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<title>Dr. Leslie Van Romer - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Leslie Van Romer is the author of weight-loss, body-best book, Getting into Your Pants, and companion WorkBook, called the Getting into Your Pants PlayBook. Dr. Leslie, chiropractor, motivational health speaker, and weight-loss cheerleader, writes a weekly e-letter and has produced a series of CDs and DVDs on many different health-related topics, such as diabetes, osteoporosis, aging, menopause, and weight loss. By offering simple direction and hope, she empowers individuals to lose weight and boost their level of health. Dr. Leslie makes you believe in you.]]></description>
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<title>Mindless to Mindful to Mindless Eating</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:50:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed, no matter where you go, most people don't think about what they put into their bodies? They eat what they're used to eating - out of habit, boredom, or for emotional comfort and reward.]]></description>
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<title>Sneak Seven Simple Weight Loss Strategies Into Your Business Day</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/1743471</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:49:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wrap your brain around a simple eating plan that is doable, makes sense and will work for the long haul - not just for a few weeks or months. The easier the plan is, the easier it will be to gradually incorporate it into your day, while producing tangible results.]]></description>
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<title>Annie Antsy Sabotages Weight Loss</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:40:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article discusses the importance of having patience with yourself while trying to loss weight. Don't give up!  It takes time to rid ourselves of unwanted pounds and learn how to keep them off.]]></description>
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<title>But Don't Carbs Make Me Fat?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:50:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Carbs DO NOT make you fat. Confused? How carb clear are you?]]></description>
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<title>Wonder Woman Loses 8 Pounds During Holidays</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:34:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spunky, delightful Clara Buck would claim to be an ordinary woman. I respectfully disagree. Yes, she may appear to be like the rest of us mere mortals - wife, mother, grandma, caring friend - but there's no way she's ordinary.]]></description>
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<title>3 Simple Steps to Avoid Drowning in Liquid Calories</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:41:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For all the counting, measuring, weighing, fussing and fretting most of us weight-frenzied Americans do to police calories, we often allow sneaky liquid calories to slide down our throats. Almost one-quarter of the calories that Americans consume come from beverages. Shockingly, sodas and other sweet drinks are the single largest calorie contributors to the American diet and to the ballooning American waist.   ]]></description>
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<title>But Don't Carbs Make Me Fat? Refined Grains - #2 Bad-Boy Carb  Part 3 of 3</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 10:37:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In Parts 1 and 2 of "Don't Carbs Make Me Fat?" we talked about carbs - the good guys and the bad guys. Miss out on those Lifelines?]]></description>
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<title>Three Simple Rules to Lose Weight and Feel Good About You</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:33:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Losing weight is about simple, common sense direction - and hope. A simple plan that works for you and hope that you can shed those layers and keep them off - not for the short sprint of a few weeks or months, but forever.]]></description>
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<title>7 Simple Strategies to Kill Cravings and Lose Weight</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:33:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Americans are well-aware of common addictions: smoking, caffeine, alcohol, amphetamines, prescription pain meds, and sleeping pills. However, most of us are blind to this country's biggest addiction of all: Food. The shocking truth is that too much weight now kills more people than cigarette smoking. ]]></description>
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<title>Weight Loss by Cutting Carb Confusion &quot;But Don't Carbs Make Me Fat?&quot; Part 2 of 3</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:21:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Somewhere along the way, in our minds, the natural sugars in fruits got mixed up with man-made refined sugars. They are NOT the same animal.   ]]></description>
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<title>Weight Loss by Cutting Carb Confusion &quot;But Don't Carbs Make Me Fat?&quot; Part 1 of 3</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/941225</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:58:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Good carbs, bad carbs, Simple carbs, complex carbs. Eat carbs, don't eat carbs. Carbs make you fat, carbs make you skinny.  Are you carb confused?  ]]></description>
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<title>5 Shocking Facts on Fats for Weight Loss</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:09:36 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[F-A-T is a three-letter "four-letter" word. And a powerful one at that. F-A-T has the power to sting, to sadden, to madden, to irritate, to frustrate, to incite, to sear, to shame, and to scar. It's a word we'd rather not read, talk, or hear about ever again, and especially not see. But it remains ever-present and heavy in our minds and lives, and for obvious reasons.   ]]></description>
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<title>The Skinny Fat Facts for Weight Loss</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:11:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fats don't need to directly "come from" any foods you eat. Your body makes the fats you need. Oh, yes, you read it right - your body makes the fats it needs from the carbohydrates you eat.  ]]></description>
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<title>Weight-Busting Answers to the Top 4 Weight-Sabotaging Questions</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:12:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["You are the master of your own choices and either the beneficiary of or slave to the consequences." Look in the mirror. Look at yourself up and down, from all sides. I'll wait for 
you - you're worth the wait.]]></description>
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<title>Weight Loss Victory Lap for the Italian Stallion</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:57:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're serious about permanent weight loss, follow these three simple rules... Introducing...drum roll...Joe Perri. Joe is a great guy - fun, smart, upbeat, and very Italian. Not a surprise, he loves Italian foods - sausage, pasta, ravioli, Napoleans, and canolies with ricotta cheese and sugar. And his weight and medications showed it.]]></description>
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<title>Fat Protein Lies Hurt Weight Loss, Health and Fitness</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:56:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Meat is not your best source of protein. Why? One reason, meat protein comes wrapped with way too much fat and cholesterol. And that translates into extra weight, diseases, and early death. Pretty big reasons if you ask me.  ]]></description>
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<title>Guaranteed Weight Loss - Wiggle Room (Rule #3 of 3)</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:47:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When boldly jumping aboard a weight loss and body best food plan, give yourself flexibility - wiggle room - from the get-go. No point kidding yourself - you're not going to give up your food fave forever so why go there. Think about it. Never ever ever eat chocolate (or whatever) again for the rest of your life? I don't think so. ]]></description>
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<title>Guaranteed Weight Loss - Stop Eating When Full (Rule #2 of 3)</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:20:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[That means add 10 fresh fruits (you can repeat fruits - like 2 apples, 3 bananas, 4 kiwis, etc.) and 10 different vegetables a day. Briefly, graze on fresh fruits all morning long.]]></description>
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<title>7 Weight-Busting Strategies to Guiltless Thanksgiving Feasting</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:19:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tis the season to celebrate and eat... and eat and eat. It's Thanksgiving, and that's what most of us do on Thanksgiving - eat. Not only that, we continue to eat our way through the entire holiday season, adding pounds to our pounds and frustration to our frustration.]]></description>
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<title>Guaranteed Weight Loss - Think Addition (Rule #1 of 3)</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:30:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Who cares about weight loss anyway? We all do.  How come? Bottom line: to feel good about ourselves and not have to think about it anymore.  ]]></description>
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<title>7 Most Common ZZZZZZZZ Myths with Dr. Narinder Duggal</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/524432</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:46:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sleep is important - that much we know. Yet there is lots of confusion about our bodies' sacred time to rest, recuperate, and reenergize. Sometimes confusion is harmless; sometimes it is dangerous. 

