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7 Habits I Had to Form to Finally Lose the Weight

I've always been an active person, but when I gained 15 pounds after getting an IUD, I had to get real about my diet and workouts. I hired a personal trainer at Equinox, and remarkably, she didn't tell me to download a calorie-counting app or work me until I dropped. Her tips for weight loss proved to be practical and therefore achievable. I lost four percent body fat in three months and felt stronger than I ever have in my life. I now can squat and deadlift my weight! I can fit in my skinny jeans again. The thing is . . . I did have to makes some big changes to my daily routine to lose the weight, and now there's no going back.

Before Equinox, yoga was my main form of exercise. Though I was going five days a week, I didn't feel like I was getting stronger. Enter my personal trainer. She recommended strength training as my number one priority followed by cardio. I strength trained two to three times a week and did cardio two times a week (usually on the StairMaster). For my active rest days, I did yoga or Pilates two times a week. I also started walking an upward of seven miles several days a week.

My trainer encouraged me to increase the weight I lifted almost every week, even just a smidge, like two pounds. I resisted at first. After all, over the holidays, I broke a capillary in my eye from lifting too much weight. However, my trainer started me out with low weights and slowly increased the amount. I surprised myself by how quickly I was able to keep up and even found myself asking for more. The same rule here applies for cardio, yoga, and Pilates. I find a little way to challenge myself each time, whether it is increasing the mileage, holding side plank for longer, or perfecting my 100 series with straight legs.

Working out is only part of the equation. Diet is even more important, my trainer told me. I had to break my sugar addiction. I decided to stop cold turkey: no sugar, honey, agave, etc. Though some people say it's the worst thing ever, saying "no" to sugar countless times throughout the day helped me feel strong, like I was in charge not my cravings. I also had to pay attention to nutrition labels and avoid anything with more than four grams of sugar. Dried fruit, as it turns out, is a sugar bomb! As are smoothies from smoothie joints. Sugar lurks in many unexpected places.

If unchecked, I will eat over 50 percent of my calories in carbs. But that wasn't really working out for me. Though challenging, I reframed my meals so they consisted of mostly protein and healthy fats. I would have bulletproof coffee and smoked salmon with avocado for breakfast rather than a bowl of cereal or oatmeal. For lunch, it's veggie-chicken soup or salads loaded with diced chicken or canned tuna. Dinner consists of baked fish, steak, or chicken with a plate full of veggies (usually roasted broccoli). During the in-between times when I was hungry, I skipped my usual snack of dried fruit or crackers and make a protein shake (Moon Juice Blue Adaptogen plus water) or ate a spoonful of raw almond butter instead.

Over the last year, I started drinking more days out of the week than not usually just one to two drinks, yet it was enough to cause me to put on the pounds. While weight training, I discovered that even one drink would cause my DOMS to flare up and last for days. However, if I didn't drink, I could recover very quickly, usually within a day. Though I am not 100 percent dry, I always seem to regret drinking the next day, so I've cut way back and reserve drinking for special occasions.

"I lost 10 pounds just by scheduling my carbs around my workouts," my friend told me. Inspired by that, I wanted to follow suit, and my trainer supported that mentality. I would eat brown rice, whole-wheat crackers, fruit, potatoes, and beans before or after a workout and limited my carb intake the other times of the day. If, in the afternoon, I experienced a huge slump (and protein/nut butter didn't help), I'd have a small serving of plain popcorn for a little boost.

I prepared almost all my meals at home and kept things simple. I kept the kitchen stocked with frozen meat, canned tuna, and vegetables galore. I used an Instant Pot to make big batches of brown rice, oatmeal, beans, and lentils on Sunday to last me through the week. That said, my trainer said it's OK to have one off day of the week where you may indulge in the bad stuff, whether it be a cocktail or chips with queso, french fries, a cheese plate, etc. So, six out of seven days, I'd have an A+ diet, while the seventh day, I might indulge in a slice of pizza or an IPA. I found letting loose (just a bit) and having a cheat day helped me stay on track and feel balanced.

