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No matter which low carb diet program you choose, one of the first things most dieters do is set a weight loss goal. Most of the time, this goal involves a number on the scale. Sometimes, that number is realistic, but most of the time it's not. Weight charts are sometimes used by medical professionals to tell you exactly what you should weigh. Many dieters use them to help them make a weight loss goal. These numbers are supposed to take your height, gender and sometimes age under consideration. The general rule is that a 5-foot individual such as myself should weigh about 100 pounds. A man should weigh around 110. For every inch taller, you would add an additional 5 or 6 pounds. These charts were designed for life insurance companies, not dieters. Hence, the numbers reflect life expectancy for the average individual and sit on the low side of reality – especially since our food supply has changed drastically since then. Measuring body mass index (BMI) is similar. BMI looks at your

clever tricks to train your brain to hatejunk food. by lifebuzzfeed.com if unhealthy, processed food, is sabotagingyour weight loss efforts, outsmart junk food cravings with these clever tricks. why do we crave unhealthy food? weight loss hypnosis, as explained in the recent new york timesmagazine piece, "the extraordinary science of addictive junk food," there's no denyingthat junk food cravings are powerful, physiological reactions—and, apparently, carefully andstrategically developed by food manufacturers. many of our favorite supermarket snacks aremade with the “perfect” amounts of added sugar, salt, fat, and other chemicals designedto make us want more. but you can steer clear of processed foodby eating as many healthy, whole foods as possible, and the less junk food you eat,the less you want. try the following tips and see if they workfor you. 1. practice the five-ingredient rule. if there are more than five ingredients ona food label—a red flag for food pro

clever tricks to train your brain to hatejunk food. by lifebuzzfeed.com if unhealthy, processed food, is sabotagingyour weight loss efforts, outsmart junk food cravings with these clever tricks. why do we crave unhealthy food? weight loss hypnosis, as explained in the recent new york timesmagazine piece, "the extraordinary science of addictive junk food," there's no denyingthat junk food cravings are powerful, physiological reactions—and, apparently, carefully andstrategically developed by food manufacturers. many of our favorite supermarket snacks aremade with the “perfect” amounts of added sugar, salt, fat, and other chemicals designedto make us want more. but you can steer clear of processed foodby eating as many healthy, whole foods as possible, and the less junk food you eat,the less you want. try the following tips and see if they workfor you. 1. practice the five-ingredient rule. if there are more than five ingredients ona food label—a red flag for food pro

clever tricks to train your brain to hatejunk food. by lifebuzzfeed.com if unhealthy, processed food, is sabotagingyour weight loss efforts, outsmart junk food cravings with these clever tricks. why do we crave unhealthy food? hypnosis for weight loss, as explained in the recent new york timesmagazine piece, "the extraordinary science of addictive junk food," there's no denyingthat junk food cravings are powerful, physiological reactions—and, apparently, carefully andstrategically developed by food manufacturers. many of our favorite supermarket snacks aremade with the “perfect” amounts of added sugar, salt, fat, and other chemicals designedto make us want more. but you can steer clear of processed foodby eating as many healthy, whole foods as possible, and the less junk food you eat,the less you want. try the following tips and see if they workfor you. 1. practice the five-ingredient rule. if there are more than five ingredients ona food label—a red flag for food

clever tricks to train your brain to hatejunk food. by lifebuzzfeed.com if unhealthy, processed food, is sabotagingyour weight loss efforts, outsmart junk food cravings with these clever tricks. why do we crave unhealthy food? hypnosis for weight loss, as explained in the recent new york timesmagazine piece, "the extraordinary science of addictive junk food," there's no denyingthat junk food cravings are powerful, physiological reactions—and, apparently, carefully andstrategically developed by food manufacturers. many of our favorite supermarket snacks aremade with the “perfect” amounts of added sugar, salt, fat, and other chemicals designedto make us want more. but you can steer clear of processed foodby eating as many healthy, whole foods as possible, and the less junk food you eat,the less you want. try the following tips and see if they workfor you. 1. practice the five-ingredient rule. if there are more than five ingredients ona food label—a red flag for food

(This is part 6 of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . It discusses my weight loss journey so far. If you didn’t read part 1, you can do so by clicking on the how-to link. Part 1 also includes links to the rest of this series.) At one time or another, most dieters get caught up in the desire of wanting to lose weight fast. That actually worked to my advantage because Lyle McDonald originally created his Rapid Fat Loss Plan (a whole foods PSMF Diet) to deal with crash diets safely. While McDonald’s focus is on bodybuilding, muscle retention, and metabolism, maintaining muscle mass during dieting is to everyone’s benefit – quick weight loss or not. The Kimkins fiasco brought the protein content of a low carb diet into the limelight. Dr. Eades’ did have recommendations for low carbers to shoot for. He talked about large, medium, and small servings of protein (five, four or three ounces) at each meal depending upon how much you currently weigh, getting 35 grams of carbohy

[music] so you got 4 workoutscovering the whole body over a 6-day period. having said that,you gotta be flexible. if you need an extra day forrecovery, then take an extra day so that'll become 4 days over 7. some people may need even more,you gotta listen to your body. if you need more days to recoverthen, you know, just extend that cycle into 7 days or 8days or whatever you need. extra negatives are atool that you can use to increase the intensity. basically, you gotthree phases of strength. the weakest phaseis the positive or the lifting of the weight. that's the weakest phase. the second phase ofstrength is the static. you're stronger on the static. and then the thirdphase is the negative. unfortunately, a lot of peoplethink in terms of just lifting weight so for instance,a bench press, they lifted theweight to the top. all right, job done andjust drop it back down and do another one. they're missing half of the repand possibly the most important half of the rep beca

(This is part 7 of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . It explains the path I have traveled in my weight loss journey so far. If you didn’t read part 1, you can do so by clicking on the how-to link. Part 1 also includes links to the rest of the series.) My diet break obviously refilled my glycogen stores, since I was eating more carbohydrates, but that wasn’t a surprise. I was okay with the eight-pound weight regain because everything happened exactly as Lyle McDonald said it would. Although each of us have the potential to hold different amounts of glycogen in our liver and muscles, there was no reason to believe those eight pounds were fat. I was used to inputting everything I ate into Fitday, and that didn’t stop during my break, so it was easy to keep tabs on my daily calorie count. That helped to keep me zeroed into maintenance. Overall, my complete diet break went well, except that I took my husband’s suggestion and enjoyed a full month off from dieting that Dec