We eat the marketing of so-called "healthy" foods with a big spoon.
Full article here
Full article here
Tune Your Mind: Nobody Cares About Your Car
Just what the world needs: another middle-aged white guy in a sports car.
Guess what? It's called "Massclusivity." With lease programs, HELC, and our capacity to live above our means - anybody can slip into one.
When you're walking New York or Hong Kong's streets, what will you show off?
Suicidal Tendencies?
The good news?
Obesity is 100% reversable with a) time, b) tuning of your mind, c) proper nutrition, d) daily exercise.
Repeat: time and tuning of your mind......
You Are A Drug Addict
Contrary to what you may have thought - sugar hasn't always been part of our daily diet.
Craving for sugar? Look forwad to obesity, diabetes, tooth decay, gout, blindness, amputation.
Hot!!!!
More here
Shredder: No More Juices
No, the juice you drink everyday isn't the one exception.
Juices are full of sugar. In fact, the top two ingredients in most are: water and sugar.
Need vitamin C? Take a supplement.
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Perfect Pace Breakfast
1/2 C Oatmeal (Instant or Old Fashioned)
1/3 T Ground or Whole Flax Seeds
1/4 C Water
3 Minutes in Microwave
(Optional)
1/4 C Skim Milk or 1/4 C Soy Milk
Splenda
(DO NOT)
Sugar
Raisins
Regular Milk
Toast
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Mistakes You're Still Making: Not Eating Breakfast
If you're not eating breakfast, or other meals, you're still making a huge mistake.
It's not a cliche that breakfast is the most important meal of the day - your body is literally breaking the "fast" you were in while sleeping overnight.
Your body needs nutrients (coffee is not a nutrient) in the morning to get going - and not giving them to it will leave you famished. Undoubtedly, you will be prone to overeating or binging on junk food come lunchtime.
The same goes for skipping other meals and snacks -- you're likely to be so hungry that you'll eat everything you can get your hands on when you come home from work.
Write down the excuses you tell yourself for not eating breakfast and tackle them one by one.
1. I don't have enough time...
2. I don't like breakfast...
3. I'll get fat if I eat breakfast...
4. I'll grab something at Chik-fil-a
People figured it out for thousands of years - you can too!
Getting Things Done
If you can do it in the next two minutes, it's best to just "get it done."
Listen to more from NPR, here.
Listen to more from NPR, here.
Pace Member Reporter: The World's Food
Thank you Pace Anywhere member, Kristen, for the following post:
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From: KRISTEN
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 11:14 AM
To: mail@thepaceclub.com
Subject: Hello. Something you might want for the blog.
Thought you might be interested.
This put my food consumption into perspective. (look at the condition of the people in the pictures too)
Have a great weekend!
Kristen
Chad : The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Bhutan : The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Mexico : The Casales family of Cuernavaca
Food expenditure for one week: 1,862.78 Mexican Pesos or $189.09
Poland : The Sobczynscy family of Konstancin-JeziornaFood expenditure for one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27
Egypt : The Ahmed family of CairoFood expenditure for one week: 387.85 Egyp tian Pounds or $68.53
Ecuador : The Ayme family of TingoFood expenditure for one week: $31.55
Germany : The Melander family of BargteheideFood expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
United States : The Revis family of North CarolinaFood expenditure for one week: $341.98
Japan : The Ukita family of Kodaira CityFood expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
Italy : The Manzo family of SicilyFood expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Valentine's Day: Love Thy Self
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day! Love yourself back by taking one (or maybe two) chocolates from your special someone's gift and give the remaining away (immediately).
At most, the box cost $100-200; it's not worth being a human garbage-disposal and consuming every piece.
By sharing your love, you'll create memories of a benevolence in your colleagues and friends that will last forever.
Books: The Sugar Blues (1986)
The most important book on health you may never read. Published in 1986 and still relevant today.
Amazon
Get Real
Most understand the length of time it takes to build a career, a company, or a relationship. Few accept the time it takes to turn around a lifetime of bad habits and unhealthy decisions.
Building a new you is done with baby-steps. The best habits take the longest time to learn and are built one upon another.
Did you know your mind and body need two weeks of daily adherence to any new behavior for it to stick?
Slow sustainable change. Trial and error. Mistakes. Course corrections.
Books: In Defense Of Food
"Thirty years of official nutritional advice has only made us sicker and fatter while ruining countless numbers of meals.
Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.""
Friday Fun: Win A Pace T
Email your favorite Craving-Conquering Techniques and we may send you a free Pace T Shirt (free worldwide shipping).
Everyone will see their technique posted here and the winner will receive a free 100% cotton custom Pace T as well as a post dedicated to their technique.
Email entries to mail@thepaceclub.com prior to Saturday, February 8 at 2pm.
How To Milk Your Weight Loss
To achieve and sustain maximum weight loss, do not drink your calories and chose only beverages that are naturally low or non-caloric.
