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Moderation is key. while it is important to eat lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean meats, it is ok to splurge as long as portion sizes are normal. When you start restricting foods from your diet, the more you will begin to crave those foods. So in the end, eat a wide variety of foods in moderation, while allowing yourself the occasional splurge-it wont even feel like a diet. Also make sure to incoportate exercise because not only will it help you lose the extra weight, but it is essential for overall physical and mental health.

please , can anybody help me, since Hurricane Katrina, I had to relocate up north, i miss my apple fritters soooo much from tastee donuts,
Does anybody have recipe?????????/ thanks

Thanks everyone for your advice! By the way, to all you cynics, if this were so easy, everyone would be thin. What works for one person doesn't always work for another. Eating balanced, and healthy, along with exercise is obviously the ideal. But after spending my year baking and tasting, ten lbs. have appeared. I am looking for a quick fix (I have to put on a bathing suit!!).

I used to be chubby, very. To be polite about it.

I exercised - I lost weight. Simple. Took a year, but that was 8 years ago. I now exercise 5 times a week * (yes - I do have to get up early...) but I eat and drink what I want. All the time - cakes, cookies, breads, butter, steaks, chocolates, cheeses, pasta, etc. I am knocking back yet another class of wine and tucking into fried pita chips as I type. I am a size 4 on a fat day. Try it - it works.

* actually break a sweat - no lolly-gagging on the reclining bicycle....And stay away from the "Lite" foods and diet drink - they’re part of the problem

I also tend to cut out foods a,b, and c only to substitute for the calories with foods x,y,z, so I agree with the comments that taking out specific foods is not helpful. I try to keep track of everything I eat using an online database - a lot of work but keeps me honest. Portion control helps a lot. I think a lot of people have no sense of the caloric content of different foods, nor how many calories one needs per day; in the absence of that understanding, portion control is tough.

I also try to walk about 10,000 steps a day, every day, weather permitting.

michichan: Wet walnuts are simply walnuts soaked in maple syrup. You can buy them bottled, or make them yourself with any nut you like.