This documentary on weight loss opens with this thought:
Every day we are bombarded with advice about new super diets and the latest slimming fads – advice on foods that are supposed to help us shed pounds. And advice on which foods are loaded with calories. And yet losing weight continues to be one of the hardest things we ever attempt. Each year millions of us try to slim down, and fail. So what does work? We’re sticking to the science.
It is a fascinating journey that boils down to 10 things You Need to Know About Losing Weight, all backed up by science…
10 Things You Need to Know About Losing Weight by Encyclopedia_Galactica
One thing they show is an experiment on how missing meals affects hunger and impulse eating. The obvious conclusion? Don’t miss meals. There is plenty of science to back this up. The rest of the show proceeds in a similar way, revealing the other 9 ideas.
- Don’t miss meals
- Use smaller plates
- Count calorie, keep a food diary
- It is not your metabolism
- Eat more protein
- Soup makes you feel full for a reason
- Avoid buffets and other high-choice environments
- Low-fat dairy products are good
- Exercise is good
- More exercise is good
Dukan Table of Contents
- My Dukan Diet Experience (I lost 52 pounds on this diet)
- How much does the Dukan Diet cost per day?
- Very cool calculator for calculating your specific dietary needs – Protein, carbs, fat, vitamins, etc.
- Fasting and Fasting diets – Four different ways to try a fasting diet
- Good question – what is your “ideal weight” if you want to be healthy?
- What can you do when you “get stuck” at some weight plateau on the Dukan diet (or any diet)
- Drew Carey loses 80 pounds with a no-carb diet
- How does your appearance change when you become obese?
- How does your appearance change when you become obese?
- Would you like to lose weight? Video shows the latest science on what works and what doesn’t
- This has got to be the easiest dieting/weight loss tip ever: drink more water
- How to make Greek yogurt at home and cut your yogurt costs in half
- I made half a gallon of Greek yogurt this weekend – talk about cheap and easy! And Tasty!
- All the dire warnings I have gotten about the Dukan diet have turned out to be wrong
- What if everything that we are taught about carbs is actually propaganda?
- How Carbohydrates Don’t Work – in fact, carbs are probably causing the obesity epidemic. If you are overweight, it is probably the carbs
- Why do we feel like we are entitled to carbs? That we cannot live without them?
- Today I officially reached the “50.0 pounds lost” milestone on my Dukan Diet weight loss journey, and you can too