The Giants play the Jets on Sunday. One thing not resting on the outcome of the game: New York football bragging rights.

Who is going to feel boastful after this matchup of the browbeaten? If a winning player is walking with a swagger afterward, its probably just a knee, hip or foot injury.

In the 50 seasons that these teams have been meeting in the regular season, many of the games have carried significant weight. Sometimes playoff berths have been on the line, or a path could be cleared to the postseason, even to the Super Bowl. At the very least, there was a sense that the winners left the game knowing they were kings of their domain.

No one is going to be crowning the Jets (1-7) or the Giants (2-7) as any kind of sovereign this weekend (and truth be told, the Buffalo Bills at 6-2 can credibly claim to be the kings of New York). The rest of the N.F.L. will be tuning into the action at MetLife Stadium to find out which New York team can add a gut-wrenching defeat to an already demoralizing season.

For the Giants, a victory would be their first since September. The Jets have lost only three games in a row, but each has been uglier than the last. This game will be hosted by the Jets, and it will be interesting to see how many of their fans sell tickets on the secondary market to Giants fans. When your team has won only two of its last 18 games, as the Jets have, such a transaction does not signify greed as much as common sense.

Sundays game is not without intrigue, however. It will probably be a three-hour window into which team is further along in a tortuously slow rebuild and which team is more lost and wandering in the woods. Without question, each teams downtrodden fan base will be taking notice. Its been a humiliating season for both Giants and Jets fans, but for one of the two, its about to get so much worse.

Most notably, the game will be the first head-to-head meeting of their 22-year-old quarterbacks: the Jets Sam Darnold and the Giants Daniel Jones, who were born nine days apart in 1997.

Now in his second year, Darnold has a season of N.F.L. experience on Jones, but instead of maturing, Darnold appears to be unraveling before our eyes.

He was brilliant in the Jets lone bright spot this year: a 2-point upset of the Dallas Cowboys. But in the three games since then, Darnold has thrown eight interceptions, fumbled twice and been sacked 12 times. Against the Patriots three weeks ago, a live microphone on the Jets sideline caught him talking about seeing ghosts as he stood in the passing pocket, and his on-the-field body language lately has been shouting dejection and gloom.

When Darnolds center snapped the ball too quickly late in the Jets loss last weekend at Miami, sending the ball whizzing past Darnold and bouncing toward the back of the Jets end zone, the quarterback did not chase after it, which is the least of his duties on the play but still a vital one. Darnold was instead inert, staring at the football as if he were watching the awful play unfold on video in a darkened room and surely, he has glumly reviewed a lot of such scenes in just that way this season.

Jones has been given something of a free pass as a rookie. But in his last five games, all losses, he has fumbled seven times and been intercepted six times. In seven starts, Jones has managed to vault into a tie atop the leagues turnover standings, with 16.

Jones made for a winsome story when he was drafted, and he seemed like a godsend when he rallied the Giants to victory against the Buccaneers on Sept. 22. But he has been erratic at best since then and has yet to prove that he can be more secure with the football another of those slight but pivotal duties for a quarterback.

Sundays game is not only an opportunity to compare the teams emergent quarterbacks. The Giants second-year coach, Pat Shurmur, and the Jets first-year coach, Adam Gase, have had their decision-making and in-game acumen questioned, with good reason. The spotlight that shines on a Jets-Giants game is still bright enough that a prominent sideline gaffe by a coach could be devastating to his career. In Gases case, perhaps even in the near future. And Shurmur hasnt exactly been embraced by Giants fans.

In the end, its more than a little sad that both franchises have fallen as far as they have in what has been, for the most part, a depressing eight-year stretch for each.

Its hard to recall that when the teams met on Christmas Eve in 2011, the Jets were coming off back-to-back appearances in the A.F.C. championship game. The Giants, four seasons removed from a Super Bowl victory, had a 7-7 record. The Jets were 8-6, and both teams needed a win to preserve bona fide playoff hopes. The Giants, thanks largely to Victor Cruzs stunning, 99-yard touchdown reception, won, 29-14, a victory that helped catapult them to a fourth Super Bowl title.

