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From South Beach with ‘Heart’
By
Nanci Hellmich
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They aced Get Healthy 101
By
Nanci Hellmich
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Author of ‘Mindless Eating’ wields anew bully pulpit
By
Nanci Hellmich
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Which diet is best for you?
By
Nanci Hellmich
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Critical inquiry
Discussion and future implications................................................................................15-16
Is your house making you fat?
By
Mary Cadden
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Overweight teens bear extra burden
By
Nanci Hellmich
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Everyone — every single one of us — eats how much we eat largely because of what is around us. We overeat not because of hunger but because of family andfriends, packages and plates, names and numbers, labels and lights, colors andcandles, shapes and smells, distractions and distances, cupboards and contain-ers. We all think we are too smart to be tricked by packages, lighting or plates.We might acknowledge that others could be tricked, but not us. That is whatmakes mindless eating so dangerous. We are almost never aware when it is hap-pening to us. This topic, as illustrated in th book
Mindless Eating
, emphasizeshow small changes can make big differences in how much we weigh.
Foodolog
y 101
Dieters keep fat on the run
By Nanci HellmichUSATODAYIf there's one lesson that successful dieters have learned, it's this: If you keepmoving, your old fat can't catch up with you.
The secret is finding an activity they love
Returned to original weight
44 %
Gainedmorethanweightlost
Fad diets often fruitless
Results for those who followed a popular weight–lossprogram, such as Atkins, South Beach or The Zone, andthen stopped:
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Source: ImpulseResearch forAmerica’s MilkProcessorsBy Justin Dickerson and Robert W. Ahrens, USA TODAY
Keptweightoff,withease
12%
Kept all weight off,with constant effort
17%27%
By Katie King for USATODAY
Life of fit
ness:Kemichelle Taylor, 33, of Mobile, Ala., has lost 227 pounds. She became a personal trainer inDecember 2006. She is seen here working with client Robert Allen Tharpe Jr., 24, of Mobile on abdominalcrunches using a medicine ball.
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Dr. Brian Wansink, Chief,Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
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Kemichelle Taylor, 33, of Mobile, Ala.,lifts weights and works out on anelliptical trainer six days a week tomaintain her weight at 162 pounds,down from 389. "I'm in the best shape of my life," she says.Kelly Rhoads, 48, of Bowie, Md., whonow weighs 160 but once hit almost 330pounds, walks briskly with friends for anhour several days a week. It's girlfriendtime, and walking is an activity "I can dothe rest of my life," she says.Aidan Murphy, 41, of Annapolis, Md.,bikes for nine or more hours every weekto try to keep his weight at 205 pounds,down from 328. "I'm doing it because itmakes me feel better about myself," hesays.Taylor, Rhoads and Murphy are amongthe dozen weight-loss champions whohave been profiled during USA TODAY'sWeight-Loss Challenge this spring.They and other participants lost weightin a variety of ways, from followingeating plans of their own to joiningWeight Watchers. But one thing they allhave in common is that they are devotedto exercise — and a lot of it.Most allot chunks of time to enduranceactivities such as walking, jogging andbiking, and they also strength-train.Many worked out for an hour or more aday to lose the weight and havecontinued that pace to keep the poundsoff.The bottom line: "You have to maintaina high level of physical activity to keepthe weight off. It's a lot of hard work,"says Suzanne Phelan, a researcher withthe National Weight Control Registry atBrown University in Providence. "We seethis over and over again: If people'sexercise starts unraveling, they startregaining weight."Want proof
?Supporting evidence mounts:
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Members of the weight-controlregistry, about 5,000 people who lost anaverage of 66 pounds and kept off at least30 pounds for more than six years, walkan average of an hour a day (11,000steps) or burn the equivalent calories bydoing other activities such as cycling,aerobics, strength training and running.
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A Brown University study of morethan 300 people who had shed at least10% of their starting weight found thatthose who were most likely to keep it off did an hour of physical activity a day.
