How I lost the weight I gained during pregnancy and got back my figure! – Part 7


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It had only been a few months since the birth of my son and while it was more work than I had expected, it was wonderful. Can there be anything more special than this tiny person that is suddenly the center of your world? Not a chance.

However, now that the birth was over and some time had passed I could no longer convince myself that the weight I was still carrying was due to swelling. If you are like me a part of you was hoping you would lose 60 pounds during the birth. This apparently never happens. You cannot fit into your skinny jeans the day after you come home from the hospital, no one does.

Do not obsess about your weight too soon. I tried very hard not to. I kept telling myself that it took 9 months to gain the weight so it cannot come off overnight. Do not give [ Continue Reading ]

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Antioxidant-Rich Chocolate Speeds Weight Loss

There are a TON of stories circulating about how certain kinds of chocolate can produce helpful health-benefits for consumers. However, it’s not your typical “grocery store” chocolates that these reports are talking about!

Dr. Keith Scott-Mumby is a world renowned expert in the realm of naturopathic-medicine, and he’s thoroughly researched the traits and benefits of dark chocolate as a nutritious and dietary aid.

Chocolate is produced from the seeds of the Cacao tree (pronounced ”ca-cow”) which is a perennial tropical-American plant that Doctor Scott-Mumby says is packed with flavonoids – which are generally regarded for their antioxidant qualities. “A small amount of chocolate can hold as many flavonoids as four and a [ Continue Reading ]

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Gender differences in weight loss – Part 4

The urge to be shapely and most appealing physically rests in the hearts of all.Be it a man or a woman,weight loss is a common goal,though there exist vast gender differences in the weight loss patterns as well as the body’s reaction to a particular regimen.

Motivation is the key to every success.For men,exercise is the main motivation.Men tend to indulge more in sports and other forms of physical burnouts that help them loose weight in a recreational,refreshing and more realistic way.Men tend to prefer exercising than altering their diet patterns.For women,sparing time enough to indulge in sports or other exercising along with family responsibilities is a common problem.They tend to prefer altering diet patterns to loose weight rather than exercising;which can also be [ Continue Reading ]

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Lose Weight Safety Through Professional Weight Loss Clinic

A professional weight loss clinic is one that helps patients with weight problems to be able to take a successful weight loss program. As most clinics function, it strives to provide for personal nutrition counseling and provide for guidelines and consultation programs as well as trained medical staff to facilitate weight loss. This is a new and specialized field in health and medicine which used to incorporated only with physical examination. Traditionally you would observe that the weight loss programs were only confined to mere height and weight measurements and a determination whether or not you fall into those who are candidates for obesity.

The first program that the professional weight loss clinic offers is to let the patient understand the challenge that one faces. It [ Continue Reading ]

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Common sense guidelines to weight loss – Part 7

With most things in life, using some common sense is wise. Setting weight loss guidelines for yourself is no exception. There is a virtual flood of information out there, on what you need to do, ought to do and have to do, to lose weight. Run this far, lift this much, only eat this, never eat that, rev up your heart, bend, stretch, reach, stoop and breath like this. However, what works for one may not work for another.

While most of it is good advice, we must take into account that each of us are unique in many ways. Our health is one example and our physical ability is another as is the altitude at which we live. These and many other things factor into how we gain and lose weight.

Finding what works for you is the first step in reaching your healthiest weight, both in [ Continue Reading ]

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