Those were the days. The Jets havent been in the playoffs since. The Giants havent won a playoff game since the 2011 postseason, and have qualified for the playoffs only once.

The Jets and Giants meet in the regular season for a 14th time Sunday. The game will surely be entertaining in its own way. But it will be nothing to brag about.

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At the end of Avengers: Infinity War, after Thanos had defeated the Avengers and killed half of the universe too, most people expected the super-villain to be even more formidable in its follow-up.

However, just 15 minutes intoAvengers: Endgame it was revealed that Thanos had become incapacitated after using the Infinity Gauntlet.

Then he was easily located by Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Thor, Natasha Romanoff, and James Rhodes on a distant planet, before literally being decapitated by the Prince Of Asgard.

Infinity War and Endgames co-writer Stephen McFeely, who scribed the blockbuster with Christopher Markus, has now spoken toIndiewireabout the decision to kill off Thanos so early on in the film.

The idea of killing your villain 15 minutes into the movie came out of banging our heads against the wall for weeks and weeks. Because how can you fight a villain who is truly unstoppable. So what would it mean if you did kill him? What if he let you kill him? It allowed you to deal with their feeling of loss.

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What made the decision to kill Thanos even more remarkable was that after we watched him die, Avengers: Endgame then moved forward 5 years into the future to show that even after killing the heinous mass-murderer the living Avengers were still over-come with grief and struggling to exist in post-Snap world.

Read more: Kevin Feige reckons one Avenger could have defeated Thanos solo

As a result, Endgame unfolded with much more weight and poignancy than its predecessors, something that critics and audiences alike enjoyed, as it scored94%on Rotten Tomatoes and went on to become the highest grossing movie of all time.

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They were falling thick and fast ahead of the close of nominations at the end of last week. More than 70 sitting members of parliament have decided they wont risk coming back for more. Its difficult to keep up. Nicky Morgan, the work and pensions secretary, and her former cabinet colleague Amber Rudd are both standing down as candidates. Boris Johnson lost his third cabinet minister in as many months when the Welsh secretary resigned, caught out over what he knew about a protgs misconduct in a rape trial. Alun Cairns is still hoping to put his name before the voters in the marginal seat of Vale of Glamorgan.

In this deluge of departures the most politically significant is the surprise retirement of the deputy

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Instagram Ree Drummond said she lost weight by following a low-carb diet, walking each night, and doing the row machine while watching TV. The New Frontier is out now.

Gone are the days of waiting until the New Year to make some healthy changes! Ree Drummond recently debuted a slimmer figure in October, and the Pioneer Woman star wrote on Instagram that it took her "two full seasons" to achieve her goal.

Drummond shared a boho-inspired elevator selfie wearing black jeans and high, tan boots. "These jeans are a size smaller than Ive worn for (quite) awhile and even though they were skin tight (as you can probably see) and a long top was required, they buttoned," she wrote in the caption.

The Food Network star went on to say that she attributes her ability to fit into her dream jeans to watching her favorite show, as long as she did so while working out on a rowing machine. It seems like the system worked for the celebrity chef! "It just took two full seasons for the buttoning to be successful," she wrote.

Here are the secrets behind Drummond's recent weight loss. (Hint: A low-carb diet is involved!)

The rowing machine isn't the only way Drummond stays active. She began her most recent weight loss journey last summer. In July 2018, the celebrity chef wrote on her Facebook page that she slimmed downnot by endorsing any weight loss pillsbut by staying active.

I am a regular gal who loves food and whose jeans periodically get too tight. Right now, I am losing weight and my jeans are fitting better, but its because I am eating fewer carbs and walking/sweating with my dogs every night," she wrote.

Going for walks on the regular can not only help you burn belly fat and increase your metabolism to lose weight, but it can also improve your mood and decrease your risk of chronic disease. Plus, we'll take any excuse to spend quality time with a fur baby!

