Thinme's Video Page and Weekly Weigh-ins

thinme2006 @ 2009-03-28T09:00:00

2009-03-28T13:03:43Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 169 lb (12.07 stones)(76.8 kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)

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thinme2006 @ 2009-03-20T07:05:00

2009-03-20T11:06:38Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 168 lb (12 stones)(76.4 kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)

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thinme2006 @ 2009-03-13T06:39:00

2009-03-13T10:41:17Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 170 lb (12.1 stones)(77.3 kg)
Goal Weight: 137 lb (9.7 stones)(62.3kg)

thinme2006 @ 2009-03-09T19:48:00

2009-03-09T23:49:07Z

Food of the Week . . . Cabbage

Did you know that cabbage is great for losing weight? One cup of cooked cabbage contains only 33 calories while supplying you with a wealth of health-promoting nutrients. Like its other cruciferous cousins, broccoli, kale and mustard greens, cabbage is not only an excellent source of vitamin C and dietary fiber, but also contains many unique sulfur-containing phytonutrients, such as indole-3-carbinole (I3C) and sulforaphane. I3C and sulforaphane help activate and stabilize the body's antioxidant and detoxification mechanisms. Other sulfur compounds, which are produced as a result of cutting, chewing or digesting cabbage, increase the liver.s ability to produce enzymes that neutralize potentially toxic substances. Cabbage is easily available, inexpensive, and easy to prepare. Try our tasty recipes and you'll see why cabbage is a dietary staple of long standing throughout the world Read More ...

thinme2006 @ 2009-03-09T17:58:00

2009-03-09T21:59:53Z

Has everyone seen Sicko?

Watch it now!

Pt 1 http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjAyNzU2NDg=.html

Pt 2 http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjAyNzE5ODg=.html

thinme2006 @ 2009-03-06T10:48:00

2009-03-06T15:49:56Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 168 lb (12 stones)(76.4 kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)

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thinme2006 @ 2009-02-28T09:05:00

2009-02-28T14:07:04Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 170 lb (12.1 stones)(77.3 kg)
Goal Weight: 137 lb (9.7 stones)(62.3kg)

Dieting? Put Your Money Where Your Fat Is

2009-02-06T00:47:50Z

FOR Samwoo Ee, the first bet was just a warm-up.

Mr. Ee, 30, worked at an Internet company in SoHo, and had been competing with a colleague to see who could lose more weight. But they had both stopped going to the gym because of long hours at the office. In search of more motivation, they turned up the pressure: they entered into a formal one-month wager to see who could cut the higher percentage of their body mass index.

“It got pretty competitive,” said Mr. Ee, who weighed 248 at the time. “We used to do push-ups every hour in front of each other’s cubicles. And he used to leave really good chocolate on my desk.”

His co-worker, Daniel Fries, won the first month, after losing about 16 pounds to Mr. Ee’s 10, and Mr. Ee paid him $20.

Then, Mr. Ee said, “it got serious.”

Six co-workers joined them in another weight-loss competition. “I told them this was going to be dirty,” Mr. Ee said. There were weekly weigh-ins by an outside record keeper. Mr. Ee finished second in that bet, after losing an additional four pounds. Along the way, Mr. Ee’s officemates enjoyed taunting one another with comments like, “Are you sure you want to eat that bagel?” and “Why don’t you get a cheeseburger for lunch and I’ll get a salad?”

It was an eight-player example of a diet bet, in which those seeking to lose pounds give themselves a new incentive: money. If they don’t lose more weight than the competition, they lose cash. Internet sites that facilitate diet betting have seen an increase in traffic, and recent studies have supported what Mr. Ee and his co-workers discovered: diet bets work for many people who couldn’t seem to shed pounds any other way.

“Diet betting is definitely becoming more popular among friends, relatives and co-workers,” said Joy Bauer, author of “Joy’s Life Diet: Four Steps to Thin Forever,” and founder of Joy Bauer Nutrition, a firm with offices in Manhattan and Westchester County. “It makes life easier if everyone around you is cutting calories, and the amicable competition keeps people driven. You are less likely to eat bad things from the candy jar.”

Most diet bettors agreed that while losing weight was the ultimate goal, winning the bet — and pocketing the winnings — soon became the main reason they stuck to their diets.

“I wanted to win, and I blew everyone away,” said Christopher Fallon, 36, a medical sales representative from West Orange, N.J. Mr. Fallon participated in a three-month diet bet with nine other colleagues, everyone contributing $100 to a winner-take-all pool. At a sales meeting a few weeks before the end of the bet, Mr. Fallon’s fellow bettors realized that he was way ahead.

“When I saw Chris at the gym at 6 a.m. looking skeletal, I knew it was over for me,” said one colleague, Carolyn Kramaritsch.

Mr. Fallon admitted that he enjoyed vanquishing his peers even more than losing the pounds. “I didn’t even need to lose much weight,” he said, “but when I saw everyone else, I thought, ‘I just won $900!’ ”

A study in the December issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association found that people who had financial incentives to lose weight were much more successful at dieting than those who did not.

