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Because Losing Weight Should be Fun

Thu, 10 May 2012

A couple of laughs to get you through the hard work outs, or to pick you up when you're feeling defeated.

I told my friend the other day that I wanted to be healthier and go to the gym five times a week. She said she needed the same and we could partner up, you know exercise buddies. "Perfect! And we can help and support each other! Like when I'm about to give in to temptation and go get a burger and fries, you'll be the first one I call."

Her reply? "Perfect! I'll ride with you."

Ellen Degeneres said, "My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is."

An overweight blonde desperately wanted to lose weight. Her doctor put her on a strict weight loss schedule, saying "You need to eat like normal for two days, and then skip a day. Eat normal two days, skip a day. If you do this for at least three weeks I can guarantee you that you will lose at lea...

How to deal with set backs

Thu, 03 May 2012

When I’m not writing riveting articles about weight loss, I spend my time trying to teach seventeen year old hoodlums the difference between your and you’re and how to write a kick butt thesis statement. It’s not an easy job, folks, but some brave soul has got to do it.

I’m no big, imposing man, rather I’m a buck 20 and barely 5’4” with a soft face. Let’s just say my appearance doesn’t usually strike fear in to the hearts of these students. However, I do try my best to demand students’ respect and as soon as I see someone is off task, I correct the behavior. It wasn’t too long ago that I, myself, was 17 so I know all the tricks, and now I can quickly correct those mischief-causing young ones.

One rule that I enforce strictly is the “absolutely no cell phone” rule. If a student gets his or her cell phone out in my class, it is immediately confiscated. As you might imagine these constantly-tuned-in-always-logged-on- young bucks detest the rule. They sneak out those ...

Check out these losers!

Thu, 26 Apr 2012

If you’re not a member of weightlosswars.com right now, you should be.

If you’re a member of weightloss wars, but not involved in a weight loss competition, you should be.

If you’re involved in a weight loss competition, but you’re not losing any weight, you should be.

Losing hope, losing inspiration, losing motivation?

Take a look at this competition: http://weightlosswars.com/compete/view/1964?page=2#comments

Out of 42 participants:

40 participants have more than 2% of their body weight.

21 participants have lost more than 10% of their body weight.

6 participants have lost more than 20% of their body weight.

2 participants have lost 25% or more of their total body weight.

DigDug has lost 29.06% of his entire weight, averaging over five pounds a week. Nearly 30% of his body just doesn’t exist anymore!

I think a little congratulations is in order, don’t you?

Congratulations!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!

And do you know what the best p...

How to Invite your Friends to Lose Weight with You

Thu, 19 Apr 2012

So you want to invite a friend to lose weight with you? But you don’t know how to do it without offending/being awkward/ looking like anidiot?

Don’t worry, you are not alone! One of the most difficult parts about losing weight in a group is inviting people to lose weight with you. Weight can be such a touchy issue and you always want to deal with it sensitively.

Of course, you could always just email them one of the invitations on the site that starts with this:

Porker,

I can tell just by looking at those funky shoes you've been wearing that you haven't seen your feet in a while. Tell me, when you get on the scale in the morning does it say, "to be continued?" Well, quit yer whining, you're not the only one. I've got more rolls than a bakery, and I'm ready for a change.

Yes. Yes, that IS the pre-written invitation that you can send out to your friends online when you invite them to join weightlosswars.com Now, I’m not ripping on w...

Four most effective ways to lose weight- It may surprise you

Wed, 11 Apr 2012

Well, well, well.

Look what the cat dragged in. A little bit of interesting information about the best ways to lose weight? Don’t mind if I do!

Yesterday, Kristina Fiore of MedPageToday wrote an article in which she listed the four most effective ways to lose weight.

Can you guess what they are? Go ahead. Try and guess all four and see if you are right, you little smartie pants.

Done guessing?
Here’s your answers:

1. Eating less fat. (Well, we didn't need no doctors to have to tell us that, did we?)
2. Exercising. (Again, no rocket science around here.)
3. Using prescription weight loss drugs.
and…
4. Joining a commercial weight loss program.

(The least effective way to lose weight? According to the article, “Liquid diets, fad diets, and using herbs and over-the-counter dietary products, on the other hand, weren't linked with weight loss.”)

Initially I was surprised by the results of the study, and then I was not surprised at all. Doesn’t make ...

