Afternoon! It's weigh in day today, so I'll keep this short so you can go bond with your scale.
Attention Challengers: I will be emailing you this week if I don't hear from you! Yes. That's a threat. Are you scared?
It's Shape up for Summer today at work, so I've stolen a few screens from the network to share with you. Let me know if you have any other healthy alternatives to the usual fair weather fare.
(The nutrition information below are rough guestimations. They're just examples of how you can cut fat and calories without depriving yourself.)
What's your trick for surviving grilling season without ODing on potato salad and chips 'n dip?
Everyone’s journey is different. Here’s a powerful story about a woman who decided she needed to lose a few pounds. Lisa started out at a healthy weight of 138 pounds. She shrunk down to skin and bones, then ballooned up to nearly 200 pounds.
I highly recommend you take a look at Prior Fat Girl’s blog. The pictures alone will make you reconsider your own struggle with weight. Five years later, Lisa weighs in at 136 pounds. Years of struggle to lose two pounds.
So read her story and realize how important it is to love yourself no matter what weight you are. You may not be your ideal size, but you can work on being your ideal self.
Last week, when I posted my favorite office lunch, people commented on the sodium content (40% of your daily intake). To be honest, I rarely look at sodium. I never add salt to my food (Well, except for popcorn. I have a problem with popcorn. But I’ll save that for other post.) and don’t eat all that much processed food, so I figured I was safe.
I get so wrapped up looking at fat, calories, carbs, protein and sugars while trying to avoid partially hydrogenated oils that it’s hard to give sodium the attention it needs. So because of last weeks’ comments, I looked into the sodium situation, and it’s a scary sight!
Besides the superficial bloating, sodium can lead to high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease and kidney disease.
The govt is way ahead of me on this one. A few weeks ago, the FDA said it’s planning to gradually (so we don’t notice it) reduce the salt consumed each day by Americans in processed foods. They say if you slowly decrease the amount of salt you eat every day you’ll eventually no longer crave it.
But if you’re crazy about all that salty goodness, don’t fret! Helen sent me a story about Frito Lay attempting to rejigger the shape of a salt molecule so there's more surface area. This would allow Frito to use less sodium in its products without cutting the flavor. Sounds a little too good to be true (remember Olestra?), but apparently Britons have been eating this stuff for years and they seem fine.
Here are a few foods that secretly stash a surplus of salt: Deli meats Canned vegetables and soups Condiments Cereal Cottage cheese Salad dressings Eggos Tomato sauce (especially in a can) Bread
So here’s your challenge for the week: Try to watch how much salt you eat for the next 7 days. See if you feel a difference. Do you still crave it? Add oodles of herbs to your meals so you don’t feel the need to add salt. I’m not saying you have to make everything from scratch, just peak at the nutrition label and become aware of where the white devil lies!
Help me out here. Were you surprised by the amount of salt in something? What was it?
Also, if you're competing in the Challenge, don't forget to email me your weight loss progress. I lost 1 pound this week! That may just be because I've been watching the salt in my diet. Let me know what's working for you!
It’s weigh in day today. Some of you have been stellar at keeping me in the loop of your weight loss journey. Others, well … you’ve been a bit secretive. The purpose of this virtual weekly weigh in is more for you than for me. (Well, it’s for me, too. I love reading about everyone slimming down!) But I understand how hard it is to tell someone when you haven’t lost as much as you wanted to. I was in the same boat. Except I had to pay $40 a month for my boat. And I recently jumped ship.
I boarded Weight Watchers last fall to lose those last few pounds. Unfortunately, I was lost at sea for …. oh, say, 6 months. It took me 6 months to lose … 6 pounds. That’s right. One lousy pound in one lousy month. The last few months I was so ashamed of my loser losing status that I refused to go to a meeting until I had lost a decent amount of weight. I know, this doesn’t really make sense. Their meetings are for motivation and support to help you lose weight, and I was denying myself this help until I lost weight. (Sometimes I just don’t make sense.) So, I quit.
