Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group
Chat about how well your latest diet is -- or is not -- working. This group is a great place to find support and accountability as well as share success stories and valuable lessons with the community. From where to start to weekly weigh-ins, get help from others to reach your dieting and weight maintenance goals.
Navigating the Restaurant Menus
My family took me to lunch this week. As usual, I looked up the menu ahead of time and was going to order the grilled chicken and shrimp. Much to my surprise, our server mentioned the special being Corned Beef and Cabbage. Sticking to a dairy, gluten and sugar free diet style can be challenging, not to mention avoiding the seed oils. It may seem fussy but I learned a lesson last year when going to lunch with my writing group. I didn't resist the fish 'n chips special and felt under the weather for a couple of days afterward.
Looking up restaurants and menus has become a pasttime of mine since I'd rather not appear too awfully finicky while out. (It's best not to feel ill afteward either.) It's much easier to peruse all of that from home. If anyone else has a strategy for navigating the restaurants and menus, I'd love to hear about it.
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Remember the (5) S’s for Weighing:
♦ Same TIME of day
♦ Same DAY each week
♦ Same CLOTHING
♦ Same SCALE — and remember, sometimes the scale doesn’t budge, but the waistline does
♦ Same SELF-COMPASSION
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Today, I finally remembered to weigh-in and was up one pound (138). I still use a rotary type scale and avoid the digital one. The size of the old scale makes it easier to step on it in the same spot. Am I the only one using an old fashioned scale?
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What are the risks of sitting too much?When you sit, you use less energy than you do when you stand or move.Many people sit for long periods of time such as at a desk, behind a wheel or in front of a screen. Researach suggests that there are health risks from too much sitting.Extended sitting has been linked to obesity. It also has been linked to a cluster of conditions that make up metabolic...
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Usually I get a daily influx of emails on health topics. An article from Dr. Mercola really stood out recently though because it mentioned that fat cells have their own mitochondria. Not only was this the first I'd heard of this, he also mentioned that fat serves a purpose in our metabolism. Another new factoid for me. The bottom line for me was to appreciate that even our fat cells play a...
This week: 171.8
Loss of 1.8 pounds