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The Transfer of Trans Fats - A study resulted in weight gain with trans fat consumption, even when calorie levels were maintained. But even more disturbing was the distribution of fat. continue | Foods Highest in Trans-Fats

The Fast Food Diet - Fast food can be an option for dieters. Diet Bites provides Calorie-Wise selections for dieters. continue

Daily Diet Makeover - How to cut calories and fat without giving up favorite foods. click to continue

Oh, Those Confusing Labels - How to make mincemeat out of dough wads. click to continue

Food Association - Just the smell of fresh popcorn can trigger our food desires. But something deeper and dearer to the heart may be our strongest trigger for eating. continue

Goji Berries - Super food OR over-rated promises? continue

When Eating Becomes a Pastime - When eating to live becomes living to eat. Tips to recognize & break the weight gain cycle. continue

Party On Diet Dudes! - Bring down the Diet House with our New Year's Party Planner that is diet friendly and oh-so-good. continue

Eating May Be Addictive - No kidding, Dick Tracy. Nonetheless, we've got some skinny solutions to ponder during this festive time of year - more festive for some, than others...... continue

Is There a Skeleton in Your Diet Closet? - What's that rapping, rapping at your Diet Closet Door? Could it be Weight Gain? Nevermore! Time to let the skeleton out of your Closet Door. continue

Are you suffering from Fiberitis - not knowing quite where to place your Fiber Faith? Although bombarded by bottles, tablets, wafers and pills - there is a natural option. continue

Using Your Diet Marbles to Achieve Weight Loss Success

The Diet Double-Take

Things aren't always what they seem to be, even when dieting....

Tom and I reside out in the sticks and the other day, I had a lesson in learning that 'things are not always what they seem to be'.

As I was traveling home down a winding country lane, I saw a cow who appeared to be in heavy labor as she was standing near a barbed-wire fence. She was all hunched over, and having seen many a cow in labor in my day, I immediately became aware of what I presumed was occurring.

The cow was a big cow with a black body and white face. And as I slowed down to pass her, my eyes looked like two giant fried eggs as I saw the head of a grown cow sticking out of the heifer's behind.

As I did a double-take, I realized that my presumption was way off. What was really standing before me was not one cow, but two - standing in opposite directions. Their legs were perfectly matched and the cow facing the other cow's behind was a bit taller - which explained that hunched-over look.

Dieting is much like my bovine experience. We start out thinking that a particular diet plan is 'all that' and a few days (or hours) into the plan, we're doing a Diet Double-Take. We may think, "Why am I sacrificing myself for this idiot diet? There must be a smarter method for dropping these pesky pounds".

And so many diet plans these days have gimmicks. These gimmicks serve to plug a little fun into our weight loss experience and help take our minds off the fact that we're letting go of our comfortable Diet Past in order to drop pounds. Although we can't enjoy our morning sugar-filled soda and donut, we can enjoy a 'carbless' lunch OR a 'fat-free dinner' or a 'reduced calorie no-nothing' before we go to bed tonight. Or, if we're basking in the folly of a fad diet - such as the Cabbage Soup Diet, we may not be able to enjoy our Mexican fiesta for dinner, but boy-oh-boy that bowl of cabbage soup is really going to hit the spot at dinner time. It's going to be so good that we may even enjoy two bowls. Oh, what the heck - it's so low in calories, why not enjoy the whole pot?

And what about that 'beach' diet - you know, the one located on the South side? Funny thing, but the longer one stays on the diet, the more 'beachy' one feels. They may even experience an 'out-of-body' mirage in which they envision hunky lifeguards and a sandy beach where bikini-clad beauties slap around a volleyball. But the illusion swiftly fades. While Diet Gimmicks can help take the sting out of weight loss, they tend to be very short lived. That's why it is vital to the survival of your weight loss plan that you keep the focus real. Here are a few diet tips that may help:

- If your daily diet isn't patterned after the Official Food Pyramid, do a Diet Double-Take. The Food Pyramid contains the essential building blocks of total nutrition.

- Totally restricting fat from your diet can create more health woes & risks than having too much fat in the diet. There are many misconceptions among the common public regarding oils such as:

• all oils are unhealthy
• all oils come in a bottle or a can (of lard or shortening)
• all oils clog arteries and contribute to heart disease

All of the above assumptions are false. Healthy fat sources include: olive oil, nuts & many species of fish (such as orange roughy, salmon, tuna). Fresh fish certainly doesn't come in a bottle or can. As to oil clogging arteries and contributing to heart disease, healthy oils can actually combat heart disease. So if your diet doesn't contain oil - do a Diet Double-Take.

- If your weight loss plan contains a plethora of exercise that you're finding difficult to accomplish, then it's time to do a Diet Double-Take. Pushing the body beyond it's capabilities may in turn push the body over the Edge of No Diet Return.

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What Causes Weight Gain? - Too many carbs? Stress, which in turn creates belly fat? Inadequate exercise? The answer is very simple.... continue | Unlikely Causes of Weight Gain | Natural Causes of Weight Gain

Free Quick Meals Menus for Dieters - Step out of that furry cave dress & loincloth and into the Modern Day World with these tasty, low calorie menus that won't blow your diet and that will leave you with enough time on your hands for more important things - like candle making. continue

Daylight Savings Time May Contribute to Weight Gain - Getting in an extra hour of sleep amid the sweeping-in of autumn is sweet music to the Sandman but doing such may have our weight scales on the upswing. To demonstrate our point, meet Todd who has just awoken from his extended slumber, a gift from Mr. Daylight Savings Time.... continue