This doesn’t mean you’re allowed to quit the Weigh In challenge. I’m not charging you $40 a month, so you’ve got nothing to lose by giving this a shot. And even though I was disappointed when I only lost 1 pound in a month, I’m still down 6 pounds. And I could (probably would) be UP 6 pounds if I had never joined Weight Watchers in the first place. So even if you’ve only lost 1 pound during this Weigh In challenge, email me with an update. You still have time to lose some weight before summer’s here. You’ll feel better getting your body in tune for June.
So, go weigh yourself and send me an update at WeighIn@Captivate.com. Tell me how you’re doing, what challenges you’re facing, and what’s motivating you to keep going. I may steal all your ideas and post them here. But, I’ll probably give you credit. Probably.
It’s Weigh In day! And we’ve been at this for just over a month. How’ve you been? Did you join the challenge, miss a few weeks and give up? Are your snacks sabotaging your diet? Even if you haven’t been very successful, rejoin the challenge. So what if you haven’t lost any weight. It’s not too late. We’ve still got two more months to go and if you start now, you could still lose a good amount of weight before the first day of summer. So, hop on the scale and send me an update at WeighIn@Captivate.com. For those of you who’ve joined, but haven’t been sending me updates … I know where you live! OK. I don’t really. But, I know your email address! So I might just have to start the virtual nagging.
Sweet evils I don’t just have a sweet tooth. I’ve got a whole set of sweet teeth.
When I was in high school my favorite breakfast was two Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts (sugar) washed down with a Sprite (more sugar). Not Sprite Zero. Regular ol’ Sprite. For a total of 670 calories! (And I wonder why I was not-so-pleasantly plump!).
I think it’s pretty obvious that sugar makes you fat. (I wish those smart NASA people would quit those silly plans to return to the moon and start working on important things … like a sugar that makes you skinny!). But a new study from Princeton University suggests high-fructose corn syrup makes you gain more weight than table sugar.
Researchers fed rats water sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) for six months. They found the rats on a HFCS diet developed more belly fat and had an increased level of circulating triglycerides, fat's chemical form in the body.
That’s not to say you should you should douse your salad in sugar, it just means natural sugar is a better option over high-fructose corn syrup.
"The debate about which one is better for you is a false debate, because neither of them is good for you," says Elizabeth Abbott, author of the forthcoming "Sugar: A Bittersweet History." "By having cane sugar, you're not doing yourself a great big favor. Not so much sugar is what we should be striving for."
Corn conspiracy Some experts are debating the merits of this controversial study. Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics, points out researchers did only two experiments comparing the effects of HFCS to sugar, and the results were inconsistent. Their other experiments compared HFCS to a regular diet.
Either way you look at it, sugar is evil. Whether it’s table sugar, HFCS, or maple syrup. They can all make you fat and increase your risk of heart disease.
Americans eat an average of 21.4 teaspoons (359 calories) of added sugars each day. And govt scientists say about 1/3 of that sugar comes from soda. Imagine if you cut out one serving of soda a day (keep in mind that’s 8 ounces … not the 20 oz. bottles you buy). You could lose 1 pound a month – 12 pounds a year. Just by giving soda the cold shoulder.
So what’s your dessert downfall? What rots your sweet tooth?
Even the military is ganging up on the lunch ladies. According to a USA Today article, a group of retired military leaders is blaming schools for unfit recruits.
They say about one-quarter of young adults age 17 to 24 are too heavy to serve. That’s 9 million people. And every year, the military discharges more than 1,200 first-term enlistees because of weight problems.
I’m not sharing this with you because I think you want to don some boots and camo (which is so not slimming). It’s just a sad reality that so many Americans are so out of shape.
Coming up tomorrow: 1. Weigh In Day! 2. Find out why you should opt for plain old sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup
It’s Weigh In Wednesday and you guys have already lost more than 15 pounds so far! That's awesome! And if you haven't been so successful, don't give up! We've still got a little more than 9 weeks to go before the first day of summer.
