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Irish Pork Roast with Roasted Root Vegetables

In this easy one-pan dinner, boneless pork loin roast is cooked over a bed of carrots and parsnips for an all-in-one dish that makes an impressive centerpiece for a holiday meal or Sunday dinner. Choose free-range heritage pork if you can--its flavor really shines with no more seasoning than a bit of thyme and a little sea salt. If you'd like, dress up the meal with a traditional Irish apple condiment--Ploughmans chutney or Bramley applesauce, which you can find in specialty stores and online.

Grilled Cauliflower Steaks with Almond Pesto & Butter Beans

Need some new meatless dinner ideas? This vegan recipe for grilled cauliflower steaks with buttery (but butter-free!) butter beans and almond pesto comes together in just 25 minutes but is impressive enough to serve to guests. We're sorry to ask you to buy 2 heads of cauliflower to make this recipe when you only cut a couple of "steaks" from each, but it guarantees the best results. Just think of it this way: having leftovers gives you an excuse to try one of our many other healthy cauliflower recipes!

Cauliflower Po' Boy Sandwiches with Avocado Mayo

Crunchy oven-fried cauliflower is a satisfying swap for the meat or fried seafood that typically packs this New Orleans favorite. Creamy avocado mayo and crisp cabbage slaw provide additional layers of flavor and texture.

Honey BBQ Roasted Root Vegetables

In this veggie-forward spin on Texas-style barbecue, we swap the traditional brisket for root vegetables and rely on the chipotles in the sauce to bring the smokiness to the table. These vegetables are a versatile side for all sorts of mains, whether you're in the mood for meat or want to go vegetarian with grilled tofu or a bean dish.

Vegetarian Slow-Cooker Pozole

This healthy vegetarian take on the Mexican stew pozole gets tons of flavor from poblano peppers, ancho chile powder and dried herbs and spices, while cannellini beans provide substance, protein and fiber. Chewy hominy--corn that has been treated with lime to remove the tough hull and germ--is integral to the stew. Look for it in cans in the Latin section of your supermarket. Serve the stew with shredded cabbage, radishes, fresh cilantro and sour cream.

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Are you thinking about going on a diet to lose weight? After all, it seems you can't open any magazine without reading about the latest fad diet -- whether low-carb, low-fat, or low-calorie.

The reality is, diets are like fashions. They come and go; some work, some don't. And while many teens lose weight on diets, not so many keep the weight off.

Studies show that approximately 95% of people who go on weight loss diets will gain all or some of the weight back within the first 5 years. In fact, some studies have found that after a period of 5 years, most diet programs are unsuccessful in terms of keeping the weight off.

In the past five years, research has shed light on the impact of strict diets on weight loss, and the findings have consistently held true: diets alone don't work. Sure, these diets can help you lose weight at first. Yet for most teens, a lot of this loss is muscle -- not fat. And lean muscle (as opposed to body fat) is what helps burn calories.

The more muscle mass your body has, the more calories you burn all day, even while you are sitting around studying or surfing the Internet.

The best way to maintain or reach an ideal weight is to burn more calories than you take in. That means increasing activity and decreasing calorie intake -- but not severely.

The safest, most effective diet for weight loss is a healthful, balanced one including:

Cutting out junk food, sugary sodas, and sweet, undiluted fruit drinks from your diet is an easy way to lose weight over time. For example, cutting out 10 potato chips a day saves 100 calories. Over a year, giving up those chips would translate into 10 pounds of extra fat lost.

Likewise, adding 20 minutes more of exercise (such as aerobic dancing, walking, jogging, biking, rowing, or swimming) to your current routine will burn an average of 100 calories of fat a day. Over a year's time, that extra 20 minutes of exercise should allow you to lose 10 pounds.

Portion control is also important when you're trying to lose weight. One problem many overweight teens have is that they underestimate how much they really eat. So stop super-sizing, and learn what a healthy portion looks like.

It may also help to eat more frequently. Six small meals per day appears to be one of the best approaches to eating, especially when you're trying to lose weight. Just remember these mini meals need to be small.

If you feel you are overweight, talk to your primary health care provider or a registered dietitian. There are plenty of medically supervised diets that work well for teens who need to lose more than 10 pounds. Just be sure to include exercise, or you'll find that the weight comes back as easily as it left you.

There are several habits that serve as healthy ways to lose weight. They include:

1. Eat breakfast. Breakfast helps give you staying power throughout your day, and can even increase school performance. Studies show that eating breakfast may help keep you from binging later in the day. No need to eat a lot -- fruit and cereal or an energy bar and some milk is all you need to get going. If you're running late, just munch as you walk to class.

