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Weight loss tips: Introspection is the first step on your weight loss journey. Read here to know how introspecting the duration and cause of weight gain and can help you lose weight in a healthy manner.

Tips for weight loss: Fat loss can be achieved by setting realistic goals for yourself

What is the first step towards weight loss and achieving good health? According to lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho, the first focus should be on fat loss achieved in a healthy way. Quick weight loss comes with several side effects like premature ageing of skin, weak immunity, thin, dry and dull hair to name a few. Thus, the first step towards fat loss and achieving good health is introspection-you should be aware of what you eat, the exercise you do and how it reflecting on your body and overall health.

When it comes to introspection, you need to ask yourself how long it took you to gain weight. Having figured out how long it took you to gain weight, ask yourself if you can lose that weight in a month, 6 months or 1 year?

For weight gain that happened over a period of 6 months or 1 year, losing that weight cannot happen in 1 or 2 months, says Luke in his live video session on Facebook.

Also read:Weight Management: 5 Practical Ways To Avoid Weight Gain

Setting a realistic target for yourself is the healthy way to lose weight, fat and gain good health. Setting unrealistic or too difficult to achieve targets for yourself can cause anxiety, frustration, disappointment and stress-which in turn can make you put on more weight.

After giving yourself realistic goals, you need to find out what made you put on that weight. It can be because of stress, overeating, partying too much, being sleep deprived, having high amounts of sugar or carbs, a new job that caused a change in lifestyle, being physically inactive or lack of exercise, etc. Doing this will make it easier for you to have an action plan for healthy and achievable weight loss.

A poor diet could be the reason behind your weight gainPhoto Credit: iStock

Work towards reducing or cutting down on the things that went wrong and caused you to gain weight.

The idea is to work on the causative factor of weight gain rather than only working on reducing weight.

Luke advises: Know your target and work only towards achieving that goal. There is no point in chasing a particular goal as it is only going to make you more anxious and gain weight instead.

Also read:Too Lazy To Workout During Winter? Do Not Compromise On Your Fitness Goals With These Weight Loss Tips

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The above steps, when followed with consistency, can together help you lose weight, fat and gain health. Let us know if this works for you.

Also read:7 Health Benefits Of Regular Exercise Other Than Weight Loss

(Luke Coutinho, Holistic Lifestyle Coach - Integrative Medicine)

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A Dublin mother of one who has lost half her body weight is celebrating by tying the knot with her long-term fianc.

Wendy Deacon, 49, shed a whopping 12 stone 4.5 pounds and went from a size 32 to a size 10-20.

She said the motivation to lose weight came after her daughter admitted she was worried her mum would "eat herself to death."

"I always came across as jolly and smiley but inside I felt anything but," she said.

"I was breathless, my joints were painful and at a doctors appointment where I said I was afraid of having a heart attack I was told I was pre-diabetic and at serious risk of having a stroke and then Id really be in trouble.

Take a look at Wendy's transformation below

"It was getting to the point where I felt uneasy whenever I left the house. I remember once a small boy pointed at me in the street and said 'look at that fat lady' to his mother. She tried to hush him, but the damage was done. Id never felt so embarrassed, I just wanted the ground to swallow me up.

"My turning point came when I found out that my daughter, Amy, had confided in my mum that she was worried I'd eat myself to death. Hearing that broke my heart and I knew I needed to change. The thought of my daughter being so worried about my health really spurred me into action."

Wendy, who has just been named Slimming World's Woman of the Year 2019, heard about the organisation through a friend who had recently joined.

She went on: "I'd tried lots of fad diets in the past. Everything worked for a little while, but they were quick fixes and I could never stick to them for very long. This time around I had to tackle my weight for good. I knew that Slimming World was based on eating everyday foods and never going hungry, so it seemed like the perfect fit. I also knew that, especially at the start of my weight loss, I needed motivation to help me stick with my commitment.

"Walking through the doors of my Slimming World group for the first time was really nerve-wracking and I felt nervous and embarrassed because I thought Id be the biggest person there. None of that mattered though. I was welcomed with open arms and met a whole room of inspiring, friendly people. All of us were in the same boat and there to lose weight together."

The Dubliner, who works for the Department of Social Protection, found it easy to get to grips with the Slimming World eating plan.

She went from treating herself to chocolate, crisps and takeaways on a daily basis to nourishing her body with fruit and vegetables.

