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We first met Rick Benson last year after he had lost 200 pounds. Now one year later, we an update on his journey to lose weight and regain his life: in this special report Life after Losing 300 pounds.

Rick Benson is wearing baggy shorts and a sleeveless t-shirt on the day WDBJ7 visited. It's something he could not wear two years ago. He only had one outfit that fit: size 7X sweatsuit that he says were beginning to get tight.

He walked from the living room to the kitchen in just a few seconds. His feet moved easily. This too would have been nearly impossible two years ago.

Getting out of bed was a struggle. Taking a few steps to the bathroom was exhausting.

You see Rick Benson weighed 523 pounds.

On the day this month when we visited Benson at his Salem home he pulled out a box of old photographs. In one, he's seen sitting on a couch. "That was pretty much my life," Benson said. "That's what I did. I sat. I did nothing, ate."

"This was just an existence. I wasn't living. I went from meal to meal," Benson explained. "Ate slept watched TV, that was it. That was my entire life."

Battling weight has been a lifelong problem for Benson. "I was heavy as a child. I went through all the years of being picked on and all that," he said.

Two years ago Benson had given up. "I was convinced that was it. I was pretty much going to eat myself to death," Benson said.

Then one day Benson's son said something that made him take notice. He told his father he didn't want to bury him. Those were the words that prompted Benson to make a trip to the Weigh Station in Roanoke.

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(Reuters) - Anyone looking for more evidence of a strengthening U.S. economic recovery need only consider conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway , where businesses ranging from railroads and electric utilities to furniture and candy stores are racking up record profits.

Even though Berkshire's Warren Buffett says with emphasis that the housing market is still in a depression, he was as upbeat as ever this weekend on the rest of the dozens of businesses he owns.

"Though housing-related businesses remain in the emergency room, most other businesses have left the hospital with their health fully restored," Buffett said on Saturday in his closely watched annual letter to shareholders.

Berkshire's five largest non-insurance businesses, all of them industrial in some way, posted record profits last year and should do the same this year, he said, surpassing $10 billion in combined earnings.

That being the case, Berkshire broke its own records for capital spending in 2011 by a wide margin and expects to do so again in 2012 - almost all of it domestically, even with the company's global footprint.

"About 95 percent of these outlays were made in the U.S., a fact that may surprise those who believe our country lacks investment opportunities. We welcome projects abroad, but expect the overwhelming majority of Berkshire's future capital commitments to be in America."

There are other big investments on tap, too. Buffett said his home-furnishings retailer, Nebraska Furniture Mart, bought a 433-acre (175-hectare) parcel north of Dallas and will construct what it expects to be the highest volume store of its kind anywhere. He also forecast billions of dollars in spending on solar and wind energy projects.

Investors who have been with Buffett over the long term expected his optimism.

"That's not surprising," said Michael Yoshikami, CEO of Destination Wealth Management, in California, noting in particular Buffett's sense that the banking business is back in shape. "He's obviously a believer in the financial sector being a key to the overall economy."

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Buffett sounded a similar tone in 2011.

"I don't see how anybody can be other than enthused about this country," Buffett told Berkshire shareholders last year at the company's annual meeting, even as the country was in the middle of a crisis over its debt ceiling and credit ratings.

Nonetheless, at this delicate stage in the U.S. economic recovery, his words carry weight, partly because of his successes over the years and partly from the sheer size and scope of Berkshire, which employees more than 270,000 people in nearly 80 businesses.

That gives him a view into many of the same factors policymakers consider when they try to figure out what to do next with the sluggish economy.

Federal Reserve officials have noted lately that while the economic recovery is tepid, there is sufficient evidence that things are picking up to warrant holding off on further stimulus measures.

Buffett's optimism is not confined to industry. He said that "the banking industry is back on its feet" and singled out two of his favorite investments, Wells Fargo and Bank of America .

He also took a fair bit of space in the letter to call into question the value of bonds and commodities as investments, and to praise his own favorite category, "productive assets" like businesses and real estate.

"Ideally, these assets should have the ability in inflationary times to deliver output that will retain its purchasing-power value while requiring a minimum of new capital investment. Farms, real estate, and many businesses such as Coca-Cola , IBM and our own See's Candy meet that double-barreled test," he said.

If there is one sore spot, it is the housing market. A year ago, Buffett said he expected the housing sector to recover within a year or so. He acknowledged that call turned out "dead wrong."