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<title>8 Energy Boosters To Jump-Start Your Engine and To Lose Weight</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/480688</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:11:54 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Energy can be compared to the gas in a car. Gas makes a car run efficiently. Energy makes you run efficiently. If a car runs out of gas, it stops running. If you run out of energy, you stop running.]]></description>
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<title>One, Two, Three - Plunge Into Weight Loss and Feeling Good About You</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:43:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What are you? A dipper or a plunger? And I'm not talking about swimming now. I'm talking about eating - eating to lose weight, pep you up, and to just feel good about yourself.]]></description>
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<title>Diabetes Type 2: The Med-Free Solution</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/443550</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:49:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Narinder Duggal says, "Genetics loads the gun, choices pull the trigger." 

Meaning, what we eat (or don't), how much we exercise (or don't), and self-destructive habits like smoking are the bad guys, not our genes, which we have no control over.

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<title>Osteoporosis: Are Your Bones Dissolving?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/443545</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:15:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you know that: 
 
- 1 in 4 postmenopausal U.S. women has osteoporosis? Are you silently losing your bones?
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<title>Open The Door to Health and Fitness</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/443538</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:34:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Leslie, a fracture this bad changes your life - forever."

That's what the orthopedic surgeon said to me during my fourth-week, post-operation check-up.

The tears, too proud to flow, prickled behind my eyes. The flimsy cloak of denial disappeared. Reality hit me; hit me hard.