2. Don't skip meals to "save" calories. You'll likely make up for the skipped meals by snacking later on junk foods, which are high in calories, sugar, and trans fats (harmful fats found in many commercial snacks).Some recent findings show that junk foods make up nearly one-third of the total calories in the typical American diet. Remember, several small meals spread out through the day is a great approach.

3. Eat more lean protein to control your appetite. Go for low-fat dairy; eggs; skinless chicken and turkey; fish; lean cuts of beef, pork, and veal; legumes; soy foods; and nuts and seeds. Avoid animal foods that are high in saturated fats (such as fatty cuts of beef and high-fat dairy).

4. Eat more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and beans (including soy). Studies show that these plant-based disease-fighters make up only 10% of the calories in the American diet. Plant-based foods are high in water and fiber and essential vitamins and antioxidants, yet very low in calories. Diets high in plant-based foods play a key role in the prevention of diseases, including obesity, heart disease, certain types of cancer, and type 2 diabetes.

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Are you trying to lose weight?

There are many things that help weight loss besides a fad diet and exercising once in a while. It needs proper planning and a lot of determination.

Here are a few easy steps to help you lose weight.

1. Start Your Day with Lemon Water

Lemon water is an excellent drink for weight loss. Lemon juice helps your body get the nutrients it needs to burn fat into energy and stop weight gain. Make sure to keep drinking lemon juice even after you lose weight, to keep your new weight.

2. Take Apple Cider Vinegar

Because apple cider vinegar has acetic acid, its good for losing weight. Acetic acid stops body fat from building up. Apple cider vinegar also helps your body take in nutrients from the food you eat, treats digestive issues, and fights infections.

3. Replace Your Regular Tea/ Coffee with Green Tea

Another good idea for weight loss is to drink green tea. It has a big range of antioxidants that help the body break down foods, and help in losing weight. The catechins in green tea are very good for burning fat, because they free fat from fat cells. They also fight free radicals and stop diseases.

Switch your regular cup of tea or coffee with a cup of organic green tea. You can drink 3 to 4 cups of green tea a day.

4. Exercise

If you really want to lose weight in a healthy way, theres no way to escape from regular exercise and activity. Doing a mix of mild and hard physical activity will help you lose weight, and control your weight.

Also, exercise helps lessen stress and raise your energy, mood, and sleep quality. It lowers the risk of chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and some cancers. Its best to set a certain time slot in your day for your exercise routine, so that you do not skip it because of the excuse that you dont have enough time.

5. Eat a Healthy Diet

A healthy and low calorie diet is a very important part of a good weight loss plan. Make sure to include fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains in your diet, instead of filling up on junk foods.

Stay away from fried and fatty foods. Also, dont take in too much sugar and salt.

Look for healthier forms of your favorite foods. For example, eat homemade air- popped popcorn instead of high- calorie, oil- popped popcorn.

Dont eat things made with white flour like white bread, cookies, muffins, pizzas, hotdogs, burgers, pasta, and other foods like that. Choose whole grain and healthier forms of these foods. Their labels should say 100 percent whole grain, not just made with whole grains or multi- grain.

Eat more fiber and proteins, but less carbohydrates. Proteins will help you feel full for longer, and lessen cravings.

Set aside one day a week for a cheat meal. Remember, its important not to eat too much. To get the most out of your cheat meal, eat it slowly and try to avoid disturbances while eating.

Choose fresh fruit juice, instead of packaged fruit juices, which are full of sugar and preservatives.

Use virgin coconut oil in your diet. It is easy to digest, good for your health, and also helps your body break down materials faster.Eat smaller meals, more often.

6. Drink Plenty of Water

Drink a lot of water throughout the day to help your body wash out toxins. It is suggested to drink 8 to 10 glasses of fluids a day.

Besides helping to clean out toxins, it makes the body burn fat faster.

Also, eat more fruits and vegetables that are full of water.

7. Get Proper Sleep

Getting proper sleep and relaxation is also very important for weight loss. In fact, not getting enough quality sleep affects your hunger and fullness hormones, negatively changes the way your body break down materials, and changes the way your genetics impact your body mass index (BMI).

A lack of sleep makes you snack more late at night, makes you crave comfort foods, and leaves you too tired for regular physical exercise. Lack of sleep can also stop weight loss efforts from working.

Make sure to get 6 to 8 hours of sleep every night.

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Are you eating well and exercising, but your weight just won't budge? Or it's going up? Desperate attempts to lose weight can be so frustrating and create a real stress in our lives. In fact, I'll go as far as saying that weight is the NUMBER ONE stress for women I know.

It's a vicious cycle of trying to control what we eat, feeling like a failure because the scale doesn't move, punishing ourselves for not being "more in control," and then manifesting a huge amount of bodily stress that causes further havoc in our bodies. Then we binge or take our diet to an extreme (never healthy) and the cycle continues

Oh gosh Ive exhausted myself just typing that!

