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PENRITH’S women’s weight-loss challenge is well under way with participants this week undergoing their first personal-training, nutrition and mind-coaching sessions.The challenge was launched on Sunday, with 300 people attending.Jodie Weber, a contestant on this year’s Biggest Loser on Channel Ten, gave advice to the participants in the Nepean Women’s Biggest Loser Challenge. She said when it came    .. more …

Do you feel like you know what you should do to lose weight but willpower has let you down?Perhaps you can relate to Patricia, a 49-year-old nurse who knew plenty about nutrition and health. So why did her attempts to lose weight always fail?When Patricia went to work each day, she packed a healthy breakfast and lunch, but mid-afternoon fatigue and hunger would set in and willpower would always    .. more …

Summer is synonymous with ice cream, and it is especially hard to ignore for those of us diet-conscious ice cream lovers who are trying desperately to lose weight.The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that cup of plain vanilla ice cream has about 135 calories, 2.5 g protein, 7 g fat, 30 mg cholesterol, 15.5 g carbohydrates, 14 g sugar and only 0.5 g fiber. Of the 7 g fat per serving, 4.5 g come    .. more …

The 5 most hydrating foods 8 Here’s a list of foods compiled by Yahoo News that help you keep hydrated and healthy Watermelon: Thanks to watermelon’s 92 percent water content and essential re-hydration salts calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium.Bell peppers: Colourful bell peppers are 92 percent water, yet they’re still rich sources of some of the best nutrients available, including vitamin C,    .. more …

It turns out there really is something to the saying “cool as a cucumber.” Cucumbers literally stay cooler than the ambient temperature around them, making them a perfect snack during a heat wave.Cucumbers were once thought to be devoid of nutrients. As it turns out, their most nutritious part is the dark green skin, so consider buying them organic to avoid the wax and pesticides that are often    .. more …

First of all, we sympathize over your constant agony when the morning scales tilt slightly on the heavier side. We understand your frustrations over extensive workouts that leave the most stubborn pounds refusing to part. We even nod in disapproval when your hard-earned money is spent at the diet foods section instead of at Victoria’s secret boutique over the slinkiest monokinis. Now that that’s    .. more …

Although equine therapy has been used for a wide variety of psychological and behavioral conditions, and weight loss has been attacked from seemingly every possible angle, is it possible that working with horses can somehow hold benefit for those struggling with weight?To be sure, losing weight is it’s own animal, and one that is not so easily tamed. Much of the reason for this is that it is a    .. more …

Want to lose weight…and keep it off as you age? A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests a link between yogurt and weight loss. The study, conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health, quizzed over 120,000 nurses and other health workers about their dietary habits over the course of many years. The goal was to discover what impact diet had on weight over    .. more …

BY Mary Ann Fiebert, Special to the Times The Top 10 Weight Watching Ideas: We have all done it…standing in the check out line at the supermarket, glanced over at the latest headlines. Raise your hand, if you have not. Liar! So, we all can’t be the princess bride but really…. Read these headlines 1. May 16 “Good news from the NIH” DROP 43 LBS by Memorial Day . At first you wonder, how    .. more …

Apple peels aiding muscle wasting and possibly metabolic disorders Muscle wasting or muscle atrophy due to loss of muscle tissue. Common causes listed included little or no physical activity, inactive life style and some medical conditions which decrease mobility such as rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis.Now a University of Iowa study had examined apples, to be more exact the peel of the    .. more …