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Bridesmaids know that certain requirements usually come with their role: purchasing a dress, attending or hosting events such as the bridal shower and bachelorette party, and, of course, being by the bride's side on her big day. But some brides are taking their requestsscratch that, demands to the next level by asking members of their bridal parties to alter their physical appearances before the wedding.

The New York Post recently interviewed several brides and bridesmaids about the phenomenon, which more than anything made us grateful we're not in any of the weddings they're planning. One bride detailed how she requested that all of her bridesmaids "get fit," and that she even told a bridesmaid who had just given birth that she needed to "lose a few pounds." The same bride also forbade her bridesmaids from wearing swimsuits with straps during her bachelorette party to prevent tan lines, commanded that another bridesmaid get her earlobe cosmetically fixed so that she could wear chandelier earrings on the big day, and requested that all her bridesmaids get hair extensions.

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Another bride interviewed by the Post has reportedly instructed her entire bridal party to follow a diet, including a set meal plan, in the weeks prior to her wedding. "They're going to be standing up there with me, so they want to look good and feel good too," she said. A maid of honor who spoke out in the article revealed how her sisterthe bridehas demanded that she get a spray tan, grow her hair out, and keep it dyed blonde. "I'm pretty sure if I weren't already attempting to get in shape, she'd probably make comments about that too," she added.

We've heard stories like these before: One bridesmaid's anecdote went viral last summer when she posted on Reddit about how the bride had requested she dye her naturally red hair to brown to fit in better with the bridal party. More horror stories shared on the website Whisper reveal outrageous asks from brides, from a demand that a bridesmaid cover up her tattoos to a request that a bridesmaid get a breast reduction. Plastic surgeons, meanwhile, are increasingly reporting that bridal parties are coming in for filler and Botox while gyms are creating special bridal boot camp packages and bachelorette parties have become more wellness-focused .

It should go without saying, but telling your bridesmaids to change how they look is more likely to make them resent you than it is to improve your wedding. No one at your wedding will care if your maid of honor has been doing squats or not, but she'll probably care if you take it upon yourself to critique her body. And if you're looking to share your big day with "perfect"-looking women rather than your closest friends, you could always put out a casting call.

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A mother and daughter embark on a fitness journey together. 5-11-17 Live at Five at Four

Emily Stroud, WBIR 6:34 PM. EDT May 11, 2017

Mother and daughter lose weight together

A mother and her daughter are leaning on their relationship for accountability in their journey toward better health.

"I want to be healthy and be here for my kids. I was tired of feeling sick and tired all the time and I just wanted a lifestyle change," Trish Warwick said.

She's doing it for her kids with her mom.

"I need a buddy and she's my bestie so we have a really good time just bouncing off each other and being accountable to each other," she said.

Trish Warwick says it wasn't hard to convince her mother, Wanda Parker, to join her on a journey to better health.

"I just really wanted to make some changes. It was time. And for the first time ever I wanted to start something and finish it," Wanda Parker said.

They decided they needed some professional guidance so they turned to a program that is run by a hospital.

"We've got a wonderful group of coaches that all have different backgrounds in nutrition, psychology, community health. It's nice to have that much information and knowledge to give our members. They can come each week and meet with their coach," Amy Stephens said. She is the Profile by Sanford store manager on Lovell Road.

Wanda said, "I think I came in one day like, oh my God I didn't lose but a pound. And they know exactly what to do to build you back up and send you back out the door prepared to overcome whatever downfalls you might have."

In addition to coaching, Amy Stephens says Profile by Sanford provides three phases of weight management. It starts with meal replacements then moves to grocery store food and then transitions to sustaining a healthy lifestyle.

"You are at your goal week. We are doing a lot more education on label reading, what macronutrients you need, and at that point we want to give you all the tools you need to be able to do this program on your own," she said.

They aren't on their own. Mother and daughter walk together, workout together, and cook together.

"I've been a cook for a long time. I enjoy recipes so I have really enjoyed converting all of my old recipes into new healthy one for my family," Trish said.

