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July 25, 2019, Des Moines, Iowa. In many ways, it was a race day like any other for Allyson Felix, the most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history. Here at the U.S. outdoor championships, Felix's movements before her first-round heat in the 400 meters were practiced: She waved and smiled, then dropped her eyes to focus on the lane in front of her. She shook out each of her legs in turn, shifted her weight from side to side, nodded her head, glanced up at the crowd. This time, though, the announcers had a surprise for her, an introduction that included a special new honorific: "Camryn's mom."

Eight months earlier, Felix went in for a routine pregnancy checkup and was diagnosed with severe preeclampsia; her daughter, Camryn, was delivered not long after, via emergency Caesarean section, eight weeks early. Felix thinks of this as the moment her life changedwatching her premature baby fight for her own, over 29 days in the NICU. Now, Felix was stepping onto the starting line for the first time in more than a year. Her plain black racing tank and shorts had no visible logos, no Nike swoosh. For the first time since 2003, sheAllyson Felix, six-time Olympic gold medalist, 11-time world champion, by all accounts an unimpeachable star in her sportwas racing unsponsored. She was in a stalemate in negotiations with Nike, her sponsor since '10; the company, she says, wanted to pay her 70% less after childbirth and refused to implement maternity protections in her contract.

"I had a lot of nerves on that starting line," she says. "I didn't know what to expect. I'd never done this before. I was putting myself out there at nationals and feeling really vulnerable. And when they introduced memy mind was so consumed with everything else. But with the crowd welcoming me back that way, it was really special."

Then, the crack of the starting gun. Over the next 52 seconds, Felix ran a measured race, shaking off a bit of the rust that had accumulated over the previous year, and finished fourth. Much of the commentary around her performance was about whether she would qualify for worlds, or for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. But she got a taste of what it was like to race again; she knew what she was capable of.

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Two months later in Doha, Allyson Felix would make history, breaking Usain Bolt's record for the most world championship titles ever by earning her 12th gold, in the mixed 4x400 meter relay. And she would win another on top of that, for the women's 4x400-meter relay; she ran the fastest split in the prelims. With that, the tenor of the commentary turned. It became something else: a celebration of athlete mothers who are proving that they can still achieve, and achieve at the highest level, despite sponsors sending the messageloud and clear, through diminished paychecks and stalled contract negotiationsthat they don't believe in athletes who have had babies.

The year 2019, Felix says, has been all about the fightfor her health, for her daughter, for women and mothers, and for what she and other working athlete mothers deserve.

It was the year of #DreamMaternity. Track and field stars including Felix, Nia Ali and Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce all stormed to victory with world championship gold after becoming mothers: Ali in the 100-meter hurdles, 16 months postpartum; Fraser-Pryce in the 100 meters, two years postpartum. Serena Williams, who confronted serious complications with childbirth two years ago, roared back to four Grand Slam tennis finals starting at 10 months postpartum; she is once again tantalizingly close to tying Margaret Court's record of 24 major titles.

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In October, WNBA All-Star Skylar Diggins-Smith tweeted that she was pregnant during the 2018 season, in which she finished in the league's top 15 for points, assists, steals and minutes per game, and then gave birth to her son in the off-season. "Didn't tell a soul," the Dallas Wings' guard wrote. But she said that she took two months away because of postpartum depression, "with limited resources to help me be successful mentally/physically." In November, six months after her son was born, she scored a team-high 19 points for the U.S. women's national team in its exhibition game win over Texas A&M. It was an emotional return.

This was the year that many of these athletes spoke out loud for women's rights and contract protections during and after pregnancy. To be specific: They did not want to be punished for starting a family, and they wanted better supports put in place for working momsthe hidden realities that actually make it possible for them to perform at the top of their game.

There has always been silence surrounding maternity in sport. The situation in a sport like track and field or tennis is especially fraught, given that athletes depend almost entirely on sponsorship and prize money for income, versus salaries in professional team sports like basketball or soccer. But even salaried players often lose a percentage of income during pregnancy, childbirth and the months that follow, with specific policies varying by sport. The WNBA, for example, pays players who are out on maternity leave at least 50% of their salary, as part of the league's collective bargaining agreement.

Fearof losing income and professional careers that they have spent their whole lives buildinghas led many women to hide their pregnancies, to keep their experiences quiet, and to return to competition as quickly as possible. They pretended that they never left, never became mothers, never had to carry all the weight of responsibilities related to that role in their lives.

Felix had privately felt that fear. But in May, she joined Olympic runners Kara Goucher and Alysia Montao in speaking out in two high-profile New York Times op-eds about the lack of maternity protection in athletes' contracts. All three runners had been sponsored by Nike at one point; all three were penalized financially during their pregnancies, despite the fact that Nike ran highly-praised ads claiming to support and elevate women at all stages of their careersincluding motherhood.

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Montao is famous for being "the pregnant runner." In 2014 she ran the 800 meters at the U.S. track and field championships while eight months pregnant, her signature yellow flower tucked behind her ear, before a rapt, cheering crowd. She did the same thing in '17 while five months pregnant. She said it was galling that Nike told young girls to "Dream Crazy," and then paused athletes' contracts (and by extension their pay) when they decided to become mothers, and helped create a system that rushed them back to competition in a way that was hazardous to their health. In '15, Montaowho also saw her pay reduced during pregnancy under Asicswon two national championship medals, at six and 10 months postpartumbut she had the torn abs to go along with them. "How about when you tell my daughter you can achieve anything," she told The New York Times, "you back it up?" And so #DreamMaternity was born.

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Goucher, the three-time NCAA champion, Olympic distance runner, and newly minted ultramarathoner, has been a vocal advocate for what is necessary for women to succeed in running. While she was pregnant with her son, Colt, in 2010, Goucher worked to be an active, visible figure on Nike's behalf. "Photo shoots, magazine interviews, 20-some appearances when I was pregnant," Goucher says. "I ran every single day. To be honest, that's when my popularity boomed. That's when I was the most requested track and field athlete at Nike, they told me. I was relatable." Imagine her surprise, then, when Nike stopped paying herand didn't tell her. She found out through her financial adviser, after a missed quarterly payment.

