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CHARLOTTE, N.C. It's no secret that supplements are a huge industry; we're talking $50 billion last year, and you can buy them just about anywhere.

People take supplements for a variety of reasons: to lose weight, to get a better night's sleep, or to make up for nutrients they don't get in their diet. If you can name it, there's a pill for it.

But supplements can be dangerous and could even lead to liver failure and death. You can buy these pills anywhere, including online or at your local grocery store, but the supplement industry is not regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.

Atrium Health's Mark Russo, MD, says he treats patients all the time who have gone in for liver problems after taking supplements. He says there's a direct link between supplement use and liver failure. His advice: take them at your own risk.

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"There is, and it's usually not one person that develops the problem," Dr. Russo said. "For example, many of these cases it's 50 or 100 cases throughout the world, and the only identifiable factor is that specific supplement."

According to the FDA, the number of cases goes up each year.

"People look for shortcuts and sometimes those shortcuts can cause them a serious problem or even their lives," said Dr. Russo.

But the FDA doesn't regulate supplements. Instead, it's up to the companies that distribute supplements to make sure their own products are safe.

"In general, when patients call me and ask, 'can I take supplement X,' I say take it at your own risk," said Dr. Russo.

He points out that just because something is natural doesn't mean it's safe, and he recommends always checking with your own doctor before taking anything. At the very least, you can check out Livertox, a website with tons of information on supplements and any issues related to them.

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The philosophy behind the alkaline diet is that Western diets are too acidic and lead to acidic waste build-up in the body, wreaking havoc on our organs and leading to chronic disease.

In chemistry, a pH scale assigns values on a scale between 1 and 14 to substances based on their acidity or alkalinity. Values above seven are alkaline; those below seven are acidic.

Advocates claim that by eating 70 per cent alkaline foods and 30 per cent acidic foods, you'll create an environment in your body that is optimal for health and physical exercise.

They say this will result in a reduced risk of health problems such as obesity, cancer, arthritis and osteoporosis.

For most versions of the diet, 70 to 80 per cent of the daily intake includes foods that are claimed to produce an 'alkaline ash' when they break down in your body.

These include foods such as:

We've examined seven popular diets to find out what you can eat and whether they work.

The remaining 20 to 30 per cent of the diet include foods that are claimed to be 'acid-producing', such as:

Some versions also advise using 'alkaline' or 'ionised' water.

Some bottled water from springs is naturally slightly alkaline because it contains certain minerals; other water can be made alkaline by a process called ionisation.

To check you are consuming the right balance of foods, you are advised to measure the acidity of your urine to check it falls into the alkaline level.

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Breakfast: Tofu scramble with kale and mushrooms or millet cooked in unsweetened almond milk topped with ripe banana, dried figs, and almonds.

Snack: Cherries, watermelon, or a ripe banana.

Lunch: Lentil soup, with added leafy greens

Dinner: 100g of fish, chicken, or salmon, one sweet potato, and a garden salad.

The diet is not all bad and it might lead to weight loss, but not for the reasons claimed.

It could also be harmful and its principles are not supported by evidence.

Thinking about trying a new diet? Before you do, read this advice from Dr Sandro Demaio.

In particular, experts point out that:

Remember to consult your doctor before starting any new eating plan if you have an underlying health condition or history of an eating disorder.

This is general information only. For detailed personal advice, you should see a qualified medical practitioner who knows your medical history.

This story, which was originally written by Pamela Wilson and published by ABC Health and Wellbeing, has been reviewed by Dr Rosemary Stanton OAM, nutritionist and visiting fellow, School of Medical Sciences, University of NSW, and updated in 2019.

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At just 29 years old, Justin Simpson got a not-so-stellar report card on his health. His doctor called his cholesterol level "embarrassing" and said his liver had become so fatty that he was considered prediabetic.

Justin Simpson lost 95 pounds and became a personal trainer along the way.

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At that time, he was at his highest weight ever 305 pounds but also at his lowest point emotionally. He knew something had to change. Armed with motivation to live and lead a healthier lifestyle, he made some big, big changes. Here, he shares his decade-long journey in his own words.

No one likes going to the doctor and I definitely didn't. What's even worse is when your doctor looks you straight in the face and says your blood pressure is an indication that you could die very soon. Once she said that, I knew I had no other choice but to make some serious changes, and fast. I was only 29 years old how could I be close to death?

