| It took me a year and a half to lost 25
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| | sleep.IS IT A FAVORITE FOOD? I'm a
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| pounds and my clothing size dropped from
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| | noodle nut and love pasta in all forms.
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| a 12 to an eight. Keeping a healthy
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| | So I have to be careful when I eat
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| weight was harder than losing weight.
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| | Italian food. Most restaurants serve
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| Most of the time I make good food
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| | huge portions of pasta. I estimate the
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| choices, but I can get off track at
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| | serving size and usually eat a third or
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| restaurants, wedding receptions, and
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| | less. Ice cream is another one of my
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| other social events.After doing some
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| | favorite foods and eat a particular brand
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| research on weight loss I realized it
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| | that is fatfree and sugar-free.WHERE IS
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| comes down to what's on my plate. Amy
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| | THE FOOD ON THE PYRAMID? I follow the
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| Norton, in her Reuters article, "Cutting
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| | Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid and
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| Calories, Portion Sizes May Really Work,"
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| | plan meals around it. The meals I fix
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| says portion size can play a vital role
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| | for my husband and I follow the pyramid
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| in the number of calories we eat. "If
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| | guidelines pretty well. But I'm not
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| there's more food on the plate, more goes
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| | always able to get quality produce in the
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| in the stomach," she explains.So I
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| | winter. (I live in Minnesota.) Often I
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| developed a system for making healthy
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| | have to go to several stores to get
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| food choices. Before I eat anything I
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| | vegetables and fruits, but our health is
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| ask myself, "Do I want a portion or a
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| | worth it.IS THIS A CALORIE DENSE FOOD?
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| serving?" A portion is the amount of
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| | The idea that eating too much fat makes
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| food I choose to eat, such as a large
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| | you fat is false, according to the
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| Chicken-Caesar salad. A serving is a
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| | American Diabetes Association. Weight
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| measured amount of food - a cup, four
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| | gain comes from eating too much food and
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| ounces, one piece - based on nutritional
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| | too many calories. The association says
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| information.The answer to my portion or
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| | "fat has more than twice as many calories
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| serving question depends on the answers
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| | as carbohydrates or protein." I eat
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| to other questions.WHICH MEAL IS IT?
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| | calorie-dense foods, but small servings
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| Breakfast is my start-up fuel for the day
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| | of them, and have cut my protein intake
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| and I try to eat healthy. According to
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| | by two thirds.After working hard to lose
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| "Harvard Men's Health Watch," research
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| | weight I'm not going to blow it by
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| findings suggest that breakfast eaters
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| | gaining the weight back. The National
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| are leaner than those who skip breakfast.
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| | Institutes of Health, in a publication
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| We have to make wise decisions, Harvard
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| | titled "Embrace Your Health," recommends
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| says, and eat high-fiber cereals, low
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| | smaller amounts of food, ONE serving of
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| sugar or non-sugar cereals, nonfat milk,
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| | high-calorie foods, eating lower fat
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| whole grain breads, soft margarine, and
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| | foods and lower calorie foods. I try to
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| an occasional egg. I always eat two
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| | follow these recommendations.Deciding
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| fruits for breakfast.AM I REALLY HUNGRY?
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| | between a portion and a serving took
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| Humans eat for many reasons: hunger,
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| | practice, but I've learned to do it in
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| family pressure (Aunt Edith's famous
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| | seconds. I'm very aware of how I "spend"
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| dougnuts), social pressure (everyone else
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| | my calories. Though I sometimes eat
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| is eating), anxiety, boredom, and
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| | large portions, most of the time I eat
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| distraction. "Weight-Loss Help: How to
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| | normal servings. I walk 10,000 steps a
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| Stop Emotional Eating," an article on
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| | day and have maintained a healthy weight.
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| MayoClinic.com, notes that many of us
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| | Asking the question, "Do I want a
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| turn to food for comfort. Emotional
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| | portion or a serving?" may help you to
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| eating can sabotage weight loss, Mayo
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| | keep a healthy weight, too.Copyright 2006
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| continues, so "you need to learn to
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| | by Harriet Hodgson Hodgson has been a
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| recognize true hunger." I have learned
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| | nonfiction writer for 27 years. Her
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| to do this.WHAT ELSE HAVE I HAD? If I've
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| | recent work focuses on health and
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| already had three balanced meals and
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| | wellness and she is a member of the
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| healthy snacks I don't need popcorn and
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| | Association of Health Care Journalists.
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| soda pop at the movies. Though I don't
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| | Her 24th book, "Smiling Through Your
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| keep a food diary, I keep a list of what
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| | Tears: Anticipating Grief," written with
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| I've eaten in my head. I don't snack
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| | Lois Krahn, MD, is available from A
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| before bedtime because I don't need the
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| | five-star review of the book is also
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| calories and would have a poor night's
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| | posted on Amazon.
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