If you are focusing on losing weight and making lifestyle changes, the first two weeks are undoubtedly the hardest. Your body and your mind need time to adjust to your diet, and this initial period requires a lot of motivation and a desire to stick to your new plan. Anytime you make lifestyle changes, it [...]
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Tips For Picking the Right Foods
October 23rd, 2008 — Food, Weight Loss Journal, additives, chemicals, chocolate cake, dressings, food labels, food rewards, food taste, fridge, goals, grasp, healthy choice, healthy eating, healthy food, initial period, lifestyle changes, losing weight, motivation, palate, processed foods, sad fact, sauces, seasonings, temptation from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
The Benefits of Joining a Gym
October 21st, 2008 — exercise, gyms, health club, joining a gym, motivation, personal trainer, stress reliever, treadmill, workout plan, workout regime, workouts from Lazy Man @ Lazy Man and Health
You may have tried several times to begin a workout regime at home, and haven’t stuck with it. Or, you simply do not know what to do to get into shape. Purchasing a treadmill didn’t work and it got old after awhile. You may also feel like you have no support when [...]
How to Get Motivated And Stay That Way
October 16th, 2008 — Weight Loss Journal, ben and jerry, crops, desire, diet plan, exercise, favorite foods, losing weight, momentum, motivation, motivator, phrase, powerful tools, rush, steam, temptation, weight loss goals from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
It is a lot easier to stick with a diet plan when you are motivated, but for many, that is easier said than done. Often, it is quite simple to make that first step and become motivated, but if you can’t stay that way, chances are your diet will not be as successful as it [...]
Banish Cheat Days for Diet Success
October 13th, 2008 — 2c, Meals, banana cream pie, calories, chocolate cake, diet, diet tomorrow, diets, failure, healthy eating, lunch, mistake, monster, motivation, nutrition, piece of cake, pizza, rest of the day, retraining, scarf, snacking from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Have you ever fallen off the diet wagon and then said, well, I may as well enjoy myself today, since I’ve already messed up. I’ll get back on my diet tomorrow. If this sounds familiar, you’re dealing with one of the biggest reasons that diets fail. Cheat days are fine, within reason, but if you’re [...]
How to Pick the Right Diet Plan For You
October 2nd, 2008 — Weight Loss Journal, calorie snack, chocolate cake, culprit, diet, diet food, diet plan, dietitian, exercise, finding the balance, fondness, food choices, food plans, fried chicken, goals, healthy eating, lemon chicken, losing weight, low carb diet, moderation, motivation, protein bars, real food, snack choices, sweet tooth, weight loss, willpower, workout routines from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
If you’re trying to lose weight but finding it nearly impossible, it may not be that you are to blame. Is your diet really the culprit? In many cases, failing on a diet doesn’t mean that you have no willpower or that you are incapable of losing weight. It just means that you may not [...]
Is Your Brain Keeping You From Losing Weight?
October 1st, 2008 — Weight Loss Journal, blood sugar, body image, brain, diet plan, dips, exercise, failure, goals, happiness, health, losing weight, motivation, physical effort, piece of cake, repetitions, shape, short circuit, snack, vocabulary, weight loss, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
We all know that the mind is our most powerful muscle, but what do you do if your mind is working against your diet plan? Few of us realize just how much we beat ourselves up mentally, setting ourselves up for failure before we even try. If you’re ready to get healthy and lose weight, [...]
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Treadmill Desks: Could a Walkstation Help Me Lose Weight?
September 18th, 2008 — Silliness, Workout Hacks, exercise, motivation from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
In a recent e-mail exchange with Lauren, I mentioned that I believe part of my physical woes this summer were a result of my deskbound existence. Except for when I’m exercising (or eating), I’m usually sitting here, in my chair, in front of my computer.
“I’ve thought many times that I ought to erect a [...]
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Small Steps
September 10th, 2008 — Behavior, Progress, exercise, motivation from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
My, we’ve been a little bit glum around here lately huh? Yep, it’s true, both JD and I are struggling with staying on target. Our weights are up a bit, our spirits are down a bit. In the past, both of us would have given up by now. But we’re still here and we have [...]
Kick Down Your Exercise Stumbling Blocks
September 3rd, 2008 — body image issues, motivation, negative thinking, stumbling block from Lazy Man @ Lazy Man and Health
While most of us understand that exercise is vital, particularly if you want to lose weight, it’s getting there that can be the problem. Whether you can’t find the right motivation or you are simply stuck wondering what exercises are right for you, there are many stumbling blocks they can keep us from reaching our [...]