At the time, hers was a single-income family; she and her husband, Adam Goucher, also a prominent Olympic runner, could not afford the suspension of pay for 18 months. Nike's contracts are exclusive, which meant that she could not easily turn around and work for someone else. "I couldn't believe it," she says. "I loved Nike. They said, 'We don't pay you to tell your story. We pay you to run, and you're not running. You have to get back into racing.'" After giving birth in September, she rushed back into training, to prepare for the Boston Marathon in April. During this time, Colt developed a lump in his neck.

"He had surgery on Wednesday; I had a race on Sunday. Looking back, it was crazy," Goucher says, her voice breaking still more than nine years later. "I had no choice. I left my son in the hospital and went to train. In this time, I'm everywhere. I'm supposed to run Boston, but I'm not getting paid. It was so stressful." She finally settled for six months without pay and an additional 12-month contract with a nondisclosure agreement. She developed hip pain that led to a stress fracture in her femur. She would go on to have hip pain for the rest of her career.

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"I never want that to happen to someone else," she says. "I never want someone to feel they have to rush back to superhuman level and have this happen. Why not have an athlete fall into a second pattern, with more appearances, 12 months to heal? Come back when you're ready."

As a female athlete, Goucher also paid a price in a different way: In 2015, she was a whistleblower on doping practices by coach Alberto Salazar in Nike's now-dismantled Oregon Project, and was vilified for it. Five months after Colt was born, Salazar, unhappy with Goucher's weight, pushed her to use a synthetic thyroid hormone, but she declined. People often asked why she and otherslike Mary Cain, who recently came forward about similarly abusive treatment under Salazardidn't speak out earlier. Well, potential lawsuits because of NDAs; fear of retribution, of being blacklisted, of losing sponsorship. Goucher says she got death threats after going public. The list goes on. "Someone wrote, She's not even pretty anymore," Goucher says. "I had to laugh at that one."

(Salazar has apologized in general terms, for hurting athletes with "callous or insensitive" comments, but he denies encouraging his athletes to take any banned substance or to maintain an unhealthy weight. He is currently serving a four-year ban for doping violations.)

Felix said that Goucher and Montao were heroic. Though she was afraid, Felix watched and supported them, speaking out in her own op-ed 10 days later. She realized that she had to use her influence and push for change. "If not me," she said, "then who?" Together, they amplified the message, bringing their sponsors to task. Several companies, including Burton Snowboards, Brooks Running and Nuun Hydration, quickly responded by writing pregnancy and postpartum recovery protections into athlete contracts. After a major public backlash, Nike announced an updated policy in August, removing performance-related contract reductions for pregnant athletes for a period of 18 consecutive months, starting eight months before a mother's due date. A company spokesperson says the policy "ensure[s] no female athlete is adversely impacted financially for pregnancy."

There's no doubt that the movement to secure better working rights for athlete mothers is growing. But are companies and sports' governing bodies doing enough?

On July 31, several days after her return to competition, Felix announced on The Today Show that she had become Athleta's first sponsored athlete, "redefining what sponsorship looks like." What exactly does that mean? "It means taking a holistic approach, instead of just one-dimensionally," she says. "It's supporting me as an athlete, but also as a mom and an activist. And it's partnering with a company whose mission really aligns with my core belief of empowering women and girlsnot just in winning medals, but also in creating change. That's very unique. I would like to see more of that." Her own experience inspired her to advocate for black maternal health: Black women are four times more likely to die in childbirth and twice as likely to have complications.

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In October, Montao launched a new podcast called Keeping Track, in which she and two other Olympians, Molly Huddle and Roisin McGettigan, discuss women in sports and the issues confronting them. One of their earliest guests was Nia Ali, who talked about the nitty-gritty of being a working athlete mom: nursing and pumping on the road, negotiating sports contracts, parsing out USATF policies for accommodating families at meets.

The first time Ali became pregnant, she told Montao, she was "scared s-------" about her contract. Nike found out; her contract was reduced, and she accepted it. In 2015, her son, Titus, was born; she came back the following year and won the world indoor title when he was 10 months and a silver medal at the Rio Olympics when he was a year old. The second time around, she was bolder in her negotiations with Nike. In the four years between her first and second child, Ali said that the contrast is "night and day."

"Now, people are just rooting for you," she says.

Goucher, 41, is now sponsored by Oiselle, a running apparel company founded by CEO Sally Bergesen, who herself has been outspoken when it comes to representing and supporting women in sports. The company is known for sponsoring women through pregnancy, most famously the distance runner Stephanie Bruce, now 35, who has only been getting faster since giving birth to her two children, ages four and five.

Goucher and Felix both agree that in an ideal world, the default sponsorship model would have maternity protections written in. Oiselle's contracts have no performance-related requirements or reductions, so pregnancy has no adverse impact on an athlete's income. "You have the fastest women in the worldif you rush them back to competition, you will shorten their careers because of injuries," Goucher says. "It's a chronic pattern. If we give them more time to recover, maybe then it's six or seven more years of having this athlete working with you."

Nike's announced contract changes around maternity, Felix says, are a great first step. "Could they do more? For sure. As a leader in this industry, they can do that. They can start to create change and make this a norm."

Her experiences at nationals and worlds with her daughter have convinced her that both sponsors and sports organizations have to do better. "Everybody loves when Cammy is aroundthey love her at the track, at the shoots," she said. "That's great. That's about a story, to connect with female consumers. But I don't think people think about how she gets there. Who is watching her when I'm training, or racing? As a nursing mother, if I have a roommate at worlds, how do I feed a child in the middle of the night? Out of pocket, I have to get another hotel room. Every small thing. Where do I wash my bottles? Where do I get hot water? There are so many more ways we can support our mothers who are also athletes."