"Straight away I embraced the eating plan," she said.

"Ive never called it a diet because the plan is so flexible and liberating that it fits easily into your routine so you can stay slim for life. I fell in love with proper food and discovered so many different new dishes. Its a world away from the takeaways and fast food I used to eat.

"I think the biggest change was learning to cook from scratch. I plan my food and batch cook when I can for a few days in advance. Everyone in my group is unbelievably kind and genuinely cares about each others success. I feel so lucky to have found them.

Wendy now finally has the confidence to plan her wedding to her partner Dave.

She said: "Dave and I have been engaged for a long time, but I never really felt confident enough to actually get married. Finally having the confidence to go wedding dress shopping was a huge moment for me. Before I would have just chosen whatever would fit me, but now Im asking for size 10 and 12 outfits, its just an incredible feeling. I havent been able to do that for 25 years!"

Losing more than half of her body weight has also inspired her to become more active.

She went on: "I used to struggle to climb a flight of stairs, so nobody was more surprised than me when I started to enjoy exercise! Im often out walking at 7am and I ran a 5k with my daughter recently, something Id never have been able to do at my heaviest. I feel that Slimming World has given me so much Ive got my whole life back.

"By far the best thing about losing weight though is seeing the pride in my familys faces especially Amys. Ive finally started to feel proud of myself too. The idea of my little girl worrying about my future was heart-breaking but now Im really excited about my future and cant wait to live every moment."

Wendy attends the Leixlip Slimming World group run by Consultant Pippa Leys. She also attended Barbara Byrnes Leixlip group.

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The keto craze doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. It's a buzzy diet among celebs like Halle Berry and Jenna Jameson, and for good reason: It's helped A LOT of people lose weight. The thing is, cooking keto-friendly recipes can present some challenges when you're used to a carb-heavy diet.

Quick refresher: Following the keto diet means that per day, 60 to 75 percent of your calories come from fat, 15 to 30 percent of your calories come from protein, and only 5 to 10 percent of your calories come from carbs. That usually means eating no more than 50 grams of carbs per day. If that sounds impossible, don't stress. There are plenty of cookbooks and keto diet cookbooks and guide books for beginners that take all the guesswork out of eating keto. Just pick the one (or two or three) that resonates most with you and your lifestyle and you'll be meal prepping delicious, keto-friendly dishes like it's NBD in no time.

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Winter superfoods: It's time to bring back rice on your plate, even if you are trying to lose weight

Categorising food into fats, carbs and proteins can take away the joy of eating it. A by-product of the food industry and the urge to lose weight quickly have made people give up on some time-tested, natural and healthy foods-which they probably grew up eating. Some of these foods include rice, ghee, chapati and even home-cooked deep-fried food. Celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar, in one of her recent posts on Instagram and Facebook, talks about 3 such foods that should definitely be a part of your diet for good health.

These foods have always been a part of your lifestyle. But the constant urge to lose weight has probably made you give up on them. Keep reading to know what these foods are and how you can include them in your diet.

According to Rujuta, rice-which are now blamed to be high in carbs and cause weight gain-should make a comeback on your plate. She says that you need to get back to eating traditional white rice. It is easy to digest and works as a prebiotic (which provides good bacteria to your gut). What's more is that rice is easy to cook and super delicious to taste. Rice is the staple of food of eastern and southern parts of India.

Rice are best eaten in combination with different kinds of legumes or lentils and pulses. There are as many as 65,000 variety of pulses grown and cultivated in India. The celebrity nutritionist recommends that you should include at least 12 to 15 kinds pulses in your diet. Pulses which you should be eating in winter include moong dal, toor (arhar) dal and kulith (horsegram) dal. Kulith dal is particularly good for your skin, for those suffering from gall bladder or kidney stone issues. You can also eat red chawli dal, black chana or green chana dal. Legumes like kidney beans or rajma, white chana, lobia etc can be eaten along with rice.

Make sure you include a variety of lentils and legumes in your diet. It is important for bacterial diversity, which is an essential perquisite for good health.

Dal rice is a protein-rich meal with a complete amino acid profilePhoto Credit: iStock

Also read:5 Clever Food Swaps To Keep You Warm And Healthier This Winter!

Winter is the perfect time to include a variety of root vegetables in your diet. Sweet potatoes, arbi (taro root), yam, beetroot, turnips, potatoes, radishes, carrots etc. They are beneficial for diabetics, women with PCOD and thyroid issues, people with Vitamin D and Vitamin B12 deficiency.

