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, [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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