Easter nap.

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In the past, Drummond has admitted to drinking Slim Fast shakes to lose weight. In 2012, she wrote on her blog that she lost seven pounds by drinking the shakes.

Her recent weight loss is attributed to following a low-carb diet. In July 2018, the Food Network star decided to switch up her lifestyle by hopping on the keto train. Last summer, I kind of dove into the keto world and enjoyed it, Drummond told People in April. It was a good exercise.

"I have been eating low carb for a couple of months, but there's still plenty of calamity and chaos going on under my blousy top, which is why I have an undying loyalty to blousy tops," she wrote in an Instagram caption from July 2018.

This isn't so much a selfie as an outfit selfie, so I hope my teenagers don't look at it as a violation of the one-mom-selfie-per-month rule. And anyway, I gave them life, so they should be okay with it. I'm not trying to pose flirtatiously with my hand delicately resting in my hair. My bangs will not stay out of my face today because of a curling iron mishap, and I was just holding them out of the way. Also, my little toe is splurging out the side of my otherwise-cute shoes, which really hurts my feelings. In other news, I have been eating low carb for a couple of months, but there's still plenty of calamity and chaos going on under my blousy top, which is why I have an undying loyalty to blousy tops. And this is my favorite color of red. It's like a cherry and a watermelon had a baby. Thank you for listening.

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The ketogenic diet is a low-carbohydrate, high-fat plan that aims to induce ketosis, a metabolic process where your body uses fat storage for energy instead of carbs (carbs in the form of glucose are the body's go-to source for energy). The keto diet has been shown to result in weight loss, yet more research is needed to understand its long-term effects.

Drummond told People that she has since settled back into a more sustainable, realistic way of eating," but her keto experience influenced her latest cookbook, The New Frontier.

The Food Network star told the outlet that her new book is not a keto cookbook or a low-carb cookbook, but it's packed with suggestions for how to lighten up an otherwise really carb-heavy dish."

She added that she enjoyed coming up with lower-carb versions of delicious dishes in The New Frontier. More than any cookbook before this one, this really reflects my life in terms of what Im eating, she said. Some days Im like, You know what? Im going to use spaghetti squash instead of pasta, and the next day I eat, like, a big lasagna roll up with creamy shrimp scampi.

You can pick up a copy of The New Frontier now.

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Helping my clients to lose weight is only half of my job. Its important to me that I not only support people with their weight loss, but also help them to maintaintheir ideal weight once theyve reached it.

Why? Because weight regain is not uncommon. Its easy to reach your goal weight, feel fantastic and think Ive done it!! but the reality is not so simple. Weight maintenance is the start of a new journey altogether.

So what makes people who lose weight, and keep it off, successful?

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The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) was developed to identify the characteristics of people who have succeeded at long-term weight loss. Established in 1994 by Dr Rena Wing,from Brown Medical School, and Dr James O. Hill,from the University of Colorado, its currently tracking over 10,000 individuals who have lost significant amounts of weight and kept it off for extended periods of time. Members have lost an average of 66 lbs and kept it off for 5.5 years.

The researchers have identified seven traits common to most of these successful losers. Three of the factors were dietary, whereas the remaining four were behavioural, which shows that it isnt simply a case of calories in vs calories out when it comes to maintaining weight loss.

1. All successful dieters consumed a relatively low calorie diet. The amount they ate was limited on average to between 1,300 and 1,680 kilocalories per day and thediet didnt end when the weight was lost, the careful, portion-controlled eating continued.

2. Dieters ate roughly four to five times per day, and had a consistent food intake. Striking the balance between regular, balanced meals, and avoiding constant grazing, is key.

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3. Most of the dieters ate breakfastevery day. As well as preventing cravings and overeating eating later in the day, its thought that eating breakfast elevates basal metabolic rate, so you burn more calories throughout the day. Base your breakfast on a source of protein, like eggs, which will provide you with slow releasing energy.