Not only did I want to have a long, healthy life, but I also really wanted to go on adventures. I had always dreamed of traveling, and I realized how unrealistic that was given my state of health and my weight. I knew it wouldn't be fair to my travel partner if I had to stop for a break every 15 minutes or had to carry insulin my entire trip.

Though I transformed my lifestyle for myself, a big motivation was to not let down those who depend on me.

"There's no such thing as before and after, there's only before and in-progress."

In 2009, when I left that doctor's appointment, I was 305 pounds. Over the next five years, I tried a couple of bad crash diets. I also tried the Mediterranean diet, which was recommended to me by that same doc. I knew from the moment I bought a book about it that it wasn't for me, but I really wasn't sure what else to do.

Over the next five years, I lost 30 pounds thanks to a lot of weight fluctuation and crash diets. Really, I didn't know how to eat, didn't want to learn and didn't push myself.

In fact, it wasn't until July 2014 that I decided to take it seriously. I started then with a weight of 275 and got down to 210 by November 2015, which is about where I've stayed ever since.

So how'd I get there? I like to say that the journey of health is ongoing, and my philosophy has always been 'There's no such thing as before and after, there's only before and in-progress.'

While this is true, I did take some proactive steps over the last decade to drop nearly 100 pounds and get my body fat percentage down to 14 percent.

For starters, I now love to cook! I challenged myself to find ways to enjoy foods I knew were good for me but had never liked. I also started tagging along with my friends to cycling classes and, perhaps most importantly, I started Couch to 5K with the intention of running my first 5K before I turned 30.

I hit that goal, just two weeks shy of my birthday, at the Hot-to-Trot Thanksgiving Day 5K in Knoxville, Tennessee. The very next day, I walked into TITLE Boxing Club, and life changed forever. That's when I began my journey training as a boxer.

For the next year, I was a member and the weight really started to fall off. Inspired by my own improvement, I wanted to help others make better choices and meet their goals, so I became a boxing group instructor. A few months later, I decided to go even further and become a National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)-certified personal trainer.

Today four years later! I'm a board-certified personal trainer with a nutrition specialization and a growing list of clients. I have been promoted to director of my gym, and recently, I was nominated as the Best Personal Trainer in a city-wide poll.

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My fitness journey, undeniably, has played a major part in my transformation. It's hard to believe that I once couldn't run a 5K, when now, that's easy for me.

However, as a person who loves to eat, nutrition was my biggest, most difficult hurdle to overcome. For years, I postponed cleaning up my meals because I had a negative perspective on what 'eating healthy' would look like. If I'm being honest, I truly believed I'd have to eat salads all the time, and trust me, I'm definitely not a salad guy.

"I lost about 100 pounds, but I rarely ever ate any salads and never starved myself. Knowledge is indeed power!"

What clicked for me is when I changed my mindset. Instead of focusing on all that I couldn't have, I decided to think about what I could have. I really believe nutrition is a process and you have to trust it.

I did everything I could to learn about foods and learn how to cook, and I challenged myself to try anything and everything. And guess what? I lost about 100 pounds, but I rarely ever ate any salads and never starved myself. Knowledge is indeed power!

Boxing helped Justin lose the weight and keep it off.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: If I would have put myself on a very restrictive diet that was only about leafy greens and olive oil dressing, I wouldn't have met my goals. (And I wouldn't be helping so many others to meet their own, too!) Giving myself the ability to eat what I like within reason, of course helped me to keep meals fun. I knew if I was miserable every single time I ate, I would have given up fast.

Instead, I made little changes to my habits, little bits at a time, and found new, sustainable ways to eat clean and actually have fun with food. Over time, I didn't have to make 'conscious' health decisions anymore because it had become the normal way I ate.

I understood that if I wanted to make long-lasting change, I would need to take on something that I could do forever. I had been learning a lot about the paleo diet and thought it seemed like a good method that I would enjoy, so I started cooking mostly meals I'd tracked down from paleo recipe websites. I was getting to eat vegetables I liked, plenty of lean proteins that I liked and I grew to love it! There were even paleo versions of some of my favorite high-calorie meals (hello, country-fried steak!).

"I never eat something I don't want to eat, so I'm left with a nutrition philosophy that I can use forever."

