Have you tried programs that promise weight loss but you never see results?

Do you feel tired and worn out after going through complicated diets?

Are you looking for a personalized weight loss program designed to fit your needs and abilities?

If your answer to any of the questions above was YES, then Physicians Weight Loss Clinic of Lincoln is here to help you achieve your weight loss goals.

We differentiate ourselves by offering customized programs for each of your clients. These programs are supervised by physicians and each GURANTEE results.

We know how difficult it can be to remain motivated and reach your goals. Working with a TEAM helps you stay on track and increases your chance of success.

Our busy lives and the stress that comes with it can put roadblocks in the way of our weight loss journey. Our PROVEN programs are designed to focus on those issues and help you push through those barriers.

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Pathway Fit's genetic testing gives you information on your metabolism, helps you optimize your physical activity, and can help you acheive a nutritional balance in your diet.

LipoGenics is a new method of getting rid of unwanted fat stores in the body. The LipoGenic procedure requires no incisions or suction, which means there are no risks of negative side effects.

I was tired of who I waslazyno motivation. I wanted to make a big change. Strong. Healthy. Capable. What I liked best was the support in learning how to eat. The diet program is great, but if I didnt have a way of learning how to eat, Id be back to square one. I feel fantastic, stronger, healthier, and always in the mood to check off things on my to do list. It was a hell of a lot easier than I thought it would be, but I had to really want to change or it would have all gone to waste.

-Mitch Graham - Lost 44 pounds and 32 inches! (Individual results can and do vary.)

I decided to join PWLC when I knew something had to be done and PWLC had worked for a family member. I liked that the plan involved grocery store foods. I also liked the courtesy and positive assistance of staff counselors. Now, I feel great! My knees do not hurt and I dont run out of breath on the stairs!

-Lynna Gene Cook -Lost 50 pounds and 59.75 inches! (Individual results can and do vary.)

I joined PWLC because I wanted to look and feel better physically and emotionally about myself. I want to be healthy and strong for my family for years to come. I really liked the one-on-one support, all the services offered, and especially that you can lose the weight fairly quickly, but in a monitored, healthy way. It helps keep me motivated. I feel more energetic, stronger, more presentable, and more confident. I feel a sense of accomplishment over doing something so difficult. Weight loss is always a challenge, but in the long run I know its worth it in so many ways!

-Chris Fish -Lost 50 pounds & 51.25 inches and still going! (Individual results can and do vary.)

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How 1 Simple Facebook Photo Motivated This Woman to Lose 80+ Pounds

It was a simple family photo that Cortland West's mom posted to Facebook that threw her weight struggles into focus for her. "When I finally looked at the picture, I was shocked. I honestly didn't recognize myself," Cortland said. And at 5'6" and 236 pounds, she decided that was it: it was time to change. She turned to the Lose It app to buckle down and really take a closer look at how much she was eating. Between the simplicity of the app and adding in workouts, Cortland has taken off 81 pounds over the past couple years. Keep reading to find out just how well Lose It worked for her and how she sticks with her new healthy lifestyle.

POPSUGAR: What was the moment or motive that made you decide to start your journey?

Cortland West: I always had a problem with my weight gain. I was always the bigger one in my group of friends and I absolutely hated going shopping because nothing cute would ever fit. Overall I just didn't feel good. I was out of breath just simply walking up and down the stairs. I would even receive little comments from my family and other people about needing to possibly start doing something about my weight. They were never hurtful about what they said, but I knew they were right. I would try to lose weight by doing different things, but nothing ever worked for me and I would get discouraged and quit.

The moment that really hit me was at the beginning of December of 2014. I had gone to a tea room with my mother and grandmother one day and we decided to get someone to take a picture of us while we were there. Well, my mother ended up posting the picture on Facebook. When I finally looked at the picture, I was shocked. I honestly didn't recognize myself. I was also a little disgusted in myself on how much I had let myself go. After that, I said that I would for sure work on my weight after the holidays. But then I got to thinking about all of the years prior that I would always say that I was going to do something about my weight at the start of the new year but would never stick with it. So I decided on that day that I would start before the holidays. It was hardest thing I've ever done, but I knew it was what I had to do.