Before they would eat pasta stuffed with meat, heavy cheese, and added sugar. Now, it's green peppers stuffed with lean meat, low carb sauce, healthy cheese, no sugar, and no gluten.

"It gives you an excuse to talk about food all the time and have fun together in the kitchen," Wanda said.

They are going through the program together. They even meet with the same coach at the same time and they are accountable to each other.

"We have had a blast. I almost don't want it to end and I guess it won't because we'll be on maintenance forever," she said.

Trish said, "That's where Profile helps you because they help you maintain. It's maintenance. That's what I love so much about the program. And Amy our coach is so great at helping us maintain. She's going to help us maintain later in the journey."

It is a journey they are taking together.

"I am 35 pounds down and I will be more if you ever see me again I will be down more. I am going to do it," Trish said. "My blood pressure is normal for the first time in 10 years. And I want to be here with my kids. I want to be able to play and have fun and so that's really important to me."

Wanda said, "I love her and I want her around at least until my eyes close at the very end. And I want her to be healthy."

Together they have lost 50 pounds since starting the program in late January.

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The reported benefits of apple cider vinegar range from helping you lose weight, protecting your heart, preventing cancer, and even banishing bad breath. So when I saw a fitness influencer attribute an ACV cleanse to her killer abs, I broke the one diet rule I've always kept and tried a fad diet prescribed on social media.

I always thought that diets shared by fitness influencers on Instagram tend to come across as shady and inauthentic, but when my by BFF sent me the Instagram post below, I forgot all about that skepticism. The post talked about a cleanse to eliminate bloat, help digestion issues, and get those much-coveted obliques. I was game.

I figured I didn't have anything to losethe ingredients are "real" food and ACV was having a moment. I'd seen other fitness peeps snap shots of gallon jugs, talking about their own concoctions. So, I committed to giving it a try.

Day 1: I'm just gonna say it: The shake tasted disgusting. I didn't even finish the whole serving. I drank what I could first thing in the morning when I woke up. I ate regularly at work and did an extra-long endurance run in the evening. I also worked in a few new abs exercises into my workouts. After all, this cleanse was about to give me abs, right? The post also recommended a magnesium supplement at night, so I took one after dinner.

Day 2: The shake still tasted sour (IDK why I was surprised about that; there's vinegar in it), but I managed to down the whole thing and felt kickass for it. The only major change waswarning: TMI aheadthat I went to the bathroom more than usual that day. Otherwise, I ate regularly again, went for a shorter run and did some weight lifting after work, and popped another magnesium pill. Day two of the cleanse, check.

Day 3: The taste of the drink got better (or I was getting used to it). I spent decent time in the bathroom again, which debloated me and made my stomach flat. I felt less hungry throughout the day and didn't feel a surge of early-afternoon fatigue like a normally do. Later, after I completed an endurance run at the gym, I lifted up my shirt, looked in the mirror, and...there they wereabs! Yes, legitimate abs (a first for me). At home, I piled my plate high with veggies andtook another magnesium supplement.

Day 4: The shake was tolerable, but I felt queasy in the morning, and I wasn't very hungry at lunch. I decided to take a rest day from my workouts. I completed my day with another round of magnesium, but little did I know this was the beginning of the end of my temporary abs.

Day 5: My stomach felt terrible. I dealt with a nauseous, acidic stomach all day. I tried to do my long run, but my stomach wouldn't allow it. I still took my magnesium pill with dinner.

Day 6-7: I woke up with the worst stomach ache I've ever had. I hesitantly made the shake and told myself I was almost done and maybe this was just part of the process. The post suggested trying the cleanse for at least 7 days. (I know now that I should have listened to my body.)

Day 8: No shake, no magnesium pill, continued stomach ache, and fading abs. This cleanse ended on a(nother) sour note.

So, sure, I got abs, kinda, and for a day or so, but the side effects were obviously not worth that mini reward. I knew I'd never do it again. I was curious about whether my circumstances were abnormal, or if there was actually some secret abs-sculpting benefits to an apple cider vinegar cleanse that I just missed somehow. So I talked to Jessica Crandall, R.D.N., a certified diabetes educator. Crandall says she's never prescribed ACV to any of her clients, and she doesn't see that changing anytime soon.