But I also knew that even paleo wasn't fully sustainable for me if I were to remain strict, so I was never 100 percent strict. Rather, I used paleo as a starting point. This means if I wanted to have a bit of rice, I'd do it but I'd watch my portions. If a coworker brought in cookies, I'd have one but limit myself to that one. So I was primarily following paleo but also being very aware of what I was taking in that fell outside of that scope.

Once I became a trainer, my schedule exploded and it was very difficult to cook fresh meals every day, so I started getting my feet wet with meal prepping. I started small by just making my lunch for the week and then eventually started batching my dinners as well. It took a few weeks before I latched on to the concept because the idea of eating the same thing day after day for a whole week was boring to me... but I quickly realized how much time and effort I was saving.

Meal prepping then led me to my current philosophy of not being afraid to try new foods but also being OK with eating a lot of whatever you like. I love sweet potatoes and I could eat them every day, so I do! I could eat seasoned ground turkey every day, so I do. I never eat something I don't want to eat, so I'm left with a nutrition philosophy that I can use forever.

In those early days my focus was more on making better daily decisions than it was staying under a calorie limit. I quickly found that I would be consuming a calorie deficit automatically by simply eating cleaner, healthier foods!

"The hard truth? You're going to mess up your diet. You're going to have weeks where you gain weight. But you don't need to beat yourself up for it! You're not a failure, you're a person."

Nowadays, I calculate my caloric needs using the Harris-Benedict equation to get my basal metabolic rate and total energy expenditure. I adjust my daily requirement based on my current goal (cutting weight or bulking mass) and then break down my macros from there. I want to set a good example for my clients while also teaching them how nutrition works, so I'm very transparent about how my macros break down and why they break down the way they do.

I do not track micros but I do eat a variety of vegetables throughout the day, supplement with a daily multivitamin and occasionally have some powdered greens in the afternoon, so I have no reason to believe I'll be out of balance anytime soon.

Boxing is a very personalized sport: It's you and the bag, or you and your opponent. It also requires a great deal of self-discipline and training, and you have to be your own biggest supporter to get through the workouts. The same is true with any sport and with any lifestyle change. That's why it's so important to be kind to yourself and to be positive.

Something I hate is the phrase 'cheat meal.' I also hate when people bring treats to an office and coworkers turn them down because they're 'being good.' This insinuates the rest of us are 'being bad' for enjoying a cookie.

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The hard truth? You're going to mess up your diet. You're going to have weeks where you gain weight. It's part of it, and it's just how it goes. But you don't need to beat yourself up for it! You're not a failure, you're a person. You learn from it, and you move on. Too many times people get discouraged with themselves when they make a bad decision or suffer a setback and it causes them to give up completely. I feel like taking away these critical phrases and thoughts and being more forgiving of ourselves will take us all a long way.

When you're a fan of yourself and your own cheerleader, you give yourself the responsibility you need to succeed. It's important to understand that no one else can lose your weight. No one else can get you to the gym or maintain your diet. You may have dietary limitations or medical issues, but it's ultimately up to you to take responsibility for yourself, work around your limitations and go get your own success.

Accountability partners are awesome, workout buddies are great and a supportive significant other is an amazing thing to have, but at the end of the day, your success depends on your efforts and your attitude.

Accept that and watch your success start pouring in!

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Being overweight not only shatters your self-confidence but also leaves you feeling lethargic and uneasy, all the time. 24-year-old Tanya Narwani realised that she needed to do something about her growing weight if she wanted her confidence back. That was the moment she decided to adopt a healthy lifestyle to get back in shape. Her weight loss transformation is a living, breathing example that anything is possible if you put your heart into it.Name: Tanya NarwaniOccupation: Tax Consultant

Age: 24 yearsHeight: 5 feet 4 inches

City: Hyderabad

Highest weight: 67 kgs

Current weight: 50 kgsWeight loss: 17 kgs

Duration it took me to lose weight: 1 year 8 months

The turning point: I have always liked dressing up to the nines and wear good clothes. This is why it was really heartbreaking for me when I could no longer fit into the clothes of my choice and could not even buy the beautiful dresses displayed in the shops.

I realised the weight had taken a toll on my confidence levels and the way I approached my life. I needed to lose weight and get back in shape to lead my life to the fullest. This is why I decided to take matters in my own hand and take charge of my health.

