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It's so easy to get overwhelmed.

A plan to lose weight, start a fitness program, save money, spend more time volunteering, get out the door faster every morning -- or do anything new -- can be stymied before you even start... if it seems too difficult to achieve. Like most of us, you'll be tempted to just give up.

But don't.

There's a simple solution to streamlining your goals, plans, even beauty routines, so you actually accomplish what you've set out to do... successfully.

Let's say you've decided to lose 10 pounds by the start of summer, which is about 12 weeks from now. That should give you enough time, but it's still not easy for most people to do. Instead, why not consider losing five pounds in six weeks? Once you've hit your goal, you'll simply repeat the goal of losing five pounds in six weeks. By summer, you will have successfully lost the ten pounds.

It's daunting to try to change your life -- even if it's something as seemingly simple as losing a few pounds or starting an exercise program. People who make New Year's Resolutions each January, usually fail, because the goals are unrealistic and therefore unreachable. "The 50% Solution" is a psychological approach to cutting your goals roughly in half, allowing you to reach them more quickly, thereby giving you the motivation you need to keep going.

There are many ways to use "The 50% Solution" to simplify your life and increase the success rate of just about anything you set out to do:

Here's another example: A few girlfriends and I recently lamented how we don't see each other often enough. We made plans to have a standing weekly breakfast date, but with everyone's busy schedule, this proved to be too ambitious. The solution was to meet every other week, which turned out to be achievable for everyone.

It's all about setting realistic goals -- not overly ambitious ones that can never be met -- and even then, cutting them back by 50%. And it's a way of streamlining your life to make room for what's truly important.

Staying connected is a powerful tool: "Friend" me on Facebook, "Tweet" me on Twitter, and "Pin" me on Pinterest. Stay well . . .

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Barbara Hannah Grufferman: The 50% Solution: How Doing a Little More (or Less) Can Change Your Life

The Irish Times - Saturday, March 24, 2012

Following the scrum debacle at Twickenham, former Ireland and Leinster tighthead prop EMMETT BYRNEattempts to demystify the dark arts of the front row, explaining the roles of the loosehead and tighthead props, the mechanics of the scrum and looks at what Ireland could have done to survive in London

THE ROLE OF THE TIGHTHEAD PROP

IN BROAD terms, he must lock the scrum and represents the most important player because his position is the most vulnerable point in a scrum in terms of weight and leverage and therefore represents the weakest point where the opposition attack. On his feed he tries to stabilise the scrum and on opposition ball he works in conjunction with the rest of the pack to try and fracture the opposing scrum.

He wont lead the attack; the loosehead will start it and hell follow. The natural weight of the scrum is on the looseheads side. At tighthead youre playing against two players, the loosehead and the hooker. You have to deal with two people and more often than not they are underneath you which hands them a biomechanical advantage.

The revised scrum laws demand of a prop that his shoulders must be in line with, if not above, his hips. In the old days a tighthead was able to lower the height of the scrum by any means possible and this included dipping the shoulders well below hip height. The laws now facilitate the loosehead to get under the tighthead.

The looseheads head, neck and shoulder are under his chest. Thats difficult to defend against. The tighthead needs to understand the change of angles required to minimise the surface area the loosehead can work with. Obvious physics suggest that if he can get right in under his chest, he is going to do more damage than if you just give him a small area under your right shoulder.

By changing angles and distribution of weight you can actually minimise the surface area that you present to a loosehead. The other important job a tighthead must do is lower the height of the scrum. People are obsessed with pre-engagement height but it is not as important as post-engagement height. Pre-engagement optimal height is proportional to force production, trying to get too low will reduce this. You must also be relaxed so as not to engage antagonistic muscle groups which will slow you down. On engagement you exert maximal force, lower the height and are rigid like a statue while taking short steps maintaining optimal force. On the feed of the ball another shift in angle counters the opposition snap drive, this, however, requires accurate timing. There is more than one way to scrum as a tighthead and the best in the business can problem solve from one scrum to the next.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FRONTROW AFTER THE SCRUM ENGAGES

The loosehead cannot push forward unless he lifts first; this destabilises the tighthead. The latter must apply downward pressure. If the tighthead only applies forward pressure hes going to be forced to stand up. He must apply forward and downward pressure simultaneously. This is where the new training regimes of the last seven of eight years in terms of props have changed, with great core strength a priority.