The reality is that there are very few women in elite coaching, organizational or sports executive positions of power to understand firsthand what female athletes face on a daily basis. But the hope is as that changes, with increased institutional support and more women making decisions at the top echelons of sports, the continued success and longevity of female athletes will become the norm.

This past summer, the U.S. national women's soccer team electrified viewers with its fourth World Cup victory, inspiring the crowd in the Stade de Lyon to erupt in a thunderous chant of "Equal pay! Equal pay!" The trial date for the lawsuit that members of the women's team have brought against U.S. Soccer is set for May 2020. It seems fitting then that co-captain Alex Morgan is expecting a baby girl in the springand that she also has every intention to compete in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

"There are so many women that have been able to come back to their respective sport after pregnancy and continue to have a successful family while playing their sport that they love at the highest level," Morgan said last March, at the unveiling of a new soccer pitch in Gardena, Calif. U.S. women's soccer has an impressive history when it comes to players coming back after becoming momsJoy Fawcett, for one, who, after having three children from 1994 to 2001, famously played every minute of the '95, '99 and '03 Women's World Cups. Morgan's plan is to follow in those footsteps, with her daughter in tow.

Felix is getting ready for 2020, too. But she's a different person than she was a year ago. On Nov. 26, just two days before her daughter's first birthday, Felix was in a reflective mood.

"As an athlete, I feel like I can face anything now," she says. "I'm more grateful when I come to the track. I used to take myself for granted, even the ability to run. That's not the case anymore. I have a new motivation. Before, everything was consumed by winning. Now it's still that, but the purpose and driveI'm always thinking of my daughter. I want to be able to tell her what this is like, what being a strong woman is like, overcoming adversity, having strong characterthat's so important to me now. It's monumental. This is the most confident I've ever felt. I've been thrown out of my comfort zone, and I've had to adapt. And I've grown because of that."

Goucher says she was defensive when she first became a mother, because she was afraid she wouldn't be taken as seriously as a runner. "I downplayed that I was a mom," she says. "Now we're embracing that motherhood doesn't weaken youit adds to you being hardcore. Serena, Allyson, Alysia: We're building on each other, lifting everyone else's voices bigger and bigger, until you have to pay attention. It's a turning point."

Bonnie Tsui is a Bay Area-based journalist and the author of the new book, Why We Swim, which will be published by Algonquin Books in April 2020.

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People often try different things on their quest to lose weight. However, 16-year-old Uday Gupta decided to keep things simple during his weight loss journey. From not taking any 'cheat day' to walking 1000 steps every single day, his weight loss is an inspiration and a lesson that you do not need fad diets and a gym membership to lose weight. Read on to know how he lost a massive 20 kilos!Name: Uday GuptaOccupation: StudentAge: 16 years

Height: 5 feet 10 inch

City: Baghapurana

Highest weight recorded: 100 kgs

Weight lost: 20 kgs

Duration it took me to lose weight: 5 months

The turning point: My t-shirt size went from XL to XXXL and my waistline touched a whopping 46 inches. If that wasnt enough, I was chased in my school for being fat and it was a complete nightmare. As a result, I had started wearing very loose clothes to hide the fat.

One day, a guy I considered my friend said that I was the most obese person in the class. That statement pinched me like anything and I realised that I needed to get back in shape. That was the day I started my weight loss journey with dedication.

My breakfast: 2 boiled eggs and 1 glass of milk or 2 slices of bread with paneer.My lunch: 2 chapatis and 1 bowl of sabzi or dal and 1 egg or 1 chapati with two eggs. I have a cup of green tea after lunch or after heavy meals.My dinner: 1 bowl of soup or a portion of fruits like guava, apple, pineapple or papaya.Pre-workout meal: 1 cup of black coffee

Post-workout meal: 1 bananaI indulge in: I never reserved any special day as my cheat day. During my weight loss journey, my only cheat days were birthday parties, marriages and the times when I went on a vacation. I sometimes eat Maggi or fried chicken on Sundays.My workout: I never went to the gym to lose weight. Here is the schedule that I followed:Walking for 100 minutes or 1000 steps15 minutes of jumping jacks, plank, squats and dumbbell

Low-calorie recipes I swear by: Poha, boiled eggs and mushroom salad

Fitness secrets I unveiled: I strictly followed a low-carbohydrate and low-fat diet to lose a massive 20 kilos.

How do I stay motivated? I stay motivated by measuring my weight every single day.

How do you ensure you dont lose focus? Whenever I feel even a little bit demotivated, I used to see my old photographs to stay inspired. Also, the constant progress from XXXL to L felt like a huge achievement.

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First of all, the water content of the fruit is very high. Almost 87 percent of this fruit is water. So, it will keep you hydrated in the winter season, when we generally drink less amount of water.

Oranges are loaded with fiber, which helps in easy bowel movement and keeps you full between the meals. Regular bowel movement is necessary when trying to shed kilos.

Vitamin C is the most abundant nutrients in oranges, which enhances skin health. The fruit helps the body to repairs damaged tissue and heal itself.

As per a 2014 study, the water-soluble vitamin found in oranges may help in obesity prevention and management. Moreover, the nutrient may reduce soreness and promote glycemic control while increasing the fat burning process in the body.

Last but not least, fruits are naturally sweet. So when you crave for something sweet, eat oranges.

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Doctors recommend that women gain between 15 to 40 pounds while pregnant depending on their pre-pregnancy BMI. However, a 2017 review in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports that most pregnant women gain more than they probably should.

In their study, researchers reported that close to half, 47%, of the over 1.3 million women in the review gained more than what's recommended, while about a quarter put on less. And getting rid of those pesky pregnancy pounds can be tough. But be patient.

In general, new moms can expect to lose their pregnancy weight, "within a year of delivery of their child," says Craig Salcido, MD, an OB-GYN with Mission Hospital in Orange County.

Here are some tips for how to manage your expectations for weight loss and get back to your normal weight after pregnancy.

The first steps start even before you become pregnant.

