tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-109544792011-12-14T18:45:26.640-08:00Slaying The Fat Monster: Making Sense of Today’s Health Information &amp; Incorporating It In Your Lifestyle is a one-stop resource of today’s best health, dietary and fitness knowledge. It is not a diet, plan or program. It is a dynamic resource to empower people with up-to-date knowledge to incorporate healthy diet and fitness news into their lifestyle.<br>Barbara Toomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12831836894964890433noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954479.post-1133982653726784532005-12-07T11:09:00.000-08:002005-12-07T11:10:53.740-08:00

By Janice Elizabeth SmallWanting to lose weight in December is the pits, isn't it? While you may struggle the rest of the year with not eating too much and choosing healthy foods it's that bit more difficult when all around you are wolfing down goodies of every kind with seemingly total abandon.Everyone you visit offers you tempting treats and no doubt you have more than enough food at home to

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This is a great refresher artcile on shopping healthy. If we learn to put healthy things in the grocery cart we will then put healthy things in our bodies!Healthy Eating Shopping ListBy Kathryn WhittakerHealthy eating starts with careful planning and organization. Since fresh produce has a very limited shelf life, regular grocery shopping is a must. Creating a menu for the week and writing out a

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By Tracie JohansonFor those of us who are looking for quick weight loss, Halloween can be a scary experience! While just one night of indulgence in Halloween candy might not be enough to break your belt, dipping into the leftover stockpile for weeks on end will surely derail your diet or weight loss program.In 1921, in Anoka, MN, the United States enjoyed our first recorded instance of a

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I came across a quality blog that is worth clicking. Man In The Kitchen is written by a working husband and father who does most of the family meal preparation. Start with his first post, We Lost That Meal and read your way through family friendly healthy recipes intermixed with ideas and thoughts of living well and eating well as a family. Keep up the good work, Man In The Kitchen. What time

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I visit many health/diet websites each day and one thing is consistently recommended, keep a journal. Even though I fancy myself a writer the thought of writing a daily journal seems daunting and burdensome. But what if it were a short-term assignment? Say 30 days? I could keep a journal for 30 days. Doreene Clement, author of the 5-Year-Journal has some great ideas for 30-day journal

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This is the best explanation I've found for water weight gain and weight loss. It comes to us from Meri Raffetto, owner of Real Living Nutrition. Meri holds a bachelors degree in nutrition and psychology - what a perfect combination for coaching us to live healthier lives. Be sure and give her site a visit. Are You Losing Body Fat or Water?By Meri Raffetto“I tried that diet and lost 8 pounds in

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Hello Everyone!Sorry I've been a sloth about posting - chalk it up to the lazy dog days of summer and much preferring to be outdoors rather than in front of the computer! I hope you are all healthy and well.I found this fascinating article about couple relationships. It is my experience that the best health is achieved when one is enjoying a healthy respectful relationships. The rules presented

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I came across this blog today – “The Bearable Lightness of Being” by “Librarian on the Loose.” She’s chronicling her weight loss journey – Down to 200 from 225 and heading for 175! Her writing is heartfelt, sincere and so familiar. Take a look at two of her quotes: Simply sticking to a rigorous food plan and tallying up the calories and the portions does not help me stop using food as a coping

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by Barbara ToomerOne thing I’ve learned about dieting, weight loss and healthy lifestyle is the most successful people are the ones who find inspiration in others. It really doesn’t matter what program a person follows as long as they find inspiration and motivation. Weight Watchers is a tremendously successful program because of their success stories. We find someone with whom to identify and

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By Nancy HillI think if you asked any child about the adults around them, they'd probably say we're a little wacky and seem to be stressed out a lot of the time. Here are a few simple things they can teach us…1. Nap when you're tired.2. Eat when you're hungry.3. Don't starve yourself, it makes you tired and cranky. Eat little bits often to keep fueled up.4. Stubbornly refuse to eat even one more

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Kathryn Martyn from over at OneMoreBite-Weightloss.com presents a great look at eating food to get rid of it. I see myself doing this many times.Eating Food Just to Be Rid of ItBy Kathryn Martyn, M.NLPWhat to Do with the Leftovers?Okay, tell me if you've ever done this: It's Monday late afternoon. You decided yesterday that starting today you were going to 1) eat right, and 2) start to get

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Want to laugh, cry and be inspired by some of the best diet writing on the blogsphere? Hop over to crackin' the deuce and prepare to enjoy your stay. Jenwa, the talented author writes "This might be about my life, my loves, my weight loss, my politics, my raising teenagers, or it might be about something else about me. Or not." Don't miss it - she's fabulous.