Email me with your weight loss at WeighIn@Captivate.com. And in the meantime, take a look at what I had to say to a 13-year-old girl who wanted some dieting advice. I had a hard time writing to her. What do you think? What would you have said?
A note for Weigh In Challengers: Don't forget tomorrow is Weigh In day. So, don't eat anything salty tonight and email me your update at WeighIn@captivate.com. Good luck!
Sometimes I make mistakes. It’s very rare, but it happens.*
So I was heartened to read an article about dieting mistakes we all make. The whole list sounded very familiar. I thought you'd enjoy reading just a few that hit close to home. Check out the full article here.
1. You starve yourself all day and splurge at night.
Ooh, if my cat could talk. I swear he’s totally judging me from his corner of the couch when I snack at night! According to Active.com, you should cut your evening meal in half, and eat a big breakfast instead.
2. You graze instead of eating regular meals.
Eating this way may actually cause you to gain weight, they say. Instead, stick to a schedule. Use a food journal to track when you’re hungry and what satisfies you.
3. You assume calories from healthy, natural foods are low.
This is my main downfall. I can resist cake because I know it’s bad for me, but put a dish of almonds in front of me and I just go to town!
"Just because a food is healthy doesn't mean you can eat big portions," says D. Milton Stokes, MPH, RD, owner of One Source Nutrition in Stamford, Conn. "A handful of nuts can be 200 calories or more. And if you add that without cutting back elsewhere, it could be the reason you're not losing weight."
4. You eat like a bird for the month before a big event.
Experts say you shouldn’t eat less than 1,200 calories a day because it’ll slow down your metabolism.
5. Your splurge foods are "low-fat" and "sugar-free".
I was the sugar-free fiend for quite a while. I could eat a whole bag of sugar-free cookies. For some reason that doesn’t seem so healthy now. Plus, low-fat, low-sugar treats usually have something else in there. There’s got to be something to make it taste so good.
So how about you? Do any of these things hit close to home? What other mistakes do you make?
I don’t like getting advice from skinny people. I feel like if you’ve never felt your thigh jiggle or your arm flap in the wind, you really can’t tell me how to lose weight.
So it’s good to know the founder of Weight Watchers had a problem with Mallomars. But it’s even more comforting to know that she dropped more than 60 pounds and has kept it off, even into her 80s.
Jean Nidetch struggled with her weight even as a child, according to USA Today. By the age of 27, Nidetch weighed 214 pounds and was hiding Mallomars in the hamper so her family wouldn’t see her eating them. She turned to a diet program run by the New York City Board of Health Manhattan, and lost 20 pounds in ten weeks. That’s when she began holding her own weight loss meetings in her apartment with overweight friends.
You can read all about her weight loss journey in her new autobiography The Jean Nidetch Story.
"If you want to lose weight, you will — you can," she says. "You are capable. I'm 86, and I have blonde hair. That's not nature. It takes a desire ... and sometimes it's rather uncomfortable to get it done. It costs time and money. If you really want to do it, and you know it's your desire and you're capable of it, you will. It's that simple."
“Weight loss can change your whole character. That always amazed me: Shedding pounds does change your personality. It changes your philosophy of life because you recognize that you are capable of using your mind to change your body.”
A note for Weigh In Challengers: Don't forget tomorrow is Weigh In day. So, take a deep breath, hop on the scale, and email me your update at WeighIn@captivate.com. Good luck!
That means cutting out 500 calories a day to lose 1 pound a week. And if you’re looking to lose 20 pounds that means you only have to cut 70,000 calories out of your diet.
So here are some ways to cut calories without cutting out all the fun:
Instead of two slices of bacon (100 calories, 7 grams of fat) have two slices of Morning Star Veggie Bacon Strips (60 calories, 4.5 fat).
Have an English muffin (120 calories, 0.5 fat) instead of two slices of toast (240 calories, 3 grams of fat).
