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6 Steps to Creating a Customized Diet Plan for Weight Loss

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  Achieving meaningful and long-lasting weight loss requires a thoughtful eating plan. Your body needs the right balance of nutrition and calories for sustained energy through workouts and daily activities. Maintaining that balance is the key to losing fat and keeping it off over time. A successful diet plan for weight loss combines the vitamins and minerals your body needs to build muscle and maintain energy in one convenient and delicious menu. Follow these steps to design a diet plan for  weight loss  that’s specifically structured to support your lifestyle, goals, and habits. STEP ONE: AVOID CALORIE COUNTING DIET PLANS Typical diet plans set a daily calorie goal. Dieters are expected to keep their consumption within a certain range each day with meals that contain all the vital nutrients their bodies need to thrive. However, this foundational belief sets many dieters up for failure before they even begin. We recommend a vastly different approach to calorie counting. W...

Ukraine invasion: Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert

 Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's military to put its deterrence forces, which include nuclear weapons, on "special alert". He told defence chiefs it was because of "aggressive statements" by the West, amid widespread condemnation of his invasion of Ukraine. The announcement does not mean Russia intends to use the weapons. The US immediately condemned his decision calling it an "unacceptable escalation". Last week, Mr Putin had warned that "whoever tries to hinder us" in Ukraine would see consequences "you have never seen in your history". Those words were widely interpreted as signalling a threat to use nuclear weapons if the West stood in his way. That warning became sharper on Sunday when he ordered the Russian defence minister and the chief of the military's general staff to put the nuclear deterrent forces on a "special regime of combat duty". Media caption, Watch Russian police carry an anti-war protester into...