My breakfast: I have a handful of almonds and walnuts with three glasses of water in the morning. For my breakfast, I keep switching between poha, white omelette, idli sambar and a glass of freshly squeezed pomegranate juice without sugar.

My lunch: Plain dosa, Idli sambar or uttapam My dinner: I have made it a point to eat my dinner by 8 pm, no matter what. I have two chapatis, a portion of vegetables, a bowl of dal and curd.

Fitness secrets I unveiled: I have realised that you do not really need to hit the gym every day to lose weight, you just have to choose to be physically active every day to lose weight. For example, I make it a point to walk for an hour every single day, without fail.

Low-calorie recipes I swear by: Makhanas (foxnuts) are one of the best options of snacking and they are incredibly tasty as well.

Whats the most difficult part of being overweight? One of the worst aspects of being overweight is realising that your favourite clothes have stopped fitting you. I do not really pay heed to what others have to say about my weight or body, but when I could no longer wear the dresses of my choice, I was really heartbroken.

What are the lifestyle changes you made? I made a couple of lifestyle changes and made it a point to follow them strictly. It completely changed my life:

1.I stopped having soda, sweets and fried food items

2.I eat healthily and think healthy

3.I have made it a point to walk for an hour daily and it has done wonders to my body.

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This is what weight management psychologist Glenn Mackintosh calls thinsanity in his excellent new book Thinsanity: 7 Steps to Transform Your Mindset and Say Goodbye to Dieting Forever.

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After working with thousands of patients, Mackintosh knows that learning to accept your body after being told your whole life that its wrong, is hard and takes work. It doesnt come from one "ah-ha" moment (or one open letter written to your mother).

In fact, for many people complete body acceptance may be too much to ask.

Wanting to lose weight is not all or nothing, it's not that you have a 100 per cent desire to lose weight or you are completely free of any weight concern. It's often a matter of degrees, says Mackintosh. If you make your weight a smaller focus in your life, that's a big win.

Body hatred and insecurity can pop up at different times during our lives so the choice to reject weight loss dieting is a choice that we may have to make over and over again.

Diet marketing is so alluring that even if you really do understand the principles, you'll have to catch yourself and pull yourself back from that dieting precipice, multiple times over the course of your lifetime.

In Thinsanity, Machintosh writes that first step on the path to body acceptance or at least reducing the importance of your bodys appearance in your life is to accept the reality. Diets dont work.

If you're listening to your body's signals and you're eating intuitively, then you can't ask anymore of yourself than that.

No, really, they dont work. There is not, there never has been and their never will be a wonder diet that is going to succeed where all the others have failed.

As Mackintosh writes, Despite what they adverstise, all diet- and exercise-based weight loss plans result in short-term weight loss, followed by weight re-gain to pre-diet weight within a few years, then rising significantly above pre-diet weight within five years.

The reality is that people who try to lose weight gain more weight than those who dont.

Yes, but what about your colleague/friend/hairdresser/great aunt Agnes who did Atkins/5-2/Paleo/juice cleanse and lost weight and has managed to keep it off?

Mackintosh cautions people not to be fooled by the very few people who have succeeded with weight loss dieting. Diets have a three per cent success rate, so for every three people showing off their new body on Instagram there are approximately 97 who tried the same approach and failed.

We do have to be mindful of people who overuse their personal journey. I don't think that having that personal experience is the best qualification for helping others on that journey because we know that journey is actually ineffective for most people, and has done a lot of people more harm than good, says Mackintosh.

Instead of continuing to chase the pot of gold at the end of the dieting rainbow, Mackintosh encourages people to focus on the process of living well.

If youve started moving your body from a place of joy, you're listening to your body's signals and you're eating intuitively, then you can't ask anymore of yourself than that. And neither can anyone else, says Mackintosh. It's not a cop out, it's about learning to take care of ourselves from a place of acceptance.

If you make your weight a smaller focus in your life, that's a big win.

Other than the delusion of one day stumbling upon a diet that will succeed where all the others have failed, something else that perpetuates our thinsanity is body judgement not just of ourselves but of other people.

Have they gained or lost weight, toned up, started to grey, getting wrinkles, or have bags under their eyes? These observations and body comments are often shared with the same frequency as weather reports.

Some may say that this is just harmless banter or small talk. But when youre focusing on and judging other peoples bodies you are also focusing on and judging your own.