PS: What made you choose Lose It?

CW: Someone recommended the Lose It app to me as a great way to easily count calories, so I downloaded it and began to plug in everything I would eat in a day. I didn't realize just how much I was eating in a day until I began using Lose It I was shocked. I started paying attention to portion sizes and cut out regular soft drinks and sweet tea. I saw that drinking calories can add up very fast!

PS: What's your favorite way to work out?

CW: I love going on long walks. I'd say an hour to two hours long, like two times a week usually. Going on a long walk with a good friend is better for me too because we end up talking throughout the duration of the walk and we end up losing track of the time. Because of my weight loss, I can go on long walks easier now and it doesn't bother me like it used to. Before my weight loss, I would get tired and winded very quickly and my legs would start to really bother me, but I don't have those problems anymore. Playing tennis is also a lot easier for me again because I can last a lot longer than before. I used to get really tired and winded after just a few games in the first set of a match now three sets of tennis is nothing!

PS: What's your weekly exercise schedule?

CW: I like to go on hikes and enjoy fun physical activities outside basically anything to keep me away from sitting on the couch all day and watching TV like I used to. But I'll be honest, going to the gym was never something I did, and it's still not a regular part of my lifestyle. It just shows that simply watching what you eat and staying active can help you lose weight.

PS: How do you keep workouts exciting?

CW: I go on long walks with friends and do fun dance exercises in my room. I've also started to really get back into tennis, which has really helped. To keep myself on track, I remind myself that if I exercise, I'll burn off extra calories which makes it easier to truly enjoy a good meal.

PS: How much weight have you lost?

CW: I weighed 236 pounds in 2014, and now weigh 155 pounds so I've lost 81 pounds!

PS: What was the first big difference, other than the number on the scale, that really made you feel proud and excited?

CW: Oh wow, I have many rewards from losing weight. Finally getting to wear cute outfits has been a big one for me. Also, I was always the one to hide behind the camera. I never wanted my picture taken. But now I love when a camera comes out, because as soon as I see myself in the picture, I can't help but smile. I'm so proud of myself and I love having it documented. Looking at pictures of me now also help with keeping the weight off. I never want to go back to what I was before. People have also told me that I'm an inspiration to them to start losing weight. I still find that weird because I've always been one to say if I can do it, everyone can do it. But I do have to admit, hearing someone tell you that you're an inspiration is such an amazing feeling and the biggest award you can receive, I think.

PS: How do you track your weight loss?

I track my weight loss with Lose It! I only use the free version of the app, which works great for my needs. I know that they also have a Premium version for $39.99/year that lets you set more specific goals (like body fat, steps, measurements, blood pressure, etc.) and gives you more access to challenges and groups, but I haven't tried that yet.

When you first start using Lose It, it will ask for your basic information (age, weight, height, etc.) and then it will calculate for you the amount of calories you will need to eat in a day to either maintain your weight or lose half a pound a week, one pound a week, one and a half pounds a week, two pounds a week, etc., depending on what your goals are.

When I first started, I was determined to lose two pounds a week, but man was that hard! I felt like I wasn't eating at all in a day. So I changed it to one pound a week and that really worked best for me at the beginning.

Each day, all you need to do is open up the Lose It app, tap the meal you're logging, and type your food into the search bar (or take a photo of it using their new Snap It feature). Lose It gives you the calories and nutritional information for whatever food you are logging and that goes toward your daily total. The app suggests how many calories you should allocate for each meal based on your weight-loss goals and current weight, and that even includes snacking.

PS: What's a typical day of meals and snacks?

CW: The main things I cut out of my diet were regular soft drinks and sweet tea. Drinking calories adds up very fast and I didn't like wasting my calories on beverages. I also cut back on a lot of junk food, especially chips I still eat them, but not as often. Unfortunately I am not a big fan of fruits and vegetables, but I drink V8 and things like that to help with that. I do eat plenty of protein, though! Grilled chicken is probably my favorite. I eat more grilled foods now than I did before. I was all about everything being fried before I started losing weight.

