Tag Archives: healthy-living
Where did calorie labels come from and are they wrong?
Studies suggest that calorie counts are inaccurate, especially for raw and unprocessed foods. To understand the modern calorie counting system, we have to go back to the late 19th century, … Continue reading
Why skipping breakfast will make you fatter and less healthy
by: Ethan A. Huff Remembering to eat a hearty, healthy breakfast every morning before starting your day just might make all the difference in determining your likelihood of becoming overweight, … Continue reading
Journal 10.11.2012
So my addiction is food, I know how stupid that sounds and laughed at the idea when it was first said it to me. But it is true. It sucks … Continue reading
The art of mindful eating – Transform your life in a positive way through better eating habits
In today’s fast-paced world, many people, whether they realize it or not, routinely sacrifice the beauty and wonder of a meal well eaten for a quick morsel scarfed down in … Continue reading
Exercise and Weight Loss Lesson of the Week: Why we make it harder than it has to be
By Paige Waehner, I was on Facebook recently, researching my next exercise article (yes, ‘poking’ my friends is a kind of exercise, isn’t it?) when I came across an interesting quote … Continue reading
The evolutionary approach to weight loss and good health
by: Eric Hunter Studies show that people eating “ancestral diets” maintain excellent health and low body fat. Some of these healthy societies have a high carbohydrate intake while others get … Continue reading
Does the Shake Weight Work?
I often thought about buying this and am glad I just stayed with free weighs. Mike G ————————- It’s an infomercial mainstay and the punchline of many comedians’ off-color jokes. … Continue reading
What’s Halting Your Weight Loss? Overcome 10 surprising diet obstacles to lose belly fat for good.
Can’t Drop That Weight? Having trouble dropping weight? If you can’t seem to shed that stubborn muffin top, one (or more!) of these 10 diet busters may be to blame. … Continue reading
Be Your Own Personal Trainer: How to Set Up a Plan to Lose Weight
Learn To Do What the Pros Do Without Paying the Big Fees By Malia Frey Wouldn’t it be great if you had access to the same personal training and weight loss coaching … Continue reading
Is Drinking Water Overrated?
By Malia Frey Dietitians, weight loss experts and fitness coaches often recommend drinking plenty of water. Some say it helps you to lose weight. Others say it cleanses your body. Experts … Continue reading
How Yoga Stretches Can Help You Lose Weight
By Tom Dahne With hundreds of weight loss programs out there, it can get difficult to choose one that will actually give you results. So if you are tired of looking around here and there … Continue reading
5 Secrets of Dieters Who Have Lost Weight and Kept it Off
By Peggy Edwards It’s a sad truth that some dieters will be successful while others will not. Why do some people suffer from endless setbacks and yo-yoing weight loss while others … Continue reading
Are school lunch programs equal child abuse
(NaturalNews) Childhood obesity is a worldwide epidemic with about 22 million children (under age 5) – overweight. In the United States, one out of every three kids is overweight or … Continue reading
How to Run to Lose Weight
By Malia Frey If you’re not a runner, but want to become one, today is the perfect day to start. June 1st is National Running Day. Running is a great … Continue reading
Learn Secrets of Motivation and Achieve Weight-Loss Success
By Malia Frey Are you motivated to lose weight? Many people believe that motivation is a magical quality that some people have and some people don’t. But there are secrets to … Continue reading
Foods that can Cause Depression
Here are parts of three different articles on foods that cause depression in some people, remember that everyone it different. I have been looking into this a lot as I change my diet for weight loss … Continue reading
Exercise for Weight Loss: 7 Steps to Success
By Malia Frey One of the best ways to change your body composition is to combine diet and exercise. A good weight-loss workout plan will include cardiovascular activity to burn extra calories with … Continue reading
Best foods for type-2 diabetics
People diagnosed with diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association, should take steps to control their blood sugar. However, this does not mean that their diet is vastly different from the … Continue reading
The Pros and Cons of Fasting
Fasting is a practice that predates biblical times and the relevancy of fasting has been debated for many years. When considering whether fasting is right for you, you must first … Continue reading
Calorie & carbohydrate check and a realization 4.28.2012
Well this morning I woke up weight in and gained a pound. So I asked a question on a message bored then started to look over my days and realized that my calories have … Continue reading
Health/calories question/worries 3.26.2012
If you have a bad eating bad like your intake is only 1237 cal, should you put off working out? I know that this is way to low and normally … Continue reading
Low-Carb Snacks at Convenience Stores? Grab and Go Low-Carb Snacks
By Laura Dolson Edited By: Mike G I am looking for snakes for an 8hour car ride so I will be posting healthily or low carb low fat snack idea, note … Continue reading
Are You Getting the Right Amount of Protein? How Much Do You Need?
