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What is the best way to lose weight? Are you confused? It's bad enough that reaching and maintaining your ideal weight is such a challenge, but does it have to be so confusing too?

So how do you figure it out and discover what really is the best way to lose weight?

Some say low fat, high carb. Some say low carb, high fat. Some say you should count calories. Others tell you counting calories means you're obsessive. Some say the best way to lose weight is to eat only healthy foods, while others tell you to eat whatever you feel like eating whoops!

And many say "diets" don't work at all. But of course that's ridiculous!

The Proven Best Way to Lose Weight

Diet is what you eat and human beings have to eat to live. So everyone's on some kind of a diet. Whether or not it's a good healthy diet or a junk food diet, you're on a diet!

And your diet either keeps you slim, healthy and looking good or not.

When people say, "diets don't work," they mean temporary or fast weight loss diets. And then it's true. Temporary diets only give temporary results. They don't work in the long run.

The best way to clear up any confusion is to listen to those from the National Weight Control Registry who've lost 30 pounds or more and kept it off for at least three years. Here are the seven essential guidelines proven to be the best way to lose weight.

1. Make permanent changes. Permanent healthy weight loss requires knowing how to change habits permanently! Most people who lose weight regain it only because they go back to old eating and lifestyle habits. So you must begin with a commitment to creating new healthy habits.

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Readmore: Local, Economy, Health, Education, Community, Environment, Smart Commute Week, Traverse City Smart Commute Week, Tart Trails, Tart Trails Smart Commute Week, 2012 Smart Commute Week TRAVERSE CITY -- Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) Trailsis offering asolution to $4.00 per gallon gas, expanding waistlines and climate change, with its 18th annual Smart Commute Week from June 1st through the 8th.

Smart Commute Week, which kicks off TART Trails year-round Smart Commute Program, educates and encourages everyone in the community to consider options for getting around town. TART Trails challenges you to walk, bike, carpool, ride public transit or any creative form of 'smart' transportation! Rally your friends and co-workers to compete in the Smart Commute Challenge. There are great awards for the finalists of each division.

You can join TART Trails for a week that celebrates getting around by walking, bicycling, carpooling, or taking public transportation. For more information about Smart Commute Week,CLICK HERE.or call TART Trails at (231) 941-4300.

SMART COMMUTE WEEK SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

Sunday, June 3rd Recycle-A-Bicycle Pick-up 9am-noon at the Old Town Parking Garage (125 E. 8th St.)

Monday, June 4th Smart Commute Challenge Kick-off 7-9am Smart Commute Breakfasts: Higher Grounds Coffee (806 Red Dr.) Pangeas Pizza (135 E. Front St.) Noon-1pm Lunch & Learn at Traverse Area District Library (610 Woodmere Ave.): Smart Commute Challenge Captain's Lunch All Day: Smart Commute Challenge Day 1

Tuesday, June 5thActive Transportation Day 7-9am Smart Commute Breakfasts: Oryana Natural Foods (E 10th St.) Autism Resource Network & NMC at Oak Park Elementary (301 S. Garfield) Central Grade School Smart Commute Noon-1pm Lunch & Learn at TADL (610 Woodmere Ave.): How-to Bike Commute by TART Trails All Day: Smart Commute Challenge Day 2

Wednesday, June 6thRide Transit Day 7-9am Smart Commute Breakfasts: Old Town Coffee (517 S. Union St.) BATA Transit Center (115 Hall St.) Eastern Elementary Smart Commute Noon-1pm Lunch & Learn at TADL: (610 Woodmere Ave.) Talkn Transit by BATA All Day: Smart Commute Challenge Day 3

Thursday, June 7thHealthy Communities Day 7-9am Smart Commute Breakfast: Munson Medical Center (6th St.) Munson Community Health Center (550 Munson Ave.) Noon-1pm Lunch & Learn at TADL (610 Woodmere Ave.): Smart Commuting to a Healthier You by Dr. Spence, MD of Creekside Clinic Noon: 2012 Smart Commute Challenge Closes- Email TART your results! 6-9pm support TART Trails at Red Mesa Grills patio fajita buffet and silent auction with live music! All Day: Smart Commute Challenge Day 4

Friday, June 8th Smart Commute Week Finale 7-9am Breakfast Finale presenting 2012 Smart Commute Challenge Awards at The River at Clinch Park

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Hilary Duff is determined to drop the baby weight -- but in a healthy way!

