Diet, Weight Loss-Dying For Food

New Diet

2009-02-03T22:57:00.000-08:00

Although I've been honest with myself about why I'm fat, I've never really examined where and when and why I eat the way I do. I have figured out that part of the problem is that I eat fast, too fast. So while I want to enjoy the taste of my food I eat too quickly to really do so. Eating slowly helps me to appreciate the taste of the food in smaller portions. The main thing I've

Flat Belly Dead in its Tracks

2009-02-01T06:13:00.000-08:00

Prevention did not give me adequate time to do the diet from beginning to end. It was supposed to be four days of prep and four weeks of the diet. They sent me the book about Jan. 12, I picked it up from the Post Office on the 16th and then Prevention said it had to be completed by the 30th to be one of the bloggers they would include, which was my main reason for blogging about it. I do

The Flat Belly Diet from Prevention

2009-01-17T11:12:00.000-08:00

I have chosen to go on the Flat Belly Diet. I am blogging about it for Prevention Magazine along with other writers who also have their own blogs on Prevention. I just got the book in the mail and am in the process of preparing to start the program in about two weeks. I've already got some great posts on weight there so visit me often and see my progress or failure. This could be just the

The Most Important Part of Your Diet

2009-01-02T13:35:00.000-08:00

You have a choice in weight loss. You can opt for either just losing weight, or you can lose weight and be healthy. To lose weight eat less. To be healthy eat less, and move. Studies have shown that even people that are not overweight are in health danger if they don't keep moving. So walk, run, jog, jump, skip, bike, row, clean, climb, swim, do whatever you like to do but move for

FDA Warns to Avoid These Diet Aides

2008-12-25T06:26:00.000-08:00

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Holiday Pounds Are Coming!

2008-11-17T21:49:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and for all of us food addicts, you know what that means. Good for you if you can navigate yourself around the feasts without overindulging. That would be the best choice, but if you're like me and have no self control, the extra pounds will come. So let's start diet planning now. Tomorrow till Thanksgiving Day, let's diet very strictly. Eat healthy in

Easy Indicator Of Early Death Found

2008-11-12T20:34:00.000-08:00

A study that involved nine different countries in Europe dicovered that simple waist size was a "powerful indicator" of early death. Every two inches around the waist raised the risk of early death by 13% to 17%. We've all heard about the extra weight around the middle being an indicator, however this study being so large gives a much more accurate result. They studied 360,000 people

Baby Time!

2008-10-11T16:18:00.000-07:00

My daughter had my first grandchild on October 1st. He was born happy and healthy, 18 inches long, 5lbs. and 5 oz. Her labor only last about 5 hours and I was in the room to see him come into the world. She walked a lot and ate right while pregnant, hence the quick labor I believe. She was worried about eating too much towards the end and now is walking again and limiting her portions and

The DASH Diet

2008-09-29T19:26:00.000-07:00

On my other blog Healthy Life Food, I have been describing a diet put out by the department of Health and Human Services. This diet will lower your blood pressure, help with excess weight, and help your body to fight disease. I believe very strongly that what we eat has everything to do with disease and our ability to fight it. Take a look at the DASH program and see if it doesn't make

Alabama to Institute a Fat Tax

2008-08-28T11:08:00.000-07:00

Starting in January of 2009, state employees who are obese will have to undergo medical checkups and those who are found to have a BMI ( body mass index ) that shows they are obese will have a year to lose the weight or pay a tax in the form of having to pay $25 more a month for their health insurance. The workers who must lose the weight will be given access to a weight watchers

Some Important Weight Loss Reviews You May Want to Read

2008-08-27T12:58:00.000-07:00

With the advent of the internet and the improvements in medical sciences overweight people have access to a lot of beneficial knowledge that can help them in the process of losing weight. This includes especially formulated diet programs which have been clinically proven to be both safe and effective. A simple review of these diet programs will enlighten the reader as to the pros and cons of the

What Color Is Your Fat?

