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Posted: March 14, 2017 at 7:44 am
One of the perks of the TV anchor job is getting to meet a lot of people. I really enjoy it. I get a lot of questions about my recovery from a nasty blood clot incident.
(Im still doing great after that! Maybe Ill get off blood thinners someday. Maybe not.)
After losing around 50 pounds and viewers watching me swim in my suits, I get a lot of questions about the weight loss.
Recently, I got a request from a viewer about wanting more information on what exactly I did to lose weight and get in shape. So here goes
First, dont do anything without checking with your doctor. What Ive done is strictly my journey. Its not precise. Its not by the book and sometimes it has been a little sloppy. I have had the guidance of doctors, nutritionists and fitness coaches.
This is, by no means, the gospel on how to get in shape.My system has not been perfect. But, it has worked for me.
Exercise
I started very slow. My blood clots emergency was in February of 2016. It wasnt until June that a doctor said it was okay to walk around the block. He also said, If you are going to do that, take your phone.
I walked around the block, about 15-20 minutes until early August.
In early August, I joined the Huntsville Hospital Wellness Center. I did a ton of treadmill work. I tried to do 60 minutes at first but that was ambitious. About 30 minutes is all I could do. It took about a month or six weeks to build up to 60-70 minutes on the treadmill. I was also doing light weightlifting every other day. On the weights day, I also tried to do 30-40 minutes on the treadmill.
I did this 5-6 days a week. During football season, I noticed there was a lot less traffic at the Wellness Center if Alabama or Auburn were playing. So, I would watch the first half on the treadmill.
The Wellness Center is a very calm and quiet place to workout. Loud music isnt blaring and they have a lot of coaches that you can go to with questions.
The WHNT studio is located downtown on Holmes Avenue. Often, I would drive by the Iron Tribe Fitnesson Woodson Avenue on my way to work.
During a commercial break during the 4pm news on Cyber Monday, I was checking email. We often do that during a newscast because breaking news will oftenarrive in email. IronTribe was offering a special for their 101 workout. So, I signed up.
IronTribe is an intense workout. Ive been going three days a week since the first Monday of December of 2016. Workouts go 45 minutes. The first half, you warm up for the workout. Then, you do the workout. Its usually a timed workout where they chart your work and progress.
I love it. I do love the loud music working out. Also, the IronTribe coaches are sticklers for form and technique. The workouts are intense. But, its a safe positive place for people all along the fitness curve.
Food
Again, I wasnt perfect with this. This is the really hard part for so many people. It makes your life easier if you pre-plan. And, I dont do that very well. Sometimes I would get caught with limited time and no food at work. Luckily there are a couple of grocery stores near the station that have healthy options that I can take back to the station for dinner.
But for the most part, this is it. These are the foods that I normally select to eat.
Breakfast
Peanut butter toast. Yogurt. Smoothies with protein powder. Careful with the bananas in smoothies. Bananas can make the calorie count go up fast. Oatmeal with fruit, usually blueberries or raspberries. Breakfast is tough for me. Always has been. I love Waffle House and that food is a rare luxury for me now.
Lunch
Lettuce wrap sandwiches and burgers. I try to go light on condiments. Salads with fat free Italian dressing. Yogurt parfaits with Greek yogurt. For years, Ive eaten way too much fruit and that has worked against me. That wedge of watermelon that Ive eaten for lunch for years, left the way for me to be starving at dinner and overeat.
Dinner
Same as lunch. More chicken. Fish when I have time to get it. Sides are broccoli, cabbage, green beans, brussel sprouts. I love corn and beans. But, those are starchy and not as good for you as the others.
Bread
No. Just no. And Im a bread snob. I love great bread. But Im down 90% from the amount of bread I used to eat.
Desserts and Snacks
My biggest weakness has always been ice cream. That comes from growing up next to a Dairy Queen. Halo Top is a good ice cream with only 240 calories a pint. Arctic Zero has only 150 calories a pint. Arctic Zero take a little while to get accustomed to eating. But, Im okay with it now. I also like the frozen yogurt bars. Those are good and will kill my ice cream craving. Most all of them are in the 80-90 calorie range.
No breakfast pastries.
No cookies.
No Rotel cheese dip.
I dont really drink much. But now, Im the two glasses of wine and Im asleep guy.
MyFitnessPal
If you are on a strict calorie count, downloading the MyFitnessPal app will help. I did that from August until the first of December. I need to get back to it. The app keeps up with how many calories you are burning through and what percentage the calories are as it relates to carbs, fats and proteins.
