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Diets and Dieting. Weight Loss. 
Diets of every description: Weigh Down. Low Carb. Paleo Fasting. Raw Food. High Protein. Breatharianism. Prana. More!"

Warning:  This is NOT your typical "Diet" page.  While there is a mention of many popular weight loss diets, there are also many that are completely "off beat" and truly far out... just to give you a very broad point of view... and let you and your doctor decide for yourselves.  We are not doctors, and do NOT recommend ANY of these diets. Please see a medical doctor before proceeding with ANY dietary regimen.
Diets in the News

 

Weigh Down Workshop  

What are the main principles of The Weigh Down Workshop (and what does God have to do with it)?

"With God’s help, you can learn to stop in the middle of a meal and have no desire to eat the second half. This is a foreign concept for most people. This program helps you come to the understanding that man was created with two empty, needing-to-be-fed holes in our body. One is the stomach, and the other is the heart. The stomach is a literal hole in the body, which is to be fed with the proper amount of food. The heart represents our innermost emotional needs. To satisfy these needs, or desires of the heart, we often turn to food, overloading our stomach with more than it needs. We are trying to feed a hurting needy heart with food (or anything on this earth). There is nothing inherently wrong with food. God did not put chocolate, lasagna or blue cheese dressing on earth to torture us. But it is wrong to become a slave to food or to let it control you. To truly fill the needy heart, turn instead to God, who can satisfy you like no food can."

What if I don’t feel particularly religious, can I still benefit from this program?

"Don’t worry, you have exactly what you need to participate in this program. Each of us has a heart that worships and adores something. For example, some people enjoy money, but others worship it and will do anything to get it. Some people enjoy sports, while others worship and adore sports and their favorite players. In the same way, some people use food as fuel to run the body, while others dream about food and cannot get enough. This relationship with food can be transferred to a relationship or heart for God. When you learn to get your happy feeling from God, you will experience much more fulfillment than food could ever give."

"Everyone gives his or her heart and passion over to something; therefore you can say that everyone is "religious". The Weigh Down Workshop helps people to see that they do not need to love or worship food more than God."  

An audio interview with Gwen

Another audio interview "Jump Starting Your Journey to Fitness"

An interview with Gwen 

Read what others are saying about the Weigh Down Diet and Gwen Shamblin:

Christianity Online's article The Weigh and The Truth

Today's Christian Woman Interview

On the Joy of Obedience... and other reflections... of a Weigh Down Dieter

U. S. News and World Report

Washington Post 

Check out other Christianity-based diets:

3D Diet

About the Hallelujah Diet

An Overview of 4 Prominent Christianity-based Diets

Diets Debunked

Phys.com's Diet Debunker If you want to be totally disillusioned about almost every popular diet out there this is the place to go! On the other hand, you might want to check out Phys.com's Five Step Plan to see what they claim really works. "Throw out the diet books and jump on board. Whether you need to overcome dieting fears, get exercising, or just want to swap dieting advice, the PHYS five-step plan can help."

Low Carbohydrate, 
High Protein Diets

Carbohydrate Addict's Diet  "Carbohydrate addiction is real...and it hurts. Carbohydrate addiction is not a matter of will power - it is simply a matter of biology. We know what causes it, and best of all, we know how to correct it -without sacrifice and without deprivation - for life."

According to Drs. Richard and Rachael Heller, "As many as seventy-five percent of those who are overweight, and many normal-weight individuals as well, are carbohydrate addicted. Though many people may suspect there is a physical imbalance that makes them crave carbohydrates and put weight on easily, the underlying cause of their cravings and weight struggles often goes undiagnosed and untreated.

"Carbohydrate addiction is caused by an imbalance - an over release of the hormone, insulin, when carbohydrate-rich foods are eaten. Among its many jobs, insulin signals the body to take in food (it has been called the "hunger hormone") and, once the food is consumed, signals the body to store the food energy in the form of fat.

"Too much insulin results in too strong an impulse to eat, too often, and a body
that too readily stores food in the form of fat."
The Magic of Believing  FREE Email Weight Loss Support Group.  This is the web page that lead me to rediscover the Heller information about carbohydrate addiction. "We understand the pain and the torment of being heavy. On our e-mail support list we discuss diets, dieting, losing weight, obesity, medical advances in relation to weight loss, fitness, and nutrition. Sometimes we just share the everyday difficulties of life. We 'talk" about how hard it is, we listen and sometimes even cry together."

Zone Perfect  Official Barry Sears Web Site

The Drs. Eades Nutritional Prescription for Weightloss and Wellness  Authors of Protein Power promotes High Protein Low Carbohydrate diet.

Dr. Atkins Diet Center

Low Carbohydrate FAQ

The Egyptians Ate a High Carbohydrate Diet and Suffered from the Same Lengthy List of Ills as Modern Man

Fats and Oils Can Help You Lose Weight!

