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Please Set Cell Phone to “Nag”

January 8, 2016 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

There is a fine line between inquiring with concern how you might assist someone in her diet efforts; and braying persistent, repetitive, noisy, constant, loud-mouthed inquiries as to whether she knows what the heck she is doing.

The former is labeled “being supportive,” the latter referred to as “nagging.”

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As examples, supportive is gently and sincerely asking, “How can I help you with your diet?” Nagging is, “How’s that diet working? Should you be eating that? Wow! How many calories in that? Haven’t you had enough?”

Although well intended; polite support might still carry the risk that the answer is, “leave me alone.” However, it is a slam-dunk assurance that a series of harassing, pushy questions blasted in Gatling gun point-blank, rapid-fire succession promises one will receive that same reply, albeit with exclamation points and several choice expletives spicing up the retort.

Supportive infers the receiver knows what to do, but might periodically need assistance.

(Don’t we all?) Nagging implies he is an incompetent, ignorant, bumbling boob — adrift without constant instruction; and since pushing someone who desires no assistance (rightly or wrongly) is a guarantee that the end result will be no place fun; might as well avoid the journey completely.

However, if requested — and therein lies the rub — nagging might have value, or so believes a website whose goal is to keep one on the straight and narrow. Requiring nothing more than a cell phone, internet connection, and a willingness to be annoyed from afar, it can send text message reminders to keep you on task.

Deciding to inspect further, I created a profile.

“How much do you weigh?” queried the on-line form.

This presents obstacle one; do I answer honestly? Even the DMV thinks I weigh 147 pounds; must I now confess to a nameless society of cyber-food-cops my most personal number? On the other hand, I am requesting guidance; if I “creatively address” the issue, recording a more complimentary weight, it might not assist me. Already, the stress is enough to cause me to eat. Brushing fear aside, I bravely answer with truthfulness: “185 pounds.”

“What would you like to accomplish?” asks the questionnaire.

Uh, duh. From the pull down menu, I select “Lose Weight.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Diet, humor, Newspaper Column, Weight Loss Tagged With: better relationships, diet, humor, relationships, weight loss

Infographic: Are you Guilty of Bad Eating Habits?

March 3, 2015 by Featured Author Leave a Comment

This infographic looks at the top eight bad eating habits and how to avoid them.

For example, are you guilty of overeating after a workout or perhaps, skipping a meal before an evening of indulgence? If so, this infographic reveals why this is bad news and how you can go about breaking this habit. In addition, it provides helpful information on the types of foods that are killing your metabolism as well as tips on what to order and what not to order when dining out.

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Filed Under: Diet, Guest Author Tagged With: calories, diet, guest author, health, infographic, weight loss

The Road from “Never” to “Now”

June 18, 2014 by Scott "Q" Marcus Leave a Comment

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Changing a bad habit can be messy, frustrating, and unpleasant.

After all, if it was easy, we’d all be dropping bad habits willy-nilly, wouldn’t we?

It becomes easier if, instead of looking at it like, “One moment I’m here. The next minute I have to be all the way over there,” we understand it more as a series of stages.

I’ll assume one has left the initial stage of denial, and decided to — for example — lose a few pounds; accepting that either forever gaining weight or making a change are his only options.

He lands firmly in stage one: “Never.”

Here thoughts and feelings are extremely negative, perception being an excessive, laborious amount of work and discomfort for what appears to be a pipe dream result. Internal dialog is, “I will never be able to do that” with the obvious coda being, “…so why bother to try?”

In our example, the thought of sweaty, painful exercise; a starvation-level diet; anal-retentive tracking of calories; tasteless recipes; extensive shopping pattern adjustments; and – in general – being forever, always, never-ending conscious; triggers our synapses to scream, “No way! Can’t be done, ain’t gonna happen.” Crossing our arms, scowling, and firmly planting our feet, we refuse to budge.

Or so we think.

You see; the problem is that once consciousness has been raised it cannot never again be buried.

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Filed Under: Change, Diet, Exercise, Habits, Health, Motivation, Newspaper Column, Overcoming Obstacles, Weight Loss Tagged With: bad habits, change, changing habits, diet, emotions, feelings, habit, habit change, habits, health, lifestyle change, stages of change, weight loss

Infographic: What Does 200 Calories Look Like?

June 6, 2014 by Featured Author Leave a Comment

This infographic shows cool comparisons about what 200 calories looks like.

For example, did you know that 200 calories equates to 588 grams of broccoli but a mere 51 grams of gummy bears? That’s just one example. Enjoy the others.

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Filed Under: Diet, Guest Author Tagged With: calories, diet, guest author, health, infographic, weight loss

What’s the Least Expensive Diet?

March 21, 2014 by Featured Author Leave a Comment

diet-advice-thermometerWith more than a third of Americans being obese, the US diet industry is booming.

However, many of the diets out there are not only precarious in terms of ethics, they can also pack a financial punch. Fad diets have taken over and stuck expensive price tags all over an industry already full of mixed messages.

One diet in particular, which involves consuming large amounts of protein and fat, can cost several dollars per meal. However, with diets such as this being lorded as a positive step in the journey to weight loss and a ‘better you’, it’s difficult for those new to the weight loss industry to decipher what the most affordable diets may be for their budget.

Some diet regimes may seem cheap at only a couple of dollars per meal. However, added costs such as subscription fees are often forgotten and can get expensive if your weight loss stutters. This puts an already stressed dieter under yet more pressure, potentially resulting in failure.

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Filed Under: Current Events, Diet, Guest Author, News, Weight Loss Tagged With: diet, diet industry, diets, eating, fad diets, failure, guest author, journey, protein, weight loss

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