Berkshire's five housing-related businesses were profitable the past two years, but at a level two-thirds less than they were in 2006. They have shed 26 percent of their staff over that time, more than 15,000 people in total.

As he has in the past, Buffett said the problem was an excess of supply and no one to soak it up. On Saturday, he proposed that lust, of all things, would solve the problem eventually.

"Every day we are creating more households than housing units. People may postpone hitching up during uncertain times, but eventually hormones take over. And while 'doubling-up' may be the initial reaction of some during a recession, living with in-laws can quickly lose its allure."

(Reporting By Ben Berkowitz in Boston; Editing by Ed Tobin and Peter Cooney)

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PPC managers, as a rule, are completely swamped. But that doesn’t mean we can’t also increase productivity when managing campaigns.

One core tactic to get more done when managing PPC is to achieve a zen-like state of focus when analyzing data. The more focused your analysis and optimization is, the faster you can manage campaigns and sooner your performance will improve.

A sea of PPC data allows campaign managers to optimize almost every aspect of their account. However, with wave after wave of insightful stats, PPC managers face a common hazard: losing site of the shore and getting lost at sea.

Campaign managers can lose sight of their core business objectives when they are neck-deep in statistics. For example, here’s a list of metrics that a PPC manager may need to monitor in order to maintain their campaign:

Impressions Clicks Click-through rate Cost-per-click Cost-per-thousand-impressions Average position Conv. (1-per-click) Conv. (Many-per-click) Cost-per-conversion (1-per-click) Cost-per-conversions (Many-per-click) View-through conversions Conversion rate (1-per-click) Conversion rate (Many-per-click Impression share Exact match impression share Impression share lost (budget) Impression share lost (rankings) Relative click-through rate Phone impressions Phone calls Phone-through rate Phone cost Call duration Call time Average cost-per-call Revenue Return on investment Profit margin Average order value Lifetime value Bounce rate Pages-per-visit Time on site % of new visits % of return visits Revenue per click Revenue per impression Value per visit Quality score Keyword quality score Landing page quality score Landing page user experience Set Specific Goals

Before running one report or opening an Excel spreadsheet, you need to determine what your objectives are. Why are you running this report and what are you looking to accomplish? If you don’t have these objectives in mind beforehand, then you’re just looking at statistics with no real purpose. In other words, you’ve hopped in a car and just started driving – no real destination.

This may seem simple. You may be thinking, “Of course I know why I’m running this report: I want to improve the performance of my campaigns.”

Let’s think of this kind of wide-reaching statement in another context: “I want to lose weight.” That’s great a great goal. How do you plan to lose this weight? How much weight do you want to lose? What is your target date to accomplish this goal? What are your tactics to lose this weight?

In order to set achievable objectives, you have to get more specific. The more detailed the goal, the more likely you are to be successful.

Regarding the weight loss example, this sounds better, “I will lose 15 pounds in six weeks. To accomplish this goal, I will go to the gym four times a week. I will eat healthier by not going out so much, and I will pack a healthy lunch. I will (gasp!) give up beer during this time.” That is a specific goal with specific tactics for achievement.

Now, apply this example to your PPC analysis. Rather than generally state, “I want to improve the performance of my campaigns,” think about what exactly needs to be accomplished. What needs to be improved? Why does this need to happen? What tactics may need to be employed? Get specific!

Build a Hypothesis

Not only should you determine specific goals before working on account optimization efforts, but you should also establish a hypothesis before any reporting takes place. Here’s a quick definition of hypothesis: A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

For example, you may have noticed within your account that your cost-per-acquisition has been increasing. This is the starting point of your optimization.

The goal in this example could be: I want to lower your CPA back down below my goal of $25. I will run reports within campaigns with elevated CPA to determine where the issue resides. I will determine which ad groups and keywords are hindering my performance. I will make adjustments in order to lower the CPA down below my $25 goal. The changes I make today should get my CPA back down within seven days.

The hypothesis in this example could be: The CPA in my account has inflated because my CPC continues to increase due to elevated competition. Also, I think there are keywords generating clicks without converting.

By following this method, you have a specific goal and an initial hypothesis for guidance before you even run your first report. This will significantly decrease the time required to determine a plan of action to improve the performance of your account. When you run those initial reports, you won’t start out feeling adrift in data and lost in a sea of statistics. You’ll at least have a compass, and a horizon to follow.

My next column will discuss the next step after setting a specific optimization goal and hypothesis: prioritizing data within PPC reports. Prioritization is critical so that you can get to the data that will help you prove or disprove your thesis as well as achieve your goals as quickly as possible.

