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Weight Loss

Weight loss is both easy and difficult. The concept is the easy part, you need to reduce your calorie intake or increase the amount of calories you burn. Or both. The difficult part is actually doing it. It's tough to give up those high calorie foods and eating patterns that caused you to gain weight in the first place.
  1. Getting Started (7)
  2. Low and Non-Calorie Sweeteners (6)

Avoiding Added Sugars

Find and eliminate added sugars that add calories without any nutrition.

Body Mass Index Calculator

Online calculator helps you determine your BMI.

Calorie Calculator

Calculate how many calories you need each day, along with the right amount of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

How to Avoid Eating Too Much During the Holidays

Tips for staying healthy during the holiday season.

Look at Three Hundred Calories

This photo gallery shows several foods, each as a 300 calorie portion.

Make Your Own Food Diary

Printable pages you can use to create your own food diary.

Four Ways to Measure Body Composition at Home

The methods you can use to keep track of your weight and body composition.

Nutritious Foods Instead of a Fad Diet

Choose foods that are good for you rather than chasing after fad diets.

The Baby Food Diet

A fad diet that's based on eating small portions of baby food.

Two Menus for a 1200 Calorie Per Day Diet

A sample menu for a low calorie diet of 1200 calories per day.

Two Menus for a 1500 Calorie Per Day Diet

Two menus for following a low diet of 1500 calories per day.

Two Menus for a 1700 Calorie Per Day Diet

Example menus for a 1700 calorie per day diet.

Watch Portion Size at Meal Time

Keeping an eye on your portion sizes will help you reach a healthy weight.

What to Do When You Cheat on Your Diet

You cheated on your diet and you're afraid you'll never eat healthy again. Here's how to get back on track.

Weekend Diet Traps

Don't let the weekends undo your regular healthy eating habits.

Why Are Fad Diets Bad?

Fad diets promise successful weight loss, but rarely live up to it.

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