weight loss and monitoring calories/exercise

Good Monday Morning...

First, I want to thank the people who are commenting....I would recommend that you all read these comments..some VERY helpful insights.....really good stuff....THANK YOU for posting comments!!!!

As I have mentioned many times, the gaining of weight requires no thought process at all...the losing of weight requires CONSTANT vigilance.

Look at the caloric content of every food source you ingest and compare it to the amount of exercise needed to burn those calories off. We have on the website a list of aerobic activities and how many calories you burn doing those activities for specified times. I run 5 miles, takes me 46 minutes (okay.,..stop laughing..the old guy is slow) and burn off 640 calories. Okay...how long does it take Posner to eat a piece of chocolate cake that has 1100 calories? Hmmmmm...about 5 minutes. The point here is that we can consume calories so much quicker than we can burn it off. So, when you are considering eating a food source that you know will derail your weight loss efforts think about the amount of time necessary to burn that off. Is it really worth that immediate gratification food source? You will then have 2 choices: either gain the weight or take lots of time to exercise it off. Do you really want to spend an extra 45 minutes at the gym in exchange for that piece of cake, those 2 glasses of wine or the cookies? Keep vigilance of this..and make the smart choice.