Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy

As you loyal listeners to the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy Radio show are well aware I have new unit of measurement that I use when talking about someone’s weight. A Kelly Ripa.

For example I weigh a little more than 2 Kelly Ripas. A recent guest on the show Jennette Fulda used to weight 372 lbs which have put her at about 4 Kelly Ripas and now she weighs in at less than 2 Kelly Ripas.

Well I get this email the other day from someone who is mad that I am making fun of Kelly Ripa. Kelly is so nice, she’s a mom and is so funny on Regis blah blah blah. I think the email might have been from her husband.

What do you think? Should I stop using Kelly Ripa as a unit of measurement and move on to someone else? If so then who?

Abbey is today’s 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. You have won Jennifer Kries’ Hot Body Cool Mind exercise dvd. Jennifer is a great friend of the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy Radio Show and she has been kind enough to donate a bunch of dvds for our members. So enjoy.

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.

Picking the right tunes to exercise can be just as important as wearing the right clothes!!! I found this great article about picking the right tempo to match the type of exercise you are performing. Since I am a runner, I need hardriving up-tempo songs like AC/DC “Shoot To Thrill” or Springsteen’s “Ramrod,” or “Born to Run.” These songs match 140 - 160 heart beats/minute. Now when I swim and even though my heart rate is elevated to the same degree, swimming is a slower rythmnic movement with the arms and the legs in the water so I don’t need the same hard-driving tempo. Read the rest of this artice which I found fascinating!!!

Generally speaking there is a science to choosing an effective exercise soundtrack, said Dr. Costas Karageorghis, an associate professor of sport psychology at Brunel University in England, who has studied the effects of music on physical performance for 20 years. Dr. Karageorghis created the Brunel Music Rating Inventory, a questionnaire that is used to rate the motivational qualities of music in the context of sport and exercise. For nearly a decade, he has been administering the questionnaire to panels representing different demographics, who listen to 90 seconds of a song and rate its motivational qualities for various physical activities.

Nance 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. Nance has won Tamilee Webb’s Tight on Time dvd. Tamilee was on our radio show talking about life after Buns of Steel.

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.

Man, does time fly? Somehow it has been 20 years since the shorty short, tank top wearing Richard Simmons released his Sweatin’ to the Oldies. and now as luck would have it he is re-releasing them as a special anniversary DVD set. I wonder if the set comes with daisy duke shorts and an afro pick? So get ready to set your Tivo keyword search to Richard Simmons. Becuase I’m sure he’ll be doing the rounds on all the talk shows. Dr Fitness is a big fan of Richard Simmons and I’m sure he is doing his best to get him to come on our show. I hope the Doctor can get him on the show so I can get my Deal A Meal card set autographed by Sir Richard.

As a loyal member of Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Partner Power Online Weight Loss Program, and for logging in your food and exercise, Darren has won an exercise DVD donated by our friend Tom Holland. We’re sending you Tom Holland’s Total Body Workout. Keep up the good work Darren.As you might not know members of our 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.

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.