Fat to Fit -Arizona Doctor Loses 60 pound

Written by Dr. Jeffrey Banas


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Arizona Doctor Discovers Triathlons asrepparttar Ultimate Weight Loss Program - Loses Sixty Pounds.

I never intended to get fat! I am not exactly sure how it happened, but there I was a 6’2” thirty-four year old pushing close to 270 pounds. My cholesterol was high, my triclecrides were high, and my blood pressure was high. I was on a direct course for developing diabetes, increased risk of heart disease, increased risk of cancer, and a ton of other diseases related to obesity.

It gets worse. I am a doctor, a sports chiropractor to be exact and my office is located inside a health club. Unfortunately, like many other doctors and other health professional out there, I was not practicing what I was preaching.

Living in sunny Arizona, land ofrepparttar 130135 endless summer, sooner or later you have to go torepparttar 130136 lake,repparttar 130137 water park, or you are invited to a cookout and pool party. That is when all my excuses caught up to me. Despite knowingrepparttar 130138 health risks associated with being overweight, it wasrepparttar 130139 feeling of low self-esteem and embarrassment that finally drove me to action.

So there I was, a doctor, ready to getrepparttar 130140 weight off. I hate to admit it; I tried some of those quick fix gimmick supplements. I tried a bunch ofrepparttar 130141 fad diets. I bought a bunch of books from allrepparttar 130142 “weight loss experts”. Sure I would lose a little weight, but I could never stick withrepparttar 130143 diet for any length of time. When I went offrepparttar 130144 diet I would gainrepparttar 130145 weight right back. Then tried working my butt off inrepparttar 130146 gym, running almost every day. That got real boring, and I found that running everyday is notrepparttar 130147 best thing to do when you weigh close to 270 pounds.

There I was again, still no direction, no focus, no drive, nothing to guide me. Frustrated about not getting any results and what to do, I thought I was just going to have to accept that I was overweight and deal with it. I gave it a real effort and it did not work.

During all of this,repparttar 130148 chiropractor that I bought my office from mentioned that he was beginning a weight loss program at his office, which was based on his experience with triathlon training. That got my attention. I really wanted to giverepparttar 130149 program a try, but I lived too far from his office to come in on a regular basis. So I began researchingrepparttar 130150 sport onrepparttar 130151 Internet.

The more I read about triathlons and triathlon training,repparttar 130152 more sense it made to me as a way to help me lose weight. If you are going to do an event that involves swimming, cycling, and running you obviously are going to have to train that way. The idea about jumping intorepparttar 130153 pool for an exercise swim was not something I was looking forward to, andrepparttar 130154 last thing I wanted to do was to put on a swimsuit and workout. Then I remembered how painful my knees were from running around, and swimming would be easier on my joints.

I also began reading about using heart rate monitors andrepparttar 130155 affects of exercising at different heart rates. Many ofrepparttar 130156 authors ofrepparttar 130157 books on heart zone training were triathletes themselves, and they gave numerous examples on how using heart zone training you can track your progress and maximize your exercise program.

The more I searchedrepparttar 130158 triathlon Internet sites,repparttar 130159 more I became interested inrepparttar 130160 sport. The people who competed in triathlons looked really fit, it was inspiring. That is when I decided to take my commitment to losing weight torepparttar 130161 next level. Weighing close to 270 pounds, I signed up for my first triathlon. Five months away, I was going to do a sprint race, which was a 500m swim, a 15-mile bike, then and a 3-mile run. This was a much shorter distance than many triathlon races, however atrepparttar 130162 time I could not do even one ofrepparttar 130163 events let alone all of them back-to-back.

Using a combination of what I learned about heart zone training and fromrepparttar 130164 triathlon Internet sites, I started my program. I my alternated exercise sessions between swimming, cycling, and running. I also did about an hour of weight training a week. This really added a variety torepparttar 130165 exercise program, and it never got boring. One day I would just bike, then next maybe run 10 minutes, do a weight session, then bike for 25 minutes. Thenrepparttar 130166 next day I would just swim. The next day I would swim then follow it up with a run. My knees were holding up very well with little, if any pain. Atrepparttar 130167 same time I started eating better, no real diet, just common sense stuff, avoidingrepparttar 130168 sugars and white breads.

Anger and Your Health: How Your Outlook Influences Health and Your Ability to Control Anger

Written by Dr. Tony Fiore


The situation: Jane and Anthony have differing ways of viewingrepparttar world. Jane is a pessimist (the glass is half-empty), while Anthony is an optimist (the glass is half-full). These outlooks influence how they experience similar situations.

Scene 1: Job loss. Jane is devastated, convincing herself that she is all washed up, she can never catch a break, it is useless for her to try to be successful, and she is never going to succeed at anything.

Anthony, however, has a healthier inner dialogue. He tells himself he may not have been good at that particular job, his skills and his company’s needs did not mesh and being fired was only a temporary setback in his career.

Scene 2: New jobs. Offered a new job, Jane,repparttar 130133 pessimist, believes she was able to find a new job only because her industry is now really desperate for people and must have lowered their standards to hire her.

Anthony, however, feels he landedrepparttar 130134 new job because his talents were finally recognized and he will now be appreciated for what he can do.

As these examples illustrate, optimists tend to interpret their troubles as transient, controllable and specific to situations. Recent research by Dr. Martin Seligman confirms this.

When good things happen, optimists believerepparttar 130135 causes are permanent, resulting from traits and abilities. Optimists further believe that good events will enhance everything they do.

Pessimists, onrepparttar 130136 other hand, believe their troubles will last forever, will undermine everything they do, and are basically beyond their control. When good things happen to pessimists, they see them as temporary and caused by specific factors that will eventually change and lead to negative outcomes.

Optimism creates better resistance to depression when bad events strike, better performance at work and better physical health.

In fact, one long term study atrepparttar 130137 Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, found that optimists lived 19% longer than pessimists.

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