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Just like her teammates, Olivia Smoliga wakes up three days out of the week and heads to a 5:30 a.m. practice at the pool. From there, its straight to the Coliseum Training Facility at Stegeman Coliseum for weightlifting and conditioning.

Following class for the day, the Georgia swimmer heads back to the pool again for practice at 2:45 p.m. Afterward, her nights are usually filled with trips to the Rankin M. Smith, Sr. Student-Athlete Academic Center for studying and tutoring.

Sleep, then repeat.

So where in her schedule does she fit the time to eat?

After all, with the amount of swimming she does each day and the amount of calories she burns, its imperative she eats enough to make up for it.

Welcome to the life of a collegiate swimmer.

All about that bank

Swimming in general is a great form of exercise. It is well known that one of the best ways to go about losing weight is swimming.

However, swimmers at the Division I level are not swimming to lose weight. Theyre swimming to go fast and break records, and to do so takes a lot of training.

To make up for this incredible amount of training, swimmers must compensate by eating plenty of food.

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was known to eat a breathtaking amount of food in his peak years as a swimmer, reportedly consuming between 8,000 and 12,000 calories per day.

While its head coach Jack Bauerle who coaches his swimmers in the pool, Maria Breen coaches the Bulldogs on what to eat. Breen is a sports nutritionist at Georgia who oversees the diets of the swimming and diving team.

So exactly how much do swimmers eat? The answer isnt straightforward or the same depending on the person, day and even time of year.

It varies so much based on their body size and genetics, Breen said.

But the amount is consistently above that of the average citizen and other elite athletes.

Theres a reason swimming is so popular among those trying to lose weightit burns calories at a rapid rate. Combine this with the immense hours of pool time for collegiate swimmers, and you have a recipe for disaster should you fail to refuel.

This is where the all-important carbohydrates come into play.

When you think of hitting a wall in practice or just getting fatigued, a lot of times thats because you havent managed your carbohydrate recovery, Breen said.

Humans store carbohydrates in their body as energy in what is called glycogen.

After a long workout, or in this case, hours on end in the pool, that glycogen is broken down and stores of energy empty.

The heavier the training, the more carbohydrates they need since theyve expended that glycogen in practice, Breen said. Its all about getting that bank back.

This is no different for athletes in other sports.

Swimmers, football players and basketball players alike must take in enough carbs to make up for the glycogen theyve expended.

What differs is the amount of carbs needed, largely due to different types of workouts and practices.

Where football or basketball practice might include some standing around and instruction, swim practice consists mainly of swimming.

That principle is very similar for other teams, Breen said. Whats different is the amount of carbohydrates. [Swimmers] calorie needs are higher.

Eating an abnormal amount of food isnt the only problem these student-athletes have to worry about.

They also have to make sure theyre eating enough of the right types of food. While a diet of fast food and candy bars might sustain a normal college student, albeit unhealthily, these are no normal students.

University of Georgia's swim team sports nutrionist, Maria Breen, left, shows senior swimmer, Emily Cameron, right, nutrition facts of some of the snacks offered in the swimming and diving team room at the Ramsey Student Center in Athens, Georgia, on Monday, March 20, 2017. Breen helps swimmers pick the right drinks and food to energize them before their practices and those that are best to help them recover. (Photo/Reann E. Huber, http://www.reannhuber.com)

When freshman student-athletes first arrive in Athens, they learn this pretty quickly.

One of the big things for us, is we have to develop that base education, Breen said. Sometimes we call it plate coaching. When are you getting meals? Do you have your carbohydrates? Do you have a lean source of protein? Do you have dairy?

It can be a lot to take in, especially for those who might not have been the healthiest eaters before coming to college.

Take freshman Javier Acevedo, for example. Thats not to say Acevedo was one of those living on a diet consisting of french fries and potato chips.

The 19-year-old was on the Canadian Olympic team for the Rio games this past summer, but he lived like a normal high schooler does, and that included its fair share of indulging.

Ive learned a lot, Acevedo said. Especially coming from high school where I had my own car and I could basically do what I want. Here, I know I need to keep my body in good shape. I cant eat the same way.

This isnt an uncommon transformation to see, at least under Breen and her staff. Quite often, swimmers come to Georgia and realize the effect a strong and balanced diet can have on their performance in the pool.

This could be for a litany of reasons, from Breens teachings to self-motivation to the championship pedigree of a program like Georgia. Most likely, its a combination of all three.

One swimmer who has seen a dramatic transformation since arriving in Athens is senior Chase Kalisz. As a freshman, Kalisz weighed around 155 pounds and stood at 6-foot-1. Now, the Baltimore native weighs in at about 190 pounds and is 6-foot-4.