The actress and her husband Mike Comrie welcomed the birth of their first child, son Luca Cruz Comrie, on March 20, and since then Duff has been anxious to lose the baby weight.

PHOTOS: How Hilary prepped for motherhood

"Hell yeah!" Duff, 24, told Us Weeklyat Heart of Los Angeles where Bing and DoSomething.org were working alongside celebs with a day of service to kick off the Bing Summer of Doing on Friday. "I think if you ask any pregnant mom, they're like 'I want my body back,' but it takes time. It takes nine months for your body to get that way and it's putting on that weight on purpose."

"The second I start to get down like 'what happened to my body,' I look at my beautiful baby and I've never been more appreciative for this body that I have."

PHOTOS: Incredible post-baby bodies

How does she feel about her body now?

"I'm fine with it. Obviously, I'm not where I want to be eventually, but I'm working hard and I'm doing everything I can to lose the weight the right way," she explained. "I'm breast-feeding, so you have to be careful and not do anything too drastic."

Instead, she's focusing her energy on her baby boy Luca. His latest milestone? He's rolling over!

"Okay, I'm going to brag for a second," she told Us. "We were at the doctor for one of his checkups and he rolled over. He's really only rolled over like four times, but he did it in front of my pediatrician, and he [said], 'Wow, they usually start doing that at three months. That's pretty good.' I was like 'Yes!' "

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PUBLISHED: 16:06 EST, 1 June 2012 | UPDATED: 16:06 EST, 1 June 2012

MANGOES could help you lose weight and stay slim but only if you eat the skin you would normally throw away, a study suggests.

In tests, extracts from mango skin appeared to inhibit the development of human fat cells.

The secret is in phytochemicals that act as natural fat busters and are found only on the outside of the fruit, according to researchers in Australia.

'Fat busters': Eating mango slices with the skin on could help keep the weight off

Professor Mike Gidley, of the University of Queensland, said: We know mangoes have many excellent nutritional properties but more work needs to be done to understand the complex natural compounds found in these and other fruits.

This research reminds us that we should be looking at the whole fruit when considering how to take advantage of natural goodness.

The study could lead to the development of a supplement to fight obesity.

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It's official! Jessica Simpson confirmed that she's going on Weight Watchers to lose her baby weight. "So excited to be part of the Weight Watchers family!" the 31-year-old tweeted Wednesday. The new mom, who gave birth to Maxwell Drew (her first child with fiance Eric Johnson) on May 1, joins other celebs who've used the diet program successfully; read on to find out other stars who are fans of Weight Watchers!

PHOTOS: Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson's sweetest moments

Jennifer Hudson

The singer may be one of the diet's most successful spokespeople. Since 2010, Hudson, 30, has kept off the 80 pounds she lost following her pregnancy and credits Weight Watchers and her trainer Harley Pasternak for her success.

PHOTOS: Look back at Jennifer Hudson's weight loss

Jenny McCarthy

The 39-year-old joined Weight Watchers following the birth of her son, Evan Joseph, 10, and she has credited the diet plan for helping her learn portion control. Since then, the actress, author, and mom has also gone dairy- and gluten-free.

Ginnifer Goodwin

Talk about devoted! The Once Upon a Time actress has shared that she has been on Weight Watchers since she was 9 years old and continues to use the program after especially indulgent periods in her life. "It's the only thing on the planet that doesn't dehydrate you or just make you miserable," the 34-year-old has said of the diet.

PHOTOS: Celebrity weight ups and downs

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People News

May 31, 2012, 15:04 GMT

Jessica Simpson with baby Maxwell Drew in People magazine

Jessica Simpson plans to make 'lifestyle' changes to shed her baby weight.

The singer-and-actress - who is the new spokesperson for Weight Watchers - gained over 60lbs when pregnant with her four-week-old daughter Maxwell Drew and because her shape has fluctuated in the past, she's going to diet sensibly.

