Healthy Living For Smart People
I got a question from a reader a few days ago in regards to the 4 hour body diet. He wanted to know how to maintain his weight now that he had reached his goals. Interestingly enough, it sounded like he was still losing weight, past where he wanted to be, so he was wondering what changes he should make in order to stop the weight loss but not go back up to his previous weight. [Read more...]
This update is going to be a little short due to a life that has become increasingly busy over the past two weeks but normal posts should resume next week.
First, that numb finger I told you about? Turns out it’s most likely a pinched nerve. Which brings me to a funny story. [Read more...]
After my recent experiments with the 4 Hour Body Diet, I am revising my rules for eating healthy.
That’s it. 7 simple rules for eating healthy.
I had the good fortune of spending the last few days in Singapore. It’s a beautiful place and one which offers inspiration to a host of good ideas. However, for me, the thing I noticed most was how few overweight people I saw. In fact, the whole time I was there, I spotted maybe 1 or 2 overweight people who were not obvious tourists. The fitness expert in me kept wondering; what’s their secret? What are they doing to stay this skinny? We’ve all heard about the French diet or the Med diet, but what about the Singaporean diet? So I paid a bit of attention and this is what I found: [Read more...]
It’s been four days now since my last bit of diet coke. The headaches are gone and, while I can’t say that I feel like a whole new person, I certainly feel some improvement in my overall health. As a bit of background, I used to consume huge amounts of diet coke. 3 to 4 cans at work and 2 to 3 glasses at dinner or lunch. That means around a gallon per day. Essentially, all my liquid intake would be through diet coke and very little through water. Doesn’t sound very healthy does it?
I drank diet coke because I kept telling myself that it was the least of all evils. It allowed me to get some sweet like flavors without any calories. However, my experimentation with the 4 hour body diet showed me that drinking soda, even diet soda, led straight into a carb binge. Apparently, my taste buds really can’t tell artificial from natural sweetener. All they knew was “SUGAR!!! MORE!!!” and after drinking even one diet coke I was much more likely to binge on candy, sweets or more diet coke. So my “I’ll stay away from the candy and just drink one diet coke instead” would turn into “three diet cokes, a few candy bars and a piece of cake!” [Read more...]
It’s been a few weeks now since I started on this new path with the 4 Hour Body diet by Tim Ferris and I’m having some issues. The trouble started a few weeks ago when work went from busy to insanely busy! We have a big board meeting coming up and a big new strategy to work out. As a result, my workload essentially tripled. To give you a rough feel for what it’s been like, for the last few days, my days have been meetings from 8am to 6pm and then 3 to 4 hours of doing actual work which I never get to because I’m in meetings all day. Add to that my wedding preparations (yay!) and a full social plate and my calendar has never been busier.
Somewhere in the middle of all this, my ability to follow Tim’s strict rules went way downhill. It’s impossible to get a good lunch when you’re having catered lunch meetings every day. It’s impossible to get a good dinner when your VP of something or other wants to go out and have a working dinner. It’s impossible to eat well when you’re COO wants to take a visiting customer out to dinner and drinks. Actually, I suppose I shouldn’t say impossible because it’s not, but it’s much more difficult than it was before this. [Read more...]
Gal’s Note – I recently posted up a page with various products that I use and received a question about supplements. As a rule, I avoid the various “exercise” supplements because I would rather work on my body the old fashioned and natural way. However, I received this little guest post at around the same time and thought it was very appropriate.
Should High School and College Students Avoid Most Nutritional Supplements?
Nutritional supplements are used by a large number of high school and college students, especially athletes. One of the major problems of these supplements is that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates dietary supplements as foods instead of drugs. Unfortunately, due to the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), passed in 1994, supplement manufacturers are not required to demonstrate efficacy.
Consumer Reports stated that supplement manufactures can actually launch products without any testing. They just have to send the Federal Drug Administration a copy of the language on the label. Consumer Reports also states that the DSHEA makes it the responsibility of the FDA to prove that a supplement on the market isn’t safe. [Read more...]