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We live in this ecosystem of thinsanity, where it becomes okay to judge, criticise and deconstruct all bodies, and then quite naturally that's being applied to ourselves, says Mackintosh.

If you find it impossible to reduce your own body hatred, part of the answer could lie in changing the way you view other peoples bodies. Be kind about other peoples bodies and you just might find yourself being kinder to yourself.

Thinsanity: 7 Steps to Transform Your Mindset and Say Goodbye to Dieting Forever is published by Hachette Australia.

Writer, author of '30-Something and Over It'. View more articles from Kasey Edwards.

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CNA With the whole Chinese New Year (CNY) period slowly wrapping up, the strong desire to lose weight and get active usually kicks in right about now.

Youve had your fill of pineapple tarts, your Fitbits been registering fewer than 3,000 steps a day for the past week and you have been guilty-reading all those news articles calculating how much exercise you need to do to burn off that single spring roll.

It does look like you have a lot of walking to do to shake off those post-CNY love handles but who has the time to take 10,000 steps a day? Thats eight kilometres.

WHY 10,000 STEPS IN THE FIRST PLACE?

From manufacturers of wearable fitness trackers to advocates of Singapores National Steps Challenge, anyone who has an interest in helping you become healthier would have seeded this in your mind: aim for 10,000 steps a day.

That seems like a tough task. On average, Singaporeans take about 5,674 steps per day, according to a Stanford University study published in the science journal Nature in 2017. If you take fewer than 5,000 steps a day, you are considered sedentary. Which is not good.

There is an association between sedentary behaviour such as prolonged sitting, and various health risks such as risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and death, said an associate consultant with the Division of Endocrinology at National University Hospital Dr Amanda Lim. Walking and moving around a little bit throughout the day may reduce these risks, especially if a persons baseline activity level is sedentary.

But where did 10,000 steps come from specifically? It began as a marketing campaign for a pedometer shortly before the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Its name, Manpo-kei, comes from man for 10,000, po for steps and kei for measure in Japanese. The campaign encouraging users to walk 10,000 steps a day was so successful that the number has become the definitive goal on todays fitness trackers and in wellness programmes.

SO, DOES IT REALLY WORK?

The virtues of the 10,000-step guideline were not examined in depth until Professor I-Min Lee from Harvard Universitys TH Chan School of Public Health did; her study was published in the Journal Of The American Medical Association in May 2019.

Professor Lees research, ranging from 2011 to 2015, was based on 16,741 women aged 62 to 101 the same population she had worked with previously to study the relationship of physical activity and health in older women. During this period, the participants wore tracking devices during waking hours.

What the professor found was interesting. Instead of 10,000 steps which, honestly, not many of us succeed in achieving she discovered that participants who averaged 4,400 daily steps already had a 41 per cent reduction in mortality.

That percentage increased the more steps the women took, but up to a certain point. In fact, mortality rates levelled off at approximately 7,500 steps per day.

Living longer aside, aspiring to 7,500 steps rather than 10,000 steps is also a more attainable goal.

This is good news as, on average, Singaporeans walk around 5,000 steps per day and an additional 2,500 steps daily is an achievable goal for most, said an orthopaedic surgeon at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospitals International Orthopaedic Clinic Dr Alan Cheung.

WHAT ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS?

When it comes to weight loss though, it is not as simple as walking X number of steps to burn off the calories of each kueh bangkit you ate.

In fact, steps are not big contributors to weight loss; 10,000 steps would torch just about 300 to 500 calories, depending on the intensity of your walk, said associate consultant with Changi General Hospitals Sport and Exercise Medicine Dr Mandy Zhang. To lose about half a kilo a week, you will need to have a calorie deficit of 3,500 calories a week, said Dr Zhang, ideally from both exercise and diet.

Instead, other factors such as your basal metabolic rate, thermic effect of food (the energy your body requires for digesting food) and, of course, exercise, play bigger roles, said Dr Lim. And by exercise, she is referring to the Health Promotion Boards recommendation of 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise per week.

Interestingly, steps are not regarded as exercise but, a component of energy expenditure called non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT), said Dr Lim. This includes standing up from a seated position or taking the stairs when the MRT escalators get too crowded. As long as it is an activity that requires some form of physical exertion, it is counted as NEAT.

