We get to meet the contestants. As you might imagine there is a LOT of emotional eating due to some terrible things happening in these peoples lives. One poor dude just DROPS during a competition. As always its inspirational to see people go through challenges and come out the other side empowered.

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Take Notes The Next Time You Fail

I am still reading, Does this clutter make my butt look fat? In it the author talks about keeping a journal. This is nothing new, but there is a twist. One of the focal points is to write down when things go wrong. Write down what you were doing before you fell of the wagon, what happened after you went on your binge, and how you felt. The thought is we are trying to identify the emotions involved in your eating. When we can step back and look at the situations around us, we may identify triggers that have a negative effect.

I had a “epic fail” a couple of weeks ago. I drove an hour and a half to see my Dad for the first time in his nursing home. I was upset that my brother decided to move him so far away. I was upset at the reality that my Father was in a nursing home. I was upset by the other patients who were (and I’m trying not to be cruel, but it is reality) “dead with their eyes open.” While I do not fear death, I am definitely not keen on growing old.

Where was I going? I was driving home where I was more than likely going to continue a “discussion” my Wife and I had started the previous night. More stress. How did I try to escape? Food.

When I fell I fell hard. I saw a Dairy Queen and I thought “You can make it passed” but before I knew it I was in the drive-thru picking up my Peanut Buster Parfait. Then as I listened to the GPS woman direct me home, I drove by a McDonald’s. Since I had already had dessert, I figured it was time for Lunch. I decided to keep things small, and went with a hamburger happy meal with fries. Driving home after this debacle, I felt horrible. I thought about how I was pretty much done eating for the day (and it was only 2 PM), and I was bummed that I had failed to find a subway, grocery store, or something else to tie me over for the long drive home.

This mad me mad, looking back. I have taken that anger and used it to motivate me to get back on the right path. It’s working. I don’t hate myself. I’ve forgiven myself for the bad choices and I’ve moved on.

This week I took a stand. I was hungry. I am hungry. I’m being successful waiting an hour or 90 minutes to the next meal (its going y quicker than expected). I’m cutting out snacks, and I’m losing weight every day I step on the scale. I’m doing activities every night (bike riding, Wii tennis, walking) and I’m doing everything I can to get some positive momentum going.

The next time I feel myself going in the wrong direction I need to ask myself, “How do I fell right now?” “What was I just doing?” “What am I going to be doing?” and I can realize that I’m not hungry. Maybe I’m stressed, or tired, or bored, and realize that I’m not hungry.

Feedback on P90X

Jennifer wrote in as I had asked about p90X  and wasn’t sure if it was a good program as its so hard. Here is what she said

I am a female that has been a size 14/16 for most of my adult life.  I exercised at home 6 days a week, incorporating strength training, cardio, and yoga or Pilates for 15 years.  I’m not talking about easy workouts either…I did things like Cathe Freidrich workouts, which are advanced.  I finally settled into a size 10 after 10 YEARS of doing this.  Fine-tuning my diet helped me get to a size 8, which was actually quite stunning for me, considering I really thought I had “fat genes” and a single-digit size was not in my realm of possibility.  I started creeping back up into a size 10, so I got P90X.  I’m a size 6 now and in the absolute best shape of my life!  I never thought I could do 6 unassisted pullups, AND do plyometrics, AND twist myself into a pretzel due to the yoga workout.

For more information about P90X (now you can pay with multiple payments) check out www.logicalloss.com/beachbody

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Beachbody.com has the following Titles

Body Gospel

Turbo Jam (rock)

Hip Hop Abs

Thanks for the email Susie!

Philips Activa

James from New Zealand had sent an email about how he loves gadgets.  One new gadget that has just came out is the Philips Activa. This is an mp3 player that does the following:

Easily syncs to your computer. You load your music on it.

When you exercise it matches the music to your tempo

It gives you verbal praise and updates (200 Calories to go – Good job!)

I comes with headphones, an arm band, and a clip (to be able to used in multiple types of exercise) and is packaged in a water bottle.

The price at Best Buy was $129. It appears too be available at Best Buy, Kohl, Target, and WalmArt.  (having a hard time finding one online)/

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If you’re looking for thumping beats that don’ neccesarrily rock your face off, you can’t go wrong with the Black Eyed Peas.  Listener Cynthia says she loves the song “Rock That Body.” Check it out by pressing the play button below.

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I was watching the Biggest Loser last night and they showed this cool new bike that is like a portable elliptical machine. When I researched it, it was developed using contestants from the biggest loser and is now rolling out.

The price tag is $1699, and for me the shipping was another $60. If you want a stand so you can ride it indoors that is another $330 (you might be able to pick up one of these at a sporting goods store). If you want to see one in person there are just a few retailers (no one in Ohio).  It looks like fun, and one person got off the Street Strider and said she had burned 420 calories in 30 minutes (according to her bodybugg). There is financing available. My only hope is some other company will take the idea (i.e. weider) and make a similar unit for half the cost.

Here is a video.

Here is a video from the inventor.

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There is a new study out that point out that children that eat school lunches are much more likely to become obese. Specifically, 38.8 percent of students who routinely eat school lunch were found to be overweight or obese, compared to 24.4 percent of kids who brought their own food from home. The children consuming school food were twice as likely to drink sodas, and a measly 16.3 percent reported eating fruits and vegetables on a regular basis, compared to 91.2 percent of the kids who got homemade food.

