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Receta Weight Loss in 2011: the Good, the Bad, and the Truly Irritating
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Filed in Healthy Living, Weight Loss on February 1, 2011 with 1 comment
Was your New Year’s Resolution to lose weight this year? Many of us try this every year, and many of us are discouraged already! But don’t despair. Over the next few weeks I’ll share successful Healthy Eating weight loss tips, starting with the Good, the Bad, and what can only be described as, the Truly Irritating, below:
Weight Loss: the Good
No More “Diets”
After decades of wacky weight loss schemes, Americans are turning to a Healthy Living approach to lose weight. What does that mean for you? It means achieving weight loss success without starving yourself (or feeling guilty about eating a whole bag of potato chips following a day of…
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