Reset your Set Point
Does this sound familiar?
You start off weighing 200 pounds. You manage to lose 25 pounds, but over the next few weeks or months, your weight bounces back, maybe settling in around 185 or 190. Your weight stays there for a while, and eventually you’re able to drop more weight and the cycle repeats itself.
What’s going [...]
Three Major Diets Compared
This recent study compares three popular diets: Low fat, low carb, Mediterranean. The results weren’t surprising, to me at least.
All three work when it comes to weight loss.
The Mediterranean diet and low carb diet actually performed a little better, presumably because both allow more fat in the diet. These also resulted in better blood glucose [...]
SlimShots
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, then you know that I’m not a fan of diet pills and potions in general. I’ve surprised myself by finding that I’m a bit interested in SlimShots, a new appetite control product.
To summarize, SlimShots is made of oat and palm oil, which suppress your appetite. You [...]
Walking update
Over the last few days, I’ve started wearing a pedometer again. It’s my first step to getting ready for the half marathon.
July 1: 10500 steps
July 2: 7500 steps
July 3: 7800 steps
And today, I forgot to put the darn thing on!
Buying a pedometer
I own about a half dozen pedometers: different brands, various prices. However, the best [...]
Train for a Half-Marathon
I’ve been looking at some marathon walking sites on the internet, trying to find a training schedule and tips for getting from 0-13 miles.
Walk the Half Marathon includes a training schedule that’s pretty light through the week with a long walk day on the weekend. That would work with my schedule. It starts at only [...]
Why are you overweight?
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately. Why am I really overweight?
Of course, the simple answer is this: eating more calories than you burn makes you gain weight. That’s true, but it’s also not quite true at the same time. It doesn’t get to the heart of the problem.
You see, if it were as [...]
Exercise Update
I’ve been really lax in the exercise department, except for yard work. It’s summer, and my husband and I have committed to doing our own yard work this year, so that amounts to two days of exercise a week.
But that’s it, and I know that that isn’t enough for either of us.
I mentioned a while [...]