While his eating habits had no effect on his height, his weight was surely impacted by his food choices.

As I get older, I notice that I need to eat healthier, and I feel better when I eat healthier, Kalisz said. Theres more of an emphasis on eating the right things at the right time.

For Breen, its rewarding to see this process unfold. She doesnt like having to force people to do or eat something they dont want.

I want the athletes to take that step, and say, OK, I know it needs to go in my body, and I want to be active in this, Breen said.

Grab and go

As great as all of Breens work is, it goes without much value unless her students take what they learn and apply it.

At the end of the day, its up to the student athletes to make sure they eat enough of the right foods. This is one of the biggest challenges Breen faces as a nutritionist for a college sports program.

How does she make sure the food and resources she offers her student-athletes are accessible when they have two practices, class and tutoring nearly every day?

For the younger swimmers on the team, this means carving out the time to go to one of the universitys dining halls. Most commonly for the swimmers, the destination of choice is the Village Summit at East Campus Village, as this dining hall neighbors Gabrielsen Natatorium and is nearest to their dorm.

As for the upperclassmen, a growling stomach means its time to get in the kitchen and cook some food.

Living off campus after next year is going to be different, Acevedo said. Having the dining halls here is great and all, but Im not going to have a dining hall always later on in life. Living off campus and doing my own thing is going to prepare me for whats going to happen later on.

Even with all Georgia offers its student athletesfrom cooking classes to tours of grocery stores to meal plans at dining hallsit doesnt change the fact these athletes have minimal time in their schedules to actually eat.

Breen and her department knew this, and thats why they came up with the grab-and-go.

This station, a concession stands of sorts, offers quick snacks for Georgia student-athletes to take. Located at Stegeman Coliseum, its open for a few hours in the morning for breakfast before it closes and reopens for dinner.

Smoliga and other swimmers use this station to their advantage when looking for time to eat during their jam-packed schedules.

Grab-and-go is really helpful, Smoliga said.

University of Georgia's swimming and diving team room is filled with a variety of drinks and food to keep them energized before their practices at Ramsey Student Center in Athens, Georgia. (Photo/Reann E. Huber, http://www.reannhuber.com)

Following an exhausting early-morning workout or late-night tutoring session, there is nothing more convenient for these swimmers than a breakfast sandwich or smoothie. Not to mention, its much quicker than going to a busy dining hall and sitting down for a meal.

Its not a meal replacement, but its a substantial snack, Breen said. For swimming, its good because its right where they do their strength and conditioning and near the academic building.

To take it a step further, Breen stocks the teams lounge with fruits and other small snacks for the teams. If a swimmer comes to practice straight from class, he or she can grab a banana or granola bar before heading to the pool deck.

Maria [Breen] takes care of all those little things a coach would have a rough time doing, Bauerle said. Shes great. She helps us out a lot.

The future of food

With all Breen and the sports nutrition department does for Georgia athletics, combined with weakened restrictions by the NCAA, feeding student athletes is as easy as ever. Or, at least its running as smoothly as ever.

Previously, NCAA regulations limited student-athletes to receiving three meals a day. That rule has since been eliminated, and athletic departments now have much more leeway over how much they feed their student-athletes.

In reality, though, it has created new problems for colleges and universities to solve. By allowing unlimited meals and snacks for Division I student-athletes, the NCAA shifted the spotlight to sports nutrition.

Now a new battle has begun, one that Breen is fighting on the front-lines.

[Student athletes] are educated pretty well on what to put in their body, but we have to make sure that it is facilitated and available, Breen said. Thats one of the huge challenges in the college setting.