"Because it tastes nasty, it might curb your appetite," says Crandall. "But it's just a diet fad."

The other ingredients in the cleanse fared a little better from Crandall's expert point of view, though. Turmeric has anti-inflammatory properties; blueberries are high in fiber and antioxidants; lemon juice is high in vitamin C; and spinach is a great source of vitamin K (and boosts your fitness performance). The magnesium in the evening helps relax your muscles and blood vessels and (ironically) helps normalize your bowel movements. All good stuff, "but nothing in there will give you six-pack abs," says Crandall. In fact, she tells me that the acidity of the ACV may have been too much for my stomach to handle, which makes a lot of sense considering my frequent bathroom breaks and tossy-turny stomach.

So besides some obvious dehydration, to what does she attribute my day-long abs? Simply put, being aware of my goal and my diet. In theory, people who follow an influencer or fitness figure who suggests a diet, food, or detox will likely "eat something healthy they otherwise wouldn't and it kickstarts other habits like trying new exercises or eating better," hypothesizes Crandall. It's true. Remember, I did start doing a few new abs exercises during the cleanse.

Stay skeptical of words like detox and cleanse. While some may have their benefits, most are nothing more than fluff. Regardless, the moral of the story here to is listen to your body. I should have known something was up when I could barely stomach the first shake on day 1, or at least on day 4 when I was so queasy. Next time, I'll listen to my gut (pun intended).

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Sonia Azad and WFAA , WFAA 6:16 PM. EDT May 11, 2017

Most of us at some point in our lives have tried something to lose weight. So we can relate to Monica Fair.

Ive always had this 12 to 15 pounds that I couldn't get rid of," said Fair, 47, who has experimented with trendy exercise programs and fad diets to no avail.

I never could lose the weight, said Fair. As a matter of fact, I would gain muscle which would push the fat out and make me look bigger."

It turns out the answer may be on the inside.

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"We're looking at genes that are responsible for your body composition, said Kurt Johnsen, co-founder of a Dallas-based company called Simplified Genetics.

Hes a Kung Fu master, founder of American Power Yoga, and overall a pretty fit guy with a passion for helping others get healthy, too.

I'm not a doctor, I'm not a scientist, said Johnsen, who sat down with WFAA at Plum Yoga, along Dallas popular stretch of Lower Greenville.I want to make sure what we do makes a difference."

Since 2012, Johnsen says his company has tested the DNA of 11,000 people, analyzing genes to match you with the best type of workout, diet, and vitamins for your body.

This is the most revolutionary thing I have seen in over 35 years," said Leisa Hart, the blonde bombshell behindBuns of Steel. Now shes 49, a mom, and still a beautiful fitness trainer.

This is my job! I'm in good shape, said Hart, admitting that there is a side of her that the public didn't see.

Working out that often and that intensely -- my face would be red, my head pounding. I would have to take a nap many times throughout the week, she recalled. That was my body screaming at me saying -- please just slow down! You're not supposed to work out that hard that often."

Then Hart got genetic testing, which is really just a simple cheek swab. The swab is sent to a lab in Louisiana where your DNA is extracted and prepared for analysis. Results are put through algorithms that generate specific recommendations for you.

I found out that when I was working out intensely, I was working out at much too high of a heart rate and I was working out for too long of a duration, said Hart.

Based on her results, she actually needed to do less.

To the eye, 53-year-old Rosanne Lewis is similar to Hart. But her genetic makeup is completely different.

I stopped eating all this bread because I thought it wasn't very good for me. I started having nuts instead or I would eat cheese -- things I thought were healthier-- and I gained four pounds."

Lewis results showed she can get away with mostly low intensity exercise. But this type of DNA analysis goes deeper: identifying your idea diet. The bread-lover, Lewis, is more sensitive to fats than carbohydrates, meaning she can eat her bread and do yoga in peace.

