What is lacking from many people who desire to lose weight and live healthier? According to certified health coach Melody McClellan: commitment and exercise.

You cannot just think about exercise or buy exercise apps or watch exercise videos. You must actually make that investment in yourself to do the work to move your body to change old habits and improve your life. McClellan said she is surprised how many people get no exercise at all.

McClellan, founder, CEO and health coach of UnWrap You, LLC assists others in making those changes through group coaching. However, it takes time.

Sometimes I do believe that people want overnight outcomes, she said, and that is just not going to happen if you are doing it the correct way, which is improving your nutrition altering the foods that youre eating and moving more. Even if youre eating a little bit more vegetables, putting a can down a little bit more, getting rid of some of the processed foods.

Through group coaching and journaling, McClellan encourages clients to adopt healthier behaviors to lose and sustain weight loss through better nutrition, exercising more and identifying their personal triggers that can derail their health goals.

Working for many years as a diabetes and hypertension pharmaceutical representative, McClellan saw that people were taking a lot of medicine with little knowledge about nutrition.

After seeing so many people on medications and starting to realize a lot of people dont understand nutrition, and how really important and how much it effects their outcome, I went back to get my nutrition certification and then started UnWrap You, she said. Its not just weight loss, but mindset, how things trigger you just a whole holistic approach.

Her clients are mainly women and youth, and her business operates out of OFallon, Illinois.

Ultimately the adult is the one who is purchasing the food, she said, and therefore I have to get to moms or dads or whoever the decision-maker is in the home, because the kids dont buy anything.

Successfully overcoming her own weight struggles after having children is one of the reasons why she started UnWrap You.

I was doing what they told me to do work out three days a week, eat better, McClellan said. Eat better. What does that mean? So, when I started doing it for myself, I started learning so many things that we dont even know about.

McClellan has created community walks and wellness challenges in the metro area through partnerships with local organizations and on social media.

I live what I teach, she said. I practice what I teach until it has just become a lifestyle for me of being healthy.

McClellan has a bachelors degree in business with an emphasis in marketing from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She received certification in nutrition and health coaching from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

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Yoghurt lovers have been warned the healthy snack might not be so good for you after all.

There are many touted benefits of yoghurt, from boosting the immune system to aiding weight loss and strengthening bones.

But new research has revealed the health food can simply be a dessert in disguise.

The Heart Foundation and Cancer Council analysed almost 200 flavoured yoghurts and found some contain as much sugar as ice cream.

Nearly half (44 per cent) of those examined contained more than three teaspoons (12g) of sugar per 100g, the upper limit of the recommended amount.

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The yoghurts - found in Australian supermarkets Coles and Woolworths - are popular choices for health conscious individuals on the go.

Gippsland Dairys Choc Cherry Twist contained the highest sugar content, with a whopping 18.8g per 100g, or 30.1g per serve.

Thats more than the content of some vanilla ice creams on the market.

Next highest in sugar was Gippsland Dairy Boysenberry Twist, followed by Tasmanian Tamar Valley Dairy Greek Style Raspberry.

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Some manufacturers are turning yoghurt which is a healthy food into a dessert by adding excessive amounts of sugar or cream

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Soleil Fat Free Strawberry yoghurt performed the best of the lot, with just four grams (one teaspoon) per 100g. But the lighter option still contains artificial sweeteners.

Alison McAleese, manager of the Livelighter public health campaign, said product labels can be misleading.

She added: Our research has found that some manufacturers are turning yoghurt which is a healthy food into a dessert by adding excessive amounts of sugar or cream.

Some yoghurts contain a whopping 7.5 teaspoons of sugar in just one small 160g tub, or 4.5 teaspoons of sugar per 100g, which is almost as much sugar as ice cream.

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Some labels use terms like 'natural', 'high in probiotics' and 'low fat', but these hide the high sugar content and can make it hard for shoppers to figure out which ones are genuinely good.

While yoghurt contains naturally occurring sugar in lactose, its the added sugar that consumers need to be wary of.

There are usually around six grams of lactose sugar in 100g of yoghurt, so anything beyond that is necessary.

If you want to cut down your intake of sugar, one nutritionist has revealed 12 simple steps to help you do it.

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Abby Lee Miller underwent gastric sleeve surgery and the entire procedure was caught on camera!

Dr. Michael Russo performed the weight loss procedure on Miller, 50, where he removed 80 percent of her stomach.

