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Thinking about shedding some weight and getting fit before the New Year? Thanks to your smartphone and the wide world of the Internet, it's never been easier to adopt, track and maintain a healthy lifestyle. From digital diaries to more sophisticated constructs like Gympact, digital tools are at your disposal, motivating you to lose that gut and up your fitness level.

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But any good health expert will tell you that physical activities are only half of the equation. In order to prime your body for weight loss, muscle gain and higher energy levels, you must also watch your nutrition levels and maintain a healthy diet. And while there's no panacea for getting rid of the excess poundage you've accumulated (thanks to late nights of dollar beers and taquito platters), there are a melange of diets to suit your specific needs. The best part, of course, is that there's no nutritionist, meal delivery or book required -- these dieting platforms will help you lose weight and keep it off at roughly the price of a large coffee.

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Here's a roundup of some standout diet apps, based on some popular dieting methods. What's your go-to diet application or software? Let us know in the comments.

Perhaps the most popular system to keep track of calories, MyFitnessPal is essentially a comprehensive food dictionary and diary that assists in the raw numbers of calories-in, calories-out dieting. Simply type in your height and weight, your average exercise level and your goal weight, and MyFitnessPal will set a recommended daily amount of calories to safely lose those pounds.

While it doesn't offer recipes, MyFitnessPal stores the nutritional information of an amazing number of food items, both store-bought and at popular chain restaurants. For example, a simple type of "Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast" will yield multiple user-produced entries for the popular breakfast meal, including optional additions such as hash browns and pancakes. MyFitnessPal tries to take the headache out of calorie counting by providing as many of these items as possible, and for the most part, it succeeds. The app does require an active commitment, though, so don't expect it to work miracles if you're less than inclined to record your intake (or fudge it).

MyFitnessPal is totally free, and operates in a comprehensive browser app and via every major smartphone carrier. The only investment you need to make is your own effort.

Another food and fitness diary, LoseIt! is a sleek and stylized program that relies on user input to accurately read and record the calorie count of every meal -- as well as exercise regiments. That sounds like a tall order, but LoseIt! incorporates an important feature to jumpstart your commitment to a healthy lifestyle: gamification.

From the moment you start your tailored diary program to the moment you achieve your first weight or maintenance milestone, LoseIt! awards badges for a user's hard work. The app also rewards for burning calories and longstanding trends; the "Inferno" badge, for example, rewards a user for "burning an amazing amount of calories for eight weeks in a row." In addition to badges, LoseIt! sends weekly motivational emails and progress tracks to keep users from derailing.

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Posted on: 7:30 pm, September 28, 2012, by Shaul Turner, updated on: 11:29pm, September 28, 2012

DENVER Women who want to lose weight are used to being told to cut certain things out of their diet, but a new study shows for many women, adding two things can actually cause weight to fall right off.

Ready? Its simple: fruits and vegetables.

The study, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, shows that women who add just two servings of fruits and vegetables to their diet each day can take at least three pounds off the scale over the next four years.

That can counter-balance the typical weight gain that comes with the aging process.

Doctor Mandi Beman of Aracea Womens Care says a well balanced diet is especially important for women approaching the age of menopause since hormonal changes can increase weight gain.

Dr. Beman says, There are a lot of calories in fruits and vegetables especially fiber which help maintain a healthy digestive system it also helps to keep you feeling more full.

Weight bearing exercise is also important, especially for women over the age of 50 who are prone to bone loss.

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Researchers found that when bees were fed resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, they ate less food afterwards.

While bees normally gorge themselves on sugary foods when they are freely available, those which had been fed resveratrol chose to stop eating once they had taken on enough to meet their energy needs.

They also became uninterested in diluted sugar solutions, suggesting they had become less sensitive to it, the scientists reported in the Aging journal.

Previous studies have indicated that resveratrol could also combat obesity by mimicing the effects of a low-fat diet, and help prevent the onset of age-related disease.

Gro Amdam, one of the study's authors from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, said: "Because what we eat is such an important contributor to our physical health, we looked at the bees' sensitivity to sugar and their willingness to consume it.

