now, as for a great diet program that is not a diet, but a way of life….
check out herbalife. there are tons of websites out there and it’s been around for about 26 years. it’s just marketed differently, so it’s not really HUGE program.
i am pregnant right now, so i can’t use it, b/c of the herbals that some of the programs products contain.
however, my husband started using it to feel better and lose a few inches.
he is soooo energetic, now and he lost a about 5 inches off his waist in about a month or two.
i can’t wait to use it to lose the baby weight when i’m done nursing.

it’s basically a protein shake in the morning instead of breakfast, then you take supplements (pills) 3 times a day. the supplements are basic viatamins and herbal complexes.
then, he just eats regualr meals lunch and dinner.
he adds all kinds of extra stuff to vary the shakes, too. so, you aren’t stuck with the same thing everyday. sometimes he has just chocolate, sometimes he adds bananas. there are all kinds of recipes to jazz the shakes up that won’t interfer with their nutritional value!

now, if you want to lose weight instead of maintain, like my husband, then you just eat a shake for breakfast and lunch, then eat a regular dinner.

now, if you get hungry in between, he said he never does, but sometimes he’ll eat one of the programs protein bars, or they have other stuff, like soup and other snacks that correlate with the program.

check it out….it’s worth it!

weight watchers is also really great…it helps to teach you to eat well….again, not “dieting” just monitoring what’s going into your body.
everything is o.k. to eat…as long as it’s in moderation!!!

And by the way, my name is Tara B. tooo!

Adkins is a low carb diet. We have all heard the skeptics, right, but they may also not be over weight either.

Carbs are the powerhouses that we consume everyday….however, they are also the things we store if we dont use it all up…this is why we get fat. Sugar is stored as fat. So the less carbs you consume, the less work you have to do to burn it off. But there is the catch to that, if you do nothing, your body will say to itself…..”hey what are doing straving me” and it will begin to shut down and then get into the cycle of you dont eat that much but are still gaining…..this is where exercise tricks the body. Exercise builds muscle and muscle is what causes us to burn excess fat and consumed calories. If you are only taking in “some” carbs and more proteins and veggies, then the body has to burn the fat that is already stored….this is why you lose weight. Because when you exercise, and it has used all the consumed carbs the body MUST take from the storehouses of fat we have.

I have lost 25lbs since March 06. I would have done more, but had an illness non related to diet and exercise. I was also going through a seperation and now a divorce, so my personal life caused me to do some binging and no exercise. I gained only a few pounds that i had lost, but I’m now back on my routine and i will stay, progressing at the gym. When i first started, it was only the treadmil and i could only do about 5 min. Now i have moved up to the elipitcal machine at 25min and doing upper and lower body with weight machines. I feel great. I’m looking better everyday…..and by the way, i weight myself everyday, or every other day….this works for me. Good luck and God bless. If you want more info…check my profile.

I do not weigh myself this is a problem for me so I just watch that I do not eat things not on plan. I never count carbs either. I lost 50 pounds and now in 2 1/2 years I have not made myself vomit once or felt the need to. I have maintained now 110 and feel great. I went to the Doctor recently and I haven’t gained one pound.

I have implemenyed some exercise and everything is going great now.

I started this program in October, last year. I lost over 30 pounds by December. I’ve continued to lose 15 more, but at a slower rate. I’m at my ‘ideal’ weight now, so I guess I’m okay. The neat thing about vegetables is, you can eat all you want whenever you want. I love salads, so this works well for me.

‘Nuff said?

This is the cause of people’s obesity — fortunately, this research also reveals how to stop it. It further explains that the same cause of why people get fat is also the same reason why people eventually get sick and die prematurely — often cutting off years from their lives (not to mention the quality of their lives).

People who flush these parasites out, often report rapid weight losses up to 100 lbs or more — and without changing a single thing about their diets. Not that you need to lose anywhere near that amount… but it does prove how well it works.

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