4. Exercise. It will come as no surprise that all the successful dieters were very physically active. The average person in the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) exercised for about 60-90 minutes per day.

5. They also weighed themselves frequently to track their progress, stepping onto the scales weekly or even daily. Being aware of your weight is key to making sure it doesnt creep up on you again.

6. 60 per centof the dieters watched less than 10 hours of television per week, while the national average was reported to be 28 hours. It doesnt take a scientist to work out why sitting in front of the television isnt the healthiest lifestyle choice. It can be easy to succumb to the lure of a Netflix binge after a long day, but aim to watch no more than two hours a day maximum.

7. Finally, the successful dieters took action as soon as they noticed small weight gains. They would either adjust their food intake or increase their level of exercise at the first sign of weight gain.

These might not seem like ground-breaking weight loss revelations, but it goes to show that a rounded approach to weight loss achieves the most long-lasting results. A shift in attitude and lifestyle is requiredalongside nutritional adjustments to achieve your goals, and its worth considering the moment you achieve your goal weight as a key marker on the journey, rather than the finishing line.

Kim Pearson is a qualified nutritionist and weight loss specialist based on Londons Harley Street. She consults clients in London and internationally via her virtual consulting room. For more information about Kim and the services she offers, visit her website kim-pearson.com

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Gone are the days of waiting until the New Year to make some healthy changes! Ree Drummond recently debuted a slimmer figure in October, and the Pioneer Woman star wrote on Instagram that it took her "two full seasons" to achieve her goal.

Drummond shared a boho-inspired elevator selfie wearing black jeans and high, tan boots. "These jeans are a size smaller than Ive worn for (quite) awhile and even though they were skin tight (as you can probably see) and a long top was required, they buttoned," she wrote in the caption.

The Food Network star went on to say that she attributes her ability to fit into her dream jeans to watching her favorite show, as long as she did so while working out on a rowing machine. It seems like the system worked for the celebrity chef! "It just took two full seasons for the buttoning to be successful," she wrote.

Here are the secrets behind Drummond's recent weight loss. (Hint: A low-carb diet is involved!)

The rowing machine isn't the only way Drummond stays active. She began her most recent weight loss journey last summer. In July 2018, the celebrity chef wrote on her Facebook page that she slimmed downnot by endorsing any weight loss pillsbut by staying active.

I am a regular gal who loves food and whose jeans periodically get too tight. Right now, I am losing weight and my jeans are fitting better, but its because I am eating fewer carbs and walking/sweating with my dogs every night," she wrote.

Going for walks on the regular can not only help you burn belly fat and increase your metabolism to lose weight, but it can also improve your mood and decrease your risk of chronic disease. Plus, we'll take any excuse to spend quality time with a fur baby!

In the past, Drummond has admitted to drinking Slim Fast shakes to lose weight. In 2012, she wrote on her blog that she lost seven pounds by drinking the shakes.

Her recent weight loss is attributed to following a low-carb diet. In July 2018, the Food Network star decided to switch up her lifestyle by hopping on the keto train. Last summer, I kind of dove into the keto world and enjoyed it, Drummond told People in April. It was a good exercise.

"I have been eating low carb for a couple of months, but there's still plenty of calamity and chaos going on under my blousy top, which is why I have an undying loyalty to blousy tops," she wrote in an Instagram caption from July 2018.

The ketogenic diet is a low-carbohydrate, high-fat plan that aims to induce ketosis, a metabolic process where your body uses fat storage for energy instead of carbs (carbs in the form of glucose are the body's go-to source for energy). The keto diet has been shown to result in weight loss, yet more research is needed to understand its long-term effects.

Drummond told People that she has since settled back into a more sustainable, realistic way of eating," but her keto experience influenced her latest cookbook, The New Frontier.

The Food Network star told the outlet that her new book is not a keto cookbook or a low-carb cookbook, but it's packed with suggestions for how to lighten up an otherwise really carb-heavy dish."