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Do you have a scale in your bathroom? Do you step on it every day? As a nation, we are focused on all the wrong numbers when it comes to our weight control. A new, more efficient and smarter way of thinking about our weight and nutrition is starting to take shape. Counting calories is out, balancing macronutrient percentages are in. Weight on the scale is out, body composition monitoring is in. Change is hard. Sustaining a gradual, healthy weight loss is even more challenging. Breaking free from daily monitoring of numbers that dont change that frequently or easily will aid in your progress and reduce your stress along the way! The Ups and Downs. Weight fluctuations can happen from day to day for a host of different reasons. The most common reasons for fluctuations are dehydration, carbohydrate intake, hormonal changes for women and even salt intake. This is why low-carb diets tend to work so dramatically in the first couple of weeks stored carbohydrates, which retain water, are released along with the fat and muscle. Gaining Muscle. Most people cannot gain more than 1-2 pounds of muscle per month. Knowing this, the scale is most likely not tipping in the direction of a gain due to your last few bouts with the elliptical. If you see the scale heading in the wrong direction, your increase in exercise and need for more fuel or calories has probably caused you to overeat. The most common culprits of excess calories when first starting an exercise routine tend to be hidden in your choice of beverages or those healthy bars. When to Weigh. A good rule of thumb is to weigh in at the same time of day on the same day of the week, once a week or once every other. This is good advice to both manage your stress levels and to get a big picture view into your trends. How to Weigh. To track changes in your fat loss or muscle gained, use a scale that will report on both. Lower body fat percentages reduce your risk of disease and increase your quality of life. According to the National Institutes of Health, the more you weigh, the more likely you are to suffer from serious diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnea and certain cancers. On the other hand, the benefits of living at a healthy weight with a lower body fat percentage can be felt in everyday life. You will move with fewer aches and pains in your joints, get a better quality of sleep, have a clearer mental outlook and, in general, enjoy life more fully! Macro Mania. Macronutrients are the big three: fat, protein and carbohydrate. There are great apps out there to help you with tracking macronutrients both for weight loss and better health. Tracking calories is great, but think about it this way: you can have a very low caloric intake reported one day, made up entirely of candy and soda alone! Whereas, if you are looking at this same day in terms of macronutrients that supply your body with the fuel it needs to survive and thrive, you may have ingested only empty carbohydrates and saturated fat. Not great for weight loss or reducing your risk for disease. Dont fill the void. From sitting with coaching clients one-on-one for hundreds of hours, I can tell you when most folks see the scale trending lower, from one day to the next, the first thought is there is space to work with. This is the time when the extra treats, snacks or a little more of this or that are squeezed in. Sadly, this is the exact type of behavior to avoid if you are hoping to achieve long term, sustainable weight loss. Be kinder to yourself when it comes to your weigh-ins. Use a smarter scale and space out how often you step on. Think what, not how many, when it comes to your caloric intake. And when it comes to long-term weight loss, think slow. You didnt put the weight on overnight give yourself time to transition to a healthier weight with more muscle, less fat and a happier outlook on your future health.

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Just because a weight loss strategy has worked for someone else doesnt mean itll work for you. In fact, the most popular weight loss plans (discussed below) fail all the time.

Now, Im not saying you shouldnt experiment with these weight loss strategies, but you should be aware of the mistakes that cause them to backfire. Below are reasons why some strategies fail.

Cheat meals can be great. They allow you to eat the foods you enjoy and undo the effects of low calorie intake. But most people abuse them and end up gaining weight.

Dieters usually overindulge in cheat meals and regain all the weight they had lost. Others even continue bingeing days after the cheat day. Such habits make it virtually impossible to lose weight.

Unless you have self-control over your food intake, avoid cheat meals. Instead, reward yourself with other things like massage or a weekend trip.

Most people starve themselves in order to reach their weight goal fast. But this strategy rarely works. For one thing, low calorie intake makes you feel hungry all the time and slows down metabolism.

Extreme calorie deficits may work for a while but theyre impossible to maintain long-term. Maintain a moderate calorie deficit and incorporate strength training in your weight loss plan. Remember that eating high-fiber foods can help keep hunger at bay.

Cutting carbs is definitely a good idea for anyone who wants to lose weight. Sugars, starchy foods and sweetened drinks trigger weight gain. But eliminating all carbs from your diet can cause fatigue, low energy and so on.

Dont be fooled by the initial weight loss in low-carb diets. Its usually due to loss of water weight and youll regain the weight once you start consuming carbs again. At least 30 percent of the macronutrients in your diet should come from unprocessed carbs.

You dont have to avoid junk food for the rest of your life to stay healthy. Restricting yourself to healthy foods all the time can bring feelings of guilt every time you eat junk or sweet foods.

Frankly, its not possible to eat clean all the time in todays world. Just make sure at least 80 percent of your diet comes from healthy, unprocessed foods. And 20 percent can come from the not-so-healthy foods.

You dont have to eat after every 3 hours to lose weight. In fact, eating frequently can hinder weight loss. Research shows that most people dont account for calories from snacks and soft drinks. And these calories eventually add up and cause weight gain.

If you are a frequent-snacker, remember to account for calories from the snacks in your total daily calorie intake.

As you can see, there isnt a foolproof weight loss plan. But itll be easier for you to attain your weight goal if you avoid the mistakes mentioned above.

Have you had success with any of the above weight loss strategies?

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Ive struggled with weight my whole life, but in 2017, I started Weight Watchers, and its been surprisingly easy to drop pounds fast while still eating my favorite foods. (Thanks, Oprah!) See how I did it and follow along with my journey below.

