Tony's Losing It

Hey folks. I meant to do get this message out to you much, much earlier, but things got out of hand pretty quickly.

The title says it all.

This podcast (I’m posting this to both TLI and FBSD) is on hiatus.

As you may, or may not, know my wife is pregnant with our second child.

This pregnancy hasn’t been as easy as the first. Not that it’s been horrible or anything, but it’s had its moments.

Julie has been placed on bedrest and is currently in the hospital. She’ll be there until the baby is born.

The baby will likely be induced on or near November 4th. This is five weeks early. There are complications that could arise from an early delivery, but there are complications that could arise from Julie carrying the baby too long.

Let me stress… Julie’s fine, the baby is fine… so far. That could change and we are currently on standby mode.

I’d have recorded something and posted it, but time… being what it is… has left me a bit short-handed. I’m single parenting, working full-time and spending as much time as I can trying to keep my wife sane while she is stuck in the hospital. Something had to give and logically, it was the podcasting.

Now, don’t fret… I’ll be back. I just need a few weeks to get this baby delivered and get her home… which might not happen for a few weeks after she makes her grand entrance.

Thank you all for understanding.
More movie reviews and weightloss to follow very soon.

I was always surprised by the amount of weight these folks would lose week after week. Hearing this really concerns me that some people may be wrecking themselves on this journey. The point is to get HEALTHIER. Destroying your body just to lose weight doesn’t make any sense. If it did, going in to get a leg amputated would be a great idea… I mean, just think how much weight you would lose.

Ok, that’s an extreme example. But if this change isn’t something sensible, it’s not going to be permanent, or worse, it could cause more harm than good.

I often thought that I would love to go on a show like this to dump weight. Now, I think I’ll stick with MY show. It’s working so far.

Thanks to my wife, Julie for sending this article to me.

Read the article here:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1627013,00.html

We have a problem. A couple of them actually. One of our problems is that we know what we are supposed to do. “Breakfast is important to a healthy diet.” But according to a new survey, over half of us don’t eat breakfast.
Another problem is that a lot of us don’t know the difference between the good and bad fats and which we should be eating.

These are just a couple of problems that need to be addressed in how disconnected we are between what we are doing and what we should be doing.

The survey of 1,000 US adults took place in March and was conducted by the International Food Information Council (IFIC). This was the foundation’s second annual Food & Health Survey.

Read the full text of the referenced article here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18944144/

GlaxoSmithKline is preparing to launch the first over-the-counter diet pill to be approved by the FDA. The drug is scheduled to hit the market next month and will be called alli.

The marketing for this drug will include the message that you must diet and exercise to get the affect of this pill. We all are looking for the magic pill, this isn’t it, but they aren’t marketing it as a magic pill either. What the pill does is block the fat from entering your system, with some rather unfortunate side effects if you take in conjunction with a high-fat diet. Apparently the studies show that you could lose a few extra pounds for every five pounds you would normally lose through diet and exercise.

If this is the way alli works, sign me up for a trial pack! It’s a bit costly, but anything within the business of weight loss is. This might be something really worth watching.

Check out the following CNN article for more info including those side effects:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/22/diet.alli.ap/index.html

A research study from the Archives of Internal Medicine’s current issue has published the results of a one year study that finds advice from internet-based sources work as well as those from printed sources in getting sedentary adults to begin a regular exercise program. The published study is available for a fee from the Archives of Internal Medicine’s website.

Read CNN’s article at the attached link:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/05/15/internet.exercise.reut/index.html