Rujuta highlights the fact that Vitamin D deficiency is linked to lack of microbial diversity in the gut. Deficiency of the sunshine vitamin can make you feel bloated, cause sleep disturbances, etc. Root vegetables are an excellent source of prebiotic bacteria, which can facilitate diversity of bacteria in gut, and keep Vitamin D deficiency at bay.

For cooking these root vegetables, you should use rock salt or black salt or sea salt. Doing this can reduce bloating effectively.

Root vegetables like sweet potatoes can provide good bacteria to your gutPhoto Credit: iStock

Also read:6 Reasons Why You Must Include Amla In Your Daily Diet, Especially During Winter

Ghee is an extremely important inclusion in your diet. You can also eat white butter regularly. Ghee is a kind of clarified butter, which is made by heating butter to separate liquid and milk solid portions from the fat. It contains polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and omega-3 fatty acids.

Ghee includes fats that can promote assimilation of Vitamins A, D, E and KPhoto Credit: iStock

"This winter, try to eat millets at least twice a week. Prepare them at home, in the traditional way," recommends Rujuta.

The idea is to get back to eating the way our family and past generations used to eat and learning traditional and cultural methods of cooking food.

Also read:Sweet Potatoes For Weight Loss: 12 Reasons Why You Must Include This Superfood In Your Diet

(Rujuta Diwekar is a celebrity nutritionist based in Mumbai)

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It seems everywhere you look, someone somewhere is touting the benefits or even the necessity of quitting sugar. Sure, sugar isnt health food, but is it really so bad that it needs to be eliminated entirely from your diet?

After years in the field of nutrition and spending a few of those years working with clients who wanted to detox or quit sugar, Ive spent the last few years working to help people understand an important lesson: the all-or-nothing approach is almost always unsuccessful.

Cutting all sugar from your diet might work for a time period, say 30 days, or even a year. I spent an entire year avoiding all added sugars, sweets, homemade desserts, and anything that wasnt meat or vegetables. However, at that time I was trying to recover from Hashimotos thyroiditis, and I felt so sick that sugar wasnt even appealing. I didnt white-knuckle my way through that year. I simply didnt care.

Since then, Ive resumed eating sugar here and there. I dont eat a lot, but I dont avoid it entirely. Basically, I take one day at a time. I stay in touch with how I am feeling, and I try to minimize adding stress to my life that comes from having to follow dietary rules.

Its this outlook of balance I encourage my clients to adopt as well. What are your long-term goals? Typically when women come to me for nutrition advice, they want to balance hormones, address thyroid issues, lose weight, get pregnant after infertility or miscarriage, or feel better after chronic illness. For most, quitting sugar is not their primary health goal. Instead, quitting sugar is often viewed as a vehicle to get what you wantoften quickly. But any kind of temporary modification to achieve faster results will usually produce results that dont last.

Sadly, most people just want the quickest way to anywhere. But quick is not better than sustainable when it comes to health. I know, because most women I see now come to me with frustration that their Whole30 or avoiding sugar for three months helped a little but didnt ultimately get them to their goal.

Its worth asking yourself: would you rather have fast results or a long-lasting effect that wont need rigorous protocols to be maintained?

While sugar is a problem for some, other factors can contribute to health problems too, like inflammation, stress, poor sleep, too much processed food, and poor gut health. While sugar can be avoided and might reduce inflammation or improve gut health, true health is not just about what you take away. Its about what you give.

You can avoid all the bad stuff in the world, but if you arent filling your body with what it needs to heal, no amount of avoidance will produce health. My year of sugar avoidance did have some great results. I lost 90 pounds. However, my inflammatory markers were still off the charts, I was as tired as ever, and my thyroid antibodies had reached an all-time high. So if avoiding sugar and losing weight didnt turn me into the picture of health, what did?

When I stopped my strict sugar avoidance and started focusing on adding elements that my body needed, my energy levels improved rapidly. In less than a year, my thyroid disease was in remission. I finally felt like the picture of health that I had been aiming for.

In that time, I did gain back 10 pounds, where my body has hovered ever since. I had actually lost too much weight from my obsessive avoidance of sugar, and while I looked skinny, I was bone-tired and people kept asking if I was dying (true story). When I gained back those 10 pounds and started focusing on nourishment over avoidance, people started commenting on how happy and healthy I looked and wanted to know what my secrets were.

