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Mind Over Matter—Companies Selling Mindfulness as a Way to Lose Weight
For $65-$100/month (except WW). I’d seen ads for Noom on Insta, but never clicked and had no idea how expensive it was. They’re still all about logging food and calorie restriction. Sure, some do telemedicine services and can prescribe weight loss drugs, but how many of us should actually take them. The featured man in the…
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COVID Ruined My Step Streak :(
I had a 4.5 year, 10,000 steps a day streak going. Through every illness and injury I pulled it off. Until this. I am not that sick (thank goodness for vaccines), but I am completely exhausted. I need a nap after walking from the bed to the couch. Soooooooo bummed about my tiny, trivial problem (compared to what's going on…
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Frank Lanz Reveals Struggle to Maintain Weight-loss
“I can’t be this miserable.” I don’t think any of us would say losing weight (he lost 60 pounds) was super easy-peasy, and keeping it off can be a challenge, but there are so many people here who have done just that. Personally, I don’t know much about him (just what I read in the article). But he had a stroke. He lost the…
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Negative Effects of Too Much Daily Intense Exercise
Thought this summary was really interesting. Especially the drastic change between 90 minutes (great!) and 152 minutes (not so good). I do a lot of interval training, and rarely go as long as 90 minutes. And because it’s interval training, it’s not all intense. https://apple.news/AcL65unUjR9ilQW1mdAALZA PS I found the…
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New Weight-loss Drug Heralded as Game-Changer
A drug currently used to treat Type Two diabetes administered at higher doses. People can lose up to 15% of their body weight in 68 weeks. Doesn’t say how the weight is lost, such as by reducing appetite and I haven’t looked up the study yet. I’m not sure it’s the “game-changer” they think. People could lose that weight by…
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Garmin Site Down for Maintenance (?)
I've been seeing that message for several days. It's never been down for that long before. Are others getting that message?
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Reconditioning
Read this today and thought it had some great points to ponder, especially for folks who have been less active during the last few months and will be getting back out there as gyms, studios, and the great outdoors open back up. https://apple.news/Aq2xhimX-QtaBfaUD_-WTaQ
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Interactions on Fitbit App
Hey Fitbit folks, I won a Versa 2 Special Edition and since I've always been a loyal Garmin user for years (on my second Vivoactive--I wear the 3 now), though curious about Fitbit, I decided to give it a go and compare the two (more on that later). There are some differences in interactions on the app between the two. Most…
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So, It's What We're Not Eating That (also) Will Kill Us
"Health effects of dietary risks in 195 countries, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017" Published April 3, 2019 in The Lancet The sweeping review — which analyzed nearly 20 years of dietary data from 195 countries, alongside epidemiological studies about nutrition-related health…
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Is Breakfast Really Good for You? What the Research Says ...
Sadly, I'm not at all surprised some of the studies touting the importance of eating breakfast were funded by cereal companies, just like the studies funded by tobacco companies saying cigarettes were safe ... :neutral: time.com/5516364/is-eating-breakfast-healthy/ Edited because I couldn't spell "cigarettes" correctly.
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So, My Food Scale Died ...
Ordered a new one from Amazon, same day delivery. Until then, I’m on my own ...
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Review of Research on the Amount of Dietary Protein and Kidney Disease
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1700312 The article takes about the impact of sodium, potassium, calcium, vitamin D and other dietary nutrients. I found interesting:* "No clearly distinguished difference in the risk of kidney disease between plant-based and animal-based protein." * "There is currently no evidence that…
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"Who's NOT Overweight?"
So, at a meeting this week, we were all chatting about random stuff and one person brought up her partner was coming onto her insurance because her partner's company's insurance was going to start charging more for smokers (private company). Another one said the same thing, but it was due to health stats like BMI, BP, etc.…
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New Study: Just Smelling Your Food Cat Make You Gain Wieght
Here's the link. I heard about this on the radio this morning and had to look it up as it sounded ridiculous. I haven't looked up the actual study in the journal yet.I don't know how many mice they used, etc. OK, I know I'm not a Biochemist, but this just seems like BS to me. What if the sense of smell makes us eat more,…
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"Woo" Button to Comment on Posts (?)
So, when I logged in tonight, I saw a "Woo" emoticon just past the "awesome." What's it for? Is it "woo" as in woo-hoo (cheering)? Or is it "woo" as in "this post is full of "woo" (not-so-good-thing)?