Our self-esteem is measured by what the scales say, right?

Of course not, but thats what I believed. Now I believe that when we are kinder to ourselves, and practice positive thinking, our body will start to work in our favor. And the weight will go down.

Of course its not thaat simple, but it's the first part of being more in control of your own body weight.

And it doesn't need to be such a stress! There is a way to live without worrying about your weight and watching everything that enters your mouth. Once we have the skills in place to find happiness and psychological wellbeing, healthy eating habits (and a healthy weight) will follow easily.

Here are 14 reasons you may be hitting the wall with your weight

1. Your hormones aren't balanced.

If you are fatigued, suffer from PMS, experience irregular menstrual cycles, find it hard to lose weight, feel depressed or anxious, you may have a hormonal imbalance. Best to see a nutritionist or doctor who can support you and suggest certain tests that will confirm this so you can take appropriate action.

2. You're not getting enough Vitamin D.

A huge number of the population have low Vitamin D, which is associated with weight gain and several metabolic processes. If you spend much of your life indoors, get your Vitamin D checked with your doctor.

3. You're exercising, but not in a way thats benefiting your body!

You are either exercising too much or you need to mix it up a bit and give the body a bit of a shock. (Funnily enough, most people I see who over exercise tend to put on weight easily.) Enjoy a variety of workout techniques: weight training, Pilates, yoga and interval training. Quick and hard bursts are good. And weight training is very helpful to raise your metabolism.

4. Your digestion and absorption is not optimal.

You are not what you eat; you are what you digest and absorb! Our gut health will determine our overall wellbeing. The bacteria that lies in our gut helps us to fight disease, process our food, make nutrients and make hormones etc.

5. You're sitting on your ass all day.

You're not moving your body enough throughout the day, and your body does not like this. I understand some of your have office jobs and are tied to your desk, but is it possible to go for a few minute stroll every hour? Or walk 20 minutes to grab lunch?

6. You're eating too much.

I'd love to be able to say you can eat as much healthy food as you like, but unfortunately this is just not the case. The body cannot cope with a lot of food at once. It's vital to put good portions on your plate. (I usually say: of the plate should be protein, carbohydrate and veggies.) Fill that plate with your greens, my love, and eat 5 to 6 small meals a day. We must learn to listen to our bodies when it's full and to stop eating! We all need to work on this.

7. You're not chewing your food.

Chewing your food until it's liquid will really help with weight loss and better digestive performance.

8. You're stressed and not finding balance in your days.

Stress can impact your weight in a number of ways. Long term stress = high cortisol, which is linked to blood sugar imbalance and weight gain around the mid-section.

9. You're not sleeping enough.

Sleep = repair. When your body gets enough rest, it's able to perform.

10. You're a fad dieter.

This is not way of life. I often ask people are you weight conscious or health conscious? They're very different mentalities that foster very different choices.

11. You're eating out too much and not cooking at home.

Trust me, you just dont know what that restaurant is using to cook your food. Assume they're using the worst vegetable oils, heavy amounts of butter and oil, and poor-quality produce. Unless you're dining at a place that claims healthy cooking and uses healthy produce, learn to love your kitchen!

12, You're not adding protein to your plate.

Protein is the satiety macronutrient that helps us to balance out blood sugars and therefore helps to control our weight

13. You're scared of good fats.

Don't be! Good fats are so so important to your brain and for making hormones. (So you can imagine why many of those who suffer from hormonal imbalances usually eat a low-fat diet) and your heart. The body actually uses the good fats and they will help to lower your LDL cholesterol.

14. Your liver is sluggish and you need a good cleanse!

If you're feeling low, tired, and moody and your diet contains alcohol, coffee and sugar, you need to give your body a break. When your liver is sluggish, it struggles to process substances/toxins/hormones efficiently and this leads to toxic build up and this will inevitably cause weight gain. You might benefit from a seasonal cleanse.

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Going on a diet is a losing game. Some research suggests more than nine out of every 10 people who try to diet will fail.

Even people who are able to diet successfully often fight a tough battle against the body's evolutionarily savvy attempts to store extra energy. In fact, scientists have found that the bodies of severely overweight people who lose weight can actively work against them: as they slim down, their metabolism drops, making it harder to lose more weight.

Experts agree that extreme diets and juice cleanses aren't good long-term strategies for maintaining a healthy weight. To that end, the US News & World Report's 2018 ranking of the best diets put the trendy ketogenic diet dead last.

But there are a few simple things you can do to stay trim and satisfied in the long run.

We asked dietitian Jason Ewoldt from the nation's top-rated hospital, the Mayo Clinic, for his simplest, sanest ideas for staying lean. Here's his advice:

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Introduction to weight loss

Whether your weight-loss goals involve trying to lose 5 pounds or more than 50, the same principles determine how much weight you lose and how fast your weight loss will occur. Remembering the following simple healthy eating diet tips and putting them into practice can lead to weight reduction without the aid of any special diet plans, weight loss programs, fitness books, or medications.

