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Eating well is important -- for pregnant women, and for all of you Shine ladies out there. Avoid these diet disasters to give your baby the best start possible. 1) Not eating enough whole foods in… Read More »
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The number of calories
consumed at an average Thanksgiving dinner is 3,000. Yes, you read
it right. 3,000. That's nearly twice the number of
calories you're supposed to consume in a whole day. To
avoid a turkey day pig-a-thon, and the weight gain that comes with
it, keep… Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (6) | Blog
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Often out of frustration or even desperation to start seeing some fast results, people who are trying to lose weight often resort to diet pills and potions that make promises they really can’t keep. Phentermine, which is a prescription appetite suppressant, is only recommended for those…
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Starting with Thanksgiving, the holiday
season gives us reason (or an excuse) to celebrate and
indulge. Some of us are great at managing the amount… Read More »
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A sweetener that should be avoided at all costs is high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) regardless of what savvy marketing gurus try and tell (sell) you. In fact, it is one of the eight reasons I cite in my new book that Americans are overweight and unhealthy. HFCS, developed by the Japanese and… Read More »
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As a girl with a quick metabolism, I've basically weighed the same since I hit puberty. As you may know from my introductory blog (hooray!), it wasn't until this past year that I really dug my teeth into fitness. One day, after about a month of weight training, I stepped on the scale and stared down at the number--surely I must have lost weight; I looked so much thinner! Nope. I had gained weight. 7 pounds of weight! Suddenly, my newfound confidence flew out the window. I knew that I wasn't fat, and knew that I had gained weight because of muscle gain, but I instantly became fixated on my weight. Read More »
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I prayed to God, in March of 2009 to please help me lose weight before my 18th birthday, and i lost 40 pounds in, drum roll, in 3 months, woop-e-dee-doo!!! fire works, the usually comments "girl you look great", "wow you're so pretty", "good job". I soon… Read More »
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The average person consumes an extra 600
calories on average per day between Thanksgiving and their New
Year's resolution start-time--that's an increased pant size
and the next notch on your belt! Now that we're down to the
three-week stretch before the the big-gun (and big-gut) holidays… Read More »
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For a year I did the
birth control thing. Yaz, to be specific. I hated it. I was moody
and bloated. I went to several doctors in regards to it and some
tried to tell me that my mood swings and weight gain was in my
head, while others totally validated my concerns. Eventaully I
decided to just… Read More »
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