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The two most popular new-year resolutions are to lose weight and to increase exercise levels.

As holidays end and everyone resumes their usual lifestyle patterns, there are no more excuses for delaying dieting.

The first and last 3kg are the most difficult to lose. Many seek professional help for guidance and to stay on track and this works well if you plan to lose more than 10kg.

Many are trying to lose 5kg or 6kg and my column is directed towards this group.

The first step is three days with no sweet foods except for two pieces of fresh fruit daily. This stabilises blood sugar levels so that once you start dieting, you won't experience massive sweet cravings which cause you to break your resolve.

Protein is essential for energy, digestion, repairing body tissue and especially for fat burning, so it is vital for fat loss. The best success occurs when a high-protein breakfast turbocharges the metabolism.

A great start to the day is a big glass of warm water containing the juice of half a lemon. This kick-starts the liver and kidneys' cleansing processes.

A 40-minute exercise program would then be ideal (unless you are diabetic). At this point, have breakfast.

The correct amount of protein for each meal is determined by the size and thickness of the palm of your hand.

This equates to a protein shake, one or two eggs in any form but fried, a small tub of natural, low-fat yoghurt or cottage cheese, one cup of low-fat cooked minced meat or chicken or a very small tin of baked beans, sardines or tuna.

Lunch and dinner should contain the same amount of protein with plenty of vegetables.

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January is over, and the clock is ticking on perennial resolutions to shed weight. How long have you given yourself this time to lose those 10, 20, 30 or more pounds you packed on since adolescence?

And why does the weight almost always come back?

Unhealthy eating habits plus too little exercise, too much sitting around and an age-related loss of muscle mass are the main reasons, enhanced perhaps by genetics, environment, disability and other circumstances. Most of these can be overcome, dieticians say, by making small behavioral changes before setting weight loss goals.

Going on a "diet," they say, too often involves making radical, unsustainable eating changes in the hopes of losing weight quickly, only to mess up your metabolism and mind so much you could be setting yourself up for eventually weighing even more than when you started.

"Diet" is kind of a bad word to Jessica Cooper, a registered dietician in Salt Lake City who teaches people how to lose weight and counsels athletes on how to use nutrition to boost performance.

One of the first bits of advice she gives her clients is to focus less on outcomes and more on behaviors. "I talk about habits they need to change," she says. "If they start eating better, they start feeling better."

That is the gist of the second annual U.S. News and World Report "Best Diets" feature released in January, an analysis of 25 commercial and academic eating plans for their health and weight-loss potential.

Katherine Beals, a University of Utah associate professor of nutrition, was one of 22 experts who helped evaluate the eating plans, eventually breaking the rankings into bests for weight loss, diabetes, heart health, and healthy eating. The rankings also included the best commercial diet plans, easiest diets to follow and best overall.

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"Many of the, quote unquote, diets we evaluated were not really for weight loss," she says.

Nor had the claims of some of them been subject to scientific analysis, something she and the other team members do regularly.

"If you’re a consumer, it’s very difficult to wade through the hundreds [of diet plans] that are available," she says. "But what I think is simple: Forget what you weigh. What do you need to be healthy?"

One answer: exercise.

"People tell me they don’t have time to exercise," Beals says. "Really? How much time do you spend watching TV? You need to be physically active every day....If you do those two things, your weight will settle at what is healthy for you."

Craving what you need • Cooper tells clients that if they are desperate for a certain unhealthy food, they are really craving nutrients. Trouble is, "it takes a lot of cheeseburgers and fries to get those vitamins and minerals," she says, "and you also get a lot of calories."

The diets that got top billing in the U.S. News report share a common denominator: lots of fruit and vegetables. They included the DASH, TLC and Volumetrics eating plans — which were developed to fight chronic ailments such as high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig were the top two commercial diet plans.

None of them restrict entire classes of food, a big plus in the analyses.

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Sharlene Fair had tried for years to lose weight, but nothing seemed to work until she found her answer after breathing into a tube at her local gym.

It was an irritating 10 minutes of breathing, but one that Fair said ultimately helped her drop what she calls the equivalent of a "small child" in pounds.

The tube was connected to a machine at LifeBridge Health & Fitness in Pikesville that used Fair's breath to measure her metabolic rate, or how fast she burns calories while resting. Her personal trainer used the data to help determine the exact number of calories Fair should be eating to lose weight and then tailored an eating and exercise plan to fit her body composition.