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Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh discovered that overweightpeople who lost and kept off 25 to 30pounds walked briskly for 50 minutes toan hour a day, five days a week.If people adopt exercise early in theirweight-loss program and increase itsteadily, they eventually will be doingenough to maintain the loss, says John Jakicic, director of the Physical Activityand Weight Management ResearchCenter at the University of Pittsburgh.Plus, people who are physically activeduring weight loss — compared withthose who diet only — will lose more fatand retain more of their lean muscle,says Russell Pate, professor of exercisescience at the University of SouthCarolina.Doing what you loveExperts have said for years that thebest exercise is one that you will actuallydo. "The secret to the challenge of participants' exercise success is thatthey've found something they like," saysEdith Howard Hogan, a registereddietitian in Washington, D.C., who helpedselect the people featured in this year'sWeight-Loss Challenge. "They don't thinkof it as a chore. It's a joy."But it wasn't easy at first.Kelly Rhoads says that when she firststarted exercising, "I did it because I hadto." She weighed almost 330 pounds atthe time. "I had to start moving. The firstthing I did was walk around a city blockfor 15 minutes. I got out of breath. Myhips hurt."
By Tim Dillon, USATODAY
Fami l y p ho to
At
ti
t
ude adjus
ter:Aidan Murphy, 41, of Annapolis, Md., bikes for nine or more hours every week to try tokeep his weight at 205 pounds, down from a high of 328. “I feel grumpy if I don’t exercise,” he says.
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Rhoads gradually started walkingfaster and farther. Right now, a good hikefor her is about 4 miles and takes herjust about an hour, she says.She walks briskly several days a weekand does strength-training and toningexercises by following DVDs, in additionto watching her food intake and gettingenough rest. She does all this tomaintain her 170-pound weight loss."Exercise is important, and I feel betterwhen I do it," she says.Kemichelle Taylor says that early in herweight loss she focused more onstrength training but quickly realizedshe was gaining muscle mass and notlosing much weight. So she worked upto doing about 30 to 40 minutes a day of walking or biking and 20 minutes of weight training. She also got seriousabout improving her diet.Over time, she increased her activitylevel and now works out two hours or soa day to maintain her weight at 162pounds, 227 pounds lower than heroriginal weight.But what about people who say theirbusy family and work lives force them tochoose between sleep and exercise?Taylor says the exercise comes out of her TV time. "I watch very little TV. Thisis about getting off the sofa and makingsacrifices."It's all a matter of scheduling, dietitianHogan says. People must scheduleexercise just as they do visits to thedoctor or their hairdresser. It's easy tohave your computer or BlackBerryremind you that it's time to get out andget moving, she says.People who have children can squeezein small amounts of exercise all day,Hogan says. When your little one goesdown for a nap, jog up and down thesteps several times or walk around thehouse wearing a pedometer. Do squatswhen you're talking on the phone ordrying your hair.'Ener
gized by exer
cise'When your child is at soccer practice,walk up and down the field, she says."Remember you will be energized byexercise."Aidan Murphy says that when hedecided to lose weight, he also changedhis TV-watching experience. "Instead of sitting on the sofa and watching TV, Iwas on the treadmill watching TV. Iwalked without fail, and I lost 40 poundsthe first year."Now, he weight-trains regularly andbikes 50 to 60 miles outside on bothweekend days, as well as inside on anexercise bike several days a week. Thereare times when he's so busy at workthat he can't do this much activity, butthe next week, he tries to get back ontrack. It's important to prioritize, hesays."I always feel bad when I do not get toride my bike, because it means I amputting everything before something forme," Murphy says.But, he says, if you don't exercise for aday or two or even a week or more, that
By H. Darr Beiser, USATODAY Family photo
Af
ter:Kelly Rhoads, right, walks with friend Marya Dennis. Rhoads, 48, calls her brisk walks “girlfriendtime,” and is down to 160 pounds. Rhoads also does strength training and toning exercises.
Before:Kelly Rhoads, of Bowie, Md., once weighednearly 330 pounds.
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