PS: Do you count anything other than calories? Why or why not?

CW: No, calories are the only thing I count. I feel as though if I started trying to count other things, it would make things harder and I would not stick with it.

PS: What's the range of calories you eat per day?

CW: According to the Lose It app, I can have 1,675 calories per day to lose one pound a week. But I sometimes go over that a little bit.

PS: What are the healthy staples that are always in your fridge?

CW: I'm not a fan of fruits or anything, so I would say my go to staple would be string cheese. Very low in calories and it's a nice grab-and-go snack that I love.

PS: How do you strategize for meals out?

CW: For meals out, I generally try to know ahead of time what the plans are and where I am going. If that's the case, I can look up the menu online so I can go ahead a plan out what I'm going to eat. Restaurants are getting better about adding the nutritional information available, so that makes planning out meals so much easier. If that information is not available, I tend to compare different foods with other places that I know the calories of. Sometimes I even overestimate a little bit just to be safe.

PS: Do you use a fitness tracker? Which one? Has it helped you?

CW: In the beginning of my journey I had a Fitbit tracker that I would use. It even linked with my Lose It app. So it would calculate the calories I would burn after a long walk or some other kind of physical activity and then add those calories back to my remaining budget on the app. I loved it. But I unfortunately lost the tracker one day at the lake so now I use my Apple Watch, and whenever I do an activity, I start the watch under the fitness app and it will calculate the calories burned. I then go to the Lose It app and it lets me manually add the calories burned back to my remaining budget.

PS: What role did Lose It play in your journey? Would you recommend it?

CW: Lose It was a HUGE part of my journey and I would absolutely recommend. Probably the most helpful thing it did for my diet was help me pay attention to portion control. Simply cutting back on the amount of food I was taking in has helped me the most. Another helpful thing I did was plug in everything I was going to eat for that day into Lose It at the beginning of the day, which left me reassured that I could enjoy snacks with the calories that were left. I would ask my family what we were doing for dinner so I could go ahead and plug it in and eat around that meal for the day. In the beginning, I did a lot of planning ahead, but now that I am just maintaining my weight, I'm a little more lenient with myself.

PS: What advice do you have for anyone starting out on a weight-loss journey?

CW: My number one tip would be to just find what works for you and stick with it. For me, Lose It was the only thing that would work for me. Trust me, I know it's hard; everyone is so different and we all lose weight in different ways. You just have to learn to listen to your body and believe in yourself! You CAN do it.

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Consumer Reports says some thyroid supplements that claim to help people lose weight can do more harm than good.

Consumer Reports , KPNX 2:19 PM. MST May 22, 2017

Consumer Reports warns that some thyroid supplements can do more harm than good. (Photo: Consumer Reports)

Some medical conditions can have vague symptoms, like hypothyroidism. When the butterfly-shaped thyroid gland, at the front of the neck, produces too little thyroid hormone, it can slow essential body processes, including heart rate and metabolism.

Hypothyroidism can cause people to feel fatigued, they could gain weight, they could have brain fog -- but plenty of people with those symptoms may have a perfectly functioning thyroid.

Still, people who may not have a thyroid problem, but are desperate to lose weight and feel more energetic, sometimes turn to thyroid supplements. They are often marketed as boosting energy and metabolism, naturally.

Experts at Consumer Reports say helping yourself to thyroid supplements is a bad idea and possibly even dangerous. When youre looking at these bottles, you will see mostly herbal ingredients on the label. But according to a study published in the journal, Thyroid, they found that in nine out of 10 supplements tested, there were actual thyroid hormones.

An excess of thyroid hormones in those supplements can cause bone thinning and even worse -- an erratic heartbeat, which can lead to a stroke.

Some supplements may also contain significant amounts of iodine, which in some people,can cause the thyroid to slow down, leading to weight gain and fatigue. That's the exact opposite of what many people hope these supplements will do for them.