I can tell you that for me, it came down to a few simple things. Instead of narrowly focusing on what I could not have, I did three other things.

This meant eating more fiber, more bone broth, more fruits and vegetables, and adding in supportive supplements, like collagen and glutamine. I didnt so much care what else went in with those things, but I made sure to eat good things for my gut on a daily basis.

During the year that I lost significant weight and avoided sugar, I tracked everything. Calories, macros, grams of sugar, nutrients. It became a constant source of stress. I sometimes avoided eating because I didnt want to have to write it down. I would get meal-planning paralysis because there was no more joy in what I ate or prepared for myself.

When I started focusing on what I added, rather than what I took away, I didnt have to track anything. I just asked myself, Did I do something good for my gut today? Or, Did I do something to relieve stress? If the answer was yes, then I moved on. I even stopped counting how many ounces of water I drank. I drank water when I was thirsty and allowed myself other beverages when desired.

I have a lot of food allergies and even more sensitivities on top of those. My one rule was that I would never eat something I knew I was allergic or sensitive to. Why? This would undo the good things I was giving to my body to heal. But sugar is not something Im allergic to, so when I wanted a treat, I could indulge. Theres a big difference between following an arbitrary rule (like all sugar is bad) and following guidelines that apply directly to your body (dairy products make me sick). Instead of adhering to a specific diet, I listened to what my body told me it could and could not handle.

Ive maintained this way of eating for seven years now, and Ive never been healthier. My inflammation levels are still at an all-time low. My thyroid antibodies have not peaked since, not even in the postpartum periods after having my babies (usually a big trigger). My weight has remained stable, even though Ive not counted calories or macros, and there have definitely been seasons where Ive eaten far more comfort foods than anything else.

So no matter what your health goals are, remember: sugar isnt everything. Listening to what your body needs and recognizing what causes discomfort in your digestive tract or joints or anywhere else, is the only thing that matters. Thats not as easy to latch onto as a fad, but it will produce more lasting results that are applicable to your health needs. And Ill take my personal health over silly clickbait trends any day of the week.

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A sports nutritionist has broken the fundamentals of fat loss down in a simple yet eye-opening graphic shared on Instagram.

Ryan Pinto, the founder of High Performance Nutrition Australia and the nutrition provider for the South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby league team, posted the viral graphicon his social media page to highlight how simple fat loss is to achieve.

If you know the absolute fundamentals, you can pick and choose behaviours based on your own personal preference, he wrote.

The weight loss industry loves focusing on the extremes like You HAVE to eat six meals a day to spike your metabolism or You HAVE to train fasted for fat loss.

This post by Ben Carpenter was shared by High Performance Nutrition AU to highlight what matters most when it comes to losing body fat

Australian dietitian Susie Burrell (pictured) said if you cant shed fat and are eating properly then you may have insulin resistance

Important: A calorie deficit

Advisable: An easy plan, an active lifestyle, resistance training, nutritious food and adequate sleep

Not important: The best diet, your carb to fat ratio, calorie cycling, what time of the day you eat, what time you train, what you eat after you workout

Pointless: Food avoidance, cheat meals, juice cleanses, weight loss teabags, quick fixes and false promises

Source: Ben Carpenter

Lets make nutrition as simple as possible rather than over complicating it.

The graphic broke fat loss into four categories two of which were deemed important for fat loss and two that were labelled unimportant.

A calorie deficit was deemed a non-negotiable while things like food avoidance, cheat meals, juice cleanses, weight loss teabags and quick fixes were dubbed pointless.

And while many think popular diets, calorie cycling, meal quantity, training times and post-workout meals are critical, these were among those labelled less important.

Highly advisable habits included easy plans, adequate protein, resistance training, an active lifestyle, nutritious food and adequate sleep.

While these may seem simple enough, Australian dietitian Susie Burrell said if these habits are being adopted and fat loss is not achieved, there could be other issues going on.

A calorie deficit was deemed a non-negotiable for fat loss while things like food avoidance, cheat meals, juice cleanses, weight loss teabags and quick fixes were dubbed pointless

For any regular exerciser, the balance of exercise and diet required to support weight loss is generally well understood eat fewer carbs and calories, get enough movement and cardio and add in some weights to change body composition and increase metabolic rate, she wrote on her website.

