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Easy Diet Changes

August 7th, 2008 — , being overweight, black coffee, calories, diet, diet changes, diet soda, drastic change, failure, goals, healthy eating, lifestyle change, mindset, odds, radical changes, splenda, sugary drinks, target weight from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

When we need to lose weight, it’s really common to get swept up into the mindset that we need to make radical changes. While this may be true, it may not be healthy to make such a drastic change in the way you eat. In fact, you may be increasing your odds of failure by [...]

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Beating the Sugar Addiction - My Journey

August 6th, 2008 — , Health, Life, Sugar Addiction, cravings, goals, nutrition from Susan @ Nutrition Fitness Life

Funny how things suddenly become clear to you, as though a fog has lifted.
I’ve been in a fog of sorts for quite some time, a sugar fog. Only recently has this dense, gray world begun to disappear.
I’ve finally come to a place where I feel confident I can stand up to and prevail against the [...]

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Start to the Week - Goals Edition

August 5th, 2008 — , goal setting, goals, weight loss, weight loss blog from john - from fat to fit @ John Is Fit - Personal Weight Loss Blog

No excuses but I neglected to post an update on Sunday but I have updated the graphs since I did weigh-in on Sunday. Flatline is not what I want but it’s better than going up. I’m going to work hard this week to lose at least a couple of pounds and keep up [...]

Roundup: First Sunday of August

August 3rd, 2008 — , Exercise, Weight Loss Journal, animals at the zoo, bulldog run, coffee coffee, delicious way, diet, diet detox, diet foods, fitness health, food recipes, getting fit, goals, guest chef, health network, healthy eating, healthy habits, lazy man, memorial scholarship, moderate exercise, ncn, obesity research, smoothie recipes, thin style, weekend reading, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

For weekend reading from the Fitness Health Network this week checkout these posts:

How do you know if you’re properly hydrated? Journal of Healthy Living posts for Proper Hydration: Clear Urine Is Best.
Fat Man Unleashed asks Why Are We Fatter Than the Animals at the Zoo?
A Little Help - Best Way To Cook Chicken by NCN [...]

Progress on Goals for the Week

July 25th, 2008 — , Exercise, diet, goals, running in boston, weight loss goals from john - from fat to fit @ John Is Fit - Personal Weight Loss Blog

Since we are leaving for Boston this morning and not getting back until Sunday night I thought I would post an update today on my goals for the week since I won’t be posting my normal Sunday update (and unless I have the time and a computer in the hotel I probably won’t be posting [...]

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Positive Affirmations

July 21st, 2008 — , Life, Motivation, goals, positive affirmations, stage fright from Susan @ Nutrition Fitness Life

I’m a singer.
I think I can safely say that because I love to sing, I get asked to sing, and I even get paid to sing.
Now, as to whether or not I am an outstanding singer is a matter of opinion. I believe I have ways to go before (or if) that can happen!
One [...]

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5 Ways on How To Start a Fitness Plan and Keep It

July 15th, 2008 — , 30 minutes, Aerobic exercise, Exercise, Losing Weight, Motivation, activities, aerobics, alternative ideas, exercise plan, exercises, fitness plan, goals, marathon, morning person, personality, risk, weight lifting, whole life from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

If you are ready to make that commitment towards getting healthy and losing weight, you’ll need to come up with a fitness plan that works for you. While it’s great to set really high goals, it’s all too easy to become discouraged and give up if you can’t reach them. In order to build [...]