Also, watch out for kelp on the list of ingredients. That's another potential high source of iodine.

Hypothyroidism can be determined with a blood test. If you suspect you have a thyroid problem, Consumer Reports urges you to see your doctor. Dont take matters into your own hands.

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Obesity will be the focus of an event this Saturday, May 27th , as the nation continues to struggle with its waistline and the numerous diseases made worse by weight. One local practice helps point out how science is helping those who are motivated to drop some pounds and get healthier.

So the bad news about the obesity epidemic is its not going anywhere despite increasing attention on weight loss, healthy eating, wellness. The good news is science is helping the medical community learn more about what to do.

WAER's Chris Bolt has more on Dr. Wendy Scinta's thoughts on how science is improving weight loss practice, as well as child obesity.

Dr. Wendy Scinta cites the research behind how neuro-hormonal changes occur in the brain when people are trying to lose weight.

Understanding that when you lose weight you have higher hunger hormones; you have lower satiety hormones; you have lower metabolic rate. All of those things create this picture of a very difficult situation to maintain weight loss.

Scinta, who runs Medical Weight Loss of New York in Fayetteville, says obesity is also now scene as a disease not just peoples physical weakness. When she gets a client, she does medical testing to find out things such as metabolic rate and fat percentage to figure out how much someone can lose. Once people are on the road to losingtheres psychology behind keeping someone on track.

What are your triggers? What caused you to suddenly go this way or this way? Are you getting hungry? Are you having what we call hedonic impulses, which are to eat for reasons that have nothing to do with hunger? They have to do with happiness or sadness or emotional eating.

Scinta is not a fan of the T-V shows that depict people losing hundreds of pounds. Not only so many gain much of the weight back, She believes they emphasize killing it in the gym too much.

You have to look at the nutritional needs first. We lose weight in the kitchen not in the gym. The gym and exercise help us maintain weight loss. But if we dont change our eating habits, youre not going to lose weight as a woman, as a man you might lose a little bit. By and large the work needs to be done in the kitchen and not at the gym.

The food side of things is particularly important when it comes to kids. One in three children in the U-S is overweight or obeseworse, one in three born since 2000 will develop diabetesand there are other health problems including stunting growth.

The most common obesity-related diseases are:

She says children are bombarded by ads for bad food social media, TV, phone apps. But the real key is the food parents bring home.

The younger the patient, the more likely that they have very little if anything to do with (the food) brought in the house. So it becomes essential to have the conversation with the parents. And also we talk to the parents about modeling behavior. You as a parent, and also sister and brother, really (need to ) eat as you expect that obese or overweight child to eat.

She knows its convenient to hit the drive throughbut tastes and habits are created in teen years that could sentence a child to life-ling poor eating and possibly obesity.

Dr. Scintas work will be highlighted at a fundraiser for her Dora's Dream Charity, which fights obesity in children in the minority community. The fundraiser is hosted by WAERs Cora Thomas. Information is at: DRWendy.com.

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Having trouble losing weight? Reach Your Weight Loss Goals With The Help of Experts

Losing weight can be very difficult, especially when you have no idea what you are doing. With so many weight loss plans floated on the internet, it may become a challenge to work out which one to follow as well as know the best one for you. Some weight loss programs can be on the extreme side while others are simple enough to follow.

Choosing the best weight loss program for you can therefore become difficult. What complicates matters even more is that what may have been effective for someone else may not even trigger weight loss in you. If you are serious about losing weight, then it pays to seek expert help. You will find such assistance from medical weight loss Los Angeles experts. These experts have the right training and they will help you meet your goals. They will provide you with a personalized weight loss plan that takes into considerations various variables, therefore making your efforts successful. You will get a plan that will surely work for you. You will therefore see the results you want in a short time.

