Has anyone followed Dr Gillian McKeith's eating plan and does it help you lose weight?
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Very dubious.\nLook here:
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my girlfriend joined slimming world and lost 2 stone in 16 weeks, without any issues, I've lost 1 stone without changing much about my food intake or life. \n\nThere are men who attend her group, and she has promised me that there is no HRT chat.\n\nTry it , you may really like it.\n\nAnd Good Luck with the weight loss, which ever you choose.
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never because you're depriving yourself of food.\nalthough they do work in the short-term, in the long-term they're very dangerous as you'll regain all the weight that you lost.\n\nthe best way to lose weight is to regulate what you eat, cut down on your emotional eating, and to work out more.
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I've worked with clients who have used the L.A. Weight Loss system and had good results.  I've worked with other who didn't have spectacular results.\n\nI've been helping people stay healthy for a more than 20 years, I teach ongoing nutrition, cooking, and health classes and I can tell you that losing weight requires a combination of both exercise and caloric restriction but with a proper nutrition balance. Believe me when I tell you that you don't necessarily want to lose weight 'fast.' What you should be looking for is steady, functional fat loss (i.e., weight that stays off once it is gone).\n\nOnce you read what I'll write below, if you have any specific questions I'll try to answer them either on the FAQ side of my personal website or on my blog -- I won't use your name in either case if you don't want me to. You might also want to visit the FAQ section because it may have some helpful hints for you. It's located at: http://www.betterlifetoday.com/faqblt.ht...\n\nIf you want to lose weight in a healthy manner, keep the following in mind:\n\n1) Check with your physician to be certain that you are physically able to reduce your calories and increase your exercise habits safely.\n\n2) Make certain that the calories you are eating are as balanced as possible. When I say 'balanced' I don't mean that they have to all equal the same number of calories. Instead, finding out how much protein, carbs, and fats your body needs on a daily basis (this will vary depending on your metabolic type but a decent example is the 40-40-20 plan -- 40% of calories from protein, 40% from unrefined carbs, and 20% from fats and oils) can really help keep your energy levels high all day long. \n\nThe #1 reason my clients tell me that they've stopped dieting or exercising in the past is because of low energy ebbs. Splitting the amount of calories you can have per day into 5 - 6 smaller meals will help tremendously (this keeps your body fueled and ready to go and you also know that your next meal is only a couple of hours away).\n\nKnowing what your basal metabolic rate (BMR) is will certainly help you determine how to be calorie conscious. Again, you can find out about BMR and RMR on my site -- it's just too much information to post here. Also remember that you may or may not need supplements to help things along.\n\n3) While exercising (before, during, and after) be sure to consume enough water. The key is not to be 'thirsty' (overtly) during this time of exercise.\n\n4) Adding weight bearing exercise (i.e., lifting weights) will help to tone your body and the thermogenic (fat burning) effect will last long after you've stopped working out -- even if your workout is simply walking).\n\n5) Remember that you'll probably hit plateaus (times when you'll stop losing weight) several times during your weight loss progress. This is completely normal and is only temporary but it can last for a couple of weeks at a time. It is very important to remember that even if your scale isn't showing progress, your entire body is being positively effected by your efforts.\n\n6) Measure different parts of your body (neck, upper arms, lower arms, chest, abs, waist, belly, butt, thighs, etc.) and do it accurately. Write these measurements down and check them once every 2 weeks. This will help you remember that your body is 'reducing' all over -- not just in one particular area. If you're weight training you may actually notice a slight increase in some areas of your body (don't worry -- if you're a woman you won't start looking like a bodybuilder).\n\nAgain, there's no such thing as 'spot-reducing' (for things like 'belly fat' or 'thigh fat' etc) unless you're talking about surgery. Fat is burned off of the body from all over the body. The reason it seems as though some people can 'spot-reduce' is because, in general, t
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Everything works as long as you stick to it.  Diets are just a temporary fix.... if you really want to keep the weight off you have to change the way you eat and exercise for good!!!!  I heard Lindora has a really good food plan (never tried it myself)... and for exercise....Curves is a great gym, and its WOMEN ONLY!!! so it's alot more comfortable to go to (I'm a member and I've lost 15lbs).... or if you want to work out at home you can try Turbo Jam. I just started it last week and I feel great...its alot of fun!  Well I hope I've helped some.... good luck!