Make an omelet with 3 egg whites, which contain only 50 calories and not even a gram of fat. A regular omelet with yolks and all would run you 210 calories and 13.5 grams of fat. If you miss the yolk, throw one in there with two egg whites and you’ll still be saving 140 calories and 9 grams of fat.
Instead of adding 2 Tablespoons of cream (40 calories, 3 grams of fat) to your coffee, use fat free half and half (20 calories, 0.4 grams of fat).
Have ½ cup of brown rice (100 calories, 1fat) mixed with ½ cup of sautéed vegetables instead of 1 cup of rice pilaf (300 calories, 9 fat).
Enjoy a piece of No Pudge! Brownie (120 calories, 0 fat) instead of a regular brownie (170 calories, 8 fat). Instead of a scoop of vanilla ice cream (145 calories, 16 fat), have it with a scoop of Cool Whip Free (15 calories, 0 fat)
So there you have it. 6 simple ways to cut out more than 700 calories in a day. How do you cut out calories in your diet?
I wasn’t always overweight. I was completely within the normal range when I was born. But as I grew up, I also grew out.
Last night, I rummaged through my old photos to find a “before” picture to show you, but as any pleasantly plump person will tell you, photos are your enemy when you’re horizontally inclined. So it was difficult to find any photo of me before I ended my love affair with lard.
I found something, though. It’s not necessarily me at my heaviest, but it’s pretty darn close. Just like ripping off a band aid, I guess I’m going to have to show you this as quickly as possible and hope it hurts less.
So here goes:
Before – I know it was a bad hair cut. Leave me alone. I thought I was stylin'.
When I was rocking size 24 jeans and shopping at Lane Bryant I remember dreaming about being a size 18. That’s right. I thought everything would be right in the world if I could just shrink down to a slim size 18.
I’ve always wanted to lose weight* – I was a huge fan of Richard Simmons in his shorty shorts and Oprah in her skinny jeans. And I couldn’t tell you exactly when things clicked for me, but I finally started seeing results in college. That’s right. When girls were gaining their Freshman 15s, I was giving mine away. I guess I'm a little backwards that way.
The weight came off slowly … sometimes too slowly. And now, 10 years later, I’m here to report I’ve lost 100 pounds and still haven’t reached my goal weight. I know. I’m slow.
After
Sure, I’m damn close. But those last 10 or 15 pounds are so much harder to ditch than the first 15 or 20.
So, although I’m not an expert, I’ve been there. I’m still there. And I’ll be there with you. Even if you don’t reach that magic number or fit into those skinny jeans by the first day of summer, if you make a change in your life now, you’ll feel better. You’ll feel so much better. And maybe you'll even get a better hair cut like I did. Who knows.
If you haven’t joined the Weigh In Challenge, it’s not too late. Email me at WeighIn@captivate.com.
And good luck trumping temptation this weekend!
*Things I’ve tried (Thank God I was never tempted to try that Master Cleanse diet! I'm down with the maple syrup, but cayenne pepper and lemon juice?! No thank you!): Weight Watchers – 3 times Cabbage Soup diet South Beach – lost 10 pounds twice … gained 15 back both times Slim Fast And various low calorie, low fat, low sodium, high fiber diets
A huge part of losing weight is what you eat. And you’ll never truly realize how much you’re putting in your mouth until you track it. I know I eat better when I’m writing everything down. I may still make some bad choices, but they’re not nearly as bad as when I don’t hold myself accountable. Let me translate this for you working folk. If you know your boss (food journal) is watching you work (eat), you’ll be less likely to surf the web (fridge) and post comments (eat) on Facebook (french fries). See?
Spark People I have used this site to track my food intake and workouts. It’s a great, easy way to count calories and make sure you’re eating enough protein. Oh, and it’s free!
Whether you want to know the calorie count in cake or cabernet, these sites have massive food data bases, and they’re easy to use:
Weight Watchers Weight Watchers is a great source even if you’re not a member. It’s got recipes, dining out tips, blogs and motivating success stories.
