Eggs Anyone- New study shows...

I am not a big egg eater. I like it when I like it and there are times I would just want to scream at the smell of boiled eggs. I guess it's a mood thing. Well the Canadian Press (Canadiapress.google.com) just released word that eating 2 eggs for breakfast, as part of a reduced-calorie diet, will help adults loose more weight and feel more energetic than people who eat a bagel, with the same number of calories. Hmm...

"People have a hard time adhering to diets and our research shows that choosing eggs for breakfast can dramatically improve the success of a weight-loss plan," says Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, lead researcher and associate professor at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center. "Apparently, the increased satiety and energy due to eggs helps people better comply with a reduced-calorie diet."

The site said "this study adds to the growing body of research which supports the importance of high-quality protein in the diet. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) published a special issue in May 2008 which contains nine articles that focus on the value of high-quality protein in the North American diet."

I know we need protein, folks. I guess I am going to develop a new relationship with eggs. This week I am all about the reduced-calorie. This is the first time in weeks that I have gone until 12:00pm PST and not had a soda. The goal is not to have any today. Maybe I will have an egg.

Weight loss challeges

I cannot tell you how many times I have made a new year's resolution to lose weight. I always intended to follow through, but somehow, somewhere along the line, I get distracted and unmotivated. Early this year, I decided that I was not going to be anything other than the weight I wanted to be by 2009, New Year.

It is awful when you do not feel good about how you look. It does not even matter what you look like to other people. The issue is how you feel. I hated the weight I had gained in the last few years and it was affecting my self-esteem. On the outside, I was chipper and extroverted, but I was unhappy on the inside. There were days that I was so unhappy with my look/weight that to fix the problem, I ate more! I felt great as I ate, but soon after I was done, I felt awful. There were other days that I would take clothes out of the closet to wear to work and they just would not fit. I started looking for ways to "hide" my protruding stomach. I am 6 feet tall and sometimes I would wear heels to try to "hide" the weight. In retrospect, I am not sure that people saw me as being as fat as I thought I was, given my height, but when you don't feel good about yourself, that is all that matters to you. We are often our worst critics.

I knew I had to make changes, and I did. Motivated by my friend's weight loss, I joined a local weight loss challenge that lasted for 10 weeks. I was so motivated by then. I was committed to doing better for myself. In 10 weeks, I lost 20 pounds.
You also have to know that I had the worst eating habits of anyone I knew. I think I averaged 6,000 to 15,000 food calories a day and drank anywhere from 8-10 sodas a day. There were times that my soda intake was more than that!. The first week of the challenge, I lost about 8 pounds by eliminating the soda and reducing the food I ate. I was not concerned about what I ate that week, but rather, how much.

What are some of the things you have done to loose weight? Did they work? Why or why not?

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Ways to avoid a stroke including watching your weight

Keeping your weight right. That means a body mass index of less than 25. A BMI of 25-29.9 is considered overweight and a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese. This information was obtained from webmd.com.

Keeping ones weight right was one of a few things researchers mentioned people could do to avoid strokes. Others included, quit smoking, exercising for more that 1/2 hour a day, seriously watching your diet and lowering alcohol intake.

There you have it folks, according to webmd.com, there are even more benefits associated with keeping fit.

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What is Obesity?

According to the Center for Disease Control(www.cdc.gov) Photo Courtesy of health.allrefer.com

"Overweight and obesity are both labels for ranges of weight that are greater than what is generally considered healthy for a given height. The terms also identify ranges of weight that have been shown to increase the likelihood of certain diseases and other health problems."

"Definitions for Adults
For adults, overweight and obesity ranges are determined by using weight and height to calculate a number called the “body mass index” (BMI). BMI is used because, for most people, it correlates with their amount of body fat.

An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight.
An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese. "

That is all good and dandy..information...information. For some people, weight, fat or girth, whatever you want to call it, have an effect on how they live their lives. There are times when people feel fat regardless of what their weight is. There are some who do not acknowledge that they are obese at all. There are some people who struggle day in and day out, because they are unhappy with their weight. Whatever the case is, we are living in a time where issues related to health and weight are highlighted in our everyday affairs. It is in the new, magazines, Internet, etc.

Many people's lives have been adversely affected because of the pain they live with in regards to their weight. The very way they live their lives has been affected by the way they see themselves. For instance, not too long ago, I met a young lady who told me she rarely goes anywhere, outside of work, in order to avoid the stares she gets because people view her as fat.

Has the way you life ever been affected by how you look? What was that like?

If you have not suffered from any weight-related issues, it may be hard for you to understand the pain that many suffer as a result of weight issues.

How many times have you promised to do something about your weight and no really made a commitment to doing so?