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"Just in time for bikini season! Pick up healthy workout tips from Oxygen's *[Dance Your A\\\\*\\\\* Off](http://dyao.oxygen.com/)* when new host Mel B.--who shed 70 pounds on *Dancing with the Stars--*kicks off the show's second season tonight at 11 p.m.\\n\\n\\n\\nOn the reality show, twelve contestants--male and female--compete with a professional dance partner in front of a live studio audience and judges Lisa Ann Walter, Danny Teeson and a new guest judge each week. The contestant's dance score is then combined with their weight loss percentage to create a tally for the week, which determines who will go home.\\n\\n On top of grueling hours spent in the dance studio, contestants are also placed on a strict fitness and nutrition regime with the help of a physician, nutritionist, and trainer. Their reward for ten weeks of hard work and a strict diet? The winner takes home $100,000 *and* a hot new body.\\n\\nSo, what can *you* learn from *DYAO*?\\n\\n\\n\\n1. Exercise isn't limited to a treadmill and weight lifting in the gym!Do something you enjoy so you're having fun and torching calorie at the same time! [Dancing](/fitness/workouts/2009/06/dance-your-way-slim-slideshow) can burn up to seven calories a minute, while [taking your workout to a local playground](/fitness/workouts/2008/09/playground-slideshow#slide=1) can making sculpting and toning seem like recess.\\n\\n\\n\\n2. Watch your calories!\\n\\nContestants were shocked at the amount of calories--more than 1,500--in meals they consumed more than once a week. You can still indulge, but keep your [snack splurges](/fooddiet/2010/06/50-healthiest-snacks) within reason. [A food diary](/fooddiet/blogs/healthybites/2010/05/makeover-monday-4-reasons-to-s) can help even help you shed even more weight--a study in the *American Journal of Preventative Medicine* found that dieters who logged their meals and exercise habits took off twice as many pounds as those who didn't! Try [logging your meals](/mylogs/food/daily) on self.com.\\n\\n\\n\\n3. Keep your energy up!\\n\\nOn the dance floor, energetic numbers always win the judges approval. When you keep your energy up, you'll performed your best no matter where you are--at the gym, at home or at work. Make sure to consume enough [super foods](/fooddiet/2010/03/20-superfoods-slideshow#slide=1) (they up your calorie burning potential *and* curb cravings) to keep you feeling invigorated all day long!\\n\\nTune in to the premiere of *Dance Your Ass Off* on Oxygen, Monday, June 7 at 11 pm and at its regular time, 10 pm, starting June 14!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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