Today was the annuals Springs Alive festival at my university. It is a fun time with vendors, music, food, and other fun stuff. It is a great way to kick off spring and today was no exception. The weather was perfect and my friends and I had a great time!
This week has been good, I have tried my best to eat healthy, but haven't restricted myself when I wanted to have fun and enjoy myself.
I'm planning on starting back to exercise next week.
WISH ME LUCK!
-Tyler
April 17, 2010
April 16, 2010
Let's Talk About Industrialized Food...
Well, the week has come and gone.
This week was interesting because I had an opportunity to learn more about food and the industrialized food industry. I could create an entire other blog about this topic and all of the environmental, political, and health issues surrounding the food industry. I had the opportunity to watch the documentary film, Food, Inc. this week and it really impacted the way I think about food and what I put into my body.
One of the things that I want to learn more about is artificial ingredients and how they impact our bodies.
I just found an interesting article about this topic on Shine from Yahoo! that can be found at this link.
The article addresses 9 ingredients that you should avoid in processed foods. They are:
This week was interesting because I had an opportunity to learn more about food and the industrialized food industry. I could create an entire other blog about this topic and all of the environmental, political, and health issues surrounding the food industry. I had the opportunity to watch the documentary film, Food, Inc. this week and it really impacted the way I think about food and what I put into my body.
One of the things that I want to learn more about is artificial ingredients and how they impact our bodies.
I just found an interesting article about this topic on Shine from Yahoo! that can be found at this link.
The article addresses 9 ingredients that you should avoid in processed foods. They are:
- Artificial Colors
- Artificial Flavors
- Artificial Sweeteners
- Benzoate Preservatives
- Brominated Vegetable Oils
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- MSG
- Olestra
- Shortening, Hydrogenated and Patricianly Hydrogenated Oils
If you visit the attached link you can get more details about WHY to avoid these things.
Until Next Time...
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-Tyler
April 15, 2010
Wha, Wha, Wha...
So, EPIC fail on the blog this week, although not as big of a fail as this photo of a sign from FailBlog.
Anyway, I did do a weigh in this week and I am happy to report that...
My Weight, as of April 14 is...
308 pounds.
A loss of 2 pounds from the last time that I weighed!
So, we aren't doing horrible, and I'm happy with that.
I still haven't started back to the gym, but I plan on doing that next week. This week has been crazy with assignments, projects, class work, and job hunting.
I plan on posting some interesting links tomorrow, so be on the look out for that!
Until Next Time...
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-Tyler
April 8, 2010
'Tis Thursday!
So, Thursday has come and gone. And it was a pretty good day.
I'm still trying my best to maintain the diet, although I haven't started back exercising, yet.
Tomorrow I will be going out for my birthday with all of my friends and will not be worrying about the diet, it will be nice to have a day off. But Saturday, it will be back to it!
Have a great night everyone.
Until Next Time...
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-Tyler
I'm still trying my best to maintain the diet, although I haven't started back exercising, yet.
Tomorrow I will be going out for my birthday with all of my friends and will not be worrying about the diet, it will be nice to have a day off. But Saturday, it will be back to it!
Have a great night everyone.
Until Next Time...
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-Tyler
April 7, 2010
Psychology, Meet Weight Loss
For those of you who don't know, I am a psychology major. I have enjoyed my time in college learning about gender, the criminal mind, human development, appraisal and measurement systems, relationships, positive thought, counseling techniques, and much, much more. Psychology is such an interesting field, for me, because there are many areas that can be related back to it and that are involved in the study of psychology, from medicine to sociology to areas of the humanities.
One area in which this can be applied is through understanding addiction and addictive behavior. When we discuss addiction, in psychology, we talk about how addiction is actually related to an overproduction of chemicals in the brain that make us ''feel good.'' It happens when our brain's ''pleasure centers'' are overloaded, leaving us craving more and more of that extreme ecstasy type of feeling.
People have discussed, jokingly and seriously, for a long time that fatty foods can have an addictive component to them, making it more difficult to give up greasy, cholesterol-filled foods like hamburgers, bacon, and cheesecake! But, people usually dismiss it as a fat person's excuse for they they're...fat. Well, some new research conducted on rats -- our fine, furry friends -- shows that those rumors may be true. Published in the journal of Nature Neuroscience and released on CNN Health last week, some research has shown that fatty foods can cause the same addictive behavior patterns as cocaine and heroine use. While it hasn't necessarily proven anything, it's an interesting concept to address.
Now, this, in no way, addresses issues of fatty ''bad-for-you'' foods being more affordable than the healthy counterparts (leading to some of an understanding of why obesity is more common in low-income communities), it is something to think about!
