Healthy Ways to Lose Weight
Diet and Fitness Lies You Tell Yourself
Own up and stop rationalizing why you’re not eating right and moving more
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8 Fatty Fibs
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Taking the Stairs Takes Too Long
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Losing 10 Pounds Is Good Enough
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My Doctor Will Tell Me If There’s a Weight Problem
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I Know What Calories Are
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I’m In Control of What I’m Eating
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It’s Too Expensive to Be Healthy
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A Little Snack Won’t Hurt
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I’ll Eat Less If I Skip Breakfast
8 Fatty Fibs
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Ask any health expert to rattle off some of the bogus reasons they’ve heard as to why people can’t lose weight, and you’re likely to have enough excuses to fill a “S--- Dieters Say” YouTube video. But there’s nothing funny—or pretty—about the little diet and fitness lies you persuade yourself to believe. Buying into incorrect information, such as the idea that skipping breakfast will save you calories in the long run or that your doctor will pull you aside if your weight is really a problem, will leave your scale stuck and could put your health at risk in the long-term. (Search: What are the side effects of obesity?)
The following ideas might seem like reasonable assumptions, but the research and experts suggest otherwise. Here, eight little fibs that might be making you fat.
What You Don't Know About the Calories in Your Food
The following ideas might seem like reasonable assumptions, but the research and experts suggest otherwise. Here, eight little fibs that might be making you fat.
What You Don't Know About the Calories in Your Food
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