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Do you want to know whether you have gained or lost weight after a period of time? Then you should try out Weight Loss Tracker. This web tool helps you monitor your weight loss, body mass index (BMI), calories, and your exercise routine with its interactive calendar.
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Weight Loss Tracker also has a social networking aspect where you can share your progress with your friends and comments on each other’s status.
Features:
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- Has a convenient iGoogle gadget option.
- Similar Tools: CaloriesPerHour, Ideal Body Weight Calculator, WeightMirror. and also see related article “6 Great Free Weight Loss Resource Sites“.
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Kirstie Alley is ready to shed some light — and pounds — on her life in her new reality show, officially announced by A&E Friday morning.
Kirstie Alley’s Big Life premieres March 21 at 10 p.m. with back-to-back episodes, says the network in a statement.
Says Alley, “This show has been cathartic for me…shown me who I really am…again… and it’s really freaking funny.”
Alley’s fluctuating curves have been a hot topic. She famously dropped 75 pounds on Jenny Craig and flaunted her bathing suit body on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2006.
But late last year, she returned to Winfrey’s show to confess that she’d gained back 85 pounds, and weighed more than 200 pounds.
“It’s humiliating,” she told Winfrey. “The most painful thing for me is that I have all these people that I inspired and then I let them down.”
In addition to chronicling her weight loss battle on TV, the show will also feature her “producing a feature film, patenting multiple inventions, working hard to raise two normal Hollywood teenagers, True and Lillie [her adopted sons with ex Parker Stevenson], taking care of eight ringtail lemurs, and on top of everything, looking for love — nothing like a little pressure,” according to the release.
There are many different diet and weight loss methods on the internet. Do a google search and you'll literally find hundreds. Some are pretty complex and most involve instating some very boring routines into your life. As I was eating lunch today, I looked down and there was my dog with its eyes all shiny bright eyeing my pizza intently. As I stared at my dog I thought to myself, now there's a weight loss program that would actually be not completely terrible. I'll call it the “Get-a-Dog-Diet-and-Weight-Loss-Program”. Am I serious? Halfway. There is some logic to this idea, despite what seems like absurdity at first. Think about it though, all gimmicks aside, we all know that the only way to lose weight is to eat smaller portions that the western world has taught us and to exercise more than the western world has made necessary. A dog will help you on these things.
The dog always wants some of your food so if you give in and give it a bite here and bite there, you, yourself, will be consuming fewer calories. You'll also be making a good connection with your dog who will like you even more than before. Just don't share your chocolate with the dog. The downside to this is your dog might follow you around even more than previously.
As for exercise, if you play with you dog like you should, you will get more exercise. Play tug-of-war with a rope, chase the dog around, or throw a ball. It's all terrific exercise. Take your dog for long walks. Walking with a dog is less boring that just wandering around by yourself.
If you are anti-social and don't have an exercise buddy, get a dog. They love to walk. Small dogs, terriers and toys, are always energetic. So, not only will you have a walking partner, you'll have one that's always happy to go further. They are also more alert than the average human, so the ability for a stranger to sneak up on you is decreased. However, be aware, dogs will also bark at squirrels and their own shadows so on that note they aren't the best warning system but they are still better than humans at paying attention to the world around them.
The more you play with the dog and walk them, the more exercise you'll be doing and the more likely you are to be losing a little weight without realizing it. Even if you aren't the playful type, you'll still be running after the dog when it steals your favorite pen to devour or runs off with your shoes. So get a dog, in fact get several dogs. It'll be a more entertaining, or at least motivating, way to lose weight.
But all these dogs will cost money to keep you might say? Sure, but their not more than other weight loss methods. You can take that 30 bucks you'd spend on a gym membership and put it to buying their food. Take the 50 dollars you'd spend on some useless exercise equipment with a “as shown on TV” sticker, which let's face it, once you get it you'll use it once and then put it a corner to collect dust and mold, instead put that money towards your dog's rabies shots and heartworm prevention chews. As for the cost to obtain your dog, dogs are only costly if you buy a purebred puppy. You can usually find mixed breed puppies being given away for free, or you can search the local pound and find an adult dog for cheap.
So if you don't have a dog, but think you could stand having one, get one. It's good exercise for you. If you already have a dog, spend more time with it and give it more of your food. It's bound to help you lose a little weight and also you'll have gained a friend. The secret to weight loss is life changes. If you really don't mind hitting the treadmill and feeling like a hamster, then you can follow all those exercise routines online. Personally, I think it's more effective to get something in your life that makes you active. A pet is one way. However there are hundreds of other alternatives. You could also join a sports group or take dance classes. Find something you like to do that makes you active. These are much more meaningful changes to your life than hanging out at home counting reps of odd exercises that put you through motions you never use in real life.