David H. Mason

name By profession I am an elementary school teacher. I teach literature and grammar. I have a M.A. in art integration in education from Leasly College.
Other than that, I consider myself a professional amateur. Following my own need for a diet, I set out on a personal mission to study various sorts of diets, trying to find an answer to questions like: “why do I keep regaining weight”. After consulting professionals and interviewing people who tried to lose weight I developed my own method of dieting – one that infuses nutrition and psychology, and helps people to gain balance in their life instead of robbing them of it.
On the one hand, I am not a professor of anything, nor am I a dietician. On the other hand, I consider myself an avid pursuer of knowledge, a researcher of psychology and health.

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Where Did My Diet Go Wrong? – Over Eating

11th August 2009
Overeating is such a big word, It is so general and it can touch almost anybody. In our community, overeating is almost like a curse. I believe many of you think of yourselves as overeaters, But there are different kinds of overeating and different kin... Read >
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What is the fat loss heart rate?

10th August 2009
We all know about the importance of a cardiovascular training routine, But just running on a treadmill won't do the job. You have to maintain a "fat loss heart rate" during the workout. Fat loss heart rate is how I term the perfect heart rate for losing... Read >
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How to get rid of extra pounds Without Being Hungry?

28th July 2009
Why be hungry if you can lose weight without it? Don't starve yourself, lose weight the healthy way There are a lot of myths on the subjects of dieting and Fat loss. One of those is that "hunger is a part of any efficient fat loss". Well, that's truly... Read >
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Why Are We Failing Our Diets? 5 Mistakes we all make

23rd July 2009
There are so many reasons people fail their weight loss diets, But it is not as mysterious as you may think. People often think of a diet as a short list of simple do's and don'ts That is, of course, over simplifying the concept of diet. You should... Read >
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The Basics Of Weight Loss Diets: The Importance of Water

30th June 2009
Water is definitely the simplest nutrient we have in our body, it is by far the most vital to our functioning. But in our diet, we sometimes underestimate its value. The most basic function of water is cleaning the body. When you drink enough water you... Read >
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The Basics Of Weight Loss Diets: How To Eliminate Your Snacks

30th June 2009
Oh the wonderful snack, the little piece of heaven that we all crave so much. The tiny yet oh-so-glorious minute of joy. Yes, you and I both know it, snacks are a diet killer, no questions asked. Snacks are like a bullet proof system to break your diet... Read >
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The Basics of weight loss diets: The fruit factor

18th May 2009
It took me some time to understand the importance of fruits in my diet. We tend to let simple day-to-day things go unnoticed when we plan a big mission like a new diet. This tendency of us humans is the simplest reason to why we don't use fruits to enri... Read >
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The Basics of weight loss diets: getting rid of bread

18th May 2009
We all love bread (in its various forms), it is simple, cheap, always available and mostly tasty. Bread fits in on virtually any time of the day. But what do you actually know of this simple food? Did you know that white bread is probably the one wors... Read >
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Why some foods are so addictive?

12th May 2009
As an overweight person, I often asked myself if I am a food addict. Treating yourself as an addict has its pros and cons But is food really an addiction we can't get rid of? Well, in some ways - it really is. Not only does our body need food for su... Read >
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What is a diet anyway?

11th May 2009
By definition being on a diet means knowing and planning what you eat. One common misconception is that diet means starving, fasting, or enduring suffering of different sorts. It does not mean that. These bad connotations are merely deformed ways of diet... Read >
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Why starving should not be a part of your diet?

11th May 2009
Whenever I talk about dieting with an overweight person thinking about a diet I hear the same thing: "I want to start a diet, but I can't do it. I like eating too much. I don't want to starve myself". Well, I don't want you to starve yourself either. ... Read >
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Why Do Some People Can’t Lose Weight And How To Avoid Becoming One Of Them?

11th May 2009
Many of the overweight people I know have told me the next sentence at least once: "I can't lose weight, I tried everything and nothing works for me" Well, what can I say? Some of them really have tried everything. Does it mean nothing works? Of cours... Read >
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Why do we need to exercise to lose weight? - 3 reasons to get yourself moving

05th May 2009
Can it be more obvious? When you are on a diet you work out! It doesn't get much simpler than that, right? But why should you work out? Do you know? The answer is not "because your dietician told you" I'll give you 3 reasons why, here we go… ... Read >
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How to Lose Weight Without Being Hungry?

05th May 2009
There are a lot of myths on the subjects of dieting and weight loss. One of those is that "hunger is a part of any effective diet". Well, that's just wrong. I can assure you, many people have lost weight without being hungry. Let me explain to you ... Read >
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How to lose fat and not muscle? 3 Tips to fat burning

28th April 2009
When attempting to lose weight we get ourselves accustomed to working out regularly in order to boost our metabolism, be more energized and mainly lose weight. But not all of us make the distinction between losing weight and losing fat. In average, 25... Read >
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