This past week has been exciting in the weight loss as I’ve personally declared war on nonsense diets. To lose weight the equation is simple: eat less + move more = weight loss. Join me in my Mission Impossible series as I chronicle my weight loss journey to show everyone that it is not necessary to starve yourself in order to lose weight!
July 16 Mission Possible: My Confession
This is the first in the mission possible series and I confess that I need to lose weight. But I am determined to prove that you do not need a fad diet, excessive diarrhea, or to starve yourself in order to lose weight. If you’re just catching up to mission possible, start here!
July 17 Mission Possible: The Current State of Affairs
This article chronicles how I got to be overweight and I even admit my (gulp) BMI. I hope that you’ll join us on our mission to lose weight sensibly.
July 18 Mission Possible: My Dieting Manifesto
A ‘manifesto’ is a strongly worded document that chronicles a vision and the steps necessary to achieve that vision. This is the ‘how to’ manual for how I’m losing weight sensibly. Remember, failure is not in my vocabulary.
July 19 The Vagus Nerve Experiment
The vagus nerve is the only nerve in your body that extends from the stem of your brain into your stomach. Doctors already snip the nerve during gastric bypass surgery to avoid the unpleasant side effect of acid reflux and heart burn. However, researchers are starting to wonder weather snipping the nerve may be a less radical way to help patients who are overweight but don’t qualify for gastric bypass surgery.
Mission Possible: Ode to the Cooler
I believe one of the first steps to working on weight loss is recognizing where our problems lie. One of my problems is eating out too much for lack of foresight and planning.
July 20 So Which is the Best Diet
Consumer reports rated 10 of the most popular diets to see which ones were both the healthiest and achieved the most individual weight loss.
July 21 What is the glycemic index?
If you’ve heard this term tossed around but aren’t really sure what it means, this is the blog to read. Understanding the glycemic index of certain foods is helpful in making food choices, especially for diabetics.
Dad’s Losing It: The Small Stuff
Join our fun blogger Jeff, as he chronicles his own weight loss goals in Dad’s Losing It.
July 22 Mission Possible: I Love Junk Food
In my new mission possible series, I confess a serious weakness. I love eating junk food and I happened to have eaten a lot of junk food last week. See how I plan to conquer this bad habit.