Get expert tips You can be sure to get expert advice that will help you in your efforts. Having someone to help you along the way means that you have an authority to turn to when you have queries. You can be sure the answers you get here are accurate. If you have any cause for concerns, a helping hand will be readily available. The tips that you get from these experts come from the experience of others that have successfully lost weight. In addition to weight loss tips, you get other tips on how to maintain the low body weight. You will have a wholesome experience and increased chances of meeting your weight loss goals.

Safe Weight loss plans You will meet your weight loss goals in the confines of a safe environment. The weight loss programs that you will find in these weight loss clinics are scientifically proven to work. In addition, others have successfully completed them, giving you assurance that they will work. The plans are safely designed to protect your overall health. You can be sure you will not place your body under any undue stress by tough workout sessions. You will also not have to deprive your body of much needed nutrients in order to meet your weight loss goals. The idea here is to have a healthy approach to your weight loss efforts. At the end of it all, you would have shed the extra weight while still maintaining a healthy body. It is important to have the weight loss effort monitored by a medical expert, especially if you suffer from any medical conditions.

Losing weight does not have to be difficult. With the best professional help, you should achieve your weight goals without having to struggle much. Look for a clinic that cares about your welfare and that has the same goal in mind.

The writer is a contributor to a medical magazine. Medical weight loss Los Angeles experts provide the best guidance for effective weight loss.

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Its 2017, and the Battle of the Bulge is alive and well. For example, Americans in 2013 alone spent upwards of $65 BILLION on diets, equipment, gym memberships, etc. Also, a lot of diets flat out dont work. One way that athletes, entertainers and serial dieters lose weight quickly is cutting weight. MMA fighters popularized the method via The Ultimate Fighter series and subsequent articles, videos by the MMA community. Anyway, there are very sane and safe ways to cut weight. Here is a compilation of my picks to cut weight SAFELY.

NOTE: Always consult your primary care provider before starting any weight loss or exercise regimen. Listen to your body and make good, sound decisions. This is your health were talking about here. Now, the list.

Im sure everyone has that one friend who is so genetically blessed that he can blink an eye and magically drop to sub-10-percent body fat. Everyone else has to dial in their diet and tweak their training.

Sometimes, despite your best efforts, fat doesnt fall off from your body as quickly as youd like. The first instinct might be to dramatically increase calorie deficit and caloric expenditure, but that can bring about detrimental long-term effects on your body.

Instead, try incorporating in one or more of these techniques to strip off that final layer of fat. Not all techniques are meant to work for everyone, but finding one that works for you should help you see the changes and progress you desire.

Many folks, especially men, have seen great success with intermittent fasting. Intermittent fasting allows only a small feeding windowtypically, eight hours before and after which you dont eat anything. The idea is that the practice would force your body to subsist on body fat storage for fuel during the fasting window, improve insulin sensitivity, and allow you to eat more diverse foods during your feeding window.

Some bodybuilders use this trick: make sure to eat the last meal of the day at 6:30 pm. Then wake up in the morning and do my cardio in a semi-fasted state, after thirteen and a half hours have taken place. After that, have breakfastthe first meal youll have consumed since the night before.

You may not want to do this all the time since its long-term effects on hormones, especially in women, are somewhat dubious at this point. However, for a period of one or two weeks, it can speed things along.

Carb cycling means youll eat your target carbs on training days and approximately 50 percent of your normal carb intake on non-training or light cardio days. This strategy helps blunt fat storage on resting days and restores muscle glycogen in a supercompensated fashion. It also combats the metabolic crash associated with conventional low-calorie diets and keeps a strong satiety signal throughout the body.

If you find yourself at a loss for what to eat on training days, whey protein is a great way to keep up with your protein macros. The fiber will also keep you full, decreasing the likelihood youll binge on empty carb-loaded calories when a craving hits. Choose a whey thats low in carbs on your training days, and reserve the mass-gainer protein for days when you want to carb load.

Dropsets can also be an effective way to turn up your metabolic furnace. To perform a dropset, you simply perform an exercise at a heavy weight until failure, then immediately drop the weight and bang out more reps until failure.