Weekly Roundup

July 13th, 2008 — , 100 Pushups, Exercise, Meals, Motivation, Pushups, apple juice, cacao, calories, chocolate facts, comrade in arms, delusions, diet, emotional eating, fitness health, food budget, fruit drinks, fruits and vegetables, goals, health network, healthy eating, lazy man, magnesium rich foods, ncn, nutrition, orange juice, push up, push-ups, pushup, roadblock, roadblocks, teenage son, using electricity, weight loss, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

Welcome to the Sunday roundup. I hope everybody has had a good weekend so far and that you are all staying healthy and fit.
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7 Ways to Keep From Getting Discouraged at the Gym

July 8th, 2008 — , Exercise, Yoga, activities, aerobics, chunk, confidence, exercise plan, exercises, goals, guest memberships, gym, manicure, rewards, rewards system, spic, tangible reward, video game, workout, workouts from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

When you’re first starting out with your exercise plan, it is all too easy to get discouraged. Working out is not always easy and if you don’t take the right approach, quitting can be all too simple. However there are some techniques that you can use to make sure that you actually start to [...]

New Goal: Be Active Throughout the Day

July 7th, 2008 — , Exercise, fitness, goals from Susan @ Nutrition Fitness Life

I sit too much.
This is partly due to my job, largely due to blogging, and mostly because it’s my own fault! Sitting all day actually makes me tired! I also dread the Numb Bum Syndrome and the infamous “Blogger’s Butt.” I believe my body craves and needs to move. Nothing like a walk outside to [...]

Post 4th of July Roundup

July 6th, 2008 — , Exercise, Food, alcohol addiction, bbqs, caffeine, change of pace, dirty word, drink, family time, fitness health, friendly food, goals, gym, health goals, health network, healthy eating, high intensity, hotel food, hydration, lazy man, ncn, nutrition, nutrition fitness, rocco castellano, self discipline, smoothie king, ups, ups and downs, water, weight loss goals, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

How was everybody’s 4th of July? Did you enjoy your fireworks, BBQs, and family time? Better still did you all keep on your diets and stay focused on your health goals during the celebration?
From the Fitness Health Network this week were quite a few good articles in my opinion. Check them out:

Did [...]

How to Eat Healthy Without Feeling Deprived

July 2nd, 2008 — , Diets, binge, carbohydrates, cold turkey, cravings, diet, fact that people, falling off the wagon, fats, favorite foods, few days, food choices, goals, healthy eating, necessary balance, new food, phenomenon, proteins, regimen, rome, siren call, soda, sugar, vegetarianism from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

By far, the most common reason that diets fail is due to the fact that people simply feel too deprived and they lose sight of their goals. While we all want to lose weight and feel better, the siren call of our favorite foods can be so powerful that we abandon these dreams and cave [...]

Keeping the Right Perspective During Your Diet

June 30th, 2008 — , Losing Weight, Motivation, blood pressure, bonus, compliments, cravings, diet, flight of stairs, goals, going on a diet, health category, health goals, moderation, outward appearance, perception, perspective, physical appearance, physical health, physical image, priorities, reminder, wellness from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

Dieting is not for the faint hearted, and it is not easy. If you fail to keep the right perspective during your diet, it is all too easy to give into cravings, to fall off the wagon and simply give up. Before you even think about going on a diet, you’re going to need to [...]

One Hundred Pushups - Harsh Reality

June 24th, 2008 — , Exercise, Health Blog Posts, goals from NCN @ No. Calories Needed

As always, I like to be brutally honest. After watching this video from over at Get Fit Slowly, I’m convinced that I’ve been doing my pushups ‘wrong’. So, I retested myself, and I’m not ready to move to ‘level 3′. In fact, I’ve decided that I need to be doing ‘level 1′ training. Why? Because, [...]

100 Push Ups Week 1 Day 1 - 42 Push Ups!!!

June 20th, 2008 — , Exercise, goals from NCN @ No. Calories Needed

A few days ago, I decided to join several of my fellow bloggers and attempt to do 100 Push Ups. During my initial test, I was able to do 13 good, ‘regulation’ push ups. Today, I officially started the program.
Here’s a chart detailing my Week 1 routine (chart comes directly from the HundredPushUps site.)

The first [...]

100 Push Ups Challenge

June 16th, 2008 — , Exercise, goals from NCN @ No. Calories Needed

I’ve decided to jump on the one hundred push ups bandwagon. Following JD over at Get Fit Slowly, Nickel over at Fit36, and Jim over at Journal of Healthy Living, I’ve decided to try to do one hundred push ups - in just six weeks!
I just finished my initial test and I managed to [...]

