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  • Bingo. Exercise is very important for your health. It is something everyone should do. However, for most people, proper diet is far more effective for weight loss, the exception being those who can dedicate a significant amount of time to daily exercise. For most folks it is easier to cut 500-1000 calories from their daily…
  • Actually, I've found that gaining weight is easy. Just let her rip. Eat anything you want anytime you want, and don't move, just become one with the couch, or the recliner. Also, though far less pleasant, losing weight is fairly easy. Just cut way back on your intake and move. You will get hungry, but can keep the ghrelin…
  • My wife and I are in the 50ish range, I'm just under and she's just over. We did the optifast diet together, and both lost significant amounts of weight. She's lost nearly 85 lbs, and I've lost a little over 110 lbs. There's more than one way to lose the weight, but rest assured, it can be done.
  • Spot on, in a nutshell :) All I know for sure is what worked for me, and that was getting active and severely restricting my caloric intake (Optifast 800).
    in Why We Get Fat Comment by Bor2 May 2012
  • Try to eat five times daily with no more than three hours between meals/snacks. Also limit carbohydrate intake to those from natural food sources, drink plenty of water and make sure each meal/snack contains plenty of protein as this will naturally satisfy your hunger.
  • Health issues. High blood pressure, elevated resting heart rate, elevated blood serum sugar and liver enzyme levels, edema and of course a lack of energy, My body was in full on protest mode.
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