Continue this pattern until your muscles scream in agony. When incorporated correctly, dropsets will tear into your muscle glycogen, which will then create a greater post-exercise metabolic response from the intensity and will need to restore your bodys sapped glycogen.

Remember that too many dropsets is bad, especially for the central nervous system. This is especially true if you dont get enough carbs throughout the day; use this technique wisely.

You need to ditch your habits of weighing your food to the gram at your desk and crunching numbers throughout the day. The less you stress about eating, the better are your chances to stick with your eating plan and avoid making decisions that could set you back. After all, it just takes one giant binge to completely erase a weeks worth of effort, so make every bite count.

Just take one day of the weeksay, Sundayand spend all day in the kitchen, preparing and portioning out all your food among towers of Tupperware. While your friends and family may laugh at the sight, you know a weeks worth of muscle-fueling, fat-bashing food will be within arms reach.

L-carnitine might just be one of the hottest fat loss supplements around. I dont recommend you put all your eggs in this fat-loss basket, but supplementing with carnitine if you practice vegetarianism, veganism, or otherwise have a low dietary carnitine intake from meats might help you with fat loss.

When paired with exercise, carnitine supplementation can boost activity of the beta-oxidation pathway when paired with exercise. Basically, you could be increasing the bodys fat-burning potential.

Many people default to a full-body workout program to include intense compound exercises and make workouts more efficient. Why not add compound supersets?

By pairing two major exercises back-to-back like thisthe squat and bench press, for exampleyou end up recruiting many more muscle fibers over a shorter period of time. Youll not only burn more calories during your workout, but youll continue to burn more once its over.

Fat loss responds best to the most reductive nature of this calorie balance equation: Calories consumed must be less than calories burned. In order to hit that deficit, use cardio to achieve proper balance in your routine.

For example, your steady-state cardio in the morning is the first layer of the foundation, and you can do anywhere from 25-35 minutes on the elliptical, five days a week.

Double up your workout with a resistance training session later and squeezes in 90 seconds of high intensity cardio between sets. For example, the jump rope (its portable) can be a great option. If you end up doing 18-20 sets in a session, this adds up to an additional 30 minutes of cardio training. Cardio does not need to be performed continuously on a machine for it to be cardio.

Using fish oil supplements isnt unique to weight loss. Studies have shown the benefits of omega fatty acid supplementation regardless of your physique goal. A good omega 3/6/9 blend containing CLA should be a part of your arsenal, as part of your daily supplement stack. Pair up 1000 mg of CLA with the omegas for maximum results.

CLA is not only helpful for reducing body fat- but omega fats are also crucial for enhancing your overall health.

Remember, even though fat loss may be your primary short-term goal, health optimization should NEVER take a back seat.

As you move closer and closer toward your ideal body fat count, your energy levels may start to waver from the accumulated energy deficit. You might not be able to sustain as much volume in the gym as youre used to since youre not eating as much and your muscle glycogen is never fully saturated. Overall, youve just seen better days.

This isnt permission to take your foot off the gas. Rather than cheating every rep, concentrate harder on perfecting your form. By focusing on each muscle contraction and isolating the working muscle group, you can maximize the training benefits you get from each working set. This makes a lower volume workout that much more effective.

While you definitely dont want to get into the habit of regularly skipping workout sessions, you might benefit greatly great from taking a full rest day. Listen to your body. If youre hitting it hard, and youre worn down from workouts and your everyday life- let your body rest, for crying out loud.

No matter if youre trying to get lean or strong, an adequate rest is an integral part of the process for results.

In closing, this is not a definitive list, as this is not a one-size-fits-all schematic. Please use this as a bedrock for your weight-loss goals. Let this be your new basic baseline for fat loss. THE BASICS ALWAYS WIN.

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For the next three months I will be focusing not on what I fancy but on what I need: healthy food, regular exercise and pushing my body a little bit more in the right direction. Photograph: Dave Meehan

I turned 30 this year and Im getting married in three months. If you can think of a better reason to get fit, Ill eat my . . . hummus and carrots. My mission is this; learn how to start taking better care of my mind and body.