The study created two groups of dieters with financial incentives, as well as a control group. Dr. Kevin Volpp, co-author of the study and an associate professor in behavioral economics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Wharton School, said the prospect of losing or gaining money was a significant incentive for dieters, especially when the money was not rewarded until the end of the period.

Weekly feedback was also an important component of the study, Dr. Volpp said, as was the very simple fact that people do not like to lose money.

Similarly, two Yale professors, Dean Karlan and Ian Ayres, studied the effects of commitment contracts on quitting smoking and then applied that research to dieting, developing a business around their theories. They teamed up with a graduate student, Jordan Goldberg, 24, and started StickK.com last year, a Web site that motivates people to make changes in their lives by signing contracts: if they fail in their goals, it costs them money.

The site has more than 23,000 users, the highest percentage of whom (42 percent) have commitment contracts for losing weight. The site takes credit card information up front and charges your card weekly if you fail to meet your goal. You can designate someone to be your referee — a friend, co-worker or spouse, for example — but in the end, if they fail to do their jobs, then StickK.com takes your word for it.

Bettors can also designate a friend or charity as recipients of their lost money, but they can also choose a “foe or anti-charity.” As the Web site states, “Wouldn’t it just kill you to hand over your hard-earned money to someone you can’t stand?”

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/health/nutrition/05fitness.html

thinme2006 @ 2009-01-19T19:12:00

2009-01-20T00:12:58Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 168 lb (12 stones)(76.4 kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)

thinme2006 @ 2009-01-10T19:07:00

2009-01-11T00:07:43Z

The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating

Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his favorites, like purslane, guava and goji berries, aren’t always available at regular grocery stores. I asked Dr. Bowden, author of “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth,” to update his list with some favorite foods that are easy to find but don’t always find their way into our shopping carts. Here’s his advice.

Beets: Think of beets as red spinach, Dr. Bowden said, because they are a rich source of folate as well as natural red pigments that may be cancer fighters.
How to eat: Fresh, raw and grated to make a salad. Heating decreases the antioxidant power.
Cabbage: Loaded with nutrients like sulforaphane, a chemical said to boost cancer-fighting enzymes.
How to eat: Asian-style slaw or as a crunchy topping on burgers and sandwiches.
Swiss chard: A leafy green vegetable packed with carotenoids that protect aging eyes.
How to eat it: Chop and saute in olive oil.
Cinnamon: May help control blood sugar and cholesterol.
How to eat it: Sprinkle on coffee or oatmeal.
Pomegranate juice: Appears to lower blood pressure and loaded with antioxidants.
How to eat: Just drink it.
Dried plums: Okay, so they are really prunes, but they are packed with antioxidants.
How to eat: Wrapped in prosciutto and baked.
Pumpkin seeds: The most nutritious part of the pumpkin and packed with magnesium; high levels of the mineral are associated with lower risk for early death.
How to eat: Roasted as a snack, or sprinkled on salad.
Sardines: Dr. Bowden calls them “health food in a can.” They are high in omega-3’s, contain virtually no mercury and are loaded with calcium. They also contain iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper and manganese as well as a full complement of B vitamins.
How to eat: Choose sardines packed in olive or sardine oil. Eat plain, mixed with salad, on toast, or mashed with dijon mustard and onions as a spread.
Turmeric: The “superstar of spices,” it may have anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties.
How to eat: Mix with scrambled eggs or in any vegetable dish.
Frozen blueberries: Even though freezing can degrade some of the nutrients in fruits and vegetables, frozen blueberries are available year-round and don’t spoil; associated with better memory in animal studies.
How to eat: Blended with yogurt or chocolate soy milk and sprinkled with crushed almonds.
Canned pumpkin: A low-calorie vegetable that is high in fiber and immune-stimulating vitamin A; fills you up on very few calories.
How to eat: Mix with a little butter, cinnamon and nutmeg.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/the-11-best-foods-you-arent-eating/?em

thinme2006 @ 2009-01-10T07:28:00

2009-01-10T12:28:52Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 165 lb (11.7stones)(75.0kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)

thinme2006 @ 2009-01-08T20:59:00

2009-01-09T02:00:26Z

Will Americans put on "recession pounds"?

DALLAS (Reuters) – Americans may reduce the amount they spend on food in response to a sour economy but some experts fear they may pick up weight in the process.

The specter of "recession pounds" is a concern weighing on health professionals, who point to numerous studies linking obesity and unhealthy eating habits to low incomes.

They fear that as people cut food spending they will cut back on healthy but relatively expensive items such as fresh fish, fruit, vegetables and whole grains, in favor of cheaper options high in sugar and saturated fats.

"People ... are going to economize and as they save money on food they will be eating more empty calories or foods high in sugar, saturated fats and refined grains, which are cheaper," said Adam Drewnowski, the director of the Nutrition Sciences Program at the University of Washington in Seattle.

