Jul
29
Weekend Roundup - Roomba Edition
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I’m sitting here in my office. It’s a quiet day in the South Bay. Weather is beautiful and I’m about to go out ring shopping with my fiance. The only odd intrusion into this ideal picture is a little round thing called a Roomba. For anyone who doesn’t know, a Roomba is a little robot that vacuums the house on its own. I don’t know why, but I find this fascinating. There’s a little white round thing motoring along on the floor and it’s vacuuming! The only thought that keeps going through my head is “when will this thing get struck by lightning, malfunction and try to take over the world?” Oh well, if you’re not a sci-fi fan like myself, that joke might be lost on you. On to this week’s interesting articles.
Those of you still drinking bottled water might want to take a look at this article from Reuters. It details how the makers of some of the biggest bottled water brands in the world are finally admitting that the source of their water is the tap. Yep, you’re paying money, using patroleum and polluting the environment for what I get for free out of the tap. Save yourself the dollars and just install a filter on your tap. Your wallet will stay full, your water will be cleaner and so will the earth around you.
@Reuters
From the Diet Blog we have this article about will power and weight loss. I’m a firm believer that you can in fact control your own weight and health. No matter how much the fast food companies spend on advertising, it’s still you who chooses what foods to eat and what activities to do. All you need is to educate yourself and make the right choices.
@The Diet Blog
Over at FatBloggers, Lady Rose is talking about her eating plan. She was trying out a diet that included dropping to 800 calories a day. I can’t say enough about how strongly I disagree with this kind of weight loss plan. It does nothing good and can in fact cause serious damage to your body. I believe she would be much better off eating more and being more active. And yes, I know her post mentions her arthritis, but there are exercise plan and activities that even she can do.
@FatBloggers
And finally from eDiets, we have this discussion of nutrition myths such as all fat is bad for you. Anyone trying to live a healthy life style should read through these and see how educated they are about nutrition.
@eDiets
Hope you all have a good weekend and see you tomorrow when we pick up our discussion of the 10 steps of good health with #8, sleep.
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I would love to eat more! I totally agree for the majority of people it is too low and definitely should not be an option.
However, I’ve tried almost every single diet out there over the past 30 years - and I gain weight on all of them including Atkins, and Weight Watchers. My doctor, cardiologist all know what I eat, and last year I saw a nutritionist for several months (she says all you need is .5 grams of fat per meal, i.e. 1 egg’s worth and I’m sure I get that without adding any fat to my diet) - They have all gone over my food journal with me. All three of them say keep going. I work with the doctors to do what ever I can to get the weight off. Metabolism and thyroid problems run in my family - this is not an excuse it’s a fact. I know metabolism is only 1 minor factor in the weight loss equation, but it does contribute a little to the way a person’s body stores fat.
Medically supervised diets are usually around 800 calories (i.e. after gastric bypass - which I was going to have but decided against; and some plans like medifast) - so that is why I discussed my diet plan with my doctors as an option of doing the diet but with out the surgery.
I have for the past week been trying yet again another diet (with more calories 1200) - I’ve gained weight yet again. I will give it another week or two, but I doubt there will be much difference. But every once in awhile I feel the need to prove yet again what works for me and what doesn’t. (burn the fat diet plan - increase in calories from adding more veggies and little bit bigger portion of lean protein, adding a healthy carb every 3 to 4 days - I selected a sweet potato)
I have my stationary bike, tai che dvd, and Fluidity bar as well as other equipment which I use 3 to 4 times a week.
At age 52 I only need 1600 calories to maintain, so with 1100 I should in theory drop .5 a week, however with the added problems of having had a hysterectory at age 20, thyroid problems, insulin resistance, etc it means dropping the calories a bit more to lose a little.
I may try the rice house diet once I manage to drop the weight in a few months from the experiment with the burn the fat diet. I haven’t tried that one since I was in my 20s but I know it can be very successful for a lot of folks.
Hello Lady Rose, thanks for stopping by and giving us more info.
Far be it from me to override your doctor. I guess it was just a gut reaction to hearing “800 calories a day” and thinking that this is really low.
I guess after hearing a lot of people say “it’s not my fault, I have a medical condition” when all they really need is more activity and healthier eating, we just tend to assume everyone is like that. It’s a sobering wake up call to meet the ones that truly do have a medical condition.
What exactly is the rice house diet?
Gal