The One Hundred Pushup Goal

June 15th, 2008 — , goals, strength training from admin @ Fit36.com

I wrote about this briefly elsewhere, but wanted to pull it in over here since I now have a dedicated fitness site. Last week I decided that I was to start working toward 100 pushups (see here for details). I actually first heard about it from Blaine Moore, and it sounded like an interesting challenge.
Unfortunately, [...]

4 Excuses to Not Exercise and 4 Ways to Change That

June 11th, 2008 — , Exercise, alternative ideas, couch, current state, exercise equipment, exercise plan, exercise time, goals, ground zero, gym, job, minute blocks, neighborhood, several ways from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

Let’s face it, when it comes to starting an exercise plan, few of us actually enjoy it. Who wants to get all tired and sweaty when it’s so much easier to sit on the couch and languish? This causes most of us to make excuses and find ways to keep busy so that we [...]

4 Tips on How to Get Active Right Now

June 9th, 2008 — , Exercise, activities, basketball, coach potato, enabler, eye on the prize, failure, game, goals, healthier lifestyle, personal trainer, satisfaction, setting goals, shopping, step 1 from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

If you’re trying to turn your life around and start getting more exercise, that first step you take will be the hardest. It’s always hard to make a change and stop taking the easy way out, but you’re going to have to stay committed if you want to achieve your goals. Whether you’re trying [...]

3 Weight Loss Techniques You Need to Avoid

June 3rd, 2008 — , Health, bad idea, balancing system, brain, cabbage, carbs, diet, drinks, fad diets, fats, few days, goals, healthy eating, hydration, laxative, metabolism, proteins, smart idea, starvation diets, starvation mode, type of food, water weight, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

We all know that fad diets are a bad idea and rarely work, but it is so easy to get swept away by their claims that many forget this. Who doesn’t want to lose ten pounds in a few days? The problem is, these diets not only are not effective over the long term, [...]

Trim Your Waist By Avoiding These Pitfalls

June 2nd, 2008 — , Exercise, abdominal muscles, back muscles, calories, common misconception, doing crunches, exercises, goals, midsection, pelvic muscles, schools of thought, shoulders, sit ups, ups, waistline, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

Nearly everyone wants to lose inches off their waist and there are many schools of thought on how to accomplish this. Many people believe that the best way to trim your waist is to do hundreds if not thousands of sit-ups or crunches, but in reality, this method will not do much good. In [...]

Weight Lost: 46 Pounds in 6 Weeks aka Over 7lbs this Week!

May 30th, 2008 — , Exercise, Meals, Motivation, Weigh In, about, activities, b12, b6, basketball, diet, free cheese, goals, golf bag, graph, gym, inositol, ins, laps, latte, lean protein, methionine, multivitamin, phentermine, portion control, starbucks, supplements, volleyball, walks, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

After 6 weeks on the medically assisted weightless program JumpStart medicine with Dr. Sean Bourke, I have lost 46 pounds in 45 days (just over a pound a day… Wow!) This week I lost 7.1 pounds and I am ecstatic to have achieved 109.2% of my goal. I have been feeling great, but the larger dose of Phentermine was caused [...]

Getting Motivated the Right Way

May 21st, 2008 — , Motivation, goals, healthy eating from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

One of the key components to eating right is getting motivated. While it’s easy enough at first to have grand plans, if you don’t have enough motivation to do the follow through, there’s just no point. In order to make sure that you’re successful with your diet, you’re going to need to make sure [...]

Weigh In #4 — One Month and 34 Pounds Lost

May 16th, 2008 — , Exercise, Weigh In, about, goals, gym, healthy eating, weight loss from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

After 1 month on the Jumpstart Medicine medically assisted weightless program I have lost 34 pounds… This week I lost 3.5 pounds with was 70% of my weekly goal of 5 pounds per week. I attribute missing the goal to a later than normal and larger than normal (for a 1200 calorie diet) dinner last [...]

