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Exercise vs. Nutrition
Jul 19th
Myth-buster: Exercise is the quickest way to lose weight.
Hey Mom!
Really, It’s all about the math… If you are now eating 3,000 calories a day, and you go on a 1,800-calorie diet, you’ll cut 1,200 calories. If you add 30 minutes of exercise (or 45-50 minutes from a camp session) you might burn another 250-600 calories, but you would have to have two or three sessions extra a week to match the weight loss from simple calorie-cutting. “Most people underestimate the calories they are eating and overestimate the calories they burn,” says James Hill, an obesity researcher at the University of More >
Make yourself a priority!
Jul 15th
Hey Mom!
Are you on your priority list?
If you are not, you are in good company. Many people are so involved in the world of others that finding time for themselves is just not important. Unfortunately, that could lead to problems that will stop you from being there for everyone-things like disease, and death.
How do you make yourself a priority? Well, think for a moment- what do you need to make your life better? Is it Health? Workout and eat better. Is it Wealth? Stop watching tv and find a way to make money with your time. Do it now. There is no More >
Portion Control is a must!
Jul 12th
Not every food has to be “perfect.” When eating a food high in fat, salt or sugar, eat a small portion of it or select other foods that are low in these ingredients. If you miss out on any food group one day, make up for it the next.
Your food choices over several days should fit together into a healthy pattern. And stop using those huge plates! Studies have shown that bigger plates means you will fill up that plate-so use a smaller one a fill it up!
One more thing: try nuts before you start cooking. Studies have shown that when More >
Habits and your weight loss
Jul 9th
Hey Mom!
The hard part of losing weight: habits. To lose weight and maintain that weight loss, there are certain habits you want to look in to forming. The National Weight Control Registry (NWCR) tracks successful weight losers–individuals who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off for more than 1 year. Common habits that these individuals share include:
- monitoring weight and food intake
- maintaining a low-calorie and low-fat diet
- eating breakfast every day
- engaging in 1 hour of physical activity daily
- limiting television viewing to 10 hours or less per week.
So there it is. Forget dieting and focus on your daily habits. Which one of these habits can you work on this More >
Will Smith wisdom, part two
Jun 8th
“I can create whatever I want to create.”
Really, it is all up to you! YOU are the master of your body. You HAVE to take control and let your surroundings know that YOU are important, too! Little actions here and there will add up to massive change later.
“There is no reason to have a plan B because it distracts you from plan A.”
Ha! “But James, if I don’t get up in the morning to workout, I’ll do it after work.” WRONG! No you won’t! Life gets busy. Everyday there is a new obstacle. Start your day off with YOU, then More >
Will Smith wisdom, part one
Jun 7th
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“I am not afraid to die on a treadmill”
There is no sustitute for hard work. I am sure you have heard that one before, but it is true! Look, you didn’t wake up one day with all that extra weight, it took a lot of meals to get you to where you are! Conversely, it will take you a lot of workouts to burn those meals. Hard work will get you far in life, but make sure it is smart work as well. Do shorter, HIGH intensity workouts instead of long, drawn out ones.
“Don’t you ever try to tell me More >
“Losing it” with Jillian Michaels
Jun 4th
Did you watch it? If you missed it, you missed a great show. Celebrity trainer Jillian Michaels travels to Wilmington, Mass., where she meets a father who underwent an unsuccessful gastric bypass surgery and a mother who is scheduled to undergo the procedure before their daughter’s wedding.
The show starts with some pretty amazing sound bites. Here are a few:
- “I am afraid of exercise”
- “2/3 of American adults are overweight”
- “Obesity costs us over $150 billion a year”
- “You are at risk for a heart attack, you are at risk for a stroke. Change your ways or dig your grave with a spoon and More >
Sleep: How to get some
Jun 3rd
There is a lot of talk about “Going Green” lately. Basically, its a way for each person to make little changes to save the environment–even if you feel like no one else cares. Here are some ways to help that wont cost you a cent, but may save you some $:
- Turn off your computer when you are not using it. (At least put it in hibernation mode.)
- Recycle. Use that blue trash can. If in doubt, go blue!
- Carpool. You are going to the same place anyway!
- Take shorter showers.
- TURN OFF THE WATER WHEN BRUSHING YOUR TEETH!
- Wash clothes in cold water.
- Plant trees. (Okay, More >
Exercise and Aging
Jun 2nd
I found this in the Jan. 25 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.”
“I like to see this laid out, but every bit of information [already] suggests that being active is the healthier way and being inactive is the abnormal, unhealthy way,” said James O. Hill, professor of pediatrics and director of the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado at Denver. “Exercise is better than any drug or anything else we have for aging. There’s no downside. If this were a drug, it would be the safest, most effective drug in the universe.”
The study had 3 others More >
