Posts Tagged ‘obesity’

Muscle and Fat Facts

Fat and Muscle Facts
The facts are presented here NOT to be discouraging, but to arm you with knowledge and an honest look at how the body works and to assess where you are in order to create the best healthy lifestyle plan for your indivdual needs.
Online resources: How Fat Cells Work
Studies show that most peole [...]

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Could restaurants ban obese customers?

If Mississippi lawmaker Republican Rep. John Read of Gautier had his way they just might be able to.
No one is suppose to be offended by his proposal for the new law to govern who restaurants could and could not serve based on their weight, because he “was [just] trying to shed a little light on the number [...]

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Diet SOS

I went food shopping this weekend and got in lots of cucumbers, celery, baby carrots, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, a bottle of low fat Ranch dressing (I know, I know, the dressing is a bit of an indulgence but I am measuring and counting it in my daily calories, it is 30 calories a TBL.), Activa [...]

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Fat Cat Blues

Well today I’m feeling like the fat cat in the photo above.  Unfortunately, the scale is also confirming that I am indeed FAT and growing steadily (ugh!).  
I had a small indulgence last night.  Hubby made a big pot of pencil points with a tomato sauce and boneless\skinless chicken breast.  I had one small chicken breast [...]

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Health Experts on Obesity

Don’t be a fool, eat for fuel.
For today’s weighty wisdom post I found this very informative youtube video in a post on Once Upon a Diet.   So give a listen to three top health experts (Dr. Weil, Dr. Oz and Gary Taubes) as they discuss carbs, high protein, obesity, overeating, horomones, genes, etc.

I am definitely going to [...]