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Last month, I wrote an article called, “Should You Take a Vitamin Just in Case” and I linked to an article on Ortogo Healthy Lifestyle’s website. The author of that article popped in and left a comment clarifying some items.

Check out the comments here: Should I take a vitamin “just in case”? Comments

It’s always nice to have clarification from the author of a work. Thanks, Matt!

Last week I made Gold Status on Yourself! Fitness. It took me longer than I thought it would. Making Gold Status opens up the Island Paradise exercise environment and lets you choose the Techno music option. The Techno music sounds like all the other music, but the Island Paradise is really nice…

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Quackwatch has a detailed analysis:

Don’t Buy the 7-Day Miracle Cleanse

If you have seen the infomercials, they have the reasons why you shouldn’t spend your hard-earned money on these products.

Laura,

Hi! I just found your blog via your husband’s site. Could you cover some material / links to info about juicing? I just received one for Xmas and I am very happy with the results! I can feel the difference after only a few days!

Thanks John

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Should I make my weight goals public or private? Should I tell my friends that I’m joining a gym? Should I just do it on my own and see if they notice a difference?

Goals: Public or Private?

This wonderful article from myGoals.com that talks about this subject in a very frank way. It touches upon the subject of commitment, which is a force that I have been able to harness to accomplish my goals in the past.

I am hosting another workout tomorrow morning on Xbox Live. If you would like to participate, you need to email me your gamertag. This is an invitation only match, so I need your gamertag before 6pm tonight so I can add you to the list.

Workout Details:

• Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2
• Thursday Morning, 01-06-05
• 7 am Eastern (4 am Pacific)

Last week, our workout kept getting interrupted by people popping in and out of our match, so we decided to go private this week. Email me your gamertag to join us.

The following is a comment from “Should I Take a Vitamin Just In Case“

“There’s another interesting question lurking in the background when discussing whether or not a daily multivitamin is a good idea. What of all the food products now that contain vitamin supplements? I’m a regular consumer of the Snapple A Day products (90 cals, lots of nutrients – I use it instead of breakfast) and have also been drinking the Minute Maid Kids+ orange juice for some time. Have you seen anything that covers the possibility of overdoing nutrient intake by using such supplemented products?” Comment by Sinistar — 12/24/2004 @ 8:30 am

This site gives specifics regarding the amounts of vitamins that are unhealthy and the effects:

• Vitamin Overdose

This site goes into detail about which supplements to avoid, the limits for many vitamins and minerals and whether vitamins are worth their weight in gold:

• Vitamins – Are they helpful or harmful?

The headline is appealing and it screams at you from the checkout line. “Sexy New Diet Secrets! From Oprah’s drop to Jessica Simpson’s Daisy Duke transformation, get the skinny on how the stars shed the pounds.”

What are these “sexy” and “new” “secrets”? What are Hollywood’s latest ways to get thin fast? I strongly suggest that you buy this magazine this week. You need to read it to believe it. For once, they told the truth. Eat less and exercise more. Every beautiful woman in that magazine said that the simple truth is that they were exercising like crazy and watching their food carefully.

My favorite quotes:

Renee Zellweger: “It feels good to finally go to the gym after… nine months.”

Kate Winslet: “I can’t think of any other way than eating less and exercising more.”

Gwen Stefani: “I have to struggle to have this hot body!”

Kate Hudson: “I’m back to a size 4, but I worked hard at losing it.”

US Weekly Recommends: Eat Square Meals – Work Out Consistently – Be Realistic

Who knew that the Sexy New Diet Secrets would be the tried and true?

ABC News reviewed the latest issue of The Annals of Internal Medicine, which assessed the supporting data from ten weight loss programs.

“Of the programs researchers examined, only Weight Watchers had strong documentation that it worked.”

I don’t need supporting data. All I have to do is look at pictures of myself from three years ago to know that they work.

Also reported at Newsday.com: Study Big on Weight Watchers

For $5.95 a month or $49.95 for a year, myGoals.com will help you get where you want to be by filling your email inbox with reminders. If only it was that simple. I can’t imagine an email that could get in the way of my binges. Instead, I envision that I would be harassed at every turn by myself. I would set up so many goals for myself that I would cringe at the sound of receiving email.

I’ve done this to myself before…

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