Many who have it simply think they are gluttons who lack self-control, says Marsha Hudnall, a registered dietitian and co-owner of the Green Mountain at Fox Run weight loss retreat in Vermont.

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We crossed into deep green shadows, heavy with the weight of damp branches, dripping ferns, wet leaves and grasses.

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For example a popular ingredient for weight loss supplements today is Green Coffee Bean extract.

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Of course from those stratospheric heights, the pace of further spending increases may seem slower, just like if Jack in the Beanstalk and the Jolly Green Giant both eat the same feast, the percentage weight gain for the Giant will be so much smaller than for Jack.

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He expects a red-Green or a grand coalition to collapse after a year or two under the weight of its contradictions.

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He reckons that leading his party into Germany's first ever Red-Green government lands him with a double responsibility, and he feels all the weight of it.

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