Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy

A funny thing happened to me the other day when I was reading PLoS, a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science. They had this research that explained that you might live an additonal 14 years if you do four fairly simple things…

1. Drink alcohol in moderation
2. Don’t smoke
3. Exercise
4. Eat an adequate amount of fruits and vegetables

Now it’s nice to know that what I have been saying forever has been re-confirmed and you would think adding 14 years to your life would be encouragement enough for most people… but still a lot of people are finding it difficult to do these 4 simple things and that’s kind of frustrating.

Now the really big dilemma I have is should I tell the Fat Guy about this study? Do I really want him around for an additional 14 years?

Lisa C. is today’s big winner. Congratulations on being the latest member of Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Partner Power Online Weight Loss Program to win a great prize. Lisa C. has won Tom Holland’s Total Ab Workout. Tom is a great friend of the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy Radio Show and he has been kind enough to donate a bunch of d vds for our members. So enjoy Lisa C.

As you might not know members of the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s online weight loss support community are automatically entered to win prizes for logging their food, logging their exercises, posting on the message boards, etc. A lot of the great weight loss experts and fitness superstars that have appeared on the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy radio show have kindly donated books, dvds and gadgets for us to giveaway to our members in order to keep them motivated, inspired and compliant on their exercise program. So keep posting everybody and you might be the next winner. We will be giving away prizes every day.

I have had this annoying cough for going on three days now. I have not slept since Saturday. I try to sleep kind of sitting up but that does not help much. I have been living on Halls cough drops (cherry) and I have tried Musinex DM Maximum Strength - a once every 12 hour cough medicine. I was a Robotussin guy but my sister recommended Musinex which hasn’t worked any better. I hope this cough goes away before our radio show on Thursday

Here are some tips I ran across from the Hartford Courant

Cough into your elbow - nice tips

Drink more fluids - I have been living off whats left of my rapidly dwindling Tavalon tea supply

Rest more - I’d like to but that hacking cough keeps waking me up

I’d add use more Purell - but you already know how i feel about that.

Here’s more of the article - click on the link to get the rest…

Because cold and flu season is here, it’s time to review what you know about treating them.

First things first: Antibiotics won’t help. Colds and flu are caused by viruses, not bacteria. If you get sick, cough or sneeze into your elbow. Don’t share your drinking glass, and practice other good hygiene habits. Get plenty of rest, drink fluids and treat the symptoms if that makes you feel better.

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to win. And in addition to losing weight members of Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Partner Power Online Weight Loss Program get to win prizes every day. Today Donna has won the exercise dvd called Dance Off The Inches Hip Hop Party. No complicated steps just simple dance moves to get those dancer abs.

As you might not know members of the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s online weight loss support community are automatically entered to win prizes for logging their food, logging their exercises, posting on the message boards, etc. A lot of the great weight loss experts and fitness superstars that have appeared on the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy radio show have kindly donated books, dvds and gadgets for us to giveaway to our members in order to keep them motivated, inspired and compliant on their exercise and weight loss program. So keep posting everybody and you might be the next winner. We will be giving away prizes everyday in January and until we run out and that won’t be for a long, long time.

Winning something never gets boring at Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy. We are thrilled to give another member of Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Partner Power Online Weight Loss Program a great prize. Suzanne has won Keli Roberts Time Saver Workouts. this dvd is great for your abs and posture.Y

As you might not know members of the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s online weight loss support community are automatically entered to win prizes for logging their food, logging their exercises, posting on the message boards, etc. A lot of the great weight loss experts and fitness superstars that have appeared on the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy radio show have kindly donated books, dvds and gadgets for us to giveaway to our members in order to keep them motivated, inspired and compliant on their exercise program. So keep posting everybody and you might be the next winner. We will be giving away prizes everyday in January and until we run out and that won’t be for a long, long time.

Another member of Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Partner Power Online Weight Loss Program has won something. Linda  has won Dance Workouts for Dummies and we are in no way saying Linda is not smart that is really just the name of the dvd. Now Linda can dance off the pounds. Congrats to her and remember you could be next if you join.

