I am on vacation starting today…  I have been lazy about keeping my blog up to date.  Since I can’t weigh myself on a normal (350 max lbs) scale I probably won’t be able to check my actual weight for a while…  But I will post my meals and exercise.
Other than an occasional drink without [...]

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Star Jones admits she had gastric bypass surgery and was “intentionally evasive” when questions were asked.
“[T]he complete truth is, I was scared of what people might think of me,” she continues. “I was afraid to be vulnerable, and ashamed at not being able to get myself under control without this procedure.”
“I used to [...]

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The group weight loss blog Pare Up, Pare Down had a very interesting post this week, courtesy of contributor Harmony.
[E]very time I go into REI I feel like I am out of my element, like I don’t belong…I don’t feel actively discriminated against, but I do feel out of place, and really visible. The truth [...]

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One reader found this site by searching Yahoo for how far is a swimming lap. There are a few different ways to determine the distance from one end of the pool to another, which will gives you the length of the pool. Multiply the length by two and you will have the distance [...]

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One of the first things we’re told to do for optimal health is, Eat more vegetables. Aww! Do I have to? Does ketchup count? The brain gets that it is good for you to eat more veggies but the heart…

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Luna Tea Cakes from the makers of Luna Bars is one of my recent OMG! I love this food finds. Here’s why: One serving is only 150 calories Made with organic ingredients Made with tea from The Republic of Tea…

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Maxim online thinks that Marge Simpson is one hot blue-haired MILF, and concur that Marge has retained her same youthful glow for almost 20 years! Well, she is a cartoon character, so she can age just as fast as The…

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In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about the technology of fitness equipment throughout the month of July.
Scott finishes the month off by discussing tools to keep up to date. He lists a few online training logs, sites for finding news and regimens, and a [...]

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With a guest post over at Elastic Waist. It’s about being a fat chick who works out, and an incident that happened to me at the gym yesterday.
I’ve learned to put a lid on the negative self-talk when I catch a glimpse of my fat rolls bouncing in the mirror. (I just shift [...]

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A few days back I asked whether an hour of gym is worth an hour of sleep. I wrote that thinking that I couldn’t squeeze more into the day with my work schedule and maintaining this blog, Lazy Man and Money, and some side businesses that are just starting.
I’ve started to re-evaluate [...]

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According to Manolo for the Big Girl, Harry Potter is pro-fat. (Although I have to say, I hardly think giants count.) (Also, since when is Neville Longbottom fat? Is he fat?)
While I notice that, at first glance, a few of the overweight characters are stereotypically written as “bumbling” or “jovial,” on the whole the [...]

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The other day, I was running at the gym with Mike. I was using my Nike+, so my miles would be tracked for my challenges. I was wearing my heart rate monitor. I even added my weight into the treadmill so that their calculations would be accurate.

After I was finished, the Nike+ said I had [...]

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I had little time to exercise this weekend, but I did something even more effective. I moved my sister. I got in strength training and cardio. Actually, NCN assisted me, and absolutely nothing went right. The trailor we used was too little for even her…

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Have you noticed that more aging celebrity moms known for their stunning beauty are posing au naturel in magazines from the nudie rags like Playboy to fashion mags like Vogue? It seems that as the celebrity gets older and her…

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This is one of the most beautiful Crab Louie salads I have ever seen. It’s so pretty, I just wanted to stare at its elegance. On Friday, I lunched with some friends at the Beach Chalet at Ocean Beach in…

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During summer, Gelato is one of my guilty pleasures, and even though it is made with milk versus cream as in ice cream, the calories and fat can still add up real quickly. As a ballpark, Gelatos for one 1/2…

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Did you know that Honeydew melon not only comes in light green-flesh but also in orange-flesh? According to Slashfood, the orange flesh version is actually a hybrid between a cantaloupe and a honeydew. These orange flesh Honeydews are also known…

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This week, July 30-August 3, we are going to showcase Food ideas for healthy weight loss. Food is such an important part of losing weight that I thought it worthy of its own week. As well, I have been on…

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What food item can best explain this man’s physique? D’oh!
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Welcome to episode 73 of the internet’s hottest Low-Carb podcast, The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show With Jimmy Moore! Today, Jimmy takes a look at those little hoops of pure evil — donuts — and the merchants of death peddling them!
A little over the top, you [...]

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It felt mighty good to step on the scale this morning and see that I lost some weight since last week. I also lost 1% of my body fat.
The interesting thing is…I haven’t been as strict with my eating last week and ate more calories than usual, but still under the amount [...]

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Remember Dagny, whose posts about being a formerly fat person sparked an interesting conversation here back in May? Here were some comments from that thread:
A formerly fat person is fed countless cues all day long to repudiate fat and sing the praises of weight loss. It never ceased to fascinate me how people seemed to [...]

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Oh happy 1985 day. Remember when gay meant happy for George Michael? This song still makes me want to do the white man’s over bite. Fun!…

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I continued my series on how to ice sore muscles by explaining how to give yourself an ice massage and how to use an ice bath.
I spent a little time exploring the cost of racing and how much race registration fees can cost.
Cramping and gas can be unpleasant when you are running. In fact, [...]