"Bees typically gorge on sugar and while it's the best thing for them, we know that eating too much is not necessarily a good thing."

Brenda Rascn, another of the researchers, from Arizona State University, added: "Surprisingly, the bees that received the drug decreased their food intake.

"The bees were allowed to eat as much as they pleased and were certainly not starving they simply would not gorge on the food that we know they like.

"It's possible resveratrol may be working by some mechanism that is related to caloric restriction a dietary regimen long-known to extend lifespan in diverse organisms."

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If it's not hard enough to lose weight, keeping it off can be even tougher. By some estimates, up to two-thirds of dieters regain more weight than they lost within four or five years. To beat those odds, and keep the scale steady, try these science-backed strategies:

Stick to a low-GI diet

When compared with low-carb and low-fat eating plans, a low-glycemic-index (GI) diet may give you the best chance of keeping weight off in a healthy way, suggests preliminary research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Scientists looked at the three diets and found that while the low-carb plan helped burn the most calories, it also appeared to raise risk factors for heart disease. Participants on the low-GI diet burned more than 100 more calories a day than the low-fat group, without harmful heart effects.

A low-GI plan is similar to Mediterranean-style diets, emphasizing foods with slow-digesting carbohydrates, such as beans and lentils, non-starchy vegetables (like broccoli), fruit and whole grains, as well as lean proteins and healthy fats like olive oil.

Keep working out

You increased your physical activity to lose the weight; to maintain your new look, successful dieters say you have to stay the course. According to the National Weight Control Registry, which tracks the habits of more than 5,000 people who have lost and kept off weight, 90 percent of those surveyed report exercising an about an hour a day. Break it up if you need to: Take 20-minute brisk walks in the morning, afternoon and evening the effect is the same.

Track your weight and daily food intake

It may seem tedious, but it can help monitor your progress and spot potential pitfalls. Step on the scale about once a week (morning is the best time) and log your numbers. If the pounds creep back on, check your food journal. It can help identify patterns and habits derailing your success. Then you can make changes like packing healthy foods for your road trip, or taking a quick lap around the office on a break.

Remember why you want to stay slim

You look better, you feel healthier and in control, you have more energy, or you can fit into your favorite dress: Whatever the reason, taking a minute to remind yourself every day why it's worth the effort is a tactic that can help you keep the weight off, according to a survey of more than 1,100 people who maintained weight loss.

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If you're looking to lose weight and help The Caring Cupboard food pantry at the same time, here's your chance. A Cumberland County wellness coach has expanded her central Pennsylvania weight-loss challenge to Lebanon County.

Four years ago, Cyndi Taylor, a personal wellness coach, started a program to help her clients lose weight through a challenge similar to the TV program "The Biggest Loser." Initially, she said, she had about seven clients, which quickly grew to more than 100.

Since 2007, she has expanded the challenge to six counties and started a challenge in Palmyra earlier this year.

Taylor attributed the growth of the challenge to the support that clients receive during the 11-week program.

"They know they are not in the boat by themselves," she said. "I really think it's the support and counseling they get."

The program includes personalized, one-on-one coaching each week, in addition to nutrition classes.

The local challenge is held every Tuesday evening at Palmyra Church of the Brethren, 45 N. Chestnut St. The program is designed to help people lose weight by teaching them about nutrition while giving back to the community, Taylor said.

During the challenge, there is a pound-per-pound food give-back challenge. For every pound lost by participants, they donate one pound of food, Taylor explained. All of the food is given to The Caring Cupboard in Palmyra.

The program also encourages participants to bring in any clothes they or their

"We have only had two 11-week sessions so far but have already helped Lebanon County lose over 400 pounds of unwanted fat," said Holly Grove, one of the local weight-loss coaches.

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Contact: Katarina Sternudd katarina.sternudd@ki.se 46-852-483-895 Karolinska Institutet

Anyone who wants to lose weight has a wide variety of diets to choose from, but knowledge of what works is often poor. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University have now evaluated a Swedish commercial weight loss programme called Itrim, and found it to be effective. After one year, participants had lost 11 kg on average.