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I'm tired of people condescendingly saying all you have to do is eat less and exercise. Yes, that may work for YOU, but does NOT work for everyone. I tried everything (yes, including regular exercise!) and finally had to stop taking a prescription that I knew was preventing weight loss (I always research meds before taking them). I knew my thyroid was low but it was not low enough to treat medically so I got no help there. Finally my GP gave me phentermine and I have lost 42-43 pounds in a year. It is not a magic pill. You still have to eat less and exercise, but it makes those two things effective. In the long run you do have to develop healthier habits.  And stay away from soy. It suppresses your thyroid, which controls your metabolism.
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I really enjoyed the program.  It really works to get weighed in and have an accountability system to other people as incentive to lose weight.  The meetings are so full of awesome ideas for good foods, dining out ideas, exercise tips, and just general support.  I lost 52 pounds and have kept it off for over a year.  It was way easier and more effective than anything else I tried.  I always balked at the idea of going, because I thought that it was expensive, but the money I saved on eating less food (especially at restaurants) actually balanced it out quite a bit, so my budget was hardly affected.  \n\nCONS for some people:\nCosts money (I personally thought it was worth it because it worked so well)\nNeeds self-control (just like any diet, really)\nIf the meeting leader in your area is a dud, the support might not be great.\n\nPROS\nIt works if you stick to it.\nIt is easy (takes a couple of weeks to learn it, but then you get into a pattern that is easy to keep up)\nYou don't have to cut out your favorite foods (just eat sensible portions of them)\nThe support at meetings can be very good\nLots of on-line support groups for people using the same plan as you, and good support materials are available.\nNo pills\nThey encourage slow weight loss, which is the healthiest and most permanant type of loss (programs that promise quick loss are doomed to fail, most bodies just can't handle it).\nYou don't have to buy special food, just buy groceries like normal. \nThey have a good incentive program for people to keep the weight off...free lifetime membership!
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Whether you like him or not, you have to respect Dr Phil just because of one thing.\n\nHe continually asks his guests’ one simple question: "How's it working for you?"\n\nSuccess in anything comes from FINDING WHAT WORKS then DOING WHAT WORKS.\n\nI am going to reveal to you the “Secret Weight Loss Formula” that Celebrity personal trainers use to get their clients lean and fit in record time.\n\nBefore I reveal the secret, first I need to explain to you that there is process that your body goes through to burn body fat. \n\nSo how does your body burn fat?\n\nIt is a two-step process and in order to lose body fat you need to:\n\n1.Release the fat from the fat cells and only then\n2.You can burn the fat\n\nHow does your body release the fat from the cells?\n\nBefore you can turn your body into a fat burning machine, here’s what needs to happen: your body fat needs to be released from the fat cells. You can accomplish this step successfully with your nutrition program. Here are some specific tips that you can apply right away to achieve that.\n\n1.Eat 4-6 small, frequent meals and never skip meals.\n2.Eat natural foods; avoid processed & refined foods\n3.Eat lean proteins with each meal.\n4.Eat more complex carbs, fruits & vegetables.\n5.Drink plenty of water\n\n\nHow does your body burn the fat? \n\nWhen you go on a restrictive diet and then combine it with excessive cardiovascular workouts. You are destined to reach the dreaded weight loss plateau.\n\nHere is the reason behind the plateau; you have burned more muscle tissue than fat with your workouts (and restrictive dieting). This is the worst thing that could happen if you want long term and permanent results.\n\nLet me explain. \n\nExcessive cardio + restrictive dieting = Less Muscle mass = slower metabolism = Weight loss plateau = Yo-Yo dieting\n\nSo how do you break this vicious cycle?\n\nHow to burn fat instead muscle mass?\n\nYou need to do some MODERATE cardio training. The key word here is moderate. \nCombining restrictive dieting with too much cardio can be detrimental and I am sure you have seen those people that are doing cardio on a daily basis and still not getting anywhere. The result is a low metabolism. Low metabolism means, your body fat is not going anywhere, anytime soon. Here is what you need to do:\n\n1.Do some moderate cardio training; the key word here is moderate\n2.Never “diet” but consume just a little fewer calories than you do burn on a daily basis (No starvation diets, Please...)\n\nYour muscle tissue is your best friend when it comes to burning body fat. You need to preserve muscle tissues in order to keep losing weight. \n\nMost people go on a starvation diet combined a lot of cardio to lose weight. At first it may seems like this is working because the scale is saying so.  \n\nNow think about, scale weight does not tell you if weight loss is from fat, water or muscle tissue. Starvation diets combined with excessive cardio make you lose mostly muscle mass, water weight. \n\nScale weight by itself is not a good indicator of success.