In general, the number of steps a person takes per day does not directly contribute to those 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise, unless the individual is walking at a pace or at an incline that pushes the heart rate to the moderate intensity zone, said Dr Lim.

And there is also your circadian rhythm the internal clock that governs when you sleep and wake to consider. Constantly messing up your sleep cycle can prevent your body from working efficiently and affect digestion, metabolism and use of fat stores, said Dr Zhang.

CAN YOU STILL MAKE THE 10,000-STEP GUIDELINE WORK?

That is not to say you should not bother trying to hit 10,000 steps a day.

It is an easy start for getting yourself out of a sedentary lifestyle, which, according to Dr Cheung, is the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality.

Moreover, physical inactivity is estimated to be the main cause for around 25 per cent of breast and colon cancers, diabetes and ischaemic heart disease, he said. Worryingly, one in 10 Singaporeans has diabetes and Singapore has one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world.

If 10,000 steps in a day seem impossible, Dr Lim suggests increasing the target by 500 steps per day for one week. Once the target becomes comfortable and easily achievable, you can increase the target further. Any increment in activity and reduction in sedentary time is beneficial, she said.

Also, people should remember that missing targets is only human. Dont be too hard on yourself or give up entirely, she said. Healthy living is a cumulative and long-term process. Focus on the benefits and remind yourself that any improvement, no matter how small, is beneficial.

Dr Lim also emphasised that it is extremely difficult to lose weight through exercise alone without controlling diet, so do not see the 10,000 steps as the be all and end all to your post-CNY weight-loss effort.

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Johnathan Headley was tired. Tired of feeling out of breath as he walked off the stage after leading a service as a worship pastor.

He was tired of feeling frustrated that he couldnt keep up with 4-year-olds when he coached his sons soccer team. And he was tired of wondering whether hed be able to stand back up if he climbed onto the floor to play with his two kids.

At 6-foot-1 and 377 lbs. at his heaviestand on medication for high blood pressureHeadley had tried diets before, and he had tried the gym thing too many times, he explained. Usually Id last maybe six weeks, but never saw results, so then Id quit, he said.

Last spring, it occurred to him the problem might be that he needed to stop trying to do it alone. I knew I needed help and it was one of those moments where I felt like, This could be it, if I can find someone to provide accountability. I knew I couldnt do it on my own anymore, he said.

Then a friend told Headley about coach Philip Tabor at CrossFit Coordinate in Cary, North Carolina. Headley met with Tabor in June 2019, and something clicked for him right away.

There was something about (my meeting with Tabor) that gave me hope and a feeling of possibility, Headley said. Something Philip said was I needed to find a selfish reason to do this. I had been hearing for years, Do it for your kids. Do it for your wife, but it needed to hit a place where I mattered enough that I was worth doing this for me.

And that was that: Headley committed himself to working out five days a week and completely changing his diet. The next day, he stopped going to McDonalds or Wendys once or twice a day and started cooking meals at home. He eliminated bread and pasta and sugar and began eating mostly vegetables, fruits and lean protein. Most of the time, he intermittent fasts.

Within one month, he was down 22 lbs., which gave him the motivation he needed to stick with it. Twenty two pounds soon became 30, and 30 became 40. Fast forward to January 2020, and Headley is down 95 lb. since the day he started with Tabor and weighed in at 367 lbs., and 105 lbs. since his all-time heaviest of 377 lbs.

I got rid of 80 percent of my closet. Everything was a 3XL, and I just put on a size large peacoat the other day, which is crazy, he said. Further, his doctor took him off his blood pressure medication in October 2019, as his blood pressure has completely normalized.

Though Headley is stoked about the weight loss, and amazed he can do things he never thought hed be able to, such as deadlift 440 lbs., the best part is how his renewed health has trickled into all the other important aspects of his life, he explained.

I didnt just change by working out and eating better. I changed everything. I go to bed at 10:15 (p.m.) now and get up at 6 a.m., so I find myself more rested. And I no longer experience the energy low in the afternoon, said Headley, who used to go to bed at 2:30 a.m.

Also, I can pay so much more attention to things, and am so much more present and more productive, he said. Meanwhile, his recovery has improved, and his joints no longer pop all the time. Most important, though, is how his entire family has been affected.