"I have definitely seen the difference," Fair said during a recent follow-up visit. "The pounds have come off."

The weight-loss industry in recent years has moved beyond a one-size-fits-all approach in developing eating and exercise plans that once relied solely on a person's weight and height.

For years, doctors have used the standard body mass index, which plugs a patient's height and weight into an equation, to help determine the person's health. But more are steering away from that because it isn't personalized enough. Under the BMI method, athletes like Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis would likely be considered obese because they have so much muscle that it causes them to weigh more than they look.

Weight-loss experts, nutritionists and trainers instead are increasingly taking into account a person's entire body composition, including the amount of fat and muscle that person has and how fast he or she burns calories. A person with a lot of lean muscle will burn calories faster than a person with more fat. The technology to measure these components has been used by hospitals and professional athletic teams for years but only recently has become more advanced and readily available to the general public.

Early methods of measuring metabolic rate involved dunking people in water. The idea was based on an old principle that "fat floats and all the rest goes to the bottom," said Dr. Benjamin Caballero, a professor of nutrition and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "The more fat the person has, the less it would weigh down the water."

The newer machines use methods such as air displacement and electric currents to determine body composition. Caballero said they are not only more accurate, but they can be used by more people. An elderly person who can't stay underwater long or someone who is claustrophobic might not be a good candidate for the water test.

LifeBridge Health & Fitness is using a device once found only in hospital settings. It also looks at a person's eating preferences, exercise habits and health history in coming up with a final plan. The machine offers nearly 40 meal plans, including low-carb, vegetarian and Caribbean variations, in an effort to please different palates.

Ellensue Levinson-Jeffers, a personal trainer at LifeBridge, said the test often finds that people aren't eating enough calories to keep up with the pace at which their bodies burn calories. Their bodies then try to conserve the calories that are coming in, resulting in slower weight loss.

"Our bodies are complex machines, and what we eat really affects us," she said.

Matt Bender, who owns a metabolic rate machine called a Bod Pod, said that how much you eat can also determine whether you lose fat or muscle. If you start to lose muscle, your weight loss will slow because muscle burns calories faster than fat. Bender said people often pay attention to the number on the scale, which isn't the most important factor.

"We want to make sure we're feeding our resting metabolic rate," Bender said. "That information by far is the most useful for a person taking a fit test. We are addressing the biggest equation in weight loss, which is calories."

The Bod Pod has been around for more than a decade, but Bender introduced it to the area four years ago and brings it to area gyms in a camper. The machine, in which a person sits for several seconds, uses air displacement to help figure out a person's body composition. Bender said people should be tested again after they lose weight because as their bodies change, so do their metabolic rates, and a new eating plan may be needed. A person with more muscle might need to eat more, he said.

The focus on body composition is part of a holistic approach to weight loss that is starting to take hold. Lynne Brick, owner of the Brick Bodies chain of gyms, said emotional issues, stress, hormones and body composition should all be considered.

"It is really critical if you're going to lose weight that you do a major self-assessment and have a professional guide you," Brick said.

The holistic approach is one the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center has used for years. The center, which works mostly with extremely obese patients, does a full work-up with new patients that includes not only a physical assessment but a look at what behavioral and mental aspects of their lives may be affecting weight gain. The center looks at eating habits and what may trigger binges. The program also uses a body scanner to determine metabolic rate.

"I see people who have the same height and weight, but if you talk to them and exam them more extensively, they're far from the same," said Dr. Lawrence J. Cheskin, director of the center.

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- PEERtrainer, a leader in healthy weight loss solutions, has found that many people who are looking to lose weight in a short amount of time often start to add a lot more meat to their diet, and cut down on certain carbohydrates.  This is in spite of a widely cited study by the Harvard School of Public Health published in 2010 that showed an increase in health risk from a diet rich in animal foods.

Other studies that have looked into low-carb and high-protein diets have shown that despite a good short term track record for weight loss, the long term track record for keeping this weight loss off is poor.

As a result of this continuing behavior pattern, PEERtrainer would like to propose some alternative ways to lose weight in a short amount of time that don't involve the health risks, and are ultimately more effective long term.

The first thing that PEERtrainer would like to point out is that low carb diets can work, especially when paired with a reduction in sugar and a dramatic increase in micronutrient rich foods like green vegetables. One does not need to dramatically increase the amount of meat in the diet.