I know now for the rest of my life what I'm supposed to do, said Lewis.

With people putting a lot of stock -- and money -- into these tests, we wanted to get a doctors take on them.

This is the start, at the very least, of something very interesting, said Dr. Leslie Cler, chief medical officer of Methodist Dallas Medical Center.

Dr. Cler told WFAA that this type of genetics testing has been on the market -- offered directly to consumers -- for a decade, but still is in its infancy.

Further, according to Cler, while different companies may get you the same results, their recommendations are open to interpretation.

I don't think these tests are recommending anything dangerous to the patients -- not at all, said Cler. But as a doctor, if you came to see me and you said, I heard about this test, if I get it do you think that I'd be likely to lose weight? The answer is -- I don't know."

Fair enough. But losing weight isn't always the goal. Remember Hart -- who scaled back on her workouts since getting her results?

I feel so much better, said Hart. I feel like I could actually do more but I don't have to.

Then theres Fair, who went from a size 10 to a size 6 after putting her results to use. She added fish to her vegetarian diet, and now incorporates a blend of low-and-high intensity workouts.

It was life-changing to be able to actually get to my goal," Fair said.

But what works for Fair wont work for everyone. Makes perfect sense if it boils down to DNA.

On Tuesday morning Sonia Azad, Ron Corning, and Alexa Conomos got their tests back -- see their results below!

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How to lose weight in a week Overweight or obesity is one of the biggest challenges facing the world now, it affects people around the world, posing significant health risks as well as loss of agility which is a problem in itself. Both children and adults are victims of the disease. It is believed that if this trend continues in the world by 2015, more than 700 million people around the world will be obese.

Routine lifestyle and lack of exercise, and improper diet are the main causes of obesity, there is a need to maintain maximum balance between the calories you eat and calories consumed.

Today we offer you a unique diet for one week and ensure you save you a lot of extra weight. We simply offer you today a loss for your extra weight in just 7 days.

Day 1: The first day is a preparation for the week, on this day you have to eat fruit of all kinds except bananas, we recommend you on this day to increase the melon and melon, and research indicates that if you shortened your day on watermelon only you will lose on this day one kilogram of your weight , You should not feel hungry at all on this day if you have distributed your meals on the day properly, and if you drank all day about 10 glasses of water.

. The second day is the day of vegetables. You can eat cooked or raw vegetables. It is important not to use any kind of fat in cooking these vegetables. You can start with one of the boiled potatoes today. It contains complex carbohydrates that will provide you with a lot of energy. More water at least 10 cups.

3. Day 3: This is the third day, a day that combines the two previous days, the day of fruits and vegetables. This day allows you to eat all kinds of vegetables and fruits except bananas and potatoes. You will not starve on this day at all; it is a fun day full of benefits and vitamins. Standing drinking a lot of water.

4. Day 4: Day 4 You are not allowed to eat anything other than bananas and milk, you are allowed to eat 10 bananas and 4 cups of milk throughout the day divided into meals, if you want strong results you can use low-fat milk, With yogurt or yoghurt.

5. Day 5: On the fifth day, your food will vary. You can eat a small rice dish with 6 tomatoes for the rest of the day. The tomatoes will produce more uric acid in your body so you have to drink more water than the previous two days until you get rid of the many tomato salts.

6. Day 6: On the sixth day you can eat one dish of rice and all vegetables without specifying the quantity and of course forget the water is the intimate friend of your weight loss.

7: The seventh day: This is the last day in the diet and you have to eat a plate of rice and vegetables and fruit juice, especially orange is very useful for you and your health is a wonderful and distinctive conclusion for this week of diet.

lose weight After the end of the seventh day and on the morning of the eighth day you can weigh yourself once again and you will find that your weight has decreased significantly, you will not see this on the balance only, but you will find that you are wearing clothes less measured than before.

The daily need of water is 8 cups, always keep this amount of drinking daily, this will help you lose a lot of weight, especially if you drink water on the stomach at the beginning of the day, and water has many other benefits, including the treatment of headaches and heart problems and many Other things, and remember the words of God and made of water all living things How to lose weight through vegetables?

