Posts Tagged ‘weight loss’
Battle Royale with Cheese…or I Forgot My Lunch
It’s well-past lunchtime on a Wednesday and I have forgotten to bring my lunch. I do a quick mental scan of my options…Wendy’s? Long John Silver’s? Burger King? Sundry other fast food choices a little further down the street…I’m just hungry. I don’t want to spend time trying to figure out what I CAN eat at one of these places, and I know when I go through the drive thru I’m going to smell fries and get all angry because I can’t just eat what I want.
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Drop Pounds In Your Sleep?
According to recent studies, adjusting your sleep habits can help you lose weight. Stress and lack of sleep increase levels of cortisol, which makes your body hold on to fat. But beyond that, going to bed earlier will help reduce the opportunity for those late night trips to the fridge for just a little sliver of this or a bite of that.
While for most of us, it seems unrealistic to get those eight hours of sleep, it’s important to make an effort toward a least getting more sleep. Here are a few tips to help catch more z’s and drop more lbs.:
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It’s Time Again
Hey, I’ve been gone for a while, and so has the site. Someone hacked me, and I sabotaged myself. But both have been repaired and it’s time to get back down to business.
This time around, we’ll focus on the personal stuff, cool recipes, low point junk food (helloooo, I love the junk food it’ll stick around!) and I guess whatever else is on our minds.
So, hopefully you’ll learn something and get some inspiration, but you should at least be somewhat entertained by our struggles as we head down the weight loss path again!
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Health & Fitness Resources
- Daily Burn The site I’ve thrown Weight Watchers over for – great trackers for nutrition and exercise. Sets the stage for a life change over a “diet.”
Nutrition & Diet Resources
- 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet A great forum for weight loss encouragement.
- Calorie King Another good site for finding the calories in your favorite foods.
- Daily Burn The site I’ve thrown Weight Watchers over for – great trackers for nutrition and exercise. Sets the stage for a life change over a “diet.”
- Dotti's Weight Loss Zone The best thing about this site is it has tons of restaurant points. Beware though, some of these are a bit out of date.
- Hungry Girl A site I wish I’d come up with myself. She has awesome recipes and tips – get the newsletter you won’t be sorry!
- The Daily Plate Great to find the nutrition info for tons of foods.