"The amount of weight a woman gains during pregnancy depends on the following factors: their pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), the number of prior pregnancies, physical activity levels and nutritional habits," says Craig Salcido, MD, an OB-GYN with Mission Hospital in Orange County, CA says,

But having a healthy pre-pregnancy BMI and staying within the gaining guidelines can make it easier to lose weight after you give birth, according to the Institute of Medicine.

"Women tend to shed weight immediately after giving birth because of the loss of the placenta and amniotic fluid," says Salcido. And that will likely continue in the initial postpartum phase: "Expect that within the first two weeks after birth to lose an average of eight to 20 pounds as your body clears out excess fluid."

But after that, you will most likely still retain some residual pregnancy weight. Now, it can be tempting to start counting calories and try to lose all of that weight fast. But if you're breastfeeding that's going to be difficult because breastfeeding moms need an extra 500 calories daily.

That said, it's safe to start on a diet and exercise regimen while you're breastfeeding, says Salcido. You just need to give your body enough time to recover first. You'll need between four to six weeks:

"Weight loss of about a pound and a half a week is safe and likely won't affect your milk supply if you are nursing," he says. Therefore, if you have 30 pounds of residual pregnancy weight, and you lost 1.5 pounds per week, you can be back to your pre-pregnancy weight in 20 weeks, or 5 months.

Breastfeeding could be helpful when it comes to weight loss. In one 2015 study, published in Preventive Medicine, US moms who exclusively breastfed for at least three months lost more weightjust over 3 poundsand were more likely to return to their pre-pregnancy weight a year after giving birth compared to moms who didn't breastfeed exclusively or at all.

While this is encouraging, other studies have found conflicting results. Overall, it seems that the longer you breastfeed, the more effective it is at helping you lose weight.

As far as which diet works best, Salcido says: "The safest and easiest way to lose pregnancy weight is to eat small meals throughout the day, instead of three large ones, to boost your metabolism." He recommends always starting your day with breakfast, picking healthy snacks, like nuts, and drinking lots of water throughout the day.

Plus, as expected, sticking with fruits and veggies is smart. "Keep in mind to eat plenty of fruits and vegetablesthey help provide your body with needed nutrients while also breaking up fatty deposits," he says.

But if you find yourself with cravings, similar to the ones you had while pregnant, you're not alone. "Some women may continue to experience cravings after birth because of changes in hormone levels," says Salcido. Cravings may include anything from sugar to caffeine to protein.

Salcido says a good rule of thumb with postpartum cravings is to treat them like you would when you had them while pregnant: everything in moderation. Moreover, "these cravings tend to disappear within six months postpartum," he says.

The bottom line is that when it comes to weight loss, studies show that eating well and working out is the way to go. Most women will get the OK from their OB to start exercising by 8 weeks after giving birth, says Salcido. And once you do, the usual advice for moderate exercise applies. About 2.5 hours every week, which equates to 30 minutes a day for five days a week.

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Reaching an unhealthy weight is easy; however, getting rid of the extra weight that you gained can be hard. For others, it can be very difficult. This is why it is highly recommended that being mindful of ones weight takes consistency and willpower.

Experts recommend that leading an active lifestyle and devouring healthy foods would be the best way to lose extra pounds. Exercise, coupled with a good diet, can do the trick. But what if exercise seems like an impossible word, and you may be too busy to even prepare a healthy, decent meal. One health expert noted that there is one supplement, which could greatly help in your quest to lose weight. fiber supplements to help lose weight Photo: Shutterbug75 - Pixabay

Fiber Supplements

One of the primary reasons why fruits and vegetables are encouraged to be part of ones diet is because of the chockfull of vitamins and minerals that are found in them. In addition to these essential vitamins, these goodies also contain tons of fiber, which the body needs. With fiber being made part of your diet, you tend to get fuller after meals, and your whole digestive system is functioning at the optimum level.

If you could not source your regular portions of fiber, then a nutritional therapist, Hannah Braye, recommends that you take fiber supplements. According to her, the human body needs 30g of fiber daily. However, not everyone gets to consume this amount.

One of the primary contributing factors to this lack of fiber intake is the busy lifestyle of individuals. Thus, a fiber supplement, albeit processed, can be a good substitute.

Fiber for Weight Loss

Fiber offers body tons of benefits. For one, it helps you feel full longer. This means less snack time. The craving for unhealthy meal options can be greatly reduced in number. They also have low energy density levels. So even if you consume a large amount of these fiber-rich foods, your body receives fewer calories. In women, consuming sufficient amounts of fiber has proven that weight gain is kept at bay.

Thus, if you want to lose weight, there is a need for you to increase fiber intake. If you find it hard to source fiber from natural foods like fruits and vegetables, better go for fiber supplements. That way, despite your busy schedule, your body will derive the benefits of fiber.

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SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY - Getty Images Some people think probiotic foods and supplements will help you shed pounds like magic. But what do the experts say?

Over the years, people have attempted to lose weight via a wide range of unproven methods: injecting pregnancy hormones, taking ephedrine supplements, or chugging lemon juice and maple syrup as part of a "Master Cleanse." Now, some people are claiming that probiotics can help you lose weight and belly fat. But is this legit, or is the probiotics craze bound to go the way of other diet fads?

Probiotics are simply bacteria that are beneficial to our bodies, particularly our digestive systems. You can find them in supplements, but they're also present in foods like yogurt, kimchi and sauerkraut. Our guts contain a mix of good and bad bacteria, and a healthy supply of probiotics can make the good grow while keeping the bad at bay.

Researchers already know that our guts are important to our overall health, but scientists are now trying to figure out whether our digestive health affects our weight, too.

"Research is exploding right now with how our gut microbiome impacts obesity," gastroenterology clinical researcher Bethany Doerfler of Northwestern's School of Medicine tells MensHealth.com.

Some early findings have linked Lactobacillus probiotic strains (which are present in miso, yogurt and kefir) to weight loss. But it's important to keep one thing in mind.

"Were still very early in our understanding of our gut biome and how it affects weight," Dr. Scott Kahan, director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness, explains to MensHealth.com.