What is protein? How much protein do we need? Is it possible to eat too much protein? These are important questions for people following a low carb way of eating, … Continue reading
It is when our lives are full and busy that we need our daily meditation to help center us for the day.
Worth the Time - Meditating More When Our Plates Are Full Ironically, when we get busy, the first thing that tends to get cut back is our meditation practice. We have … Continue reading
How Much Food Should I Eat Before I Exercise?
By Shereen Jegtvig Question: How Much Food Should I Eat Before I Exercise? Answer: You don’t want to have a full stomach when you work out, but you don’t want to be hungry … Continue reading
How Cheat Meals and Cheat Days Affect Your Diet & Can You ‘Cheat’ and Still Lose Weight?
I have more opps or emotional eating days the cheat days. Mike G ============== By Becky Hand, “Cheating” is the act of deceiving others or being dishonest. The word conjures up … Continue reading
Percentage of Carbohydrates, Fats and Protein in a 2000-Calorie Meal Plan
By Charlie OsborneIf you look at the FDA-approved Nutritional Facts label on any food item, you will see the quantities of nutrients listed as well as the percentage of their recommended … Continue reading
Where did the 2,000 calorie idea come from?
If you look at a food label, you will see ingredient contents compared to a 2,000-calorie average diet. ”Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values … Continue reading
My experience with Latuda Week April 4th to April 10th
April 4th 2012 – Woke up at 7:30ish, and didn’t get to sleep till after 11pm. So happy about that one. Had my therapist appointment walked for about 20 min … Continue reading
Do Elliptical Trainers Help You Lose Weight?
I want to get one I just don’t know which one yet, doing miles on the tread mill would be nice but the Eliptical is said to work your total … Continue reading
How I spent my Easter – Journal 3.8.2012 4:00PM
Hello all and happy Easter if you celebrate it. Well I am going to try to spend this holiday with my mother side of the family well at least part … Continue reading
Are You Obsessed with Your Weight?
I think I am in this category not that I check my weight on the scale all the time, only do weight ins on Saturday. But in the way that … Continue reading
Calorie Counting Dos and Don’ts ~ 10 Things to Stop Doing if You Want to Lose Weight
By Malia Frey, About.com Guide If you are counting calories for weight loss, you probably know that accuracy is the key to success. Calorie counting is time consuming, but for most people … Continue reading
Exercise to Reduce Stress
by Sandra PetersenPerhaps you have too many projects at work and too little time to accomplish them. Maybe you are worrying over heavy financial debt. Stress seems an unavoidable part … Continue reading
9 Foods You Think are Healthy but Aren’t
9 Foods You Think are Healthy but Aren’t Written by: Sarah Haan, Registered Dietitian There are many foods in today’s supermarkets that aren’t as good for you as you might … Continue reading
What’s the Best Fat Burning Exercise?
By Paige Waehner About.com Guid What’s the best fat burning exercise? This is a question I get a lot, mostly because the idea of incinerating all that extra body fat is … Continue reading
7 Key Nutrients Vegetarians Need to Watch
Vegetarian or Vegan? Make Sure These are Part of Your Diet By Sarah Haan and Becky Hand, Registered Dietitians, with Nicole Nichols, Health Educator There are many benefits to being … Continue reading
10 Things to Stop Doing When You’re on a Low-Carb Diet
By Laura Dolson About.com Guide Clearing up Confusion About Carbohydrates “Carbs” are Not ”Foods” As time has gone on, there has been some drift in the way food and nutrition writers use … Continue reading
Boca All American Classic Meatless Burger ~ Vegetarian question? ~ Journal 3.27.2012 Updated
Well today is my try something new and healthier for me day. And today that is Boca’s All American Classic Meatless Burger. I will have to update this later as I … Continue reading
Fix Your Weight Loss Mistakes
I have major problems with Isolating myself and not wanting to go or be outside which comes from my mental health issues. MIke G —— Dieters who want to lose weight often fall victim to … Continue reading
8 Sneaky reasons why your workout isn’t working and You’re not getting results
We all know how fantastic working out is for your health. But what happens when your workouts aren’t delivering the results you want? Or you’re not getting the results you think youshould be … Continue reading
Salmon Nutrition, Health Benefits, Cooking, Farmed vs. Wild, selection, cooking and recipes
In my opinion I would prefer wild salmon because it just tasted better because it was free to roam. I prefer any free/wild to caged anything, you can just taste the distress in the animal if its caged. … Continue reading
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Mike’s Weight Battle
Michael J Granata
