Tilapia vs Salmon — Which Is Healthier?
After listening to a podcast a few days ago on the subject of seafood, I’ve been thinking about how different types of seafood compare, as well as the health benefits of farmed seafood in general. This is the first of several posts I’ll end up doing on this subject. Tilapia vs Salmon By now, everyone [...]
Diet Comparison – Lifestyle Eating Habits
Over the last several years, I’ve managed to lose and keep off nearly 60-pounds, primarily by reducing my calorie consumption and increasing my fiber intake. More recently, I’ve been examining my daily calorie distribution, and started to wonder if I can further improve my health through the better application of diet and nutrition. I don’t [...]
Brown Fat For Burning Calories
I have a friend that lives just outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota. For those of you that don’t know, Minneapolis is located just above the 45th parallel, putting it just slightly further south than Ottawa, Canada. So, needless to say, they have long winters that are far, far colder than we experience here in Kentucky. It’s [...]
Eating Small Meals A Day – My Second Breakfast Trap
How many meals a day do you eat? The reason I ask is that I’ve been slipping a bit with my eating habits. There was a scene in Fellowship Of The Ring where Pippin mourns the fact that Aragorn may not know about “second breakfast.” Some of my friends at work and I used to [...]
My Choice Of Foods For Weightloss
When I finally figured out that I needed to examine my eating habits, I decided to learn everything I could about calories. It’s the best way to improve my my choice of foods for weightloss. This can be a very frustrating endeavor. I drove my wife nuts. I started reading the back of boxes and [...]
Busting A Myth – Daily Exercise To Lose Weight
My wife and I were talking with a friend of ours a few days ago, when the subject of daily exercise to lose weight came up. She wanted to know “the secret” of our weight loss. You see, I would say that we’re among “the grads” mentioned at 60 in 3. We have managed to [...]
Do Genetics Make You Obese?
We’ve probably all known someone who is overweight blame their obesity on genetics. I personally know a few folks who’ve made comments like this: “…my parents are fat, my sister is fat, so I’ve just accepted that I’ll be fat…” I’ve always wondered how much truth there is to the argument that some people are [...]
The Frustration Of Trying To Lose Weight
I completed a half-marathon. That means I traversed, in a period of just over 2 hours, a distance of 13.1 miles. I completed the training to meet this goal. To manage that task, I went from running 12 miles per week to 25 miles per week. I felt like I had really managed to accomplish [...]
My First Foray Into Fitness And Weight Loss
So we’ve established that up to this point in my life, I had never tried “weight loss.” I had generally been pretty healthy and slim. This was mostly a by-product of having been very active. I had played basketball or tennis a few times a week, so never really thought about the matter. Now I had [...]
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