Kahan says that many studies have found a correlation between good gut bacteria and healthy weight. "In general, heavier patients tend to have more of the unhealthier bacteria, and less of the good, healthier bacteria," he says. People who are thinner also have a wider range of gut bacteria, possibly indicating the importance of gut diversity to maintaining a healthy weight.

However, Abby Langer, R.D., says experts don't know whether changes in weight cause differences in gut bacteria or whether it's the bacteria itself that impacts weight.

"We cannot determine cause and effect," Langer says to Men's Health. "We dont know the whole story."

But there's still not enough evidence to suggest that taking probiotics can lead to weight loss, in part because there's a complicating factor at play: we can't tell whether people with good gut bacteria have it organically, or if it's a result of their diets.

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"When you consider bacteria, you have to consider two sides of the equation: One side is the bacteria in your gut, and the other is the bacteria in your food sources," Doerfler says. Additionally, Kahan says that most studies looking at the link between gut bacteria and weight loss have assessed animals, not human subjects.

Some health and nutrition experts suggest that our focus should be less on probiotics, but on prebiotics, the fiber compounds healthy gut bacteria feed on. Sources of prebiotics include fruits, vegetables, and oatmeal basically, everything mom made you eat. They're low in calories, meaning they're beneficial to our waistlines as well as our overall gut health.

"People who weigh less typically have diets with more plant-based foods, which are good for weight loss and have the benefit of growing good bacteria," saysDoerfler.

Additionally, Doerfler says researchers believe these fiber-rich foods produce fatty acids in our bodies, which are thought to increase levels of GLP 1, a hormone found in the intestines. The more GLP 1 we have, explains Kahan, the less hungry we feel, thus leading to weight loss.

It probably won't hurt to take probiotic supplements, but they're unlikely to help you achieve a miraculous weight loss transformation either, according to Doerfler and Kahan.

"I dont think a probiotic is by any means a magic pill," says Kahan.

Probiotic supplements also aren't regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, meaning there's little quality control on the market. Instead, both experts agree that fixing your diet is the best way to both lose weight and make your gut healthy.

That said, there's nothing wrong with taking probioticsjust beware of foods claiming to contain them, says Langer. These items aren't regulated by the FDA, so there's no telling exactly what probiotic is included and in what quantities. And some picks, like kombucha and yogurt, don't always contain probiotics and can be high in sugar, she warns.

Doerfler recommends the following plan for people who want to drop a few pounds while improving their digestive health.

1) Eat at least one serving of oats and barley a day. She explains these carbs are more beneficial than other types of whole grains because they are loaded with soluble fiber, which helps you poop.

2) Incorporate three to four servings of fruit and three to six servings of vegetables into your meals. You can easily achieve this by eating one serving of fruit at every meal. Veggie intake can be split up between lunch and dinner.

3) Eat one serving of yogurt each day for a healthy dose of probiotics.

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13 December 2019, 12:08 | Updated: 13 December 2019, 12:11

The Loose Women panellist spoke out about her struggles after her breast milk dried up.

Stacey Solomon has opened up about how upset she is about the amount of weight her son Rex lost after she couldn't breastfeed him.

The mum-of-three recently posted on her Instagram story, a picture of when she was struggling to nurse her six-month-old and opened up about how much it upset her when she realised her milk had dried up and she couldn't breastfeed.

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Stacey, 30, wrote before that she thought she'd "failed at breastfeeding" after Rex, who she shares with Joe Swash, lost weight as a result, and the emotional post undoubtedly resonated with all of her followers.

The star has attracted a large following and is often praised for her candid, real and hilariously honest posts in relation to motherhood, and this was no exception.

Stacey's post read: "I really felt like I failed at breastfeeding and even now I get upset when I see other women breastfeeding (even though I'm genuinely so happy for them).

"I get a knot in my stomach looking back to how much weight he lost and how sad I felt the day my milk dried up."

Then captioning the image of her breastfeeding the mum explained that she's been reliving her early experiences of Rex and the challenges she faced, which she discusses in her podcast.

Stacey wrote: "I wish I knew then what I'd learned in this episode, I really wish I'd have done more research and not just assumed I could breastfeed and I would automatically know what I was doing.

"Although I do believe we are sold a picture that it's so natural and easy and it's what we're made to do which isn't helpful".

She added: "I would like to say there are so many different factors and scenarios that can make breastfeeding much more difficult and sometimes impossible for mothers."

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If you are interested in CBD oil and the benefits of other products, you have already heard of such in the form of combating anxiety, stress, inflammation, and chronic pain. But there are many more benefits to using this oil.

We met for you members of theJustBob Online CBD Shop, and discussed with cannabis experts, to better understand all the benefits you will have using CBD oil for all the right reasons.

Lets discover how this substance can improve in your daily life and its therapeutic use

Among the many supposed virtues of Cannabidiol, many scientific studies seem to attest to its beneficial role in promoting weight loss. In other words: can this cannabinoid lose weight?

Of the hundreds of existing and more or less well-isolated cannabinoids, the best known are certainly THC, CBD, CBG, and CBC. While THC is a highly psychoactive molecule (therefore a drug) and thus having an effect on the brain, CBD is a very different principle.

First, because of it naturally from the impact of THC, but primarily because it attaches directly to the endocannabinoid receptors of the human body in connection with the immune system. It increases the rate of anandamide, also called molecule of happiness.

Another consequence of this molecule that will bind to the CB1 and CB2 receptors: a possible analgesic action and anxiolytic. Besides, this substance would have a beneficial effect on smoking cessation and even on the cure of cancer. In 2017, the Ministry of Health stipulated that the CBD appears legal.

To lose weight and lose weight in a healthy way, more and more people are turning to natural products without side effects. While the causes of obesity or overweight are as numerous as they are complex, the two main ones are easily identifiable. Poor diet coupled with a lack of physical exercise. Doing a special diet with or without Cannabidiol, only makes sense if both causes are also worked.