4 Heart Healthy Exercises

May 15th, 2008 — , Exercise, blood pressure, cardiovascular, goals, heart, hydration from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

If you want to get on the road to a healthy and full life, you need to focus not only on losing weight, but also doing exercises that are going to benefit your most powerful organ, your heart. It may be tough at first, but it’s important that you don’t get discouraged. Start out [...]

How to Keep Weight Off Permanently

May 14th, 2008 — , Exercise, Motivation, goals, healthy eating, trigger food from Weight Ladder @ Weight Loss Journal

How many times have you gone on a diet, only to gain back the weight, plus a little dividend? For many people, dieting is a vicious cycle full of ups and downs, and plenty of discouragement. If you want to keep your weight off permanently, you are going to need to implement a few [...]

Three Steps to Achieve Your Goals

May 14th, 2008 — , Motivation, goal achievement, goals, setting goals from Susan @ Nutrition Fitness Life

I was struck by a story I heard the other day. I’d like to share it with you…
After her moving performance, a great soprano was approached by a woman who gushed, “I sing too, but not like you! I would give anything to sing as well as you!” The soprano graciously thanked her and replied, “If [...]

Weigh in #3 — 5 Pounds in 7 days, 30 pounds in 3 weeks

May 9th, 2008 — , Exercise, Meals, Motivation, Weigh In, goals, healthy eating, medicine from Weight Ladder @ Weight Ladder

After 3 weeks on the Jumpstart Medicine medically assisted weightless program I have lost 30 pounds… Which is above my expectations… I had hoped for an initial rapid weight loss and in deed I lost an incredible 22lbs in the first 10 days. After a minor disappointment last week (only three pounds), [...]

3 lbs in 7 days — Weigh In #2

May 2nd, 2008 — , Exercise, Meals, Motivation, Tools, Weigh In, goals, healthy eating, medicine from Weight Ladder @ Weight Ladder

After an incredible 22lbs in the first 10 days, my progress this week seems pedestrian. My weigh in was not with with Dr Sean Bourke as he was on vacation… Instead I meet another of the doctors of Jumpstart Medicine Dr Sooji Rugh.
Here is a graph of my weight loss (if you are reading [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “3 lbs in 7 days — Weigh In #2″, url: “http://www.weightladder.com/2008/05/02/3-lbs-in-7-days-weigh-in-2/” });

22lbs in 10 Days — 1st Weigh In On New Diet

April 25th, 2008 — , Exercise, Meals, Motivation, Weigh In, goals, healthy eating, medicine from Weight Ladder @ Weight Ladder

All I can say is wow! I didn’t want to believe that my newly purchased bathroom scale was reading the proper weight, but my weigh in with Dr Sean Bourke at Jumpstart Medicine proved it to be slightly high.
Here is a graph of my weight loss (if you are reading this in the future this graph will [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “22lbs in 10 Days — 1st Weigh In On New Diet”, url: “http://www.weightladder.com/2008/04/25/22lbs-in-10-days-1st-weigh-in-on-new-diet/” });

Calibrating Your Bathroom Scale to You Doctor’s Office

April 25th, 2008 — , Tools, Weigh In, goals from Weight Ladder @ Weight Ladder

When I first started I mentioned that I bought the Health o meter 844KL High Capacity Digital Bathroom Weight Scale with 1.5 in. LCD, 440 lb x 0.1 lb. So far I really like the scale, but you may have noticed that I hadn’t posted an update on my progress. The lack of information is not [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Calibrating Your Bathroom Scale to You Doctor’s Office”, url: “http://www.weightladder.com/2008/04/25/calibrating-your-bathroom-scale-to-you-doctors-office/” });

