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As I write this we are very early into a new year, 2007. Millions of people have made and broken New Year's resolutions, and no doubt a fair proportion of those non-resolute people have made a resolution about losing weight or going on a diet. If you are serious about losing weight, then making a New Year's resolution is not the best way to get started. Such resolutions are usually made in fun, and have a close association with failure. A small percentage of people may make some progress with whatever it is they have resolved to do, but most do not. That is hardly surprising, as the resolutions are made at the peak of party time, and very possibly in a state of inebriation that has been building since late November and through the party season. As with many of the common aims in the self improvement and health arenas, those who succeed in their dietary aims have not made a resolution, they have made a decision.
Sisters' diet aid first of its kind
Lindee Lee Bingham and Sandy Martucci have tried so many diets they can't keep track of them. But the two sisters from Bergen County noticed that all diets have something in common: They require dieters to keep track of something -- calories, carbohydrates, fat grams, or glasses of water. .
You can think yourself thin
It seems too good to be true but scientists believe that if you imagine you are losing weight you will, although little bit of exercise is also required. Researchers made the discovery after monitoring 84 women hotel housekeepers who cleaned about 15 rooms a day. Even though they exceeded daily recommended exercise levels to stay in trim they were "less healthy" than expected. So half were told their work gave them enough exercise to lose weight and keep fit. They were told how many calories their daily tasks burned off every 15 minutes such as 60 for cleaning, 50 for vacuuming and 40 for changing beds. The rest were not told of the health benefits of their work. Four weeks on the first group had lost 2lb on average, cut body fat by about 0.5 per cent, body-mass index by 0.35 and blood pressure by ten per cent.
Gym has a personal touch
A select few Salinas-area men and women could have the opportunity to go to the gym alongside some distinguished professional bodybuilders. "Few" is the operative word when it comes to Tom Tognietti's decision to open his private gym on Quail Run Circle in north Salinas to a limited 50-person membership. .
Weight Loss Surgery Seminar
Dr. Jeffrey L. Lord, a specialist in laparoscopic weight loss surgery, will present "Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right for You?" on Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Family Live Center at First Baptist Church in Panama City. Lord, the only board-certified bariatric surgeon in Northwest Florida with advanced fellowship training in weight loss surgery, serves as director of the Sacred Heart Institute for Surgical Weight Loss. Two types of weight loss surgery will be discussed: Laparoscopic gastric bypass - involves a permanent rerouting of the digestive system that leaves patients with a small stomach pouch. The surgery creates a bypass that reroutes food around a portion of the small intestine." Adjustable gastric banding - an inflatable band is placed around the stomach, creating a small upper pouch at the top, with restricted passage to the rest of the stomach.
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