How Many Calories Did I Really Burn
I want to figure out how many calories I need each day, and then subtract 500 calories from that to lose a pound a week (3500 calories are in a pound, divided by 7 days a week = 500 fewer calories per day). I am keeping track of all this now on my iPhone with [...]
Bad Publicity For Restaurants May Be Working
In the past few years, he insanely high calorie count of foods in some notorious restaurants has been exposed by the press. I saw some top 10 lists, restaurant dishes with the most calories. All of the dishes mentioned contained more calories that most people need in an entire day. Yesterday, the Today Show has [...]
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Weight Fluctuations And H2O
Sometimes I am very good, I eat only what I am supposed to eat, and nothing else, and then I step on the scale and it registers more weight than the day before. This always comes as a shock, I couldn’t have eaten any less, and in spite of that I weight more! And I [...]
Misleading Calorie Content in Restaurants
My husband and I went to Uno Chicago Grill in Boston because we were going to a play at the theater next to the restaurant afterward. I have started asking waitresses everywhere I go for food whether the calorie content of the food on their menu is available. I think it should always be available, [...]
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The Weekend Is Here Again
I find it incredibly hard to diet on weekends. I see friends, go out for dinner, spend more time shopping for food. So how to handle weekends? I have decided that I will take a little diet break on the weekends. I try really hard not to go overboard, but I just let go a [...]
Using EFT
I have discovered this wonderful technique to help me conquer my food cravings. In the beginning, I thought it was a bunch of hoey, but it seems to be working. In this specific instruction, the man, Craig Brockie, uses chocolate cravings as an example of something to overcome using EFT. That fits me perfectly! I [...]
There’s an app for that!
If you have an iPhone, or possibly this is available for other PDAs, you can get a free app called Lose It! This app can keep track of everything you eat, plus record any exercise you get and help you keep track of the calories you have eaten so that you don’t have to keep [...]
The Framingham Study
From a Wired Magazine article, click here to read the whole article. A fairly well-known study was started in Framingham, MA in 1948 with the original intention of studying heart disease. Over 5000 Framingham residents have participated and has been very successful in terms of exposing risk factors for heart disease, you know, all the [...]
Halloween Is Coming
Halloween is about two weeks away. Have you already bought bags of candy to give out, and meanwhile, you have eaten half of them? The you have to go back to the store and buy more. I think most of us have done this, ugh! Halloween candy will still be available on October 30! Why [...]
Healthy Foods
My local health food store puts out a newsletter that I just love to read. This month, it talks about ten healthy food, some of them were surprising. For example, it has this to say about the chocolate bean, my personal favorite. In fact, if I had any chocolate in the house, I would be [...]