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Beyonce flaunted her slim post-baby body on Monday night in New York City for a fundraiser held by Michelle Obama for the President's re-election campaign, wearing a snug blue dress that showcased her weight loss.

Her appearance with a slimmed down figure comes just 10 weeks after giving birth to her daughter, baby Blue Ivy Carter, attending the event with husband Jay-Z, 42, mom Tina Knowles and mother-in-law Gloria Carter.

Beyonce, 30, was wearing a dress by Victoria Beckham, according to Yahoo Newsto the fundraiser at New York's Greenwich Hotel, pairing it with a long necklace, strapped heels and electric blue nail polish.

But how did she lose the baby weight and get that flat tummy back so quickly?

According to Star magazine, trainer Marco Borges has been living in her home where she exercises twice a day at 5 a.m. and 5 p.m.

"Beyonc and Marco are up at 5 a.m. for a two-hour workout, and they do it again at 5 p.m.," an unnamed source told Star. "They do a mix of cardio, Pilates, plyometrics, yoga and, of course, dance."

Beyonce has also complemented her strict workout regimen with a diet of "protein shakes, egg-white omelets, pineapple chunks, and lots of ice-cold water"

"Beyonc and Marco are up at 5 a.m. for a two-hour workout, and they do it again at 5 p.m.," the source told Star. "They do a mix of cardio, Pilates, plyometrics, yoga and, of course, dance."

In addition to the weight loss, Beyonce announced on Tuesday that she will hold her first post-baby performance during Memorial Day weekend in Atlantic City with a trio of concerts from May 25 to May 27.

"Brand new resort + Memorial Day Weekend + summer kickoff party + new live show = Beyonc getting back to business live on stage at Revel," the post on her website said. "Three exclusive shows with the unstoppable star at the brand new beachfront resort.'"

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[In this reprinted #altdevblogaday opinion piece, Zenimax Online Studios' Mike Jungbluth senior animator explains why you should be drawing, and how to get started even if all you can draw are stick figures.]

Artists know this phrase all to well. They hear it from peers. From mentors and idols. From themselves. I am thinking it over and over now as I type this. It is a mantra that is always haunting me. Guilting me.

You should be drawing

Why does that phrase hold so much power? Does it do more harm than good? What is so important about drawing anyway?

The best answer I've ever heard1 in regards to that question is "Everyone draws when they are a kid, and then most people grow out of it. I just never grew out of it." For me, that perfectly sums up why I should be drawing. It is creativity and fun in its purest form.

Drawing is a tool for play and communication. And an incredibly powerful tool at that. It can be academic or it can be entirely free form. It can be permanent or fleeting. It can be beautiful or it can be crass. It can be honest or it can be deceiving. And best of all, it can be done by anyone, at anytime, anywhere.

This is inevitably the part where someone says, "Sure, but all I can draw is stick figures." So what, that hasn't stopped others from being successful. Stick figures are action figures that can never break. Skill level isn't important.Even your meeting doodles are incredibly valuable.

What is important is that drawing affords an outlet that requires only the most basic of tools and technology, which can then scale infinitely to the artist's wishes. Drawing allows you to cut through any technology or large production constraints and get right to the heart of execution. All you need to do is approach art like you would game design.

You should be playing

Drawing, at its core, is play. You are given an open world with a set of tools and only one core objective. Make your mark. Which probably explains why kids love drawing and adults are terrified by it. The only structure that exists is what you bring to it, and adults bring so much ridiculous structure when they are given the chance to draw that they just freeze up.

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Name: Nancy Pettit Age: I'm a sizzling 63-years-old! Height: 5'6" Before Weight: 275 to 280 pounds

How I Gained It: Its not like I woke up one morning to suddenly find myself fat, frumpy and frazzled; Id been like that for a lifetime. As a kid, family meals were large and included home-baked bread, cookies and pie. I was a chubby grade-schooler with an insatiable appetite and seemed drawn to carbohydrates and fat.