After a decade of drinking too much, doing very little exercise and unhealthy dieting, I want to learn a regime that I will actually stick to. I also want to look and feel good in my wedding dress, which I bought in a size that is just a little bit snug.

I know, youve heard it all before. But this will not be a #fitfam journey. This will not be pretty and filtered. This will not involve cute photos of smoothies and kale arranged artfully on marble slabs. I will not be wearing tiny bras bought from Pretty Little Thing. I will be wearing three sports bras and retching in the corner.

I met my trainer, John Belton, for the first time four days ago and (sorry, John) he is scary. His gym, located in the Vault off Hatch Street, has all sorts of unusual-looking instruments hanging from the walls, and very closely resembles a dungeon or some sort of torture chamber. He has warned me that this will be difficult and ugly.

After taking my measurements, John tells me that my body fat is 36 per cent. That means that 36 per cent of my body is fat. It should be about 25 per cent. John warns me that if this continues, I will have health problems in the next 10 years as a direct result. This is a real shock, and is probably having the desired effect. I will be taking this very seriously.

Like many women, my relationship with my weight has been complicated. The first time I compared my body to others, I was 12 and was told by an adult that I shouldnt wear a crop top, when the rest of the girls could.

I remember looking down at my soft stomach like I had never seen it before. I pulled it out, studied it and pinched it and rolled it, and for the first time I disliked the flesh that sat on my bones. I was only about three or four pounds overweight, but I suddenly felt like a 12-year-old alien. I obsessively compared every one of my bumps and rolls to the girls around me. Unfortunately, this was to continue.

All throughout my teens, I fought myself. I didnt want to be one of those vain girls who cared only about their appearance. I pitied the girls who sat at lunch gnawing on an apple for 45 minutes. I wanted to grab life by the horns and eat the chocolate. I didnt fully grasp the concept of moderation. I have always been an all-or-nothing type of person.

There was an unhealthy attitude towards food that seemed to spread around the girls in school the older we got, resulting in so many of them denying their growing bodies. While no one was diagnosed with an eating disorder, there was a lot of disordered eating.

Looking back, I can see how all-girls schools are dangerous breeding grounds for this type of behaviour, and how losing weight can quickly become competitive. And this was before social media and the age of the selfie.

I am not sure how I would cope with school now, but I reacted then by sometimes eating crisps in the loo. As my body which was still only a few pounds overweight grew, I made up for what I thought I lacked in size with personality. I avoided PE with a vehemence usually reserved for torture.

In saying all this, I was also a reasonably happy teenager (as teenagers go). I had lots of great friends, friends I still have to this day. But when it came to my weight, there was always an issue.

In my 20s very little changed, except I learned how to lose weight. I went on very extreme diets, and yo-yoed up and down nearly three stone. I was always rewarded for losing the pounds, no matter how unhealthily. God you look so great tell me the secret? Try living on rice cakes and Cup-a-Soup. Despite having boyfriends who loved the way I looked, I very rarely loved myself. The really sad thing is that none of this is particularly unusual.

Thankfully, the older I get, the kinder I am learning to be to myself. A little of what you fancy and everything in moderation have become my go-to phrases. The only problem is that now I am getting married and I am probably having a little (too much) of what I fancy, and moderation is relative.

Getting engaged turned out to be one big long month of quaffing prosecco, and then my birthday month (yes, month, what of it?) turned out the same.

I saw my personal trainer for the first time three days ago, and I have the worlds worst hangover today after attending my best friends hen do.

A little of what you fancy, right? Well, for me, I have had quite a lot of that lately, so for the next three months I will be focusing not on what I fancy but on what I need: healthy food, regular exercise and pushing my body a little bit more in the right direction.

I will be writing here about my journey. Wish me luck.

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Dont hide your insecurities under big clothes! We have compiled 12 simple ways to slim down in summer, and feel good inside and out...

