The word exercise strikes a dread chord in many people’s hearts. Visions of being forced to run around a track at school, struggling through another 30 minutes on the treadmill, or jogging until your knees give up… Dan Buettner studied various long-lived cultures around the world. He discovered that these people did not “exercise.” Well,
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When you go on a strict diet, coupled with a new exercise plan, you will be forgiven for thinking you are doing great when you lose weight rapidly. However, I caution you against this. Why? When you exercise and diet at the same time, the idea is that you starve your body of energy while
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When you want to lose weight, you know that the methods you’ve tried haven’t worked. Therefore, you turn to outside help to decide what you must and mustn’t eat, when you must and mustn’t eat, and how much you must and mustn’t eat. It’s exhausting, I find, for a simple reason. You see, you need
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The most common cause of excess weight is overeating. Most people who aren’t overweight (and a number of people who are) will instantly judge overweight people and say, “Just eat less!” Unfortunately, that judgement and that comment completely ignore the cause behind overeating. Most overeaters can “just eat less” as easily as you can “just
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If you are finding that you are gaining weight unexpectedly, you may be tempted to start a new diet. Well, that would be fine if a diet is the answer. But it’s best to be sure. What causes could there be for weight gain? Here, I list the possible causes, and discuss what to do
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If you were unable to manage your finances, and often found yourself in debt, would you ask your friend who is also in debt for advice? If you were struggling in your relationship, would you look to someone who had been twice divorced and was about to divorce again for ideas? I am a strong
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