One of the bloggers who I’ve been reading for a long time (over two years now) is Steve Pavlina. In fact, it was his articles that first inspired me to start The Office Diet - so this blog’s very existance is probably owed to him!
As you can imagine, then, I was delighted (in an [...]

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In the US tomorrow, it’ll be Thanksgiving, and although I’m in the UK, I think having a day focused on gratitude is a great idea.
Whether or not you’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, it’s worth taking a few minutes to think about what you’re grateful for - especially when it comes to your body, your physical [...]

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Wish you didn’t have the day job? Convinced you’d do better if you could just get away from the pressures of work? Think again! You can make office life a positive influence when it comes to eating healthily and losing weight by joining - or starting - a workplace slimming group.
Here in the UK, Weight [...]

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My bio on a recent interview (which you can find on the Ditch Diets Live Light site) explained that “[Ali] firmly believes that any healthy eating plan should allow room for chocolate.” So I thought the time was right for a post here on The Office Diet about some of the (purported) health benefits of [...]

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Calories are at the heart of most modern weight-loss diets: we all know that to lose weight, we need to eat fewer calories than we expend.
But even though the word “calories” is familiar to any dieter, how much do you really know about them? Here are ten facts, some of which you’ve probably never heard [...]

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Do you feel that you should do more exercise, but hate the thought of spending hours in the gym? Do you want to be more active, but worry that you’ll need to shed those extra pounds first in order to have a chance of keeping up?
If you’re avoiding exercise because you see it as an [...]

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