Weight has always been an issue for me. Ive literally fluctuated by 50 pounds in my adult life. After losing weight for my wedding, I had an amazing honeymoon, where I was confident in a bikini and loved having my picture taken.

After my wedding in 2013, I was thrilled to stop eating salad. With no big life event approaching, I quicklygained a lot of weight. Eating at fancy NYC restaurants with my new husband was fun, but it made my jeans too tight and my self-esteem drop.

Fast forward to 2017. It was time to get my weight under control. Id tried Weight Watchers in the past, and it had worked for me. Now, they have a re-vamped point system that rewards healthy choices, rather than just counting calories.

So here is how it works you get daily and weekly SmartPoints, which are based on calories, saturated fat, sugar and protein.

You also earn FitPoints, on any activity where you move. I use the app and the online program, which I prefer rather than going to meetings. Its cost-effective, easy, fast and can be more anonymous, if that is what you want.

Weight Watchers also hooked me up with a coach. We talk for 15 minutes weekly, and she keeps me accountable and answers any questions I have about the program.

I range from a size 6 to 12, depending on the store and the article of clothing (I am much smaller on top). I get 30 SmartPoints daily, and 35 additional points every week. You can use your weekly points at your discretion, averaging about 5 more per day, or in one sitting, which I did on my husbands birthday (mac and cheese + cake + wine).

In 9 weeks, I lost 7 out of 9 weeks. The weeks I did gain, it was 1 pound or less, and after a big loss the week before (like one week, which was a loss of 3.8 pounds!). On the program, they encourage you to lose one to two pounds a week, which is a healthy rate and very sustainable.

From January 20 to March 22, I lost 10.7 pounds.

With Weight Watchers, its all about balance. So, most fruits and vegetables are ZERO points, because they encourage healthy eating and great habits.

Lean meats like turkey and chicken have 2 to 4 points per 3 oz serving, while a lean steak has 5 points for 3 ounces. (Its also important to watch portions).

My nights are usually filled with beauty events,hor doeuvres,cocktails or take out. I try to save my points for later in the day. So typically I have a greek yogurt for breakfast (Siggis has 3 points) and maybe an apple or banana (0 points). Lunch is usually a salad with grilled chicken, tons of veggies, egg whites and balsamic vinaigrette. The salad is usually about 5 points. If Im craving chips, I reach for SkinnyPop, which has 3 points.

Other great snacks are a green apple drizzled with PB2 (dehydrated peanuts you mix with water, only 1 point), or red bell peppers dipped intoChobani Meze Dip, Roasted Red Pepper, which is only 1 point.

That saves me 17 points for dinner and dessert! I made lasagna from the Weight Watchers recipe site the other night. It was 10 points, but it was beef, white noodles, and super hearty and filling. I also love to save for WINE. A glass is 4 points. I find if I am mindful during the day, I always have points left for wine in case I get invited to an unexpected happy hour.

3 points left mean dessert is a chocolate chip cookie. Again, its all about portion control and enjoying your food. So my day did have a salad, but it also had pasta, red wine, and a cookie. Not bad, right?

The other thing I love is that you can trade in FitPoints. So an intense SoulCycle class can earn you 13 points, which could mean a nice dinner out with no regrets.

Ill keep you posted on my journey, as I still have weight to lose.

HollywoodLifers, let me know, would you try Weight Watchers?

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I was commuting on my bike and riding twice a day, 6 miles each way. Nearly every other day, I was going to the gym and working out.

Then, I tore a calf muscle playing basketball. It hurt, a lot, and it sidelined me from my usual workouts for six weeks.

But, the injury did not sideline me from the dinner table or the snacks I was used to eating. I knew I should change my diet to match my level of activity, but I struggled to do so.

(Besides, beer. Enough said.)

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I went back into the gym and weighed myself, did a rough BMI calculationand decided I needed to get active rehabilitating my calf and the rest of my body.

I got married the week of my calf injury, and a couple months into our marriage, my wife was struggling with candida overgrowth that resulted in headache, body aches and fatigue.

Her nutritionist suggested she try the candida diet, and being the supportive husband I was, I decided Id go on it with her.

In two weeks, I lost 12 pounds. My weight-loss stabilized, I felt stronger and I had less of the typical afternoon fatigue I experienced most days.

Heres how it worked, and how you can do it, too:

This was the toughest part for me. Your diet is pretty much limited to veggies, lots of water and a detox drink.

You shouldnt work out really hard during this phase, but you can still continue light exercise. You should avoid caffeine and alcohol, so it means giving up coffee (at least for a little while).

