It’s nice to have the impression that we have everything under control. From the small things to the big things. From things we think about to things we actually do. Of course, most of the time this is an illusion. What really happens is that our fantastic ability to adapt kicks in. Our mind and [...]
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7 Feb 10
Fat Loss Resources (Losing weight saga – 8)
There comes a time in the weight loss journey when you realize that some things are more important than actually losing weight. I mean, in the first phase of losing weight, a good indicator of how you’re doing is the actual weight. After a certain point you might see that although the amount of weight [...]
30 Jan 10
Eat To Save Your Life (Losing weight saga – 7)
Ran into this on youtube. It’s called “Eat to Save your life” and you can learn a thing or two about healthy eating. Of course it’s made in a commercial manner that can be tasted by the masses. But if you look past that you will see some valid ideas.
Enjoy.
Part 1 of 8:
All the parts, [...]
7 Jan 10
On New Year’s Resolutions
I ranted before about New Year’s Resolutions and how lame it seems to me to set some goal at this point in time each year just because everybody else is doing it. Also it’s well known that most of those goal will go down the drain very fast so…
Today’s annoyance is related to one of [...]
26 Dec 09
Greek Yogurt
A discovery made since going on a diet: greek yogurt.
What makes it special is the amount of protein it has compared to normal yogurt (roughly double of that normal yogurt!).
Here is my favourite brand:
http://www.fageusa.com/products.aspx?prevSect=home#/products/zero
I know it’s pink and the name isn’t the most fortunate one, but nutrition-wise it is as good as yogurt gets [...]
26 Dec 09
Calories. Counting. (Losing weight saga – 6)
Here is another post about my quest to lose weight
This one is about the importance of measuring and logging what you eat. Yep, as boring as it may sound (at it is) counting the calories and the content of the foods you eat can be a major success factor in losing weight, eating healthier [...]
21 Dec 09
The 3 stages of a diet (Losing weight saga – 5)
Here is another post about my quest to lose weight
Although we’re talking about a diet the 3 stages can be applied to any change that you want to make. The 3 stages are:
1) The honeymoon stage
2) The frustration stage
3) The acceptance stage
To give an example, let’s say that starting tomorrow you’ll decide that the [...]
25 Nov 09
Measuring (Losing weight saga – 4)
Here is another post about my quest to lose weight
This one is about the importance of measuring. It applies to both loosing weight and to any other activity that you’re doing and expecting a certain outcome.
Although it may seem a no-brainer, I think I can turn out to be the difference between success and [...]
13 Nov 09
Taboo – American Teeth
Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/
Today’s topic: American Teeth
It’s somewhat surprising that we find teeth on the list of taboos. I mean, what can be said about this subject and why would people avoid it?
There are a couple of things that can go wrong when talking about this and it all fits within a greater story of how [...]
12 Nov 09
Making the health choice (Losing weight saga – 3)
Here we are again, with another post about my quest to lose weight and keep it off! When I say quest, it’s more in a broad term than in a particular one. Because in cases like this it’s not really a quest, it’s about changing the way you live and learning how to make the [...]
1 Nov 09
The Burger Gym (Losing weight saga – 2)
Here is another episode from the Losing weight saga.
It’s kind of obvious that if you want to lose weight, your intake must be lower than what you’re consuming. Simple, huh? In that sense, your body will start burning fat and you’ll lose the excess weight. Well, at least that’s the theory. There are two ways [...]
13 Oct 09
The Plan (Losing weight saga – 1)
As I was saying in the Prologue, I need to do something if I want to live past 30-40 years. Clearly doing something means loosing weight. And keeping it off.
I say keeping it off, because I’ve tried dieting and working out in the past. It worked, on the short term, but in the long term [...]
5 Oct 09
Health Effects of Obesity (Losing weight saga – Prologue)
Ever since I’ve arrived in the US my weight has been going in one direction: up
Not pretty picture. To motivate myself to stop eating or at least stop eating bad food I’ve looked up some facts about obesity. Here is the most condensed form that I’ve found: http://obesity1.tempdomainname.com/subs/fastfacts/Health_Effects.shtml
Basically most serious diseases (cancer, [...]
12 Aug 09
Taboo – Fat People
Introduction here: http://theromaniandream.com/blog/2009/07/17/taboo/
Today’s topic: Fat People
Header: Before going into the actual subject, let’s watch a documentary on the subject of unhealthy eating: http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/peter_jennings_reporting_how_to_get_fat_without_really_trying/
For those of you who don’t have 44 minutes to watch it, I’ll sum it up for you. It’s really hard to eat in a healthy manner here in the US if you’re [...]
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10 May 09
The Recession – helping our kids to think
weird article on how the recession is actually helping the kids of today get more creative:
http://www.toydirectory.com/MONTHLY/article.asp?id=3570
So, in other words the recession will have smarter kids as a side effect. Probably they will also learn that the lesson: “just because it’s way more expensive it doesn’t mean it’s better”. Maybe the economy has a chance once [...]
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