Fat Surgery On NHS For Obese Children
Just how said is it that we have got to this?
Fat Surgery On NHS For Obese Children: “Overweight children could be offered weight loss surgery to help them slim down, it has been proposed.”
(Via Sky News.)
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Dieters do calories, not exercise
Got to exercise and eat a balanced healthy diet!
Dieters do calories, not exercise: “People are giving up burning calories for just consuming fewer of them, research suggests.”
(Via BBC News.)
18 minutes of exercise required to burn off one cookie
Wow, looks like I have a lot of running to do already!!
18 minutes of exercise required to burn off one cookie: “Oh, those holiday pitfalls: a martini and a handful of Chex mix at the office party, Grandma’s fruitcake, the plate of gingerbread cookies from your neighbor.”
(Via digg / Health.)
10 Steps to Becoming Stress Free
Easier said than done, but some good advice.
10 Steps to Becoming Stress Free: “Bertha snapped at Ted because he did not wash out his coffee mug. Bob yelled at Lisa for not putting paper in the copy machine. Darcy left a nasty note in the ladies room explaining to all the women the proper way to replace toilet paper after finishing a roll. Sound familiar? Ten steps to becoming stress free”
(Via digg / Health.)
The Perfect Human
Not as “perfect” as one would imagine, and I tempted to say “only in America!”
DEAN KARNAZES WAS SLOBBERING DRUNK. IT WAS HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY, and he’d started with beer and moved on to tequila shots at a bar near his home in San Francisco. Now, after midnight, an attractive young woman – not his wife – was hitting on him. This was not the life he’d imagined for himself. He was a corporate hack desperately running the rat race. The company had just bought him a new Lexus. He wanted to vomit. Karnazes resisted the urge and, instead, sli”
12 ideas to keep off holiday pounds
Possibly a little late for most of us, but some sensible all year round advice anyway.
12 ideas to keep off holiday pounds
Three French pastries … two turtle cheesecakes … and a partridge in a pear sauce.
The Twelve Days of Christmas bring holiday foods meant to be enjoyed, but no one wants a weight problem when the merriment ends.
Food psychologist Brian Wansink has spent many of his own days researching how these problems occur. His new book, ‘Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think,’ explores the unconscious cues that make us feast as we do, and how we can keep them from manipulating us.
10 Things Your Fitness Club Won’t Tell You
So this is probably a little OTT but I have to say I pretty much agree with it all. I am huge fan of being fit, but I have very little time for gyms as I think they are basically a waste of money.
Spend your money on a personal trainer and some targeted classes, but stay well clear of those monthly membership payments!!
Fitness and diet has been a growing interest of mine for about 15 years now. What was initially just 'my thing' became a much stronger focus 8 years ago when I gave up working full time in business. I have since learned a lot about nutrition, and trained in Pilates mat work, as well as in more traditional gym programs.
We have travelled a lot in the last 6 years and I am only finally more settled in Almerimar this year. I know from this experience that at times it is difficult to lead a healthy lifestyle, but it is something that is very important to me.
My work with other people so far has been mainly one to one, which is how I prefer it, as I see diet and fitness as a very personal thing. We are all very different in what we are trying to achieve here and in the other things that are important in our lives!
