20 Things You Didn’t Know About… Obesity
These lines really jumped out at me.
“2. According to a study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, nearly half the 4,000 people responding to an online survey about obesity said they would give up a year of their life rather than be fat.
3. Between 15 percent and 30 percent [...]
Weekly Habit for Jan 29
Sorry this is late in getting posted. We’ve been fighting off the flu here, so this has not been a good week!
And keeping flu season in mind, let’s do a different kind of habit this week. Do something nice for yourself every day, but be sure it’s not a food reward.
My thinking behind this is [...]
Weekly Habit for Jan 22: Skip the Fast Food for Breakfast
For this week, let’s avoid the morning drive-thrus for breakfast. It’s way too easy to pick up a biscuit and hashbrowns every morning, and way too many calories. Instead, grab a bite at home or take something along to eat once you get to work.
In case you’re wondering how bad it can be, check out [...]
Pain Relief from Drinking Water?
This is an interesting article. The author started experiencing aches and pains and even muscle spasms and attributed them to age (39! please…). It turns out that he was simply dehydrated and found relief by increasing his water consumption.
I have heard that even mild dehydration can cause you to feel tired or hungry, but I [...]
10 Foods you may want to avoid, at least most of the time
I won’t say never eat these, but they definitely deserve a pause and a rethink. But then again, I’m not much on complete deprivation!
I’m an ice cream fan, but I only indulge in the good stuff (Ben and Jerry’s or Dove mentioned here) rarely. It’s terribly fattening, but too good to give up altogether. Once [...]
Feel Good About Yourself and Lose Weight
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about feeling positive about myself and how that affects how well I do with my eating and exercise. (Note I didn’t say diet.) I believe a diet is temporary but making small changes isn’t.
I am very much an emotional eater. Happy? Celebrate by eating out. Upset? Comfort myself with [...]
Chewing Gum to lose Pounds
First off, I have no idea if this works,or if there are any side effects. My concern is simply that it’s yet another quick-fix to the problem of obesity that so many of us are dealing with.
I believe, and have learned through my own experience, that small “baby step” changes are the easiest to do [...]
Weekly Habit for Jan 15: Eat Less Junk Food
So, we’ve cut out second helpings, reduced our sugared drinks and number of sweet treats. For this week, let’s concentrate on junk food. For me, that usually means salty snacks. Let’s try to cut them out (or at least, eat less of them) for this week.
And how have you done with the habits we’ve tried [...]
15 Foods You Shouldn’t Live Without
This is an interesting article about some super-healthy foods that everyone should be eating on a regular basis. I was surprised to see a couple of them on the list (celery, for one). read more | digg story
Spain moves to close down websites that tell girls it’s good to be anorexic
This is really too much. I sometimes get frustrated seeing all the ads for concoctions that supposedly make the pounds “melt” off, knowing that most, if not all, of them are the modern equivalent of snake oil. But telling girls that being anorexic is good? You’ve got to be kidding me. Don’t girls (and boys, [...]
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