Next week Jamie Oliver’s Food Nation premieres where he is taking on a school lunch program. Well YOU can do something about it. Check out “Two Angry Mom’s” who took on their local community and went in an viewed what their children were eating. Here they are on the news talking about their documentary.

If you want to buy the Two Angry Moms DVD you can find it at amazon.com

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This story is amazing! When I investigated how this guy did it (and the trainer that helped him) I found that Chris Powell has designed the “Stax System” which is a very cool system that includes containers built for portion control (with lines based on your weight). It has a timer to remind you when you eat, and you can pack up to 5 meals into this kit (great for those times when you’re going to be gone all day). Watch David Elmore Smith’s transformation.

Stax System Diet System, Kit – Stax System Diet System, Kit Chris Powell invented the Stax System (you see at the beginning of the 20/20 video he created a meal plan based on portion sizes). It is now available to you. The “bad news” is you have to create an account just to find out how much it is at their official site ($59). You also can purchase more of the containers, the ice pack, the cooler (if you bought them all separately it would be about $80). So instead of sending you over there I found a better place where you can go without having to potentially get you on an email list you don’t want to be). That’s at vitaminaisle.com It’s also $20 cheaper at vitaminaisle.com than at amazon.com

Apparently this is an old story, but one that makes you feel warm and fuzzy and if Dave can do it, so can you. He is now working as a trainer in a gym.

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One of the things I like about the Biggest Loser is it gives me inspiration, and tips on diet and exercise. One of the things I don’t learn enough of on the Biggest Loser is how to prepare meals. This is why I’m looking forward to a new show coming to ABC called Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. Jamie is a guy from the U.K. who made over their food lunch program and he is coming to Hunting West Virginia that was voted “unhealthiest city in America.”

It’s sad that these kids are eating pizza for breakfast, and don’t even recognize a tomato.  March 26th at 9 PM

To really get a glimpse inside the heat of Jamie Oliver, check out this video (very inspiring).

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I think most of us have heard (and hopefully seen) the movie “Super Size Me” which will turn you of of fast food. The maker of that movie has a new movie out called “The future of food” which is along the same lines of Food Inc which shows you just how bad our government is, and if think the FDA will keep us safe, you will be rudely awakend. If you’ve never seen the movie “The World According to Monsanto” it will REALLY open your eyes. You can watch if free here.

These other movies you can actually RENT at amazon.com and watch them right here on your computer (or if you want but the DVD). For $3 you can watch a movie for 48 hours. Sure beats waiting in line. This is also good for fitness videos as well.

Rent

Super Size Me

The Future of Food

Food Inc

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Want some quck Videos? Feel Bad You Don’t look like the people in the magazine? Neither do they. Check out the photoshop effect. Thinking of Pizza this weekend? Check out Cardio Can’t Beat a bad Diet

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I just got done watching nightline. There is a woman who wants to spread the word that it’s “OK to be fat.” It is OK, if the consequences of being fat do not effect those who are healthy. She kept going on how you can be healthy and OBESE. There is a reason there are two separate words. If they meant the same thing, there would be one word.

Likewise you have women arguing about when they were a runway model and they lost their job when they became a size four. OK, you are not intelligent either and the fashion industry is sick. I was completely blown away by what they were calling a “Plus model” as she seemed pretty healthy (well anything looks healthy compared to a size 4).

So you have two extremes. Being a size three is unhealthy (you mean being able to view my ribs is wrong?) Not being able to use a laptop as you have not lap, is also obviously wrong. Can we inject some common sense here?

Some great points were made. We can’t continue to use food for every mood or occasion. It’s your birthday? have some cake? Had a good day? have some cake? had a bad day? I know what will help: CAKE.  This is a big part of our problem. Why not use a book, a massage, or exercise (to take your mind off your bad day – it works – I’ve done it).

Here are the videos if you’d like to watch.
Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

If anybody has the book Finally thin, I’d love to know what you thought about it. Kim Bensen’s story is amazing, and she kept it off. Here is a link to it at amazon.com
Finally Thin!: How I Lost More Than 200 Pounds and Kept Them Off–and How You Can, Too

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This video is amazing. Ladies I now that some of you have a bad self-image becuase you do not look like “the girls in the magazine.” Well this video should help you understand that neither do the girls in the magazine. If you are trying to look like these women, it’s almost impossible. When you try to acheve the impossible you get frustrated and quit. Don’t quit. Get educated by watching this video. It’s insane.

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I’m boring. I admit it. I eat the same things for breakfast and lunch. Oh I might go crazy and switch raisin bran for Honey Bunches of Oats, but its still cereal and milk (skim) in the morning.  I was working on a project for work and needed to learn some software that makes tutorials. I made a tutorial on how to copy one meal to another day.   It makes entering your food even easier.

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Dailyburn.com has been shaking things up in 2010. They added more features (and a bigger price tag) to their pro accounts (but also made room for the casual person). Now they have a set of training plans that sound like they do everything but the workout for you. Check out the video below.

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Watch this video to see an overview of the Fit Day software.

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