The former Dance Moms star expressed her sadness over no longer being able to eat cheddar biscuits with thousand island dressing and sour cream and butter.

After the 45-minute procedure, Miller questioned if she made the right decision.

Im really sore and questioning my judgment, she said. Did I do the right thing? This is not going to be an easy road. I can tell its going to be quite difficult.

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Miller found a way to slam Dance Moms producers, saying, I really have to listen to the doctors instructions. Just like I did with my knee and I went to work the next day. That idiot, I should sue that producer. What a nightmare.

Miller left Dance Moms in March after seven seasons with the hit series.

I will no longer take part in Dance Moms, Miller wrote in an Instagram post. For the past six years/seven seasons I have asked, begged and even demanded creative credit for all the ideas, award winning routines, themes and costuming To no avail! I just have a problem with being manipulated, disrespected and used day in and day out by men who never took a dance lesson in their lives and treat women like dirt!

The reality star blamed the show for her weight issues.

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If I was trying to be vegan, (they would) hand me a hoagie sandwich or Italian sub from somewhere, Miller told Entertainment Tonight. Im like, What is this, lunch meat? I cant eat this!

She added, I hate what I look like on TV and I want to look better. And nothing makes the mothers more jealous. Theres your motivation. Payback is a b****.

Miller pled guilty to not reporting an international monetary transaction and one count of concealing bankruptcy assets in June.

She faces up to 30 months in prison when shes sentenced on May 8.

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President Trump comments on Governor LePage's weight loss

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Gov. Paul LePage travels to Washington, D.C. to be present as Pres. Donald Trump signs an executive order mandating a review process for the designation of national monuments

WASHINGTON(NEWS CENTER) -- Among the many weighty issues being addressed by Pres. Donald Trump is...Gov. Paul LePage's weight.

Gov. LePagewas part of the crowd that surrounded Pres. Trump on Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C. as he signed an executive order mandating a review process for the designation of national monuments. Gov. LePage has requested that Pres. Trump go even further with regards to the KatahdinWoods and Waters National Monument in Maine by overturning the designation that was approved by the Obama administration.

Trump on Gov. LePage: "...has lost a lot of weight. I knew him when he was heavy & now I know him when he's thin. And I like him both ways." pic.twitter.com/vygoTtFlzh

The executive order carries big implications for the environment and economy. But even amid such serious considerations, Pres. Trump took a moment to lighten the mood by teasing Gov. LePage. The two men had crossed paths several times during the presidential campaign when the Governor was significantly heavier. After undergoing bariatric surgery, he now cuts a much slimmer figure.

Pres. Trump took note of the change by saying, "Gov. LePageof Maine, who by the way has lost a lot of weight. I knew him when he was heavy, and now I know him when he's thin, and I like him both ways."

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Raleigh, N.C. Many people dealing with obesity are turning to weight loss surgery. However, the original non-commercial weight loss support organization in the country, called TOPS, still preaches exercise and eating sensibly.

TOPS stands for "Taking Off Pounds Sensibly. A group of TOPS participants met in Raleigh recently to cheer each other on.

Lou Bond, 65, of Hickory is now wearing a crown and title, State TOPS Queen, for losing the most weight toward her goal.

Many people who have tried dieting are familiar with success, followed by discouraging failure.

"I tried all kinds of stuff. Went on Weight Watchers, did this, did that, Bond said."Lost a whole bunch of weight one time and gained it all back,and more."

TOPS participants join a group near where they live for support and ideas. No specific diet is preached.

"They figure that people are adults and they know what will work for them and what won't," Bond said.

Bond said drinking plenty of water and keeping a daily food diary were important for her success, losing 130 pounds. She also said thesupportof herchapter was crucial.

"The support you get from TOPS - there's no way you could do it without that," Bond said.

State TOPS King, George Smith of Fayetteville, got to the point where he couldn't bend over to tie his own shoes and he was constantly out of breath

"I had to lose 27 pounds which is insignificant to some, but still - it was hard," Smith said.

Both never expected to win this type of attention at TOPS annual state celebration.

"I think my chapter mates are more excited than I am, you know. That's kind of nice," Bond said.

A lifestyle change may not help you to lose weight as quickly, but if you find a food and exercise plan that fits your life, you are more likely to continue it for a lifetime.

Nutritionists encourage the concept of a three-day nutrition planner to get an idea of what patients are eating.

Other tips include emphasizing plant-based food in your diet and substituting sodawithwater.

Be sure to check with your doctor before starting any formal weight loss program.