The detox drink was the hardest part for me. It contains apple cider vinegar (ACV) and lemon juice, and I had a really hard time stomaching the ACV.

This stage is listed as optional on the candida diet website, but I endured it anyway.

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Toward the end of the first week, we both felt a little ill. This is a side effect of candida die-off, and it passes pretty quickly.

Perseverance paid off. I lost a good 4 pounds the first week.

This stage is more balanced than the detox stage, but it still eliminates added sugar and most starchy vegetables.

It is designed to meet basic nutritional needs while starving the candida. Even if you dont have an overgrowth of candida, its easy to see the benefits from going without added sugars and starch.

If you really are struggling with some kind of candida infection, this phase of the diet can last from a few weeks (if you follow the diet strictly and have a mild candida overgrowth) to months (if you have a more severe case or cheat often).

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From a diet side, you dont have to count calories; just avoid certain foods and add natural probiotics and antifungals.

We learned to make our own yogurt and eat a lot of asparagus, broccoli and kale. Here is a list of foods you should eat.

We avoided some things we really love, like fruits, grains and tuna. We cheated from time to time with caffeine and alcohol.

Here is a list of the things you should avoid.

By the end of 30 days, I had lost a little over 20 pounds, and my wife a little under. Id lost a couple of inches around my waist, and I felt much better.

My workouts felt easier, and my energy level was more consistent throughout the day.

We stayed on the diet for 90 days before slowly reintroducing other foods back into our diet. We still avoid glutenous grains, added sugars and most starchy vegetables.

The candida diet is a good jump start, regardless of whether you have candida overgrowth or not.

Its the best diet I have found for a quick detox and reasonably quick weight-loss that also trains you to eat better in the long term.

The candida diet also works well if you are vegan.

It is pretty easy to adapt the diet to almost any food preferences. If you want to lose weight fast and just feel better, the candida diet may be just the thing for you.

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Troy is a freelance writer, editor, and author who lives and works in Boise, Idaho. He is an avid cyclist, skier, and loves the outdoors. He lives with his son, his dog, and his fiance. His work can be found at troylambertwrites.com

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One of the biggest challenges of losing weight is actually keeping it off especially if you're constantly surrounded by temptation, in the form of an endless supply of cupcakes. These aren't just any cupcakes, either. These sweets are so addictive that people plan road trips and gladly spend half an hour in line, just to try them. That's the reality for Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinis Berman, the sisters behind Georgetown Cupcake.

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And yet, two years after dropping a combined 100 pounds, they're still at their ideal weight. Without giving up the treats that made them famous. We spoke to the DC Cupcakes stars to find out what they've been doing and why Coach Taylor has played a huge role in their success.

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Initially, the sisters lost weight by eating smaller portions and walking six miles a day, five days a week. It helped them get results quickly (100 pounds in 9 months!), but once they hit their goal weight, the duo scaled back. They're still eating more balanced meals "no eating late at night, or excessive snacking," Katherine said but they now walk three miles at a time, and only once or twice a week.

"We're not gym people. We've joined a gym and spent six months trying to cancel our membership, so we needed to do something we could stick with," Sophie explained. "You can get in three miles in an hour; that's like watching two of your favorite shows on a treadmill."

Often, the two get together and walk while they binge-watch their favorite shows, like House of Cards, Big Little Lies, and classics like Friday Night Lights.

"Friday Night Lights came out in 2007 or 2008, so I completely missed the whole series because I was so engrossed in launching our business," Katherine said. "I'm a huge fan of Kyle Chandler [AKA Coach Taylor], so I watched it, got hooked, and got Sophie hooked too. We'd watch and wouldn't want to stop walking!"

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It's become common health advice to throw out your scale, but Katherine and Sophie keep theirs front and center, weighing themselves daily. "There's no better tool to hold you accountable," Sophie said. "It's like looking at your credit card statement to check your spending; weighing yourself keeps you in check, so the weight doesn't creep up on you."

She speaks from personal experience: "I had gone too long without weighing myself, and one day, I stepped on the scale and realized I gained 40 pounds," said Sophie. "I literally had a freakout attack, like, 'How did this happen?!'"

It was the catalyst that got her to change her lifestyle completely.

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Studies have shown athletes have a greater risk of developing an eating disorder, but weight cutting heightens this issue in wrestling.

J remembers sitting in an elementary school cafeteria, surrounded by friends who were devouring chicken nuggets and french fries.

He ate carrots and lettuce from the salad bar.

J, a former North Carolina wrestler who asked to remain anonymous, weighed 70 pounds and was dieting to make a 65-pound weigh-in for a wrestling match. Cutting weight was a part of his life for most of his career.