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<title>Permanent Weight Loss: 5 Simple Steps</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/390557</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:55:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed that diets don't work? Oh, sure, you may lose weight, but it boomerangs right back, and with a vengeance. Then you feel guilty, weak, frustrated, and like a hopeless failure--one more time.]]></description>
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<title>Do Elephants Eat Cows For Protein?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/382757</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:58:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By far, the most common question I hear is: 

"If I don't eat meat, or as much meat, where do I get my protein?" Sound familiar? 

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<title>Cheating: Your Secret Weapon to Permanent Weight Loss</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/378039</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:20:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed one thing about yourself? You're not perfect.

Yet when it comes to weight loss, you think you have to be perfect. What's up with that?
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<title>Weight Loss-A Roller Coaster Ride</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/370480</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:50:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I can describe Jean Finman in a word -- gorgeous. Well, actually that doesn't quite do it. She's not just gorgeous -- she's drop-dead gorgeous.

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<title>10-Minute 10+10 Rainbow Chopped Salad for Weight Loss</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/368013</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2006 06:15:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You'll get a kick out of this - watching me in my own arena, sweating bullets.

You see, my big sister, Wendy (okay, not really bigger anymore, but older - once a big sister, always a big sister to a little sister), and I were recently visiting our parents.

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<title>I Lost 28 Pounds and I Hate Exercise</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:28:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yeah, well, most of us hate to exercise or at least don't like it well enough to do it every day.

And any old excuse will do to avoid working up a bit of a sweat: I'm too tired or too achy or too busy or it's too hot or too cold or too wet or too dark or too windy or too late or too early or too whatever we dream up in our heads.
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<title>Want Weight Loss? Choose to Be Different - Choose to Be YOU</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/341765</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:24:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pretend you are standing in a crowd of people who know one another. 

Someone walks up to that crowd. She had just smoked a cigarette. Everyone can smell it on her. Animated, she starts chatting away. All ears are bending.

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<title>Kill Cravings and Lose Weight with Juicing</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:11:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Homemade juices are weight reducers and craving crushers.
Drinking homemade juice between and before meals curbs the appetite, starts filling us up, and bingo, bango, without thinking about it, we eat less.  Result: fewer calories, less weight.]]></description>
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<title>Crush The Cravings For Weight Loss</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:56:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["I'm an addict. I need help."

That's what Esther courageously confessed to me not long ago.

And what dark demon dominated Esther and drove her to do something about it?

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<title>Fill-Up, Not Out For Weight Loss</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/315873</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:59:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Which foods prevent cancer?"

Simple answer: "Whole, fresh fruits and vegetables, of course--everyone knows that."

"Then why weren't we taught as children to fill-up on whole fruits and vegetables?"

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<title>Health and Fitness: Choose It or Lose It</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:03:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's all your fault.

I didn't want to do it. But YOU made me.

I hemmed and hawed. I moaned and groaned. I puttered around the
house while one excuse after another flashed through my head.

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<title>Pleeease, I Want My Cheese</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:19:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I could handle life without sweets and meats, chips and dips, butter and oil, eggs and bacon, biscuits and gravy, and even milk and ice cream.