When you start eating, start with a large bowl of vegetable salad, make more than 60% of your meal vegetables. How to lose weight in full?

Yes, satiety, be careful not to eat for a long time, this will make you eat Bnham at the first opportunity to introduce food in front of you, and thus increase your weight multiplied by double, so do not make yourself a room for severe hunger. How to lose weight with multiple meals?

Yes, many meals work to lose weight well, if you eat 3 meals a day, make it 6 meals, but the same amount, meaning that 6 small meals, better than 3 large meals, because the multiplicity of meals will activate your burning cycle, All the time. How to lose weight in yogurt?

You go back to eating one day of yogurt before bedtime instead of dinner, and supper is enough reason to gain weight, because eating before bed is a powerful factor to gain weight. How to lose weight by monitoring?

Do not eat without an account, before you start eating, put the amount you think is enough for you in your own pot, and decide that before you begin to eat that does not exceed this quantity, this will help you to lose weight well. How to lose weight?

This is the golden advice and most importantly, nothing helps you lose weight more than the effort, for example, stop using the electric elevator and climb the ladder daily, reserve a garage for your car away from your home until you walk for 5 minutes, for example, Every day, even ten minutes, all these habits will help you lose weight in a dazzling way. Reduce sugars and carbohydrates

These are foods that stimulate insulin secretion more than others. If you do not already know, Vasolulin is the main fat storage hormone in the body.

When insulin goes down, fat has an easier time out of fat stores and the body starts to burn fat instead of carbohydrates. Eat protein, fat and vegetables

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Why do I gain so fast and lose so slow?

I get that question all the time. Frustrated folks looking to lose some weight and hoping to improve their health express their wish that they could lose weight as quickly as they gain it.

Theres a standard reply to that question, but its not really a scientifically sound explanation, nor does it satisfy most people frustrated by their slow weight loss progress. Maybe youve said it yourself, or somebody has said it to you.

You didnt gain it overnight and you cant expect to lose it overnight.

Is that supposed to make you feel better? I dont think its an adequate answer; its a platitude. Its a quick and easy explanation that isnt worth the effort it takes to mutter it. Here is the real reason why weight gain is fast and weight loss is slow.

Your fat cells shrink. You dont actually lose them. In fact, you have on averagebetween 10 to 30 billion fat cells. The amount of fat cells you have wasset during adolescence and levels off into adulthood. If you were very overweight as a child, you will have twice as many fat cells as another adult who wasntan overweight child.

So losing weight isnt losing fat cells. Its shrinking them, but they dont burn up and go away. They stick around looking for their chance to return to their lovely full state or grow even larger. Its theorized that those fat cells think its their duty to plump up again and that the body thinks its necessary for survival.

The body thinks its survival has been threatened by disapearingfood sources. When food once again becomes available (you stop trying to lose weight and go back to former eating and exercising habits) it tries to get back to what it considers its normal state. Its trying totake action to save your (and its) life.

Its more than just a matter of hungry fat cells. Your body adjusted to what it thought was a famine by becoming more efficient with its use of fuel. It is burning fewer calories at rest, so its now become easier to create a calorie excess which goes directly into refilling those fat cells.

Gary Foster, Ph. D., is the Chief Scientific Officer at Weight Watchers International. Years before he joined the Weight Watchers team he was the director of the Center of Obesity Research and Education at Temple University.

Even on a sensible diet, your body sheds pounds reluctantly. One reason its difficult to keep weight off is because there is a metabolic overcompensation for weight loss, says Gary Foster, Ph.D. If you decrease your body mass by 10 percent, you would expect your metabolic rate to decrease by 10 percent, but it actually slows down more than that, by about 11 to 15 percent.

That means, as you probably already know, you have to work hard to lose weight. Its hard work and its not fun. In fact, its the opposite of fun; it feels more like punishment. Gaining weight, however, doesnt take work, especially when wereconditioned to be hypereaters.

