Did you know that the average Thanksgiving meal has over 2,700 calories! Consuming that many calories is challenging for anyone following a healthy dietary program, especially a weight loss surgery patient. “USA Today” carried an interesting article about walking. In a regular day, the goal is to walk 10,000 steps. That is not for Thanksgiving [...]
Archive | November, 2008
Checks and Balances of Your Thanksgiving Meal
by Cathy on 26. Nov, 2008 in Weight Loss and Maintenance
Top 10 Ways and Reasons to Say THANK YOU!
by Cathy on 25. Nov, 2008 in Weight Loss and Maintenance
I believe it is important to express our gratitude for the many people and blessings in our daily lives. From saying thank you to the clerk at the store to our friends for the difference they make in our lives and, of course, to our family members that we share our history, create memories, and [...]
Count Your Steps To A New Goal
by Cathy on 24. Nov, 2008 in Exercise, Movement & Activity
Short-term goals are important for success. By reaching short-term goals, you create a positive momentum which causes you to stay motivated. Setting short-term goals for exercise can keep it interesting and help push past plateaus or where limits are right now. Thanksgiving is just a few days away. A great way to combat the additional [...]
Stress and Weight Gain
by Cathy on 21. Nov, 2008 in Weight Loss and Maintenance
As we enter the holidays, stress tends to be multiplied and magnified. This season the financial situation of many of us will increase the stress. So much to do and less resources to do what we’re accustomed to do. Many scientists now believe that prolonged stress, in and of itself, can lead to weight gain [...]
Goal To Drink Water
by Cathy on 19. Nov, 2008 in Weight Loss and Maintenance
Is drinking ALL of the water you need a difficulty? Do you have a difficulty intaking all of the water optimum for your weight loss? As we all know, water is an important component of our healthy lifestyle and to lose weight. Make drinking more water your goal for next week. You can reach a [...]
Exercise and Sleep
by Cathy on 18. Nov, 2008 in Weight Loss and Maintenance
Do you ever find unscheduled meetings that come up and get in your way of exercising? A great way to make certain to keep your fitness goals is to exercise first thing in the morning. Get your workout done in the early morning before your day begins. You’ll meet the day invigorated and ready to [...]
Reach Your Goals Any Day
by Cathy on 17. Nov, 2008 in Weight Loss and Maintenance
Just checking, have you stuck with your New Year’s resolutions you made at the first of the year? Don’t worry, you aren’t alone by any means. It isn’t too late. Actually, I like creating and setting up new goals in the year other than January 1. It doesn’t create a false sense of do or [...]
Food: Your Past and Now
by Cathy on 14. Nov, 2008 in Weight Loss and Maintenance
Whether we are considering weight loss surgery, pre-op or post-op, we tend to think of our issues with food as negative and wish they’d never started in our lives. What about this…..At some point in your life, usually as a child, we turned to food for a reason. It served a purpose in our lives. [...]
Strength Training is Strong in Your Exercise Program
by Cathy on 13. Nov, 2008 in Exercise, Movement & Activity, Weight Loss and Maintenance
Strength training does more than make your muscles stronger. Strength training will help to build stronger bones, boost your metabolism, raise your self-esteem, shape and tone your muscles, improve your posture, decrease back pain and help to improve the endurance of your muscles. All of these benefits for strength training. Yes, cardio is important but [...]
Smarter Than A Marketer
by Cathy on 12. Nov, 2008 in Weight Loss and Maintenance
When my sons were younger, they saw a commercial played over and over again for Blow Pens. They thought they were amazing. They showed these beautiful works of art made by these other children with the miraculous Blow Pens. The clear message was that if you buy our magic Blow Pens, you can be an [...]