It drove my wife nuts how much I ate out, and how much Id take my son to eat out, but now we cook pretty much everything at home, he said. Were all locked in together now, eating healthy together. Were all more active and feel better, and I can get down on the floor and play with my kids now, he said. All of this makes for a happier person, a better husband and a better dad, Headley explained.

Im taking better care of myself, so it means I treat my kids better, and am better at my job. It really has trickled into all areas of my life. Even things like, I just bought a waterpik. I didnt floss enough so I invested in a waterpik and its helping. So just little things like that, which I wouldnt have done before, are helping me be my best self, and it means everything around me is better too, he said.

And I dont know that Ill ever eat at McDonalds again, he added. Though Headley deserves the credit for putting in the work and making the hard changes in these recent months, he is adamant he would never have done it without Tabors help.

Having someone in my corner helping me, a coach guiding me, has been immensely important. I tried doing it for 15 years on my own and couldnt, he said. Thus, Headley urges others who find themselves in a similar situation to do the same.

Get help and invest in yourself, he said. Youre worth the effort and the trying. And on the other side of it, its worth being stringent. Its worth doing it even though its hard, to feel better about yourself. So be worth the time, and be worth investing in yourself.

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Your weight loss diet is unarguably the most important part of your weight loss regime. To add further weightage to this statement, let us quote a popular adage, weight loss is 80 per cent diet and only 20 per cent exercise as to shed pounds, it is very important to shed unhealthy junk and processed foods from your daily meals and start eating healthy. Eating right and working out daily will then bear fruit within weeks and youll start noticing positive and motivating changes on the weighing scale.

For 35-year-old Siddharth Shinde along with eating right, his friends also came forth as major sources of motivation. When I decided to lose weight, I weighed a whopping 112 kg and everyday was a struggle for me. Id almost given up on any hopes to lose weight as well but my best friend and trainer Puneet Rao along with my friends and family members constantly motivated me to keep going on, he says.

Their encouragement led me to start tracking my daily stats and progress, which kept me going and helped me shed 40 kg with the help of the below strict diet plan and workout routine.

Early Morning: A protein smoothie made from peanut butter, protein powder, oats, almonds and one banana

Breakfast: 5 egg whites + a multi grain bread sandwich made with lettuce, tomato and onions

Lunch: 1 cup of brown rice + 250 gm chicken + Salad (100 gm) + 1 small bowl of dal

Evening Snack: 1 banana and 5 almonds

Dinner: 250 gm chicken + Salad (100 gm) + 1 small bowl of dal

I gave up on chocolates, fried foods, aerated drinks and all forms of sugar once I started following this diet.

Id workout 6 days a week for about an hour and half. This workout comprised weight training and an additional 30 minutes of cardio.

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1. One thing is for sure that losing weight is not that easy. You have to be patient and work towards your goal. Keep your diet in check, work out daily and also make sure you are sleeping well.

2. "More importantly, be kind to yourself. Your life is so much more than just the numbers on the scales. For me, it's about challenging myself to try to become the person I want to benot just in terms of fitness and health but in all walks of life.

Disclaimer: The fitness journey, diet and workout routines shared by the respondents are purely for inspirational purposes and in no way intend to propagate a specific body type. Please consult an authorised medical professional before following any specific diet or workout routine mentioned above.

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Phillip Schofield is the award-winning television presenter who has hundreds of thousands of fans across the UK. He appeared with co-star Holly Willoughby on This Morning last week to reveal his news about his sexuality. A secret he has kept for almost 27 years.

On Friday, Schofield emotionally revealed that he was gay in a lengthy social media post, before speaking about his sexuality to co-presenter Holly Willoughby on the show.

However, this is not the only secret that Phillip revealed in recent years.

Previously, the ITV presenter shared his weight loss secret with viewers of This Morning, crediting credited a simple diet plan for his weight loss and revealed he was able to lose an incredible amount of belly fat by following the plan.

Phillip is often seen enjoying a number of nights out with Holly Willoughby - most recently they enjoyed a night out at the NTAs - and they often indulge in plenty of freshly-cooked meals and sweet treats on This Morning.

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But previously - in 2014 - Phillip revealed that he shed two-stone on one particular diet.

The 57-year-old told This Morning viewers he lost two stone and belly fat by following the 5:2 diet.

He later said: "I did the 5:2 diet and I was very happy with the results. I shrunk my stomach down and haven't put any of it back on.

It worked so well that it made my appetite really small, that I just eat sensibly now every day.