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Greg Ryan presents a good overview on how we use "resentment, fear of failure, comparisons are barriers you build up only to at some point sabotaging your desire to feel good and get in better shape." I fall in to some of these categories, do you?By Greg RryanGetting started on an exercise program is one thing. Stayingon it is the bigger challenge. We have all been there. New Years Eve comes

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I read this article and it was uncomfortably familiar. Take a look:Sneak EatingBy Annette ColbyFinally — you are alone. No one else is around. Maybe you’ve waited until they are all soundly asleep. You find yourself in the kitchen sneaking food. Sometimes it’s cake, sometimes it’s ice cream. Other times you’re standing in front of the refrigerator eating leftovers without a plate. Once in a

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by: Ryan FYfeEvery where you look you see articles or news or stories on how America is overweight. This probably doesn’t surprise anyone, as you only have to take a quick look around to see that our lifestyles don’t promote good health. We drive in cars. We eat fast food. We sit in offices. We simply don’t care enough about our health. Eating healthy is a simple step that you can take to improve

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By Stuart GlasureDuring the 1990s, a physician voiced on a national TV show that drinking red wine reduces heart disease. It made all the headlines. He cited the relatively lower levels of the disease in France despite their ever so famously high fat diets. Since that program, it seems that red wine health effects have been on the forefront of the wine consumer´s mind.Good for the HeartCoronary

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I tried the Skinny juice from 4 pm Friday until 6 pm Saturday. My net weight loss was 3.5 lbs, which I feel great about. I found the juice to be light, refreshing and appetite quenching. Remarkably I didn’t feel weak, light-headed or grumpy from not eating – I even managed a rigorous treadmill workout Saturday morning. In addition, I was not ravenous when it was time to eat dinner Saturday night

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Slayers: We have spoken before about vitamins and minerals. Presented now is a succinct, accurate and informative article by David Saunders about the need to supplement our nutrition intake with dietary supplements. The Need For SupplementationBy David SaundersWhen I began to study nutrition, I too believed that it was possible and even easy to get all the nutrition I needed from diet alone.What

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Take a look at some good common sense:No One Ever Got Fat Eating Broccoli!By Andrew CavanaghDiet tips for losing weight abound. Some are good, some questionable and some are just plain crazy. At the risk of joining the ever growing list of diet tips here is probably the most important diet key both to weight loss and and excellent health.“No one ever got fat eating broccoli.”When you eat

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Hello Slayers!As you know, part of the Slaying lifestyle is personal stewardship for overall health. Recently, my overall health has been compromised by a pain in the neck. This pain has prevented me from doing exercise and caused me to seek comfort in food. Not conducive to the Slayer lifestyle.Yesterday I finally went to the doctor, fearing the worst - - pinched nerve. Well, to my extreme

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Dr. Stephen Gullo, best selling author of The Thin Commandments Diet, lays diet success on strategy, not willpower. Clients willingly pay $1,500 for a single office visit with the doctor who has a 25-year track record of successfully treating patients who lose as much as 100 pounds - - AND KEEP IT OFF. I highly recommend Dr. Gullo’s book. In 318 pages he details how to accomplish his 10 Tenets

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Too good to be true? Probably.I found this recipe and instructions in the May 2, 2005 First magazine. The claim is by forgoing solid foods and drinking one 8-ounce glass of this Skinny Juice an hour for every waking hour over a 24-hour span a person will detox and lose "up to eight pounds of trapped fluids and fat in one day". The recipe is from Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman's book "The Fast Track

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Hi Slayers:I came across an interesting blog today: one man's battle against the Fat Monster. Be sure to blogroll, it looks to be an insiteful and useful journey.Experiment Fatso

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Several years ago my husband introduced me to weight lifting or strength training. “You will love it,” he said with the confidence of someone who has lifted weights all his life.The first argument I made against strength training was, “Oh, I don’t want to lift weights and look like a body builder.”Trust me: several years and thousands of repetitions later I can confidently assure you this is not