"... Yes, it is carbohydrate that evokes the liver and cells to create cholesterol,  not fat and glucagon which burns off all cholesterol.  While the fat-phobic masses see high-fat as death-threatening, the more sophisticated understand this deeper metabolic science and scorn the superficial “you are what you eat” argument.   Energy is far more efficient stored as fat,  and almost all cells can use fatty acids interchangeably with glucose for energy...."

PaleoFasting "Faterianism" "The paleo-fasting method can be described in two ways:eating once daily, a fatty-protein meal followed by 24-hour fasting or continuous fasting only punctuated with small amounts of fat. I myself prefer the first method, of eating only once in the day and blissfully flying off to a wonderful no-hunger fast. The daily “minifast” shows miracles abounding!  It is so easily accomplished after a fatty meal, and was nearly impossible existing only on fruit for that meal (see “ketotic fat fasting” for a lengthy science description).

"New paleoscience shows so well how MAN NEEDS FAT! IN THE ABSENCE OF CARBOHYDRATE, fat does not constrict and clog—on the contrary, it dilates and releases! Fat unleashes lipid mobilizers to burn fat off the body while stimulating glucagon to eliminate all water and salt from the kidneys. The result is ketosis: that state of fat-burning (which Atkins calls “biological bliss”) marked by loss of hunger as the pounds melt off and the blood sugar is stabilized—bringing high energy for long periods of time. Such small bits are required for maximum appetite suppression that we are practically in a fast only punctuated with small gut-dense bites to sustain another day of walking, hunting and gathering."

Proper Oils and Weight Loss

Flaxseed Oil and Weight Loss

The "Fats are Bad for You" Diet Myth
Dr. Udo Erasmus is the world's leading authority on Omega Oil nutrition.  In his best selling book "Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill" you'll learn how eating the right fats and oils can improve our
  • Weight loss
  • Energy level
  • Immunity
  • Longevity
  • Mental health

Learn more >>

Fats that Heal Fats that Kill - By: Udo Erasmus

Udo Erasmus' in-depth look at the oil industry and the processes that turn healing fats into killing fats is unequaled. Learning about these processes is essential to understanding why we must make certain food choices to prevent and even reverse degenerative diseases including heart disease, cancer and diabetes. For a delicious way to put more Omega Fats in your diet with Omega bars click here

The Big "Fat" Lie! - WARNING: This 10 minute audio exposes one of the biggest marketing hoaxes of the 20th century.

Breaking News  Hear it Here

Scientific Discoveries

Body Weight Regulated by Newly Discovered Hormone.  Before you get your hopes up, this discovery was made in 1995. 

Lymphatic Drainage

Ed Skilling's Photon Sound Beam Claims amazing applications including claiming to remove wrinkles and lumps caused by clogged lymph... as well as TREMENDOUS WEIGHLOSS!

".... she looked as though she were going to pop out of her skin. She was retaining a tremendous volume of water. Have you ever seen anyone whose skin looked like it was about ready to split open? She also had a wound on her ankle, where she had bruised it, which had never healed. She had had it for approximately five years. It had continued to get more ugly, and she was told there was nothing that could be done for this and it probably would never heal. She began to do lymphatic drainage... using the Photon Sound Beam... We had a woman medical doctor, who actually utilized this instrument and massaged her for an hour. This medical doctor was very interested in doing research at the time, and she knew exactly what points to hit to trigger the dumping of toxins from the body. It was interesting. The lady did not really notice anything after the hour's session, other than maybe feeling a little upset like a lot of toxins had been stirred up. She was staying in a very nice resort hotel and went back to the hotel and noticed that she ended up urinating every hour all night long. That went on for two days. The other thing that she noticed was that her urine was tremendously cloudy. It was basically all the cellular debris that was being dumped out of the lymphatic system. You know how people glow when they are healthy - some people just pick up a healthy glow. After a few days, this lady had turned from looking like she was very sickly, to having skin with a brand new color to it, and she almost glowed. She actually dumped 25 pounds in three days, if you can believe that..."

Forums on Fitness and Weight loss

Phys.com forums
Thrive Online Weightloss Message Boards

 

The Funny Side of Dieting

Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces Judith Viorst as quoted in Virtual Chocolate Quotes

Dave Barry's "Everything I Know About Dieting I Learned from Leeza"

Gus Cooks: A Daily Cartoon

Can Dogs Help Us Eat Better?

Diet and Weight Loss Headlines

Dying to Be Thin ".... As more and more Hollywood actresses wither to skin and bones, experts say it's only a matter of time before one of them dies right before our eyes. And the situation is so critical, one Hollywood producer predicts: 'It's no longer a matter of if someone is going to die. It's a matter of when.' "

Popular and Mainstream Diet Sites

CyberDiet.com  "The best place for weightloss, nutrition and diet on the internet"

DietWatch.com  "The World's Largest Diet Center"

Mayo Clinic Diet Center 


Weight Loss and Fitness

Shape Up America

How to Have Firm Abs

Non-Dieting

Body Positive explores taking up occupancy inside your own skin, rather than living above the chin until you're thin.  It is a set of ideas that may help you find greater well-being in the body you have. 