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Healthhound.org releases their quick weight loss video. The new video has been well received by people on the site.

Houston, TX. (PRWEB) February 22, 2012

Healthhound.org has just released a quick weight loss video for their readers. The video is available on the site right now for people who are interested in losing weight quickly.

Rachel Delaney, one of the Directors on the site said that “this is one of the best videos that we have released in years. We have compressed all the knowledge that we have accumulated on quick weight loss into 2 hours of high quality footage of diet and exercise techniques. We believe that people will especially benefit from the exercise portion of the video as it shows one exactly what to do on video if one wants to lose weight quickly. We are always getting requests from our readers on the site looking for us to make a video about quick weight loss methods so we are very happy to have finally produced one for our readers. We are looking forward to seeing some quick weight loss stories from our readers coming in on the site in the next few weeks”.

The news of the new video has been spreading to a number of sites online that are connected to the fitness and wellness industry and many of the people who frequent these sites have been busy commenting on the new video. Many of the commentators are remarking on how they think the video is really good value and other commentators are saying how pleased they are to see a video come along like this as opposed to just another report.

In addition to the new quick weight loss video the team on the site have also come up with a new report this week on quick and easy ways to lose weight.

The new report is free to download and can be accessed right now at http://www.healthhound.org/3213/quick-weight-loss/.

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(CBS) Good news, dessert lovers: A new study suggests adding ice cream, cake, chocolate or cookies to your breakfast might actually help people lose weight.

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For the study - published in the Mar. 10 issue of Steroids - Israeli researchers took 193 obese people between ages 20 and 65 and assigned them to one of two diets that were almost identical except for breakfast. One diet included a low-carbohydrate breakfast, while the other contained a high-carb, protein-enriched breakfast with a choice of one of the desserts.

The patients were also given blood tests throughout the study, to check for levels of ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite.

After 16 weeks of dieting, both groups lost similar weights: about 33 pounds in the group that ate low-carb breakfast, compared with nearly 30 pounds in the group that ate a high-protein breakfast with dessert. But after 32 weeks, the low-carb group gained more than 25 of those pounds back, while the group that ate desserts in their breakfast regained about 15 pounds.

How do the researchers explain this effect? They say most obese dieters fail to keep off the weight once they lose it, because they're more likely to get hunger cravings because of decreased ghrelin suppression. Their study found that people in the dessert group reduced that hormone's levels by 45 percent while those in the low-carb group only reduced levels by 29.5 percent. That suggests people in the dessert group were fuller and less hungry.

"Most people simply regain weight, no matter what diet they are on," study author Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz, a diabetes researcher at Tel Aviv University in Israel, told the New York Times. "But if you eat what you like, you decrease cravings. The cake - a small piece - is important."

Kristen Smith, a clinical nutritionist in bariatric surgery at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, told HealthPop that "one of the positive things the study did show you can incorporate your favorite foods when you're losing weight."

But she said people shouldn't draw conclusions from this study that they should eat dessert in the morning to shed pounds. "This study was relatively short-term, so I'm not sure how these participants would have responded if they were followed for a longer period of time," Smith said. She said other studies have showed high-sugar foods, like cake or cookies, could increase sugar cravings throughout the day. She said it's likely the high protein made the patients feel fuller, not the cake.

Jonathan Murray, director of patient food and nutrition at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City, agrees.

"Typically carbohydrate is 100 percent converted to sugar within an hour in the body, causing your blood glucose to spike and then crash quickly, leading to increased hunger," Murray told HealthPop in an email. "The addition of protein-enriched foods slows this process down, reduces the feeling of hunger, which in turn can help individuals from snacking in response to sugar crashes."

Should we think of including a sugary treat in our breakfast routine?

Smith says, "I definitely wouldn't recommend to my patients to start eating desert to breakfast."

Murray says we already get enough sweets in our breakfast. Pancakes, waffles, and pastries are high in carbohydrates and sugar but not much else, he said.

"We're the only nation on this earth who eats sweets like this," Murray told HealthPop.

He says it's better to focus on increasing protein and fiber in your breakfast to make you feel full enough to get through lunch and curb snacking. He suggests trying savory dishes like an egg frittata with veggies. Smith recommends a well-balanced breakfast with fruit, such as a hard-boiled egg with a piece of fruit and wheat toast

The Mayo Clinic has more on healthy breakfasts.