She added that she enjoyed coming up with lower-carb versions of delicious dishes in The New Frontier. More than any cookbook before this one, this really reflects my life in terms of what Im eating, she said. Some days Im like, You know what? Im going to use spaghetti squash instead of pasta, and the next day I eat, like, a big lasagna roll up with creamy shrimp scampi.

You can pick up a copy of The New Frontier now.

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While many people have credited the keto diet for setting them on a healthier, happier path, experts say there are unfortunate side effects to such a drastic diet, a key one being hair loss.

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How does this help you lose weight? Science-based nutrition website, Bulletproof, explains: "The keto diet forces your body to burn fat, rather than glucose, for energy.

"When your body can't get glucose from bread and pasta, your liver converts body fat and fat from your diet into molecules called ketones, an alternative source of fuel. This puts you into ketosis, aka prime weight loss mode."

But like most things in life, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

While the keto diet has certainly changed many lives, setting people on a healthier, happier path, experts are now saying there are many unfortunate side effects to such a drastic diet, a key one being hair loss.

We set out to investigate why this happens and what measures you can take to save your hair if you're thinking about going keto, and while the jury is still out on the health risks associated with the keto diet, many experts agree that hair loss and damage to your hair's integrity is a very real possibility and can happen because of three main reasons: stress, lack of nutrients, and lack of protein.

The keto diet is restrictive in nature and can put a lot of stress on both your mind and body. Dr. Anthony Gustin of Perfect Keto outlines six main reasons you may be experiencing stress on keto, including: nutritional deficiencies, caloric deficit, calorie restriction, psychological stress, keto flu, and keto rash.

"The keto diet may put stress on a person in more ways than you might actually be thinking, Keri Gans, RDN, told Health.com.

"It's a diet of restriction. That takes effort and could be causing stress."

This may be particularly true for those trying to micromanage other aspects of their lives or who might be going through a big life change outside of the keto diet.

Physiologically, followers of the keto diet often experience rapid weight loss, which can lead to hair loss.

Ali Miller, R.D., and keto dieter herself, told Mind Body Green that eating in such a calorie deficit way can put your body into constant fight or flight mode, "That can stress your thyroid, which can impact your adrenals, that can even drive an autoimmune reaction - all of which could contribute to hair loss."

Essentially extreme calorie restriction (in any form) will cause the body to go into conservation mode, spending less energy on hair growth.

Lack of nutrients can play a big factor in hair loss and unfortunately with keto, both calorie restriction and food restrictions can lead to nutrient deficiency.

Alina Petre, MS, RD of Healthline outlines five nutrients that are critical to healthy hair growth: iron, zinc, linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid, vitamin B3 and biotin.

"Fruits and vegetables are good for us; they're high in antioxidants and full of vitamins and minerals," explains Annette Frain, RD, to Health.com.

"If you eliminate those, you aren't getting those nutrients over time."

Dr. Gustin says the problem with low-carb diets is they flush out essential vitamins and minerals within the first few days, and many people don't realise they need to replenish these while on the diet.

"As you eat fewer carbs, your body produces less insulin, and glycogen stores get depleted. When glycogen stores are depleted, your kidneys excrete water and electrolytes like sodium, zinc, magnesium, potassium and iodine in large amounts."

And if you're not replenishing, your hair will suffer.

Finally, protein deficiency is a big concern for those starting out on keto and can lead to hair loss. This often occurs because those who aren't consuming enough protein are actually iron deficient. Low iron can lead to hypothyroidism which directly impacts hair health and growth.

Miller explains that the classic keto diet was developed for those with epilepsy and neurological disease and is often extremely protein-restricted. "What happens, often with women, is that their appetite is regulated and they don't have organic hunger. So they under-eatand they under-eat protein pretty dramaticallyand the first sign of protein malnourishment is hair loss."

Dr. Gustin elaborates on this, stating that many beginners believe eating too much protein will knock them out of ketosis, which is not true. However, Dr. Joshua Zeichner told Women's Health that while inadequate protein consumption may lead to hair loss (among other issues with skin and nails), in his experience, most people on the keto diet do consume enough protein and that the extreme calorie restriction is likely the bigger culprit for hair loss on keto.

