Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy

 

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The Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy Radio show is your source for what’s true and what’s too good to be true in health and wellness. In today’s Wellness Minute, Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy share their first hand knowledge of being each others workout partner. And look where that has gotten them. So you’ll learn some of the reasons you should have a work out partner so you can get in the best shape of your life. Take a listen right now to hear Dr Fitness’ tips. Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy’s Wellness Minutes improve your health in 3 minutes a day or less.

Please check out our Doctor Fitness and the Fat Guy Blog for inspiration, education, motivation and more tips about losing weight and getting in shape. Also check out our brand new redesigned website to subscribe to our FREE weekly healthy living newsletter and enjoy all the benefits of our online diet and weight loss plan community. You can also email Dr. Adam Shafran there with your specific health, fitness, weight loss, wellness questions and he will personally answer each one. Promise!!

Don’t forget to look us up on all your favorite Social Networking sites like: Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, Bebo, Self Growth, Imeem, Squidoo, Xanga and more. Please don’t keep us a secret, if you enjoy Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy please forward this on to a friend and put links to our website and show on blogs and message boards you enjoy. Thanks!

It has been well established that the Fat Guy has no friends and spends way too much time on the internet. I feel a little funny referring to myself in the third person, but I have not found a better way for you the reader to know if this is a post from me or Dr Fitness. So deal with it.

While browsing through the Archives of Internal Medicine as I sometimes do on dreary Wednesday afternoons. I read the conclusion of an Abstract that said that there was “strong evidence” that following a Mediterranean diet lowers the risk of dying prematurely from pretty much everything including cancer.

You can read the abstract for yourself here. But be warned they used a large number of big words that I did not really understand.

As you know if you have listened to the Dr Fitness and the Fat Guy radio show that Dr Fitness is a big fan of the Mediterranean diet. He loves fruit, veggies, olive oil and pizza. I am not sure if pizza is actually part of that diet but it is kind of Italian.

The Fat Guy and I had to work a little harder last night since we had three cool guests rather than our normal two. Our first guest Gregg Todd, www.fatguyblog.com is blogging about his weight loss journey and everything along the way….the losses, the gaines, the plateaus, cool new food products he may enjoy, interesting articles. I love these blogs because I really do think they help people lose weight by staying connect with other people and accountable to other people. We talked to him last night and thought you might enjoy what he had to say….especially about his pet goat!!!!! Hey, He lives in Tennebama(Somewhere close to Tennessee and Alabama)

Registered Dietician and Hottie, Lisa Drayer, author of “Strong, Slim, And 30,” a wonderful
new read and great resource of information, was our second guest and she did not disappoint with great practical tips from her new book especially about how what we eat affects our skin complexion. Check out her web site at www.lisadrayer.com for more information about contacting her as well.

Our last guest was the most surprising, in a very good way, America’s #1 Pilates instructor, Jennifer Kries joined us and after watching her DVD’s, I know why she’s #1. They are awesome and never watch DVD’s to exercise. She has a bunch of them and I love how she incorporates the asian influence of healing and well-being into them. The DVD’s are done in high quality with multiple camera angles to make them moving along, visually appealing, and it doesn’t hurt that Jennifer is quite easy on the eyes!!!!!You will learn a lot like I did and will keep popping them back into the DVD player. She has a Hot Body Cool Mind Series plus many others but this is the one I checked out. Also check out her web site www.jenniferkries.com for more info and if you live in Philadelphia, she has a private studio there called Hot Body Cool Mind, The Studio. So eat go there work out and grab a philly cheese steak on the way out!!!!!

I tried Jones Soda for the first time upon Lee’s(The Fat Guy) request. They are ones who have pictures of actual consumers on their soda. Good Stuff….I tried the Root Beer and Cream Soda. It rocked!!!!!! Yes, Dr. Fitness drinks soda, not often and not a lot but in moderation like I tell all of my listeners and patients. So, if you come across any so-called fitness experts that say they don’t eat chocolate or pizza or drink soda or french fries, just remember, they are full of shit!!!!!! Moderation is the key, my friends!!!!! Stay away from the all or none groups!!!!!

