What is the National Weight Control Registry?

National Weight Control Registry

A couple of my favorite aspects of the National Weight Control Registry is that it has released a few research findings and does have some excellent success stories. I encourage everyone to at least read through the research findings, which emphasizes the importance of daily physical activity and making diet changes to successfully lose weight and keep it off.

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Weight Gain During Menopause

Menopause Weight Gain

Women do not have to gain a lot of weight when they begin menopause. By learning what causes women to gain weight during the menopausal years, a lot can be done to stop the scale’s ascent to higher numbers.

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Standard American Diet Attributed to Obesity and Poor Health

The Standard American Diet is one that focuses on food for pleasure and convenience, rather than being a diet that encourages good health. The daily caloric content of this diet is high, generally around 2500 calories for the average adult.

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Measuring Weight Loss with Waist-to-Hip Ratio

It can help for you to take measurements of your waist and your hips frequently as you lose weight. This way, even if the scale does not show that you are losing weight, you can see when you are losing inches and body fat.

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30 Minute Exercises for Weight Loss

Thirty minutes of exercise each day is the best way to make sure you lose weight without losing your free time. 30 minute workouts will not only help a person lose weight, but also will help to boost the body’s metabolism to continue to burn calories the rest of the day.

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Weight Loss Diet Fights Periodontal Disease

The amazing thing is that a well-balanced diet designed to help you lose weight will also make your organs and other parts of your body become stronger and healthier. There is no end to the benefits of eating a healthier diet it seems, and one of these benefits is a brighter smile.

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Using Target Heart Rate for Weight Loss

Your target heart rate is the rate at which your body is actually burning the most calories for your physical effort. For this reason, the target heart rate range is also referred to as the Fat Burning Zone or Calorie Burning Zone.

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Is Fat Becoming the New Thin?

We live in a society that holds the slogan “Bigger is Better” close to its heart. Everything from TV’s to meals at restaurants seem to all be growing in size and it is no surprise that so are Americans.

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5 Simple Tips for Easy Weight Loss

By following these 5 Simple Tips for Easy Weight Loss you should start to see a drop in your weight in a few days. Although these tips aren’t the answer for long-term weight loss or weight maintenance, they will show you how making just a few small changes in your daily diet can help you start losing weight.

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5 Stages of Weight Loss Grief

As you can see, the 5 Stages of Grief and the emotions many people experience when starting a new diet are very similar. Hopefully, however, if you are more aware and prepared for the Stages of Weight Loss Grief then you will have better success.

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