Most experts recommend taking daily supplements, like a multivitamin or biotin, when on the keto diet and having regular doctor visits to ensure your electrolytes and nutrients remain stable during the diet.

Dr. Gustin provides a list of six essential foods and supplements you should consume on the keto diet to prevent hair loss and other adverse side effects including biotin, MSM, bone broth, collagen, zinc, coconut oil.

For most women, Miller suggests consuming 60-90 grams of protein per day, while both Dr. Gustin and Dr. Zeichner stress the importance of eating enough calories and replenishing your electrolytes.

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BANGED up 90 Day Fianc star Jorge Nava has lifted the lid on the secret to his 125lb weight loss in jail.

The star of the TLC show is currently serving a two and half year sentence for possession of drugs but has left people shocked by the dramatic change in his appearance.

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Earlier this week a new mug-shot showed that he had shed nearly nine stone since being sent to prison in 2018.

Jorge has lost all the weight after entering the Arizona State Prison Complex in Phoenix last September - and now we know why.

Speaking to E! from behind bars Jorge said: "I am glad that people are noticing some positivity out of such a negative outcome.

"Hopefully people can see that I am able to turn things around even though I am at the lowest point in my life."

He then went on to reveal how he did it.

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According to Jorge, he and a fellow inmate work out together every day - once at 4 a.m. and again in the afternoon.

"We both motivate each other and we push ourselves to the limit pretty much," the reality star explained, adding that he's focused primarily on "military-based" workouts and "a lot of jogging."

As for meals, Jorge eats plenty of oatmeal and peanut butter.

Due to him being incarcerated, he is no longer able to gorge on fast food and fizzy drinks, he said: "I had a really bad diet when I was out in the free world.

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"I wanted to be in the best physical and healthiest shape possible," Jorge also shares. "I feel healthy and energetic. I feel overall more confident with myself."

Jorge went to prison in September 2018 after being found with 132kg of marijuana in his car.

Speaking at the time about his sentence, he told TMZ: When I first started, with the charges against me, I was looking at around 24 years, something like that, some ridiculous number.

But luckily, my lawyer was able to work out a plea agreement and I got the charges dropped and I ended up pleading to a class four felony in Arizona.

I feel like its really harsh of a penalty for the crime being, Nava added. Just because its marijuana-related and right now, its going legal I feel like the whole fact of it, going to prison over the same stuff thats legal is kinda crazy to me.

Jorge rose to fame on season 4 of 90 Day Fiance in 2016 when he marred Russian model Anfisa Arkhipchenko, who he met on Facebook.

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Since being locked up Anfisa has undergone her own body transformation and has started competing in bodybuilding competitions.

She revealed: To fill the void that I felt after Jorge was sentenced and I was left on my own I decided to try to stay busy and do what I enjoy the most and it was working out.

And ONE DAY I want to take it on a higher level and compete in NPC bikini division.

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When Mohamed Mufeed finally went to the doctor in 2018, he recalls, it was because he had trouble sitting properly. At five-feet-four-inches and a generous 105kg, he was suffering the beginnings of a fatty liver. I used to eat 7-8 times a day, says the Keralite of his earlier diet. And of these meals, many were of the junk variety. When the doctor called for weight-loss even a 20kg suggestion at the time didnt seem so dramatic; at his height, Mufeed should have weighed between 53 and 64kg.

Its not that Musfeed didnt know that he needed to shed the kilos nor was it a lack of drive he was stuck in a yo-yo dieters nightmare.

Plus, hed always been overweight and rather fond of food. It didnt help that his father owns a restaurant either; it meant he always had access to the dishes he craved.

It look Mufeed three months of diet (eating very little) and exercise for him to lose 6kg. Since he couldnt really tell the difference in self, except he was exhausted having not consumed enough nutrition, he quit the gym. But just when it seemed like he was about to hit another dieter'sloop, he spoke to some trainers and ferociously googled, trying to find a few way to bring change.

