Weight Loss Aficionado: Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs! A Must Read!

Do you want to lose 10, 30, 50 or more pounds? Have you recently reached your weight loss goal but want to maintain it? Are you willing to dedicate yourself to a healthy lifestyle? Then this blog is for you!

I have lost 118 pounds and have maintained the weight loss for two years. One of the things I have learned during the weight loss process is that it is much easier to reach and maintain your goal weight if you surround yourself with like-minded individuals to support you in the process (whether they be in person or online).

I also have learned that learning as much as possible about healthy living gives you the knowledge and expertise needed to lose weight the “right” way. So this blog includes regular posts, a book list, website list, TV list, video list and book and website of the month. In addition, there is a recipe of the month and product review section. Visitors to Weight Loss Aficionado can just enjoy the site for informational purposes or can comment on posts, ask questions, share resources, their triumphs and pitfalls during the weight loss process.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs! A Must Read!

I just started reading what I think is going to be my favorite healthy living book, "Drop Dead Healthy" by A.J. Jacobs.The author went on a 2 year quest for optimal health from head to toe and wrote about his adventures along the way.

I have only read the first two chapters but have to say it is the funniest book I have ever read! I usually bring the book with me to the gym to read while I am on the elliptical or treadmill. I laugh so much while reading the book, that people come up to me to ask me what I'm reading.

The book teaches you about healthy living but also the crazy ways people work towards creating bodily perfection. For example in the first two chapters I learned about the caveman (Paleo) movement where people live like and work out as cavemen lived. I also learned about the calorie restriction movement where people believe if you live on the edge of starvation you will increase your lifespan!

Below is an interview with A.J. Jacobs about his book:

Download or pick up this book from your local bookstore! It is a must read!

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The Weight Loss AficionadoJune 9, 2012 at 2:02 PM
I would be happy to put up a link on your site. I visited your site and love the idea!
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Diet Qoutes

It gets silly. We're all supposed to look how we're supposed to look. We're made to be different people. Not everybody can be super tall and super skinny. You have to look inside yourself and find your own confidence. It wavers from day to day, but that's human nature.~Jennifer Love Hewitt

Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality. ~Ralph Marston

To lose weight do not focus on losing weight. Instead focus on your perfect weight. Feel the feelings of your perfect weight, and you will summon it to you.

The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results. ~Anthony Robbins

Take care of your body. It is the only place you have to live. ~Jim Rohn

No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change. ~Bill Phillips

Put all excuses aside and remember this: YOU are capable. ~Zig Ziglar

We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough. ~Helen Keller

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~Jim Rohn

Act as if it were impossible to fail. ~Dorothea Brande

Act as if everything you do makes a difference. It does. ~William James

If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution. ~Unknown

Bigger snacks mean bigger slacks. ~Unknown

If food is your best friend, it’s also your worst enemy. ~Edward “Grandpa” Jones

Can it be a mistake that ‘STRESSED’ is ‘DESSERTS’ spelled backwards? ~Unknown

A moment on the lips, forever on the hips. ~Unknown

What you eat in private will show up in public. ~Unknown

Nothing tastes as good as feeling thin feels. ~Unknown

Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb

Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food. ~Hippocrates

Living a healthy lifestyle will only deprive you of poor health, lethargy, and fat. ~Jill Johnson

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. ~World Health Organization

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals. ~Brian Tracy

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine. ~Brian Tracy

You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change. ~Les Brown

"Knowing your body gives you the power to change it, maintain it, decorate it, and strengthen it."~ Michael F. Roizen and Dr. Mehmet Oz

The word aerobics came about when the gym instructors got together and said, "If wer'e going to charge $10 and hour we can't call it jumping up and down. ~Rita Rudner

Vegatables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. ~Jim Davis

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying down in hospitals dying of nothing. ~Redd Foxx

Our bodies are our gardens. Our wills are our gardeners. ~William Shakespeare

The greatest wealth is health. ~Virgil

To avoid sickness eat less. To prolong life, worry less. ~Chu Hui Weng

I am not a glutton. I am an explorer of food.
~ Erma Bombeck

Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are. ~Anthelma Brillat~Savarin

It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my child's health than the pediatrician. ~Meryl Streep

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. ~Channing Pollock

We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. ~Alfred E. Newman

Condensed milk is wonderful. I don't see how they can get a cow to sit down on those little cans.
~Fred Allen

If I had known I was going to live this long I would of taken better care of myself. ~Eubie Blake (at age 100)

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ~Lou Holtz

"The greatest gift you can give others is your best you—your healthiest you."