Our body weight is determined by the amount of energy that we take in as food and the amount of energy we expend in the activities of our day. Energy is measured in calories. Metabolism is the sum of all chemical processes within the body that sustain life. Your basal metabolic rate is the number of calories (amount of energy) you need for your body to carry out necessary functions. If your weight remains constant, this is likely a sign that you are taking in the same amount of calories that you burn daily. If you're slowly gaining weight over time, it is likely that your caloric intake is greater than the number of calories you burn through your daily activities.

Every adult is in control of the amount of food he or she consumes each day, so our intake of calories is something we can control. To a major degree, we can also control our output of energy, or the number of calories we burn each day. The number of calories we burn each day is dependent upon the following:

For some people, due to genetic (inherited) factors or other health conditions, the resting metabolic rate (RMR) can be slightly higher or lower than average. Our weight also plays a role in determining how many calories we burn at rest -- the more calories are required to maintain your body in its present state, the greater your body weight. A 100-pound person requires less energy (food) to maintain body weight than a person who weighs 200 pounds.

Lifestyle and work habits partially determine how many calories we need to eat each day. Someone whose job involves heavy physical labor will naturally burn more calories in a day than someone who sits at a desk most of the day (a sedentary job). For people who do not have jobs that require intense physical activity, exercise or increased physical activity can increase the number of calories burned.

As a rough estimate, an average woman 31-50 years of age who leads a sedentary lifestyle needs about 1,800 calories per day to maintain a normal weight. A man of the same age requires about 2,200 calories. Participating in a moderate level of physical activity (exercising three to five days per week) requires about 200 additional calories per day. More strenuous exercise programs, such as those with cardio focus, can burn even more.

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Weight Loss: The No-Diet Approach

The TV ads, filled with celebrity endorsers and regular people holding out their enormous "old jeans," make the diet plans sound terribly tempting. Although an FTC rule now requires testimonial ads to cite typical results, the looming question still remains: Which of these diet programs are worth your money?

To find out, MoneyWatch analyzed eight of the biggest diet plans. Three are support-only plans that don't require you to buy their food, and five are food-delivery plans. We interviewed leading nutritionists and weight-loss professionals, pored through clinical studies, and tallied up membership fees and food costs to determine the ones most likely to help you slim down and to see how much you'd pay to drop 20 pounds.

Our favorite for value and efficacy is Weight Watchers, designed to help you change your eating habits for good. Nutrisystem is the least expensive meal delivery plan we reviewed (Medifast is cheaper, but you have to provide one meal a day on your own). And the silver-spoon award undoubtedly goes to In The Zone Delivery, a white-glove service for people who'll spare no expense to drop the pounds.

Here's how the plans stack up. See the handy chart at the bottom of the page for a side-by-side comparison.

Cost: Choose the 39.95 monthly pass, which includes unlimited meetings and online support. If you wont go to meetings, try three months of online-only services for $53.85 (with automatic renewal at $17.95 a month thereafter), plus a $30 sign-up fee.

The skinny: The oldest national weight-loss program, its members rave about the encouragement they get at weekly meetings led by former Weight Watchers dieters. Nutritionists praise the portion-control points system: Each food is assigned points based on its serving size, calories, fiber, and fat; and no foods are forbidden. Your point allowance is based on your weight, height, gender, age, and activity level. Weight Watchers has done a good job incorporating cognitive behavioral change to weight management, says Martin Binks, professor of psychology at Duke University Medical Center.

Does it work? Yes. A recent clinical study in the New England Journal of Medicine linked group counseling sessions to weight-loss success. That explains why Weight Watchers has impressive short-term results. A 2005 study in the Annals of Internal Medicine showed participants lost an average of about 5 percent of their body weight (10 pounds) in six months. Two years later, they had kept about half the weight off. To help members stay on track, Weight Watchers encourages them to attend meetings until theyve stayed within 2 pounds of their goal weight for six weeks. After that, you get free lifetime membership. The company says members using its online tools in addition to attending meetings lost 50 percent more weight than those going to meetings alone.

How much can you expect to lose? Up to 2 pounds per week

Cost to lose 20 pounds: $160 for three months of unlimited meetings plus one more month to complete the maintenance period. For the online-only option, plan on spending $72 for the same four months.

Cost per pound of weight loss: $4 or $8, not including food

Worth the money? Yes. Its economical and has a proven track record.

We looked at two plans from eDiets one that offers support alone, and another with meal delivery.

