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Weight loss is not about starving. It is about eating right and leading a healthy life style. Start by jogging for 15 minutes every day. People unable to undergo the stress of jogging can start by walking for 20 minutes daily. Stuff your diet with lots of fiber content like fruits & vegetables. Avoid taking junk foods and make sure to drink lot of fluids.

Don’t pack your stomach to its capacity. There are a lot of diet plans available throughout the internet. A plan which works great for others need not work great for everyone. One needs to plan their own style of losing weight. For customized way of losing weight and supplements one can refer to well known providers like wonderslim vs medifast.

A general diet plan that suits most is to break your daily intake into six equal parts. Two parts containing protein rich food like mutton, beef and pork. Two parts that includes fluids like protein shake, banana shake etc. Two parts that includes carbohydrates like rice. Avoid unsaturated fats. Workout early morning after breakfast. Eat heavily before working out and make sure to burn the calories taken. It is not just attitude but passion.

Angry Bird – Strategy game developed by Finnish Computer Game developer. And later on which is promoted by different company and have evolved into various versions which is compatiable in various platform and hardware devices.

Game Play is about bunch of featherless multi-colored birds trying to retrieve their eggs from the green pigs. In every level, the pigs gets shattered and lie safe within structural building made up of steel pipe, wooden box, stone etc. The mission of the game is to kill all the pigs in each rounds. Players loads the slingshot with the birds and adjust the direction/speed and release the slingshot. So that the bird can reach the isolated and unreachable pigs.

Every bird has its own special power. As the player advances each level, he gets different birds. Also the bigs appears in different size, big pigs are relatively stronger. This game has attracted the attentation of people of diversed age. I hope everyone should have played this game. Different version of this game have its own special feature to attract gamers. The google chrome game store, introduces the concept of google dimenisons. The birds should to used to collect those dimension inorder to unlock some extra stages.

Though this game is nothing more than a simple online game, it is attracted everyone towards it somehow. The best example is that Angry Birds Theme Park is started in China. And nowadays lot of doodles , gadgets, key chains , dolls of the angry birds can be found widely in the market.It has become a fun game at office for those working with computers.

Midtown Madness Cars again yet with something different! Imagine yourself in a car amidst a crowded street full of people and other cars around honking their horns into your ears. It is exactly when you get really mad and would want to cruise around with madness.

This is exactly the game for that kind of madness and is truly well built. The madness factor is what makes this game special and has made popular among all sorts of players. While the game supports normal racing modes, its specialty still remains in its mad drives around the city hitting other cars and taking unusual roads. The game has a checkpoint mode too just like our other usual car games. However, all of these modes still has the madness factor to it and shall keep you busy around the roads.

Weather control options is another amazing feature, and believe me it does work for real unlike other games which claim to simulate weather, but never really do. Traffic control, Cop control are some of the other customization features to play around. There are quite a few cars to choose from, but not an extensive list. You find yourself exhausted with car options soon which is the only area this game find itself tough to move up the list. So get Midtown Madness today and get MAD. Remember, this is just for the game. On the roads, drive safe with your seat belts on!

With numerous simulator games on the market, Euro truck is one game which was able to survive and live up to its expectations. The game provides descent truck simulation experience and is especially appealing in terms of its simplicity and out of the box playing experience. The user starts with few trucks to choose from. Once you have a truck of your own, you can go ahead and drive around for some real logistics business.

There are numerous types of goods that are available for business. While most of the goods can be carried around easily, inflammable substances require you to have a custom or suitable trailer to transport. Certain trailers costs and hence you can attempt them only after doing up some normal business. And then there is the road…just drive along the far highways of Europe touching countries like Portugal, Spain, Germany and France. Watch out! There is traffic on road as well and you need to get your goods home with least damages to save some real money and to keep moving on. Loading and unloading a trailer can become difficult at first, but you will get used to it. There are motels on the way where you can rest and give your truck a bit of cooling time. If you are caught without fuel on highway, there are SOS services too! Altogether, it provides a good truck simulation experience that you will never want to miss out. Cheers.

PC gamers would have never faced such a period of frustration anytime before when they were made to wait for about an year to release this master piece for PC. GTA4 is undoubtedly the best game in the world. Except for its performance degradation which happens with every game when ripped for PC, this game still satisfies the over expectations of  every GTA addict.