~Joseph J. Sweere

Exercise Qoutes

We grow old because we stop exercising. ~Dr. Kenneth Cooper, Cooper Institute.

What fits your busy schedule better, exercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day? ~Randy Glasbergen, Cartoonist

Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. ~John F. Kennedy

A coach can only inspire their athletes, motivation comes from within. ~Unknown

Attitude reflects leadership. ~Unknown

Obviously you can't change your genes, but you can give them a damn good run for their money. ~Unknown

Exercise is a journey, not a destination. ~Unknown

Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart. ~Gene Tunney

Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ~Edward Stanley

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. ~Plato

Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking nor outright purchase. ~Joseph Pilates

Fitness - if it came in a bottle, everybody would have a great body. ~Cher

There are really only two requirements when it comes to exercise. One is that you do it. The other is that you continue to do it. ~The New Glucose Revolution for Diabetes by Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell, Stephen Colagiuri, Alan W. Barclay

Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states. ~Carol Welch

I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing. ~Marsha Doble

A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise. ~A.A. Milne

Commit to be fit. ~Author Unknown

It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero

The only valid excuse for not exercising is paralysis. ~Moira Nordholt

Aerobics: a series of strenuous exercises which help convert fats, sugars, and starches into aches, pains, and cramps. ~Author Unknown

If your dog is fat, you're not getting enough exercise. ~Author Unknown

You can cheat on your boyfriend or girlfriend but not on your workout. ~Author Unknown

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. ~Edward Stanley

Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional, and mental states. ~Carol Welch

All it takes is all you got.

~Karen Falat

When your legs give out, run with your heart.

~Nikki Partacz

fast and steady, always ready.

~Jen Munson

I am not in it to win it. I am in it to finish it.

~Andrea Gaffin

No matter how your run goes, your already lapping everyone on the couch.

~Alexandra Dadisman

*Height	Ages 18-34	Ages 35 & up	(BMI of 18.5-25)
Feet/Inches	*Weight/lbs.	*Weight/lbs.	Ideal *wt. for all
4' 10"	90-121	101-131	90-121
4' 11"	93-124	104-134	93-124
5' 0"	97-128	108-138	97-128
5' 1"	101-132	111-143	101-132
5' 2"	104-137	115-148	104-137
5' 3"	107-141	119-152	107-141
5' 4"	111-146	122-157	111-146
5' 5"	114-150	126-162	114-150
5' 6"	118-155	130-167	118-155
5' 7"	121-160	134-172	121-160
5' 8"	125-164	138-178	125-164
5' 9"	129-169	142-183	129-169
5' 10"	132-174	146-188	132-174
5' 11"	136-179	151-194	136-179
6' 0"	140-184	155-199	140-184
*Wearing shoes with 1" heel and indoor clothing that weighs 3 lbs. Based on USDA and Depart. of Health and Human Services Figures

Height in Feet&Inches	Small Frame	Medium Frame	Large Frame
5'2"	128-134	131-141	138-150
5'3"	130-136	133-143	140-153
5'4"	132-138	135-145	142-156
5'5"	134-140	137-148	144-160
5'6"	136-142	139-151	146-164
5'7"	138-145	142-154	149-168
5'8"	140-148	145-157	152-172
5'9"	142-151	151-163	155-176
5'10"	144-154	151-163	158-180
5'11"	146-157	154-166	161-184
6'0"	149-160	157-170	164-188
6'1"	152-164	160-174	168-192
6'2"	155-168	165-178	172-197
6'3"	158-172	167-182	176-202
6'4"	162-176	171-187	181-207

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Drop Dead Healthy by A.J. Jacobs! A Must Read!

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