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Once upon a time, the tips and tricks of weight loss were basically free: use smaller plates! Drink a glass of water before every meal! Use blue light bulbs in your fridge so your food looks moldy and less appetizing! But in the new era of smart everything, people have come up with a smart fork that vibrates when you eat too quickly. Perhaps, if we just stop mindlessly scarfing down our food and instead eat slowly and deliberately and really luxuriate in every bite of that plain oatmeal, well eat less and lose weight.

Unfortunately, its not clear this works. A study published in the journal Appetite found that a vibrating smart fork made people eat more slowly but it didnt make them feel more full or eat less, which is really what people care about. The researchers randomly assigned 114 people to either eat with a normal fork or a vibrating fork (the Slow Control 10s Fork, which vibrates and flashes red every time you eat faster than one bite every 10 seconds). Both groups ate the same meal of 800 grams, or 1.7 pounds, of pasta bolognese. (My colleague, whos Italian, was horrified at how much pasta this is.)

Its a shame no one can force you to keep using it

Before eating, participants completed some surveys about how quickly they thought they generally ate. They gobbled down the pasta bolognese, and then filled out more surveys about how quickly they thought they ate this time, whether they ate significantly slower or faster than usual, plus how full they felt. If there was any food left, the scientists collected it, weighed the leftovers, and subtracted that number from the 800 grams to see how much the subjects ate.

People using the smart fork did take fewer bites per minute, though not by a lot: 5.28 bites versus 4.55. Overall, the smart fork group took nine minutes and 44 seconds to finish, while the others ate their meal in eight minutes and 12 seconds. There were no differences in bite size, and no real differences in how much the two groups ate and how satiated they felt.

There is one major weakness in this study design. There are studies that show that eating slowly makes us feel more full, because it gives our body more time to register the food. Most of these studies, though, say the effect takes 20 minutes to set in and these participants ate the entire meal in 10. Maybe if the researchers specifically asked the participants to take a long time, instead of letting them eat at their own pace, there would have been more of an effect. But then the study wouldnt have been realistic.

The reality is that most people dont have the luxury of taking hours-long meal breaks anyway; I eat most of my lunch in 20 minutes, sad as that is to say. And even if the fork did reduce how much you ate, theres little guarantee you would keep using it. Jessica Roy at New York Magazine wrote about her experience with a similar food-shaming fork and noted that The No. 1 problem with the food-shaming fork is that I keep forgetting to use the food-shaming fork. My colleague Alessandra Potenza once tried a gadget that shocks you to remind you not to do something in her case, bite her nails. It worked at first. But after one week, she writes, I resumed biting my nails more fiercely than ever, and I did something I found extremely liberating: I ignored the Pavlok on my wrist.

The smart fork is just one example of well-intentioned devices that arent fun to use and that most people eventually abandon. Fitness trackers are another example. We get all excited at first, but, according to one research firm, a third of owners of smart wearables ditch them after six months. They can even backfire.

This isnt to say that weight-loss tips dont work. But the most effective tricks, like using smaller plates, arent annoying or disruptive. Ideally, you forget about them after a while and they become part of your life. Its not really that frustrating to use slightly smaller plates. It is frustrating to have your utensil vibrate constantly while youre starving.

We all want to believe that a cool new gizmo will make us change our habits. But if nobody can force us to keep using them, we might as well not have bought them in the first place.

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WANT to lose weight? Try this eight hour diet.

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A few years ago, people went mad for the 5:2 diet, where you would eat for five days and fast for two.

While this is now grouped with other fad diets, a new fasting diet is currently the go-to for celebrities.

Called the 16:8 diet, the way it works is you eat normally during an eight hour time period and then fast for 16 hours.

Miranda Kerr and Nicole Kidman are said to be fans of the diet and nutrition experts believe it can increase your energy and help you lose weight.

Dr Joseph Marcela, told New Idea there are three rules to follow.

1. You must skip one meal a day

2. Avoid late-night meals

3. Eat and drink normally during your eight-hour eating time block

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It likely doesn't matter which meal you skip - breakfast or dinner - as long as you skip one of them, Joseph said.

He added its important to eat earlier in the night so your body isnt trying to digest a full stomach when it is inactive.

The best part? You only need to do this two days per week to see results.

So for five days you can eat regularly, but for two days you can only eat regularly for your chosen eight hours.

The benefits of intermittent fasting include balancing your hunger hormones, burning fat stores for energy and boosting your metabolism and energy levels.

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