HUGS International Inc was started in 1987 by registered dietitian, Linda Omichinski. Searching for a more effective way to assist clients in her private and consulting practice, Linda developed a group counseling format on the empowerment model that emphasized eating for energy, physical activity for fun and self acceptance of genetic size and shape variations. In 1992 Linda authored You Count, Calories Don’t which brought her non-diet approach to public attention. The book is widely acclaimed for demonstrating how to “non-diet”.

WANNA BE HAPPY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE? MAKE AN UGLY WOMAN YOUR WIFE

"....If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, make a big, fat woman your wife!...."

" 'I know it sounds crazy, but it's true,' says marital therapist Dr. Jacqueline Suna.

" 'If more men chose ugly brides, the divorce rate would plummet and the family crisis in America would be averted.'

"Gals with big butts, thunder thighs and bulging bellies make the best wives for several reasons, says Dr. Suna, who recently concluded a five-year-study on the subject.

"She says fatties are super spouses because...." CLICK HERE for the rest of the story.

"Dis-ease, in any form, is a teacher. One message we send to ourselves is: "Hey, you're forgetting to love and accept all of who you are. Do what you love doing! Love what you do because you are choosing to do it. Be true to yourself!" Noh-Ra Amrani

What Are You Waiting (Weighting) For?  Noh-Ra Amrani's metaphysical approach. Addresses the emotional issues surrounding overweight. Also read Thyroid Dis-Ease: A Messenger of Love Noh-ra Amrani was diagnosed with Graves Disease and told she would have to be on thyroid medication forever and have surgery to remove her nodules.

"... when I feel stressed and know that it can reactivate my thyroid , I can go into the quiet space within and rebalance, revitalize myself. This can take place almost anywhere within seconds....just closing the eyes and focusing on rhythmic breathing, relaxation, centering.

I focus on a cobalt blue light in my thyroid gland, shrinking the disease, disintegrating the nodules. This feels like it's heating up my chakra for a few minutes a day from the blue light.

Within a year of practicing meditation my thyroid nodules disappeared completely and have never resurfaced. My goiter shrank, my neck decreased about two inches in diameter and my medication decreased from 12 pills a day to two..."

Some "Offbeat" Diets

Water Therapy or Hydrotherapy  Involves drinking 6 glasses of water a day upon rising... then nothing for an hour.  Said to cure many ills in addition to overweight.  An Ayurvedic explanation of water therapy.

PaleoDiet.com  Eating what ancient hunter-gatherers ate.

Urine: The Fountain of Youth  "In his book {Armstrong] reviews many of his more interesting cases, including one patient who fasted for 101 days on his own urine.  Another man who couldn't lose weight, fasted for 49 days on his own urine, going from 420 pounds to 105 pound (in just 7 weeks).

"Armstrong talks about his own (and his predecessors') use of urine therapy in healing diseases like obesity, common cold and flue, heart disease, growths and cancers, prostate trouble, arthritis, glaucoma, rheumatism, cataract, venereal disease, leukemia, malaria, diphtheria, chicken pox, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, bronchial asthma, orchitis, bright's disease, jaundice, scurvy, dropsy, burns, rash, warts, bed-wetting, menstruation trouble, kidney disease, urinary complaints, mucus colitis, pyorrhea, gangrene, etc... Armstrong also recommends its use as a mouthwash, aftershave lotion, anti-septic, etc.  He writes'...within man himself is to be found the substance to cure his diseases.'  "    

Raw Foods and Vegetarianism

RawFoodNetwork.com  A giant portal into the raw food lifestyle.  Many links, articles.

Living-Foods
Living and Raw Foods
  Considered by many to be the ultimate diet for detoxification, healing, and weight loss.  Articles, recipes, chat and more.

Just getting started on raw foods... or an old timer.  Then read and/or contribute to the Detox Diaries.

The Vegetarian Resource Group

Breatharianism, Breath- Oriented Diets, Prana, Sunlight

Living on Light: Prana, Beatharianism, Jasmuheen, etc.

Jasmuheen has written Living on Light...probably the Ultimate Weight Loss Diet!

Body Flex is based on a principle of burning excess body fat and building lean muscle mass simultaneously, by utilizing a specialized Accelerated Aerobic Breathing technique combined with isometric and isotonic positions. Body Flex teaches you how to control your body fat by means other than dieting.

Fasting

Spirituality and Fasting 

Eating Disorders

Something Fishy: A site devoted to eating disorders

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