Abolishing Liquid Calories
I am SHOCKED by the amount of liquid calories I see people drinking, and some of them are my friends and clients.
I have said it over and over again, but juice, soda and sports drinks should be abolished. Ditto with tea products with SUGAR. Again and again people say, “but Jim, you tell us to drink tea” and I say, “That’s right, but not tea with 250 calories a bottle!”
Come on everyone. And your kids should not touch the stuff. Mine virtually never get it except once a month I let them split a Sprite.
jim
Hi Jim,
Be sure you check out the Wall Street Journal’s article “The Scale can Lie; Hidden Fat. More great evidence for strength training.
Lisa
Comment by Lisa — January 27, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Loved it and am going to blog about it soon. You really CAN be skinny and fat because you have lost so much muscle. Thanks.
Comment by admin — January 27, 2010 at 9:44 pm
Hi Jim, I have a couple questions on diet:
- saw Oprah yesterday - topic was knowing where your food comes from - author M. Pollan and Alicia Silverstone was on, touting her vegan book “The Kind Diet”. So, I understand “real food” which talks about portions, quality vs, quantity, real butter, real full fat dairy, grass fed beef, etc. Alicia talked about tofu turkey, rice cream dessert, earth balance margarine, veggies, no dairy, but ok with soy milk, etc. Aren’t many of Alicia’s food pretty processed and manufactured and many folks on the “real food” band wagon seem to be overeating and not losing weight - at least the ones I know.
Final ? - Where does a program like Weight Watchers fit in - they use some processed foods, but I suppose you don’t have to have them, use exercise, track food, group support, and seem to have success but some regain…. do you think WW is the best program out for the general public? Why?
Exercise- w/weights a given for weight loss- but since diet is 75% - it gets confusing!!
Thanks for your thoughts!
Comment by Greg — January 28, 2010 at 9:02 pm
Greg:
I have always been a Weight Watchers fan, since their point system basically counts calories.
Agree, it’s totally confusing trying to understand what is right and what is wrong. Let me break it down:
1. Yes, you do have to count calories.
2. Yes, try to eat fruits, veggies and whole grains with lean protein. If you can afford organic and grass fed beef, go for it. If you can’t, it’s fine.
3. I don’t like fat free products, but do like lower fat, say 1 and 2% products, such as milk, cottage cheese, yogurt, etc.
4. Drink tons of water and green tea
Good luck!
Jim
Comment by admin — January 29, 2010 at 7:58 am