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Weight Loss Inspiration and Tips Links
Here are some of our favorite links to inspire you! Let us know your favorites so we can add them here.
Free Weight Loss Tips:
- Weight Loss Online
- Dr Phil's Web site -
He's been in the
news lately with his new book and
focus on weight loss. - USDA
article on how to lose weight and
how successful dieters keep weight off. - Goodhousekeeping.com has articles,
tips, and more.
Organizations:
Understanding Obesity:
- NIH article on adult obesity - explains and provides useful information on BMI, etc. Also lists exercises (and illustrates with photographs) for very large people.
- CDC Frequently
Asked Questions on obesity - lots of good information here.
Click here to see U.S. obesity facts & figures.
- CDC article - explains what we know and what we don't know about obesity.
- CDC article on genetics and obesity.
- Excellent UK site with numerous articles about obesity.
Weight Loss Programs:
- This site describes several weight loss plans, including TOPS, Weight Watchers, and others. It also describes several diets, such as the Atkins and Zone diets.
Articles:
- This article provides an overview on causes and treatments of adult and childhood obesity. Very informative.
- Journal of the American Medical Association short article, with chart, to find out whether you are obese.
- Six tips to eating healthy.
- 25 treats under 300 calories. A list for you. Or create your own!
- Click here to go to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's (FDA's) web page list of articles on weight loss.
- Click here to go to additional FDA articles on weight loss and nutrition.
- "Ways to Win at Weight Loss" by the FDA
- Lots of weight loss articles (click here for a list) at weight-loss-i.com
Research:
- Great site on obesity drugs, research, etc.
Diets:
Although we don't endorse any of these diets, here are some of the popular ones (we tried to find the "official" sites for you.
- Going Vegetarian - Tips and Info.( from a federal government site)
- Free Diet Tips.com (evaluates several popular diets and lists potential problems)
- Atkins diet (official Atkins site)
- Atkins diet article (MSN)
- Atkins diet articles (Walk It Off Challenge - UK articles on the Atkins diet)
- 3-day miracle diet (PDF file) (Click here if you need to download the free Adobe Reader.)
- Vegetarian diets
- Vegetarian Food Pyramid
- Vegan diets
- South Beach diet
- MSN article on the South Beach diet.
- The Zone Diet (MSN article)
- Master Cleanser Diet (lemonade, cayanne pepper, and maple syrup fast)
- Submit your favorite diet sites by clicking here.
Exercise Links:
- Click here to go to our page describing great exercise links!
- Free walking program to inspire you - Walk It Off Challenge - UK. Great site with lots of good articles to inspire you!
Health and Medical Sites:
- MEDLINE Plus is a U.S. government site that is very useful!
- Click here to go to Alaska Medical Clinic's list of medical links, including the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, and many more. Includes links to state of Alaska and federal government sites as well as national organization sites.
Editorials:
- "Chewin' the Fat" - Interesting opinion piece on why Americans are overweight, focusing on a study that blames our suburban lifestyle.
Weight Loss Web Sites and Groups:
Tools:
- Calorie-burning calculator (a commercial site, but a handy calculator showing calories burned per exercise)
- BMI calculator
Commercial Sites with Good Information:
- Discovery Health Channel - Weight Loss
- Bob Greene's
web site - You've seen him on Oprah; here is his new site. Lots of tips,
such as
how to dirnk more water. (Though this is a "dot org," it seems to be a commercial site, designed to sell books, tapes, and other commercial products. It also includes an ad from McDonald's.) Even the journal and exercise software downloads cost money. However, there are some useful articles on this site; you just have to search for them.
Getting Through a Plateau
- An article from Weight Watchers Australia
- 10 Ways to Beat a Plateau
- An article from ivillage (United Kingdom)
- Article in the Diet Forum
- FitFAQ.com article
- WhyWeight? stories
- WebMD article
Chocolate Cravings Links:
- Short article; suggests sipping hot chocolate
- Women, Hormones & Chocolate
- http://www.annecollins.com/diet_news/naloxone-chocoholics.htm (about a study using nalaxone)
New Y ear's Resolutions & Weight Loss
Exercise & Food Chart in Excel - Free Template! Click here to go to downloads.
BMI - What Is It and Is Mine Too High? Click here to check your height and weight against a BMI table.
Getting through a Plateau - see bottom of links page.
GET A WEIGHT LOSS DIARY FREE
Click here to download our 16-week weight loss diary and calendar (in Word). Or go to our downloads page for more!
NEW - Here is our 3-month 2004 food diary and exercise calendar, also in Word.
Click here if you want a PDF version of the 16-week food diary (99 pages).
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