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HCG's effectiveness as a fat burner has been thoroughly documented, but can it stimulate fast weight loss by spring? With the spring season just around the corner, the last few days have brought an inflow of comments and emails from visitors wanting to know if hCG drops and hCG injections can promote fat loss by the start of spring. Responding to this query, hCG Blog reveals that taking hCG drops or injections in conjunction with the hCG diet can help dieters lose a significant amount of weight before the middle of March.

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As the weather starts to heat up and winter comes to an end, individuals are trading in their coats, scarfs and pants for less concealing, more revealing items of clothing – a change that prompts many people to suddenly become concerned about their weight. With spring quickly approaching, many hCG Blog visitors over the last few days have commented and emailed in wondering if hCG is powerful enough to help them lose weight by spring. HCG Blog explains that by combining the hCG weight loss diet with either hCG drops or injections, users can lose 1-2 pounds per day – this means that significant weight loss by mid-March is possible.

"By following the hCG diet and taking hCG drops, users report losing an average of one to two pounds per day," says Wendy Miles, founder of hCGBlog.com. "And with nearly four weeks until the start of spring – dieters can drastically decrease the size of their waistlines in time for warmer weather and skin-bearing garments. HCG is the best choice for any individual trying to lose weight quickly and easily."

While weight loss results of this magnitude seem too good to be true, the science behind hCG demonstrates that losing a considerable amount of weight with hCG is possible in a short period of time. HCG Blog explains, however, that attempting the hCG diet without taking hCG drops or injections is extremely dangerous. The diet alone will not promote fast weight loss – if one was to try this 500 calorie diet without taking hCG, his metabolism would shut down and enter into ketosis.

For more information about the hCG diet and how hCG works, please visit hCGBlog.com.

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Moses Lyons just wanted to get back into shape.

So the then-24-year-old went to Bob Kerr's boxing gym in Michigan Center to start working out and learn a bit about the sport he always found interesting.

Two years later, Lyons is the USA Boxing Michigan state champion and on his way to compete for a national championship and a shot at making the Olympics.

"After graduating college and being with my girlfriend for three years, I started to get comfortable and gaining a lot of weight," Lyons said. "I said, 'It's time, I gotta back in shape. I want to be able to run around with my son.' I didn't get into boxing thinking I was going to be some world champion."

In addition to slimming down to 175 pounds from 250, Lyons, who attended Amy Firth and Northwest alternative schools, has quickly climbed the amateur ranks. 

And while he has only been in eight fights (8-0, five TKOs), Lyons has gone toe-to-toe with nationally renowned opponents and left the ring with arms held high.

"I ended up fighting the 2010 and 2011 Michigan Golden Gloves champion, and I beat him in my fourth fight. That was a shock," Lyons said.

On Jan. 22, in the Michigan state tournament in Chelsea, Lyons won the championship by defeating an opponent with 60 wins in over 70 matches and ranked No. 3 in the country.

"He is just a natural, and he has a lot of punching power, too," said Lyons' trainer, Bob Kerr.

"He is just an exceptional boxer. I've been around boxing since I was 8 years old. I'm 77 now and he is one of the best I've had, and I've had fighters win all sorts of national championships."

Lyons is on to Colorado Springs, Colo., to compete in the USA Boxing National Championships from Feb. 27 to March 3.

If he wins in Colorado, Lyons will go to Brazil in May for the Americas Olympic Qualifier, where the top eight boxers will earn a trip to the Olympic games in London.

"I've always told myself, it's never too late to follow a dream, never too late to do something you want to do and you love to do," he said.

Paying the price

That dream begins daily at 5 a.m. followed by a five-mile run before breakfast. Lyons then works as a computer technician from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Stanton and Associates, a franchisee of Wendy's and Bigbee's restaurants. After work, he trains at the gym for two to three hours.

Committing to his boxing dream has meant limiting the time with his fiancé, Trisha Carpenter, and son, Moses.

"There's not much time for anything else," Lyons said. "The weekends, we spend as a family, and the time I'm not at the gym. But it's really hard when you have a family, to dedicate that much time to things and not always be here at home, but she has been very supportive of me."

And given what he has sacrificed to pursue his dream, Lyons is going to Colorado with every intention of winning despite being older and less experienced than most of his competition.

"Like I always tell my trainer, they have to want it more than me and I want it really badly," Lyons said. "It's hard for me to see in my mind, anyone beating me.

"I don't know how to lose."

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If you’ve ever followed a weight-loss diet, you might be familiar with the 3,500-calorie rule.

