{"id":26316,"date":"2010-07-24T01:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=26316"},"modified":"2010-07-24T21:22:31","modified_gmt":"2010-07-25T02:22:31","slug":"unsung-hereos-of-the-slim-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/unsung-hereos-of-the-slim-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsung Hereos of the Slim Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Josie Maurer, creator of <a title=\"yum yucky\" href=\"http:\/\/www.YumYucky.com\/\" target=\"_self\">YumYucky.com<\/a>, spreads the message of finding balance between fitness and your greedy side. She lost over 40 pounds after the birth of her fourth child through sensible eating and exercise, yet she still maintains her love for large slices of cake.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Who says the booty, thighs  and stomach should get all the credit? Those other body parts deserve  some kudos, too. When you set your eyeballs in the mirror to assess  the shrinking progress of your body, do you daydream about that pivotal  moment you achieve goal weight in your left pinky toe?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26495\" title=\"toe faces\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/toe-faces.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Umm. No.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the happy news.  Those body parts you aren\u2019t necessarily focused on right now are going  to be your happy unsung heroes as the weight comes off. The collarbone  is a hero and the feet are, too. Take a glance at your lovely little  fingers. They\u2019re on their way to losing weight.<\/p>\n<p>Not quite sold on the free  hype I\u2019m selling? I turned to the happy people of Facebook and Twitter  to validate these claims. I asked, \u201cExcluding your booty, stomach  and thighs, what body part(s) were you pleasantly surprised to see lose  weight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The proof is in these weight  loss testimonials: <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul type=\"DISC\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><em>My    rings were loose on my fingers\u2026a very cool thing<\/em>. L. Giles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"DISC\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><em>My collar bones!    They are quite sexy<\/em>! @SerialGriller1 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"DISC\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><em>MANBOOBS. Enough    said.<\/em> @darnfood<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"DISC\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><em>No Man Boobs.<\/em> @nomorebacon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"DISC\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><em>Cheeks! (The    ones on my face<\/em>). @WishfulLayla<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"DISC\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><em>My face! My smile    is much brighter too<\/em>. @meikame<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"DISC\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><em>My feet!    Smaller shoe size and I no longer need wide shoes<\/em>. @unlikelytonynea<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"DISC\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\"><em>Chinny chin chin!<\/em> @RingAroundRinn<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nothing quite compares to the  taming the tummy, the slimming of the thighs and the de-bulging of the  booty (I know this very well), but there\u2019s more good stuff in store.  As your trouble zone all-stars respond to the healthy food you gnaw  on mixed with sweaty exercising, your entire body is transforming and  taking awesome new shape. Even that left pinky toe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>___________________________________________________<br \/>\nGuest Blog Series:<\/strong> Look for the following badge on your favorite health sites to see if they have been a featured guest blogger on <a title=\"diet reviews\" onclick=\"pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outbound\/article\/');\" href=\"..\/..\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>DietsInReview.com<\/em><\/a><em>. See other posts in the <\/em><a title=\"diet blog\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/category\/guest-blog\/\" target=\"_self\"><em>Guest Blog series<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a style=\"margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; width: 120px; height: 60px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/category\/guest-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/images\/diet-weight-loss-blogger.gif\" alt=\"Diets in Review - Weight Loss and Diet Blog\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you would like to apply to be featured as a guest blogger, please <\/em><a title=\"guest blog\" href=\"mailto:help@dietsinreview.com?subject=guest%20blogger%20application\" target=\"_blank\"><em>contact us<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josie Maurer, creator of YumYucky.com, spreads the message of finding balance between fitness and your greedy side. She lost over 40 pounds after the birth of her fourth child through sensible eating and exercise, yet she still maintains her love &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/unsung-hereos-of-the-slim-down\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[817,23,3615,29,74],"class_list":["post-26316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-body-image","tag-guest-blog","tag-josie-maurer","tag-nutrition","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26316"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26321,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26316\/revisions\/26321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}