Finding Motivation
If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, then you know that sticking with an exercise program is really tough for me. With that in mind, I’ve been searching for some motivation, and I think that you might enjoy them as well.
Marc and Angel suggest music and varying your routing will help [...]
Diabetes and Exercise
The Washington Post has an interesting article on diabetes and weight loss.
The gist of the article is that aerobic and resistance training combined is better than doing either aerobic or resistance training alone. In the article, participants did one or the other for 45 minutes, three times a week OR… they did both, each for [...]
Links
Building habits Lifehack has a good article with tips on building habits. This is one you’ll want to check out.
Weight Loss is all in your Head. This article talks about how your mental state affects weight loss.
Friends and Fat
You can hardly have missed the recent discussion about your friends making you fat.
The gist of it is this: Having an obese friend greatly increases your chances for being obese, even more so than having an obese relative or spouse. If one friend begins to gain weight, then there’s a good chance the other will [...]
10 virtually instant ways to improve your life
These tips may not be specifically related to weight loss, but I believe that mastering even a few of them can do wonders for your outlook and mental health. Since I believe that for many, including me, eating is a form of self-medicating, these can actually help you achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle.read more [...]
Sex and Weight Loss
You probably know that losing weight can make you feel better about your body, which can help you enjoy sex more. Luckily, having sex can also help you lose weight. Talk about a lucky coincidence!
Fast facts about sex and weight loss.
Be active during sex for a good cardiovascular workout
Try different positions to work different muscles
Sex [...]
Americans making progress managing diabetes: study
Don’t get me wrong, it’s great that more people have their blood sugar under control. However, think about this for a minute, even with the improvement, still over half of diabetics DON’T.
Given the profound effect diabetes can have, that’s a pretty scary statistic, don’t you think?read more | digg story
Ten Surprising Nutrition Facts
Dr. Weil has an interesting article today. Two things jumped out at me as being of particular concern: the amount of junk food we eat and the higher number of calories we consume.
One third of Americans get 47 percent of their calories from junk foods.
That’s amazing. Almost half of calories from food with very little [...]
Teaspoon of Cinnamon Lowers Blood Sugar
If you have blood sugar problems, this may be one for you. According to the article, adding a little over a teaspoon of cinnamon can help your blood sugar rise more slowly.
Something I like for breakfast… cottage cheese, sprinkled with cinnamon and a few raisins. Very good!read more | digg story
Diet Pill and its “crappy” side effects
I saw some people gathered around the alli display in Wal Mart last weekend. No, I didn’t buy any.
I wonder how many of the people buying it noticed this little gem of a side effect? Seems that alli causes you to have…ahem… uncontrollable diarrhea. I usually take a pill to STOP that, not to [...]