OK folks, I’ve been blogging for a long time now and although I have lost weight, it’s time to get more serious, more motivated and lose more pounds!
I’ve made a lot of changes to my diet, cutting back on sugar and fat, exercising more and controlling my portions. The thing is, I have slipped back into bad habits far too often and it’s time for me to make the biggest change so far in my weight loss saga! Read more »
What works for weight?
Currently more than 1 billion adults are overweight – and at least 300 million of them are clinically obese. Current obesity levels range from below 5% in China, Japan and certain African nations, to over 75% in urban Samoa. But even in relatively low prevalence countries like China, rates are almost 20% in some cities. Childhood obesity is already epidemic in some areas and on the rise in others. An estimated 17.6 million children under five are estimated to be overweight worldwide. Read more »
Eating at a pub or resturant shouldn’t feel like you are turning your back on all your hard work and nor should it feel like you are not able to have a good meal out. There are always healthier options and you’d be surprised how much waiters and waitresses will help you out if you’re not sure what to have whilst watching those calories.
I’ve had my Mom in law over for the past week and we’ve been doing a lot of eating out as she’s not stayed for long and we only get to see her once a year. So we’ve been dining out most nights. Read more »
For the past two weeks, my Mom-in-law has been to stay with my husband and I and we have has a busy time together! Loads of shopping, trips away, more shopping and also…eating out al lot!
Eating at cafes and restaurants is something my husband and I don’t do too often and when we eat at home, we choose the healthy option foods and sensible portions. I admit over the last two weeks, I have eaten too many bad things and too much of those bad things! For one week, I only did one session at the gym and the second week I did two sessions, but one of them was not as intense as normal. Read more »
The benefits of avoiding stress can’t be stressed enough
We often hear about the physical or pathological causes and effects of obesity, but we only rarely hear about the emotional and psychological factors that are involved in either causing or aggravating the problem. Unfortunately, today, obesity is no longer diagnosed only during middle age; it’s becoming the norm to hear that young people in their twenties are dealing with the problem. Read more »
Your brain is a network of nerves that connect together via synapses. A synapse is nothing more than a technical name for a gap. Messages (nerve impulses) need to cross this gap for the nerves to communicate. Neurotransmitters are the chemicals that cause the transmission of the nerve impulse from one nerve to another. There are a number of neurotransmitters in your brain and they vary considerably. There are issues of how many neurotransmitters you synthesise, how quickly you break it down once it has been released, what the threshold of stimulation is for the nerves to release the neurotransmitter into the synapse and so on. Read more »