PEERtrainer has observed that the more important factor is the reduction of overall sugar levels in the blood, which can result from eating sugar itself, or certain foods like bread and grains which can quickly increase the amount of glucose in the bloodstream.

A reduction in carbs is a feature of the new Weight Watchers Points Plus for 2012, so this is not an uncommon suggestion. However, very few weight loss approaches are also adding a very strong focus on increasing green vegetables and a reduction in sugar.

Reducing carbs and sugar in the diet can be a daunting task, especially at breakfast. The typical Western diet is rich in different sugars and grains. PEERtrainer has seen however, that when people focus on this particular meal, it helps to set the tone for the day.

A final tip that PEERtrainer has for people who are looking to lose weight quickly is to learn how to do a cleanse the right way. The best way to do a cleanse is in addition to the advice above, focus on testing the removal of foods that serve as common allergens. Foods such as bread, dairy and corn commonly create toxic reactions in people.

PEERtrainer has observed that members of its online weight loss community usually report fairly consistent weight loss in a two to three week period when they remove these specific foods! Everyone reacts to foods differently, and not everyone reacts to these foods. But for people who have had a hard time losing weight, in spite of very good efforts at exercise and diet, find that removing these foods from their diet entirely, combined with a low sugar and high green vegetable diet, can pay good dividends very quickly.

PEERtrainer is website dedicated to healthy weight loss. It was founded in 2005 and has helped tens of millions of people get the guidance and help to put them on the path to healthy and permanent weight loss.

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TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Neutra Corp. (OTCBB:NTRR.OB - News) took a huge step toward commercializing its new weight-loss formula by placing its first order of Pure Plus weight-loss supplements with the manufacturer this week.

This initial test batch of supplements is earmarked for upcoming clinical trials. NTRR has begun recruiting test subject volunteers that meet our criteria in order to begin testing sometime in the next month.

That’s big news for the emerging nutraceuticals provider. It will be the first in a product line of all-natural supplements that Neutra Corp. is working to bring to retail shelves. Pure Plus products will feature a breakthrough Bio-energy infusion proven to significantly increase the effectiveness of each all-natural ingredient in the formulation, naturally maximizing and enhancing their performance. This unique process will set Pure Plus apart from its weaker competitors in the marketplace.

Each shipment of Pure Plus ordered by NTRR will be sent from the manufacturer to a laboratory for the highly specialized Bio-energy infusion before their final delivery to the company’s headquarters.

Neutra Corp. is developing Pure Plus and other new products to compete in the fast-growing nutraceuticals industry alongside Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF - News), Nutraceutical International Corp. (NASDAQ: NUTR), Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX), and Vitamin Shoppe (NYSE: VSI).

For more information on NTRR’s nutraceuticals initiative, please visit http://www.neutracorp.com/investors.

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Neutra Corp. (www.neutracorp.com) is a healthy lifestyle company that specializes in the development and marketing of nutritional supplements, nutrient boosters, herbal remedies and other natural wellness solutions. The company is currently working to produce a full range of products to address every component of a healthy lifestyle, including muscle building, weight loss and general wellness through a daily nutrition regimen. For investing information and performance data, please visit www.neutracorp.com/investors.

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Although my “25,000 Pound Weight-Loss Challenge” officially ends today, your personal journey may be just beginning.

As you move forward, having a solid support network in place will be critical to staying the course.  Your system could include a supportive family, co-workers or friends you can “buddy up” with at the gym, or a therapist who helps you probe your relationship with food. Also consider joining a weight loss community, either in-person or online. You can dramatically increase your chances of success by surrounding yourself with encouraging individuals who help you troubleshoot challenges, celebrate milestones, reinforce good habits, and stay motivated for the long haul. Best of luck as you continue losing and working towards your goal!

Now it's time for the reward: Tell us how the weight-loss challenge has changed your life, and you could win a trip to New York City, a makeover on TODAY with Kathie Lee and Hoda, and a personal consultation with with me over lunch. Click here to enter the contest.

To enhance your weight-loss efforts, check out Joy’s delicious, easy-to-follow meal plan that’s perfectly formulated to maximize results.

For slimming recipes, menus and health tips, visit joybauer.com and follow Joy on Facebook and Twitter.

What do you think of the weight-loss challenge? Did you reach your personal goal? Share with us on TODAY Health's Facebook page.