It’s pretty simple: Since there are 3,500 calories in a pound of body fat, eating 500 fewer calories each day – or burning them off exercising – will lead to a slow and steady weight loss of a pound a week. (The math: 500 x 7 days = 3,500)

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According to U.S. researches, this ubiquitous weight-loss rule is overly simple and overly optimistic. And it can lead to unrealistic expectations about how quickly you can achieve a weight-loss goal.

The rule contends that cutting 200 calories a day from your diet would lead to a loss of 20 pounds over the course of a year and the weight loss should keep on going. But in reality that doesn’t happen. Weight loss slows and eventually comes to halt despite the drop in calorie intake.

This past weekend, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting in Vancouver, an international team of researchers unveiled a new formula to better predict how people will lose weight on a diet.

The 3,500-calorie assumption doesn’t account for how metabolism changes during weight loss.

Your metabolism is the rate at which your body burns calories, and it’s largely determined by how much muscle you have, since muscle burns more calories at rest than body fat. Ultimately, it’s your metabolism that dictates how easily you will lose or gain weight.

As the body slims down, metabolism slows, causing it to burn fewer calories at rest. A smaller body also burns fewer calories during exercise. The net result: a sluggish rate of weight loss that can frustrate dieters and cause them to abandon their plan.

Now health-care professionals and researchers have a tool to more accurately predict a dieter’s expected weight loss over time, based on changes to metabolism. Having a more realistic sense of what to expect can help people stay motivated over the long term.

The new formula and accompanying web-based model were developed by researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization, Columbia University and Harvard School of Public Health,

The online tool – called the Body Weight Simulator – requires people to input their age, gender, body weight, height, activity level and weight goal (bwsimulator.niddk.nih.gov).

It then simulates what diet and exercise changes are required to reach the goal weight and what changes are necessary to maintain it over time.

Using this model, the researchers found that people’s bodies adapt slowly to dietary changes.

For example, the average overweight person needs to cut 100 calories from their current intake per day to lose 10 pounds over three years.

Half of the weight will be lost in one year and then you’ll reach a plateau, slowly losing the remainder by three years.

In contrast, for the same calorie reduction, the 3,500-calorie formula predicts you’ll lose 10 pounds in one year – and 30 pounds by three years.

The Body Weight Simulator isn’t aimed at consumers. It’s intended to be used as a tool for doctors, dietitians and researchers to re-evaluate client goals and identify necessary diet and exercise changes to achieve a weight loss goal at a realistic pace.

The online tool also highlights a salient point: Even though weight loss slows down over time, you will continue to lose weight if you stick to your plan. That’s a positive message for anyone trying to lose weight.

It also emphasizes the need to abandon our quick-fix mentality. Permanent weight loss takes time and requires persistence, consistency and patience. Not easy, I know.

There are other reasons weight loss slows down that have nothing to do with metabolism. They’re related to human nature and they’re within your control.

If you’re experiencing a slowdown, the following strategies can help you pick up the pace.

Don’t let lapses accumulate.

You’re bound to fall off plan occasionally. Losing weight is not an all-or-nothing endeavour.

If you slip, don’t tell yourself “I’ll start again on Monday.” Instead, get back on track, the sooner the better. One small lapse won’t make a difference to the scale.

Rein in portion sizes.

It happens gradually. Instead of one cup of rice, you’re serving yourself 1.5 cups and an extra 100 calories. The chicken breast that not long ago was a precise four ounces, now weighs in at six ounces.

A few extra calories here and there add up and can make the difference between losing and holding steady. If this sounds familiar, measure and weigh your foods again.

Be mindful of extras.

An extra dessert, a few tastes while making dinner, a bite or two off your kid’s plate. Those extra calories can – and will – stall weight loss.

Twenty pounds ago you could get away with eating something extra here and there and still lose weight each week. But not any more. Keep in mind that smaller bodies burn fewer calories, so you have less leeway than before.

Resume keeping a food diary to see if extra calories are sneaking into your diet.

Be consistent on the weekend.

Larger meals, alcoholic beverages, and a few extra snacks on the weekend can cause the needle on the scale to jump Monday morning. You play catch-up during the week to lose those few pounds. Then the following weekend, you put a couple more back on. The end result: no progress.

If weekends are your trouble spot, keep a food diary Friday through Sunday.

Leslie Beck, a Toronto-based dietitian at the Medcan Clinic, is on CTV’s Canada AM every Wednesday. Her website is lesliebeck.com.

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