Get Fit Slowly

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!For years, my wife has limited her caffeine intake because it keeps her awake. She won’t even eat coffee ice cream for dessert because she loves her sleep so much. Recently, however, she decided that she was […]

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After sharing my bread research on Monday, several readers encouraged me not to be so dismissive of Trader Joe’s. Heeding their advice, I made a trip to the nearest store (a 20-minute drive) to check out their bread selection. You folks were right. Trader Joe’s does have good prices.
I found my favorite bread — Milton’s […]

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I eat too much bread. I like honey toast, PB&J, and the occasional tuna sandwich. But I know most bread is processed crap — it’s not a good addition to my diet. I’m particularly wary of the high-fructose corn syrup most commercial breads contain.
Because I’m that kind of guy, I recently decided to find the […]

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During one of our many recent conversations about nutrition and fitness, my wife wondered why food labels always had whole numbers for calorie content. Further investigation into the foods in our cupboards showed that the calorie contents are rounded even more than to the nearest whole number–in fact, they appeared to be rounded to […]

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This is part two of several posts reviewing Lisa R. Young’s, The Portion Teller: Smartsize Your Way to Permanent Weight Loss. Part one explained how to “smartsize” your meals.
One of the most practical points that I’ve taken from this book so far is this: Americans eat too much of everything. There isn’t […]

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This is part one of several upcoming posts reviewing Lisa R. Young’s, The Portion Teller: Smartsize Your Way to Permanent Weight Loss.
Everyone who’s ever been on a diet and gained all their weight back plus some knows that diets don’t work.The problem with all diets, from Atkins to South Beach to the pink grapefruit […]

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I have been reading a lot of nutrition labels over the last few months. And like most people, I’ve been looking foods with a relatively low amount of calories. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not only looking at the calories. I’m also looking at the fat, carbohydrate, and protein content of the foods I’m […]

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Weight–209.8 (-11.5)
BF %–30.0 (-1%)

Another week down, but more importantly another 2.3 pounds down. I’m really getting confident in my new lifestyle! In diets past, I was embarrassed to admit that I had a problem and was on a diet. Now, something in my head has finally clicked; I’m not on a […]

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According to new research by food scientists, foods like peanut butter, avocado, eggs, coffee, and mushrooms may not be as bad for your diet as once perceived. In fact, scientists have discovered redeeming qualities in all of the aforementioned foods.
Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is fatty and high in calories, right? Right, but studies […]

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Weight: 212 (-9 pounds)
Body Fat %: 30% (no change)

Yesterday the scale read 211.6 and I didn’t believe it. So I was happy when I stepped on the scale this morning and it was almost the same. I lost 4 pounds this week–my most successful weight loss week since I’ve started.
Foodwise this week, I’ve […]

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