"Most of the participants lost a lot of weight in the first three months and then showed very good weight stability after one year," says Erik Hemmingsson, researcher at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital's Obesity Centre. "However, we still don't know what happens in the longer term. Maintaining the lower weight is without a doubt the greatest challenge for dieters."

Itrim is based on available research on sustained weight loss through diet and exercise. Each participant selects one of three diets at the start of the at a minimum one-year programme: a very low calorie diet (VLCD, 500 kcal/day consisting solely of meal replacements for 6-10 weeks); a low calorie diet (LCD, 1200-1500 kcal/day consisting of a mix of normal food and meal replacements); or a calorie-restricted normal food diet (1500-1800 kcal/day). The program also consists of group sessions, individual booster sessions and exercise. People wishing to go on the most rigorous VLCD programme are required to see a physician at the start in order to minimize adverse events.

The effectiveness of the programme was evaluated by measuring weight loss in 9037 participants after one year. The mean age was 48 and the majority of the study participants were women. Forty-two percent chose the VLCD diet, 51 percent the LCD diet, and seven percent the calorie-restricted normal food diet.

The study, which is published in the scientific journal American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that the overall weight loss was 10.9 kg (or 12 percent of the starting weight) after one year. The participants on the VLCD programme lost most weight, on average 13.8 kg (or 14 percent of the starting weight). The LCD and calorie-restricted normal food diet participants lost 8.9 kg (10 percent) and 7 kg (8 percent) respectively.

Twenty-one percent of all participants dropped out of the programme. The lowest dropout rate was seen in the VLCD group (18 percent), followed by the LCD group (23 percent) and the restricted diet group (26 percent). Risk factors for dropout included low age, low starting BMI and low initial weight loss.

Participation in the Itrim programme costs about SEK 9000 a year (about $1300, 1000). According to Dr Hemmingsson, healthcare services in Sweden lack resources to help overweight and obese people lose weight, which is a problem.

"Many overweight people therefore turn to commercial programs, where the effects often are unclear," he says. "So we really need to evaluate commercial weight loss programmes."

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It's not uncommon for celebrities to lose weight for movie roles, but they also tend to shed pounds for a more stressful reason -- divorce.

Both celebs and non-famous folks alike unintentionally find themselves on the "divorce diet" after a split, dropping weight from the sheer stress of untying the knot. Click through the slideshow below for celebs who lost weight after divorce, then weigh in: Did this happen to you?

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes called it quits in June 2012 after five years of marriage. Their divorce was finalized in record time -- less than two months after they announced their split. Since they parted ways, Cruise has reportedly dropped 15 pounds (photos here). As an unnamed source told gossip mag Grazia in August, "his way of dealing with this is to throw himself into his work, but as a result he's not looking after himself, and he risks cutting himself off from people who care about him and want to make sure he's OK."

LeAnn Rimes and Dean Sheremet, her husband of nearly eight years, separated in 2009 amid reports that Rimes was having an affair with her Lifetime movie co-star (and now-husband) Eddie Cibrian. The divorce was finalized in June 2010. Rimes was photographed looking noticeably thinner in March 2011. The singer opened up about her weight loss in October of that year, telling the Associated Press, "You know, I went through all I've gone through in the last few years and I was going through a divorce and I couldn't get out of bed, and so I gained 10 pounds and then I lost 10 pounds because now I'm moving around and I'm working and you know, I don't stop and no one sees that [weight loss] actually can happen like naturally. It's a natural progression of life."

Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli parted ways in March 2012 after 11 years of marriage. After the split, Garth reportedly lost 20 pounds (photos here). "I've been certainly going through a transitional time in my life," she told Canada's Entertainment Tonight in August. "And I think anybody who has been through something like what I'm going through and have been going through for the past couple years, can definitely relate that your body changes with your emotional state of mind sometimes. I think a lot of women can relate to that."

Demi Moore filed for divorce from Ashton Kutcher in November 2011 after rumors of his infidelity surfaced. The pair married in 2005. As their union neared its final days, Moore reportedly dropped a ton of weight. By the spring of 2012, nutritionist and author of "The Hamptons Diet," Dr. Fred Pescatore, told Radar Online that he believed the 5'5'' actress weighed as little as 100 pounds.

