Please share an interesting fact about the benefits of losing weight.

5: 5 ounces of wine has less calories than 12 ounces of light beer.

A: A pound of fat represents about 3, 500 calories of stored energy.

Drinking: Drinking soda / pop adds empty calories to your diet.

Dropping: Dropping about 500 calories a day will make you lose a pound a week.

Eliminate: Eliminate 1 slice of white bread per day and lose 10 pounds per year.

Fat: Fat floats, muscle sinks in water.

For: For every pound of fat, you're shedding an additional pound of water...A 2-fer!

Having: Having excess weight may actually be protective in cetain circumstances.

It: It takes 3500 calories to gain or lose a pound.

Losing: Losing weight can reverse the need for medicines to control your diabetes.

Music: Music may help to make exercise fun.

Obesity: Obesity can affect fertility. Fertility can be improved with a 5-10% loss of one's initial weight.

People: People who get adequate sleep lose weight more easily.

Simple: Simple sugars cause great changes in Insulin levels, and contribute to diabetes and weight gain.

Studies: Studies show that people who keep food journals lose more weight and keep more of that weight off.

Cayenne: Cayenne pepper has no fat burning activity, so if you don't like it, don't eat it.

A new TipTap: Green tea helps with weight loss.

A new TipTap: Try water instead of sodas or even bottled fruit juices - most have a high sugar content.

A new TipTap: Lose it! app on the iphone is a great and easy way to keep track of your calories everyday.

A new TipTap: Decreasing your caloric intake by 25% will yield weight loss.

A new TipTap: Losing 5-7 lbs along with 120 minutes of walking per week has been shown to decrease diabetes by 51%.

Weight: Weight loss drugs almost never work: you lose for a few weeks and then gain more later. Avoid drugs!

Sometimes: Sometimes the brain will confuse thirst with hunger. If you are hungry, try drinking water first.

Cardio-vascular: Cardio-vascular disease is almost double cause of death to others.

Reduction: Reduction in weight will reduce stress on joints.

If: If you love someone, one of the best things to do is exercise and eat wisely with them.

Bake,: Bake, boil, broil, grill rather than fry/sauté to avoid adding fat calories (9 cal/g).

Myth:: Myth: all fats are bad. Truth: mono/polyunsaturated fats like olive & canola oils are heart healthy.

Even: Even 5-lb weight loss can help lower blood pressure & improve diabetes control.

Two: Two of the obese patients worst habits: they don't weigh themselves daily; they skip breakfast!

Your: Your self esteem will improve. All your friends will comment on your positive appearance.

Working: Working towards a large weight loss goal turns out to be more effective than a smaller goal.

Weigh: Weigh your foods, never have more than 4 ounces of meat/fish/poultry at any meal.

Salads: Salads may be the enemy - many salads have more calories than regular dishes - avoid them.

Eat: Eat smaller, more frequent meals with some fiber and protein. Eat on smaller plates. Reduce tv time.

Even: Even small amounts of weight loss (5% of body weight) can have big metabolic effects.

Muscle: Muscle burns calories during the day like a good investment yields interest! more you invest, the more you get back!

Don't: Don't deny yourself, but count calories, fat has twice as many by weight as protein and good carbs.

Weight: Weight reduction lowers your risks of heart disease, diabetes, many cancers & improves life quality.

You'll: You'll feel better, look better, be able to exercise more, and be healthier.

1/3: 1/3 of the population is obese (bmi>25) and 1/3 is overweight. Normal weight people are the minority.

Obesity: Obesity is a risk factor for stroke, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and many other conditions!

There: There is a direct relationship between obesity and developing diabetes: risk is double for women!

BMI: Bmi guidelines: normal 18-25. Overweight 25-30. Obese 30-35. Extremely obese is over 40.

The: The location of your fat is important. Apple-shaped people are at higher risk for disease than pears.

Lap-band: Lap-band surgery is allowed for people w/ bmi>30 only if there is another diagnosis or complications.

Exercise: Exercise is a proven & inexpensive means to reduce stress and obesity (whether you want to or not!).

Live: Live longer, less pain, feel better, less diabetes, lower BP & cholesterol & medical expenses.

Eat: Eat less, exercise more, give up soft drinks, carbs, alcohol and fried foods.