Cost: The support-only plan runs about $18 per month or $99 a year, billed to your credit card (with a $25 fee if you cancel within three months). The optional meal delivery service, eDiets Fresh Prepared Meal Delivery, costs $110 per week for five days of meals or $140 for a full week, plus $22 shipping, and includes the online service.

The skinny: You can choose from among more than 20 diet plans, including ones for diabetics and vegetarians. Online tools let you set goals, plan menus and generate shopping lists. Theres no face-to-face support, but you get support through online message boards, and you can reach a registered dietitian and personal trainer by phone at any time. The optional meal delivery service offers freshly prepared, calorie-controlled meals delivered in a cooler.

Does it work? People really seem to love message boards, but there is no data yet to show whether they are effective in helping with weight loss, says Binks. But telephone support has some evidence in its favor: A couple of studies have shown that telephone support is just as effective as live support, says Christine Gerbstadt, M.D., spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.

How much can you expect to lose? 1 to 2 pounds per week

Cost to lose 20 pounds: For online membership, $54 for three months. For meal delivery, which includes online membership, $1,716 to $2,106 for 13 weeks.

Cost per pound of weight loss: $2.70 for online-only plan; about $86 to $105 for meal delivery.

Worth the money? Online membership: Yes, its a bargain for round-the-clock support. Meal delivery: No for about the same money, other services offer better track records.

Cost: $5 a week after a free seven-day trial with a minimum commitment of four weeks, plus the cost of the South Beach Diet book.

The skinny: Southbeachdiet.com is an online version of the good carbs/good fats diet created by cardiologist Arthur Agatston. For the first two weeks, you eat three extremely low-carb meals a day plus two snacks. After that, you gradually add good carbs, such as fruits and whole grains. You can customize menus, search a database of more than 1,000 recipes and get a personalized shopping list. Theres online support from staff dieticians and members plus daily motivational emails.

Does it work? Studies have shown that after one year, carb-restricted diets led to greater weight loss and increased heart health than low-fat diets. However, the advantage disappeared over the long term.

How much can you expect to lose? Figure on 8 to 13 pounds during the two-week kick-start phase, then 1 to 2 pounds a week thereafter.

Cost to lose 20 pounds: $55 for nine weeks, including the book

Cost per pound of weight loss: $2.75, not including food

Worth the money? Maybe: It doesnt cost much, but you dont get as much support as with Weight Watchers or eDiets.

Cost: About $40 to $50 per day (plus a $10 delivery fee) for three meals and two snacks depending on whether you choose chef selected or custom.

The skinny: The Zone diet is mostly meat, fruits, and vegetables. Home-delivered gourmet frozen meals have a ratio of 40 percent carbs/30 percent proteins/30 percent favorable fats, designed to promote stable insulin levels, increased energy and weight loss. You eat three meals per day plus two Zone protein-powder snacks.

Does it work? Yes. A 2007 study of 160 people in the Journal of American Medical Association found the Zone diet helped people achieve modest weight loss after one year, comparable with those on the Atkins, Weight Watchers and Ornish diets, and improved cardiac risk factors.

How much can you expect to lose? Many customers lose 5 pounds a week, but dont get confused: Some of this is water weight, says Don Ruttenberg, CEO of Fresh Food Delivered, the company behind In the Zone Delivery. What you really lose in body fat is 1 to 1.5 pounds per week.

Cost to lose 20 pounds: $5,600 to $6,720 for 16 weeks of food, depending on your food choices

Cost per pound of weight loss: $280 to $336

Worth the money? No, unless youre looking for white-glove service.

Cost: Pricing information is noticeably, frustratingly absent from the Jenny Craig Web site. A sales agent told us that the program fee will soon change to $30 for 30 days. Meals average $5 a pop; the total cost for 3 meals and two snacks a day runs $18 to $22.

The skinny: Premium-priced Jenny Craig offers nutritionally balanced packaged food; you order by phone and pick it up at a Jenny Craig center or have it delivered through Jenny Direct (for a $65 delivery fee). You eat three Jenny Craig meals plus a snack per day, and supplement with fruit, vegetables and dairy. The food may lack zesty flavor, but it teaches portion control through visualizing, so when you go out to eat in a restaurant youll know how big a piece of meat you want to eat, says Gerbstadt. Once a week, you get a weigh-in and pep talk with a consultant who is not a dietician and who earns commissions from selling you products. Theres also round-the-clock phone support and online tools that include a menu planner, activity planner and progress tracker.

Does it work? Jenny Craig has a good track record for short-term weight loss (up to one year). In a UC San Diego clinical trial of 442 dieters (funded by Jenny Craig), Jenny Craig clients lost 11 percent of their initial weight after 12 months, compared with 3 percent weight loss by those who were dieting on their own.