Here is a big hint on the MyFitnessPal app. When you exercise, dont add the calories youve burned back in. This is how it works. If you burn 400 calories, the app allows you to add it back in so you can consume more calories. Stay with your calorie count and let the exercise work for you. Dont create a safety net that allows you to consume more.
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Posted: March 14, 2017 at 7:44 am
Women's Health | The Sirtfood Diet Includes Wine And Chocolate, But Can It Help You Lose Weight? Women's Health If somebody told you about a diet that allows you to drink red wine and eat dark chocolatewhile also shedding pounds like crazyyour first question might be: what's the catch? But apparently there isn't one, according to the creators of the Sirtfood ... |
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Posted: March 14, 2017 at 7:44 am
That age old saying, "you are what you eat," even applies to teenagers -- especially teenage girls.
Valerie Lego, WZZM 6:09 PM. EST March 13, 2017
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - There are a lot of things moms can do to make sure their teenage daughter gets off to a good start, and now you can add one more thing to that list.
Making sure theyre not over indulging in a diet high in fat and sugar.
All of those yummy foods our teens can't get enough of are setting them up for a higher risk of breast cancer in their 20's and 30's.
If it's a habitual thing, a daily thing, that's going to cause more inflammation later on in life," said Liz Weber, a dietician with Mercy Health Saint Marys. She says inflammation was the basis for a study by researchers at UCLA.
After studying women over 22 years from high school until their early 40's, they found those who ate an inflammatory diet, one filled with red meat, high fat, sugar and processed meats had a 35 percent increase in getting breast cancer before they turned 50.
"If you have all of that inflammation going on when you're young, that's when it's going to have the most impact when your cells are trying to grow properly," Weber continued. "The mammary gland, that's when its first developing and the diet so early, on that's why it's important to have a good diet."
Weber adds inflammation can cause a lot of damage. "It causes the body to be chronically, almost always fighting something off. So it over all just causes damage to the organs.
"It makes the organs work harder, it causes more abdominal obesity which is right around those organs making it harder for them to do their job."
The best advice Weber has for reducing your teenage daughter's risk for breast cancer early on, is to make sure they understand the importance of healthy eating.
If youd like to read the complete study, heres a like to the Nurses Health Study II.
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Posted: March 13, 2017 at 2:50 pm
Who you dine with or dont can have an effect on what and how you eat. Photograph: PhotoTalk/Getty Images
Youre feeling full but heres the waiter with the dessert menu. Youre about to say No thanks when your friend orders baked cheesecake. And soon youre saying: Ill have one too, thanks. Studies repeatedly show that what we eat is highly influenced by who we eat with. The most recent research, presented at last weeks American Heart Association meeting, found that the chance of a diet lapse was 60% when eating with others. The research followed 150 people trying to lose weight or keep weight off, for a year, using phones and an app to capture what and where they ate. Those in the study were asked to limit their calories. They were most successful in keeping to their diet when they ate alone. Work, with its temptations of cake for somebodys birthday, led to a 40% chance of a diet lapse. The car was the safest place, with only a 30% chance of overeating.
But its annoying that dining with family or friends could make us eat more. A study of 63 adults who kept seven-day dairies found that eating with people increased meal sizes by 44% and participants ate more fat than when they ate alone. The lead researcher, US physiologist John de Castro, suggested that eating alone would reduce caloric intake and improve diets. In another study he showed that meals eaten with spouses and family had more calories and were eaten faster, while those with friends were as large but lasted longer. This was true for all meals of the day, and if men were at the table, women tended to eat more than usual. So although eating with friends or family is one of the joys of life, if you want to watch your weight, should you eat on your own?
We seem to be compelled to model how we eat on those around us; not only on what they eat but on how big they are. A study in the journal Appetite showed that in the presence of an actor in a convincing fat suit, people in a restaurant ate 31.6% more pasta, whatever she ordered. If she ordered salad, they served themselves 43.5% less salad. Another study, in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that if a close friend became obese, his or her pal had a 171% increased risk of doing so. Somehow we arent good at self-regulating what we eat. We copy others. What we should do is concentrate on ourselves a bit more. If eating out, see the menu online before and plan your meal. Dont just opt for what she is having. Better still, do as dietician Aisling Pigott says: We forget to value and enjoy food. Dont restrict and binge. Listen to your bodys needs. So ignore what others are eating, especially if they are in a fat suit.
Posted: March 13, 2017 at 2:50 pm
DAKSHAYANI SHANKAR, NBC News' , WTLV 8:54 PM. EST March 11, 2017
Is there a doctor in the house? It was a plane, but a woman's cries for help Monday were answered all the same by around 20 medical professionals on board, officials said.
