You are thrilled and excited to start off a new diet system, by the time you're done you will be looking sleek and trim.

after going through the first day or two, you start to feel how burdensome and hard this process is, to add insult to injury, everyone you know, is aware that you're working on a diet, and everyone is examining your body's shape every time they lay their eyes on you, disappointing you by saying "You look quite the same, aren't you suppose to be on a diet?"

That by its self adds a lot of pressure and stress on us, feeling judged and monitored all the time by people's harsh perceptions, while all we want is to benefit our selves by simply loosing some weight.

The main problem could rise because we don't really understand how our bodies works, so let's take a closer look at understanding how the human body works.

To make things clear and easy, think of the human body as a primitive tool, its main objective is merely to survive no matter what, it doesn't care about how it looks from the outside, as long as it is alive and well.

By using diets which are based on any type of fasting or depriving your self from food, would lead the body to think that it's under attack and won't get any food soon, which makes it start to react in a way we don't want, it will think that you're stranded on a desert island or alone in a jungle with no food around to eat.

The body will think that it should start to preserve its self as much as possible, just incase the worst happens, by storing energy in the form of fat into its fat cells, and by doing so, it will either start to gain weight, especially on cheat days that are included in the diet system, or at least preserve its fat reserve banks as long as it could.

now that is not what you wanted when you started the diet, did you? So how do you make your body react in the way you want it to, you want to loose weight not gain, right?

The trick is to delude your body, by making it think that there is more food coming in on regular bases, while all the food you give it is low in calories but large in quantities.

By feeding your body around the clock all the time, it will relax and start to burn beyond the actual needed metabolism it really requires, every time you eat something light in calories and large in amount it will burn a little more from the stored fat reserve banks it has. Fooled by the amount you've just had.

Understanding this simple concept and keeping it on your mind, the next time you begin a new diet, people will start to notice how effective it really is, but most importantly, is the fact that you feel full all the time, and good about your self and your results, by the time you're done you will be looking sleek and trim.

Mazen Al-Angary is the author of The Last Option: When Other Diets Fail (ISBN 1589397754). For more information about Mazen, visit: http://www.Al-Angary.com

Recently, two co-workers of mine were discussing their weight loss efforts and part of that conversation stuck with me. One of them said, "It sure is a lot harder to lose weight than it is to gain it." The other one answered, "Yeah, thats because gaining weight is fun." I laughed with them, because there is some truth to that statement.

Yes, it can be fun to eat with abandonment and not think about whether what you are eating is healthy or not; it is only the consequences that are painful. Examples of shorter term consequences are pain in your stomach, indigestion, and sluggishness. The longer term consequences are high blood pressure, heart disease, and shortness of breath. Seeing your appearance change for the worse is painful too. Focusing on these consequences is key to developing self-discipline.

Discipline is necessary to achieve your weight loss goals and any goal that you want to achieve in life. after all, you dont have to employ discipline to do those things that you enjoy. For example, I wouldnt have to discipline myself to eat chocolate bars because I enjoy them, however I do have to discipline myself to limit them in my life. How do I do it? Discipline requires two skills: Desire and diversion.

Desire means that you have to want the goal that your discipline will help you achieve more than anything. For example, I wanted to lose weight and get healthy more than I wanted the chocolate bars. Each time I desired the chocolate bar, I had to remind myself of the alternate goal and make it real and vivid. I had to see myself with that goal already achieved and experience the pleasure of it. I had to make that pleasure more intense than the pleasure I imagined I would receive from eating the chocolate bar.

The second skill is diversion, which is simply engaging in an activity that diverted my attention away from the undesirable activity. In the chocolate bar example, I had to either give myself something that I would enjoy eating that was healthier for me or perform an alternate activity that would help me better meet my needs. For example, if I was angry, eating a chocolate bar would not help me, but taking a long walk to cool off likely would.

My co-worker was right: For many of us, losing weight is harder than gaining it. But we need to remind ourselves that, although it is harder to lose weight, it is not impossible. It is also worth the effort. Then we use our key of discipline to help us achieve what we want. It is the only way to get the body that we deserve.

A Registered Nurse for many years, Kimberly Floyd battled obesity for much of her adult life. She achieved her ideal weight and has written a new book entitled 'Moneywise Weight Loss' which teaches others how to lose weight and save money--at the same time.

Kim has written articles for the georgia Nurses Association publication and nursing Spectrum online. now a technical writer, she has written training programs for corporate clients, including IBM, U.S. Bank, and Cingular.

Kim also teaches an online course called 'Goodbye to Shy'. This course is distributed to over 1100 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, and Australia through Thomson Learning. An accomplished speaker and trainer, she delivers presentations on health-related topics to enthusiastic audiences.

golf courses do not come in one shape and form. There are plenty of variations and each offers benefits and negatives. The key is to know them and pick the perfect course for that day.

The Public golf course is open to everyone. There are no expensive memberships required and they are usually located nearby and have very regular hours of operation. Although they are not famous and, in most cases, as attractive and well maintained as their more glamorous private cousins, the Public golf course is an inexpensive and easy way to either learn the game or hone your skills. They are usually very crowded on weekends and holidays and you may feel rushed or have to wait awhile for your tee off time.

The Municipal golf course is thought by many people to represent the best value of all. These courses are owned and maintained by a city or county and they are open primarily to residents. Non-residents may also play here, but are generally charged much high rates. They may also be a bit crowded on the weekends. It really depends more on the course and the popularity of golf in the area.

The Daily fee Golf course is a semi-private type of course that falls in between the public and private courses. There are also Hotel and resort Golf Courses that are often the very best maintained. They are usually expensive and play is generally restricted to guests of the hotel, but usually not guests can arrange to play on them. The Private golf Courses can be the very best that can be found anywhere, but they are expensive to play on and membership in the owning organization is required. Only members and guests can play on the private courses.

There are other ways of classifying golf courses. There are some different types of golf courses based on size. The executive course, for example, tends to be a bit shorter than a regulation course. There is a higher percentage of par 3 holes and the overall length of holes is smaller than a regulation course. There are also some Par 3 golf Courses. These have only holes that average at least 100 feet in length.

Some people might have their own classification scale for the different types of golf courses they encounter. Ease of play or difficulty might be one basis for comparison. Some people actually look up from their shots long enough to notice the surroundings. They might classify courses based on the beauty of the surrounding scenery. Whatever method you use or whatever your level of interest or skill in playing, there are enough different types of golf courses available to satisfy anyone.

Aazdak Alisimio writes golf course articles for GolfClubCourse.com.