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Phillip embarked on the diet for two years - which saw him lose a whopping two stone and leave him at a trim 10st 13lbs.

What is the 5:2 diet?

The 5:2 diet is also known as an intermittent fasting diet, but where most common intermittent diets encourage slimmers to reduce daily calorie intake, the 5:2 diet is slightly different as its only part-time.

The basic rule for the part-time diet is that slimmers are able to eat what they want for five days of a seven day week, then dramatically cut the calories for two of the days.

It made headlines in 2013 when the intermittent fasting became the way in which many would lose weight.

People undertaking the diet are advised to eat a 'normal' amount of calories over the five days and just eat about 25 percent of the recommended daily intake on two of the days - usually about 500 calories for women and 600 for men.

Previously, Phillip also revealed that he used intensive pilates to keep him fit and retain his core of steel".

When Phillip was previously on Alan Carrs Chatty Man, he revealed that he was driven to drop to 11 stone after seeing himself looking a bit porky in a family photo.

He confessed: I do intensive pilates, I have a core of steel!

A lady [Jo Tuffrey] comes every Tuesday to our house and beats the c**p out of me, which is just brilliant. I've also got an exercise bike.

More recently, he showed off his pilate moves alongside his personal pilates trainer, Jo Tuffrey on This Morning.

Jo and Philip started with the roll down - which is a warm-up exercise that relives back tensions and stretches your legs.

We always start with the roll down, Jo said on This Morning.

Feet just hip-width apart. Hands down by the side. Take a nice deep breath in, the pilates expert instructed Phillip.

Take the chin towards the chest, and start to peel down vertebra by vertebra. Bend through the knees, and hands forward into your plank.

The expert revealed that the plank is a fantastic pilates pose for working in on the arms, and a person's centre.

So this is an all-over body strengthening exercise? Holly Willoughby chimed in to which the expert replied yes to.

Other moves they covered during the programme include; The Superman, Tricep Press, The Obloque and The Spine Curl.

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By Carolyne B. Atangaza

Hadassah Were is a passionate traveller who could not travel for years because of her excessive weight. The mother of four embarked on a journey to lose weight and achieved her goal in three years using a combination of exercise and diet.

My dream has always been to travel the world and I could not do it before because I was overweight and airplane seats were torture. In 2013, I embarked on a radical weight loss journey which resulted in me losing more than 70kgs, Were recounts.

TurnaroundFor more than 10 years, Were struggled with weight loss and always came out on the losing end until that fateful day at her sons fourth birthday party when she crashed to pieces the chair on which she was sitting.

As I lay there helplessly waiting for people to come pick me up, I looked at my son. The embarrassment I saw in his eyes made me realise that my life as an overweight woman was not only sucking life out of me but was hurting those around me. I decided there and then to lose the weight at all cost. I had developed high blood pressure and always carried packets of medicines for my constant headaches, knee and back pains, she recounts.

Her decision was supported by her husband who had always encouraged her in her weight loss attempts. After every baby I would go on diets, do some exercises, and lose some weight only to pile it back on in a few weeks. I had my first son in 1999 and my last born in 2004 and never took the time to lose any of the baby weight so it crept up on me, and by the time I realised what was happening I was too far gone, Were relates.

No sugar, fatsIn May 2013, Were booked an appointment at Avane Clinic on Accacia Avenue to see Dr Chirag Kotecha to consult about the possibility of a stomach reduction. She was told it would be possible, provided she lost some weight.

I decided to start by cutting out the things I knew were wrong such as sugars and fats. By August I had lost 5kgs I was 135Kgs, she reveals.

At Avane, she was taken through a series of tests and was put on a protein and fruit diet and was advised to eat at regular times. For one year, I stayed away from carbohydrates. I started running marathons, exercises, and drinking plenty of water, Were reveals.

New dietWere has become a cautious eater preferring to stick to the safety of fruits and vegetables best eaten raw.

Weres tipLearn how to cookHealthy food can be boring but you can spice it up in different ways if you learn how to make a variety of dishes using the same ingredients.

Different exercisesWere says she runs, does kick boxing, dance aerobics and swimming. This way, she does not get bored with the fitness regimen.

Drink plenty of waterReplace soda, fruit juice, energy drinks, and other sugar-laden beverages with water. Water has zero calories and helps support body functions.

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