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Why Obesity Has Gotten Worse (And How To Make It Better)
This is a great video. Though it's entitled, "Why Has Obesity Gotten Worse Over The Years?" it's real value is suggesting simple ways to avoid obesity.
Eating Less
Ten years ago in the late spring I decided that I was going to lose all the weight that I put on the previous winter. Furthermore I determined to develop a plan to keep the weight off, particularly the pounds I tended to gain during the holidays.
Calibrating Your Full Meter
Rubaum-Keller says that for many people their fullness meter is way on the fritz, and because of that, they eat too much. If everyone's meter were functioning properly, obesity would not be an issue. Her solution is food logging:
Instant Food Info
When you are on the go and you are wondering just how much damage that Double Whopper with Cheese is going to do to your daily calorie count, pull out your mobile and check with Diet.com.
The site is offering text messaging nutritional info (calories, fat, carbohydrates and protein). On your cell just key in a description of what you are thinking about eating and send it to 34381. Back comes the info in a few moments.
It's Just Water
Last week I wrote a post on a study that essentially said that most people are fine if they simply drink when they are thirsty. You don't need to force yourself to drink some arbitrary amount, like a gallon a day.
The Secret Formula Diet
Often you hear that calories in must equal calories out for our weight to stabilize. Well, yeah, sorta.
Here is the real formula (not so secret, but almost never examined):
Energy = Work/maintenance + waste + storage.
Beginner's Guide to Eating Better
A Calorie Counter is a site that offers not only easy access to a database containing calorie and nutrition information, it also publishes great article on how to get it done. This "Beginner's Guide" is a great primer.
However, good eating habits are learned by doing. Read the guide. Then start logging your food and making the necessary adjustments. You'll be an expert in no time!
Rose Pills and Metabolism
A hundred or so years ago in the Midwest, a man was arrested, tried and imprisoned for bilking rose growers. He sold them a pill with instructions to put the pill in a bucket of water and pour it on the rose bush every day. Turns out that the pill was just compressed dirt. The cad!
A New Way to Count the Wrong Thing to Count
People, including me, love to fool themselves to get what they want when they want it.
"I'll have just one more."
"I'll quit smoking tomorrow."
"I won't inhale."
"I really need some ice cream."
"I've got to have a big, greasy burger."
Tweet What You Eat
If you are a Twitter user or thinking of becoming one, here's yet another way to count calories.
Tweetwhatyoueat is a service that keeps track of your daily intake of food and totals the calories. Twitter members "friend" the tweetwhatyoueat service and message the items that that they eat. The service keeps calculates the calories and keeps a running total.
You can do this from a computer or a cell phone. Don't we live in marvelous times?
