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By Rose on November 02, 2009  |  Comments 1

Very Fast Weight Loss (too fast?)

The Optifast diet is being used by a family member and I have been noting her progress here because any info we can get about weight loss is interesting and useful. I am not saying look this is great so go and so it. Optifast is radical! It is a  FAST. That means you don’t [...]

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By Rose on October 14, 2009  |  Comments 0

Quick Weight Loss With VLCD

There is very fast weight loss with Optifast. Its pretty exciting and motivating when you weigh yourself after 1 week and discover you have- LOST 3.3 kg  / 7.27lbs in the first week! Yes-this is how much weight my aunt has lost in her first week on Optifast. She has been as good as gold [...]

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By Rose on October 14, 2009  |  Comments 1

Does The Optifast Diet Work

I wonder if anyone has tried Optifast? If so I would love to hear from you. I am going to talk about  the Optifast Diet because I have some experience with it.  A family member of mine has been doing it and so I thought I would review it here. Optifast is a diet that [...]

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By Rose on October 02, 2009  |  Comments 1

Wii Fit Now Cheaper

My favorite  fitness game Nintendo Wii Fit got cheaper this week.  On September 27, 2009, Nintendo released the news that the price for the Wii console was dropped from the original $249.99 to only $199.99. The Wii console is available at Amazon.com. Buying at Amazon is a good way to go because they are fast and [...]

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By Rose on April 08, 2009  |  Comments 0

Atkins Diet Revolution Review

The First Modern Low Carb High Protein Diet The Atkins diet was first published in the early 1970s. In the mid 1990s a revised version “Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution” was published and the low carbohydrate craze began again. It has been roundly condemned by the establishment. To be honest I feel a little apprehensive about [...]

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By Rose on March 19, 2009  |  Comments 0

Fasting for Weight Loss?

Has it ever occurred to you that you could lose weight really quickly if you just stopped eating? You will burn up around 70 calories per hour, ie 1600 per day even if you stay in bed all day. It is obvious that if someone is starved, and we have all see those pitiful famine [...]

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After Optifast What?

Before Christmas I wrote about my aunt who was doing the Optifast very low calorie diet. I said I would report on her follow up results. She lost in all 10 kg in 3 months which she was very pleased with. These were the problems that she had to contend with: She was not able [...]

Dukan Diet Is Low Carb

I didn’t write about the Dukan Diet yesterday as promised and that is because I was reading the book. The Dukan Diet book arrived from Amazon and I was devouring it so I could write a useful post on the topic. I discovered that just reading the brief outline of the diet plans as you [...]

Dukan Diet

Heard about the Dukan Diet? Well if not you certainly will soon. The Dukan Diet is the latest weight loss diet to attempt to give us a foolproof way to lose our excess fat and flatten that belly fat. Belly fat? Oh how tired I am of seeing those animated ads for bannishing belly fat! [...]

Do Fat Burners Work?

Fat Burners: The Truth Fat burner supplements are advertised everywhere these days – on the internet, in magazines and even on TV. The ads almost always feature a very lean fitness model or bodybuilder and claim that these products, usually pills, were the secret to their six pack abs and very low body fat levels. [...]

Greenlane Diet

Greenlane Hospital is a specialist heart surgery hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. The Greenlane diet has travelled around the world by word of mouth. Its origins are as a quick weight loss diet for very obese subjects needing urgent heart surgery. Well that is the story and it rings true. Morbidly obese people are at [...]

How to Keep Hunger Away

Have you heard of Leptin? Leptin is one of the hormones responsible for increased hunger. It also interacts with other hormones, such as ghrelin and CCK, which have an effect on your appetite. Serum leptin is strongly linked to fat mass. The fatter you are, the higher your leptin levels. The link is even stronger [...]