The Southwest Airlines passenger's husband, retired Air Force Col. Tom McCay, fell ill on an Atlanta-to-Houston flight and was stabilized by five of the doctors who stood up to help.
"I was seats behind the couple but the wife started panicking and calling out for help. It became obvious that it was an emergency and I rushed to jump right in, squeezing through the tight seats to get to the patient," Dr. Jeffrey Aycock, an oral surgeon at University of Texas Medical Branch, told NBC News.
Aycock said the patient became semiconscious, sweaty and cold 30 minutes upon descent into Houston. He had to lay him down across three seats that acted as a bed to open the patient's airway and ensure his brain was getting oxygen.
"He had a strong but very, very low pulse rate which we were worried about. We knew, however, that he was going to be OK from his stable blood pressure counts," Aycock added.
Around 20 doctors all returning from an annual conference stood up to help, but five concentrated on treating the stricken passenger with the others standing aside.
It took the doctors approximately eight to 10 minutes to fully stabilize the patient, and McCay said someone given him an aspirin.
Tom McCay and his wife, Maggie, were returning to their home in Houston Thursday when Tom fell ill. Fortunately, more than 20 doctors were on board the flight and they rushed to his aide. Tom and Maggie McCay
"I passed out. I could hear people around me talking and then gradually I could hear more and more about my low pulse rate," McCay told NBC News."A fantasy of mine has been to help out a pilot if he/she ever passes out. Turns out it was me this time."
His wife, Maggie, said she felt even more helpless because she works as a nurse and couldn't fathom having to treat her own husband in a state of hysteria.
"I was crying, 'He is my world, please help him, please help him,'" Maggie McCay told NBC News. "I just feel like God was hovering over the plane with the amount of doctors there. We can never repay them."
The flight landed safely in Houston and was met by local medical staff, Southwest said in a statement.
"We are beyond grateful for the aid provided by several medical professionals to stabilize the passenger," Southwest spokesman Dan Landson said.
Aycock was joined by his work colleague, Dr. Andrew Grant, a professor of internal medicine, and three other physicians: Dr. Kristen Moore, an allergist at Houston Allergy, Dr. Lenora Noroski, an allergist at the Texas Children's Hospital and Dr. David Corry, a pulmonologist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Grant, the McCays and Aycock commended Southwest staff on the plane for their quick response.
"Dr. Aycock jumped right in and we administered the oxygen source," Grant told NBC News. "The Southwest Airlines crew were impressive in their response. They left the medical bag for us and a male staff was constantly updating the pilot and discussing if an emergency landing was required."
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Aycock believes the patient's state of semi-consciousness arose from a shortage in fluid intake during the flight. Dr. Corry, however, said the gentleman had taken the medication with an alcoholic drink which he suspects caused the semi-consciousness.
"From what I heard last, the patient refused to seek emergency care after he landed as his condition was back to normal," Aycock said. "I am sure he will follow-up for his condition though."
Tom McCay told NBC News that he had visited Houston's Debakey Clinic to check on his condition, but would only be doing a slew of tests and a complete check-up in the future since there were no relapses. The former Pentagon veteran said he will be enjoying golfing and a non-restrictive diet in the meantime and ask his "golf buddies" to keep an eye on him.
"I hope we can figure out this out so there is no problem. And manage whatever we need to do," McCay said.
Noroski said most of the doctors on the flight were returning from an annual meeting at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in Atlanta.
"I had a similar experience on the same airline where the patient had severe heart disease and died in-flight. I am glad that many physicians stepped up in this flight," Grant said. "That's what healthcare should be all about."
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Posted: March 13, 2017 at 2:50 pm
East Brunswick, NJ THE MAX Challenge, one of the nations fastest growing fitness concepts, is excited to announce the opening of a new location. THE MAX Challenge of East Brunswick has relocated to Lexington Downs Shopping Center at 3 Lexington Avenue and is accepting registrations for its next 10-Week Challenge which begins on March 27th, 2017.
A personalized 10-week body and mind renewal program, The MAX Challenge combines a structured workout regimen with an easy-to-follow nutritional guide to help achieve and sustain optimal health and fitness. The program promotes a slow and systematic approach toward attaining physical success by educating members on the impact a balanced nutritional diet and positive mental attitude have on maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
All participants are provided with a certified MAX Instructor who is present at all times to ensure that members execute each exercise safely and efficiently. Additionally, instructors alternate exercise routines daily to avoid monotony and to ensure that members remain fully engaged, and most importantly, enjoy the time they spend reaching the peak of their physical abilities.