Weight was a frequent topic with my mom and grandma. They talked about dieting regularly and yet all family members except my father were overweight or obese. My dieting career began in sixth grade when my mom and I started using candy-like caramels to be eaten with a cup of hot water or tea about half an hour before meals for appetite-suppression. I counted calories and spent summers at fat camp; once school resumed, I spent money earned babysitting on corn nuts or shoestring potatoes from the school vending machine and made frequent stops at the drug store for candy bars or a chocolate sundae from the Dairy Queen on my walk home from school.

I was mortified to be the heaviest girl in the classroom and was frequently nagged by my mom about my weight. She said things like "Fat girls don't danceBoys don't ask fat girls out on datesYoure going to have your picture taken so stand up straight and suck it inGet on the scale and lets see how much damage youve done.

Dieting and binging became my pattern; Id be "good for a while by skipping meals or only having liquid shakes, and then reward myself with candy and ice cream.

I did all kinds of fad diets. In anticipation of my wedding and the ensuing photographs, my mother told me about a clinic in town that offered diet shots with a 500 calorie diet plan. I was accustomed to dieting for special occasions and looked great in my size 12 wedding dress. After the honeymoon, I blew out of my trousseau and went right back to construction worker-sized servings!

Then I heard about a diet doctor who had a program using "rainbow pills" and started his regime. Each week I got four envelopes containing red, yellow, blue and green pills, each to be taken at various times of the day along with a very low calorie diet. I didn't feel well, but behaved around food and lost weight. When I was unable to continue to afford the pills, my weight rapidly returned.

Over the next two decades, my aunt and grandma paid for me to go to several dieting centers, but my pattern was predictable: get on a diet for a special occasion, get off the diet, repeat. We spent thousands of dollars for program fees, medication and diet food. In 1991, I talked my husband into enrolling in a diet program but once I reached my goal weight of 140 pounds, I celebrated by porking-out and couldnt get back in the diet groove.

For the next few years, I half-heartedly dieted with always the same results: I'd lose weight initially, then feel hungry and moody and become unable to sustain the diet long enough to reach and maintain a healthy weight.

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Weight Loss Success: Nancy Pettit Found A Diet Plan She Could Stick To And Lost 140 Pounds

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) March 20, 2012

Nutritionist Cynthia Sass, coauthor of the New York Times bestselling phenomenon Flat Belly Diet!, delivers the ultimate weight loss plan in S.A.S.S. Yourself Slim: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds, and Lose Inches (HarperOne; $15.99; March 20, 2012; ISBN: 978-0-06-197465-6).

When Cynthias weight loss plan was first published last year, it was an instant New York Times best seller. As more and more people discovered the book by watching Cynthias television appearances or reading interviews, they logged onto her website and her Facebook page. Soon a community of men, women, and couples sprung up, and began sharing tips, ideas, and recipes with Cynthia and each other. Before long, Cynthias Facebook fan page morphed into a mini-support group. A number of those success stories are featured in the book and over a year later, this group is still happily following the plan!

As Cynthia explains, Ive had the incredible pleasure of connecting, via e-mail and social media, with many of the thousands of people who have benefited from the planMany of my readers who had tried countless diets found that this was the first weight loss plan that worked for them, because it was the only one that didnt lead to feelings of deprivation and cravings. Others told me that adopting this plan created a terrific ripple effect: their husbands and kids love the meals too, and they no longer have to make separate, unsatisfying 'diet ' meals for themselves. And in some of the most moving comments, readers shared how they learned to overcome emotional eating by using the plan and techniques in this booksomething I consider to be the true foundation of long-term weight control and optimal health.

S.A.S.S. Yourself Slim can profoundly change the way one looks and feels in just 30 days. It combines dramatic short-term weight loss results up to eight pounds in five days with a 25-day uniquely simple nutrition program that produces sustainable weight loss without calorie counting or relying on complex charts. The plan calls for four nourishing and satisfying meals a day. There is even a daily serving of dark chocolate mandatory.

