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Betting money to increase gains isn’t a new concept. Betting money to beat the bulge, however, is. Enter, StickK.com, a site designed to motivate people to meet a wide array of lifestyle goals, ranging from weight loss to quitting smoking. StickK launched nearly three years ago and has handled over $4.7 million in stakes for nearly 50,000 contracts in that time.
Sound crazy to you? Well, it just might work if you’re trying to lose weight. Financial incentives can increase success rates in dieters more than four times over, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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1. Set the mood
Turn up the lighting in your kitchen and dining room. Dim lights make food look more attractive, which encourages binge eating.
Music may help curb stress-related eating; it can fill an inner need that might otherwise lead to overeating. If you have a certain song or CD that you know calms you down, keep it on hand.
2. Go blue
Avoid painting the walls red, yellow, and orange in the kitchen and dining areas; these colors may make us hungry! If your walls aren’t blue and repainting is just too much work, use blue silverware, blue plates, napkins, or place mats to help get the same non-hungry effect.
Use blue lights in your kitchen or dining room. In a study published in Contract magazine, gala attendees who dined in a blue room ate 33-percent less than those who ate in a yellow or red room. Blue lights make food look less appealing, while warmer colors, especially yellow, have the opposite effect. Fast-food restaurants have known and used this fact for decades, which is why almost all of them have yellowish interiors–they want you to eat more.
3. Downsize
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Like sun, cocktails, and hair gel, the danger is in overdoing it. Saturated fat occurs naturally, mostly in animal products (meat and dairy). But as you’ve noticed, it’s also in good-for-you foods like nuts, avocados, and canola and olive oils. Too much saturated fat can contribute to heart disease, but in reasonable amounts, it can actually increase “good” HDL cholesterol levels. What’s reasonable? Of the roughly 30 percent of your daily calories that should come from fat, no more than 10 percent should come from saturated fat. That’s about 16 grams.
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As much as you can trust that reality TV isn’t scripted. In a study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, menu items researchers tested exceeded stated calorie counts by an average of 18 percent. And although the health-care bill will soon mandate calorie info at many chains, enforcing accuracy hasn’t been addressed. If you’re going to entrust the fate of your thighs to anything, make it words, not numbers. Dishes that are baked, boiled, steamed, or grilled tend to be prepared with minimal added fat. Beware the words breaded, crispy, creamed, batter dipped, and buttered; they indicate that a dish is probably loaded with fat and calories.
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Women’s Health contributor Dr. Keri Glassman appeared as a guest on Good Morning America Friday morning to talk about some amazing celebrity slim-downs.
Find out how celebs like Jennifer Hudson, John Goodman, and more dropped some pounds. Also, get simple tips on how to kick the extra weight to the curb.
See the whole video here!
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Before 205 lbs
After 140 lbs
For years, being active offset 27-year-old Julie Przybyla’s high-fat diet. But the former high school cheerleader from Sacramento, California, fell off the fitness wagon when she entered Purdue University’s graduate program for pharmacology in the fall of 2005. Time-crunched, she relied on convenience foods like frozen pizza. “I never cooked for myself, and I didn’t exercise for almost two years,” she says. As Julie’s course load became heavier, so did her body. Soon, she’d packed 50 pounds onto her 5’9″ frame.
The Change
In April 2007, Julie was devastated when she had to buy size-18 pants. Stepping onto the scale for the first time in six months and seeing it flash 205 was the last straw. “I was in denial until I saw that number,” says Julie. “I realized I really had to make a change.”
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Registered dietitian and Women’s Health nutrition expert Keri Glassman appeared as a guest on Good Morning America to show you how you can indulge in frozen desserts without worrying about your waistband.
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ICE CREAM
Edy’s Slow Churned Mint Chocolate Chip Light Ice Cream—Snack Size Cup
If you’re craving real ice cream, this individually sized package is delicious and already portion-controlled, so you don’t eat an entire pint!
Serving size 1 container, 210 calories, 8g fat, 21g sugar per serving
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FROZEN YOGURT
Blue Bunny Personals All Natural Frozen Yogurt—Bordeaux Cherry Chocolate
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At the supermarket, we’re most likely to select healthy snacks (yogurt, apples) for ourselves and chose junk (chips, ice cream) for others, reports a recent study in the Journal of Consumer Research. One explanation: We tend to keep our goals–such as eating healthy or losing weight–in mind as we shop for ourselves, says lead study author Juliano Lara, Ph.D., of the University of Miami.
Make that even easier by shopping the store’s perimeter, where fresh foods (produce, fish) are found, and avoiding the snack and candy aisles.
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Turn the bottle around and take a closer look at the nutrition label. What diet soda lacks in calories it might make up for in sodium, which could actually make you thirstier. And
research shows that artificial sweeteners may cause you to crave and eat more sweet foods. One study by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio found that for every can of diet soda you drink daily, your risk of being overweight increases by 41 percent! If you want a truly figure-friendly fizzy drink, try a glass of seltzer flavored with a slice of lemon or lime.
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