Loss Weight by Gardening

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by Joe Mudd on February 1, 2010

in Weight Loss Gardening

Need to loose weight?

Like good food?

Love to snack?

You can snack like crazy, eat really great food and still shed pounds and inches.

Fancy contraptions really won’t help you lose that flab. Sorry.

There’s just one secret to weight loss – burn more calories than you consume. Growing a Weight Loss Garden helps you do that.

Eating lot’s of great home-grown fruits, berries and vegetables is a good way to eat more but consume fewer calories.

And being in the garden burns calories in a pleasant- almost spiritual way.

Photo Credit: jbcurio (via Flickr)

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