Comments on: 5 foods and 5 habits for a healthy life

By: Mulligrub

Mulligrub — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:41:25 +0000

I made a conscious decision about 8 weeks ago to exercise more and to reduce carbs, particularly potatoes, rice, pasta and bread. The only thing I miss is the bread really. In 8 weeks I have lost 10 kilos and I wasn't that overweight before! My goal is 5 more kilos.
But I highly recommend cutting out white carbs. It is so easy and you will live longer and feel better
Good Luck! :)

By: arielladrake

arielladrake — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:35:37 +0000

Just an observation; it’s interesting that in talking about the 80/20 food rule, you classify it as “healthy food” and “what you want”. Perhaps it’s not intended, but it implies that people don’t really want “healthy food”. Personally, I think one of the important parts of healthy eating is not developing ridiculous complexes about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ food, particularly in ways that end up with one being convinced that ‘good’ foods aren’t tasty.

Of course, there’s a certain irony about selling weight loss by encouraging people to like themselves, but let’s not even go there.

By: jisk

jisk — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:43:28 +0000

Descriptive advice is fine for a blog post and short magazine article, but generally people need more prescriptive guidance for fat loss.

Two great plans are "The Zone" and "Body For Life". Just make sure that if you do The Zone you do a serious exercise program as well. Google them.