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The Facts

This is how easy it is. 2 Steps Step 1 Click here to find out how many calories you use in a day – just sitting on your butt, you probably use anywhere from 2500 upwards easily. Step 2 Eat less calories than you use. By eating 1000 calories less than you use a day […]

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The Basics and BMR – Energy Measurements

If you have a balloon and you put it under the tap and turn the tap on, what happens? The balloon gets bigger and full of water right? Okay so if you made a hole in the balloon the same size as the one that the water is going in, then the water goes in, […]

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Dietary Intake – Eating Less than you use

Okay, you should know your BMR now from the previous page. 3500 calories is equivalent to 1lb 9000 is 1kg in weight This is when converted to body weight. So if you were to use 2500 calories a day for your BMR, and sat on your ass all day, and then ate only 1500 calories […]

What is a Calorie?

What is a calorie? And why is this term important when we’re talking about weight? A calories is the amount or measurement of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree on the Celsius scale. Excuse me? What does this have to do with why my pants won’t fit? A […]

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Exercise

Exercise in the morning will raise your metabolism for the entire day make you feel more alive and awake. Also being fitter and toned means you will generally be more interested in being active. Try and do about 60 mins a day. You can break this down into 3x20min lots or however you want. Make […]

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Tips and Tricks

Okay now you know the basics of weight loss, energy in < energy out. You will soon find you naturally start selecting foods with less sugar and fat so you can feel more full. Heres a few items that helped me. Sugar free lollies or mints, i always keep a packet spare for whenever i […]

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21 Ways to Make Your Diet 100% Easier

Small tweaks to your diet can make a huge difference — and these 21 painless fixes will make weight loss even easier. Diet Drinks, Scheduled Eating We’re with you: Dieting is no picnic. But here’s a little secret — it’s not nearly as hard as most of us think. “A lot of women believe they […]

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Good Fats

You hear the hype about good oils all the time. Transfats and all the gobbldegook inbetween on diet programs on tv. And to be honest. I never ate ANY oils unless it was chippies or chocolate or some form of crap food when i was losing my weight. When it came to donate my kidney […]

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10 Diet Myths and Facts

Low-fat! Low-carb! Eat all day! Don’t eat after eight! Finally, the honest to goodness truth about how to keep your weight under control (please note that the weight measurements on this page are in US pounds) Myth No. 1: Don’t eat after 8 p.m. The Theory: You burn up the food you eat earlier in […]

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The Plateau: How to get past it and avoid it

Okay we’ve all had times that we stop loosing weight. Sometimes for a week which is not so bad, sometimes longer. The problem is that either your body gets used to the diet and exercise you’re doing or you are eating too few calories. Try changing your exercise so instead of running you are swimming, […]

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