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How to Not Gain Weight at Your First Job
Learn how to avoid gaining weight when you start your first full-time job.

Weight Loss on a Budget
Lose weight without breaking the bank with these easy and practical tips.

How to Lose Weight with Calorie Counting in 5 Steps
Learn how to lose weight by cutting calories in just a few easy steps.

7 Common Weight Loss Myths ... Busted!
Seven of the most common weight loss and dieting myths and how to make them right.

Back to Basics: The Reality of Calories
Learn how calories and your caloric intake are related to your weight.

BMI Chart
Body Mass Index Table

Cutting Too Many Calories
Cutting too many calories won't help -- in fact, it will hinder -- your weight loss efforts ... and it can be dangerous.

Do I Need to Lose Weight?
Find out how to determine whether or not you need to lose weight.

How Hormones Affect Your Appetite
Learn more about hormones affect your appetite.

How Many Calories Should I Eat?
Once you understand what a calories is, you need to assess how many you can take in each day without gaining weight.

How Much Do I Need to Exercise?
A reader asks how she knows when she is exercising enough to lose 50 pounds.

How Much Should I Weigh?
Learn how to figure out your ideal weight using fat, muscle, and BMI as your Guide.

How to Cut Calories to Lose Weight
Cutting calories can help you lose weight without going on a strict diet.

How Will Weight Loss Improve My Health?
Losing weight can bring many health and wellness benefits.

Keep a Food Diary
This simple food diary format will help you assess your current eating habits so you can find ways to improve your diet.

Overweight vs. Obese
Learn the difference between what is considered obese, morbidly obese, or simply overweight.

Should You Use Diet Pills?
If you're wondering about taking a pill to help you lose weight, help yourself to this food for thought before you spend a dime.

Talk to Your Doctor
If you have a lot of weight to lose or any serious health problems, you need to talk to your doctor before significantly changing your diet or starting to a new exercise regime.

The Urge to Indulge
The urge to indulge is a challenge for anyone trying to lose weight -- learn how to cope and possibly ward off pesky food cravings!

What Causes Obesity?
Becoming overweight or obese comes down to just one thing.

What is a Calorie?
It's a pretty simple question, but the answer is more important than you might expect: Just what is a calorie, and, anyway ... why should I care?

What is BMI and What Does it Mean?
BMI -- Body Mass Index -- is the ideal way to assess your body weight. Results are categorized as overweight, obese, or morbidly obese.

What is Metabolism?
Your metabolism is the rate at which your body uses energy, or, burns calories.

Why BMI?
Body measurement can tell you if your BMI (relative of your weight and height) is ideal.

Why Overweight and Obesity is Bad for Your Health
Learn how being significantly overweight or obese can do damage to your health.