Similarly, for an illness: it is better to treat the causes rather than the consequences. It is only on this condition that the risk of diabetes, osteoarthritis, or even heart disease may decrease. According to many scientific studies, taking CBD could have an additional role to play.

Brown fat, brown fat, or even brown fat are different ways to call a great way to lose weight and naturally present in the human body. Unlike white fat, this type of fat tissue does not store energy, but just burn calories!

The supply of CBD, for example, in the form of Cannabidiol oil, would allow better regulation of the weight by stimulating this brown fat. According to a study conducted by Korean researchers on the effects on immature fat cells (preadipocytes), this famous high-profile phytocannabinoid is having a beneficial impact on the stimulation of genes and proteins supposed to oxidize white fats.

Also, Cannabidiol would increase the proliferation and activity of mitochondria, themselves responsible for our ability to burn calories. Finally, its last beneficial action concerns the reduction of proteins involved in lipogenesis (in other words: in the metabolism responsible for weight gain). This study was published in the scientific journal Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry.

Although scientific studies on the subject are mainly from foreign sources, the CBD has more than promising virtues on weight loss. Try to associate your diet with the oil intake to optimize your results and your well being.

Inside your body, you will find the chemical compound responsible for hunger and which is triggered by the use and consumption of THC.

In some cases, using THC is excellent in itself for increasing appetite, but thanks to CBD, you can suppress the activation of this hunger chemical as it will act with the receptors. Besides, it is also considered a beneficial intake and nutriment as it is offering other long-term medical benefits. Many people already discovered the oil as an excellent way to lose weight and to thwart cravings.

Cannabidiol has been shown to reduce appetite. It does not remove it entirely, but it can satiate more quickly. A British study using rats showed that in comparison with rats given cannabinol molecules, the rats given CBD consumed considerably less food during the study period. The conclusion of this study is, therefore, that it can reduce food consumption, but further researches are done on anti-obesity effects.

Some brands will offer more or less controlled products, or that does not respect the laws in force in France, be careful!

Certain varieties of cannabis or hemp, without narcotic properties, may be used for industrial and commercial purposes under three cumulative conditions:

. The authorized varieties of hemp are on a list; only the seeds and the fibers can be used.

. The use of flowers is forbidden;

. The plant must have a content of less than 0.2% THC.

CBD oil can be consumed in different ways. The most common method is to run a few drops under the tongue, but it is also possible to add it to solid or liquid foods. As for dosage, know that there is no ideal amount: one or two drops, or more; one or more times a day; everything depends on your needs.

Here again, the lack of studies on the subject precludes any concrete answer. Besides, the legislation does not allow the treatment of Cannabidiol as a drug: it is, at best, a dietary supplement. You can do some personal research on the subject, we find a lot of testimonials on consumer google CBD that report very positive effects.

To date, no one has reported notable. In high doses, this oil can limit saliva production and create a sensation of dry mouth, but thats it.

CBD oil comes from a plant, so it is a 100% natural product whose toxicity is not proven. The only toxic substances that could be found in cannabidiol-based products would come from the mode of production (pesticides and other chemicals), just like for fruits and vegetables. It is therefore recommended to choose the oil produced in the right conditions.

The ideal way is to keep your bottle of CBD oil in a cool and protected from light. You can choose to store it in the fridge, in the basement, or the laundry room. In these conditions, you can consume it for a year.

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Over 40 percent of Americans make New Years Resolutions, and nutrition is at the top of the list. According to one poll, 54 percent of respondents said eating healthier was the goal of their resolution. But while making healthier food choices is great in theory, it is challenging in practice. A recent study found that nearly 80 percent of Millennials thought their diets could be healthier. And with so many fad diets popping up, it can feel hard to know which is the healthiest, and the most effective and sustainable way to lose weight.

For many of us, right after the ball drops, we begin our plan and give our resolution our all for the first month. Then work, family, and old habits creep in, and we lose sight of our goal and fall back into our old ways and only 6 percent of Americans accomplish their resolutions. But dont let that be you: Thrive has attainable microsteps to get you to your 2020 goal. Here, top registered dietitians share their best tips and tools to reframe your eating for long-lasting nutrition habits.

We can safely say that resolutions havent worked, and its most likely because the goals people set are more about what they dream of having. They set actions without a well-thought-out self-assessment and plan. Theyll say, Im going on a diet in January because I need to lose 25 pounds. Instead, people need to start with self-reflection. Ask yourself honestly, Why am I not eating well in the first place? Is it because you have no time? Cant cook? Lazy? Not motivated? Stressed? Cant afford it? What stories are you telling yourself? What patterns are reinforcing your bad behavior choices? Once you have been honest with yourself, create a plan for change. Be specific and write it down. Goals without clarity are doomed to fail. Define how you want to eat and feel, the type of body you want, the amount of energy you want to have, etc. Get rid of the word diet, in your mind, and acknowledge that you are creating a lifestyle, and the healthy habits you form will change your self-image. Your identity will morph from, I am a person who wants to eat healthy, to I am a person who honors my body and chooses quality food. Think about habits as the method through which you embody a particular identity. In other words, every time you eat well, you embody someone who is fit and healthy. Or every time you eat and cook food at home, you embody someone who doesnt eat fast food.

The next ingredient for lasting change is to restructure your environment for success. This includes both your physical and social surroundings. Is your home set up so that eating healthy is easy, or do you have a six pack of soda in the fridge and a gallon of ice cream in the freezer? Lets face it, we all fight the gravitational pull of junk food. The best solution is not to keep it in your home or work environment where its obvious, available, and visible. Give your pantry and fridge a makeover. Make it hard for you to access the foods that sabotage your nutrition. Do you get tempted driving by fast food every day? Take a different route to work. Do you get tempted by the unhealthy food in your office conference room? Stay out of the room and bring healthy snacks from home. Your social environment is equally important. Seek out tribes that share your vision for healthy eating both in person and online. Pair up with friends or coworkers that can socially reinforce your desired behaviors. Be intentional with your social media use, and join online communities that are in line with your health values. Its here that you will find like-minded people who share information and videos that can teach you not just what to eat, but also model what a healthy lifestyle looks like. A lot of small habits turn into big changes, and every action you take is a vote for the type of person you want to become.

