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This is a pretty good and very honest video by someone that appears to be be using the Medifast weight loss program. It is quite evident that she is not

a paid user of the program. The quality of the video leaves much to be desired, so it is evident that it is not some slick sales production.

If you are thinking of using or trying out the Medifast weight loss system. The 10 tips that she offers are pretty common sense and yet well worth listening.

What was interesting was the fact that she makes you realize that losing weight (and the Medifast System) is something that you must prepare for and begin on a date set in advance. Watch this video and it will be worth your time.

I am struggling at the weight loss game. Have been working out hard for 6 weeks now and have shown little progress on the scale. I’m 31 with 2 children and my metabolism seems to be crawling to a halt!

Can the BodyBugg make me lose weight?  I just want to be thin again!

HELP!!!

BODYBUGG BY 24Hour Fitness

The bodybugg® is a state-of-the-art calorie management system that’s helping people across the nation lose weight and stay in control of their weight loss.  This video is a simple and straight forward explanation of how the BodyBugg works.  After watching this video you will realize how effective and powerfull this tool can be to help you lose weight.

We here at I Choose Thin have used the BodyBugg and we know how well it really works.  What we hope you will realize is that the BodyBugg is not some magic tool that makes the weight just fall off your body.  What BodyBugg does is that it provides you real time information of what YOU ARE DOING TO YOUR BODY. 

What that means is that the BodyBugg simply informs you of how many calories you have burned and how many calories you have eaten. (You must enter in your food consumption.) At the end of the day you can see how many calories you have either burned or how much fat you have added to your body. 

Realizing that the magic number is 3,500 calories, you can easily see the direction you are headed.  Since there are 3.500 caolories in a pound you will soon see the trend you are creating.  If you overeat with the BodyBugg on, you will just get fatter.  If you have a calorie deficit you will lose weight.

The only thing that BodyBugg does is that it gives you the information you need to make valuable eating and exerise decisions that will set you on the needed course to lose weight. 

The rest is up too you! 

BodyBugg by 24Hour Fitness

Hey guys I lost 4.6 pounds this week!!! I also ordered Turbo Jam.

If I skip a meal on nutrisystem (dessert) should I have it the next morning with breakfast, or just forget about it? I ask because I know that there’s a reason they give desserts with the plan… it obviously helps with weight loss or else they wouldn’t offer it.

What is the average weight loss (a week) for people on the NutriSystem Program? What are your favorite meals? Why? What are you dislikes? How long have you been on the program? How much weight have you loss? **So many questions because I want to purchase the program later on today. I have heard the food is really nasty. I would love to drop about 30 pounds.

In the third installment of 11 News’ Fit At Five series, a college student who said he knew it was time to change his life when he couldn’t get a size 2X sweatshirt over his head found a way to lose more than 200 pounds.

We receive so many emails from young and old alike wanting to lose weight and then being upset that they do not know how to lose weight.  Since we are trying to help the masses, we must tell you the usual disclaimer that if you want to start a weight loss program you should go visit your doctor before starting any sort of program because there may be some hidden risks or ailments.  Now that we have said the required, let us say what really needs to be said.  If you are tired of being overweight, then do something about it.  Get educated, read books, search the web and for heavens sake, stop blaming the world for your demise!  If a person wants to lose weight they will do what is needed to make it happen.  If a person desires to lose the weight that has taken years to put on, then it must be realized that it will takes quite some time to take that same weight off.  A person needs to make this decision them self and this decision cannot be forced upon them for any reason, unless the individual wants it to happen.

If you are a person that wants to lose weight and have made it to this point, then listen to what we have to say.  Figure out how many pounds you want to lose and then divide it by 1.5.  (ie: 100 pounds divided by 1.5 results with an answer of 66)  So in this example you want to lose 100 pounds and when you divide that by 1.5 pounds a week, you must understand that comes out to 66 weeks of effort….. 66 weeks of effort!!  Let’s repeat that again…….if you want to lose 100 pounds a good goal is that it will take you 66 weeks of effort.  Sure, if you were to be on The Biggest Loseryou would lose it faster, but chances are you are not going to appear on the show.

Realistic weight loss goals are essential to weight loss and 1.5 pounds a week is a fantastic and a realistic goal.  The first week you should lose weight faster, but when the body adjusts to the new lifestyle, 1.5 pounds each week is realistic. 

Now that you have a great goal set, you need to understand that your motivation needs to be there for the long run.  You must understand that all of the choices that you make over the next 66 weeks are your choices.  If you choose to start some silly weight loss fad diet that is not what you can do for the rest of your life, the failure will be all yours.  You will own that failure.  If you decide to start say…the cabbage soup diet, expect failure.  If you decide to do anything but a plan that you can stick to for the rest of your life, then it is an exercise in futility that will only end with a feeling of another weight loss failure.  You need to not start a diet, you need to start a new way of life.  In that life you will be confronted with food and exercise decisions on a daily basis.