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Biggest Loser Contestants, Metabloism and Weight Re-gain
The excerpts from the NY Times were scary regarding how much slower their metabolisms were when compared what they should be for a person of their gender/size. The best argument for slow and steady wight-loss! http://bit.ly/1pX5ix5
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It's a New TV Season, But Here's Why You Might Want to Look Away
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/09/27/tv-health-risks/72562994/ "'There is some evidence that the resting metabolic rate is actually lower when you watch TV, compared to some other sedentary behaviors like reading or driving,' he says." "But others say there's not yet enough evidence to support any specific limit…
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This Chart Shows People with the Same BMI May Look Different
Depending on the amount of muscle and fat. [img=http://www.buzzfeed.com/juliegerstein/this-chart-shows-that-people-with-the-same-bmi-can-look-insa?bftwdiy&utm_term=4ldqpg0#.mgq9pRQ9NQ[/img]
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Diet or Deception: The Problem with Nutrition Secrets
I love this guy's stuff. He never advocates absolutes or crazy fads. It drives him nuts that some celeb says they lost weight eliminating wheat (no health considerations) and then the masses follow. He says since he eats cheesecake (works it into his diet) and has abs, would it be accurate to say eating cheesecake will…
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Why is the Federal Government Afraid of Fat? (NYT)
I found the article interesting, but the "nutrition" label completely cracked me up! http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/opinion/why-is-the-federal-government-afraid-of-fat.html?ref=opinion&_r=1
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Health Reminder: At 40 Pounds, 37 Year-old OC Woman Battles Anorexia
This is on the local news (I live in SoCal). Shocked me and made me so sad, this extreme behavior and where it has led her. May our desire for health never go to this extreme. At some point, she crossed the line from losing weight for health to unhealthy obsession. Please everyone, be good to yourselves!…
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Article: "I Tried a Wedding Starvation Diet and it Really 'Messed' with My Head"
The blow-by-blow, tell-it-like-it-is writing cracked me up. It's a good testimonial as to why crash diets are unproductive and harmful at worst. "Nothing about this sounded remotely healthy." http://bit.ly/1dfQOmm
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Beyond Bread: Why Some People Can Eat More Carbs Than Others
By Adam Born. I follow him on Twitter and get his newsletter. I like how he takes the crap to task when people leap to conclusions. Like this: "Here’s what happens to most dieters: Step 1: They “determine” carbs are bad. Step 2: All carbs are removed. Step 3: Weight is lost within the first 1-2 weeks. Sometimes quite a…
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A 12-Hour Window for a Heathy Weight
Interesting info about late-night snacking! http://nyti.ms/1CzMXHj
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Autocorrect on Crack?
Has anyone else noticed this? Over the past week-ish, I've seen posts by others with really random word choices that seemed similar to the one that should be there and figured people were on their phones and/or in a hurry. Shrug. But, I've noticed it happening to me on my computer. Tonight it turned "dosage" into "donate"…
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Magic Potions--Just Say NO!
A couple links from articles emphasizing the lack of regulation of supplements, the public's misconception of safety and testing and the potential health hazard some pose. There's a link in the second one to the list of supplements the FDA has identified as "tainted."…
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Great Article on How to Stop Binge Eating
From Nia Shanks/BodyBuilding.com http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/how-to-stop-binge-eating.html?mcid=twit02111614 She's amazing honest about her disordered eating and how she's overcome it.
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Support for a Friend
Hello Everyone, I have a friend who plans to have this surgery. She is morbidly obese, diabetic, has high blood pressure, migraines. She sees this surgery as the answer to all her problems. My worry is this procedure won't turn out the way she's hoping. She never exercises and eats very poorly (high fat, high sugar, high…
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Armbands on Sale
50% off on the site! I just got a new one--my velcro wasn't sticking very well any longer and was pleasantly surprised by the sale. Have no idea how long it's going on, but wanted to share. :)
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"You Can't Out-Exercise a Bad Diet"
And other weightloss/fatloss wisdom from Born Fitness http://bit.ly/1uRGQf5 He has great info--I follow him on Twitter an subscribe to his newsletter. Thought this piece in particular had some especially relevant info for us and I wanted to share. I really like his positive, can-do approach: "Your metabolism isn’t holding…