4 Ways to Measure Your Success
August 28th, 2008 — Weight Loss Journal, better your chances, bloodstream, diet, endorphins, first few days, fishing, flight of stairs, healthy foods, junk foods, little victories, many things, metabolism, motivation, nutrition, palate, several steps, sugary foods, taste buds, tastes, veggies, weight loss success, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
When we think of weight loss success, we tend to think in inches and pounds, but there are actually many ways that you can measure success. When you make that commitment to get healthy, many things in your life and in your body will be changing. Don’t get hung up on inches or pounds, as [...]
Turning Fitness into a Game
August 26th, 2008 — Behavior, Hints and Tips, Workout Hacks, motivation from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
Clive Thompson at Wired says that a fun way to lose weight is to turn dieting into a game. After watching one of his friends slim down with the Weight Watchers program, Thompson realized it was basically a type of role-playing game (RPG). He writes:
As with an RPG, you roll a virtual character, manage your [...]
Average Athlete vs. Olympic Athlete
August 19th, 2008 — Competition, Silliness, motivation from J.D. @ Get Fit Slowly
I’ve always loved the Olympics. Despite NBC’s uncanny ability to squeeze all the joy out of the games, I leave my self-imposed “no TV zone” every couple of years to watch the world’s top athletes compete. When I was a boy, I actually wanted to be one of those top athletes. (Though I had no [...]
2.2 Pounds Gained This Week… WTF
August 16th, 2008 — about, birthday dinner, blood pressure medication, calories, dessert, diet, excessive salt, exercise, food scale, graph, ins, journey, low carb, medication, motivation, phentermine, portion control, portion sizes, starvation mode, water retention, weigh in, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Pardon my french, but I am at a bit of a loss… I stuck to my diet more rigorously this last week than I had been since near the beginning of my journey. If anything my portions may have been a little large with the evening meal. I have started rehab on [...]
Dieting Causes Brain Damage: How to Lose Weight Without Losing Your Mind By Bradley Trevor Greive
August 15th, 2008 — Book Review, best way to lose weight, bradley trevor greive, caloric intake, calories, cereal, diet, diet books, diet fads, diets, exercise, fad diets, false hope, fool, healthy eating, journey, lifestyle change, motivation, motivator, new perspective, nutrition, piece of advice, premise, prose, sense of humor from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Out of all the diet books we have ever seen, this one simply has the best cover. Nothing gets the point of the title across better than a pie-eyed dog staring at you over a bowl of what looks like very unappetizing cereal. The author of this book is the renowned Bradley Trevor Greive, who [...]
The Beck Diet Solution: Train Your Brain to Think Like a Thin Person by Judith Beck
August 1st, 2008 — Book Review, appetites, beck, brains, cognitive behavior therapy, cravings, diet, diet industry, dieters, fad diets, food choices, healthy eating, lifestyle changes, mental concerns, mental health industry, motivation, next level, premise, researcher, shelves, thin person, vicious circle, vicious cycles, willpower from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
This is an incredible book by Judith Beck, the daughter of a famed researcher that revolutionized the mental health industry. Like father, like daughter, Beck is poised to make some big changes in the diet industry, using the same techniques. Beck’s philosophy focuses on Cognitive Behavior Therapy or CBT. This is a term that means [...]
How to Lose Weight Over the Long Term
July 31st, 2008 — bliss, cheese, diet, diets, exercise, exercise plan, few minutes, first bite, food substitution, healthy eating, helpful tips, lifestyle changes, lifetime, motivation, old favorites, palate, pizza, rabbit, rest of your life, siren call, target, trigger food, weight loss, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
When you first start a diet, it’s easy to get all excited about the amount of weight you’re losing and how great you look. Unfortunately, most of us reach our goals and then go off of our diets. Within a few months, we may be back where we started, or in many cases, worse off. [...]
Do You Own Your Body?
July 24th, 2008 — Weight Loss Journal, body image, cloak, compliments, eye color, favorite color, having fun, ifs ands, loose clothes, many different things, mirror, motivation, motivator, personality, reflection, self defeating behavior, self destructive behavior, self esteem, self respect, stop hiding, true body, wardrobe, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
If you are struggling with your weight and your self esteem, there are many different things that you might find that you are not doing. Whether it’s wearing a favorite outfit, going to a gym to exercise or even just having fun, many of us end up self exiled hermits due to our weight. While [...]
Weekly Roundup: July 20th Edition
July 20th, 2008 — Meals, Weight Loss Journal, boot camp, diet, exercise, federal funds rate, fitness health, food diary, guest chef, health network, healthy snacks, lazy man, living today, motivation, mouth water, neutrogena, nutrition, nutrition week, overeaters anonymous oa meetings, perfect balance, recession, roadmap, snacking, sweetener, truvia, wellness, what are nitrates, yoga practice from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
How is your Sunday going? Are you looking to play a little golf or go fishing? Perhaps if your like my sister, you’ll spend the day sitting down with a good book.
This week from the Fitness Health Network:
It’s hot, the sun is shining, and you’re in need of SPF protection. [...]