How much can you expect to lose? 1 to 2 pounds per week

Cost per pound of weight loss: $96

Cost: About $145 a week for weekdays only or $180 for seven days, including snacks plus $25 FedEx delivery. (Shipping is free the first week.)

The skinny: The doctor-designed Bistro M.D. program aims to provide a rotating menu of FedExd, portion-controlled, frozen meals that are a cut above the usual packaged diet fare. (The price is a cut above the competition, too.) The plan tries to help you avoid a weight-loss stall out by varying the daily calorie intake between 1,100 and 1,400. By eating a little more some days and a little less on others, youll supposedly prevent your body from becoming used to the same number of calories every day. Bistro M.D. doesnt do much in the way of organized support, but you can speak with a registered dietitian by phone upon request.

Does it work? While no university studies support the theory that varying caloric intake aids weight loss, the high quality of the food and the relatively large portion sizes have been praised by Health magazine, Dr. Phil and The New York Times. Some plan users have complained of a lack of choices and menu flexibility compared to other plans, but a company spokesman says they offer more than 100 entrees and can make substitutions to accommodate allergies and food preferences.

How much can you expect to lose? 1 to 3 pounds per week

Cost of losing 20 pounds: $1,525 to $2,025 for 10 weeks of food

Cost per pound of weight loss: About $76 to $101

Worth the money? Yes: Its a reasonable price for well-made food with slightly faster average weight loss than with Jenny Craig.

Cost: $329 for a 28-day plan that includes nonperishable ready to go meals or $299 for 28-day plan in which one-third of the meals are fresh-frozen. Theres also a $148, 14-day starter program available through Walmart.

The skinny: This meal-delivery service, endorsed by Marie Osmond and Dan Marino, emphasizes foods with a low glycemic index. The underlying premise is that controlling blood sugar levels leads to weight loss. The heat-and-eat prepared meals and snacks contain 55 to 60 percent good carbs, and 20 to 25 percent each of protein and fats; like Jenny Craig, you add fruits, vegetables and dairy. Support is available through phone counseling, weekly e-classes with a dietician and tracking tools.

Does it work? Theres plenty of research showing that following a diet of 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day, such as Nutrisystem, can cause weight loss. For example, a study by the Obesity Research Center at St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital in New York found that postmenopausal women who followed a 1,200-calorie plan for 16 weeks lost an average of 21 pounds.

How much can you expect to lose? 1 to 2 pounds per week

Cost of losing 20 pounds: $1,196 to $1,316 for four 28-day cycles

Cost per pound of weight loss: $60 to $66

Worth the money? Yes: For a meal-delivery diet system, Nutrisystem is more economical than Jenny Craig.

Cost: $75 a week

The skinny: Although todays program is not as stringent as the original liquid fast Medifast launched decades ago, the low-fat, relatively low-carb plan is designed to bring about rapid weight loss by coaxing your body into a fat-burning state known as ketosis. With the Medifast 5 & 1 Plan, you eat five small meal replacements a day that are about 100 calories each (which you order online and have delivered) plus one lean and green meal you prepare, consisting of about 500 calories of lean chicken, fish or meat plus three servings of low-carb salad or green vegetables. The 70 meal replacement choices include shakes, bars, soups, pudding, oatmeal, chili, pretzel sticks, cheese puffs, and scrambled eggs.

Does it work? If you can stick with it, a diet of 1,000 calories a day can certainly induce rapid weight loss. A common concern with such low-calorie diets is that youll quickly regain the weight, but in a small clinical trial published in the journal Experimental Biology, after 10 months, only about one in five people regained all the weight they had lost.

How much can you expect to lose? 2 to 5 pounds per week

Cost of losing 20 pounds: $300 to $750, depending on the speed of your weight loss, plus grocery costs for your lean and green meals

Cost per pound of weight loss: $15 to $38 (plus groceries)

Worth the money? Maybe: Choose this more extreme plan only if quick weight loss is your priority.

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This article was updated by Eileen P. Gunn.

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Instead of a strict diet that tells you all the things not to eat, Freston suggests a better way: crowd out instead of cut out. Essentially, you focus on what to do vs. what not to do by slowly working good habits into your routine. After time, you're eating and drinking so many healthy things that you don't have room for the bad stuff.

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To keep the doctor away and melt pounds, Freston suggests eating an apple every day. These fruits are full of an especially good fiber called pectin, she says, which slows down the process of digestion and keeps you feeling fuller for longer.

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Freston advises drinking an 8-ounce glass of water at least eight times a day, and more importantly, to drink water immediately before a meal. This technique, called pre-loading, literally fills up your stomach so you get full faster and don't eat as much. In one study, participants who drank two cups of water before eating lost five pounds more fat than those who did not.