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Susan from the Workin’ on My Fitness site recently wrote about doing some ab work in order to get over some work-related stress. I asked her whether she had ever tried using a swiss ball rather than using a machine or just a mat. She emailed me back with the following question:
I’ve never [...]

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This is a live update from the Our Bodies, Ourselves panel with Wendy McClure (who rocks out like the superstar she is), and hey, Pasta Queen is here and Diet Girl and oh my god, I squealed like a fan girl when Kate Harding stood up and asked a question. So if you are here, [...]

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The big health news this week is that fat is contagious. It seems that the data from a Framingham, MA (a place close to my heart) suggests this conclusion. Researchers found that people with fat friends were more likely to be fat themselves. Wired News has a bit of fun with this [...]

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So, Courtney Love can’t really spell. But she sure does post a lot of stuff to her MySpace page! Man, translating it is like trying to extract meaning from Finnegans Wake. But for you, I gave it a shot.
idid the cover ofGrazia, im unsure why but my publisicts knows whgat hes doing all [...]

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Polar is known for their heart rate monitors and cycling computers. Add to the mix an altimeter and wireless transfer of data to your computer and you have an intense piece of technology on the handlebars of your bike. That’s what the Polar CS600 Cycling Computer can do for you:

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Next time you grab a bottle of Aquafina water, created by PepsiCo, the ingredient label will read Public Water Source aka tap water. Dasani made by Coca-Cola which is also made from tap water will start posting online information about…

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Looking for new sources of protein? You must try these Trader Joes brand Mango Chicken Sausages. They contain no artificial ingredients, are 170 calories a sausage with 7g of fat, 17g of protein, and are absolutely yummy. For dinner, I…

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Don’t hang out too much with that obese friend of yours because you’ll catch it and get fat too because obesity can spread like a virus according to a study done at Harvard Medical and published in the New England…

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Any of you been watching AMC’s Mad Men, a nickname coined in the 50’s for advertising executive? Best yet, the ad guys made it up themselves, so you get an idea just how ego maniacal these dogs were. In episode…

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This made me do a Scooby-Doo. Martha Stewart is on the cover of Wired magazine with a Wii cake for their annual DYI issue. Martha is probably getting us warmed up for MarthaSpace, her MySpace of domesticity. But soon, we’ll…

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Okay, I can’t help myself, but this is damn funny!…

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Is this the same. I’m not sure if Green tea is the same as Herbal tea or not, but, in my opinion, this herbal tea is awful. I know it is suppose to be very healthy, and that is why I’ve tried drinking it for the past three days. I can’t take it any mor…

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First of all, let me say that I not a big “drinker”, but a little is good for the stomach. Notice I did say a little. I have a few friends who get crazy drunk and use the excuse, “well it’s good for my stomach.” That’s not at all true.If you do, howeve…

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To my knowledge, I’ve never had a problem with acid reflux until recently. I haven’t changed anything in my diet, so I’m not sure what’s triggered it. It has been awful for the past couple of weeks though. I’m not one to turn right to medicine, but I h…

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The IAAF has finally agreed to work with Oscar Pistorius to determine whether he is actually a good runner or whether he gains an advantage from having prosthetic limbs.
Pistorius, who complained earlier this month he was not getting support from the IAAF, said he was pleased to help conduct research “so that we can jointly [...]

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I do a lot of shopping online, especially for Christmas, birthdays, and other holidays. What I really like about online shopping is it takes a lot of the hassle out of shopping, and you can use coupon codes at a lot of online stores and get things che…

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That sounds simple enought, right? Well it is, but there are ways you can walk that makes exercising more effective and efficient. You can’t walk with the intentions of toning and losing weight the same way you casually walk around the house or the off…

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I was checking the news wire this morning and saw quite a few articles of interest that I thought that I would share with you:

Two national records were broken yesterday at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships, both in the 4×800. The (15-16 year old) intermediate boy’s time was brought down [...]

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If you aren’t the sort of person who obsesses with Excel spreadsheets every time she tracks her food like I do, then you might be interested in this pretty and convenient book for tracking your food and exercise.

Little Black Book ~ Daily Food Diary Dieting Weight Loss

These kinds of products can be cool or totally [...]

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Are these Before-and-After, Before-and-Daughter or Before-and-Model?
You asked… So Jimmy does, too!
Welcome to “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore!”
Well, to say that the past two weeks have been a little interesting for us here would certainly be an [...]

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You may have already heard, but it turns out that obesity is “socially contagious.” That is to say, if we get ourselves a fat friend, we’re likely to gain weight ourselves.
“We were stunned to find that friends who are hundreds of miles away have just as much impact on a person’s weight [...]

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The last couple days have been super hot and humid where I live. For the most part, the summers are mild. But when the humidity peaks, I am a miserable person all around.
Today and yesterday, we cooled off by taking a dip in the Lake. Oh my…it felt so good [...]

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Setback city this week, but not to worry, it will happen. This week I gained .6 pounds but lost .75 inches which brings me an overall loss in 8 weeks of 10.6 pounds and 9 inches Yeah! Now on paper…

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