\n\nThe solution\n\nTo maintain muscle mass you need to:\n1.Do some resistance training. (This is not optional, it is mandatory)\n\n\nThe secret\n\nNow that you understand the whole fat burning process, I am going to reveal to you how celebrity personal trainers do to get those amazing transformations. The strategy is to combine all the steps that I outlined so the body works as a unit.  First, the trainer makes sure that his client is eating the proper food on a regular basis. \n\nBy that, I mean eating so that fat WILL be released from the fat cells. Then and only then they exercise the body to burn the fat. The important idea to take from this is:\n\n"The fat can ONLY be burned after it is released from the fat cells".\n\nIf you know anybody that has been exercising like a maniac and they don't seem to go anywhere, now you know why.\n\nThe reverse is also true, do you know some
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I am on this diet and have lost 70 lbs in 7 months.  It's the easiest I have ever been on and I have tried them all.  There are a few food in each type that your body just does not fancy to.  I am B so I can't help you but go to yahoo search and type in dieting according to your blood type and it will give you a lot of sites to go check out.  My husband just started this 2 months ago and had lost 26 lbs. He however is O.  I would highly recommend it.  i was on a lot of meds heart, high blood pressure plus more and off of all but 1.  I go to Healthy Habits in Meridian Idaho.  I have not gained anything back and you don't have to buy special foods!  Check it out from someone that's been on every diet out there!  Only to gain back plus more.  This has worked well for me.  Check it out it can't hurt.  The big thing is you have to be willing and ready to work at it.  I did not do special exercising but am going to start now that I'm almost at my goal from a size 18-20 to a size 7/8
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Anything that anybody tell would be a guess based on assumptions. This plan may have work for somebody else.\n\nBut the question is, will it work for you?\n\nThe only way for you to know is to try it out and see the kind of results that you get. At that time, you will know for sure how effective it is for you.\n\nYou have to find something that works for you and then tweak it to get the results that you want.\n\nIt seems that your plan is an okay diet. The only thing that I would recommend is to include some kind of lean protein in all of your meals, not just your dinner.\n\nBut again take your measurements along with your scale weight and see what kind of results you get in a month time.\n\nFor more info Visit http://www.charlesblain.com
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Go for it!  My wife and I signed up for the Seattle Sutton diet.  I have lost 50 lbs and she has lost 40 lbs.  We were both very obese people and adkins and all the others have not worked.  The food is fantastic and very tasty, We went on the 1200 calorie program.  We were warned that the first few days we would be hungry.  That never happened.  Important you must stick to the food plan.  When I cheated I would either not loose for a day or two or even gain a little.  As soon as I got back on plan I was back to loosing weight.
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Listen, I am so happy now. I put on so much weight after I had my first child. It was a terribly hormonal pregnancy so the weight never shifted despite trying so hard. Then I had my second child and weighed 80 kgs I ballooned to about 94kg at the end. And yes, I got stretchmarks. \n\nAnyway, I lost all the weight cause that was the one thing I really wanted to do for myself. Having kids is challenging but going to the gym gave me 1.5 hours of sanity a day. Something for myself as I didn't have heaps of help like others do. \n\nStretchmarks are still there but they really fade over time. There is a great product called Bio Oil in Australia and it helps reduce the lines. But, they will over time nonetheless. \n\nHere is the plan I followed cause I want you to do it too: If you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 (women) - 1500 (men) calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved if you don't have the access. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. If you have access to a gym include boxing and spin classes as well. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 (women) - 1800 (men) and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 (women) - 1500 (men) cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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Whether you like him or not, you have to respect Dr Phil just because of one thing.\n\nHe continually asks his guests one simple question: "How's it working for you?"\n\nSuccess in anything comes from FINDING WHAT WORKS then DOING WHAT WORKS.\n\nI am going to reveal to you the Secret Weight Loss Formula that Celebrity personal trainer don't want you to know about.\n\nBefore I reveal the secret, first I need to explain to you that there is process that your body goes through to burn body fat. \n\nSo how does your body burn fat?\n\nIt is a two steps process and in order you need to:\n1.Release the fat from the fat cells and only then\n2.You can burn the fat\n\nHow does your body release the fat from the cells?