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Freston says one of the easiest things you can do to speed weight-loss is to add two tablespoons of flaxseed into your daily regimen--mixed into your morning oatmeal, blended with a smoothie or sprinkled over soup or salad. Flaxseed is full of fiber so fills you up and keeps you feeling full. It can be found in the health food section of the grocery store or a specialty store like GNC.

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Freston describes dairy milk as designed to nourish a baby calf and help it quickly put on a thousand pounds. Because adult humans don't need the fat, lactose and growth hormones, she advises switching dairy milk for a non-dairy alternative like soy, almond, hemp or rice milk.

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One of the good things about Freston's plan is that she advises eating the foods you love but swapping in healthier alternatives where possible. An easy trick is switching one animal product in your routine for a plant-based product. Instead of hamburger, have a veggie burger. Instead of a chicken taco, have a black-bean taco. Over time, these little changes add up.

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Just as you would schedule your workday with clearly defined meeting times, goals and to-do lists, Freston advises scheduling your eating and exercise habits to help hold yourself accountable. As you move through the day (8AM: oatmeal with flaxseed, 11AM: apple and water, etc.), you'll feel accomplished as you check things off your list.

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Many of us are emotional or thoughtless eaters, shoving down food in a trance-like state. To curb this bad habit, Freston recommends stopping for five minutes a day, closing your eyes and reviewing your state of being mentally and physically. Then you'll be less likely to over-eat as a way of self-soothing because you've taken a moment to register how you're feeling and why.

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Eight Simple Ways To Lose Weight And Keep It Off

I laugh whenever I see an article claiming to give the reader the 100 best diet tips or 50 easy ways to lose weight. Why? Because weight loss isnt that complicated. You dont need to do 150 different things. In fact, weight loss requires just 2 simple steps. Guess what else? Neither of these steps is exercise if you dont want it to be.

(Before you get to the 2 steps, please understand this: You should exercise. Its good for your body, mind, soul, spirit, chi and whatever other wacky things you can come up with. Exercise provides many more positive health benefits than just weight loss alone. Yes, even more than giving you hot, sexy, toned arms and legs and a defined, chiseled, sculpted chest and abs. Exercise is the complete opposite of a bad thing. Got that? Good.)

With that being said, heres the 2 simple steps to lose weight without exercise

Step 1:

Figure out your daily calorie maintenance level. This is the number of calories your body needs to burn each day to do, ya know, things. For example, living and standing. Getting this number (or a close enough estimate) is quite easy. To do this, use the quick and easy calorie maintenance level calculator about 6 paragraphs from the top of the weight loss diet plan page. That should give you the close enough estimate.

Since its impossible to know for sure if that estimate will be close enough for everyone, a second option for figuring out your calorie maintenance level is described directly below the calculator. Youre welcome to use both methods if you want.

Step 2:

Once you know your calorie maintenance level, its time for some very basic subtraction. If you failed second grade math, now would be the time to go get a calculator. There are about 3500 calories in 1 pound. So, if you were to eat 3500 calories less than your body needs each week, you would end up losing 1 pound per week. Since there are 7 days in a week, this comes out to be 500 less calories than your maintenance level each day. (3500calories 7days = 500calories less per day)

Heres an example

Lets say your daily calorie maintenance level came out to be 3000 calories. To lose 1 pound per week, you need to eat 500 less calories a day. So, in this example you would start to eat 2500 calories per day from now on. Doing so would create a total deficit of 3500 calories a week and therefore cause a weight loss of about 1 pound per week.

And there you have it the 2 simple steps to lose weight without exercise.

Done.

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2 Simple Steps To Lose Weight WITHOUT Exercise!

"I want to lose weight but no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to slim down." Does that complaint sound familiar? If you're like many frustrated dieters, you're beginning to think that you'll never get the body you desire. "I need help losing weight!"

Don't panicthere is hope. If you want to lose weight, simply find out which common weight loss mistakes might be preventing you from getting the results that you want. Then make simple changes to tweak your weight loss plan and slim for good.

Scan this list of common weight loss blunders. Almost all of us make these mistakesor at least a few of them. Change your habits to change your weight.

1. Stop choosing the wrong diet.How often have you chosen a diet because it worked for a friend? Perhaps you were inspired by a celebrity dietor celebrity spokesperson. A diet might be perfect for someone else, but their needs, their lifestyle, and their food preferences could be completely different from yours.

Do this instead: Ask yourself five important questions about your diet history, medical background, and emotional support. The answers will help you to identify your specific needs as a dieter and help you to choose the best weight loss plan for you.

2. Stop setting unrealistic goals.

Dieters are often highly motivated and full of excitement at the beginning of their weight loss program. It is often during this phase that they set unrealistic goals for weight loss. But high expectations can cause weight gain when lack of progress leads to lack of motivation.

Do this instead: Learn how to set small goals that you'll actually reach.These smaller steps provide a roadmap for your weight loss journey. As you reach each small goal you get a boost of confidence and you stay motivated on the way to your ultimate goal.