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This is a wonderful time of year for enjoying strawberries! The markets are loaded with plump ripe strawberries on sale for reasonable prices.Strawberry Facts:-One-cup sliced berries has 50 calories, 3.8 grams protein, 157% the RDA of Vitamin C and 24% RDA of Manganese-In the USDA’s assessment of the antioxidant power of various fruits, strawberries placed second, after blueberries for their high

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Here’s a program worthy of a shout out: The Quaker Oatmeal Strive for Five family nutrition program.This easy-to-use, five step family nutrition program was developed by Quaker Oatmeal in collaboration with the American Dietetic Association. The program is organized in weekly calendars that offer simple daily tips and interactive tools based on the leading recommendations of childhood overweight

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The PDF calendar for Quaker Oatmeal Strive for 5 program. Go directly to the link to download the PDF file.Posted by Hello

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Good Morning!As you know, Slaying the Fat Monster is a lifestyle, not a fad diet or freak exercise program. Slaying is about making changes in our lives that we can sustain over a lifetime for better health and wellness. To that end I don't recommend "diets". However, this is a story worth repeating, even though my friend calls his weight loss secret a diet:The ABBA DietI recently ran into an

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So we’ve talked about the new federal guidelines for exercise.I’ve revealed my failed fitness plan.Let’s talk about setting goals: First what the experts suggest for setting and achieving goals. Then we’ll look at what real warriors in the battle to slay the fat monster are doing to set and meet goals.The Mayo Clinic, one of my favorite sources for wellness information, has outlined the SMART

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Report: Obesity will reverse life expectancy gainsCHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- U.S. life expectancy will fall dramatically in coming years because of obesity, a startling shift in a long-running trend toward longer lives, researchers contend in a report published Thursday.By their calculations -- disputed by skeptics as shaky and overly dire -- within 50 years obesity likely will shorten the average

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Yesterday we talked about the new 2005 health guidelines for exercise. When they were first announced In January I formulated a personal fitness challenge to meet the 60-minutes a day exercise. I named the challenge:360 for 6 - - Alive in 2005 Fitness ChallengeThe objective of the challenge: Exercise for 360 minutes/week for 6 weeks.The goals:Reach a specific goal weight (lose 6 lbs)Increase

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Remember the new federal dietary and fitness guidelines issued in January? The guidelines vaguely recommended 60-90 minutes of exercise a day most days of the week. From the guidelines: Americans young and old should incorporate regular physical activity into their everyday lives. This does not necessarily mean joining an expensive gym or committing to a rigorous exercise or training routine. It

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Call me crazy, but I love asparagus and consider it Spring's must have dinner accessory! Here's the details from Asparagus Online about this delicious seasonal wonder. Link to their site for recipes and grab a bundle at your farmstand today.Asparagus is one of the most nutritionally well-balanced vegetables in existence. It leads nearly all produce items in the wide array of nutrients it supplies

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According to March 2005 Shape magazine, Women tend to underestimate their calorie intake regularly by as much as a whopping 40%. That means, when left to our own devices we say we are eating just a little over half of what we are actually eating.What to do?OK - old advice, but effective: Keep a food journal. Try it for a day, a week or a month and be honest with yourself. Find out what's really

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Without any doubt, flexibility or stretching is my favorite part of the fitness triangle (strength, cardio, flexibility). It just feels so great to give the body a good stretch! Is there anything more sensualistic than watching a cat stretch after waking from an afternoon nap?Flexibility gives us a chance to breathe deeply and slowly oxygenating the muscles. It is an opportunity to clear the mind

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Ok, we've been talking about the F word - FAT. Now, let's be honest.Who among us hasn't done the walk of shame the morning after a night of indulgent, unhealthy high-fat eating. Raise your hands! The guilt, the gluttony, the bloating and discomfort. What's a Slayer to do? Wouldn't it be nice if there were a "morning after" pill to purge our bodies of the pollutants we ate last night?How about a

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A loyal "Slaying" reader shared this story after yesterday's post, "Fat Makes us FAT!":I have LOVED McDonalds McGriddle sandwhiches. But about six months ago I decided to look at McDonalds website to see how many calories were in just one. It turned out that in just one mcgriddle sandwhich was 550 CALORIES! I think of that evertime I think I want one and have now not had one since. Its nice to

