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Read and Share: Portion Control Advice
Throughout the site, you will find opportunities to read advice and share your own tips. For instance, our visitors have shared some great advice on portion control! For TracyJoy12, it's all about planning:
"Each evening I get my food ready for the next day ... otherwise I will eat way too much. That leaves dinner as my only 'spur of the moment' portioning. I've been doing this for a month, I've dropped four and a half pounds and I've found that I can't eat much at dinnertime anyway -- my stomach has clearly shrunk!"
Sounds like that simple step of pre-portioning servings of food has worked wonders for TracyJoy.
You can read other great portion control advice at Readers Respond: Portion Control. And if you've got your own portion-managing advice to share, please tell us your top tips! Read and Share: Portion Control Advice originally appeared on About.com Weight Loss on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at 23:33:47.Permalink | Comment | Email this
"Click This!": Detox Diets
Are you considering going on a detox diet? Then check out Before You Go on a Detox Diet by About.com's alternative medicine Guide, Cathy Wong. You'll find out if detox diets are right for you and how to prepare for one should you decide to go ahead.
"Click This!": Detox Diets originally appeared on About.com Weight Loss on Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 20:56:55.Permalink | Comment | Email this
"I Tried It!": Baskin-Robbins BRight Choices
I've mentioned my love of ice cream a few times (Okay, as recently as this time last week.), but I think it safe to say that I consider it my personal mission to continue finding diet-friendly and tasty (natch!) varieties that I can share with you here. (It's tough work, but someone's got to do it.)
On the menu this weekend was Baskin- Robbins BRight choices flavors. These varieties are lower in calories than the other flavors on offer and they include tasty-sounding combinations like Cappuccino Chip, fruity fare like Premium Churned Light Raspberry Chip and several sorbets.
This visit, I "tested" BRight Choice Light Aloha Brownie. This flavor is comprised of light chocolate ice cream, fudge ribbons, and some pieces of macadamia nut toffee.
Well, the only thing I like more than ice cream is chocolate and I'm happy to report that this treat squelched both cravings in one go. For just 160 calories, I think it is once of the richest (and chocolate-est?) diet-friendly ice cream varieties I've yet to try. And did I mention to macadamia nut toffee pieces? Delicious! I am not sure how they crammed macadamia nuts and fudge into 160 calories, but it sure works for me.
Do you have a favorite diet-friendly ice cream flavor? Share your top pick in the comments section! "I Tried It!": Baskin-Robbins BRight Choices originally appeared on About.com Weight Loss on Sunday, July 25th, 2010 at 17:50:16.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Saturday "Smart Swap!": Side Switch
Smart swaps are all about little changes that can add up to serious calorie savings throughout your day. If you're serving up dinner tonight, consider this simple swap that saves a few calories: For every serving of rice you switch for couscous, you'll cut 30 calories!
Do you have a favorite way to cut calories in your side dishes? Post your tips in the comments section! Saturday "Smart Swap!": Side Switch originally appeared on About.com Weight Loss on Saturday, July 24th, 2010 at 20:39:03.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Weight-Loss Product Recalled
A product called Joyful Slim Herb Supplement has been recalled in the U.S. due to an undeclared ingredient.
The recalled pills are sold in plastic bottles containing 30 capsules per bottle and bears UPC
8 97966 00200 7. The affected lot/code being recalled is 101408. The product
was sold to distributors and retail stores nationwide and via internet
sales. The company has discontinued distribution of Joyful Slim.
Consumers are advised by the FDA to not consume the product and return
it immediately to the place of purchase for a full refund. Any adverse
reactions experienced with the use of this product may be reported to the
FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program online
(www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm), or, by phone 1-800-332-1088. Weight-Loss Product Recalled originally appeared on About.com Weight Loss on Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 20:00:23.Permalink | Comment | Email this
"Click This!": Paige's Weight Loss 411
There is a ton of great information at About.com's exercise Guidesite, including Paige's recent feature, Things You Do Not Know About Weight Loss. For instance, did you know the scale is not necessarily the best way to measure weight-loss efforts? Paige explains why and what to pay attention to instead ... and that's just one thing you didn't know. There are three more pointers that are sure to surprise and inform you! Check it out! "Click This!": Paige's Weight Loss 411 originally appeared on About.com Weight Loss on Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 at 21:38:41.Permalink | Comment | Email this
I Scream for Ice Cream!
 For some people, summer is all about hamburgers and hot dogs at cookouts, but for me, it's all about something cool and sweet: I absolutely adore ice cream. To me, it's one of those simple pleasures of life that you just can't do without. I'm always on the lookout for something new that I can add to my ice cream menu without indulging in too many calories! My most recent find? The Weight Watchers Vanilla Sundae Cup. For just 160 calories, you can enjoy an entire container!I recently shared more of my top picks for diet-friendly ice cream varieties, so read on to learn about some great calorie-smart choices you can find in your local grocer's freezer.
What's your favorite frozen treat? Share your top pick in comments!
More: Top Light Ice Cream Picks
Image: Clipart.com
I Scream for Ice Cream! originally appeared on About.com Weight Loss on Sunday, July 18th, 2010 at 23:03:08.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Saturday "Smart Swap!": Starbucks
Got a craving for a sweet treat at Starbucks? Consider this calorie-saving switch: If you order a Marshmallow Dream Bar at 210 calories instead of a scone that averages around 500 calories, you'll be saving nearly 300 calories with one simple swap!
What's your favorite way to cut calories at the coffee shop? Post it in comments! Saturday "Smart Swap!": Starbucks originally appeared on About.com Weight Loss on Saturday, July 17th, 2010 at 22:57:07.Permalink | Comment | Email this
Fresh Express Lettuce Recall
If you have recently purchased a bagged salad product, take note: Fresh Express has announced a recall of expired romaine lettuce products with use by dates of July 8-12, 2010 and "S" in the Product Code due to possible health risk. The items have the potential of being contaminated with E-coli O157:H7. Fresh Express Lettuce Recall originally appeared on About.com Weight Loss on Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 03:34:55.Permalink | Comment | Email this
"Have Your Say!": Discrimination in the Job Market
A few weeks ago, I mentioned a television program that aired on CNBC that featured a company which helps its overweight employees lose weight. Many readers expressed their opinion on whether or not companies should get involved with their employees' weight issues. There is a related issue I want to hear from you on: In the same program, a supervisor admitted that, "If I could get away with it," he would not hire obese employees. The phrase "makes my blood boil" springs to mind.
Then, I recently read this article about bias against the overweight in the job market.
A diversity consultant in the article is quoted as saying: "[The obese] are perceived as undisciplined, sloppy, slow moving and slow thinking ..." and that really hit home for me. I am anything but those things, but could I have been perceived that way? I have to wonder: Those jobs I didn't get when I was at my highest weight ... could my dress size have been to blame rather than the availability of a more qualified candidate? I shudder to think.
What do you think on the matter? Do you think that workplace bias against the obese is strong enough to keep us from getting work?
Image: Clipart.com"Have Your Say!": Discrimination in the Job Market originally appeared on About.com Weight Loss on Sunday, July 11th, 2010 at 06:05:40.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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