The reward circuits in the brains of people who areconditioned hypereaters were excessively activated simply by the smell of food and stayed that way until those people finished eating whatever was on the plate in front of them. The important word isconditioned.

David Kessler, M.D., is the former U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner. He and his team of researchers at the University of California at San Francisco and Yale University researched weight cycling. Kessler says overeating may not be your fault.

According to Kessler and his research team some people have overactive neural circuitry or a drive to clean the plate and the more palatable the food, the stronger the drive. Its less about willpower and more about the hold conditioning has over an individual.Its biological, not genetic, and difficult to resist. Kessler estimates that 50 percent of obese people and 30 percent of overweight people are conditioned hypereaters.

Your body fights your weight loss efforts and throws its full support into helping you gain weight. That might lead you to ask, why bother to lose weight when my body fights it? The answer is personal. If your weight is getting in the way of doing the things you love or making you sick, its worth it.

If your weight is the result of unhealthy habits, work on making changes to your habits to make them healthier. This will result in weight loss, and more importantly, help you to learn skills that are necessary to maintain your lower and healthier weight.

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WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Warding off the joint pain of gout may be as easy as eating right, a new study suggests.

Gout, a joint disease that causes extreme pain and swelling, is caused by excess uric acid in the blood. It's the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, and its incidence has risen among Americans over recent decades, Harvard researchers noted.

But the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet -- which is high in fruits and vegetables, and low in salt, sugar and red meat -- can lower levels of uric acid in the blood.

The American Heart Association has long supported the DASH regimen as a way to help avoid heart disease.

"Conversely, the [unhealthy] Western diet is associated with a higher risk of gout," said Dr. Hyon Choi, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues. The "Western" diet describes the fatty, salty, sugar-laden fare of many Americans.

One nutritionist wasn't surprised by the new findings, pointing out that the DASH diet is low in compounds called purines, which break down to form uric acid.

"I can see how the DASH diet may benefit someone with gout," said Jen Brennan, clinical nutrition manager at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. "The DASH diet avoids excessive consumption of red and organ meats known to have high purine levels."

Brennan added that the DASH diet "also encourages high intake of fruits and vegetables. We want to encourage fluids and vitamin C for these patients to help rid the body of uric acid, and fruits/vegetables can support this."

In their study, the Harvard researchers analyzed data from more than 44,000 men, aged 40 to 75, who had no prior history of gout. The men provided information about their eating habits every four years between 1986 and 2012.

Over the study period, more than 1,700 of the men developed gout.

During 26 years of follow-up, those who followed the DASH diet -- high in fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, low-fat dairy products and whole grains, and low in salt, sugary drinks and red and processed meats -- were less likely to develop gout than those who ate a typical Western diet, the findings showed.

The Western diet is high in items such as red and processed meats, French fries, refined grains, sweets and desserts.

The study wasn't designed to prove a cause-and-effect relationship. However, the findings suggest that the DASH diet may provide "an attractive preventive dietary approach for the risk of gout," the researchers concluded.

Choi's team noted that many people who have high uric acid levels also have elevated blood pressure, or "hypertension" -- another reason to switch to the healthier DASH diet.

According to the study's lead author, Sharan Rai, of Massachusetts General Hospital, "The diet may also be a good option for patients with gout who have not reached a stage requiring [uric acid]-lowering drugs, or those who prefer to avoid taking drugs." Rai is with Mass General's division of rheumatology, allergy and immunology.

"And since the vast majority of patients with gout also have hypertension, following the DASH diet has the potential of 'killing two birds with one stone,' addressing both conditions together," Rai said in a hospital news release.

However, more studies are needed to track the diet's effectiveness in curbing gout flare-ups, the researchers said.

Dana Angelo White is a registered dietitian at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. She called the new study "another win for the DASH diet, a sensible plan that emphasizes whole foods and a healthy balance of all major food groups. I'm pleased to see a study that highlights the benefits beyond cardiovascular health. If more people ate this way, we would continue to see decreases in all kinds of chronic illness."

The study was published online May 9 in the BMJ.

The U.S. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has more on gout.

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