LibertyCity-a city based onNew Yorkis as lively as you could ever imagine. The roads and tall buildings would represent a virtualNew Yorkenvironment. The industries, shopping centres of the city that never sleeps are depicted with quality visuals.

Niko Bellic is the new hero and yeah , he is a cool protagonist as other GTA heroes. The notable feature here is the story mode is not fixed. You have a choice of actions and its YOU who decide what to do here. The story is character-driven and it is the best a game like GTA 4 can offer.

Additionally Rockstar have come up with multiplayer options that allow a maximum of 32 players to go explore and rock the city simultaneously. The radio and tv shows are no more dumb and need not be edited. The developers have taken much pain to make them very lively and as funny as it could be. The characters, the dialogues are at their best. The radio stations are customizable and the user can play their own tracks.

The gameplay time ranges from 25 to 32 hours and it is not just a cake walk. Stealing a car is not easy anymore. You need to master the skills of a city convict to have a lifestyle Niko Bellic would desire.

On the other side there are some performance issues with the PC version and some visual errors. The keyboard and mouse controls are no match for the PS3 or Xbox controllers. The system requirements are way too high above the sky!.It requires atleast 256 MB latest video card and 20GB hard disk space to have a glimpse at this game. On the whole the game is as good as it is expected to be and these minor limitations are easily forgotten once the game starts!.

Grid released by CodeMasters is a stylish version of the racing game and has got enough to be admired by the gamers. Besides PC, PS3 and Xbox Grid was also released for Nintendo DS controls. The game faced a stiff competition with ‘Need For Speed:Pro Street’ but has outmatched it in every possible aspect of racing.

The best feature of this racing game is the ability to rewind the time as in Prince of Persia: Warrior Within. However there is a limit on the number of times it can be dome. The game also holds an instant replay feature that permits to look back at what has happened for the past 10 seconds.

The race types include open ones, GT races and another special one named ‘demolition derbies’. The game is definitely fast paced and offers enough to keep the racers stuck to their consoles. The simulation of real time racing is very successful and the sound effects adds much more originality. As said million times the damage being done to cars is very unrealistic in NFS racing series and you would find the straight opposite in Grid. Better concentrate on the road or you will be finding your ride is nothing but colorfully painted trash.

The multiplayer mode is superb and so are the visual and graphic standards. Special effort has been given to add a stylish touch to the game. The difficulty is realistic and need some substance to get through the challenges. Though it is attempted to simulate racing it has become some sort of arcade game. Yet it never fails to deliver the intended fun. The controls are way too sensitive compared to other racing games and can make or break the game. If you are looking for a realistic version of racing simulation ‘Grid’ is probably waiting for you at the stores.

Some times much hyped games fail badly and Godfather 2 is the perfect example. Godfather 2 published by Electronic Arts has wasted the license of the most inspiring movie of all times. The storyline wouldn’t come much as a surprise. Even a 5 year old can guess it- start as a stranger, form a gang, destroy rival families, lose your loved ones, run businesses and end as a don.

One positive portion of the game is some parts of the story line where you get to see the movie in a different angle. The game best suits you if you are bored and thirsty for blood. The game is nothing but violence and can be tagged as brutal. You play the role of Mr.Dominic, a prominent member of Corleone family. You are expected to earn a name for yourself and retain the pride of the family. The combat moves are quite interesting against injured enemies and can be finished with some cool looking killer blows.

The gameplay creates a feeling that the game has been released before fully developed and tested. The bugs are countless and irritating. Though the game world is open, the gameplay is very repetitive. Though the player can form a gang and attack the rivals, these gang mates aren’t cooperative and are very random. But that is not going to be a problem as the enemies are too easy to handle. The computer AI sucks totally and so does your gang mates. The visuals are as bad as it could be expected from EA. Adding fuel to the fire the maps are poorly designed and there isn’t a better place for trouble than multiplayer mode.

The attempts made to design a stylish graphics to describe the characters have failed miserably. The path finding in the game world is like solving a maze and tests the patience of the gamers. It is really disappointing to know that the game based on the best movie of all times have failed to revive its glory.

