Diet

Tune Your Diet With Volumetrics

Posted on July 13, 2007 Written by John Richardson 8 Comments

Think about meals that you really enjoy. They have some common characteristics. A meal that satisfies will have wonderful aromas, colorful ingredients, and taste really good. A full meal will include a variety of tastes and have enough volume to satisfy and make you pleasantly full. The problem we have in our modern society is [...]

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Nutritional Tuning

Posted on July 11, 2007 Written by John Richardson 9 Comments

I’m a big fan of diet and exercise programs such as 5 Factor Fitness and Body for Life. With summer upon us I have set myself a goal to lose 10 pounds over the next three months. With my current job, I sit behind a desk a lot more than I used to and I [...]

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Tuning Your Life

Posted on July 3, 2007 Written by John Richardson 3 Comments

The Mercedes spit and sputtered as I pulled it into the stall. I lifted the hood and put it on the scope. The engine was misfiring and a large spike showed on the oscilloscope screen. I shut it down and started the tune up. I removed and replaced the spark plugs, changed the air and [...]

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What Happened To My Oreos?

Posted on January 26, 2007 Written by John Richardson 1 Comment

As a kid my favorite cookies were Nabisco Oreos. These delicious little gems were the best. You could take them apart and eat the fluffy filling and then finish off with cookie outsides. Dipped in milk these were like Manna from Heaven. Since they were expensive we didn’t get them very often, but when we [...]

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Eat Dinner for Breakfast and Lose Weight

Posted on January 25, 2007 Written by John Richardson 19 Comments

As I walked into my local Barnes & Noble bookstore, I was confronted by the New Year assortment of diet books. They were all lined up on the front table, their covers bright and shiny. Being curious by nature, I decided to look through a few and see what the latest diet buzz was all [...]

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The 5 Percent Diet Club

Posted on January 22, 2007 Written by John Richardson 3 Comments

My wife Joyce is starting a new diet challenge at her work this week and they have come up with a novel approach. Instead of losing a pre-determined amount of weight over a time period (such as 10 pounds), they have set it up as a percentage of their total body weight. They have set [...]

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