Using a food diary to track what you eat may be the secret to weight loss. New research published in the August issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, shows that keeping a food diary can double a person’s weight loss. “The more food records people kept, the more weight they lost,” said lead […]
Just another reason to eat healthy and exercise. As reported by Will Dunham from Reuters, Dean Ornish conducted some studies on men with prostate cancer who elected against surgery for remediation. To try to combat the low grade cancer: the men in the study: Ate Healthy, Exercised 30 minutes a day, and Meditated | Prayed […]
Wow. What a powerful study. A CNN.com article titled: Weight loss is all in your head details that Inga Treitler, Ph.D studied the behavior of 10 people from the National Weight Control Registry. The people with the greatest weight loss success are: …controlled, methodical, disciplined sticklers for structure and routine. Punctual and neat, they always […]
According to the December 2005 issue of the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, “Higher weighing frequency was associated with greater 24-month weight loss or less weight gain.” For more information see: Health Behavior News Service Research presented at a 2005 medical conference on obesity indicates that daily weigh-ins can help prevent lost weight from returning, which […]
Jennifer Warner from webmd.com writes a nice article about how to and when to weigh yourself. Jennifer quotes Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association with these great tips for weighing yourself: The 4 S’s of Weighing Yourself When you do weigh yourself on a scale, Blatner says you strive for […]
According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine Oct 12, 2006, “…a self-regulation program based on daily weighing improved maintenance of weight loss…” This study concludes exactly what we believe: A person needs to monitor trends in your weight and BMI in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Simpleweight helps monitor […]