2008-08-26T05:25:00.000-07:00

A study on brown fat has shown that it differs from our usual white fat in that the brown variety helps your body to burn calories, where as the white fat stores extra energy. Brown fat burns energy to make heat. They say that newborn babies have the brown kind to help regulate the heat in their bodies and they think adults have almost none of this "good" fat. Studies done on brown fat

Diet Skit on Mad TV

2008-08-25T00:44:00.000-07:00

I was watching Mad TV and there was a funny skit about dieting. Now I don't remember word for word but the gist of the dialogue is this, A fat woman stood in her kitchen and complained that she had to lose weight. An announcer's voice said "

Good Diets from Good Housekeeping

2008-08-23T23:39:00.000-07:00

I happened to be going through a Good Housekeeping magazine and came across an article about a diet called the Snack All Day Diet. Any diet that lets you eat all day long gets my interest. The diet made a lot of sense once I read the plan. It's a 1400 calorie a day diet that goes from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm with food being eaten every two hours. Dinner at 6:00 pm is about 300 calories and all

Criticism Does Not Motivation Make

2008-08-12T11:16:00.000-07:00

Those of you are are not obese but have loved ones who are, can easily become frustrated and angry because you can't understand why they just don't stop eating. It's simple, you want to lose weight, stop eating so much. That is correct and it is that simple, except for one thing. You've got to want it. When you're well meaning loved ones start to make sarcastic and hurtful comments and

Prostate Cancer and Obesity Don't Mix

2008-08-10T19:21:00.000-07:00

There is a standard screening test that is used to determine if a man has prostate cancer, but it may not be effective for men who are considered obese. To make matters more difficult it also seems that surgery for prostate cancer may not be effective for the obese man either. The test is a blood test that looks for high levels of an antigen called PSA. When the levels are found to be

How To Eat and Still Lose Weight

2008-08-08T19:42:00.000-07:00

Did you know that you can eat a lot and still lose weight? It sounds too good to be true, right? Here are some ways to make it happen. Eat more! Don't be fooled because the article is referring to more of healthy, low-fat foods rather than junk food. Junk food can range from burgers to those cookies that you always bought! Adding a lot of vegetables and fruits to your diet will help you. Also,

Lazy Exercising

2008-08-04T04:30:00.000-07:00

Well the future may be closer than we think. The benefits of exercise may be obtained by taking a simple pill. At the Salk Institute in San Diego, researchers discovered two drugs that improved physical endurance in mice. The first drug, Aicar had mice running a treadmill 44% longer after being on the drug for a month. Another drug called GW1516 raised the mice's endurance by 75% when

Ice Is Nice!

2008-07-27T09:04:00.000-07:00

I have had what my children consider a rather annoying habit, and that is chewing ice. I've read that it's a form of pica ( eating of things that are not food ), and that it indicates something lacking in your body, in this case I believe it's iron. Anyway I can't help it, I fill my glass with ice and a little but of whatever I'm drinking, and when the liquid is gone I happy chew my ice

Two Year Study Compares Diets

2008-07-17T08:50:00.000-07:00

A two year study has just been completed that compared the Mediterranean Style Diet, The Atkins Diet ( low-carbs), and a low-fat diet. They have concluded that the low-carb and Mediterranean were more effective at weight loss than the low-fat diet. Surprisingly it was also found that the Mediterranean and low-carb diets helped to improve the participants cholesterol levels more than the

Tips To Eyeball Correct Portions

2008-07-08T13:03:00.000-07:00

I don't have a scale and it's a pain having to measure everything you eat, but the truth is most of us eat bigger portions then we should. The Mayo Clinic had some great visualizations to help you know what a serving should look like and it really does help so here are some tips to find that correct portion.a tennis ball = one med. orange or applecomputer mouse = one medium potatohockey puck =

Pregnancy, Junk Food, and Fat Kids

2008-07-01T10:45:00.000-07:00

Based on rat studies, researchers believe that moms who eat junk food while breastfeeding and pregnancy have children who have larger fat cells and are more prone to be overweight. The rats were divided into two groups, one that ate healthy foods and one that ate junk foods. The rats that ate junk foods had offspring that also preferred junk food, and the ones that ate good foods were

The Big Breakfast Diet!

2008-06-23T09:03:00.000-07:00

We've all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but now a study has concluded that you can lose more weight if you have a big breakfast. Women who were on the big breakfast diet lost almost 5 times the weight than did those who were on a low carb diet. Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz has this explanation for the process. Upon awakening, your body looks for food. The

QUICK TIPS ON DIETING

2008-06-14T01:16:00.000-07:00

I couldn't have said it better myself!Quick Tips On Dieting

NEGATIVE CALORIE FOODS

2008-06-13T14:23:00.000-07:00

Negative calorie foods are those which have so little calories that it actually makes your body burn more calories eating, digesting, and absorbing them, than what you've taken in. Thus all you need do is eat these foods to lose weight. Remember though that to lose one pound you must omit 3500 calories, so don't expect to see dramatic results on your scale if this is all you're doing to lose