Nicole Magryta, M.B.D., R.D.N., Integrative Clinical Nutritionist and author of Nourish Your Tribe

Im a physician and a scientist, and what I follow is the research that is evolving our understanding of health. Some of the discoveries actually shift what we once thought was the right way to eat into new ways to make good choices. Here are some health tips that can revolutionize your approach to better living in the new year:

1. Shop the middle aisle: Unlike the old adage that you should avoid the middle aisle to only buy fresh foods, it is now clear that the middle aisle offers foods that can activate our bodys health defense systems. For example, dried or canned beans are a good source of dietary fiber that feed our healthy gut bacteria, or microbiome, which improves our immunity. Similarly, some tinned smaller fish like sardines, anchovies, and even tuna can be a source of healthy marine omega-4 fatty acids. Canned tomatoes can be a source of lycopene, which protects your DNA. And dark chocolate has been shown to activate stem cells that help us heal from the inside out. Visit the middle aisle, and choose wisely.

2. Dont worry so much about individual elements, like gluten or lectins or sugar, its the sum total that counts: Research has shown us that dietary patterns matter more than individual elements. Thats why the Mediterranean diet works its not just one aspect of the diet. If you eat mostly plant-based foods, youll be building up your bodys health defenses, and its OK to occasionally eat something less healthy. Fashion your eating habits after the healthiest cultures, and dont stress about any single healthy or unhealthy ingredient.

3. Love your food to love your health: Start a new health regime when it comes to nutrition by looking at what you love that is healthy, and find delicious ways to cook and combine those ingredients. Be bold and explore new foods that are healthy so you can discover new pleasures to enrich your life. Its time to move away from deprivation, guilt, and shame when it comes to healthy eating. Living well means leaning into the healthy food that you enjoy.

William W. Li, M.D., author of Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself

Your resolution should be something that youre actually motivated to do. It may sound obvious, but we often make goals that we think we should make, rather than ones that we actually want to take action on. And without being truly motivated, maintaining your goal will be much harder.

Accountability is an essential part of sticking with your goals in the long term. Options like seeing a dietitian, signing up for a race, and tracking your progress in an app like Lose It! can all go a long way in keeping you motivated and on track. As you go through your year, its also important to maintain the mindset that a slip up isnt a failure. Just because you got off track once, that doesnt mean your goal goes out the window. Instead, its important to accept the mistake and move on guilt-free. You may even be able to learn from the experience and make a plan to avoid similar situations in the future.

When it comes to setting resolutions, two common mistakes I often see are making goals that are either non-specific or unrealistic, or both. As a result, we end up with goals that are difficult to achieve.

To make goals more specific, make sure that youre clear on how you will take action on your goal, and you have a way to measure when youve made progress on it. For example, using tracking apps like Lose It! can help with measuring your progress, as they can give you data on the nutrient content of your meals, and track changes in weight loss, food or macronutrient intake, water consumption, and exercise.

One way to ensure your goals are realistic is to avoid the all or nothing mindset. So rather than saying youre going to stop eating dessert altogether, a more realistic goal would be to start by reducing how often you consume dessert. Again, apps like Lose It! can be helpful since they can help teach you the nutrient content in different foods, and see how some popular off limits foods can still fit into your healthier lifestyle.

Kelli McGrane, M.S., R.D. at Lose It!

The biggest mistake I see with my clients, and most people struggling to lose weight, is that they have an all or nothing mentality. People need to stop looking for a fast way to lose weight and move on, and start getting real about making lasting changes they can sustain. To keep weight off and maintain weight loss, you must change how you look at food. Start writing down every single thing you eat. Then add the calories. Weight loss is calories in versus calories out. When you start to monitor what you eat, add in healthy foods. I actually encourage all of my clients to eat carbs at every meal. So often, people eat something bad, or skip a workout, and their mindset switches to, Oh well, Im going to stop working out, or Im going to continue eating badly. A little planning goes a long way when it comes to losing weight. Sunday is a great day to plan and prepare. Plan your food for the week and then hit the supermarket.

Gladys DiTroia, weight loss specialist and coach

To ensure your New Years resolution success, I recommend focusing on one thing at a time, and doing that one thing well before you try to change something else. Multiple habits that we do on a day-to-day basis combine and form our behaviors. If we set a New Years resolution to start eating better a behavior then that requires us to start shopping for healthier food, portioning our foods, ensuring that we eat the right amount of food on a daily basis, drink enough water throughout the day, and so on and so forth a habit. So by choosing to make one behavior change, were actually trying to change multiple habits at the same time. Statistically, it takes about 66 days to form a new habit. Choose one habit to focus on for 66 days. Once you can successfully do that one thing for 66 days, then work on another. Over time, after continuing to use this model, youll then form long-lasting and sustainable behavior changes.

For those who are looking to add more movement into their days to enhance their well-being, I recommend doing something first thing in the morning to get your body moving. This is when your mind and your body are at its best, without all the stress. For those of you with a morning routine, I would strongly encourage to add movement into your routine, and notice how it will enhance everything else you do. For those of you without a routine, this is a simple place to start, so that you can take care of yourself first, as most of us spend our days taking care of others. Start by getting up 15 to 20 minutes earlier to establish a morning routine such as mobility, stretching, yoga, or even taking a brisk walk outside without distractions, honoring yourself and your body.

Nathan Kohlerman, Founder of NeuIntention

The key to healthy eating is making small changes that are specific, measurable, and attainable. For example, instead of declaring you want to eat healthier or lose weight, try setting specific goals like replacing one sugar-sweetened beverage each day with fruit-infused water, or incorporating one more serving of veggies per day from what you previously ate.