An interesting scenario arises when it seems that no matter how many workouts you do, nor how few carbs or calories you consume, nothing seems to budge.

The common issue? Imbalanced insulin levels.

Whenever I see a client who is carrying 10-20 extra kilos, despite eating relatively well and exercising regularly, I question whether their insulin levels may be out of whack, she wrote.

And while many think popular diets, calorie cycling, meal quantity, training times and post-workout meals are critical, these were among those labelled less important for fat loss

Fatigue is common as glucose is not being taken to the cells as efficiently as it should be.

Sugar cravings are too common, as insulin and glucose levels fluctuate widely during the day.

Perhaps the most powerful sign that a degree of insulin resistance may be present is in the way that fat is deposited on the body.

Insulin likes to deposit fat around the abdominal area, which is why women (and men) with severe insulin resistance have a large belly, and the reason that a waist measurement greater than 80cm for a female too may be a sign that insulin resistance is present.

Insulin is the hormone that controls both glucose and fat metabolism in the body, and high levels of insulin over time can make weight loss very difficult.

Insulin resistance is clinical and occurs when the hormone responsible for glucose levels is not working as it should.

Over time, numerous factors including a diet high in processed carbohydrates, a relatively inactive lifestyle and often genetics insulin becomes less and less efficient at processing the glucose we consume in carbohydrate based foods such as bread, cereals, fruit and sugars, she explained.

The unfortunate thing when it comes to weight control is that the higher the amount of insulin that you have circulating in the body, the harder it becomes to burn body fat.

This means that if you have insulin resistance, you can be eating an extremely healthy diet, exercising as recommended and actually physically unable to lose weight.

Highly advisable habits included easy plans, adequate protein, resistance training, an active lifestyle, nutritious food and adequate sleep

To treat and/or prevent this issue, Susie recommends a high protein, moderate carbohydrate diet which eliminates as much processed carbohydrate from the diet as possible.

Getting the right mix of movement and high intensity training is a crucial component of managing IR long term, as the right types of exercise can actually teach the muscle to burn carbohydrates efficiently again, she added.

Ideally a mix of plenty of movement via 10 000 or more steps a day, coupled with 4-5, 30-40 minute high intensity cardio training sessions such as running, aerobics classes or even Zumba are ideal.

She said that while weights training is often prescribed, focusing on cardio training and plenty of movement is a better option in this case.

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SEATTLE, Wash. (Ivanhoe Newswire) The Centers for Disease Control estimates a third of American adults are obese, and another third are considered overweight. Now, a new study from the University of Washington may shed some light on why its so hard to lose weight.

Ellen Schur, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine and Clinical Research Director at UW Medicine Diabetes Institute said, The number of people losing weight or stating that they have tried to lose weight over the past year is 50 percent.

Dr. Schur helps patients lose weight. She says weight loss itself causes hormone changes that make food more appealing, so its harder to keep weight off. In another UW lab, researchers from UW Medicine Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction, Pain and Emotion, Mark Rossi and Marcus Basiris study shows that overeating changes brain cells that suppress food intake.

Rossi said, We dont know the exact mechanisms that are contributing to it, but we see that there are profound changes across lots of different cell types.

Basiri stated, So these glutamate neurons, which normally function to suppress feeding, were kind of toning down their firing patterns. As the mice got fatter, neurons got worse at putting the brakes on eating. The team hopes this leads to new ways to treat obesity in people one day.

Now, the research team is working on isolating an even smaller set of cells that are affected by overeating. They havent yet discovered whether the neurons can change back to how they worked before obesity.

Contributors to this news report include: Wendy Chioji, Field Producer; Rusty Reed, Videographer; Cyndy McGrath, Supervising Producer; Roque Correa, Editor.

