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BY: FITZ-GEORGE RATTRAY “I have been going to the gym and I’m still not losing weight” or “ I had a little extra to eat so I went to the gym last night but I still gained weight”. There are possibly hundreds of variations of these statements which I have heard hundreds of times, yet…
ANOTHER LEVEL OF “HANGRY”
BY: FITZ-GEORGE RATTRAY ANOTHER LEVEL OF HANGRY This decade has seen the rise and establishment of the word, hangry. A rise boosted by the candy bar manufacturer’s advisements, showing sugar and chocolate induced transformation from angry to calm and collected personalities. Their depictions may be impossibly dramatic, and in the long term their solution is…
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HOW TO KEEP WEIGHT OFF
BY: FITZ-GEORGE RATTRAY You knew how important it was to lose the extra weight, you started a program, did the work, perhaps even exercised regularly and took the weight off. Now slowly but surely the weight has come or is coming back on. Even when you believe you are doing your best, the weight just…