Jessica - who is engaged to Eric Johnson - said: 'I think anybody who's gone through a pregnancy, after they have the baby, it's like, 'I need to do something about this.

'For me, I really want to do something that is a lifestyle, because in the past, I've been known to yo-yo diet.'

The 31-year-old beauty also insisted she hasn't set herself a target amount of weight to lose, but will measure her progress according to her shape.

She added: 'There's not a goal weight - I just want to feel normal and fixate on inches. I really want to set small goals, so I'm constantly reaching goals and not looking at something so far ahead.'

Despite gaining a lot of weight during her pregnancy, Jessica insists she ate healthily but indulged her cravings because she wanted to enjoy the experience.

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Potato chips. Chocolate chip cookies. These are both examples of junk foods that people consume. A new study, published in a recent edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that limiting peoples choices for junk food helps them cut back on the amount of calories they eat, but doesnt help them lose weight as people can make up the calories from restricted food groups by eating other types of food.

These results show that dieters cannot just limit their food variety; they also have to be aware of all the other calories that they are consuming.

Limiting variety was helpful for reducing intake for that type of food group, but it appeared that compensation occurred in other parts of the diet, said lead author Hollie Raynor, a professor at the University of Tennessee, in an article by Reuters Health.

Raynor also mentioned that people who tend to have less variety in diets are usually more successful in losing weight and keeping it off. With the study, she hoped to better understand if limiting options for high-calorie, low-nutrition foods like ice cream, cookies, and chips could be beneficial for people. 200 overweight and obese participants were asked to make adjustments in their diet and physical activity to help them lose weight. With the project, the participants attended regular group meetings to discuss their behavior, increased the amount of physical activity they did every day, and consumed a calorie-reduced diet. In particular, half the participants were asked to restrict their diet options as monotony can help inspire a lack of interest in food.

Its clear the more variety you have, the more you eat, noted Alexandra Johnstone, a researcher at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland unaffiliated with the study, in the Reuters Health article.

The experiment was completed over an 18-month period and those who were asked to limit the types junk food ate less treats (two to three a day) as compared to the group that didnt have that restriction (four a day). They also consumed fewer calories from junk food; in the six to twelve month period, the group with limited variety of foods ate 100 fewer calories from junk food a day while the other group ate 88 less calories from junk food a day. Both groups were able to lose weight due to the decrease in total calories consumed over the 18-motnh test period.

However, the total weight loss and the reduction in calories consumed were the same in both groups. Both lost 10 pounds over time, highlighting that reducing choices of junk food did not necessarily have any additional advantages or aided any other lifestyle changes. For a limited variety diet to be successful, people must also focus on limiting portion sizes during meal times.

It makes sense to try and reduce the amount of variety in the diet, but human beings enjoy eating, so they will find other food components to consume than the ones that are being limited, Johnstone explained to Reuters Health.

The researchers believe that more testing needs to be done to better gauge how peoples behaviors adjust when they are limited from having a specific type of food.

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Reducing people's options for junk foods helps them to cut back on the amount of calories they take in, but it doesn't reduce their overall calorie load or help them lose weight, according to a U.S. study.

"Limiting variety was helpful for reducing intake for that type of food group, but it appeared that compensation occurred in other parts of the diet," said Hollie Raynor, a professor at the University of Tennessee and lead author of the study.

The results of the study, which appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, offer a cautionary note to dieters who may be limiting their food variety - such as by cutting out carbs - to be watchful of all calories coming in, not just those from the targeted food group.

Previous studies have shown that people with less variety in their diets tend to be more successful in losing weight and keeping it off, and Raynor said she wanted to see if restricting options for high-calorie, low-nutrition foods, such as ice cream, cookies and chips, could help people lose weight.

Raynor's team asked 200 overweight and obese adults to make lifestyle changes aimed at losing weight. These included taking part in group meetings that discussed healthy behavior, eating a calorie-reduced diet and increasing physical activity.

Half of the people were also told to limit the junk food in their diet to just two options with the idea that monotony in the menu leads to a lack of interest in the food.