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BACKGROUND: Obesity is a complex disease involving an excessive amount of body fat. Obesity isnt just a cosmetic concern. It is a medical problem that increases the risk of other diseases and health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers. There are many reasons why some people have difficulty avoiding obesity. Usually, obesity results from a combination of inherited factors, combined with the environment and personal diet and exercise choices. Most Americans diets are too high in calories, often from fast food and high-calorie beverages. People with obesity might eat more calories before feeling full, feel hungry sooner, or eat more due to stress or anxiety.(Source: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/obesity/symptoms-causes/syc-20375742)

OVEREATING: Binge eating can happen on a single occasion, or it can become a regular way of eating, leading to problems. Although binge eating in itself does not necessarily constitute a food addiction or eating disorder, binge eating is a symptom of Binge Eating Disorder and the eating disorder Bulimia Nervosa. There are a wide variety of reasons people overeat, including emotional eating, stress eating, overeating from supersize meal portions, sugar addiction, compulsive snacking, comfort and boredom eating, social eating, and relying on fast food. Research suggests that fast food is designed to stimulate overeating, typically by using a combination of sugar, salt and fat, all shown to be addictive.(Source: https://www.verywellmind.com/ten-types-of-overeating-22170)

NEW RESERACH: In the Stuber lab study, with members Mark Rossi and Marcus Basiri, an article published in SceinceNews.org said, The researchers dont know whether these cells would regain their normal behavior if the mice stopped eating high-fat food and shed weight. It would be technically hard to keep monitoring the same cells for the weeks or months it would take for the mice to normalize their body weight, Stuber says. While the results offer a clear example of cells that control feeding behavior in mice, its hard to say whether similar appetite-suppressing nerve cells are at work in people. Brain-imaging experiments have shown that the same brain region, the hypothalamus, is involved when people shift between being hungry and full. Stuber points out that while these cells in mice seem particularly responsive to a high-fat diet, obesity probably affects a much wider population of cells. This is probably happening across the brain, he says. Understanding those complex interactions might ultimately point to better strategies for managing human appetites.(Source: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/high-fat-diet-brain-appetite-mice)

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A 114kg McDonald's lover has revealed how she dropped 44kg in nine months - while still enjoying Chicken McNuggets.

Jessica Dotson, from Alabama, claims she spent around $2500 a year on McDonald's food, munching on 20-piece McNuggets and large fries at least five days a week.

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The mum-of-two claims she had always been big but decided to make a dramatic change after giving birth to her second child and realising she needed to be healthier to be there for her children.

"It was basically gluttony and eating and eating and eating. I had McDonald's nearly every day," Jessica says.

"Food was my coping mechanism so whenever I got upset about something I would just eat."

The 26-year-old weighed 114kg at her heaviest with rocketing blood pressure and cholesterol - and feared she may be heading towards a heart attack if she didn't lose weight.

But, certain that if she cut out all her favourite food her diet would fail, the determined mum instead cut her portions in half, at first limited herself to 1,500 calories a day and tried to bring more vegetables into her diet.

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Then, in February, she began an intermittent diet plan which helped Jessica drop 44kg in just nine months.

"I did a lot of research on weight loss and saw a lot of people talking about intermittent fasting, which is where you eat but you have a 16-hour window where you don't eat," she says.

"It's supposed to help lower your blood sugar. I just did research to find a plan which I thought would be the best one for me."

While Jessica admits it was "hard work at the beginning", soon her new regimen was bearing results.

"I really try not to cut anything out. If I tried [other diets], they would fail because I would want something [and eat it]," she explains.

"So it has been all about moderation and self-control. Sure you can have a piece of candy but you have to eat that one piece and not the whole bag. It was a lot of self-control and self-determination."

As well as cutting back on her calories and fasting for 16 hours a day, Jessica started dancing to YouTube fitness videos before getting the confidence to join the gym.

Her efforts mean Jessica has dropped eight dress sizes from a size 26 to a 10 and is now 65kg, meaning she's lost 49kg in total.

The mum still allows herself a treat McDonald's with her kids - although her 20-piece McNuggets and large fries have been swapped to a six-piece box and small fries.

"I don't go to McDonald's as much as I did, and I've saved a lot of money," the mum says.

"I've gone from going once a day to maybe twice a week, something like that.

"It's mostly at the weekends with my kids. It's now more of a treat. I've saved probably $35 a week. I didn't necessarily go every day but I would go five days a week.

"Lately it's been good to have the extra cash if I need it for something. I had to get completely new clothes and everything"

As for her new look, Jessica is thrilled but determined to keep going.

"I feel confident now. I'm not there yet because I was so big for so long.

"It's still hard to see myself as smaller. Sometimes I still see myself as big. That's something I have to work on because it's a major, drastic change.

"I can do more stuff with my kids. I get more active with them walking to places. Buying clothes is a lot easier too."

