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The Worst Salad Ingredientsles If you have dieted before you know salads are important. The big mistake beginners are guilt of is turning a healthy 300 calorie salad into an 800 calorie nightmare for your diet. We have to eat veggies as part of a diet. 60% of all your calories should come from vegetables. But there's a big difference between a healthy salad and your normal restaurant salad. I found this post on VeryWell.com and because a weight loss diet is all about the calories, you need to learn how to make a salad that will be beneficial and still be low in calories. Iain Bagwell/Photolibrary/Getty Images Dieters often choose salad as a meal option because they think it will help them to lose weight. But many times the salad that they make or that they order in a restaurant is full of fat and calories. The result is that they gain weight instead. If you want to slim down faster, avoid these unhealthy salad ingredients. While they are popular ingredients in many resta

We want to eat healthy but some of us don't know where to start. Think about it, What do they teach us in school. Did you learn about healthy food and how to cook? I don't think so. I'll give you a quick course, Cooking 101. You don't have to spend a huge amount of money on food to eat healthy. And you don't have to eat out of a can, in fact, fish is about the only healthy food you can buy in a can. Today you can find all the recipes you need on the internet for free. You're watching your calories and can't find low-cal recipes? I do an internet search "200 calories meals" and you'll find dozens of recipes. Many of the recipes aren't hot meals. You can put them together in minutes. The whole secret is to have a plan for the week. Shop for the things you need early and this cuts preparation time. Soup has been a main stay in peoples diets for centuries. And because most of us are lacking in daily vegetables, soup can be a great way to a

The best time in your life to get the body you want is when you're in your 20's. When your younger it's easier and your skin will contract easier. Are you ready to get serious about your body?  This might be the first time you’ve had to really think about losing weight or getting in shape. If your out of school now and you started to work this may be the perfect time to get in shape. But there's no need to panic. You can take off the pounds and set up healthy habits to get skinny and keep the weight from coming back. Post this list on your bathroom mirror to serve as a daily reminder of the things you need to do to get in shape so that you not only get fit, but you stay lean and healthy for life. If you can get this right now, your life can be so much better going forward. 10 Ways to Get Lean and Healthy in Your 20s Redefine “skinny.” We often use the word, “skinny,” but let’s face it, ladies, skin and bones are not sexy. What you really want is a sleek, tigh

I read this the other day and even though I don't believe in the claims or spot reduction, I thought my readers should know the truth. This post appeared on WebMd and you should know the hype before you fall for another celebrity diet. Looking for the latest celebrity diet? Then you'll love the M-Plan or the mushroom diet. According to countless fashion and gossip magazines, this is the diet that celebrities like Katy Perry and Kelly Osbourne are using to lose weight in 14 days. And according to those same sources, the weight loss program helps you lose weight from your hips and thighs but not from your bust. What is the Mushroom Diet? If you like mushrooms, then this is the diet for you. According to several sources, dieters on the M-Plan replace one meal each day with a mushroom-based meal. Dieters stay on the diet for 14 days and claim to have slimmer thighs and tinier waistlines at the end of the program, but maintain their cleavage. So what kind of mushrooms

We often wonder why we're not losing weight. Yes, it can be your diet. Sometimes we get every comfortable after we lose the first 5 pounds. We think we can cheat once in a while and it won't make any difference. But it does. You are either in a weight loss mode or a weight maintaince mode you can't be in both. When your in a weight loss mode there's no cheating. Cheating will set you back weeks or in some cases you'll have to start over.  But sometimes it's not your diet, it's your exercise routine. Lets say you're walking every day. You walk two miles a day every morning and you found a friend to go with you, but after a couple months, you're not losing any more weight. If it's not your diet that's the problem, it might be that your body has gotten use to your exercise routine. You are not challenging your body any more, so the amount of calories you use to burn is now less then before. Read the following about this exercise problem so ma

Weight Watchers is one of the most successful and popular weight-loss programs on the market. But that doesn't mean it's for everybody. It's important that you consider all of the pros and cons of Weight Watchers and other popular weight-loss programsbefore you invest. Here are some important factors to consider before you decide if the diet plan is right for you. Weight Watchers Pros Does Weight Watchers really work? Many say that it does. Here are some reasons that the diet plan might be the best program to help you lose weight. No foods are forbidden.  There is no list of foods to avoid on Weight Watchers like you'll find on other diets. Instead, you count SmartPoints and earn FitPoints. The point system encourages you to eat healthy food but also allows you to indulge with sweet treats or snacks once in a while. Nutritional tips, cooking advice, and lifestyle education are offered.  If you attend Weight Watchers meetings, your leader will share good nutrit

Sometimes we do some really dumb things that keep our diet from working. Read this post for some tips on how to keep your diet on track. Don't drink your calories.  Beverages are bottomless these days. You can't order a soft drink or iced tea at a restaurant without being provided quick, free refills, or having the freedom to get them yourself. To keep from drinking a day's worth of calories, choose herbal tea, unsweetened iced tea, flavored water or ice water with a spritz of lemon or lime. If none of those choices suits you, allow yourself one glass of the "real thing" and drink only water thereafter. Calories from sodas and other sweetened beverages add up to mega inches on your waistline and many pounds on the scale. Eat a healthy breakfast.  Taking the time to eat may help prevent costly calorie mistakes as the day progresses. If you skip your morning meal, you might fall victim to an out-of-control afternoon appetite, oversized portions, poor