"Things are going to get worse," he told Reuters in a telephone interview. "Obesity is a toxic result of a failing economic environment."

Drewnowski's own research has highlighted the link between income and obesity.

"In Seattle we have found that there are fivefold differences in obesity rates depending on the zip code -- the low-income zip codes have a much higher proportion of obese people," he said.

He added that studies in California suggested that a 10 percent rise in poverty translates into about a 6 percent increase in obesity among adults.

The rate of new cases of diabetes soared by about 90 percent in the United States in the past decade, fueled by growing obesity and sedentary lifestyles, U.S. health officials said in October.

Nine of the 10 states with the highest rates of new cases of diabetes were in the South, a region with huge pockets of poverty and glaring income disparities.

America already tops the global obesity scales. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over one third of U.S. adults -- more than 72 million people -- and 16 percent of U.S. children are obese.

The unfolding recession could inflate U.S. waistlines further as more and more people fall onto hard times and seek cheaper food.

"The reality is that when you are income constrained the first area you try to address is having enough calories in your diet. And cheap sources of calories tend to be high in total fats and sugars," said Eileen Kennedy, the dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University outside Boston.

RECESSION-PROOF BIG MACS

There is anecdotal evidence to support such concerns including the success of U.S. fast-food giant McDonald's, which has a low-priced menu that is high in fat and calories.

Chief Executive Jim Skinner said in October that the world's largest hamburger chain "continues to be recession resistant" after it posted a better-than-expected third-quarter profit, helped by a 7 percent jump in global sales.

It has successfully used its Dollar Menu to maintain its hold on cash-strapped customers.

One such customer is Dianthe Clements, 36, a mother of two in Washington, D.C., who struggles to make ends meet stocking shelves in a shop where she makes $11.27 an hour.

"Some nights we go to McDonald's, they have those value meals. Sometimes we will have just cereal," she told Reuters.

By contrast, other chains associated with healthier eating such as Austin-based grocery retailer Whole Foods has seen its fortunes sag with the economy.

Whole Foods, which thrived prior to the economic crisis by selling organic, natural and gourmet food at premium prices, has been hit as cost-conscious consumers trade down to lower-priced stores.

In November it said that sales at established stores were up 0.4 percent in the September quarter, compared with an 8.2 percent rise in the year-earlier period.

"We associate poverty with obesity because energy dense foods are less expensive. More poverty does not have to translate into more obesity but it certainly could," said Dr. Robert Eckel, the former president of the Dallas-based American Heart Association.

Drewnowski said it was possible to eat in an affordable and healthy way, partly by relying on the basic foods which saw America through the Depression of the 1930s.

"The answer lies in affordable but nutrient-rich foods such as ground beef, beans, milk, nuts, cheese, carrots, potatoes, canned tomatoes, soups, and rice," he said, calling it "a diet for a new Depression."

(Reporting by Ed Stoddard; Additional reporting by Lucia Mutikani in Washington; Editing by Eddie Evans)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090109/hl_nm/us_financial_obesity;_ylt=AtbCWG2lyLGmYgL8doFgSzEDW7oF

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2009-01-06T23:37:01Z

Study: Exercise Won't Cure Obesity

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"Evidence is beginning to accumulate that dietary intake may be more important than energy expenditure level," Luke said. "Weight loss is not likely to happen without dietary restraint."

The results, announced in a statement from the university today, were published in the September 2008 issue of the journal Obesity.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090106/sc_livescience/studyexercisewontcureobesity

thinme2006 @ 2009-01-03T09:20:00

2009-01-03T14:23:57Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 168 lb (12 stones)(76.4 kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)

thinme2006 @ 2008-12-31T07:13:00

2008-12-31T12:16:52Z

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2008-12-28T16:54:47Z

thinme2006 @ 2008-12-15T07:10:00

2008-12-15T12:26:16Z

thinme2006 @ 2008-12-12T07:18:00

2008-12-12T12:23:47Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 163 lb (11.6 stones)(74.1 kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)

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2008-12-06T11:14:46Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 165 lb (11.7stones)(75.0kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)

thinme2006 @ 2008-12-05T07:43:00

2008-12-05T12:46:30Z

Happy Friday graphics</a>

thinme2006 @ 2008-11-29T07:47:00

2008-11-29T12:51:47Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 167 lb (11.9stones)(75.9kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)

thinme2006 @ 2008-11-26T17:05:00

2008-11-26T22:08:39Z

Glitter Graphics - GlitterLive.com

thinme2006 @ 2008-11-22T06:09:00

2008-11-22T11:12:28Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 167 lb (11.9stones)(75.9kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)

thinme2006 @ 2008-11-21T06:32:00

2008-11-21T11:35:16Z

MySpace Friday Comments

thinme2006 @ 2008-11-15T11:01:00

2008-11-15T16:04:35Z

Starting Weight: 217 lb (15.5 stones)(98.6kg)
Current Weight: 161 lb (11.5stones)(73.2kg)
Goal Weight: 135 lb (9.6 stones)(61.4kg)