Here you are again, ready to make a commitment to lose weight and stick to it! As you try to envision your success, suddenly all of the “what ifs” start running through your mind: “What if I don’t lose all of the weight I want?” “What if I never get to eat ice cream again?” “What if I don’t look as good as my neighbor who just lost a lot of weight?” “What if I gain all of the weight back?”

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Sometimes when we’re working long hours or jammed with extra responsibilities, we tend to forgo our workouts until things calm down. Instead of bailing on your exercise plan, I recommend following Einstein’s suggestion — use some imagination. I’m providing 20 easy and surefire ways to burn 100 calories.

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With temperatures still soaring high, that can mean only one thing — people’s clothes disappear like a magic act. Follow these 10 tips to get you on your way to a new you.

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OK, you are reading this, so it is safe to assume you want to lose weight. I bet you are anxiously looking for tips “to do” and a diet to “go on,” which are essential to successful weight loss, but those aren’t the only things that you need to know.

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Sure, you can lose weight quickly. There are plenty of fad diets that work to shed pounds rapidly — while leaving you feeling hungry and deprived. But what good is losing weight only to regain it? To keep pounds off permanently, it’s best to lose weight slowly. And many experts say you can do that without going on a “diet.” Instead, the key is making simple tweaks to your lifestyle. One pound of fat — is equal to 3,500 calories.

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Are you dieting and not losing weight? More than likely, some common diet mistakes are tripping you up. The truth, experts say, is that even when you’re “on a diet,” you may be eating a lot more calories than you think. There’s often a disconnect between what we know we should do to lose weight, and what we actually do while trying to diet.

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Your favorite pair of pants once zipped easily, but lately you can barely get them over your hips. Sound familiar? Most adults experience the dreaded “weight creep,” where the numbers on the scale gradually increase — and before you know it, you’re 10 pounds heavier.

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Weight loss surgery may be OK for people aged 60 and older, provided they’ve been carefully screened, a new study shows.

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Everything is going along just right until something happens that throws a wrench into your weight plan. A family member has a major illness. You get a promotion. Your responsibilities at work feel humdrum. The holidays arrive in all their cookie-covered glory.

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There are so many different weight loss pills and diet supplements available online that it is practically impossible to sort out the good ones – the ones that really work and help people, and the bad ones – those that don’t work and are complete waste of money.

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