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I've tried diet pills before -- I mean, "serious" diet pills that are available only by prescription. My experience is that they are highly effective in the short term. Long-term is another story. The body adjusts, and the appetite-killing effect of diet pills wears off just as you come to depend on them. Your calorie…

America is fat because we eat too much and drive everywhere. Not because we haven't figured out some super-seekrit "euro style" thing about the body supposedly not burning any calories when there is food in the stomach. Is that your example of "science" above? if so, you are a walking argument for not going to school in…

Or as the equivalent Russian saying goes: "Eat your breakfast alone, share your lunch with a friend, and give your dinner to your enemy." To answer the OP's question, I use several techniques to combat cravings: 1. If you are really-really hungry, wait an hour. Just give yourself that much time. I find that simply waiting…

Using the BMR as the yardstick hasn't worked for me. Results vary widely, and by some formulas, my BMR is just 900 calories and change -- way below the recommended 1200-per-day calorie minimum. And honestly, if I were to reduce that 900 by 15% to figure out my daily calorie "ceiling", I just couldn't live on that. Mind…

Diet sodas have long been associated with weight gain and diabetes. I always attributed that to psychological factors -- as in, people drink diet coke and it makes them feel entitled to extra calories, so they ultimately end up eating more than if they had just drunk regular soda. Latest research, however, appears to…

I didn't have excuses. I had just completely given up on myself, that's all. And I spent years carefully avoiding looking in the mirror. I knew I looked horrible, I just didn't want to face it. Thirty pounds later (knock on wood, so far so good), I'm just starting to look in the mirror again. I can't believe how hot I am.…

I get on the scale every single day. It can be maddening since day-to-day weight fluctuates, but it creates accountability. Whenever I feel like demolishing the kitchen like a cartoon Tasmanian devil, I just remember that I'll have to get on the scale in a few hours. It does the trick. Logging absolutely everything you eat…