Hungry Girl Awesome cooking tips to concoct low-calorie cocktails, healthy junk food and tasty guilt-free meals.
I was terrified that I'd start this challenge ... and gain weight the first week. That's just the kind of sense of humor my body has.
So I was positively giddy when I stepped on the scale this morning and saw I lost 1.5 pounds this week! Starting this weight loss challenge was just the kick in the pants I needed to really hold myself accountable.
How did you do this week? Did you lose weight? Stay the same? ….. Gain?? Email me your results at WeighIn@captivate.com. And if you haven’t joined the Weigh In Challenge, start today. Read my first post, get cracking and start tracking.
If you haven’t seen results, reevaluate what you’ve been doing. Have you really been tracking everything that goes in your mouth? Even the stealth doughnut nibbles in the office kitchen?
And if healthy eating means Caesar salads and a bag* of Baked Lays, check out our guest blogger and registered dietitian Nicole Silva’s blog. She’s got great tips on what foods will properly fuel your body.
And stay tuned. Later this week I’ll share with you my horribly embarrassing “before” picture.
This doesn’t mean you’ll have to survive on celery and water the rest of your life. In fact, you’re better off just starting slow and tweaking what you already eat.
Today, we’re tackling drinks.
Because I have a problem. With coffee. And I'm sure I'm not the only one around here.
I hate it when stick-thin nutritionists tell you to nix your daily mocha for a cup of green tea. I mean, sure, the green tea is really good for you, but who really wants to drink green tea instead of a mocha? That’s just silly. So here are some ideas of how to cut the fat without cutting the fun.
** You can still have your double-tall-mocha in the morning, just cut the whipped cream. You’ll save 100 calories and 10 grams of fat in just 2 tablespoons! And who has just two tablespoons?! If you get your mocha every weekday, you’ll be saving 2,000 calories and 200 grams of fat in a month – without really doing anything! If you think you’ll miss it, just ask the barista to dollop some extra thick foam on top. You might even discover you prefer the sweet, foamy milk over the melting globs of fatty whipping!
**Instead of a Grande Mocha Frappuccino at Starbucks, grab a Chocolate Banana Smoothie and save 110 calories, 10.5 grams of fat and 17 grams of sugar. The smoothie has protein powder and an actual banana in it, so you’ll stay satisfied for longer. And it tastes good, too. If you need the caffeine fix, ask them to put a shot of espresso in it.
**Ask the barista what kind of milk they use in your latte. If it’s 2%, ask for 1% (if you’re not quite ready to take the leap of nonfat faith). Or try soymilk, which has less calories and fat than 2%.
**Ask for half the syrup, or sugar-free syrup.
**Put a package of sugar free hot chocolate in your plain coffee to mix things up.
By tracking what you eat, you’ll be shocked at how many calories you’re wasting on drinks. Track everything, even if you don’t know all the nutrition info. USA Today’s food tracker is a great guide.
If you haven’t joined the challenge yet, send me an email at WeighIn@captivate.com. Include a before picture, your height, weight and body measurements. (Or any combination that you’d prefer.) If you’d rather not send a before picture, still take the picture. It’ll help motivate you.
And come back next week, when I share my very first "before" picture. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
I was going to wait until Monday to share this weight loss challenge with you, but then I thought that’s the trap perpetual dieters fall into. “I’ll start Monday,” is often followed by a weekend of Last Suppers. So, instead of waiting for the first of the month or a Monday, or the morning after a marathon love affair with chocolate, I’m starting this today. On a Thursday. In the middle of March. Exactly 95 days before the first day of summer.
So here’s the deal. I’ve recruited experts to share their wisdom with you here, on Weigh In. I’m also going to share success stories of people who have lost weight so we can pick their brains and find out how they battled brownies and won.
