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Weight Loss and Diets

Weight Loss WITHOUT Dieting


My message is really simple. I’m fifty-one years old and if I can loose weight, you can loose weight.

I started out two years ago at a little over 330 pounds. I’m now at 280. That’s losing a safe, comfortable 2 pounds a month. I have a hundred more to go, but it took me almost 20 years to gain this weight back. (I’ll talk about my first round of weight loss in another article.)

So, how did I lose the weight?

I hate to tell you this, but I did not diet. There was no weight loss program involved. Although I will have to correct my highly unhealthy eating habits to lose the rest of weight.

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It's Difficult to Keep the Weight Off


Losing weight might seem to be a difficult task, but it's nowhere near as tough as keeping it off!
Recent studies have indicated that half the population in the developed world is overweight, and of those, around a third are so overweight they are classified as obese. It's little wonder that the diet, fitness and weight loss industries are so profitable, in fact each is a multi billion dollar market.

Unfortunately, many, if not most, of the diets being promoted offer a less than ideal nutritional answer to what the body needs. The human body is a complex thing, and it needs a wide variety of nutrients. The typical weight loss diet offers a limited range of foods, and is most likely unsustainable, particularly those targeting a very low calorie intake.

So how do you lose that extra weight, and more importantly keep it off without going to ridiculous lengths and becoming a "dieting tragedy?" Here are few simple ideas to get you started on the right track:er.
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