{"id":341941,"date":"2015-03-16T13:48:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T05:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/shed-pounds-5-bizzare-ways-loose-weight-341941.html"},"modified":"2019-05-04T02:45:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T18:45:42","slug":"shed-pounds-5-bizzare-ways-loose-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/shed-pounds-5-bizzare-ways-loose-weight-341941.html","title":{"rendered":"Shed the pounds: 6 Bizarre ways to loose weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/weight-loss-pill_0.jpg\"><br \/> <\/a><\/p>  <p>We're almost one quarter into the year and most of you have probably given up on your New Year's resolutions by now. Your pledge to get <a title=\"fit\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/female-fitness-switch-exercise-routine-75481.html\">fit<\/a>, eat <a title=\"healthy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/food\/hot-spots\/healthy-eating-go-vegetarian-meals-bali-78278.html\">healthy<\/a>, and most importantly loose weight might have been rock solid in January, but then you found yourself giving in to those yummy Chinese New Year goodies in February and before you knew it, your well-meaning resolutions crumbled just like the nth\u00a0cookie you\u00a0shoved in your mouth.<\/p> <p>We've all been there before. 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