Team Fortress 2 is a multiplayer first person shooter game like Counter Strike published by Valve Corporation. The game was released for Windows, PS3 and Xbox 360. The game underwent a lot of modifications in both visuals and gameplay to make it look different from Counter Strike and Quake.

Just like Counter Strike, Team Fortress 2 concentrates on two opposing teams fighting against each other. Player can join either a RED or BLU team. Each team has nine different classes each of which is unique with its own strength and weakness.

The game is better suited for multiplayer mode where a maximum of 24 players can play in two teams.

The game offers a variety of game modes. In ‘capture-the-flag’ mode each team has to capture the briefcases from the other team’s base and should defend theirs briefcases. Some modes are based on the points captured throughout the game. In certain mode, one team starts with all the points and need to defend them from the rival during a fixed amount of time. In ‘Payload’ mode one team needs to escort a bomb contained rail cart to the enemy’s base within the fixed time and the other team needs to prevent the bomb from being detonated in their base.

Each class is provided with a primary weapon, a secondary weapon (usually pistol) and a unique melee weapon. Though the game employs cartoon graphics, it is really enjoyable and adds more fun. The characters are designed creatively and each class looks unique and funny. This makes the gameplay a light-hearted one. The only negative aspect is the absence of BOTS and the absence of grenades in the weapon pack. Otherwise the game is definitely worth trying and would prove to be a different version of thrill for network gamers.

Empire: Total war is an extremely addictive real time strategy game like Age of Empires. It is the fifth game in the Total War series and no one would have expected such a huge turn around in the series. The game was published by Sega and has been proved to suck us into it for hours.

A variety of things have been tried in this game and to everyone’s surprise almost all of them have become successful. The first thing would be the real time naval battle that is very engrossing and the visuals that aid the battles are simply charming to watch for history lovers. The ancient warfare, weapons, battles, technologies and techniques have been thoroughly studied before being put into the game.

The game features more than forty factions but only around 11 are playable at the beginning and the rest need to be unlocked as the game progresses. The game also includes factions in Indian subcontinent such as The Mughal Empire and the Marathas but the impact of religion is not much concentrated here.

The game also comes up with a campaign mode with three phases. In the first phase the player leadsBritainto captureAmerica. In the second phase the player finds himself in the Indian war and the French war againstFranceallied with American army. Things are quite different in the third round because the player leads the American army to fight against the British in the War of Independence.

There are quite a large number of bugs in the game and some performance issues. Though the controls aren’t excellent and naval battles are very difficult Empire: Total War can still be regarded as the best real time strategy game that has been released lately.

Rockstar’s GTA San Andreas satisfies all the expectations of a GTA fan. It is really surprising how rockstar comes up with such quality games under pressure. Sometimes over expectations can be a problem but it is a blessing I disguise here.

The game begins as Carl Johnson returns to San Andreas from jail and finds that his mom has been killed, his streets no more rocking the town, his sister dating a enemy gangsta and his brother trying to turn things normal. You play the game as Carl Johnson and represent theGroove streetgang. The mission starts with fighting against the rival gang Ballas and each mission is so unique that it never feels repetitive. The characters are so lively and representing a hood has never been so realistic.

The game offers loads of features. There is everything in GTA from car and bike racing to dating hot girls. The stunts in the game are equal to those inHollywoodand very well choreographed. The missions aren’t easy either. You need to sweat to get through them. However a mission can be accomplished in many ways which adds some sort of strategic meaning to the game.

The cities are well designed and Los Santos representsLos Angeles, San Fierro depictsSan Franciscoand finally Las Venturas is themed based onLas Vegaswhere you find so many casinos in the middle of a desert. The game includes heavily planned missions such as a casino heist as well as simpler ones such as stealing a car from a showroom. The ultimate ambition is to become the king of the cities and clear the rival gangs out of the town and everything becomes greenish ( Groove Street Color).

It is no doubt that every regular PC gamer would add San Andreas in his collection.

The only negative aspect is the brightness of the game world which is quite low compared toViceCity. Also the sound tracks and quality could have been better. It is difficult to classify this game under one genre so I would tag it as “an action adventure sandbox style of game”.