Tag: skills
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What’s Your Overeating Personality? Walgreens offers this nice article by Diana Kelly about different ways to approach temptations to overeat, depending on how you tend to approach food: — The Mindless Muncher: who needs a little more awareness and can benefit from choosing smaller plates — The Disciplinarian: who has very rigid beliefs about food…
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Useful Measures If you are just starting out with exercise and weight-loss goals, it seems obvious how to measure: step on the scale — but body weight is the least interesting part of the story. It doesn’t tell you how much of that is “extra” — fat you can afford to lose — or how…
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I’m terrible at estimating distances. I’m actually good at it in terms of my goals — my goal with distance exercise is to make sure I get a minimum, and so I always estimate in a way that ends up “over,” sometimes way over. But I get teased from time to time by other people…
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Tips for Smart Snacking — and More Thanksgiving day is over, and the leftovers have been stacked in the refrigerator or sent home with guests. We’re facing the holiday season in earnest: busy schedules, lots of indulgent foods on every surface, and chilly weather all conspiring to make it hard to eat mindfully. Eat Smart,…
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What Does 100 Calories Look Like? Here is another helpful visual for estimating portion sizes. This set of photos uses a plate 8.5 inches across (same as the short side of a standard sheet of paper). Go to the article to see LOTS more examples — for fruits, vegetables, meats, and grain-based foods. The article…
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Naps at Work: James Hamblin Makes the Case James Hamblin is a physician who reports for The Atlantic magazine. This is a recent video from his series, If Bodies Could Talk. This charming series takes the form of brief interviews with Hamblin, who is awkward and boyish, interspersed with facts about the subject of the…
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Vegetarian Dishes for Thanksgiving The phrase sounds strange for a turkey-based holiday, but a lot of traditional foods at Thanksgiving don’t have (or need) meats or animal fats in them. These collections go beyond traditional comfort foods like mac & cheese, candied yams, and pumpkin pie for some truly elegant — and still very Thanksgiving…
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Kettlebells! Kettlebells are wonderful exercise equipment. They are relatively small and easy to store, and that makes them seem expensive for what they are (not taking up much space!), but they are a steal compared to a treadmill or a Bowflex, and they offer a great workout that combines strength and cardio conditioning. You can…
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What Does It Mean to Be Full? Every once in a while, I see advice like “Only eat when you are hungry,” or “Eat until you are full.” I recently saw my personal favorite: “Eat until you are 70% full.” Although I am not quite as driven in this area as Louis CK describes above,…