Its just the sport in general, he said. I mean, everybody does it, and its just like to get the competitive edge.

NCAA regulations and improving attitudes among coaches have made wrestling safer, but problems persist with cutting weight. Studies have found that male wrestlers have a higher risk of developing eating disorders than other men the same age.

This trend concerned Anna Bardone-Cone, a UNC professor who researches eating disorders.

This kind of yo-yo from weight gain, weight loss, weight gain, weight loss, is very unhealthy, very unhealthy, she said. And so that was very startling to me.

***

Jeff Reese was pedaling a stationary bike when he collapsed, suffering kidney failure and heart malfunction. He died on Dec. 9, 1997. He was 21 years old.

A wrestler at Michigan, Reese was wearing a sauna suit shirt and pants made from trashbag material that expedite the process of sweating out water weight. He was completing a two-hour workout in a 92-degree room, trying to lose 12 pounds.

Reese was the third collegiate wrestler in a month to die from cutting weight.

Before Reeses death, sports medicine experts and coaches conflicted. Coaches encouraged unsafe measures to have wrestlers compete at the lowest weight possible; a 1994 study found that in the 20 hours between the weigh-in and the match, wrestlers gained 7.3 pounds on average (mostly in water weight).

Brian Hendrickson, the executive editor of NCAA Champion Magazine who wrote the story Wrestling Away From a Troubled Past, said coaches were attached to unsafe weight cutting practices because they believed the measures gave a competitive advantage. Mistrusting sports scientists, they refused to heed warnings of the dangers of sauna suits.

What was really kind of behind the scenes was this war going on, Hendrickson said.

After the three wrestlers died, coaches complied with reform because the future of the sport was in jeopardy.

The NCAA raised weight classes, moved weigh-ins to one hour before the match and banned sauna suits. Weight certifications testing hydration, body fat percentage and other variables set a minimum weight that players cannot fall below during the season.

One of the biggest changes is in attitude within the sport. Hendrickson saw this manifest in the responses to his story.

What I was surprised by was how much they embraced having the story out there and were glad to have the conversation he said. I think they felt like they could show how much they changed.

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Though regulations paved the way for improvements, problems persist. J saw wrestlers use sauna suits in high school. UNC wrestler Troy Heilmann said he can tell when a wrestler is cutting weight unsafely.

They have a what you say in the wrestling world sucked out, Heilmann said. They look skinny. You can see their cheekbones and stuff like that.

Research studies have found high school wrestlers are more likely to have an eating disorder or engage in disordered eating than other men of similar ages. Bardone-Cone said some wrestlers will restrict and then binge eat in the offseason.

Theyre very irritable, you know, when theyre in this kind of restricting their food and trying to lose weight, Bardone-Cone said. And we see that with anorexia.

Athletes as a whole aremore likely to develop eating disorders, but this risk rises for sports that emphasize slimness in conjunction with success, like running, gymnastics and wrestling.

While most eating disorder research focuses on women and girls, a 2004 study published in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine found that eight percent of male athletes exhibited the symptoms of an eating disorder, compared with 0.5 percent of male non-athletes.

Males are not immune, Bardone-Cone said. And this is a thing that happens, and it causes them physiologically and psychologically the same kind of problems.

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When Heilmann lost the 141-pound spot his sophomore year at UNC, he had to drop to a lower weight class 133 pounds if he wanted to start.

I went down for the team, basically, Heilmann said.

Head coach Coleman Scott walked him through the process to make sure he was safe. Scott took Heilmann grocery shopping to show him healthy foods and recipes and consulted a dietician who works with MMA fighters. Heilmann, who struggled with weight in high school because of a lack of knowledge and resources, said he learned how to balance making weight and being healthy through Scott.

As a wrestling coach, Im not here to make a kid cut a bunch of weight or get him to do something that he physically cant do Scott said. Im here to promote a healthy lifestyle and make sure that the kids are doing the right thing and educate them about their body.

The team meets with UNC nutritionists at the start of the season. Scott meets with them regularly, too, along with researching online and talking with outside nutritionists to hone his knowledge.

The frequent meetings with Scott have made it easier for UNC sports dietician Rachel Stratton to work toward a safer competing environment for UNC wrestlers than there was in the past.

I only have positive things to say about Coach Scott, Stratton said. He is an advocate for long-term health and an advocate for safe nutrition practices, so Id say that our values of nutrition align.

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For wrestlers who are struggling, Bardone-Cone ponders one question: Then what?

Bardone-Cone is concerned with life after wrestling for those who engage in disordered eating. While some wrestlers, like J, can transition back to a normal diet, she said others might struggle to quit the issues that stem from unsafe weight cutting.