Check out the show at http://weightlossradio.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=183683

We recently interviewed a wonderful guest named Beth Aldrich. She is the type of person that leaves such a positive lasting impression. She has a TV show called “For Her Information” that is on your local PBS Channel and definitely go to her website www.forherinformation.com to check out her show and sign up for her great newsletter!!! Her show focuses on how be a chic mother as well as trying to look after the environment and your health.

“Dr. Fitness, I’m stuck in a rut, please help,” was the subject headline to a recent email I received from a female and that’s all I am going to say to describe her. She had recently lost 40 pounds from her 1st pregnancy by good-old fashion sweat and exercise….and by exercise, I mean exercise. An hour and a half of walking outside in the morning followed by and hour and a half of treadmill walking at night. Three hours of exercise and she lost 40 lbs. 10 less pounds prior to her being pregnant. Her reason for contacting me was that now she was going back to work and those three convenient hours of exercise would not be so available and she was slowly starting to gain weight….and she was terrified! What should she do?

When I emailed her back for her to describe her eating habits, she told me she ate whatever she wanted and would rather exercise than feel deprived of her favorite foods. This is where her story became very common and one where most people fail to succeed. I call it “The All Or Nothing Principle.” This means that whatever I am doing, in her case exercising 3 hours per day and eating whatever I want, I will be successful following these parameters. But if you change the parameters (Can’t exercise for 3 hours), I will give up on the entire process because I know I will eventually gain the weight back since I can’t be deprived.

I explained to her that she didn’t need to exercise 3 hours/day to maintain her body weight. She did need to examine her diet to figure out what were her caloric needs, how to manage portions of her favorite things to not feel deprived, and being diligent about identifying caloric content. She was so convinced that she would have to give up her favorite things and she also felt like a slave to exercise. I told her how to break the “All Or Nothing Principle” and if you are in a similar situation, here’s how you can break this very difficult pattern!
1. Take advantage of even the smallest amount of free time to exercise. If you like getting an hour of exercise but you have a very busy schedule, look for 15 - 20 windows of free time to do something.

2. Keep your exercise clothes and shoes close by. If some free time opens up, buy an extra pair of exercise shoes or clothes convenient for a quick workout.

3. Pay attention to every meal and avoid mindless eating. Most people eat under stress and you can add tons of calories by not paying attention. So pay attention especially at work!!

4. Avoid big gaps of time without eating. This happens to many of us, especially at work. We go the whole day without eating and as a reward for eating, we feel we can eat everything thus causing overindulging and over-consumption. Stay aware and you’ll stay trim

Hi Dr. Fitness And The Fat Guy Fans!!!! I have been a busy guy but have lots to tell ya!!! First of all did you listen to our show this week….It was a good one…Check out our Guests Nascar Nigel giving the skinny on the Nascar Circuit!!!! Also Check out fitness expert and the Garden States “Best Trainer” Kevin Valluzi at www.thefitnessleader.com I also read a great article about our favorite gorgeous “Hungry Girl” at www.dailynews.com and go to the food section. Don’t forget to check out her web site at www.hungry-girl.com

We had a great show this past week! Check out my buddy, Chris Cone at www.bodyconceptsofatlanta.com He is a Neurostructural Therapist who specializes is difficult injuries due to trauma and repetitive overuse injuries. Another Guest, Lou Schuler, has a web site called www.louschuler.com “Male Pattern Fitness, The official weblog of the american obesity epidemic.” Lou, the former Fitness Director for “Men’s Health” magazine, also has a new book out called The New Rules of Lifting. Dont forget to check out one of Dr. Fitness’ Favorite web sites www.hungry-girl.com, an amazing web site filled with lots of low- calorie snacks and great nutrition and food info. You can catch Lisa Lillien, “The Hungry Girl” on the show “Extra,” periodically and in “People” magazine . She is a cutie!!!!!!

Everyone knows that Dr. Fitness is not an advocate for the Atkins Diet. Check out this article to find out more! The popular Atkins diet could be linked to a life-threatening complication which one woman who claimed to be following it developed, according to doctors who published a case report on it Friday in a British medical journal.
The Atkins diet calls for restricting carbohydrates to achieve weight loss, then gradually adding them back in. However, many people who say they’re following the diet actually eat large amounts of protein and fat.
Doctors from New York University wrote in The Lancet journal of a 40-year-old woman who developed a dangerous condition called ketoacidosis, a dangerous buildup of acids called ketones in the blood which can lead to patients falling into a coma.