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Weight Loss Diary 12 From 18 thru 24 March. After last week’s set back in my weight loss program this week is great because at my Friday weigh-in I was down to 186 pounds (92 Kilograms) and my waist belt is up one extra notch. Now that has sounded alarm bells because it is the final notch on the belt and I hate making extra holes. This puts the weight loss program right back on track to achieve a weight of 180 pounds (89 kilos) that was the original target. I did set 17 weeks as the target ... Weight Loss Diary 11 From March 11 thru 17 Back to reality this week with the shock news that my weight did not go down enough to report; probably no more than a few ounces (around 50 grams). Hence I’m sad to report that my weight still stands at 188 pounds (93 kilos). I guess I became a little too complacent after the better than expected results of the previous few weeks. This raises the big question of who, or what, is to blame? As I live by the rule that I am responsible for all that go... Weight Loss Diary 10 Days 29 thru 36. Wonderful news on my weigh in on Friday March 10; my weight is down by another 2 pounds (900 grams) in just a week. That is double my target figure and it seems to get easier each week. My weight is now 188 pounds (93 kilograms). That means that the seventeen-week program that was going to shed 17 pounds (8.5 kilos)will now end in around 10 weeks. This week the biggest plus has been that my stomach is now becoming used to smaller portions and it is easi... Weight Loss Diary 9 Covers days 22 – 28 Four weeks ago I weighed 197 pounds (97.5 kilos) and my aim was to lose weight at the rate of one pound (450 grams) per week until I was down to 180 pounds; without giving up any food that I like. That is a reasonable weight for a man who is a little over 6 feet (1.83m) tall. At my Friday evening weigh-in my weight was 190 pounds (94 kilos) and that puts me three weeks ahead of schedule in only my fourth week. Health wise I have regained much aerobic... Weight Loss Diary Article 8 Weight Loss Diary 8 Covers days 15 – 21 It’s hard to believe that I am three weeks into my diet and the results are starting to show. On Friday (Day 19) weigh-in my weight was down to 192 pounds (95 kilos). That is a loss 5 pounds in three weeks, two pounds ahead of my schedule of losing one-pound per week. As good as the weight loss may be it isn’t what is exciting me most; that is the return of my aerobic fitness. My morning walk ends with a short but very steep hi... Weight Loss Diary 7 Covers days 9 thru 14 The great news is that at my Friday evening weigh-in I have lost 3 pounds (1.35 kilos) and that puts me 50% ahead of my target of losing 1 pound each week. My waist belt is feeling more comfortable as the new ‘one notch tighter’ position that was achieved last week so I am certainly achieving the major goal of measuring less. The other thing that I’ve discovered is that my exercise sessions are now running for fifteen minutes three times each week ... Weight Loss Diary 6 Days 6, 7 & 8 Now I’m truly into the rhythm of the program and the first weekend passed without problem. In fact I’m already finding ten-minutes of exercise to be insufficient and am now doing fifteen-minutes more acceptable. From doing this program before I do know that in a few weeks from now I’ll exercise for 30 minutes every second day. That is why at the start I of the program I stipulate just ten-minutes exercise session; it enables you to break into the routine grad... Weight Loss Diary Day 4 This the third day of dieting in my weight loss program and it will be the last daily report in this series of articles to avoid you becoming bored with repetition. By now you will have the idea that I only give up one type of food each day and in general eat what I please - within reason. The caveat is that you must be aware of serving sizes because it is due to over-generous serving sizes that the majority of us are dieting. In future I will publish three articles each week... Weight Loss Diary Day 3 Today is Tuesday February 7 2006, the third day of my weight loss program. Today I am nominating dairy products as the food item that I will not touch. This means that I give up dairy products for today only and will leave a space on my plate where dairy products would go. You may recall that yesterday I decided not to eat any bread. Overnight the first problem was detected and it concerned my arthritic left ankle becoming extremely painful. So painful that even after taki... Weight Loss Diary Day 2 Article 2. Weight loss diary. Diary, Day 2, February 6 2006 - Stopped having newspapers delivered from yesterday. Today I walked into the village to pick up my newspaper. (A return distance of around 1.2 miles [1.9 kilometers]. - Decided that today will be a no bread day. This is the only food that I will give up in today’s weight loss program. I usually eat 4 – 6 slices of wholegrain bread each day. - Weighed in at 197 pounds (97.5 kilos). - Breakfast was a bo... Weight Loss Diary, Day 1 Weight Loss Day by Day Diary: Day 1: Sunday February 5, 2006. In response to an email I received from a reader I have taken up her suggestion to share my next weight control program by publishing my weight loss diary in article form for everybody to follow. I’ll start with a few personal details that will give you a guideline to make comparisons with your own progress. - My height is a fraction over 6 feet. (1.83m) - My current weight is 197 pounds (97.5 kilos) ... Safe Food Storage - Refrigeration Storing Food Your Refrigerator: It is many years since schools stopped teaching cooking and domestic science and the result is that few people in the below 35 age bracket are familiar with risks presented by refrigerators. This article is aimed at covering a few basic rules that will help us store food in a safe and hygienic manner. The average refrigerator operates between 35F (2C) and 44F (7C), which is low enough to stop microorganisms from forming. (Microorganism... The Chefs Mindset Have you ever wondered what the difference between a great chef and an ordinary chef is? How can one produce food recipes that are remembered and another produce food that is quickly forgotten? Disregarding all the jokes about never trusting a skinny chef I can only say that the 80/20 rule applies in this profession the same as in other professions. It is a fact of life that 20% of lawyers, doctors, accountants, financial planners etc. are outstanding; the other 80% are medio... Dietary Guidelines For Adults 2. Dietary guidelines for adults 2 is, naturally, a follow up to article 1, and focuses on what foods constitute a good diet where article 1 focused upon why we need a good diet. My approach is that food should be fun because most health food aficionados that I know don’t seem to smile too often and therefore I don’t hold them up as good examples. Eating is a major part of life and life should be fun; if we only get one life what’s the point in being miserable? The challenge for... Dietary Guidelines For Adults Based upon response to previous weight control articles the need for this dietary guideline for adults became apparent. We have always taken the approach that the more you understand why weight is gained the less likely you are to make the mistakes that so many weight watchers make. This article highlights workplace health but it also applies to each one of us who may be overweight. The real secret to health is to eat adequate servings of nutritious foods and increase the ... Weight Watchers And Soda How many weight-watchers use 20+ TABLESPOONS of sugar in their coffee or tea? I guess the answer to that is zero. Why? Because all weight-watchers know that sugar has a high calorific value and is therefore detrimental to weight loss. Also using that amount of sugar will create liver problems eventually. So my question is: ‘If high levels of sugar are bad for us, and we all seem to know that is true, why do we drink soda that contains 20+ TABLESPOONS of sugar in each can?’ ... Healthy Eating For Children Healthy eating for children should be treated as top priority by all parents because as a parent we all have a responsibility to give our children the best possible start in life. Feeding them a healthy diet when young helps them to grow into fit adults who suffer from fewer ailments and can look forward to longevity. Is there any parent who doesn’t wish this for their children? The obvious question now is what constitutes and good diet for children? I will give a link to ... Beating Obesity In Children Obesity in children is the biggest challenge facing parents in these early years of the twenty-first century and this article is designed to take a long hard look at the reasons. Over the past 30 years children, and population in general, have been heading deeper into an obesity pattern, just as hours spent watching television or sitting in front of a computer have risen proportionately. In fact the graphs for obesity and television/computer sitting rise almost in unison, ...