Those who want to participate can write to me at WeighIn@captivate.com. Send me a before picture with your weight and measurements. If you’re not comfortable sharing all this information, you don’t have to. You can just send in a before picture. Every Wednesday will be Weigh In Wednesdays. You’ll weigh yourself and report back to me at WeighIn@captivate.com. (If you don’t want to share your actual weight, you can just tell me how much you’ve lost/gained each week.) It’s important to be held accountable. Sure, you may still eat Oreos the night before weigh in, but you may not eat the whole sleeve. I’ll pop into your head around your fifth or sixth sinful circle of goodness and you'll put. down. the. bag. of. Oreos.
I’ll also share with you my progress – that’s right I’m doing this, too! Feel free to share your struggles and successes in your email and I’ll address them here.
95 days. 13 weeks. If you lose one pound a week, you’ll be 13 pounds lighter by the first day of summer. Why wouldn’t you want to do this?
I love it when my vices magically turn into virtues. Peanut butter? That’s a ‘good’ fat. Chocolate? Load up on those antioxidants. Coffee? It’s the new superfood. Chips? Ok. Maybe some things are just bad for you.
But a new study just might be my new favorite. It says women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol don't gain as much weight in midlife as those who abstain.
I’m sure they’re probably not talking about mudslides and margaritas (both of which have about 500 calories a serving … and who has just one serving??).
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston examined data from 19,220 women and found women who drank 15 to 30 grams a day -- the equivalent of a drink or two -- were 30% less likely to be overweight or obese at the end of the study than those who didn’t drink. And the most effective beverage for curbing weight gain was red wine – my favorite!
But don’t let this information go to your head – researchers warn against turning to an alcohol diet. Though I do think it would pair well with that cookie diet everyone talks about.
I often say I’m a fat kid at heart, but that’s not just talk. I am. Wonder bread, Twinkies and whole milk lined my lunch box. Oh sure, an apple was tucked in there somewhere, but it was often overlooked or traded for tastier treats. Growing up in a house with 4 other siblings, food was a commodity with a minimal shelf live – especially if it was sugar-coated or salty. So Michelle Obama’s recent campaign against childhood obesity hits close to home-sweet-home.
Obesity has more than doubled among adults and tripled among children from 1980 to 2004, according to a report from the Surgeon General. That means nearly one in three children is overweight or obese.
“The health consequences are so severe that medical experts have warned that our children could be on track to live shorter lives than their parents,” said Michelle Obama, who is launching a campaign to fight childhood obesity.
At home: Parents should cut down on sodas and sugary juices, add more vegetables and whole grains, limit TV time and add more activity.
At school: Schools should have healthy food options and require physical education for students.
At the doctor’s: Doctors need teach their patients about the importance of good health.
At one point in my adolescence, I was more than 100 pounds over my BMI’s healthy weight range. I remember my pediatrician never once mentioning weight loss to me. I also remember how shocked my mother was to find out how much I actually weighed. I guess it’s easy to overlook what’s staring you in the face.
I often wonder what my childhood would have been like had my doctor approached my mom about my weight early on. Or if those Twinkies weren’t loitering around my parents’ pantry. Sure, I was active as a child, but no amount of kickball could make up for my romance with chips and dip.
So as simple as these recommendations sound, they obviously aren’t being done right now by millions of parents across the nation.
According to a recent study, obesity now poses a greater threat to your health than smoking. And our overweight children are on track to live shorter lives than their parents. You wouldn’t give your child a cigarette, so why are you killing them with candy?
It’s almost February. And as the season of sicky-sweet* rolls in, I’m reminded of my New Years resolutions. Right. Resolutions. I had some of those … somewhere around here …
While I was all gung-ho a month ago, my goals haven’t quite come to fruition … but January is just a warm-up month, right? February’s when the real resoluting** kicks in.
So, as promised, here's my resolution progress report:
Floss 3 times a week I’m at 3 times a month so far. (Don’t judge! You know you haven’t flossed that much, either!)
Take a daily multivitamin … daily Needs Improvement***
Get back into yoga I joined a new gym, but haven’t had a chance to try out their yoga class yet. But I will! I swear!