Over the 18 months of the study, people in the limited junk food group ate fewer types of treats each day - two to three - than the other group, which ate about four. They also ate fewer daily calories from junk food.

At six and 12 months into the study, the people in the low-variety group ate about 100 fewer junk food calories each day than the other group. By the end of the study, they were eating 80 fewer junk food calories each day.

Both groups ate less total calories over the course of the study, and lost weight. But the overall reduction in calories and weight loss - around 4.5 kilograms (10 lbs.) - was the same in each group.

"It makes sense to try and reduce the amount of variety in the diet, but human beings enjoy eating, so they will find other food components to consume than the ones that are being limited," said Alexandra Johnstone, a researcher at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, who was not involved in the research.

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Jessica Simpson plans to lose her baby weight by making ''lifestyle'' changes.

Jessica Simpson plans to make ''lifestyle'' changes to shed her baby weight.

The singer-and-actress - who is the new spokesperson for Weight Watchers - gained over 60lbs when pregnant with her four-week-old daughter Maxwell Drew and because her shape has fluctuated in the past, she's going to diet sensibly.

Jessica - who is engaged to Eric Johnson - said: ''I think anybody who's gone through a pregnancy, after they have the baby, it's like, 'I need to do something about this.

''For me, I really want to do something that is a lifestyle, because in the past, I've been known to yo-yo diet.''

The 31-year-old beauty also insisted she hasn't set herself a target amount of weight to lose, but will measure her progress according to her shape.

She added: ''There's not a goal weight - I just want to feel normal and fixate on inches. I really want to set small goals, so I'm constantly reaching goals and not looking at something so far ahead.''

Despite gaining a lot of weight during her pregnancy, Jessica insists she ate healthily but indulged her cravings because she wanted to enjoy the experience.

She said: ''I was like, 'I'm going to enjoy my pregnancy,' and I did.

''I ate very healthy, but I did indulge some of my cravings - and that's okay because I know I can work it off now.''

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Overweight women face a multitude of hardships such as discrimination in the workplace that arise from the stigma surrounding obesity. While weight loss may seem like the solution for women hoping to escape anti-fat prejudice, it may not be that simple after all.

New research out of the University of Hawaii at Mnoa, The University of Manchester and Monash University, has revealed that anti-fat prejudice still persisted against former obese women, even after they had lost a significant amount of weight.

Previous research has shown that the harmful nature of obesity stigma crossed many domains, Dr. Janet Latner, the studys lead author at the University of Hawaii at Mnoa, told FoxNews.com. So we designed an experiment to look at whether obesity sting persisted once the weight had been dropped.

Published in the journal Obesity, the study asked young men and women participants to read various stories about a woman who had lost about 70 pounds, or a woman who was currently obese or thin who had remained stable. The participants were then asked to rate the womens attractiveness and then give their opinions on fat people in general.

We were surprised to find that currently thin women were viewed more differently depending on their weight history, Latner said in a press release. We found that people who had lost weight were viewed more negatively in terms of attractiveness than people who had remained stable regardless of whether or not they had remained thin or obese, Latner told FoxNews.com.

Negative attitudes toward the obese targets also seemed to increase when the participants were falsely told that the persons weight was easily controllable.

Though the researchers cannot explain exactly why the findings were the way they were, Latner and her colleagues theorized that people are perhaps more judgmental towards the obese, because they believe that it is something the person can easily manage.

There are several theories as to why anti-fat stigma persists, Latner said. The leading theory is controllability theory suggesting that stigmatized conditions are despised more when they are perceived as easily controllable, a widespread perception about obesity. Our findings partly supported this theory by demonstrating that reading vignettes describing weight loss led to greater obesity stigma than reading vignettes describing weight stability.

Because of their staggering findings, Latner and her team agree that government intervention is necessary to reduce the prejudice against the overweight and obese.

We really need public policies that combat obesity stigma, said Latner. Findings on effective interventions to reduce weight stigma are limited. Some evidence suggests that social consensus approaches, cognitive dissonance approaches and intensive education approaches can be effective in reducing stigma.

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