Using BMI to Calculate Required Weightloss

April 18th, 2008 — , Motivation, Tools, goals from Weight Ladder @ Weight Ladder

Everyone has heard of body mass index (BMI) and except in muscular people it takes ones height and produces an appropriate weight range…
Normal is considered 18.5-25… Over 30 is obese.
Calculating BMI is relatively straight forward… Where W is weight in pounds and H is height in inches then (703 is a conversion factor from the [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Using BMI to Calculate Required Weightloss”, url: “http://www.weightladder.com/2008/04/18/using-bmi-to-calculate-required-weightloss/” });

Methionine, Inositol, and Choline (MIC) Injection

April 17th, 2008 — , Motivation, about, goals, medicine from Weight Ladder @ Weight Ladder

As part of the medically assisted weightloss program I receive a weekly injection of Methionine, Inositol, and Choline (MIC). Here is what the packet my doctor gave me has to say about them…
These lipotropic agents belong to a class of substances that play important roles in the body’s use of fat. Of these substances methionine, [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Methionine, Inositol, and Choline (MIC) Injection”, url: “http://www.weightladder.com/2008/04/17/methionine-inositol-and-choline-mic-injection/” });

WeightLadder Reset — 390lbs and Starting Medically Assisted Weightloss

April 15th, 2008 — , Motivation, Weigh In, about, goals from kevin @ Weight Ladder

Well nothing like tax day to make you take the plunge… Recently I bid on and “won” the first month of a medically supervised weightloss program called Jumpstart Medicine with Dr Sean Bourke. It turns out that I did receive a substantial discount by purchasing through the charity auction. I am committed to this medical food [...]

Happy Anniversary to Building Nutrition!!!!

March 26th, 2008 — , News, building nutrition, goals, healthy eating, marathon, national nutrition month, training from Stacie @ Building Nutrition

Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved.
Today is the one year anniversary of Building Nutrition! THANK YOU for reading our site and learning from us! We appreciate each and every one of you and, as always, welcome your comments and feedback.
So, today, I’m going to take a different approach and post about [...]

Resurrecting Weight Loss Blog

March 23rd, 2008 — , Motivation, about, goals from kevin @ Weight Ladder

Well… after making it through vacation last summer still on track I preceded to mail it in… I fell off the weight loss wagon. I am now starting weightloss attempt #778.
What went wrong? Commitment? Desire? Not really sure, but it is time to try again.
I expect to reset my starting weight and current weight once [...]

Weight Loss Expectations

March 13th, 2008 — , Exercise, Health & Fitness, Sleep, Stress Management, Weight Management, calories, diet, eating, energy, fat, goals, hydration, nutrient, nutrients, training, weight loss from Stacie @ Building Nutrition

Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Watching The Biggest Loser each week, I notice that contestants lose between 0-15 pounds a week (and even these numbers vary). For the average person trying to lose weight, are these numbers realistic? And, do you, the viewer of The Biggest Loser, get discouraged when [...]

Overcoming fear of the unknown

January 1st, 2008 — Health & Fitness, Motivation, Stress, Stress Management, aerobic, anxiety, fitness, goals, motivation, race, runner, running from Stacie @ Building Nutrition

Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. I am one of those people who are hesitant to embark on a new adventure alone. I have been in situations where, if I don’t know anyone else but the person throwing the party, I will have a difficult time going to the party. I get [...]

10 Tips for A Successful New Year’s Resolution

December 29th, 2007 — Health & Fitness, Motivation, Self-Support, Weight Management, family, goals, motivation, new years, pace, resolution, rest, smoking, strength training, walk from Stacie @ Building Nutrition

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Many of us are going to embark on 2008 by setting some sort of a New Year’s resolution, even if we tell ourselves we won’t. But many of us (myself included) have set those NY resolutions in the past and by the end of January have [...]

How Do You Measure your Body

November 21st, 2007 — goals from Lazy Man @ Lazy Man and Health

I’ve been thinking about the tools that people use to measure their body lately. Most people have a simple bathroom scale. They step on it, it spits out a number and they determine whether they are fat or thin. Sometimes people will compare themselves to others of different heights. Just because [...]

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