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The mantra chanted by most weight loss experts is, "Eat less, exercise more." Eating less is not hard to understand, although one person's "eat less" may be someone else's binge. If you and the cushion on your couch move about the same amount each day, exercising more is also not hard to understand. But what if you do some physical activity, say taking out the trash cans, scraping ice off your car windows, going up and down the stairs of your home and occasionally walking for a few minutes on your treadmill or around your neighborhood? What does "exercise more" mean? How does one translate this advice into something that will enhance weight loss?

There's an app for that... Yes, the scientific way of determining this has already entered the electronic age. It is possible to buy cell phone-size devices that contain formulas that translate your current body weight and physical activity together with your projected weight goal, into a daily program of calorie intake and physical activity. If you follow through with the programs on these devices, your daily physical activity, calorie utilization and weight loss will show up on your computer with either encouragement, congratulations or a mild scolding to resume the program. Humans are still around to offer advice on exercise, as well as hundreds of articles that outline weekly exercise programs to increase your physical activity over time.

However, the emphasis on moving more, and the many options for doing so, often overlooks one aspect of exercise that has a significant impact on weight loss -- that is, the effect of increased muscle size on weight loss and weight maintenance. It seems that men are likely to recognize this and incorporate so-called bodybuilding on the way to their optimal weight. Bulking up is a positive goal, one that is often accomplished with the encouragement of a workout buddy or a trainer. As someone from the other gender who watches men watching themselves in the mirrors at my gym, I am not sure whether their goal is weight loss or a buff body. But I have to admit that many are willing to come to the gym many times a week and endure painful routines (at least from their grunts, it sounds painful) to achieve bulging shoulders, chest, back and arm muscles. Although many may not realize it, their expanded muscle mass may also be speeding up their weight loss.

Women, of course, do not usually see a rounded deltoid muscle or chest muscle definition as their goals unless they are competing for Ms. Muscle Fitness of 2012. "Don't even mention muscle strengthening exercises," a dieting friend told me. "Muscles on top on my fat arms and thighs will bulk them up into sausages." Somehow my concern that she will look like a limp noodle if she doesn't maintain her muscles went over like, well, a limp noodle.

I suspect that the parade of fashion models making their way through the magazines we women read convinced my friend that toothpick-like arms and thighs smaller than a normal wrist are ideals toward which she should strive. Unfortunately, like so many dieters, my friend was told that aerobic activity was the only type of exercise necessary for weight loss, and reassured that she could wait until she was much thinner before including exercises that strengthened her muscles. Was this good advice for a dieter? I don't think so.

Increasing muscle size has benefits that go beyond being able to lift up your carry-on bag and placing it in the overhead compartment of an airplane. The link between muscle mass and bone health, which includes increased balance and protection from falls, as well as being able to carry out the normal activities of daily life, are well established. Increased muscle mass, however, has a particular utility for the dieter. Muscle consumes much more energy than any other organ in the body, and muscles need calories to work, rebuild and enlarge. Most of the calories you eat are used up by your muscles.

Everyone loses some muscle while dieting because a thinner body requires less muscle to carry it around than a heavier one. One reason it is so hard to maintain weight loss when the diet is over is that smaller muscles means eating fewer calories than before you started the diet -- and this is hard to do.

Building muscles requires increasing calorie, protein and carbohydrate intake. Magazines and websites devoted to building bigger muscles offer food plans that would make a dieter weep with joy. You must eat many times a day, sometimes up to six substantial meals and snacks. Both protein and carbohydrate must be eaten. The protein supplies specific amino acids that are the foundation of muscle fibers, and the carbohydrate supplies energy to the muscles so they are not broken down for energy (a common physiological occurrence).

Building muscle means that you, the dieter or ex-dieter, can maintain your new lower weight without fearing that an extra peapod or crust of bread is going to throw you back into weight gain mode.

But before you start tossing those barbells around, find a professional trainer or experienced bodybuilding friend or family member to show you what to do. Check out the Internet for sensible eating and muscle-strengthening programs. Don't fall prey to the screaming ads for muscle building powders and drinks. Lean protein, low or fat-free dairy products, lentils, beans, soy and eggs are all excellent sources of muscle-building protein. However, while healthy carbohydrates must be eaten, fat-filled, sugary carbohydrates are not part of this muscle-building process.

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