So you’ve lost a lot of weight and you have reached your goal, but you seem to have done this countless times before in your life- only to fall of the wagon a little while later. How do you ensure that you stay on track and maintain weight loss after a few months? With some simple steps and a lot of self-discipline, you can keep the weight off- your shoulders and your waistline…
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There has been a lot of publicity recently about Cleansing Diets recently, but how do they differ from a traditional calorie controlled diet and do they really work? We decided to take a closer look…
Most traditional diets focus on calorie counting or portion control, some popular examples would include Weight Watchers or MediFast.
Firstly it’s important to understand what isn’t part of a cleansing diet.
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Most people on a diet experience a weight loss plateau at some point during and is one major problems with traditional calorie counting diets. Continue reading »
When you reduce the level of calories you eat your body realises its not getting as much as before and starts to work slower to conserve energy levels by reducing the speed of metabolism. Over time your body gets used to how many calories you are eating and becomes very efficient at using only these calories ...
A lap band (also called gastric band) is an inflatable silicone device whose purpose is to artificially make “the stomach smaller”.
The band is usually placed around the top portion of the stomach. This kind of weight loss surgery is also often called bariatric surgery or laparoscopic surgery. Laparoscopic surgery means that small decisions are made and the surgery is done with the help of small cameras.
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