Together Again
July 18th, 2008 — Progress, motivation from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Here are two more pictures of JD and me. The first one was back in December of 2007 and the second was taken on Tuesday night.
The picture from December looks painful to me. We both look sheepish and pale. I remember thinking that this picture was going up on the blog as [...]
Want to Lose Weight? Use a Food Diary
July 16th, 2008 — News, motivation from macdaddy @ Get Fit Slowly
Whenever I’m really successful with losing weight—I mean consistently dropping 1-2 pounds per week for several months—I use a food diary. Usually, my food diary is one of the many choices online such as fitday or sparkpeople. If I’m not around a computer, I jot what I eat into my phone and then [...]
Weekly Roundup
July 13th, 2008 — 100 Pushups, Meals, apple juice, cacao, calories, chocolate facts, comrade in arms, delusions, diet, emotional eating, exercise, fitness health, food budget, fruit drinks, fruits and vegetables, goals, health network, healthy eating, lazy man, magnesium rich foods, motivation, ncn, nutrition, orange juice, push up, push ups, pushup, pushups, roadblock, roadblocks, teenage son, using electricity, weight loss, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Welcome to the Sunday roundup. I hope everybody has had a good weekend so far and that you are all staying healthy and fit.
Check out my Trophy Jack Crevalle. Sf Boater is paying for fish stories with pictographic evidence. Tell everyone you know about my trophy catch. If it gets the most unique visitors out [...]
60 Pounds in 12 weeks… 4.4 Pounds in 2 Weeks
July 11th, 2008 — about, motivation, weigh in from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
This being the first weigh-in in two weeks I was a little nervous… Especially since we had spent the 4th on a mini vacation Sonomaand I had drank just a little too much wine. In addition there was a celebratory birthday dinner for a family member thrown in after Sonoma. I have continued my regular [...]
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Keeping the Right Perspective During Your Diet
June 30th, 2008 — blood pressure, bonus, compliments, cravings, diet, flight of stairs, goals, going on a diet, health category, health goals, losing weight, moderation, motivation, outward appearance, perception, perspective, physical appearance, physical health, physical image, priorities, reminder, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Dieting is not for the faint hearted, and it is not easy. If you fail to keep the right perspective during your diet, it is all too easy to give into cravings, to fall off the wagon and simply give up. Before you even think about going on a diet, you’re going to need to [...]
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55 Pounds in 10 weeks… 2.3 Pounds this Week
June 27th, 2008 — 100 Pushups, about, motivation, weigh in from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
In all honesty I had expected to lose just a touch more weight this week. I was pretty good on the eating front… I know I didn’t get as much exercise as I had anticipated (there are fires causing very smoky conditions and a health warning all around the San Francisco Bay area right now). Don’t [...]
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Weight Loss Pictures
June 23rd, 2008 — about, losing weight, motivation, photo, photos, pictures, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Here is where I will share photos of my weight loss… There will be a before weight loss photos and after weight loss photos. There will be more weight loss photos as I lose more weight. I am committed to weight loss. I will succeed in losing weight.
Before Weight Loss [...]
53 Pounds in 9 weeks… 4.5 Pounds this Week
June 21st, 2008 — about, motivation, weigh in, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Wow… back on track! After 2 weeks of relatively small amounts of weight loss (0.6 pounds and 1.8 pounds) I got back on track with a solid 4.5 pounds this week. Between my ruptured tendon with the resulting inability to exercise in many of my normal ways and my Dad visiting for Father’s day with [...]
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Weight Lost: 48 pounds in 8 weeks… 1.8 Pounds This Week
June 13th, 2008 — Peroneus Longus, about, motivation, tendon, weigh in from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
So I am very pleased with my weight loss this week… With my ruptured tendon I was unable to exercise much, but I still managed 1.8 pounds of weight loss… In addition to my ankle, I was finding myself stress eating (the injury and the prospect of surgery was stressing me out), but I was able to [...]
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Reward Systems Work - The Key to Successful Weight Loss
June 10th, 2008 — amount of time, brain, bubble bath, danger zones, diet and exercise plan, food craving, food rewards, habit, lowering your blood pressure, motivation, new ways, problem behavior, rewards, rewards system, shopping spree, trigger food from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
One of the hardest parts of dealing with a diet is the feeling that you are depriving yourself. Everyone needs a boost and for many people, food is the natural reward. Whether this started in childhood or became an acquired habit later in life, you’ll need to find new ways to reward yourself and [...]
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Week Roundup Week of June 08
June 8th, 2008 — appetite, diet, exercise, health and fitness, hormones, journey, moderation, monotony, motivation, ncn, nutrition, soda, weight loss, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
This week from the Health and Fitness Network I present to you more of my favorite posts:
Taking soda out of your diet? NCN chronicles the journey this week with a wrap up in 6 Days Without Soda And Life Is [...]