\n\nBefore you can turn your body into a fat burning machine, here what needs to happen: your body fat need to be released from the fat cells. You can accomplish this step successfully with your nutrition program. Here are some specific tips that you can apply right away to achieve that.\n\n1.Eat 4-6 small, frequent meals and never skip meals.\n2.Eat natural foods; avoid processed & refined foods\n3.Eat lean proteins with each meal.\n4.Eat more complex carbs, fruits & vegetables.\n5.Drink plenty of water\n\nThe most misunderstood weight loss strategy. How to burn the *fat* instead of burning muscles.\n\nYou need to do some MODERATE cardio training. The key word here is moderate. \nDoing too much cardio can be detrimental and I am sure you have seen those people that are doing cardio on a daily basis and still not getting anywhere. The result is a low metabolism. Low metabolism means, your body fat is not going anywhere, anytime \nsoon. Here is what you need to do:\n\n1.Do some moderate cardio training; the key word here is moderate\n2.Never diet but consume little fewer calories that you will burn (No starvation diets, Please...)\n\nThe world most efficient "fat burner" is FREE and You already have it.\nYour muscle tissue is your best friend when it comes to burn body fat. You need to preserve muscle tissues in order to keep losing weight. Most people go on a starvation diet combined a lot of cardio to lose weight. At first it may seems like this is working because they are losing scale weight. Now think about, scale weight does not tell you if weight loss is from fat, water or muscle tissue. Scale weight by itself is not a good indicator of success.\n\nTo maintain muscle tissues you need to:\n1.Do some resistance training. (This is not optional, it is mandatory)\n\n\nThe secret\n\nNow that you understand the whole fat burning process, I am going to reveal to you how celebrity personal trainers do to get those amazing transformations. The strategy is to combine all the steps that I outlined so the body works as a unit.  First the trainer makes sure that his client is eating the proper food on a regular basis. \n\nBy that I mean eating so that fat WILL be released from the fat cells. Then and only then they exercise the body to burn the fat. The important idea to take from this is:\n\n"The fat can ONLY be burned after it is released from the fat cells".\n\nIf you know anybody that has been exercising like a maniac and they don't seem to go anywhere, now you know why.\n\nThe reverse is also true, Do you know somebody that is eating properly but they are not including cardio AND resistance training. Now you know why their body  still look the same.\n\nAll you need to do is to combine a nutrition program, along with some MODERATE cardio program and maintain muscle mass with resistance training. Everything is combined with one goal in mind: Turning your body into an Automatic fat burning machine. It is that easy.\n\nDon't like the results you have been getting?  Then CHANGE YOUR STRATEGY.\n\nHow do you change your strategy? How do you find one that works? \n\nDO NOT continue doing something just because "THEY" say it's the way things should be done. Allow yourself to ch
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like any other eating plan it depends on whether you stick to it or not.\n\nIf you change your lifestyle and eating habits hell yeah it works great and my sister lost 60 lbs on it and is now running full marathons and she's over 40.  If she can do it anyone can, you just have to stick to it and remember it's not a temporary thing it's changing your eating habits for EVER
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If you are going to try a program, I would do Weight Watchers. It is more realistic, you choose what you want to eat, the Leaders have all been in the same situation,etc. The meetings are great.\n\nLA Weight Loss, you spend alot of money on the bars and shakes,etc. The Counsellors are people they hire off the street. I'm not saying you won't lose, but Weight Watchers is a better lifestyle.
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The best thing to do would be to regulate what the family eats. Although the word DIET might be equated with "death and starvation" for most people who want to shed a couple of pounds, there are healthy recipes abound on the internet that doesn't taste like cardboard bits pretending to be food.\n\nFor my part, I'd love to promote Suzanne Somers eating plan. It's less of a diet and more of providing healthy alternatives to the stuff that we eat. What more, there is no limit to portion sizes. \n\nI've followed it to a T for 2 weeks and lost about 4 kilos. You can probably get her books at the library or something. My favourite book would be her Eat, Cheat and Melt the Fat Away. There are several real-life success stories that motivates you even more.\n\nBesides the food, perhaps you can also organize family activities. Like go for a cycle together. Or long walks on the beach. \n\nI truly hope that helps. I know how hard it is to struggle with your weight. The best thing to do right now is to have fun, eat right and think positive thoughts. :)
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it works, I tried it about 3 years ago. But if you make it, then ONLY with the permission and the control of a doctor. Not everybody is supposed to fast that way and it is NOT made for losing weight. Get a book about it and ask your physician.