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Tara Parker-Pope’s New Year’s day New York Times Magazine article, The Fat Trap is both discouraging and encouraging at the same time. It’s discouraging in that it reveals research suggesting that there are extremely strong biological forces working against those of us who … Continue reading →

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Calorie Count has an excellent article about the Importance of Balance in Fitness that includes instructions for some simple exercises. Share on Facebook Tweet This Post

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This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News by Larry Magid For the past several months I’ve been on a “social media diet.” No, I haven’t been refraining from using Facebook, Twitter and other social media. I’ve been on an old-fashioned … Continue reading →

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  It took nearly 5 months but I reached my weight goal of 165 today on what I’m calling my “social media diet.” It’s by no means the first time I’ve lost weight, but it’s the slowest weight loss I’ve … Continue reading →

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  Chart shows 16 pound loss over 3 months It’s taking a bit longer than I had expected, but I am making steady progress towards my goal of 165 pounds which is now just under 5 pounds away. This is … Continue reading →

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For the past three months I’ve been dieting and exercising but after an initial loss of about 12 pounds, and 9 pounds from goal, I’ve hit a plateau. For the past couple of weeks I’ve somewhat increased my food intake but greatly … Continue reading →

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By Larry Magid It’s been about six week since I started cutting back on calories and increasing my exercise and I’m happy to report real progress.  My goal is to lose 1.5 pounds a week and I’m pretty close to … Continue reading →

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Twitter, Facebook and a website/iPhone app called Lose It! are helping me lose weight. I’m not about to write a diet book, but if I were, I think I’d call it the Social Media Diet (though “Twitter Diet” might be … Continue reading →

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Call it the “Twitter Diet” if you will, but I’m Tweeting my weight (follow @NoBellyPrize) as a way of a publicly declaring that I’m serious about dropping down to 165 and staying there.  A better term, however, might be “Social Media … Continue reading →

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