July Diet Pulpit Archives

Diet Update Weighin Week 13

Weight 260.5, loss for this week 2 lbs; (total so far: 33 lbs) Was hoping for more – but won’t complian, just grumble a bit. I had peeked on Saturday and I had lost more – but I guess yesterday caused a weight gain. We took my mom (for her birthday) on a boat tour [...]

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Low sodium is making a difference

I’m noticing some very nice changes after ONLY 7 days on a low sodium diet plan (loosely based on following the recommendations of The Rice House Diet) – quicker then I have on any other diet plan (and I’ve tried almost all of them). I have been keeping my daily calories the same as I [...]

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Super Hero Diet Will Power

Discovering Super Hero Diet Will Power and Determination. Wouldn’t it be nice if super heroes existed or a knight in shining armor could along and solve all our problems? Since that isn’t likely to happen any time soon, over the years I’ve learned I have to be my own Super Hero – especially when it [...]

When life asks you to dance, say yes!

The title is from a line of a favorite song of mine and after reading an article at MSNBC “Ballroom dancing puts the swing in exercise” I was inspired to write about how much fun dancing can be as a form of exercise that doesn’t feel like exercise. I’ve always wanted to take ballroom dance [...]

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Water Weight

Water Weight (inflammation) – the importance of getting the water out. Sometimes when you tell people how much weight you’ve lost in a week or at the beginning of a diet, they say “oh its just water weight you didn’t lose that much fat.” Not exactly an example of a positive reinforcement or encouragement. I have [...]

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Diet Update Weighin Week 12

Weight: 262.5 Lost this week: 3.5 lbs, (total lost so far 31 lbs.) With that kinda of weight loss, I am beginning to really like this low sodium diet — I don’t think I have ever lost this much weight in so little time after being on a diet for awhile. Usually that only happens [...]

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Making Adjustments to Low Sodium Diet

Getting a handle on things and resisting temptation – I am slowly adjusting to the new diet restrictions, reading a lot, and I went shopping to get some things in the house I can have for this week. I had to go over my sister’s house yesterday for my nephew’s birthday party. They had a [...]

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Another challenge to conquer

I will be following a low sodium diet. The cardiac catherization this past Thursday (two days ago) went fine, no clogged arteries. The doctor however said I need to have a low fat, low salt diet (1500 mg a day) – to get the blood pressure under control. Low fat is not a problem I [...]

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Understanding Portion Size

Get Aquainted With Portion Size Using Just Your Hand: 3 ounces of meat, fish, poultry is about the size and thickness of a deck of playing cards or an audiotape or your palm (no fingers). Medium apple or peach is about the size of a tennis ball. 1 ounce of cheese is about the size [...]

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Size Does Matter

It’s all about the calorie numbers and portion size (even if we’d like to ignore that fact). Let’s face it, to lose weight we have to know how many calories our bodies need and then eat less. To lose 1 lb. a week, eat 500 calories less a day than your body will use. Studies have [...]

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