S.A.S.S. Yourself Slim establishes order to end diet chaos irregular meal schedules, binge eating, and so on but as Cynthia writes, You wont feel like youre in diet boot camp.Unlike many weight loss plans, my approach isnt about starving, restricting, or depriving yourself. Its all about giving your body precisely what it needs to get to your ideal weight and feel absolutely amazing every step of the way.

S.A.S.S. Yourself Slim is a 30-day plan in two parts. Part one is a 5-Day Fast Forward option that jump starts results. It calls for four simple meals a day, made from just five foods: spinach, almonds, raspberries, eggs, and yogurt (or vegan-friendly alternatives). Cynthia selected these foods because each is filling, rich in detoxifying and health-protecting nutrients, and has been scientifically shown to specifically support weight loss. Using these five superior foods in various combinations daily for five days gives your body, mind, and taste buds a fresh start and will help melt away up to eight pounds quickly.

Part two is a 25-day plan (30 days if you forego the Fast Forward option) which also calls for four meals a day, but now draws from a broad but specific array of food choices. And with this part of the plan, dieters can easily drop a size in just one month. The Core is based on cutting edge research and three key rules that work in synergy to provide real and lasting results:

The book also includes chapters on emotional eating, falling in love with walking, and an entire chapter devoted to the health and weight loss benefits of the daily dark chocolate escape. On this plan dieters can shed pounds while enjoying satisfying recipes, such as Berry Almond French Toast, a Smoked Gouda and Grilled Onion Salad, Ginger Pear Smoothie, and Shrimp Creole. Vegetarians, vegans, and those following a gluten free diet can also follow this plan to achieve sustainable weight loss success.S.A.S.S. Yourself Slim teaches how to slim the body and refocus your attention and energy on living and enjoying life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Cynthia Sass is a registered dietitian, the nutrition consultant to the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays, and the nutritionist behind and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Flat Belly Diet! She is a contributing editor at Shape magazine, and appears regularly on television programs including the Today Show, Good Morning America, and CBS This Morning. Visit Cynthia online at http://www.cynthiasass.com *formerly published as Cinch!: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds, and Lose Inches

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"Good Morning America" is teaming up with Reader's Digest on a special series, "13 Things Experts Won't Tell You." This month, Reader's Digest unveils the secrets to weight loss, as outlined in the new book, "The Digest Diet," a new, healthy-living plan that lists foods, exercises, and lifestyle tips that help you release fat fast.

1. You have to eat fat to beat fat.

While too much of the wrong fat (certain saturated fats in highly processed meats and trans fat found in some cookies and crackers) is bad for your health and waistline, a diet rich in the right fat -- good unsaturated fats -- can help both.

Good fats, like monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) in olive oil, nuts, and avocados have proven to be powerful reducers of belly fat. Other sources of good fat are the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs); found in fish and its oil, and in many nuts and seeds, PUFAs help release fat, too. A Dutch study found that consumption of PUFAs lead to a higher resting metabolic rate (the calories used just to live), as well as a greater DIT, or diet-induced calorie burn. PUFAs are also burned faster than saturated fats in the body.

What's more, fats help you feel fullthey have 9 calories per gram compared to 4 for protein or carbs. So a small nibble of something yummy, like a handful of nuts or some peanut butter on whole wheat crackers, can help you feel full for hours.

2. A daily dose of chocolate can trim your waistline.

If you're like us, you welcome any new excuse to add more chocolate into your life. To release fat, here's the trick: Go heavy on the cocoa and light on sugar. Cocoa contains more antioxidants than most foods and is good for so many things, including -- when consumed in moderation -- weight loss.

In a June 2011 study from the Journal of Nutrition, researchers looked at the effect that antioxidants found in cocoa had on obese diabetic mice. (Since a diabetic's lifespan is, on average, seven years shorter, they were looking for any antiaging promise that increasing dietary intake of this flavonoid might give.) Their findings: The mice lived longer. The cocoa reduced degeneration of their aortic arteries, and it blunted fat deposition.

