I've been avidly following every episode of the "Biggest Loser" TV show this season. It's a show in which a bunch of morbidly obese people compete to lose the most weight. This show continually inspires me to keep pushing myself and exercising ( Read more... )

I'm a fan of "The Biggest Loser." Watch the latest season here on Hulu.

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In Kitchen, ‘Losers’ Start From Scratch (NYT):


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To anyone trying to lose weight,

If you drink diet soda (or any kind of soda) regularly, please stop it. In fact, please avoid any kind of soda at all. Also, don't drink too much juice. Check how much sugar is on the nutrition label first. I used to work for a doctor who would tell diabetic patients to cut down on eating bananas and drinking ( Read more... )

Someone who is overweight but competes in triathlons is probably healthier than a typical skinny couch potato. It's about the VISCERAL fat, baby. Not just the subcutaneous fat. (Belly fat and how to beat it.)

From 2007, Thin people can be fat on the inside (AP):...Some doctors now think that the internal fat surrounding vital organs like the heart ( Read more... )

Read the over 700 comments from both doctors and overweight readers. You really feel for them. :(

Should Doctors Lecture Patients About Their Weight? (NYT Well Blog)

Overweight people already know they are overweight. So should doctors keep nagging them to lose pounds?

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*You guys requesting me to LJ-cut this are such wimps! Haha... I'm so used to seeing the human body I forgot it would gross some people out.

Fascinating episode of "Scientific American Frontiers," hosted by Alan Alda. Follows patients as they undergo three treatments for morbid obesity:

1) gastric bypass surgery,
2) lap-band (or gastric band) ( Read more... )

Rise Of the Real People (Newsweek): The thin and beautiful have had their turn. The hippest models today look more like the rest of us.


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Diabetes Study Favors Surgery to Treat Obese (NYT):

Weight-loss surgery works much better than standard medical therapy as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes in obese people, the first study to compare the two approaches has found.


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I have mixed feelings about the whole "fat acceptance" movement, as you can imagine. As long as it does NOT become a "do nothing and sit on the couch acceptance" movement, I'm good!All who don't exercise regularly, whether fat OR thin, are damaging their health. We should focus more on ( Read more... )

I've been following the book by the editor of Men's Health, called The Abs Diet. Have much more to say on this good book later. Basically, it says eating meat protein is best (compared to vegetable proteins, like soy) for satiating hunger. Also, it says the body burns more calories in trying to digest meat than other types of protein---like soy. ( Read more... )