Not all calories are created equal...

This is an interesting article a friend posted earlier today on Facebook. (Thanks Sami!!!)

Some tidbits...

"Today, 55 percent of sweeteners used in food and beverage manufacturing are made from corn, and the number one source of calories in America is soda, in the form of HFCS."

" The average Westerner consumes a staggering 142 pounds a year of sugar"

I'm sure this topic is one that could be debated back and forth but the article is a good read even with the occasional over dramatic flare.

Check it out if you'd like to know more!

Link: Sugar May Be Bad But This Sweetener Is Far More Deadly

Eat more of this.....

In the eternal battle with the sweet tooth, I have often found myself in the yogurt aisle. I have tried a type or two in the past to no avail. I have always liked smoothies(yeah, I know not the same) and I like the pro-biotic one shots, but I have never really found yogurt flavors I could handle eating. Until now, I have found at least two that I like thus far: Yoplait® Whips!® Chocolate Mousse Style and Yoplait® Light Orange Creme. I have also been recommended the Key Lime Pie. I will keep up my search, anyone got a recommendation?

I was running....

Last week I did just under 7 miles in my run training. I have set up a goal that I would like to get to at least 11:00/mile. I have signed up for the Krispy Kreme challenge and also the St Patty's Run Green. I hope by march I will be able to meet my goal.

Run, fat boy, run!

Well I have signed up to run the Krispy Kreme Challenge. I know it seems a bit counter productive, 4 mile run and 2400 calories of doughnuts, but for me it will be the beginning of a running year. I am then signing up for the St Patrick's Day 8k run. We shall see how it goes.

New Year time to reboot efforts.

Welcome to SEYFB, take two. Time to reboot and start efforts all over again. Today marks the beginning of the "Biggest Loser" contest at work. So it seems as good a time as any to refocus the effort and push to get in shape and drop the pounds. Here we go again.

Article: 10 Standards to Assess Your Fitness Level

In the following article from Men's Health they list out what you should be able to do in order to be considered "Men's Health Fit"

Here's the list...

• Bench 1.5 Times Your Body Weight
• Run 1.5 Miles in 10 Minutes
• Touch the Rim
• Leg-Press 2.25 Times Your Weight
• Swim 700 Yards in 12 Minutes
• Do 40 Pushups
• Measure Up
  
• Run 300 Yards Sub 1 Minute
• Touch Your Toes
• Toss a Basketball 75 Feet Kneeling

are YOU "Men's Health Fit?"

Read more: http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/be_fit/

Article: Stop Eating You Fat Bastard comedy routine

Found this on YouTube. It's damn funny!

Richard Jeni does a comedy routine called Stop Eating You Fat Bastard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7GnOyd_z1w

Article: Fat and Healthy....

Interesting article on misconception of overweight health in America.


http://www.newsweek.com/id/213807/page/1

Article: Skim milk compared with a fruit drink acutely reduces appetite and energy intake in overweight men and women

Thanks to jydorff for sending me the link.

I haven't read the whole article since I don't have a login to the site but the abstract is interesting.

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/90/1/70

Article: 31 Reasons I'm Still Fat: One Man's Diet Confession [Men's Health]

Funny article...

31 Reasons I'm Still Fat: One Man's Diet Confession

http://www.menshealth.com/mhlists/why_im_still_fat/index.php#ixzz0PJt2ss8u