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Here is a list of some my favorite Weight Loss Websites. If you have
anything to add, please email me!
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Weight Watchers
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Where else? I have been an online member of Weight Watchers
online since February 2. They have a lot of wonderful things
including an online journal, recipe search, recipe builder, and some
amazing support on the bulletin board. |
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Journey
Fitness
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I
have established a personal training program for people
who are interested in making a complete lifestyle change
that is (relatively) painless and permenant. If you're
looking for a trainer who understands how challenging
the weight loss journey can be, I am here to help! |
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Fitness
Rocks
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This
is my FAVORITE podcast. Dr. Monte Ladner takes medical
studies and makes them easy for regular folks, like you
and I, to understand. |
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Food.com
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This
site is great because not only are there thousands of
recipes, but every single one has nutritional information
AND has been rated by people who have tried the recipe.
I keep my recipes there and have found that often people
give me ideas on my own recipes that I hadn't considered.
It is the first place I go when I want a new recipe for
an old favorite to see if I can find one that is lower
in calories. If I can't find one, I make one up! |
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Serious Weight Watchers
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A Yahoo group for people who are serious about WWers. We don't
allow whining or complaining and you won't find a group of people
who are only there to tell you what you want to hear. What you will
find is a support system that will allow you to cry on their
shoulder one minute, and be willing to lend a supportive boot to
kick you in the behind when you stray off program. If you're not
serious about losing weight, don't bother...but if you are, you
won't find a better support system! |
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JourneyNutrition
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While there are a lot of free journaling sites online, this one (at $10 a month) has food plans, tracks complete nutrition (not just fat, calories, carbs, protein), and allows you to track other goals and charts. For a free 2 week trial (no CC required), email here. |
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My Plate at Livestrong.com
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I am a HUGE Lance Armstrong fan. He's one of my fitness and goal setting heroes. The Lance Armstrong Foundation has adopted The Daily Plate as a free online journal. The journal itself is "okay" as it does allow reader-input nutrition information (and sometimes the readers put in just really ODD nutrition information). However it's a great resource for finding calorie counts in restaurant food, and also has a lot of other features worth checking out. Bookmark this baby! |
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100 Favorite Recipes
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An excellent selection of, well, 100 favorite recipes. |
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Every Day Health
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This site has a TON of information related to all aspects of health, including an online journal that is free! Suggested to me by Katie! Thanks Katie! |
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Calorie King
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User friendly web interface for getting nutrition information on
thousands of foods. No longer free for journaling |
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Shape.com
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If you like Shape Magazine, you're going to love this website!
It's got excellent articles and resources to help you get your body
into tip top condition! |
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Fitday
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If you're not ready to commit to signing up with Weight
Watchers, Fitday has a free (although less user friendly) online
journal. The great thing about this journal is, it gives you
nutrition information as well as calories. |
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Curves for Women
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This is where I first started working out. I still go six days a
week. It is an excellent workout for anyone, but especially for
people new to fitness. It is easy, non-threatening, and best of all,
FUN! |
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Self.com
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The website
has this really neat things, like nutrition journals, exercise
journals,
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Suggested Reading
Below are books that I've read in relation
to weight loss. I'd highly suggest picking up any of them. If you
click a link will take you to Amazon.com. If you buy from them, it
helps support my website (and book habit). My personal books I'm
reading (I read QUITE a bit) are on my Personal Goals page.
While I don't do the diet the
way he does, the fitness part is outstanding. Definitely worth
looking into if you want to challenge yourself physically.
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Reinventing Yourself is a wonderful and
inspiring book! Love it! Sarah Ferguson is a hero to me.
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Self Esteem Comes in All Sizes. I read this
book before I started because it was important that I love
myself the way I am now. Not in the in the future. It helped me
find value in me and made taking care of my body a priority. Not
out of a sense of shame, but a sense of worth. | 
Camryn Mannheim is a big beautiful woman who
does not apologize for her size! Love her! This is another book
I read when I was learning to love myself the way I am.
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Another excellent book that helped me embrace myself as a fat
woman before losing weight.
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Excellent book for learning how to lift weights correctly, how to target
areas you want to tone, and how to tone up without bulking up.
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Triathloning for Ordinary Mortals is helping me get my
Triathlon Training Together. Good book with some great ideas to
take beginners from the couch to the race. | 
Gotta love a cookbook with fast, easy, NORMAL
recipes AND Points values!
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