But life without cheese? I don't think so.
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<title>I Lost 16.5 pounds In A Month - Finally, I'm On The Right Track</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:36:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes I knew I needed to something about it.  Anne was unhappy with her excess weight and lack of stamina.]]></description>
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<title>Cancer? I Just Never Thought It Would Happen To Me</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:57:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Doesn't it seem like almost every day we hear of yet another person who just got the terrible news: "You've got cancer."]]></description>
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<title>Long Live Queen Olive-May Health and Fitness Be Hers</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:35:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Olive oil is not a health food.  In fact, it hurts your health.]]></description>
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<title>Fruits and Vegetables? That's Just Too Radical</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:07:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The article discusses the benefits of a plant based diet.]]></description>
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<title>Shattering the Meat and Protein Myth ( Part 2 of 2 Parts)</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:20:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The experts  tell us that animal protein is not superior to plant protein.  In fact, animal protein is related to many chronic, debilitating diseases that end life prematurely.  ]]></description>
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<title>Latest Weight Loss Breakthrough - Try Humility On For Size</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/223433</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:42:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You are NOT perfect.  You have never been perfect, will never be perfect.  Be reasonable and realistic.  Approach weight loss and health gain with humility and patience.]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips For Transitioning To Permanent Weight Loss, Health and Fitness</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:25:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Be patient and kind to yourself.  It takes a lot of time to shed old habits.]]></description>
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<title>Want to Live Longer With Health and Fitness? Move to Canada or Japan</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:17:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you want to live longer?  Leave the country.  Make sure to leave your bad eating and lifestyle behind.]]></description>
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<title>Desperate for Weight Loss? Feed the Beast!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:23:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The question is simple: "What's the quickest way to lose weight?" Before you read on, what's the first thing that pops into YOUR head? No peeking now...]]></description>
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<title>Will The Real Four Food Groups Please Stand Up ?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:33:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The truth may shock you.  ]]></description>
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<title>I Lost Close to 60 Pounds in a Year!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:45:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How would you feel about losing weight without measuring, counting, starving, sacrificing, sneaking and with NO GUILT?]]></description>
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<title>Want Weight Loss? Just Say: &quot;What You Think Of Me Is None Of My Business&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 08:16:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For us girls only; Have you ever noticed that we love to please people?]]></description>
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<title>Mom, How Much Is Your Health and Fitness Worth?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 20:39:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The next time, my dear friend, you wonder whether it's worth the effort to take care of yourself with wise food, health, and fitness choices, think about and feel your mother, your children, your spouse, and your friends.]]></description>
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<title>What Do I Have To Give Up To Lose Weight?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 20:29:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When you get that wee bit of a desperate inkling that you, once and for all, just "HAVE TO" lose weight, what is the very first thing that pops into your mind?]]></description>
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<title>One of the Keys To Your Health and Fitness: Try Patience On For Size</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 19:56:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Patience with yourself will help you rise to the challenge of getting back on track once again and enable you to thrive from better food and lifestyle choices, one baby step at a time.]]></description>
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<title>&quot;If I See Another Salad, I'm Going to Scream - I Don't Care What Dr. Leslie Says&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 19:48:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Denise knew what she had been doing wasn't working. She had nothing to lose so why not try something else. ]]></description>
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<title>&quot;But Mom, I Exercise Everyday, but Still No Weight Loss&quot;</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 19:39:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[She said that she never thought she could lose weight unless she starved herself or got sick.]]></description>
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<title>Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Fit One After All?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 19:22:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you happy with the way you look, feel, and move?  Or are you tired of carrying around too much weight?  Are you tired of aches and pains?  Are you tired of not having the motivation to walk around the block?  ]]></description>
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<title>Eating Smarter Is As Simple As Adding 10 Plus 10</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 19:19:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We all know the food stars in the weight loss, health and fitness arena: whole, fresh fruits and whole, fresh vegetables.]]></description>