As you might not know members of the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s online weight loss support community are automatically entered to win prizes for logging their food, logging their exercises, posting on the message boards, etc. A lot of the great weight loss experts and fitness superstars that have appeared on the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy radio show have kindly donated books, dvds and gadgets for us to giveaway to our members in order to keep them motivated, inspired and compliant on their exercise program. So keep posting everybody and you might be the next winner. We will be giving away prizes everyday in January and until we run out and that won’t be for a long, long time.

Another member of Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Partner Power Online Weight Loss Program has won an exercise dvd. Dorie has won Living Room Yoga with Eva Barash. Congrats

As you might not know members of the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s online weight loss support community are automatically entered to win prizes for logging their food, logging their exercises, posting on the message boards, etc. A lot of the great weight loss experts and fitness superstars that have appeared on the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy radio show have kindly donated books, dvds and gadgets for us to giveaway to our members in order to keep them motivated, inspired and compliant on their exercise program. So keep posting everybody and you might be the next winner. We will be giving away prizes everyday in January and until we run out and that won’t be for a long, long time. So join now and you might be a winner like Dorie!

 

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Tonight we did the show without Dr Fitness who was partying on South Beach probably with Jennifer Nicole Lee and other hot models. But we had in his place the lovely Kathie Larkin and Tiffany Davis Atlanta Editor of the Daily Candy. Be sure to check out Kathie’s website www.getkathie.com. Also check out her TV hosting skills on www.RealSavvyMoms.com.

On tonight’s show Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy get the skinny about Gourmet Healthy Eating from Dr Gourmet Dr. Tim Harlan. Dr Harlan is an Internist in New Orleans, who has had a love of food preparation since he was a teenager washing dishes in a restaurant. Along the way he learned cooking from many fine chefs, and at age twenty-two opened his own restaurant: a small country-French café.

Dr. Harlan originally was going to get a degree in restaurant management, but he ultimately chose to become a doctor.Working as a caterer throughout school, he continued to be involved with food and cooking but noticed a lack of knowledge in the medical field about eating healthy and eating well. Neither patients nor health care providers understood much about a healthful diet. Patients, it seemed, were usually told not what they could eat but, rather, what they could not eat.

And that is where Dr Gourmet was born. He was uniquely qualified to combine the benefits of creating healthy tasty recipes for his his patients.
His website has eatTHISdiet plans for his patients and anyone else who is interested. There are diets that are low cholesterol, low fat, low sodium. If you have acid reflux / GERD or are on Coumadin / Warfarin and soon if you are lactose intolerant you can find recipes just for you. There is even a section for kid friendly meals and how to safely navigate fast food drive thrus. Please check it out. Dr Gourmet is a great resource www.drgourmet.com

We started the show with the Pasta Queen Jennette Fulda author of the upcoming book Half Assed: A Weight Loss Memoir. Jennette says she entered this world weighing 8 pounds 5 ounces and came close to leaving it at 372 pounds. After several false starts, she started working her weight loss attempt in 2005. She blogged about it along the way and two short years later she had officially lost 186 pounds, half her weight. She is looking to drop a few more pounds to get down to her goal weight of 160. Her story is truly inspiring - she started out barely able to go a half mile on the treadmill and today she is training for her first half marathon. Please check out her blog and cheer her on to her goal weight. And while your their you can pre-order her upcoming book. www.pastaqueen.com

Then we had on one of the amazing people we met when we attended the Publicity Summit in New York…Carole Brody Fleet The Widow Who Wears Stilettos. Carole was widowed at a young age and has now devoted large part of her life trying to help other young widows get back on track and live a fuller more balanced life. She has a website and an upcoming book. Her book Widows Wear Stilettos: A Practical Guide For The Young Widow is especially timely now with the war helping to create widows as young as 17 years old. Her website which is the first of its kind to deal with women going through this difficult challenge. Check it out at www.widowswearstilettos.com.

