How to Lose Pounds Fast

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who are very obese may be able to safely lose some weight during pregnancy — and possibly reduce their risk of needing a cesarean section, a new study suggests.

The findings, reported in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, add to evidence that at least some obese women may be able to shed pounds during pregnancy without harming themselves or their baby.

But researchers still caution that women should not start a weight-loss diet during pregnancy, and should instead talk with their doctor about any healthy diet and lifestyle changes.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Obese women who lose weight during pregnancy may have a lower risk of certain pregnancy complications, but — with the exception of extremely obese women — those benefits may be outweighed by negative effects on the baby’s birth size, a new study suggests.

The findings, published in the obstetrics journal BJOG, add to the fairly controversial idea that it can be healthy for obese pregnant women to maintain their pre-pregnancy weight, or even lose a few pounds.

With New Year’s resolution making and breaking already under way and another round of the show launching Monday, the post-holiday season is the time when people are the most motivated to make changes in exercise and diet.

Now, thanks to the Columbia Association, the somewhat overweight and the obese alike can forgo the vicarious satisfaction of watching others get healthy by getting themselves started on the road to physical fitness in a competition dubbed “The Biggest Winner.”

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A one-year weight loss program based on lifestyle changes can help obese people shed almost as many pounds as surgery, German researchers say.

In a study published in the International Journal of Obesity, they found women who stuck with the program lost 43 pounds, while men trimmed their weight by 57 pounds.

But more than 40 percent quit before the year was up. And even among completers, three-quarters of the weight they’d lost had crept back after three years.

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Oct. 27, 2010

Lindsay Lohan looked incredible Wednesday for her arraignment on a charge of felony grand theft.

She’s in trouble for something grand, and that’s how she was going to present herself: white dress, sleek hairdo, black shades, black shoes.

Her look said, “I’m not the type of person who steals necklaces from jewelry stores in Venice.”

This week, they weighed in at their one-year-later follow-up appointment.

Paris lost 133 pounds, and Donelle lost 187 pounds, for a combined total of 320 pounds.

With it, they reclaimed their lives.

“It was incredible. It was like a miracle for us,” said Paris, 47, of Newport News.

Working long hours, eating late and being inactive, the couple added pounds over the years. Paris weighed 337 and Donelle weighed 567 pounds when they underweight surgery Dec. 15, 2009, one right after the other, at Sentara CarePlex Hospital in Hampton.