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Our goal is to make our members not only healthier people, but happier people, stated Mikki Curcio, Owner of THE MAX Challenge of East Brunswick. We make it our mission to ensure that every member that enrolls in the 10-Week Challenge completes it. Were not your typical gym that has thousands of members with a small percentage regular attending, we know our members by name and truly care about them and their results.
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Posted: March 13, 2017 at 2:48 pm
When it comes to your diet, you are where you eat.
For people trying to lose weight or even maintain a lower body weight, the temptation to overeat is stronger when meals are eaten in a social setting like a friends home or restaurant, and when eating alone, according to research presented last week at an American Heart Associations conference. The study followed 150 people (90% of whom were women) who used smartphones and a custom-developed app to capture data as dieters moved through their day.
The chance of diet lapse and/or overeating was about 60% when eating in a restaurant and 50% when eating alone, said Lora Burke, the lead author of the study and professor of nursing in the Department of Health & Community Systems at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. When asked if they wanted more food or a high-calorie food, the odds of breaking their diet were also 60%. Odds of a diet lapse were lower at work (around 40%) or in a car (30%).
One theory: You have more control over what you eat when you cook it yourself at home and, similar to the peer-support philosophy of Weight Watchers WTW, -0.33% eat with people who have the most intimate knowledge of your goals. A 2014 study published in Public Health Nutrition found that cooking dinner frequently at home is associated with consumption of a healthier diet. But theres an important caveat to that: People are more likely to snack as a meal when they are alone.
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The time of day also effects whether or not you are likely to break your diet. Eating snacks that are considered better for you such as nuts, vegetable slices or fruits peak at around noon, followed by a slightly smaller rise in savory and sweet snacks at the same time of day, according to data released in 2015 by market research company The NPD Group. Meanwhile, sweet snacks such as candy, chocolate and ice cream peak in the evening just after 8 p.m.
During Burkes most recent study, women weighing less than 200 pounds were given a daily diet target of 1,200 calories per day, and men at that weight had a target of 1,500 calories. For those weighing over 200 pounds, the goal was 1,500 calories for women and 1,800 for men, limiting fat to about 25% of total calories. The technique used, ecological momentary assessment (tracking movements over a long period of time) has been used to study addiction, pain, stress and asthma.
Research into understanding and preventing weight regain is vital for improving the public health, Burke said. The participants in the study were 90% women and checked in five times per day, reporting where they went, where they ate and who they were with, and if they broke their diet or were tempted to break it. Helping an individual anticipate challenges and problem-solve high-risk situations can empower them to stay on track with their weight loss/weight maintenance plan.
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Posted: March 13, 2017 at 2:48 pm
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Gluten-free diets are all the rage, but shunning gluten may offer no benefit to overall health for most people, a new analysis suggests.
In fact, the people in the study who ate more gluten were 13 percent less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes over the 30-year study than those who ate less gluten, the researchers found.
For some individuals, there are health reasons to avoid gluten, a protein found in grains such as wheat, rye and barley. Certain people, for example, have an intolerance to gluten, which can lead to abdominal pain, bloating or fatigue. Others have celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that affects mostly the small intestine; when people with this disease eat gluten, their immune system responds by attacking the intestines lining.
However, even some people who do not have celiac disease or an intolerance to gluten believe that gluten-free diets are healthier than those that include gluten products, and the researchers wanted to see whether this belief might have any scientific merit, said lead study author Geng Zong, a nutrition research fellow at Harvard Universitys T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.
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In the study, the researchers looked at surveys conducted every two to four years in which nearly 200,000 people reported what they ate. The researchers estimated the participants gluten intake based on this information, and then looked at which participants went on to develop Type 2 diabetes over the 30-year study period. Type 2 the most common form of diabetes occurs when the body has lost the ability to use insulin efficiently. This inability leads to high blood sugar levels, which can damage blood vessel walls, nerves and other tissues.
The researchers focused on studying the participants risk of diabetes because this condition is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, Zong said.
By the end of the study, nearly 16,000 particIpants had developed Type 2 diabetes. The researchers found that those who ate the most gluten had a 13 percent lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes during the study period than the people who ate the least gluten.
These findings suggest that there might be a link between gluten consumption and risk of diabetes, the researchers said. However, it is not clear why the people who ate more gluten were less likely to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes than those who ate less gluten, the researchers said.