Then we had the Fat Guy’s Favorite drink from 2007 John Paul Lee founder of Tavalon Tea. Tavalon has been called the Starbucks of Tea. But we think they are better than that. Did you know that all tea comes from the tea leaf leaf but how it is processed determines whether it will be green, black or white? John-Paul knows that and so much more. This guy is so passionate about tea and how to give his customers a great tea experience. He talked at length about the health benefits tea. Did you know white tea has the least caffeine and black tea has the most. there are several Tavalon Tea Bars in New York City and I’m sure there will be many more popping up all over the country. This guy is on to something. So if you are interested in learning more about the ant-aging benefits of tea and want a truly premium tea you must go to www.tavalon.com. They will deliver the finest tea and tea accessories right to your door. The fat Guy says checks they are the best!

And we closed the show with sweet talkin Tiffany “T-Love” Davis from the Daily Candy. Tiffany as always shares websites and resources that you cannot find on your own. She is out there scouring the internet and the streets of Atlanta to find the next hot thing. Like Bacon Salt, two flavors that were born to go together like chocolate and peanut butter. Go to www.baconsalt.com for more info. How about a site that helps you save the world a few grains of rice at a time. Go to www.freerice.com play a vocabulary game and for every correct answer you are donating some rice to hungry people. Tiffany also mentioned that a great way to start the new year off on the right foot is to start a gratitude journal. Every night before bed just take a moment to write down what you are grateful for. This might be a nice gesture from the stranger who held the door open for you or a kind word you child said to you. Only write about the good things that happened to you and you’ll have a much better attidue the next day. For more great stuff from tiffany please sign up for the Daily Candy newsletter at www.dailycandy.com.

As always, more laughs, more info and more fun than any other health, fitness, weight loss podcast out there. Don’t forget to subscribe to the Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy blog at www.drfitnessblog.com for more tips about weight loss and Dr. Shafran’s analysis of all things health and fitness. Also check out our brand new redesigned website www.drfitnessandthefatguy.com where you can subscribe to our FREE weekly healthy living newsletter and learn about how you can enjoy all the benefits of our online weight loss program and community. Did you know that our members are winning prizes every single day. That’s right we are giving away something from on our our great guests to our members every day until we run out of stuff. There is no other weight loss / diet / fitness program that can do this. Plus, you can also email Dr. Fitness there with your specific questions and he will personally answer each one. Promise!! Please blog about our show. Our show grows when our listeners tell their friends about us. We need your help to grow our listener base so if you enjoy Dr Fitness and the Fat guy please don’t keep us a secret. Forward this link to a friend and put links to our website and show on the blogs and message boards you enjoy. Thanks!

Another member of Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Partner Power Online Weight Loss Program has won a prize. Yael from California has won Jonny Bowden’s DietCamp DVD. Jonny Bowden was a great guest a while back you can hear the show by clicking on this link. The PLAY BUTTON is at the bottom of the post

As you might not know members of the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s online weight loss support community are automatically entered to win prizes for logging their food, logging their exercises, posting on the message boards, etc. A lot of the great weight loss experts and fitness superstars that have appeared on the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy radio show have kindly donated books, dvds and gadgets for us to giveaway to our members in order to keep them motivated, inspired and compliant on their exercise program. So keep posting everybody and you might be the next winner. We will be giving away prizes everyday in January and until we run out and that won’t be for a long, long time. So join now and you might be a winner like Yael!

Recently in Lousiana a fellow “hearty eater” was banned from a buffet just because he could put away a little more seafood than the other less “hearty eaters” that partake in buffet style restaurants.

Read it for yourself from the part where the wiatress explained why this poor guys were being charged twice as much as everyone else.
“She says, ‘Y’all fat, and y’all eat too much,’” Labit said.

Labit and Borrelli said they felt discriminated against because of their size. “I was stunned, that somebody would say something like that. I ain’t that fat, I only weigh 277,” Borrelli said, adding that a waitress told him he looked like he a had a “baby in the belly.”

Houma accountant Thomas Campo said the men were charged an extra $10 each on Dec. 21 because they made a habit of dining exclusively on the more expensive seafood dishes, including crab legs and frog legs.