If you go to work and eat three donuts from the break room, that is okay.  The reason it is okay is because the choice, the decision and the weight gain are owned by you.  If you can’t keep away from certain foods in an effort to shed weight, then your motivation to lose weight is not as strong as you may think.  We will not and sit and coddle you about past decisions and events in your life that led you to become fat, that is for Jillian Michaelsand Bob Harperto deal with, so read the books they have written.  We are not saying you don’t have an over-riding emotional issue that causes you to eat too much.  We just want you realize and understand that your past weight loss failures are like ice cream on the side walk.  There is nothing you can do about them and if you want to make a change for the future…..you can.  If you try to make that change and keep failing, maybe you do not really want to make that change. Maybe you feel safe being fat.  Maybe this and maybe that….bla bla bla!!!

If you want to lose weight then realize you and only you can make it happen.  Stop the sodas, all of it, diet soda included.  Stop the candy, slow down on the salt, keep track of the calories you eat (FitDay is a great online tool) and for your own sake, get out and do some exercise four or five times a week by joining a health club.  If you slip and slide during your weight loss journey it is alright because you are not in competition with anyone.  If you slip, pick yourself up and keep moving and keep trying.  The past is history and the future has not yet happened.

Whatever you decide to do, the decision will be owned by you.  If you want to be 100 pounds lighter, then in 66 weeks it could be a reality, but only if you put forth the effort and maintain a sense of sustained motivation.

Good Luck!!  You can do it, anybody can!  Your future has not been written yet, but one day soon, your future will be your past and that day is coming whether you want it to or do not want it to.  66 weeks from this moment will occur one way or the other.

Getting motivated to lose weight has never been a problem for me. The problem has always been the lack of ability to sustain that motivation for the time period needed to lose the weight.

All too often I would see the television show “The Biggest Loser” and resolve to lose the weight and eat better. Somewhere along the journey of the season of “The Biggest Loser” I would slack off and soon it would be the season finale. I would be watching the formally obese contestants flaunt all of their weight loss and say to myself that “I need to go back on that diet”. Somewhere along the way I would waiver from the diet plan and be settled into being over weight again.

It was during the shows most recent finale that I decided enough is enough and it was time to get serious about my own personal weight loss. I had read many books and watched infomercials and I have always come up short. It was this time that I realized that what I was missing was self determination to lose 100 pounds. I decided that my past failures were because I have come up short on sustained motivation because of my lack of self discipline.

Sustained motivation because of a lack of self discipline has always been the overwhelming reason behind my failure to lead a healthier lifestyle. This may seem like a simple statement but it is true. All too often our desire is not rooted deep enough in the decision we make to lose the weight. We launch ourselves headlong into the weight loss quest and limit our ability to maintain our motivation because of the lack of knowledge we possess. The one issue I see present in many weight loss “wannabes” is they do not know what needs to be known to make correct food and exercise choices. One of my early questions was what kind of “diet” plan are you going to start? I have learned that if it is not a plan you can live with for ten years then chances are you will ultimately fail.

The entire weight loss journey is similar to putting a jigsaw puzzle together while horseback riding. In your life you are required to keep moving and make your “diet” plan work for you in the real world. Sure you could lose weight skipping carbs, but could you forgo carbs for 10 years?

You need to wrap your mind around your quest to lose weight. By that I mean you need to obtain basic knowledge and then by applying that knowledge into your daily decisions you will increase your motivation through small achievements. As those achievements come to life you begin to groom the growth of your self confidence which will feed your motivation that will help you to be able to sustain your motivation.

Knowledge is power and that statement holds ever so true in weight loss. With this discovery I have been able to lose 20 pounds to date!

When you are trying to lose weight you must realize that not everyday is going to be a day of weight loss. Some days you will think you are doing it all right and the next trip to the scale you are shocked to realize you gained weight. There will be days you will see results and you will tend to get discouraged. The point I want to make clear here is that losing weight is not and you should not let it all be scale based.

Even if you go through a period of minimal pounds on the scale being lost you need not despair. If you are truly doing what needs to be done you will be losing inches off of your waistline. As you progress in your attempt to lose weight you will become healthier and that health improvement is what weight loss really needs to be about. If you are trying to lose 20 pounds do not give up when the scale seems to be fighting back. The whole point about weight loss should be perceived as a health gain and not about pounds being lost. If you choose to be healthy the weight will get lower and your health will improve.

Do not get discouraged when the time comes that you are having a hard time to lose some weight. If you just keep plugging it will all happen for you one day in the not too distant future. By not giving up on yourself you are bound to succeed once you realize your only competition is yourself. If you need some encouragement for the final push, eDiets is a great place to go. Whatever you do just give yourself a break and chill. Just keep plugging away and do not give up.