Weight Lost: 47 pounds in 7 weeks… Under 1 Pound Weight Loss This Week
June 6th, 2008 — about, activities, bearing, court basketball, crutches, diet, goal weight, graph, injury, ins, intensity, loud pop, medicine, motivation, playing volleyball, pound goal, remainder, rest of the week, spike, teammate, tendon, weigh in, weight loss, workout from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
After 7 weeks on the medically assisted weightless program JumpStart medicine with Dr. Sean Bourke, I have lost 47 pounds in 52 days. This week I lost 0.6 pounds and achieved only 11.1% of my weekly goal.
Here is a graph of my weight loss (if you are reading this in the future this graph will [...]
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Reward Systems Work - The Key to Successful Weight Loss
June 6th, 2008 — amount of time, brain, bubble bath, danger zones, diet and exercise plan, food craving, food rewards, habit, lowering your blood pressure, motivation, new ways, problem behavior, rewards, rewards system, shopping spree, trigger food from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
One of the hardest parts of dealing with a diet is the feeling that you are depriving yourself. Everyone needs a boost and for many people, food is the natural reward. Whether this started in childhood or became an acquired habit later in life, you’ll need to find new ways to reward yourself and [...]
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Which Exercise Type Fits Your Body Best?
June 5th, 2008 — aerobics, alternative ideas, building upper body strength, capabilities, different ways, exercise, exercise plan, exercises, high energy, impact work, knees, likes dislikes, losing weight, motivation, niche, spinning machine, stationary bike, tae bo, trial and error, upper body strength, weight exercise, weight loss, workout from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
There are literally hundreds of different ways that you can get exercise, but not all of them are suited for you. Each one of us has different likes, dislikes and capabilities. The problem facing most people who try to adopt an exercise plan is choosing one that does not fit their body’s needs. By [...]
Weight Lost: 46 Pounds in 6 Weeks aka Over 7lbs this Week!
May 30th, 2008 — Meals, about, activities, b12, b6, basketball, diet, exercise, free cheese, goals, golf bag, graph, gym, inositol, ins, laps, latte, lean protein, methionine, motivation, multivitamin, phentermine, portion control, starbucks, supplements, volleyball, walks, weigh in, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
After 6 weeks on the medically assisted weightless program JumpStart medicine with Dr. Sean Bourke, I have lost 46 pounds in 45 days (just over a pound a day… Wow!) This week I lost 7.1 pounds and I am ecstatic to have achieved 109.2% of my goal. I have been feeling great, but the larger dose of Phentermine caused me [...]
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39 Pounds in 5 Weeks
May 24th, 2008 — about, calorie diet, daily basis, exercise, fluctuation, fluctuations, free cheese, graph, harding park, harding park golf, harding park golf club, healthy eating, ins, ketosis, lean meats, motivation, park golf club, phentermine, portion control, ups, ups and downs, volleyball, water consumption, water loss, weigh in from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
After 5 weeks on the medically assisted weightless program I have lost 39 pounds… This week I lost 5 pounds which is incredible (the results of this diet and program are remarkable and fast.) 5 pounds was 77% of my weekly goal of 6.5 pounds per week. This week even though I lost 5 pounds [...]
5 Ways to Avoid Cheating on Your Diet
May 22nd, 2008 — best intentions, cravings, diet, discipline, failure, favorite foods, first few days, hard time, healthy eating, little freedom, manicure, momentous event, motivation, real food, rewards system, small portion, strict diets, trigger food, wiggle room from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
Starting a diet can be a momentous event and most of us going into it with the best intentions. We want to lose weight and we want to look and feel better, at least for the first few days. Three days in however, and you may be ready to completely chuck your diet so [...]
Getting Motivated the Right Way
May 21st, 2008 — body health, diet, empty calories, failure, few days, goals, health activities, healthy eating, high priority, lowering your blood pressure, motivation, physical appearance, priorities, rome, soda, visualization from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
One of the key components to eating right is getting motivated. While it’s easy enough at first to have grand plans, if you don’t have enough motivation to do the follow through, there’s just no point. In order to make sure that you’re successful with your diet, you’re going to need to make sure [...]
Healthy, Happy, Wealthy, and Wise
May 19th, 2008 — about, basketball, best things in life, exercise, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, job, kal, memoir, moderation, motivation, nutrition, nutrition fitness, pro health, rewards, spirit, weight loss, wellness, woman of my dreams, wonderful child from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal
I have been tagged by Fat Man Unleashed to write a 6 word memoir. His was Be About It!
My 5 word memoir is Healthy, Happy, Wealthy, and Wise.
At the end of the day, this is how I will remember my life.
Healthy — this one is pretty self explanatory, but it does require work to get [...]