Until Next Time...
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-Tyler
One area in which this can be applied is through understanding addiction and addictive behavior. When we discuss addiction, in psychology, we talk about how addiction is actually related to an overproduction of chemicals in the brain that make us ''feel good.'' It happens when our brain's ''pleasure centers'' are overloaded, leaving us craving more and more of that extreme ecstasy type of feeling.
People have discussed, jokingly and seriously, for a long time that fatty foods can have an addictive component to them, making it more difficult to give up greasy, cholesterol-filled foods like hamburgers, bacon, and cheesecake! But, people usually dismiss it as a fat person's excuse for they they're...fat. Well, some new research conducted on rats -- our fine, furry friends -- shows that those rumors may be true. Published in the journal of Nature Neuroscience and released on CNN Health last week, some research has shown that fatty foods can cause the same addictive behavior patterns as cocaine and heroine use. While it hasn't necessarily proven anything, it's an interesting concept to address.
Now, this, in no way, addresses issues of fatty ''bad-for-you'' foods being more affordable than the healthy counterparts (leading to some of an understanding of why obesity is more common in low-income communities), it is something to think about!
Until Next Time...
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-Tyler
April 6, 2010
Cook Out -- Go To . . .
For those of you not in the North Carolina foothills, piedmont, or coastal plain areas, you are probably not familiar with this North Carolina only, deliciously tasting, bad for you, establishment called Cook-Out. You can only find them from about Charlotte, NC and eastward. They serve hamburgers, hotdogs, BBQ, chicken strips, fries, milkshakes, and some North Carolina local sodas.
The food is horrible for you, loaded in grease and fat...but sooooooo good (check out the menu here).
When Cook-Out first came to the town near where I go to college, it was swarmed by local students (it's open 'till 4 AM, so it works for our schedules, AND the menu [which you can check out at the link above] is incredible cheap), myself included. My favorite thing is a Cook-Out Tray, which costs $3.99, with a BBQ sandwich, french fries, chicken nuggets, and sweet tea.
...I know, right? It's TERRIBLE!!!
Well, I love Cook-Out and when I started the diet I had to quit it, then I had my relapse time and I had it some then, and then I quit it again. Well, after the last time that I ''quit it'' I told myself that I would have it again for my birthday, and tonight was that night. So, we went, and I got my Cook-Out. Yeah, I feel kinda gross now, but I'll get over it.
One final note before I head to bed, I weighed myself today...
The food is horrible for you, loaded in grease and fat...but sooooooo good (check out the menu here).
When Cook-Out first came to the town near where I go to college, it was swarmed by local students (it's open 'till 4 AM, so it works for our schedules, AND the menu [which you can check out at the link above] is incredible cheap), myself included. My favorite thing is a Cook-Out Tray, which costs $3.99, with a BBQ sandwich, french fries, chicken nuggets, and sweet tea.
...I know, right? It's TERRIBLE!!!
Well, I love Cook-Out and when I started the diet I had to quit it, then I had my relapse time and I had it some then, and then I quit it again. Well, after the last time that I ''quit it'' I told myself that I would have it again for my birthday, and tonight was that night. So, we went, and I got my Cook-Out. Yeah, I feel kinda gross now, but I'll get over it.
One final note before I head to bed, I weighed myself today...
My Weight, as of April 6 is...
310 pounds.
A gain of 1 pound since last time I weighed.
So, here we are, back up to the 3-teen mark. BUT, I still have five weeks until graduation, and think I can get below the 300 mark by then!
I'll be heading back to the gym tomorrow (and I am NOT looking forward to it). Wish me luck!
Until Next Time...
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-Tyler
April 5, 2010
April is Here...
How I have neglected you all!!!
I apologize for my absence over the past couple of weeks, between Spring Break, my trip to Little Rock, and this past week's Easter Vacation, I have been lacking in the weight loss/dieting/exercising/blogging categories. BUT, I assure you, that it all starts back tomorrow. I will be weighing in in the morning after my walking class. I'm also starting back the whole ''eating right and exercising'' thing this week.
I'm excited about how much more I will be able to lose before graduation (which is 42 days away, by the way).
Until Next Time...
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-Tyler
I apologize for my absence over the past couple of weeks, between Spring Break, my trip to Little Rock, and this past week's Easter Vacation, I have been lacking in the weight loss/dieting/exercising/blogging categories. BUT, I assure you, that it all starts back tomorrow. I will be weighing in in the morning after my walking class. I'm also starting back the whole ''eating right and exercising'' thing this week.
I'm excited about how much more I will be able to lose before graduation (which is 42 days away, by the way).
Until Next Time...
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-Tyler
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