Toning Up and Weight Loss Ideas For The Summer — Page 2

Atkins makes you lose weight but it is horrible for you heart from what I know. It is a way to lose weight, but not a healthy way to lose weight. Not to mention the fact that your risk of colon cancer shoots up with all that meat. This site might be informative on the Atkins diet for you. http://www.atkinsdietalert.org/highprotein_report.htmlhttp://www.atkinsdietalert.org/highprotein_report.html>http://www.atkinsdietalert.org/highprotein_report.html I just took a Health Class and based on what I learned in there I would not reccomend Atkins to anyone. Health goes beyond getting rid of fat.

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Updated On: 5/16/04 at 11:55 PM

What about Weight Watchers? I heard their plans are really good too.

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About 6 years ago, I shed 150lbs in a year.

I was eating healthier (no more McD's or Burger King and all that crap) and walking everywhere. In all honesty I think it was the walking that did it and my metabolism has increased tremendously since then. I actually can eat fast food again... actually, last night I sat and ate a whole pizza myself, but we won't go there haha.

Seriously though, when I say I walked everywhere, I really did. I lived in a fairly residential neighborhood at the time, and would try and walk at least an hour a night. Toss on your sneakers, grab your discman or your MP3 player (or hell, many a time you could catch me walking all over the place catching up with friends on my cell phone) and just walk... if you have to go someplace and it's a beautiful day out, walk there instead of driving or taking a bus or subway (obviously unless it's a billion miles away, but you know what I mean).

Whatever you do though, DONT starve yourself or cut the amount of food you're eating tremendously. Just change WHAT you're eating. Contrary to popular belief, if you suddenly begin eating only very small amounts of food it's going to take you twice as long to lose the weight you want to.

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Updated On: 5/16/04 at 06:41 PM