After three years of marriage, Eva Longoria filed for divorce from NBA star Tony Parker in November 2010. The split was rumored to be a result of Parker's infidelity. In January 2012, Longoria opened up to Health magazine about her post-split weight loss: "I remember after my divorce, I was so thin and everyone kept saying how great I looked and it was probably the most unhealthy place I've ever been. So it was funny what people would see as 'healthy.' In my worst time, people were saying I've never looked better."

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If youve ever tried to lose weight, you know how much effort it takes to shed even a few pounds.

But for kids, losing weight is harder than most people realize.

A new study published in the Pediatrics medical journal says overweight teenagers are eating less than their healthy peers, but still weigh more.

Its kind of a backwards realization towards childhood obesity.

Overweight teenagers are already consuming fewer calories than their peers, but according to doctors and dietitians, once kids are overweight, shedding those unwanted pounds takes more than cutting back on calories.

And while its not a surprise to find out a childs weight is caused by what they eat and how much they eat.

But when it comes to losing those pounds, thats not as simple.

"It takes a lot of calories to get there, but it doesn't take a lot of calories to maintain and that even extends into adulthood, said Pediatrician Dr. Kaye Sykes.

After analyzing more than 19,000 children from toddlers to teens, researchers found out obese girls ages 12 to 14 eat 110 fewer calories while obese boys ages 15 to 17 consume 375 fewer calories than their heavy weight peers.

While it sounds surprising, doctors say theres more to losing weight than just cutting calories.

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Sammy Dunthorne, 24 and from Queens Hills, is hoping to help others lose weight after she said dropping two dress sizes changed her life. She has gone from a size 14/16 to a svelte size 10/12 and is now taking over the running of a Costessey Slimming World group. Pictured - Sammy before she joined Slimming World.

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A Costessey mum-of-two is hoping to help others lose weight after she said dropping two dress sizes changed her life.

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Sammy Dunthorne, 24 and from Queens Hills, weighed 12 stone 9lb and was a size 14/16 when she joined a local Slimming World group in February, and after losing two stone 6lb she is now a svelte size 10/12.

Miss Dunthorne, who has two children, Alexi, four, and Kelsi, two, said: Slimming World has really changed my life, and now I want to help others. Losing weight is a real confidence boost, and I have also got so much more energy with the children. I can run about with them and I dont get tired.Now also able to enjoy clothes shopping much more and fit into sizes she last wore when she was 14 years old, Miss Dunthorne is hoping her story will inspire others as she takes over an existing Slimming World group at Queens Hills School.

She said: If there is one thing I would say, it would be come to group. It is the start of your new life what have you got to lose!

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Self-motivation is the key to weight loss, with a new study showing that middle-aged women who eat healthily to keep others happy lose less weight.

The University of Otago set out to examine the link between the degree of autonomy and self-determination motivating women's eating behaviour and their body weight.

Researchers surveyed 1600 New Zealand women aged between 40 and 50 for the study, which the university says is the first nationwide research of its kind anywhere.

Participants were asked to rate different degrees of motivation for healthy eating - including determined or controlled. They were also asked about their specific food and eating habits.

Study co-author Caroline Horwath said the more determined and autonomous reasons for eating healthy including enjoying creating healthy meals or viewing eating healthy as part of a lifestyle.

"Controlled" motivation included reasons such as being nagged to eat healthy or feeling expected to do so.

After adjusting results for other potential explanatory factors, Horwath said it clearly showed that the more self-determined or autonomous a woman's style of motivation for eating healthily, the lower her body mass index (BMI).

"We found that every 10-unit increase in women's scores forautonomous motivation to eat healthily was associated with a 1.4kg lower body weight, which was equivalent to a 2 per cent lower BMI in a woman of average BMI in this sample."

The results suggest that even a modest decrease in controlled motivation could equate to nearly 1kg lower weight, Horwath said.

"As women in this age bracket are known to be at high risk of weight gain, this amount of weight loss could be important in reducing their risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease."

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