The Diet Logs

Exerciseis necessary to a sustained weight loss and, more importantly, to sustained maintenance–for who wants to spend months dieting only to regain everything plus more, and having to do the whole thing again? Yes, it can be annoying. Yes, it takes time out of sometimes already busy lives. But the gist of it is that [...]

I haven’t had such a misadventure in a long time, but it has happened in the past, and could very well happen again. So, because I’ve recently been reminded of it, I thought about mentioning it here: when buying food, make sure to pay attention and properly do the math when it comes to calories [...]

I’ve already harped a few times (or more) here about the necessity to not let lapses turn into relapses, then collapses, or about how it is important to nip every pound gain in the bud before you can add a 0 behind that number and really start to feel despaired. I think I’ve probably also [...]

Have you ever noticed the serving sizes when reading the nutrition labels? For example, a usual serving is one half of a cup. How much is that really though in a bowl? Sometimes we may think we are just getting one serving of a food but in reality it might be two or more.
When dieting, [...]

Exercise is my weakest area when it comes to weight loss. I know I need to workout, take a walk, and weight train. It’s getting started that is the real hard part. Making time for working out is really challenging these days.
Some advice I read about exercise is that there are a lot of activities [...]