As researchers, we want to know who takes which path, Bardone-Cone said, so we can help figure out who do we need to intervene with to make sure that someone whos probably going to keep with those behaviors doesnt.

Heilmann has seen improvement in the sport firsthand. Hes noticed an emphasis on education and healthy weight loss; his younger brother, a high school wrestler in New Jersey, has benefitted from access to a nutritionist and information about how to safely manage weight.

My brother does it the right way Heilmann said. Ive heard a lot of other kids are doing the same thing

I think that the problems becoming fixed because people are learning more about it.

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Its Wednesday, and my butt wont fit in any skinny bundles.

Hello from Los Angeles, where were scrutinizing our cable bills, waiting for Jim Gianopuloss car to drive through the Paramount gates, and handing out barf bags at the Nuart.

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Every month I pay a DirecTV bill roughly equivalent to the G.D.P. of Samoa for the handful of channels I watch most oftenHBO, TCM, FX, Bravo, and HGTV. My husband also watches a lot of sports and cable news, so we also pay for a bunch of channels where guys in fitted suits yell at each other. Along the way come freeloaders we dont ever watchsorry, Golf Channel. But that might change soon. Both Variety and The Wall Street Journal published in-depth, data-driven reports this week about how these kinds of giant cable packages are going on a diet, as media companies shut down the niche networks with smaller audiences to trim costs, and cable companies try to hold onto consumers deserting them for cheaper streaming services. Journal reporters Shalini Ramachandran and Keach Hagey analyzed the financial and viewership information for more than 100 TV networks, and found within some downright bargainsthe Hallmark Channel, for instance, is super-cheap for cable operators to carry considering the giant audience it brings in for its feel-good original movies. MTV Classic, meanwhile, is priced well above retail.

Matthew Broderick in The Cable Guy, 1996.

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In a slightly more wonkish Variety cover story on the same phenomenon, Cynthia Littleton and Daniel Holloway quote Turner Broadcasting distribution president Coleman Breland on the effect niche channels have on the marketplace. So many of these networks do less than 100,000 viewers in total-day average; there just arent enough eyeballs to support them, Breland said. But theyre taking money out of the ecosystem. The Variety piece also has an exhaustive, color-coded chart that lays out all five of the slimmed-down cable options currently available. Alas, none contains the precise collection of shows I watch, so Ill just keep shaking my fist at the sky every month when my bill comes.

Complaining about your cable/satellite bill is, of course, a long-standing consumer practice. (If youre wondering what a cable bill is, its the thing your parents pay so you can have their HBOGo password.) Which is why I found this one little statistic in a Morning Consult study out this morning on the future of TV so interesting: 80 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Netflix, the biggest name in streaming, vs. 43 percent who have a favorable view of Xfinity, the biggest name in cable/satellite. Buffer that news.

The Motion Picture Association of America released its 2016 Theatrical Market Statistics report today, and there are some interesting nuggets in here. Overall, global box office grew 1 percent to $38.6 billion, while the market in the U.S. and Canada rose 2 percent to $11.4 billion. The average cinema ticket price in the U.S. increased by 22 cents to $8.65 in 2016, and moviegoing in the U.S. essentially stayed steady, with 1.32 billion tickets sold. Still, the M.P.A.A. wants us to know, Movie theaters continue to draw more people than all theme parks and major U.S. sports combined.

One thing that stands out is that per capita attendance is up among non-white audiences. The group the M.P.A.A. classifies as Asians/Other Ethnicities reported the highest annual attendance per capita, going to the cinema an average of 6.1 times in the year. And the movie that drew the most ethnically diverse audience, the M.P.A.A. says, was Disneys live action Jungle Book remake, a big-screen spectacle that starred an Indian-American newcomer (Neel Sethi) and an international cast of voice actors including Idris Elba, Bill Murray, Lupita Nyongo, Scarlett Johansson, and Ben Kingsley. Two other Disney movies, Finding Dory and Captain America: Civil War, were next in line. I can tell you categorically that there is an effort to provide more diversity and inclusion in the creation of content, M.P.A.A. chief Chris Dodd said on a conference call about the data. Theres no question in my mind the message has been received [by the studios].

After a two-week courtship, Paramount Pictures and former Fox chairman Jim Gianopulos appear close to making their match official. The negotiations for the man the town knows as Jim G to take the top Paramount job have played out in the trades with increasing breathlessness. Will he or wont he?! Gianopuloss insistence on autonomy in greenlighting has been a sticking point for Via, according to multiple outlets. The Hollywood Reporters Kim Masters and Gregg Kilday quote multiple sources saying the parties are closer together than ever now, writing, Viacom is now offering Gianopulos greenlight authority for films with budgets up to about $100 million or perhaps more, ensuring that he can operate without a greenlight committee except for the most expensive movies.