Yea .. I'm going to stick with four walls, a floor and heat.
Just call me old fashioned.
Run a marathon I’m training for a half marathon in February. I’ve gotten in a couple of good long runs this month. One day I even ran to work (11 miles). Don’t worry, there are showers at work. I didn’t work stinky-style all day.
Be on time I’d go with 50/50 here.**** I had considered turning all my clocks ahead, but I was afraid I’d just do the math, overcompensate and end up really late for things.
So there you have it. Some might read my progress and give me a big old F. But I like to work in baby steps. I’ve got 11 more of these months to improve.
What are your goals for 2010? Have you been keeping at it?
*A month for lovey dovey couples and oodles of chocolates **So what if I’m making up words? I was an English major. We can do that. ***Flash back to grammar school, progress reports and gym class. **** Which would be failing in school terms, but I think it’s pretty good!
After falling on my bum one too many times while snowboarding, I decided to look for a safer, lower-impact winter workout. So, I headed indoors.
I’m on day 3 of Jillian Michael’s “30 Day Shred.” It’s only taken me 7 days to get there.
While technically you’re supposed to workout with Jillian every day, I was a tad bit overly cocky at first. I thought, “I exercise every day … and this workout is only 20 minutes. This’ll be nothin’.” So I used heavy weights, I did super squats, I lunged my legs out, I practically double dutched when she told us to jump rope. The result? Old lady hobbling for days. I’m amazed by how many muscles Jillian can reach with only 2 dumbbells, a mat and 20 minutes.
If any of you are “Biggest Loser” fans, you know Jillian Michaels as the hard-a$$, no-frills trainer who makes 400lb men cry. And she’ll make you cry, too. If you let her.
Her 30 Day Shred is definitely a DVD worth having in your repertoire. She doesn’t dally with super-long warm-ups or many breaks. Her workout is 20 minutes and she works you hard for every single minute. But then you’re done in less than half an hour. And I guarantee you’ll feel it. Her routine isn’t groundbreaking, but it’s quite effective.
How do you stay in shape in the winter? What’s your go-to workout video?
Just in case you doubted whether I really hit the slopes last weekend, here's a video to prove it. A couple of notes: The mountain is MUCH steeper than it looks ... and I'm going way faster, too.
And props to the camera man, filming backwards while snowboarding. Now that's just plain showing off.
Kate grew up on Oprah’s skinny jeans, Richard Simmons and the Cabbage Soup diet. So she’s basically an expert. Follow her updates on the latest health news, trends and tips.
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Some of you have been stellar at keeping me in the loop of your weight loss journey. Others, well … you’ve been a bit secretive. The purpose of this virtual weekly weigh in is more for you than for me. (Well, it’s for me, too. I love reading about everyone slimming down!) But I understand how hard it is to tell someone when you haven’t lost as much as you wanted to. I was in the same boat. Except I had to pay $40 a month for my boat. And I recently jumped ship.
When I was in high school my favorite breakfast was two 
"Just because a food is healthy doesn't mean you can eat big portions," says D. Milton Stokes, MPH, RD, owner of One Source Nutrition in Stamford, Conn. "A handful of nuts can be 200 calories or more. And if you add that without cutting back elsewhere, it could be the reason you're not losing weight."
Jean Nidetch struggled with her weight even as a child, according to 
Have an 
Let me translate this for you working folk. If you know your boss (food journal) is watching you work (eat), you’ll be less likely to surf the web (fridge) and post comments (eat) on Facebook (french fries). See?
Because I have a problem. With coffee. And I'm sure I'm not the only one around here. 
I’m sure they’re probably not talking about mudslides and margaritas (both of which have about 500 calories a serving … and who has just one serving??).
Obesity has more than doubled among adults and tripled among children from 1980 to 2004, according to a
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While technically you’re supposed to workout with 
Kate grew up on Oprah’s skinny jeans, Richard Simmons and the Cabbage Soup diet. So she’s basically an expert. Follow her updates on the latest health news, trends and tips.