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Over the years the has been fuss about reducing the amount of fat in our diets. It's common sense, really: Fat = Fat. Only in the last few years have we become sophisticated about our fats. We now understand Olive Oil and Omega 3's are good, Transfat is bad. Lots of us have made positive changes in the way we cook at home - limiting the animal or hydrogenated fats and using instead vegetable fat

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I'm just now discovering the wondeful versitility of dried apricots. They can be enjoyed on their own for a tasty and filling snack or used in savory or sweet dishes. According to Apricot Producers of California, apricots are an excellent source of beta-carotene (Vitamin A), California apricots also provide Vitamin C, iron, potassium, and fiber among other nutrients. Plus, California apricots are

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Need a reason to Slay The Fat Monster? The CDC announced today American's are living longer. If we are living longer we need to take personal responsibiility to ensure we are living healthy and well for the best quality of life in our later years.Average life expectancy in the United States rose to a record 77.6 years in 2003 from 77.3 years in 2002, according to the latest data from the

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“Do I need to worry about high blood pressure?”Q: Nobody in my family has high blood pressure and I'm only 30 - do I need to worry about mine?A: The American Heart Association reports that nearly one in three U.S. adults has high blood pressure – and one of those three does not know they have it because there are no symptoms. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can lead to stroke, heart attack,

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Next to walking, aquatic exercise is the second favorite cardio workout most often cited by overweight people trying to lose weight. Rapidly gaining favor in this age of “kinder, gentler exercise” water based exercise, when done correctly, provides a powerful workout that rivals many conventional fitness programs.In the water the body works against the water’s resistance and burns more calories.

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This past week my Slaying The Fat Monster lifestyle suffered.I had a cold.It sapped my energy and I felt poorly: lifeless. And then I felt guilty for letting a cold interrupt the good things I do for my body: eating well, exercising often, laughing and enjoying life. So I pondered, what causes a cold or flu, and how can I prevent it? With a little googling I came up with these answers:What Causes

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Have you been on the egg roller-coaster long enough? One day we read they are cholesterol packed killers – the next day headlines banner them as the perfect food. So, what’s the skinny on one of the cheapest dietary protein’s around?Egg Cholesterol ConnectionOf course the concern with eggs is the cholesterol content. There is little doubt that elevated blood cholesterol levels increase heart

Barbara Toomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12831836894964890433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954479.post-1109187576416050102005-02-23T11:31:00.000-08:002005-02-24T11:40:43.256-08:00

Q: I read that 10-minute bursts of moderate exercise (walking) three times a day meets the surgeon general's requirements - but is it enough to help me lose weight?A: I read this all the time - just ten minutes here & there will do you.What a BIG FAT LIE!The truth is, if you want to lose weight, if you want to keep from gaining weight you have GOT to Exercise!I know - reality bites. But I'm here

Barbara Toomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12831836894964890433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954479.post-1109182192654875712005-02-23T10:08:00.000-08:002005-02-23T12:19:53.096-08:00

Maintenance is more difficult than actively losing weight because there is not a tangible goal or milestone. Weight maintenance becomes more about health and wellness than about pants size or the number on the scale as time marches on. Common sense tells me otherwise, but somedays I still feel FAT.In spite of what others may say, I lost weight for my own health and wellness, not to make them look

Barbara Toomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12831836894964890433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954479.post-1109193153061586652005-02-22T12:58:00.000-08:002005-02-23T13:12:33.063-08:00

"Whole grains" are buzz words for 2005. In January whole grains got attention when the new food guidelines specified that half of grains consumed should be whole grains.Who knew it, but there is Whole Grains Council - A dedicated Consortium of Industry, Scientists, Chefs and Oldways Preservation Trust committeed to increasing consumption of Whole Grains for better health. Posted on their site is

Barbara Toomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12831836894964890433noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10954479.post-1109191527958507972005-02-21T12:43:00.000-08:002005-02-23T12:45:27.960-08:00

When I was a sophomore in college I decided that if I was going to be big girl – the polite way to say fat - then I was going to be a strong big girl. I enrolled in a weight lifting class. An early morning weight lifting class! Just the habit a big girl ought to have, right? Two of my fatty-friends joined me and united we arrived at the first class with our best strong-gal faces!We stepped

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