Restaurant Chains And Calories If you live in New York and visit chain restaurants like Burger King, you'll be able to see how many calories an item has simply by looking at their board. Chain restaurants already must make the calorie counts of their menu items publicly available, but beginning March 31 they will have to put the numbers on … [Read more...] about Restaurant Chains And Calories
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Fitness Predictions
Fitness Predictions The American Council on Exercise (ACE) has come up with their top 10 fitness predictions for 2008. Out of the Box Workouts - Think dancing, boxing, outdoor bootcamps - stuff that's fun. No Equipment Workouts- Workouts that don't use equipment, can be used anywhere. Event or Sports Specific - Marathons, golf, … [Read more...] about Fitness Predictions
Successful Lap Banding Story
Successful Lap Banding Story This lady lost 140 pounds and 10 dress sizes, by having lap banding surgery. Despite the rapid weight loss, surgery wasn't an easy way out. Hill says she still has to plan her meals and eat properly, and one of the biggest downsides is that she has difficulty digesting some starchy foods. Lap band … [Read more...] about Successful Lap Banding Story
Global Warming Diet
Cut Calories and Carbon With the Global Warming Diet I actually heard about the Carbon Diet a couple of months ago, scribbled stuff about it and promptly forgot about it. And the way gas prices are, walking is looking better and better. How? Get out of your car and walk or bike half an hour a day instead of driving. And while you're at it, … [Read more...] about Global Warming Diet
Gum Chewing
Gum Chewing The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Obesity Society did a study and found that chewing gum before snacking helps reduce hunger. Aside from the fact that I look like a cow chewing it's cud when I chew gum, so I don't touch the stuff, but I used to chew gum. And it never, and I mean never, helped with appetite control and weight … [Read more...] about Gum Chewing
Play An Hour A Day
The NFL and Department of Health and Human Services, along with the Ad Council are launching a series of public service ads that are intended to fight child hood obesity, by urging families to play an hour a day. The ads will start running this week. http://www.smallstep.gov http://www.NFLRUSH.com … [Read more...] about Play An Hour A Day
If You Want To Lose Weight
If You Want To Lose Weight If you want to lose weight all you have to do is "rise early in the morning; be exercised to sweating; be sparse in diet, not eating sweet things". according to a women's guide in 1694 that's about to go up for auction. Sounds kind of close to our diets now. Although I might consider the goose grease remedy … [Read more...] about If You Want To Lose Weight
Pregnancy and Weight Gain
Pregnancy and Weight Gain I was never told how much to gain - or not to gain. When I got pregnant, I was only like 15 pounds - if that - over what I wanted to be. About 8 months pregnant - I had advanced to drinking 3 - 16 ounce glasses of full fat milk, in an iced glass no less - a girlfriend informed me that I shouldn't be eating more than 500 … [Read more...] about Pregnancy and Weight Gain