Weight Loss WooHoo! to Kim Bensen

Meet: Kim Bensen
Age: 47
Occupation: Owner, Kim’s Light Bagels
Where she lives: Connecticut
Pounds Lost: 212
How long it took to lose the weight: 2 years
How long she has kept it off: 5 years
When I first read about how Kim lost 212 pounds, I wanted to know more! As we chatted, she told me the aging process seems to [...]

101 Fat-Burning Steps winner!

Congrats to FFTV member- John Rasmussen - for winning Janice Taylor’s new book, All is Forgiven, Move On - Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltsville. Enjoy!
See my review of this book here.

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Weight Loss WooHoo! to Mark Salinas

Meet: Mark Salinas (Mark Salinas, MN - Healthy Living Today)
Age: 40
Occupation: Project Manager
Where he lives: Minnesota
Pounds Lost: 55
How long it took to lose the weight: About a year
How long he has kept off the weight: 2 years
If you haven’t read Mark’s blog yet, you must get over there soon! Not only does he share his [...]

News Nugget: Drugmakers stop studies on two diet pills

The possibility of psychiatric side effects may be to blame for the demise of two diet drugs. French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis said it’s stopping all research on Accomplia - a diet drug sold in Europe. Just a few hours later, Pfizer Inc. announced it’s ending research on an experimental weight-loss drug in the same class.
Two weeks [...]

News Nugget: Brisk walking trims belly fat

We hear a lot about the health benefits of walking. Now a new study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center confirms how it can be so good for you. Researchers say something as simple as brisk walking can boost weight loss while trimming dangerous belly fat and overall body fat.
And if you want to get [...]

Want 101 fat-burning steps?

These are no ordinary same ol’ same ol’ fat-burning steps - trust me. When I picked up weight-loss coach, Janice Taylor’s new book, All is Forgiven, Move On - Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltsville, I found myself marking page after page of funny, off-beat, and unique tips, [...]

News Nugget: Diet pill may double weight loss

An experimental diet pill may double weight loss without bad side effects. A new report published in The Lancet finds people taking the obesity pill tesofensine lost twice as much weight as those taking approved weight loss drugs. Researchers say the experimental drug had no effect on blood pressure and only raised heart rate slightly.

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Weight Loss WooHoo! to Shauna Reid (The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl)

Meet: Shauna Reid (The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl)
Age: 30
Occupation: Writer/Marketing Executive
Where she lives: Scotland
Pounds lost: 175
How long it took to lose the weight: 5.5 years
How long she’s kept off the weight: 2 years
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News Nugget: Weight loss surgery with no cutting

The procedure is only experimental right now, but it’s fascinating. Doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia are doing a new kind of weight-loss surgery that passes a stapler down the patient’s throat to staple the stomach. It’s part of a trend to make surgery less painful, minimize risks and speed recovery. Read all about it here.

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Ali Vincent: Before, during, and after The Biggest Loser

Before she was famous for becoming the first female to win The Biggest Loser, Ali Vincent was a nationally and internationally ranked synchronized swimmer. So how did this fit and trim athlete gain more than 100 pounds? Ali talks to FatFighterTV about how that weight kept piling on, how tough it was to shed 112 [...]

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