Jessica's diet before

Breakfast: Pancakes with sausage, or pop tarts

Lunch: McDonald's (usually a 20-piece McNugget box with large fries), noodles or macaroni

Dinner: The same, depending on what had been for lunch

Snacks: Pop-tarts, nachos, chocolate, chips

Jessica's diet after

Breakfast: Bacon and eggs

Lunch: Chicken and vegetables, occasionally a McDonald's (usually a six-piece McNugget box with small fries)

Dinner: Small portion of macaroni with green beans

Snacks: Small snack of around 100 calories, such as a Slim Jim jerky snack or packet of crackers

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Instagram Ree Drummond said she lost weight by following a low-carb diet, walking each night, and doing the row machine while watching TV. The New Frontier is out now.

Gone are the days of waiting until the New Year to make some healthy changes! Ree Drummond recently debuted a slimmer figure in October, and the Pioneer Woman star wrote on Instagram that it took her "two full seasons" to achieve her goal.

Drummond shared a boho-inspired elevator selfie wearing black jeans and high, tan boots. "These jeans are a size smaller than Ive worn for (quite) awhile and even though they were skin tight (as you can probably see) and a long top was required, they buttoned," she wrote in the caption.

The Food Network star went on to say that she attributes her ability to fit into her dream jeans to watching her favorite show, as long as she did so while working out on a rowing machine. It seems like the system worked for the celebrity chef! "It just took two full seasons for the buttoning to be successful," she wrote.

Here are the secrets behind Drummond's recent weight loss. (Hint: A low-carb diet is involved!)

The rowing machine isn't the only way Drummond stays active. She began her most recent weight loss journey last summer. In July 2018, the celebrity chef wrote on her Facebook page that she slimmed downnot by endorsing any weight loss pillsbut by staying active.

I am a regular gal who loves food and whose jeans periodically get too tight. Right now, I am losing weight and my jeans are fitting better, but its because I am eating fewer carbs and walking/sweating with my dogs every night," she wrote.

Going for walks on the regular can not only help you burn belly fat and increase your metabolism to lose weight, but it can also improve your mood and decrease your risk of chronic disease. Plus, we'll take any excuse to spend quality time with a fur baby!

Easter nap.

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In the past, Drummond has admitted to drinking Slim Fast shakes to lose weight. In 2012, she wrote on her blog that she lost seven pounds by drinking the shakes.

Her recent weight loss is attributed to following a low-carb diet. In July 2018, the Food Network star decided to switch up her lifestyle by hopping on the keto train. Last summer, I kind of dove into the keto world and enjoyed it, Drummond told People in April. It was a good exercise.

"I have been eating low carb for a couple of months, but there's still plenty of calamity and chaos going on under my blousy top, which is why I have an undying loyalty to blousy tops," she wrote in an Instagram caption from July 2018.

This isn't so much a selfie as an outfit selfie, so I hope my teenagers don't look at it as a violation of the one-mom-selfie-per-month rule. And anyway, I gave them life, so they should be okay with it. I'm not trying to pose flirtatiously with my hand delicately resting in my hair. My bangs will not stay out of my face today because of a curling iron mishap, and I was just holding them out of the way. Also, my little toe is splurging out the side of my otherwise-cute shoes, which really hurts my feelings. In other news, I have been eating low carb for a couple of months, but there's still plenty of calamity and chaos going on under my blousy top, which is why I have an undying loyalty to blousy tops. And this is my favorite color of red. It's like a cherry and a watermelon had a baby. Thank you for listening.

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The ketogenic diet is a low-carbohydrate, high-fat plan that aims to induce ketosis, a metabolic process where your body uses fat storage for energy instead of carbs (carbs in the form of glucose are the body's go-to source for energy). The keto diet has been shown to result in weight loss, yet more research is needed to understand its long-term effects.

Drummond told People that she has since settled back into a more sustainable, realistic way of eating," but her keto experience influenced her latest cookbook, The New Frontier.

The Food Network star told the outlet that her new book is not a keto cookbook or a low-carb cookbook, but it's packed with suggestions for how to lighten up an otherwise really carb-heavy dish."

She added that she enjoyed coming up with lower-carb versions of delicious dishes in The New Frontier. More than any cookbook before this one, this really reflects my life in terms of what Im eating, she said. Some days Im like, You know what? Im going to use spaghetti squash instead of pasta, and the next day I eat, like, a big lasagna roll up with creamy shrimp scampi.

You can pick up a copy of The New Frontier now.

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