he says.
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Posted: February 17, 2012 at 7:01 pm
(CBS/AP) An experimental diet pill from drugmaker Vivus Inc. has federal health officials concerned.
Vivus, based in Mountain View, Calif., plans to convince experts of the drug's safety next week. It hopes to bring the weight loss drug to market for the first time in more than a decade.
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In the past two years, the Food and Drug Administration has rejected pills from all of the three small drugmakers with such offers: Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc., Orexigen Therapeutics Inc. and Vivus. All three companies are in the process of resubmitting their products.
The FDA rejected Vivus' pill, Qnexa, in October 2010, with concerns about two particular safety issues: potential heart problems and birth defects in women who become pregnant while taking the drug. The agency plans to ask experts to weigh in on those issues, specifically risks of cleft lip defects associated with one of the ingredients in Qnexa. The experts will also discuss increased blood pressure and higher heart rates reported for patients taking the drug.
The panel of doctors will take a final vote on whether the drug appears safe and effective. The group's recommendation is not binding, and the FDA is expected to make its final decision in April.
With U.S. obesity rates close to 35 percent among adults, doctors and public health officials say new weight-loss therapies are desperately needed. And even a modestly effective drug could have blockbuster potential. But none of the three medicines before the FDA represents a breakthrough in research.
Qnexa is a combination of two older drugs. The amphetamine phentermine, which is approved for short-term weight loss, and topiramate, an anticonvulsant drug sold by Johnson & Johnson as Topamax. Phentermine helps suppress appetite, while topiramate is supposed to make patients feel more satiated.
Many analysts had picked Qnexa as the most promising contender of the new potential diet pills because of the high level of weight loss reported in studies - on average, 10 percent of total body mass.
But at Qnexa's first FDA panel in 2010, experts voted 10-6 against the drug. Panelists said the drug was associated with a number of dangerous side effects, including suicidal thoughts, heart palpitations, memory lapses and birth defects.
If Qnexa is approved, Vivus plans to offer a follow-up study to monitor patients for any heart problems. Experts will consider whether the company should be required to conduct that study before FDA gives approval. The company will also offer a plan to make sure women who are likely to become pregnant do not use the drug. One of the two ingredients in Qnexa, topirimate, is known to more than double the risk of birth defects.
Qnexa's other ingredient, phentermine, was one half of the dangerous fen-phen combination, a weight loss treatment pushed by doctors that was never approved by the FDA. The regimen was linked to heart-valve damage and lung problems in the late 1990s, and the FDA forced drugmaker Wyeth to withdraw two versions of its drug fenfluramine.
Currently there is just one prescription drug on the market for long-term weight loss: Roche's Xenical, which is not widely used because of insignificant weight loss results.
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Posted: February 17, 2012 at 7:01 pm
As part of Joy's 25,000 pound Weight-loss Challenge, TODAY viewers were invited to submit short essays on how their lives had been transformed while following the monthlong diet plan. Two participants would win a trip to New York City and a makeover, courtesy of TODAY. When selected, Penny Matthews told TODAY show producers she had been afraid to step on the scale before beginning the weight-loss challenge, but "now I'm not scared."
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By Penny Matthews
I started accounting for my weight with the first [Weight-loss Challenge] segment. I had reached 220 pounds, a gain of 90 pounds over two years. I got on the scale and decided that I was going to weight myself every Tuesday and keep a written diary.
My weight gain started in September of 2010. That is when my sister passed away from cancer. I was just beginning my second semester towards becoming an RN. I had just found out I had made the Dean’s list the day she died. I withdrew from school until I was under better emotional control. After that, the weight started to pile on.
The following May, my 10-year-old dog Cisco was diagnosed with bone cancer and had to have a leg amputation. He was given 4 months to live.
Traumatically, later that month I had a fall off a horse. It resulted in breaking my back and consequently killing the nerves to my bladder. I was almost virtually bed bound, having to learn to walk again. This only compounded my weight gain.
In August 2011 Cisco had to be put to sleep. Then I had surgeries to implant an Interstim that would allow me to void.
Things started to improve and I was able to slowly start riding again in December 2011. I was released from physical therapy the same week that Joy's weight-loss challenge started and saw it as a good time to start working on my wellness plan and taking accountability for my eating habits. I lost 16 pounds during the month. Seeing the weekly weight loss was like having 4 mini-goals met during the month. I now have my incentive back. I truly owe it to the first day's tip of keeping a weight-loss diary.
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Because Tuesday is my Weight Day, to be posted on the calendar, I was amazed that I had lost three more pounds as of February 7th. I would say that now having lost a total of 19 pounds means that it has been going great since the 31st and that I have maintained a steady weight loss from many of the tips from Joy.
I now continue to keep a log and record on my calendar, and have, as well, greatly reduced my Starbucks drinks. I go to Drayers where I had my [physical therapy] because once I was released, they set up a personalized workout for my needs.
Then, there is the long walk to get the horse, so I think I am definitely getting 30 minutes of walking every day. I then added in Greek yogurt protein shakes for breakfast and added veggies to the dinner table.
I also try at all times to keep trigger foods out of the house and we also always add spice to our meals.
To not make my back hurt, I use commercial breaks to clean the house! Finally the most important tip Joy had was to forgive my splurge and just shake it off and get back on track.
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Posted: February 17, 2012 at 7:01 pm
As part of Joy's 25,000 pound Weight-loss Challenge, TODAY viewers were invited to submit short essays on how their lives had been transformed while following the monthlong diet plan. Two participants would win a trip to New York City and a makeover, courtesy of TODAY. When selected Dayna Rice, 29, from Charleston, S.C., told TODAY producers she's been too busy taking care of her daughter for the past two years to really focus on herself.
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By Dayna Rice
I started on January 1, 2012. It was the day that changed my life. I started at 180 lbs and as of today I have lost 14 lbs. I know that may not be an earth-shattering number for most people, but for someone that has been the same weight for the past two years it is HUGE!!
Nothing motivated me more than the chance to win this contest and meet Matt Lauer. I have counted every calorie and have been running on a treadmill and doing Zumba several days a week. I have been tempted many times but I think about the chance to come to NYC and that allows me to tap into my inner strength and keep going.
At the prime of my life I weighed 125 lbs. After I got pregnant I have struggled to lose the weight. I have been setting small realistic goals, which I think had been my downfall in the past. I celebrate every pound and I am more motivated than ever. Entering this contest and having to be accountable has made a big difference. There were many nights this past month that I went to bed excited to wake up and get on the scale. The sheer joy of getting to log in to TODAY.com and enter a new number was the extra motivation I needed to get through the day. Now that the weight has started to fall off I am officially hooked. I can now see my final goal of 130 lbs in the distance and I feel stronger than ever that I can definitely reach it.
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