Beverages to avoid:
- Milk
- Sweat tea
- Beer
- Sodas
Beverages to drink:
- Water
- Coffee (black)
- Unsweetened ice-tea
- Unsweetened hot tea
- Wine (has calories but other health benefits - more here)
- Protein Shake (if within 30 minutes of a cardiovascular workout that is at least 20 minutes long)
Atlas Shrugged: The Skinny Man
The Pace club has long championed a leaner, natural, athletic look over a bulked-chiseled appearance.
From Heidi to Karl to Jill, the skinny physique is increasingly in the now.
Read more from the New York Times here
How To Become Self-Motivated
"A goal is a dream with a deadline."
Self motivation is part nature / part nurture. It's intrinsic to all of us, but under or over-exposed in some of us. Finding the stimuli that motivates each of us is a unique challenge.
But how do we do that?
Follow these 5 easy steps and you'll be well on your way:
1. Define the challenge.
What about the way I think is problematic? How is my mind sabotaging my body?
2. Assess your arsenal.
What are my strengths in overcoming my challenges?
3. Identify gaps.
What or who do I need to assist me in overcoming my challenges?
4. Invent a false sense-of-urgency.
Commit to a certain event at a certain date and time.
5. Increase pressure.
Constantly identify new challenges. Resist self-satisfaction.
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In The Moment: "Don't want to..."
We can't explain the why / where / when / hows of "Don't want to ________________," but knowing that everyone confronts these feelings should assist in transcending them.
"I don't want to go running," "I don't want to go to the gym today," "I don't want to drink any more water," "I don't want to eat another salad."
Pay attention to the tricks your mind plays and anticipate its folly. Develop strategies to fight our otherwise natural slide toward mediocrity until you are re-wired to embrace challenge.
Make a list of your top 5 most common "Don't want to ________________," moments. In recognizing them, you will begin to control their effect on your mind. And when your mind is in control, your body will follow.
One by one...
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BMI: Inaccurate
If your doctor, life-insurance auditor, health club, or personal trainer uses "BMI" (Body Mass Index) to calculate your body composition, they are using one of the most inaccurate methods available.
This numeric computation taking into consideration only height and weight, cannot differentiate between the different components of your internal structure (fat / muscle / tissue / lung capacity), etc.
Strategies: Throw Away The Watch
As Lance Armstrong said, "it's not about the bike." And as much as it looks great to have the right gear, it's definitely not about the watch. Arm-candy.
In an unscientific survey or earnest runners and bikers, less than 10% said they utilize the heart-rate, lap, or myriad of other function on their fitness watch. In fact, most said that their watch can become an unnecessary distraction: elapsed time giving them a sense of premature accomplishment.
Same holds true for the treadmill or elliptical readout. Stare at the clock counting up (or down), and you're likely to focus only on "when is this over."
Abandon the watch and get lost in your ideas, problem-solving, or day-dreaming. You'll go further and faster.
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In an unscientific survey or earnest runners and bikers, less than 10% said they utilize the heart-rate, lap, or myriad of other function on their fitness watch. In fact, most said that their watch can become an unnecessary distraction: elapsed time giving them a sense of premature accomplishment.
Same holds true for the treadmill or elliptical readout. Stare at the clock counting up (or down), and you're likely to focus only on "when is this over."
Abandon the watch and get lost in your ideas, problem-solving, or day-dreaming. You'll go further and faster.
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BTDT: Bloomberg: "Make No Small Plans..."
From the man who crushed Dow Jones and whose name is on the Company, on millions of terminals, and on the New York City mayoral ship:
"Think big, make no small plans"
Asics: A Beautiful Thing
Other than Newton's (http://www.newtonrunning.com/) for proper forefoot running, the only sneakers we put on our feet come from Japanese purveyor of sports gear: Asics.
Founded in 1949 by Mr. Kihachiro Onitsuka, Asics even shares The Pace Club's philosophy of a "Tuned Mind + Toned Body." In fact, the company's name "ASICS" is an acronym derived from the Latin phrase "Anima Sana In Corpore Sano" - a sound mind in a sound body.
Beautifully designed with supportive, yet incredibly light cushioning in all the right places, we have been devotees of their "Nimbus" running collection for years.
More: Asics North America
Early Excitation
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We are notoriously self-satisfied creatures. Lost 5 or 10 pounds? "Great!" Three sizes smaller? "My work is done here."
Operate without a specific weight-loss, body fat % or waist size objective, and you run the risk of becoming content too soon: "I've lost 10 pounds, so now I can eat more," or "Let's go out and drink to the new me!"
Become self-satisfied when the following steps have been accomplished:
1. Create a specific weight objective.
2. Weigh yourself daily.
3. Celebrate at the end of each monthly (when progress is made).
4. Achieve your weight objective.
5. Maintain that weight for 6 months.
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