Slim Down Now

So last weekend I read The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. If you have been following nutrition and diet books, perhaps it doesn’t say much new. On the other hand, it reminds us that there really are foods that once you take one bite of, it will be very difficult to stop.

What seems to be the result of reading the book for me, is that I am being aware of how much I eat at a sitting and how fast I eat it. If I’m tempted to simply gulp my food down, I need to ask myself why am I eating so fast and try to slow down. Then, I need to decide if that is a food I want to continue having as part of my diet as I don’t seem to be eating it wisely.

So I found the book helpful even though it didn’t really tell me much of what I didn’t already know. The key is in applying what I’ve learned.

So starting today, Honey & I are trying a new exercise book: Synergetics: Your Whole Life Fitness Plan that claims to make you look younger, more slender and more fit with 24 minutes of exercise a day (12 minutes in morning; 12 in evening). Exercises are meant for all ages and seem pretty easy.

Beginning stats

Me: F: 123.4 36.5 body fat

Honey: M: 195.2 (wore socks so no body fat index, sorry!)

So the next trial begins