One of the most frustrating moments for many dieters is the weekly weigh-in. Sometimes, the results on your scales seem to bear very little relation to the week you've just had. Maybe you've been really good - but not lost anything. Or you've had a couple of meals out, and eaten more than a few candy bars - and yet you've dropped a pound.

What's going on?

If you weren't dieting and weighed yourself every day, you'd still find that your weight wasn't steady: it might...

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They call it the "Chococlock" and for just $37.10 you can feed your chocolate addiction on the hour, every hour. That's if you're quick enough!

Every 60 minutes the shutters open and a piece of chocolate pops out, but you've only got 30 seconds to grab it. If not, the chocolate goes back in and you'll have to wait whole hour before it opens again. So not fair.

But, if you're jonesing for a chocolate fix, you can always use the cheat button.

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Restrictive dieting often backfires. Maybe it's better to take a long-term, sustainable, holistic approach to healthy weight management.

1. Don't go on a diet. The word diet means a "way of life" and unless you are going to stay on some type of diet for the rest of your life, then it's really not a "diet".
2. Learn to know when you are "hungry" for something or if you are "craving" it. If you are hungry then eat it, however only...

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The post inspired me to tell you about an easy way to plan to get your greens.

1. Visualize a plate for each meal.
2. Draw a line down the middle.
3. Make half the plate vegetables.

Done and done. It is really that easy. This method helps make sure you get 4-6 servings of vegetables a day. You may want to make all or part of the breakfast count toward your fruit intake, which will get you two servings.

Here's some ideas for how...

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The Zone Diet is a well-known and respected diet from Dr Sears. However the commercial diet and website does seem to be quite focused on making products.

One particular product may be of interest - Zone pasta. The pasta was made to conform to Zone diet standards - and has a much higher amount of protein than normal pasta.

According to the USDA nutrient database - a 60g serving (dry) of pasta has around 5.5 grams of protein.

The Zone pasta has a massive...

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