In February of 2003 Morgan "Super Size Me" Spurlock ate & drink nothing but McDonald's. He had to eat everything on the menu at least once in February. Ironically he could only consume super sized items when the order taker or cashier asked him if he wanted to super size. Spurlock limited his steps to 5,000 because in 2003 the average American walked 5,000 steps. Over 30 days Spurlock added 24.5 pounds. His bad cholesterol increased 67 points. Spurlock versus Haub Fast fo

It's polarizing. It fuels passion. You like it or you hate it. There is no middle ground. If the President nominated it for his cabinet, its confirmation hearing would last a minimum of 6 weeks. Maybe it's time to take another look at cottage cheese. Time sensitive knowledge that you can drop this week. Here's a short list of notable Presidents & their favorite foods: 1. Barrack Obama: nachos & chili 2. George W. Bush: cheeseburger pizza 3. Bill Clinton: jalapeno chees

"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes." Gandhi As far as writing blogs, I've managed without an affirmation so far. An affirmation starts with a belief. That belief becomes a thought that over time becomes entrenched in your brain. Of course beliefs & thoughts are good, but the rubber needs to meet the road. You have to put your beliefs into practice over & over & over again. Your beliefs will become facts. Results will ensue. Affirmati

Why did the Golden State Warriors win a NBA record 73 games last season? In addition to great shooting, defense, chemistry & coaching, they played small ball. You too just might want to think small as you approach 2017. Around 50% of Americans set new year's resolutions each year. Only 8% succeed in keeping their new year's resolutions. According to John Norcross, a researcher at the University of Scranton, 25% of the people who make yearly resolutions have raised the whi

In the spirit of self vetting, I admit that I weigh myself first & last thing each day. I eat more or less the same things every day. I work out every day. Of course no two days are the same. Some days I deviate from the plan. I've been known to exercise the nuclear eating option. Somehow when I step on the my scale before I go to bed, I land on the same weight (to the nearest tenth) that I landed on many other days. It's uncanny. Weight set point might provide some i

Don't ask me, but beauty may only be skin deep. However if you have too much deep fat, you may be in deep shit. Subcutaneous fat resides just below the surface of your skin. People carry it in different ways. Are you an apple? Are your a pear? Maybe a banana? It's hard to reduce fat. You can't reduce it one spot. Visceral fat surrounds your intestines, kidneys, liver, pancreas & other vital organs. It's much worse than subcutaneous fat. Fat is more than skin deep. Whenev

I just had a Neo moment learning about the psychology of supermarkets. If you're not aware of the tricks grocery stores play, you'll buy more & get less nutritional value. Let's start with the ubiquitous shopping cart. Shopping carts have been around since 1937. They debuted at Humpty Dumpty in Oklahoma. Shopping carts are getting bigger. You'll buy more things if you have a larger shopping cart. Studies have shown that when you double the size of the shopping cart, consu

How is it possible that Iowa with only 6 electoral votes or North Carolina with only 15 electoral votes could decide the presidential election? It takes 270 electoral votes to win. Iowa will cast 2.2 percent of all electoral votes. North Carolina will cast 5.5 percent of all electoral votes. Breakfast, lunch & dinner may be California (55 electoral votes), Texas (38 electoral votes) & Florida or New York (29 electoral votes). However, the snack that you eat or don't eat whe

We all know that eating & drinking is as much if not more psychological than physical. The other day I came across the "health halo effect". We're getting duped. We've come to believe that if a food or drink has one healthy trait, it's a healthy food. We see gluten free, sugar free, fat free, natural, organic, local, etc. & we assume it's healthy. However an organic doughnut is still a doughnut. It contains all of the calories, fat, sugar & let's not forget deliciousn