A different meal plan

He began a calorie-deficit diet, keeping meticulous count of each item of food he was consuming and what he could realistically burn off. Mufeed also turned his habits around, choosing vegetables and proteins as his mainstay. If hed feel the need for sugar, hed have a bit of a substitute: dates, honey, fruits. The fast-food cravings didnt go away, but hed found a new way to manage them. So whenever I craved anything, I thought by Thursday night Ill eat anything Im craving. So keeping that in my mind I used to work out maybe 2 times in a week, he explains.

The workouts he engaged in were a two-hour extravaganza of cardio and High Intensity Interval Training and weights. Within 3 months I started seeing a change in my body, he says.

No scales, please

He did not, however, stand on a scale. He says this decision actually kept him on track. You know, because when we check the weight, we will next minute be like oh [I only lost] this much we will lose confidence, he explains. Instead he let the elasticity of his jeans waist bands tell him what he suspected the weight was coming off.

And so motivated, he continued on this journey; in another 7-8 months, he was down to the 60s. Then he decided to skip weight training too many supplements needed, he says and continue with the cardio. My body is the kind of body where if I dont work out gradually the fat starts coming back. Im still doing the cardio, weights not so much, he says.

Since this success a 9-month project back in 2018, from January to September- where he lost 46kg hes kept the weight off while working in a restaurant. He says it only works if you find a plan that suits your body and if hes anything to go by, thats true.

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Sam Owens was just a teenager when a karate kick to the head saved his life after a brain scan revealed he had a tumour.

But the the following six years would see him suffer a stroke, lose some of his eyesight and independence while battling a string of debilitating medical conditions - plunging him into a deep depression.

His weight rocketed to 24 stone and he was left feeling "borderline suicidal" by what life had thrown at him ever since he was kicked to the head during a karate tournament at the age of 17.

But fast forward to now and the 23-year-old from Conwy has turned his life around after finding love and friendship, shedding an incredible 10 stone along the way.

Sam said: "In November last year, I weighed 24 stone. I used to eat pizzas late at night and always ordered lots of takeaways.

"The doctor told me I had a high risk of diabetes so I decided I needed to start losing weight.

"But in February, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my peripheral vision and because of that I lost my driving licence, which was devastating.

"I fell into a deep depression and just thought what's the point?"

Sam was already living with an inoperable brain tumour that was only diagnosed by a scan after the karate injury in 2013.

Although the kick saved his life, the tumour caused him to suffer with memory loss, migraines and long-term pain condition, fibromyalgia and led to him losing his close circle of friends.

Sam recalled: "My friends would call and ask me to do things, but I didn't have the energy and they started to think I was just being lazy and was using my conditions as an excuse.

"It got to the point where I started to believe that too.

"I'd tried to go to university and then became a fully qualified security worker, but one day of excursion would floor me for the rest of the week and that was getting me down.

"But everything changed after I had my stroke when I met my cousin's partner, Elise from Lebanon and she became like a personal therapist to me.

"She was an amazing cook and introduced me to new foods.

"She made me take a step back and realise I could change and lose weight, she made me want to better myself mentally and physically.

"Through her I've made so many fantastic new friends and even met my girlfriend, Nouhad who lives in Brussels."

Now Sam is much more positive about his future and is looking forward to new adventures.

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He said: "Nouhad has helped my confidence, mental health and physical health in a way I never thought possible from an individual.

"I think the world of her and look forward to our relationship growing closer and stronger in time."

He added: "My new friends always message me asking if I want to go to the gym or catch up over a coffee, which has made a big difference to my life to the point where I'm now pushing people to do those things.

"My tumour is slow growing and I used to see it as a time bomb, but I don't think that way any more.

"I cast it away as much as I can and now have a much more positive outlook.

"My friends and family, especially my mum, Sarah and sister, Jo have helped me more than I can ever thank them for and now I'm looking forward to the future."

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