Stronger than you think you are

Thu, 05 Apr 2012

When I was twenty years old, my boyfriend, Shane, asked me “What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever gone through ?”

Shane was a recovering drug addict and was going through one of the most difficult stages in his life. I wanted so badly to relate to him. To show him that I understood what he was going through. To show him that I could be strong, just like him.

I racked my brain. Nothing was coming. The hardest thing I’d ever overcome... “Probably when I broke up with my last boyfriend...” I concluded weakly.

Shane gave a half-hearted laugh and then said, “Well, that’s not much, so I know you don’t understand exactly what I’m going through right now. But you’ll be surprised when you do go through some hard stuff. We’re a lot stronger than we think we are.”

The following year I spent 18 months in Argentina, learning a new language, dealing with a completely new culture, and sweating my brains out as I tried to help people make better choices in their lives.

And do you know...

How Many of My Top 10 New Year's Resolutions Involve Weightlosswars? Hint it's not all 10!

Thu, 29 Dec 2011

Let's face it, New Year's reminds us of 2 things...last year and the coming year. It's important to look into the future, coming year. Ponder on things that you need to change and also to commit to following through with your resolutions.

So read on and consider for yourself how many of my Top 10 New Year's Resolutions you think should involve Weightlosswars? Hint it's not all 10!

1. Spend More Quality Time with Family and Friends

Polls and surveys conducted by major polling groups such as Gallup conclude that 50% of people in America vow that their loved ones, but also their friends deserve a larger portion of their time. Family first! Remember that at the end of your life, the relationships with family are some of the only things that transcend the grave. Set up plans to regularly spend quality time with family, get active with friends, and remember that it is simply unheard of for someone to say on their deathbed that they wish they'd spent more time working on that pro...

Orangutans Research Sheds Light on Human Obesity

Thu, 15 Dec 2011

In times of plenty, orangutans found on Borneo (an island in Indonesia) feast on forest fruits, quickly putting on extra weight in advance of future, potentially scantier years, at which times they proceed to live only off as little as leaves, bark and you guessed it—their stored body fat.

The behavior resulting in overeating for a time has been found to be a common occurrence in humans of course, but until now has been rarely found in nonhuman primates such as monkeys, baboons, and chimpanzees. However, it has been highly sought after and the study may offer clues into obesity as well as eating disorders among humans, said U.S. researchers this week.

"Orangutans [are fascinating] models for [researching adult obesity in people in that they appear to be the only nonhuman species of primates such as apes who store fat deposits.]” remarked Erin Vogel, who is an evolutionary anthropologist at Rutgers University, her study was published in the journal entitled Biology Letters...

Academic Research for Weight Loss Competitions

Fri, 09 Dec 2011

Academic Research

Weightlosswars was founded on the principles of weight loss motivation and recent research has continued to confirm the effectiveness of the methods. Recently, University of Pennsylvania as well as Harvard University performed related studies.

University of Pennsylvania professor, Dr. Kevin Volpp concluded that participants who received financial incentives for weight loss were far more successful than those who did not receive these financial incentives.

Over a 16 week period, the participants of the experimental group dropped an 13.1-14 lbs on average as opposed to approximately 4 lbs for participants in the control group.

This conclusion shows the remarkable nature of financial incentive for weight loss. Additional studies on “diet bets," "Biggest Loser Challenges" and "Losing weight for money" have led to some municipalities, states, and corporations and nonprofits to introduce financial incentives to encourage their people...

Is 'Diet' a Four-letter Word? D*#$!

Tue, 06 Dec 2011

Does “Diet” really strike us a 4-letter word? D#@*! Well according to a large number of pundits, when the letters spelled “diet” are pointed toward vulnerable and impressionable young minds in the way it’s used in a controversial new book for children titled “Maggie Goes on a Diet.” But not all the experts in the realm of childhood obesity feel the same about this issue. Some of these experts believe it is urgently important to deal with this issue that this out roar over the word’s use is ill advised.

Here’s a breakdown of “Maggie Goes on a Diet,” fourteen year old Maggie is overweight and to tackle the lack self-worth that accompanies her issue, Maggie begins a diet and as a result goes through a dramatic change from being heavy and insecure to being the teen soccer star of her school. Through diet and exercise and dedication, Maggie develops new found confidence that builds and grows overtime and helps her become the person she didn’t even know she wanted to become.

This d...