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<title>Sowing Seeds and Reaping Gold - Health</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 19:11:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We ignore, conveniently at the moment, the common sense fact that what we do right now ultimately determines whether we are granted to gift of age and the gifts that can come with age--activity, wisdom, grace, joy, and inner peace.]]></description>
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<title>Greed, You, and Losing Weight (Not!)</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 19:05:17 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You've been fighting weight for years, maybe most of your life. Yo-yo diets and you are great pals.]]></description>
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<title>What Takes More Effort - Health and Fitness or Disease and Disability?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 17:53:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Does it take effort to distance yourself from the foods, with which you were raised and love, that are major contributors to weight gain and the loss of energy, sickness and premature death?]]></description>
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<title>Go Ahead, Make Your Day - Eat the Foods You Love</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 17:48:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ How fun is a birthday without cake, candles, and ice cream or a summer barbeque without the meat sizzling on the grill?  Boring!]]></description>
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<title>Warning: Excess Protein is Hazardous to Your Health and Fitness!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 17:24:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wait a minute!  We know that fat and cholesterol are hazardous to our health.  You mean to tell me that too much protein is also hazardous to our health?]]></description>
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<title>Where, oh, Where Has Our Health Gone?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 19:41:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you ever look around you, I mean really look around you, and wonder, "Why are we so sick in this country?"  ]]></description>
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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health and Fitness (Part 8 of 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 05:53:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[On the other hand, you may not like fresh, green salads, fruits, and certain vegetables.  No one or nothing can force you into eating foods you don't like.  You are not a child.  You can eat whatever you want to eat.  ]]></description>
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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health and Fitness (Part 9 of 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 05:50:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your life is busy.  The food you prepare and eat now is the same food that you have been preparing and eating for years.  It takes little time and no extra effort.  You like that--quick and mindless.]]></description>
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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health and Fitness (Part 12 0f 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 05:48:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We think it's too radical to eat fruits and vegetables.  We think it's too radical to eat a fresh, green-leafy salad every day.  We think it's too radical to eliminate meat, cheese, white sugar, white flour, white salt, processed foods, and extra oils from our diets.  We think it's too radical to exercise daily for one hour.  ]]></description>
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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health and Fitness (Part 11 of 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 05:48:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When someone proclaims that she or he is a vegetarian, the meaning of which is vague at best, or a vegan, who supposedly eats no animal products whatsoever including dairy products and eggs, she often thinks that that label is an automatic ticket to good health, and there is no need to make any more changes.]]></description>
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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health and Fitness(Part 7 of 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 19:58:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that if you feel like you have to prepare favorite foods for your husband and/or children, then it is a bit challenging to change your own eating habits without trying to change the way your family eats--challenging, but easier than you may think.]]></description>
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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health and Fitness(Part 5 0f 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 19:55:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You may think that there is no need to eat differently because you are careful to eat balanced meals--most of the time--just the way your mother taught you to eat.  ]]></description>
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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health and Fitness(Part 4 of 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 19:49:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The state of your health and the length of your life have little to do with "Lady Luck" or how long your mother or father lived.  The gerontologists, or old age specialists, tell us that the length of our lives depends on the choices we make every day of our lives--not on our genes.  Genetics, with the exception of whether you are male or female and rare inherited conditions, are estimated to influence longevity only 5% to 10% of the time.]]></description>
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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health and Fitness(Part 6 0f 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 19:36:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have always been told that you can eat anything, anything at all, as long as it is in moderation.]]></description>
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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health and Fitness (Part 2 of 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 19:33:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Yeah, but," you say, "I feel just fine. Why do I need to make any changes if I feel fine?"]]></description>
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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health and Fitness (Part 3 of 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 19:19:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["Why bother changing the way I eat?" you may ask yourself.  "If I do get some horrible disease, someone or something will cure me, and I will go about my merry way."