3. Stop using "lack of time" as an excuse.

One of the most common barriers to weight loss is the belief that you don't have enough time. One study found that 41 percentof women said "lack of time" was the reason that they didn't eat better and 73 percent of women said they didn't exercise because their schedules were too busy. The bottom line is that if you want to lose weight, you have to find a way to make time for healthy activity.

Do this instead: Get out an old-fashioned paper calendar and find windows of time that are not consumed by absolute necessities. Then create a schedule for healthy weight loss activities. Pen in the most important tasks and schedule everything else around them. Don't be afraid to put other priorities on the back burner or ask for help (see item #4) so that you can take the time you need to make your health a top priority.

4. Stop isolating yourself.

In a recent interview with Biggest Loser runner-up Hanna Curlee, she said that the most important thing she learned during her successful weight loss experience was to ask for help. "I was ashamed to ask for help," she said. "I could have called someone and reached out for help, but I thought I didn't have anyone." She realized later that she had friends and family who were willing and able to help her through her weight loss journey.

Do this instead: Learn how to get diet support from family and friends. Take the time to identify your needs for yourself and then approach others for help. That way, you'll be clear about defining specific ways in which they can help. Find friends at work, at the gym, in your neighborhood or even at church.

5. Stop underestimating your food intake.

Do you really count all of your calories? Remember that even tiny 25-calorie nibbles here and there throughout the day can add up. Snacks count, food from your dining partner's plate counts, and calories consumed during food preparation count. Your daily caloric intake might be significantly higher than you think.

Do this instead: Use a food tracker. Make your entries more accurate by purchasing an inexpensive food scale. The tool will allow you to report the exact size of each portion you consume.

6. Stop believing that "healthy" foods will cause weight loss.

Several studies have shown that people are more likely to overeat foods that they perceive to be healthy. One study at the University of Michigan found that when a food was labeled "organic," dieters ate more of it. The bottom line? Your "healthy" snack may cause unhealthy weight gain.

Do this instead: Ignore front-of-package marketing and get your information from the nutritional facts label. Your favorite foods may contain a few healthy ingredients, but they may be too high in fat or calories to be part of your weight loss plan. Avocados, for example, are full of healthy fat, but are also very high in calories. Either eat them in moderation or trash the foods that are keeping you fat.

7. Stop sitting all day.

Non-exercise activity thermogenesis, or NEAT, is a fancy term for all of the non-exercise movement that you do every day. It can account for up to 15-30% of your total calorie burn. If you spend your day sitting at a desk or your evenings lying on the couch, the calories you burn from NEAT will be minimal.

Do this instead: Learn how to burn calories without exercise.Boost your NEAT all day long.If you have a desk job, get up every hour and walk to the restroom on a different floor, refill your water, run an errand on foot, or climb the stairs in your office building. If you like watching television at night, fold laundry or dust furniture instead of just lying on the couch.

8. Stop overestimating your exercise activity.

Many people who want to lose weight join a gym. But you actually have to go to the health club to burn calories. And your workout time is only the time you spend exercising. It should not include the time you spend in the locker room, parking your car, and chatting with friends.

Do this instead:Invest in a heart rate monitor to get a more accurate estimate of your workout time. There are quite a few models on the market, so compare prices to find one that fits your budget. A heart rate monitor not only lets you know how hard you are working, but most models will measure your "time in range" to let you know exactly how many minutes you can count as exercise.

9. Stop compensating for exercise by eating more.It is normal for your appetite to increase when you begin to exercise. But one of the most common weight loss mistakes is to indulge in extra snacks and treats as a reward for the workout. But eating those treats can cause weight gain.

Do this instead: Plan a healthy, low-calorie snack to eat right after you exercise. Combine a healthy lean protein with a carbohydrate to satisfy your hunger and replace nutrients lost during the workout. A glass of skim chocolate milk works well and tastes decadent enough to feel like a treat.

10. Stop expecting major results from minimal change. There are certain facts about weight loss that smart dieters learn after a while.One of them is that dieting is difficult.Of course, you'll see ads for popular weight loss pills that claim to help you lose weight without any effort.And many trendy fad diets make the same promises.But those products and plans don't work.

Do this instead: Embrace the truth that weight loss is hard, but don't let the difficulty of the process deter you. If you want to lose weight, you can. But it will be uncomfortable. Celebrate small accomplishments to stay focused along the way.

For example, if the scale isn't giving you the weight loss results that you want, then celebrate the fact that you ate a well-balanced diet during the day and remind yourself about the health benefits you gain from eating well. Your exercise plan may not be resulting in weight loss yet, but it may help you sleep better at night and feel better during the day. Look for and acknowledge the little perks along the way.

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