Protein: Protein supplements are fast/convenient for 1 or 2 meal replacements but body absorbs natural protein better!

Successful: Successful weight loss includes tracking your food intake daily.

Fat: Fat has twice the calories of carbs per unit weight, but too much of either will make you fat.

Eliminate: Eliminate fast foods, fatty foods, and salt canned foods.

There's: There's no magic here. You simply have to burn more calories than you eat. Avoid fad diets.

Why: Why do we store energy as fat? It weighs less: fats 9 kcal/gm , carbs 4 kcal/gm, protein 5 kcal/gm.

More: Myth: more expensive treatments work better. Reality: more expensive treatments are more expensive.

Having: Having trouble losing weight? A lack of proper sleep may be your issue.

Alcohol: Alcohol has high calories, sugar in all forms should be markedly decreased, especially high fructose corn syrup.

People: People judge others on their appearance, and a fit looking individual often gets the job offer.

You: Myth: You can forever keep the weight loss you lose gradually.

Oral: Oral gratification. Flavor. Chew sugar free gum. Have plenty of low cal veggies-celery, carrots around!

Liposuction: Liposuction works best after you have lost weight to do the final shaping.

Sweet: Sweet potato fries instead of french fries. Light brush one side of each with olive oil. Bake! mmm!

Sauteed: Sauteed cabbage with pepper, caraway rye, salt, is great low calorie side dish! tasty too!

Eat: Eat greens-turnip, mustard, kale. Low cal, high fiber, nutrient packed, versus lima beans, potato!

Unflavored: Unflavored low-fat greek yogurt is a good substitute for sour cream using dips!

A: A source of high fat and calories when dining out is in the dressings and sauces.

Diet: Diet sodas actually cause weight gain & increase risk of diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis etc.

Laser: Laser liposuction is not a treatment for obesity or weight loss.

Exercise: Exercise is important to lose weight: exercise turns on a host of metabolism-boosting genes in fat.

The: The key for starting weight loss process is to initially rev up your metabolism rate while resting.

Everyone: Everyone's unique. Many people are motivated by social cues, some health goals. Find your motivation.

Animal: Animal studies showed:high-fat diets may diminish reward from food, spark overeating, lead to obesity.

Childhood: Childhood obesity can cause cardiovascular damage even prior to adulthood.

Weight: Weight loss is a direct consequence of calories ingested versus calories spent.

Weight: Weight maintenance programs, not loss, may have more long term success for some overwieght people.

Bicycle: Bicycle riding at night requires you having a headlight. It's a must! or it can be the death of you.

Lack: Lack of diversity of gut bacteria could be risk factor in obesity risk. Be and eat diverse!

Obesity: Obesity rates are now nearly the same for men (35.8%) and women (35.5%).

Obesity: Obesity rates are now for men 35.8% up from 27% a decade ago. Thats almost a 10% increase.

More: More than 35% of those ages 26 and older who didn't graduate from high school are obese.

In: In 40 years the rate of obesity has tripled in this country.

Louisiana: Louisiana is the state with the most obese people. Followed closely by mississippi.

Medical: Medical care costs of obesity are as high as $147 billion per year. That's just the direct cost.

Obesity: Obesity rates doubled between 1990 and 2010 and they continue to rise! get fitter, america!

The: The more muscle you have the more calories you burn during sleep.

Wt.: Wt. Is result of daily changes. Thus wt. Daily, to 0.1 lb, track food choices & cumulative results.

Best: Best time to wt? Daily, after up, commode & nothing on, to 0.1 lb.. Why? ↑es accuracy ↓es variables.

Why: Why does counting calories not work? Because our body handles different foods very differently.

A: A calorie is a calorie. True in a calorimeter; low relevance for how living creatures handle foods.

Does: Does exercise guarantee wt loss? Never! ↑muscle endurance, strength, coordination yes. So do it!

Can: Can people exercise & gain wt? Absolutely, people do this all the time, esp if they want strength.

Recent: Recent studies show 2 month vegan/vegetarian diets result in more weight loss than omnivorous diets!

High: High bmi ( height to weight) is associated with hearing loss according to recent studies.

Not: Not all weight loss is healthy. Unhealthy weight loss can cause serious problems so choose wisely.

Studies: Studies with nuts show that those who eat the most nuts gain the least weight and live longer.