My number one healthy snacking tip is to have protein, and produce options at eye level in the fridge and pantry so they are the first to grab when hunger strikes. Some examples are hummus and sugar snap peas, cheese and grapes, or an apple and peanut butter. Pairing protein and produce is what I call a snack with staying power, and one I recommend to my clients wanting to lose weight or have more energy.

Mia Syn, M.S., R.D., Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist at Goli Nutrition

Really think through what you want to accomplish and why you want to accomplish it. You need to have a well-thought-out reason for what you want to do, and why you want to do it, because this is what you will keep returning to for willpower even when you feel like you have lost some of your motivation to keep going.

Break the goal into bite-sized pieces. When you just keep looking ahead and the destination looks too far is when you are most likely to quit. Make a plan that is divided up week by week, with weekly goals that at the end add up to your plan, but where you can just focus on the goal of the week in the moment.

Give yourself concrete rewards. Brains respond to positive feedback, and a reward at the end of bite-sized accomplishments will encourage a good feeling about moving forward with the next weeks goals.

Create a support system to also hold you accountable. Its easier to deceive yourself that you are sticking with a goal than it is to deceive others. Form a small group of people who will emotionally invest in keeping you honest, cheering you on, and being brutally honest when you lean towards throwing in the towel. Studies find social support does make a difference in goal-keeping.

Dr. Gail Saltz, M.D., psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, columnist, and best-selling author

One small, actionable tip that you can easily integrate into your life for a healthier 2020 is to eat more fruit. Nine out of ten Americans do not eat the recommended amount of fruit per day according to the CDC. Whole fruit contains vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytochemicals, fiber, and most importantly, water.

At Mastering Diabetes, we consider water a micronutrient. The reason we do so is because much like vitamins and minerals, water assists in thousands of chemical reactions in your blood and in tissues, and is an underappreciated component of whole foods that rarely gets mentioned. Every second of every day, thousands of chemical reactions are taking place in your body simultaneously, and water is an essential participant that enables them to be carried out efficiently.

Water helps in many aspects of nutrient digestion and absorption. In your stomach, water helps unfold intact food material. In your small intestine, water helps digest and absorb glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids into your blood. In your large intestine, water plays a vital role in bulking your stool, feeding your microbiome, and helping to regulate the electrolyte balance in your blood.

Refined and processed foods are significantly lower in their water content than fruits. For example, cornflakes contain four percent of water by mass, and a typical whole-wheat bagel is 34 percent water by mass. On the other hand, fruits generally contain between 70 and 95 percent water by mass. This means that when you eat fruit, you actually eat water, which helps keep you hydrated and improves both mental and physical performance.

Robby Barbaro, M.P.H. and founder of Mastering Diabetes

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Weight loss does not begin in the gym or the moment you adjust yourself on the Yoga mat. The process begins in the kitchen. It begins by understanding the kind of relationship you want or rather need to develop with your food.

To say it as it is, if you continue gorging on nutrition-deficient food or empty calories of sugar, alcohol and the likes, you wont be able to move the scale by an inch even after hitting the gym, twice in one day. Both diet and working outbe it gymming, running or swimminghave to go hand-in-hand with each other.

In fact, 21-year-old Sifat Singh tells us that a person's diet is actually the key factor of any weight loss regime. To split it in terms of numbers, your diet contributes 80% to the process and only 20% can be attributed to working out, he says. And, he should know, he recently lost 61 kgs and trimmed from a whopping 145.7 kgs to 84 kgs by adopting the below healthy plan to lose weight.

Says Sifat, I was always judged for being overweight. This actually constituted to me having a very depressing school life. Everyone would judge me for my weight and overlook everything else about me. In fact, growing up, my biggest fear used to be getting my weight checked at the schools annual medical camp. Until, one day I just decided that I will not subject myself to the bullying or even live in fear. I also desired to cultivate a good social life around me. These two facts became my biggest motivations to lose weight.

I said to myself that I'm going to change my life, and started by making the below change in diet.

I completely stopped eating junk food," he says.

"My primary focus shifted from just mindlessly eating to eating clean all the time. It wasnt easy, I had a lot of cravings but I would happily satiate them by just having salads. All my meals were home-cooked and more importantlyhome-cooked by me. I basically knew what I was putting inside my body and for the first time it felt like I was in complete charge of my life when I commenced on this journey!

Early morning: 1tbsp of Apple cider vinegar mixed in a glass of water

Breakfast: 1 cup of Oats and 1 glass of Milk

Lunch: 1 serving of Poha

Evening Snacks: A cup of Tea along with just one Biscuit

Dinner: Half a Chicken or 250 grams of Fish

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Post changing his daily dietary intake, Sifat started hitting the gym for extensive cardio and weight training sessions. Below is the exercise regime that he followed.

Sifats weight loss exercise regime included a 4 km sprint (6 days a week) and also an hour and half long gym session on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This was the routine he followed:

My workouts used to pretty intense and tiring, but day after day, week after week, month after month I saw myself changing. I would look at myself in the mirror and feel happy about it.

It is also important to note that I was able to lose so much weight as I was very consistent and didn't indulge in a single cheat day for almost 14 months till my weight dropped below 90 kgs. I skipped a lot of social functions and would never even eat outside while hanging out with my friends as well. My meals were always packed with me and it was this discipline that made me a completely new person.

"I have been able to maintain my current weight by:

1

Weight training

2

Minimal cardio

3

A rule of no second serving."

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Just stay consistent with your weight loss regime. It will take time. Remind yourself that you didn't get fat in one day, so naturally you will not be able to lose all your fat in one day as well. Don't give up! Be patient. Also, don't fool yourself by thinking that if I eat more today then I'll just exercise more. It just does not happen. You can't outrun a bad diet. A burger is 300 calories and burning 300 calories is like cycling for 40 minutes. Watch what you eat!

Disclaimer: The diet and workout routines shared by the respondents may or may not be approved by diet and fitness experts. GQ India doesn't encourage or endorse the weight loss tips & tricks shared by the person in the article. Please consult an authorised medical professional before following any specific diet or workout routine mentioned above.

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