Countdown to Fitness

Do you want to lose weight or understand the causes of obesity?  Are you interested in knowing which calories are good and which are bad?  Do you want to know why the mainstream thinking on nutrition may be causing more obesity and other illnesses?  Are dietary fat and cholesterol really causing obesity, heart disease, and other problems?  What is the contradictory evidence, and why is it omitted?  You might be surprised by the history, politics, personalities, and science (or lack-thereof) behind the current nutritional recommendations and by the possibility that the current “wisdom” on nutrition is wrong.  This book is one of the most important books I’ve read in my life, and I couldn’t put it down. (more…)

OK, we all know scales tell you what you weigh, but sometimes the number isn’t reflective of the work you are putting in to maintain your health: eating right, exercising, etc.

Simply Determined and I were talking this week about the unpredictability of weight loss, and I mentioned my weird week and a half of weight loss. (more…)

Last week I had a minor upset on weigh day. The scale registered EXACTLY the same number as the week before. It wasn’t a shock because I had fallen off the wagon on the previous Monday when my sister was visiting from Indiana. We went to Casa Gallardo and I ate Enchiladas Rancheras with chips & salsa–definitely not good choices. I went back on Atkins (Induction) the next day and didn’t cheat again all week. I thought it was rather cruel of my body to hold one slip against me, but when the scale hadn’t moved, I said to myself, you deserve this. (more…)

For so long I had heard that one should drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water every day, but I never actually did it, until the past few of weeks.  I can verify that my weight loss has increased since doing so.

Health Benefits of Water
Every system in your body depends on water.  This essential fluid (more…)

I’m now keeping track of weight loss every day (I was only weighing myself once per week) because I’m doing scientific observations of what works for me.  Besides weight, I’m keeping track of calories (I’ve been doing that, but this calorie count is now in a new weight tracking spreadsheet that I came up with), water consumption, exercise, and an estimate (thanks to Nutrition Data http://www.nutritiondata.com/tools/calories-burned) of the calories I burned for each day. (more…)