One possible explanation is that the people who consumed more gluten also ate more fiber, which, as previous research has suggested, may help to lower a persons diabetes risk. However, more research is needed to examine the relationship between gluten consumption and diabetes, the researchers said.
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Posted: March 13, 2017 at 2:48 pm
The Paleo diet, which prescribes that its followers eat only foods that our Stone Age predecessor would have eaten, might not be as period-correct as its advocates want to think it is. Here to disabuse Paleo follows of their beliefs is a team of Australian researchers, who tested the DNA of the calcified dental plaque found on Neanderthal teeth to discover what they really ate.
Spoiler: Unlike today's Paleo followers, who eschew carbs and modern processed foods in favor of nuts, meat, and avocado and macadamia oils (and sometimes, insects), the actual Paleolithic-era human was an omnivore, with a diet that varied based on geography.
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In Belgium, for instance, Neanderthals dined on wooly rhinoceros, wild sheep, and other meat. Meanwhile, evidence from the El Sidrn cave in Spain shows that a form of the Mediterranean diet existed even 48,000 years ago: Mushrooms, pine nuts, tree bark, and moss sustained the Spanish Neanderthal, who appeared to be completely vegetarian. The plaque of one Spanish cave-person also contained Penicilliumthe drug found in aspirinand the poplar bark from which it's derived. This Neanderthal had a tooth abscess; it's possible that chewing the bark was an attempt at self-medicating.
"When people talk about the Paleo diet, thats not Paleo, thats just non-carb," lead author Laura Weyrich told The Atlantic. "The true Paleo diet is eating whatevers out there in the environment."
The researchers, based at the Australian Centre for Ancient DNA at the University of Adelaide, sequenced the DNA contained in the dental plaque of Neanderthals, which consisted, in part, of the food leftovers clinging to their teeth when they died. They found that the Neanderthals weren't quite so formulaic in what they ate as today's diet makes them out to be."They had a very good understanding of what foods were available to them," Weyrich said.
Paleo dieters are perhaps some of the ultimate subscribers to the belief that things were better in the olden days. And now, the followers of this fad diet have even more material to draw from if they want to recreate a historically accurate meal every time they sat down to eat: Some particular Neanderthal favorites, the researchers discovered, were moss and tree bark. For those who chose Paleo as an excuse to eat steak and eggs for breakfast, the news isn't so greatunless you can get your hands on some wooly rhino meat, that is.
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Posted: March 13, 2017 at 2:48 pm
Home Healthy Eating 400,000 American deaths linked to poor diet
A new study has found that around 400,000 American deaths in 2015 could be attributed to bad diets. An unhealthy diet contributes to heart disease and stroke. Not only does consuming unhealthy foods lead to premature death and disease, but excluding healthy food options such as nuts, vegetables, and whole grains can also increase the risk of disease.
Lead researcher of the study Dr. Ashkan Afshin explained, Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States, killing more people in 2015 than any other cause. Poor diet is the top risk factor for cardiovascular disease death and, therefore, deserves attention from decision-makers in the U.S. when setting health agendas.
The study suggests that nearly half of heart disease and stroke cases may have been prevented if Americans adhered to a healthier diet.
The focus on healthy eating is often surrounded by avoiding foods and ingredients that are unhealthy, but this leaves out what foods should be eaten instead. Ashin added, This study highlights the urgent need for implementation of policies targeting these unhealthy food groups as well healthy foods, such as nuts, whole grains and vegetables.
The study explored data collected between 1990 and 2012, along with data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other sources.
The researchers then looked at deaths in 2015 that were related to heart and vascular causes. They uncovered that unhealthy diet choices and a lack of eating healthy foods contributed to over 222,000 deaths among men and 193,000 among women.
A crummy diet means the body has to work at Mach-10 to battle the onslaught of biochemical, physiological, and inflammatory consequences. No wonder so many of us complain about being exhausted all the time and suffer from very serious and oftentimes preventable cardiovascular diseases, Heller added.
A plant-based diet has been linked with reduced inflammation, improved immune system, gastrointestinal health, and greater energy.
Heller recommended simple swaps that Americans can try in order to incorporate healthier foods into ones diet, which includes sliced avocado, tomato, and hummus on whole grain bread instead of a ham and cheese sandwich; a veggie burger topped with salsa instead of a cheeseburger; brown rice and vegetable-edamame paella instead of mac and cheese; and a salad pizza instead of a pepperoni pizza.
Heller concluded, The good news is it is never too late or too early to ditch unhealthy foods, dig into a plate of vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts, seeds and whole grains, and watch how our bodies respond by getting healthier and happier.
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