Don’t think of the color red. Find that you can’t help it?  The psychological process is called ironic mental function.  Telling yourself not to think about something requires that you access the mental file on that thing to “place” it.  Whether you try to think of red, or try not to do so, you are [...]

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Last week during my weigh in the Beast changed everything up.  My caloric intake went down, my exercise program was revised and she is really encouraging me to take on a new mindset on my approach.  I think this was a good idea because I had gotten kind of complacent.  I could pretty much hit [...]

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The following research was released this week. THURSDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) — A brain enzyme that appears to boost body heat in order to burn off excess calories from a high-fat meal has been identified, but because the research was performed in mice, it might not apply to humans. Learning more about how this [...]

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It seems like I rarely have time to write anymore!  Between work, school, meetings, zoo, the gym, friends, scuba and all the little stuff in between, I just seem to be on the go alot.  Before I start to sound like I am complaining, let me say how grateful I am for all off this because [...]

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When I first started exercising back in December, it was a rare thing for me to burn more than 300 hundred calories in an exercise session.  In the past few weeks I have been passing the 1000 calorie mark at least once a week and averaging about 800 calories per work out.  I am lifting [...]

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Now that I have been doing this for awhile, I get a lot of questions from friends, and friends of friends, about what is the best diet plan, program, product, process, etc.  I guess they figure that anyone who has lost 70 pounds is qualified to tell them how they should do the same.  I’m [...]

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40% According to the Centers for Disease Control that is the percentage of Americans who get no exercise at all.  The same survey found that about 68% of men and 53% of women are overweight. The diet industry is raking in billions of dollars per year, and the number keep going up.  Why isn’t anyone [...]

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It was good to see the family, and it is good to be home. Working a food and exercise plan takes a lot of vigilance, and I did much better on this vacation than I did on the last.  But the focus was kind of tiring.  You constantly have to plan your food plan around [...]

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Vacation – Take 2 Having just returned from one vacation, I leave tomorrow on another short trip to see my family.  Part of me sees any disruption to my very set schedule as a threat (excuse to blow off) my food and exercise plan.  Fortunately, I will be with my family who are very supportive [...]

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So today was the weigh in.  This last month has been one of the harder ones for me because it seemed like my weight loss was really at a stand still.  But it turns out that I dropped 15 pounds in the last month and I am still losing at the right fat to muscle [...]

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