INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Speaking to your doctor prior to starting any new diet regimen is a smart idea. They may be able to provide you with additional guidance or recommend alternatives that might be more appropriate for your health. A registered dietitian is a nutrition expert that may give you a more effective diet for weight loss. Speak with your primary care doctor. They may know or can refer you to a local dietitian for additional help. Visit the EatRight website and click on the orange "Find an Expert" button on the top right to search for a dietitian in your area. Consuming less than 1200 calories daily, especially for more than a few days, is not a safe or healthy way to lose weight. Ensure that whatever juicing diet or plan you choose, that you're able to consume adequate calories daily. Use a food journal or calorie counting app to track how much you're consuming each day. Try replacing only 1-2 meals with a juice instead of going on a completely liquid juice diet. Consuming 1-2 well-balanced meals will help ensure you meet your calorie goal each day. Side effects of a very low calorie diet can include: fatigue/exhaustion, weakness and hunger. More extreme side effects can include nutrient deficiencies like anemia, loss of muscle mass and heart problems. Although juicing allows you to consume larger quantities of fruits and vegetables, juice provides little to no protein. In order to maintain a healthy, well-balanced diet, it's important to consume adequate protein each day. On average, adult women need to consume about 46 g protein daily and adult men need to consume about 56 g daily. Add unflavored protein powder to your juice, which will help control your blood sugar and won't affect the taste. Try making a smoothie instead of only juice. You can mix in nuts, seeds, nut butters, milk, yogurt or protein powder for a big boost of protein. Only juice for 1-2 meals a day and ensure to eat lean protein at all other meals and snacks. Some juice diets and juicers (like juice extractors) leave out the pulp from the fruits and vegetables. The pulp contains some nutrients and most of the fiber from the fruits and vegetables. Low-fiber diets can lead to constipation, blood sugar fluctuations and weight gain. Many juicers separate the juice from the pulp. You can add some of the pulp back into your juice or use it in other recipes. For example, you can add leftover vegetable pulp to soups, stews, and pasta sauce or mix it into casseroles or other savory baked dishes. Try adding fruit pulp to sweet baked goods like muffins, cookies or pancakes. You can also try adding a fiber supplement daily. These come in chewable tablets, capsules or powders. Add 1-2 servings daily. Regardless of how you get it, fiber is an essential part of a healthy diet. Make sure you are not eliminating it from your diet by juicing. All liquid or juice diets or cleanses are not meant to be followed long-term. Don't follow plans that recommend consuming only juice or liquids for more than a few days. Juice cleanses and diets are typically very low in calorie, low in protein and low in some essentials nutrients which, over long periods of time, can be unhealthy and unsafe. With any weight loss plan, it's important to be physically active. Exercise burns additional calories to support your weight loss attempts. Aim for 150 minutes of moderate-intensity cardio exercises and at least 2 days of moderate-intensity strength training each week. Be aware to not push yourself too hard with exercise when following a lower calorie diet. Physical activity requires a significant amount of energy to perform. When you're subsisting solely off juice or a low-calorie liquid diet, you may not be consuming enough calories to fuel a workout.

SUMMARY: Consult with your doctor or a registered dietitian. Eat at least 1200 calories daily. Eat enough protein. Add in a source of fiber. Limit the amount of time you spend drinking only liquids. Engage in regular physical activity.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Applique is a method of design where one pattern is sewn top of another. You can buy applique templates from a craft store if you don't want to design your own. You can also find patterns in quilting books. If you use a quilt pattern, make sure you resize it when copying so that it fits your greeting card. To make a paper applique card, you will need the following: One 4.25 by 5.5 inches (10.8cm 14.0cm) card blank Colored cardstock Decorative paper A fine-tip black marker Glue Scissors A ruler A pencil and eraser What kind of card are you making? If you're making a birthday card, you might consider making a card with a cake, or party hats. Try to customize the card to reflect the interests of who you are giving it to. Make a space scene with astronauts and planets, or make a card with cars and a racetrack. Make a card with snowmen for Christmas, turkeys for Thanksgiving, or clovers for St. Patrick's Day. Your only limit is your imagination. Pick three different patterns for your card. You'll need a pattern for the applique pieces, a pattern for the background, and a pattern for the card mat. Select a variety of solid colors and patterns. Depending on the complexity of your design, you may want to choose more than three types of decorative paper. Whatever you decide to go with, make sure all the colors and patterns match. For example, if you're making an underwater scene, pick a variety of blues for your solid colors. Choose patterns that mimic waves or fish scales. If you're following a template, trace the shapes on the back of the your decorative paper. If you're drawing your own shapes, draw them lightly in pencil on the back of the decorative paper. Once you're happy with the designs, cut out the shapes. Since you're working with paper, you won't actually be sewing anything. To give it an authentic applique look, take your fine-tip marker and add stitch marks around the border of the shapes. Choose a solid color for your card mat and cut it a little smaller than your card blank. It should almost cover the entire front of the card, but you should still see a little white border. To make the background, take a patterned piece of decorative paper and cut it to about 5 by 3.75 inches (12.7cm 9.5cm). Using your fine-tip marker, add stitch marks to the background pattern. Glue the mat to the card. Remember to leave a small border of white from the card blank. Then, glue the background to the card mat. Once the card mat and the background are glued to the card blank, start arranging your shapes to build a scene. Take some time to make sure you have everything arranged where you want it. If you find that you need to add more shapes to flesh out your scene, grab more decorative paper and start cutting. Don't forget to add the stitch marks! Once everything is to your liking, glue your shapes down.

SUMMARY:
Gather your supplies. Think of a design for your card. Choose your patterns. Cut out your shapes. Add the stitch marks. Make the card mat and the background. Arrange your scene.