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Even smaller-scale dramas are getting in on the Game of Thrones and Walking Deadesque secret-keeping. Until she cropped up unexpectedly in Tuesday nights episode of FXs The Americans, the fate of Alison Wrights much-abused secretary Martha Hanson was up in the air. In an interview, Wright told us that, like Thrones star Kit Harington and The Walking Deads Steven Yeun before her, shes been endlessly hounded with questions since the day Martha disappeared last season. Martha isnt a typical hero like Jon Snow or Glenn Rhee, but Wright explains the allure of her low-level F.B.I. employee: Shes what all of us would most likely be in this scenario. Wed like to think that wed be the Jenningsthat wed be badasses. But the likelihood is that wed be the Martha. This is a huge week for Wright, who also makes her Broadway debut in Sweat and steals the show on this Sundays Feud. In other words, never count a Martha out.

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Raw, French director Julia Ducournaus bloody drama, is making quite a name for itself. The gory cannibal film, about a girl whose palate shifts to something more carnivorous (a.k.a. human flesh), made headlines when it was reported some filmgoers at the Toronto International Film Festival gagged and passed out during screening due to the movies graphic content. Paramedics had to be called intwice. But never fear, the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles has come up with a fun way to ease queasy viewers: handing out custom-made barf bags, of course. Pamela McClintock of The Hollywood Reporter writes that a staff member at the Nuart thought it would be fun to make barf bags out of paper lunch bags, and pass them out right before a screening. Just in case. Imagine the pure horror of someone who decided to blindly go into a Raw screening, only to later be approached by an usher wielding a barf bag and going, Hereyou might need this.

Thats the news for this cloudy Wednesday in L.A. What are you seeing out there? Send tips, comments, and the name of a channel I should be watching to rebecca_keegan@condenast.com. Follow me on Twitter @thatrebecca.

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Dieting is hard.

Sure, itmight be the most obvious statement since Trumps declared the health care system to be complicated,but it doesnt make it any less true.

Its hard enough to keep yourself motivated and on track when it comes to dieting, but whats even more difficult is separating fact from fiction when youre looking up the best health tips out there.

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According to nutritionist Rhiannon Lambert, several of the most common diet tricks people useturn out to bepretty detrimental to their efforts to lose weight, and even their overall health.

Here are some of the most popular dieting habits out there, and the real scoop on what theyre actually doing to your body:

According to FitDay, skipping a meal can result in decreased energy levels, lowered nutrition and even serve as a gateway to other poor dietary habits.

Plus, our parents werent lying to us when they said breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Skipping thatfirst meal has been linked to weight gain, according to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 2003.

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Despite the popularity of sports drinks like Gatorade and Powerade, these beverages actually tend to put more calories into the body than what was just burned off duringthe workout, MailOnline reports.

These types of drinks should be saved for endurance exercises like running a marathon, rather than a quick trip to the gym.

As a rule of thumb, CamelBak has a great calculator for your hydration needs, which are dependent on things like your gender, age, weight, activity level, etc.

So many people believe calorie counting is the cornerstone of any effective diet.

While theyre definitely important to monitor, calories arent the end all, be all to a healthy lifestyle.

Two foods can easily have a similar or even equivalent calorie count, but it doesnt mean they provide the same type of nutrients for your body.

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Plus, as Olumia Life points out, the psychological aspect of counting calories can be really detrimental.

If you look at your diet as a number of calories you cant ever go over, then you tend to (falsely) think of all foods, even the junkier ones, as fine, as long as they dont push you over the limit.

Foods labeled fat-free obviously sound like a good idea on the surface, but a closer look at the nutrition label will likely reveal the unfortunate truth about them.

In order to make up for the lack of fat (which usually alsomeans lack of taste), food manufacturers will often compensate by adding more sugar, salt and other artificial ingredients to improve the flavor.

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Red meat is one of those frustrating foods the experts cant seem to agree on.

Its good for you, its bad for you which is it, exactly?!

According to an article in Authority Nutrition, its important to distinguish between different types of red meat. Grass-fed and organic meat, for instance, is very different from factory-farmed, processed meat.

Overall, a consensus seems to suggest as long as youre eating unprocessed red meat and avoiding any burnt or charred pieces, youre probably in the clear.

Supplements are great, but most experts seem to agree these should never replaceactual food.

No matter how many benefits a supplement claims to offer, it will never replace a healthy lifestyle, which should include real meals, regular exercise and good sleeping patterns.

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