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<title>Big &quot;Buts&quot; Sabotage Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness (Part 1 of 12)</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 04:02:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You have a good idea what you should and shouldn't do.  You say to yourself: "I should eat more fruits and vegetables.  I shouldn't stop for that quick burger and fries.  I should skip that morning coffee.  I shouldn't eat that chocolate.  I should walk more.  I shouldn't eat so much meat.  I should cut out the sweets and desserts.  I shouldn't drink that pop.  I should go to the gym.  And all those salty chips--they should be out of my life too."

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<title>6 Aging, Fitness, and Health Myths Debunked-(Myth 3 06 )</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:49:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The number of your years is mostly determined by the choices you make every day--especially food, exercise, and lifestyle choices.]]></description>
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<title>6 Aging, Fitness, and Health Myths Debunked-(Myth 2 0f 6)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:47:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to those experts who study the aging process around the world, our bodies are supposed to last about one-hundred years--one-hundred years--and, more importantly, we are designed to feel, function, and move well even in our advanced years.]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips to Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness-Tip #10</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:45:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Could there be any greater reward in life than to be blessed with energy, mobility, comfort, joy, and purpose, until the end of your life?  ]]></description>
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<title>6 Aging, Fitness, and Health Myths Debunked-(Myth 5 of 6)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:36:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Not only can you teach old dogs new tricks, you can also learn new tricks yourself--no matter how old you are--with the will and the commitment.]]></description>
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<title>6 Aging, Fitness, and Health Myths Debunked (Myth 1 of 6)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:20:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today, we live, on the average, to our mid-seventies.  This increase did not occur because individuals are living longer, but because there are significantly fewer deaths caused by childbirth, infant deaths, and infectious diseases spread by the lack of sanitation.   ]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips to Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness-Tip #9</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:16:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When people start learning that you are adopting a new eating regime, they will barrage you with questions.  ]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips to Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness-Tip #8</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Even the most well-intended family members and friends will consciously or unconsciously sabotage your efforts. Your change will make them feel uncomfortable, which makes them rationalize their own bad habits.  They will question you until you start doubting your own common sense and commitment to replace your unhealthy food habits with healthy ones. ]]></description>
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<title>6 Aging, Fitness, and Health Myths Debunked-(Myth 4 of 6)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:05:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By observing other cultures, we could learn how to dramatically increase our chances of nearing the hundred year mark and do so with a full, purposeful life.]]></description>
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<title>6 Aging, Fitness, and Health Myths Debunked-(Myth 6 of 6)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:02:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The primary reason why muscles and bones get weaker as we get older is because we don't use them, not because of the aging process.]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips to Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness-Tip #3</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:56:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Once you make the commitment to transform your eating habits, go on a search and destroy mission in your own kitchen.]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips to Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness-Tip #7</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:34:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Instead of trying to change all bad food habits at once, try changing one or two habits at a time. ]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips to Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness-Tip # 1</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:28:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Instead of thinking about what foods you "have to" sacrifice, focus on what foods you "get to" add to both fill you up and satisfy you.]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips to Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness-Tip #4</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:26:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn the "buzz" words that represent chemicals and foodstuffs that are harmful to you:]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips to Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness-Tip #6</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:21:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this culture of food and more food, and lots of it not very good-for-you food, there are temptations everywhere.  EVERYWHERE!]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips to Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness-Tip #5</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:17:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As you are transitioning to eating healthier foods, use the K.I.S.S. principle when it comes to preparing meals for you and your family: Keep It Simple, Silly (the real word is--stupid). ]]></description>
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<title>The Top 10 Tips to Weight Loss, Health, and Fitness-Tip #2</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:10:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We get hungry for one very fundamental reason--our bodies need nourishment.  A full stomach doesn't necessarily mean nourishment.  That's why you can eat a large meal and still feel hungry afterward--because you filled your stomach with foods empty of nutrients that feed your body.]]></description>
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<title>Trapped in the &quot;Could Have, Would Have, Should Have&quot; Box?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:57:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, you find yourself stuck in a box--the "could of, would of, should of, but didn't" box.  You are confused.  You are scared.  You want to help yourself, but really don't know where to start.]]></description>
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<title>The Moderation Myth</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:54:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We may be able to just look in the mirror to fully understand that moderation is a myth in this country.  So beware of the "eat whatever you want as long as it is in moderation" trap.]]></description>
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<title>Want Health?  Leave the Country</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:49:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you want to live longer?  You have a better chance if you leave the United States and live in some other country.

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<title>Walking Doesn't Take Time-It Gives Time</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:35:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you ready to take that first step on the path to better health, fitness, and healthy weight loss?

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<title>The Health and Fitness of a Nation - What Happened?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:53:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder why a whole culture of people, and that would be we Americans, got so fat, so out of shape, so tired, and so plagued by pain, lack of mobility, and diseases?]]></description>
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<title>The Heart of Health and Fitness.  Part 1-The Heart!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:37:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most Americans not only ignore their hearts, but actually abuse their hearts.  Unfortunately, our ignorance and our abuse can be fatal.]]></description>
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<title>The Heart of Health and Fitness: Part 2-Atherosclerosis</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:03:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is atherosclerosis, the build up of fat- and cholesterol-containing plaques in blood vessels, that kills the most people in this country.  It just hits us in different places in our bodies, and that certainly does not mean that it only affects the one place that shows symptoms.

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<title>The Big Rocks: Health, Fitness, and Life</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:20:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you lose your health, you lose your energy, your patience, your joy, and your time to be with your children or with anyone else for that matter.
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<title>Don't I Need More Protein for More Strength, Energy, Health and Fitness? (Part 1 of 2)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:56:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We do not need to eat meat protein in order to grow big, strong muscles and to generate more energy.  Plant foods provide all the protein we need for healthy, strong muscles.  
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<title>Don't I Need More Protein for More Strength, Energy, Health and Fitness? (Part 2 of 2)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:50:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, protein is NOT nature's most efficient source of fuel and energy for our bodies. 
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