Blog on weight, How to Lose Fat on the Cheap

I wrote about this last month but the topic always brings in a lot of emails to my box so I want to write another post. It’s true, you don’t have to diet to lose weight. Some of us have such a bad diet that what we really need to do is overhaul our diet completely. So what I mean is that some of us are on a steady diet of processed foods just for convenience. Convenience is a big problem, and how do we overcome this way of eating when we have no time to cook? First of all, you don’t have to cook to make a meal. I eat very few hot meals. The big change for me was learning to eat what was good for my body and stopping eating the comfort foods I like. Another big change I had to make was to stop drinking calories. Now you might wonder how you are going to make this miraculous change. I’m going to give you a few tips. This is a chart of whole foods, you start by only buying whole foods. If you notice there are no boxes or cans. I do make exceptions for some frozen food. I have seen vacuum-...

I’m not one to write much about medical problems but most of overweight problems today are due to medical problems that we either know we have or don’t realize that we have. But I write about diet and most medical problems can be traced back to a bad diet. Feeling bloated is a common complaint in both men and women. One out of every 10 Americans say they experience regular bloating, even when they are not overeating. In some cases, if bloating is severe, your abdomen may become visibly swollen and distended. Women tend to report bloating more than men — especially during periods of hormonal change, such as premenstrually, when pregnant, and during perimenopause and menopause. Thyroid patients, in particular, complain regularly about bloating, because of a thyroid dysfunction — hypothyroidism especially — is associated with water retention and weight gain from excess water. According to the American Thyroid Association, hypothyroidism can cause as much as five to ten pounds of weight ga...

 I am asked the question every week by someone, "are you trying to live forever?" No, I don't believe we can change our destiny. I'm 78 this year, and my doctor took me off medications a few years ago. He monitors my vitals and said at this time I don't need any meds. A neighbor of mine is 5 years older and is talking to his doctor about lowering his blood pressure medicine. He wants it cut in half. His diet is different than most of us. All he eats is white meat chicken and green vegetables and bottled water. Every meal is the same. He walks or bike rides.   Exercise at any age can improve your health. I don't like simply taking drugs because other people my age take that drug. I was taking a statin and my doctor stop it a couple years ago. Yes, I have blood work and other tests done every year and if my doctor advises me to take a prescription we talk about and I'll decide if the doctor thinks it's necessary.  Drugs are chemicals and I want to limit ...

This article in Reuters last month will verify the same things I’ve talked about for years now. The more calories you eat at a meal, the more of your food will turn into fat. We can only process so much food at a time and the rest will just get stored as fat. That’s how we gain weight. Reuters Health – Adults who had multiple small meals every day tended to eat better, and weigh less, than those who had fewer but larger meals, in a recent study. People eating fewer meals tended to eat the most at night, and to drink alcohol with meals, both of which might contribute to their higher body mass index (BMI), a measure of weight relative to height, the researchers said. “The major hypothesis that can be taken away from this study is interesting but not so mind-blowing – eating more frequently throughout the day leads to a greater intake of healthier, lower calorically-dense foods, which in turn leads to a lower overall caloric intake and BMI,” said Elena Tovar, a clinical dietitian at Monte...

I found this article today. This one bad habit is the biggest problem that dieters have. Learn how to beat the sugar habit and the hardest part of losing weight is behind you. I consider myself a pretty healthy eater. I chow down on a variety of fruits and veggies, lean protein, and whole grains, and I do my best to keep my sweet tooth in check. So I never really worried about how much sugar I was getting — that is until I recently heard one doctor say that high doses of sugar were poison and another that he was eliminating the refined sweetener from his diet. Uh-oh. Was the sugar I sprinkled on my oatmeal and stirred into my coffee — and okay, the occasional cookie or three — hurting my health? If I’m eating too much of the sweet stuff, I may have reason to be concerned, doctors say. Sugar is made up of roughly equal parts glucose and fructose. When we consume it, the pancreas releases insulin, which helps our cells use glucose as fuel. However, if we eat more sugar than our bodies ca...

How often have you heard that eating breakfast boosts your metabolism? It might seem logical that eating a meal first thing in the morning gets your metabolism revved up, but the fact is that there’s no evidence to prove it actually does. In fact, scientists are clear about the benefits of breakfast and a boost in metabolism isn’t one of them. The truth is that breakfast should be the biggest meal of the day because you haven’t eaten anything in 10 hours and it will reduce your urge to eat during the day. Breakfast isn’t meant to help you skip other meals, but it will reduce that starving impulse you have at lunch. Breakfast and Metabolism: What Scientists Say When it comes to scientific studies and metabolism, researchers agree that the science is inconclusive: there’s no research showing a direct link between breakfast and better metabolism. At a recent conference, members of the American Society for Nutrition met to discuss how eating frequency affects our weight. They...