To add more cocoa into your diet, buy unsweetened cocoa and add it to shakes, coffee, and other recipes.

3. Dairy promotes weight loss.

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Anthony Komaroff

Q) My 15-year-old daughter wants to go on a diet. How can I make sure she stays healthy while losing weight?

A) My first question is whether your daughter really needs to go on a diet. Before your teen starts any weight-loss program, talk with her pediatrician, who can help determine an ideal weight for your teen and give her guidance about dieting. Many people (teens and adults) view themselves as overweight when, by medical standards, they are not. They will not get any health benefits from losing weight -- though they may think they will look better.

If your pediatrician determines that your daughter does need to lose weight, remember that it matters how she does it. As nearly everyone knows, you lose weight by burning off more calories by your physical and mental activity than the calories you consume in your diet.

But what many people don't know is that reduced-calorie diets are not necessarily healthy just because they have fewer calories. For example, there are healthy and unhealthy fats and carbohydrates. If your daughter's low-calorie diet contains mainly unhealthy fats and carbs, that's not good -- even if she loses weight.

Let your teen know that weight management is about long-term success. People who lose weight quickly by crash dieting almost always gain the weight back. The best weight-loss strategy is one that your teen can maintain for a lifetime.

Here are some simple guidelines to help you and your daughter to get things started:

- Eat a healthy breakfast every day. People who eat breakfast actually eat fewer calories during the day.

- Drink four to eight, 8-ounce glasses of water each day.

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Dr. K: Make sure your daughter really needs to lose weight

DEAR DOCTOR K: My 15-year-old daughter wants to go on a diet. How can I make sure she stays healthy while losing weight?

DEAR READER: My first question is whether your daughter really needs to go on a diet. Before your teen starts any weight-loss program, talk with her pediatrician, who can help determine an ideal weight for your teen and give her guidance about dieting. Many people (teens and adults) view themselves as overweight when, by medical standards, they are not. They will not get any health benefits from losing weight.

If your pediatrician determines that your daughter does need to lose weight, remember that it matters how she does it. As nearly everyone knows, you lose weight by burning off more calories by your physical and mental activity than the calories you consume in your diet.

But what many people don't know is that reduced-calorie diets are not necessarily healthy just because they have fewer calories.

Let your teen know that weight management is about long-term success. People who lose weight quickly by crash dieting almost always gain the weight back. The best weight-loss strategy is one that your teen can maintain for a lifetime.

Here are some simple guidelines to help you and your daughter to get things started:

Eat a healthy breakfast every day. People who eat breakfast actually eat fewer calories during the day.

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The tumultuous relationship between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and the UFC is quickly turning a once beloved champion into an eyesore for the MMA community.

Since losing to Ryan Bader at UFC 144, Jackson has been in a back-and-forth contractual dispute with the UFC regarding financial figures.

According to Jackson, the promotion believes he has lost his appeal, and he isn't worth the same numbers he was making when he first came in.

"After [my last bout] I was like, 'I'm not putting my life on the line for these guys no more.' They know what's going on, but they're still trying to make me look bad," Jackson told Bas Rutten in an interview on HDNET. "They're trying to make me lose my fan base. I don't want to be part of the UFC."

"If Dana doesn't want me to be bigger than the UFC, then let me go. If they feel like I lost my appeal, then let me go. The UFC talks about how they're in a billion homes and they're making all this money, and yet, I'm making less money than I used to make with the UFC."

Is the UFC trying to make Jackson "lose his fan base," or are fans just witnessing another episode of sour grapes from a former champion coming off a major upset loss?

While the vast majority will likely pick a side to defend, the line between right and wrong may be more blurred than initially perceived.

Obviously, the UFC isn't trying to kill Jackson's fan base, but the disgruntled star does have his reasons for being upset with the promotion.

Most fans are oblivious to the strenuous training regimens and dieting a fighter has to undergo to compete at an elite level. It can be draining physically and mentally on a person. To fans, a fighter is only as good as his last fight.

Unfortunately for Jackson, he is coming off two consecutive losses, and in his most recent bout, he came in six pounds overweight.

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