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Losing Weight Is A Life Changing Experience

Once you make the decision to lose the excess weight and change your life the trick is to never go back. Losing weight is a combination of your diet and an exercise program. Exercise is the part of losing weight that turns off most people. They’re all motivated at the beginning and then the exercise part is the part that causes them to quit. Remember that exercise is only about 30% of the weight loss process. Diet is 70% of the process. Portion control and only eating the proper foods is key. Yes, exercising is a part of the losing weight process but you don’t have to kill yourself exercising. Some people think that’s the only way to lose weight. "You have to sweat it off". That’s just not true. It is true that you need exercise to jump start your metabolism and start burning calories, but you can start slow. Walking is a good way to get your body going. You want to try to do your walking as early as you can. Try and do this exercise for 30 minutes. Your metabolism goes ...

Emotional Eating: What Helps

I found this article on the WebMD.com website and it addresses the biggest problem overweight people have to deal with. This is a threshold that we all deal with some time in our lives. I added a few comments of my own. I hope you find some information that helps you.  By Joy Manning,  Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS on July 28, 2014 Does stress, anger, or sadness drive you to eat? Do you turn to food for comfort, or when you're bored? Many people do. If you often eat for emotional reasons instead of because you're physically hungry, that can be a problem. Obeying the urge to eat more than you need is a sure-fire way to gain weight . It’s an even bigger problem if you already have health conditions like diabetes , obesity , or high blood pressure . You can get back in control of your emotional eating. The surprising part is, it's not really about food at all. You might not even realize you're doing it. One of the biggest clues: “Eating until...