Whats not to love about summer? Its the season of relaxing vacations and outdoor activities. You might have lazed around or eaten a lot of junk during the winters, but fortunately summer is here and its time to shed off those extra pounds you added over the winter. It is being noticed that people tend to lose more weight during summers. Remember a weight loss plan is made up of 80 % diet plan and 20 % workout plan. Therefore, you ought to control your diet. Eat a light dinner at night. Make sure that you eat your dinner at least 2 hours before you go to sleep. Weve got some no-fail tips for you to lose weight, and feel more confident in summers...

1. Go organic: The first diet tip is to cut down the food you eat and go organic, which means eating more salads, fruits, and vegetables. Avoid oil, butter, ghee, cheese, and other fattening dairy products. Switch to green tea, mint tea or lemon tea, any tea is fine as long as you do not add milk and sugar to it.

2. No water weight: As winter season is dry, some quantity of water is stored in body to prevent dehydration. This is also a reason why we gain more weight in winters than in summers. But in summers, body sweats a lot thus body lose weight. You can drink more water without fears and lose weight easily in summer.

3. Stay away from temptations: Get temptations out of the home or office. This will limit those emotional binging moments. Stock up with fruits, veggies, yogurt, and other. Making small changes will help you reach your goals. Instead of ice cream, go for frozen yogurt. Replace your potato chips with baked chips.

4. Banish bloating: Take a tip from brides-to-be by abstaining from bloating foods, like beans and artificial sweeteners, for the next two weeks. Learn more bloating foods to avoid here. You can also use your meals to fight bloating, so fill your plate with summer fruits like watermelon, pineapple, papaya and peaches.

5. Soup delight: Experts say that soup is a great appetite suppressant as it has combination of liquids and solids that bust hunger. Eating soup before meals can help lower total calorie intake by about 20%. You can make it your main meal too!

6. Sensible eating: A great way to start adjusting to healthy eating is to not go mad all at once. As opposed to eliminating foods, try substituting it instead. When it comes to rice and pasta, opt for brown versions, as they are higher in fibre. The same goes for bread - swap the white bread for some whole meal; it tastes so much better with less calories! Try to eat fruit in between your meals to stop snacking on food that arent helping your waistline!

7. Emotional eating: There are days when we just feel down and dont want to do anything but eat a tub of ice cream, devour a cake, or order a deep-dish pizza and watch our favourite movies. The key to dealing with emotional eating is to consciously take control of the situation. When youre just about to delve into whatever youve chosen, walk away and run a bath, paint your nails, or simply step outside, take a few deep breaths and ask yourself if you really want to eat it.

8. Ditch the juice: Fruit juice is a higher sugar, lower-nutrient version of its source - and it contains less fiber, too. Besides, plenty of the nutritional goodies in fruit are concentrated in the skins, which tend to be lost in juicing. If you want apple juice, eat the apple, and have a glass of water with it.

9. Change your coffee order: While coffee itself is no bad thing, the dairy and sugar that go into it can be real calorie traps. For the next few weeks, swap your usual latte for black coffee, green tea and herb tea. You may well find that after six weeks, the milky, frothy lattes you once adored have lost their allure... this is the brain retrain youre after: a change of mind to change your shape.

10. Say hello to homemade cooking: People think that if they go to the gym they can eat whatever they want. WRONG! If you seriously want to shape up for the summer, you need to say goodbye to fast food. When you eat out, many of the foods you are ingesting are cooked in butter or other fattening ingredients, which is exactly the stuff you want to stay away from. Therefore, your best bet is to prepare and cook your own food.

11. Get good sleep: Get into a routine that includes exercising, scheduling your meals and working on your sleep patterns, and try to avoid using your phone while in bed. If you sleep well, then the metabolism of your body will be good which will in turn help you to burn your extra calories faster.

12. Summer workouts: Naturally, summer heat itself burns body fats and calories at a higher rate. As you are easily losing weight you also tend to do workouts to make weight loss very effective. Opt for the best summer workouts to lose weight faster; sweat a lot, drink a lot and lose weight easily.

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