You on a Diet book review

This is a good book. It emphasizes life changes over short term diet strategies. The writers go into the science behind all the buzz words we hear today. You will come away with a better understanding of how this things work in the body and the general biology behind weight loss and gain.

Their basic thesis is that if you eat the right foods and develop the habit of exercise, your body will return to its idea weight. They tell you the food types to avoid and provide a basic plan for eating and exercise. The point is also made that you can be skinny and have as many health risk as an over weight person if you lifestyle is not a healthy one. Exercise has to be part of your life. It makes losing and keeping off weight easier. When you exercise you also get the side effects of reducing the risks of many diseases.

My biggest complaint is their use of corny phrases to emphasize points. Sometimes they do help make the point but many times they get in the way.

If you are not the type that likes knowing the whys with the how’s you will not like this book. As for me and I give it 5 stars out of 5.

If you are interested here is a link to Amazon for the book:
You on a diet

Weight Loss Cuts Prostate Cancer Risk

While the study is not definite. It gives me one more reason to loose the weight. I am struggling with the holidays, but I am doing better than if I just let my self go.

http://www.webmd.com/content/article/131/117898?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Low Fat Diet good for more than a womens waist line

First Study to Directly Show Low-Fat Diet May Lessen Risk of Recurrence, Death
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/130/117836

Here is an interesting article on keeping it off. Seems support groups help.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,219958,00.html?sPage=fnc.health/nutrition

First Post

I am setting up this blog to pull together and share the results of my weight loss research and journey. I hope the information I present here will help others on their journey. Losing weight is a life style change, I know that from experience. Unfortunately it is from the negative side, having lost 50 plus pound only to put them back on slowly as I slipped back into my old habits. Why old habits so easily replace the new habits is one of the questions I hope to find the answer too.

So the journey begins!