With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

Keatah — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:48:53 GMT

Way too much confusion, a minute of that 10 minutes of this, alternate that blah blah blah.. Fix the root cause and everything will fall into balance.

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

Jade007 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:54:46 GMT

trueself2....yes I was thinking the same thing !!! Which is it ? Should you follow Dr. Sears Pace for 15-20 minutes or the longer 60-90 minutes ? Total confusion. I am thinking that maybe Dr. Mercola is now realizing the benefits of BOTH - so saying he does the 60-90 minutes (duration) but adds in sprints (the PACE method) to get his heart rate up...that's my guess. I think I will just do the 60 minutes on the treadmill (at the 30 minute point I will do the PACE 10 times - one minute of jogging and one minute walking slower, alternating) then finish by going at a medium fast walk...TOO MUCH CONFUSION on everything. Seems like everyone's ideas alternate when some new information comes out....didn't Dr.Mercola also say he liked Ryan Lee (his exercise routines) ? Not sure what the main differences are between Lee and Sears....

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

saynotoquacks — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:56:24 GMT

"Try viewing exercise as a drug" ---Yikes! If I did that, I'd NEVER exercise! How about a NUTRIENT?

I think all the growth hormones in meat that make people obese. If people just switched to free-range organic meat, they'd probably lose a lot of weight without even needing to exercise. Hormones are powerful drugs that affect the metabolism and cause diabetes. Ban hormones and steroids, and just watch the obesity levels plummet!

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

trueself2 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:39:35 GMT

Now I'm just confused....Dr. Mercola has been talking about Dr. Sear's PACE method of exercising for some time now. Dr. Sears states specifically that working out for more than 15-20 min at a higher intensity at a time is detrimental to your heart and not what the body is designed for. Now I see Dr. Mercola's advice on working up to 60-90 min. a day. Am I missing something?

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

J J — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:31:03 GMT

Is there more to this article than the small part that is printed here? I didn't get much out of the very few paragraphs that were printed in this article. Is there a link to the whole story. It just seemed llike it was incomplete and should go to another link to get the rest of the story .

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

INKY DINKY — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:58:38 GMT

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP.....I have a friend who has been smoking most of his adult life and he is now 48. He would like to quit smoking and has tried, but is have a terribly hard time. Can anyone who has quit, or knows of someone, please send your ideas my way??? I've been waiting/looking for a good spot to insert this question in need, and this is as good as any.

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

Lisajane — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:37:44 GMT

Having a spiritual practice and being in touch with your emotions is HUGE! I am an emotional eater, but I have taken the steps to deal with these emotions instead of numbing them with food, alcohol, drugs or destructive relationships. I do enjoy a good cup of joe every once in a while though (with sucanant and raw cream, YUMMY)!

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

Magnolia — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:09:18 GMT

When the student is ready, the teacher appears. And old proverb, but pretty accurate.

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Vicki Marie — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:06:56 GMT

What a beautiful story! Powell did a wonderful thing in giving of his time and talent without any benefit of payment but received the greatest gift of the trust and friendship of Smith.

If we all did one generous act of kindless like Powell think how we could change the world.

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EQ — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:24:08 GMT

Friendship! I don't think I'd be alive today if it weren't for some really good friends.

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

Debrah — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:37:33 GMT

Not just just any emotional issue but sexual abuse--1 in 4 girls is molested and 1 in 6-7 boys(statistics are not all in agreement) is molested and that is not counting the sexual assault that adult females have experienced. Sexual abuse is the most devastating crime there is and no one wants to talk about it! Abuse survivers are more likely to have eating disorders, to be promiscous, to have drug and alcohol addictions and many other emotional and health problems. This is a huge problem that needs to be dealt with! It is wonderful that this personal trainer was willing to not only work with this man but to be his friend. Instead of judging others who are doing self-destructive things if we would all follow this example and be kind and loving what a difference we could make!

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

Phantom O Banjo — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:08:11 GMT

Interesting how emotions were the root cause of the weight gain.

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NieeMA — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:21:04 GMT

What a fabulous story. I am very moved by the that bond between those two.
Congratulations to all involved, love was/is having a hay day!

We cannot heal or change those who don't want to heal or change.
We can, however, do our part. When we send love to the world, someone will receive it.
Imagine if all people sending love will reach another person, who, in turn will sends love out too. The number of people sending and receiving love will be astronomical. In no time, everyone in the world will be touched by the power of love.

Every time we give, every time we heal, there is an impact, but it just might not be the one we expected.
Think about Rosa Parks, how she refused to give up her seat on the bus that day. People at times overlook her actions. Her leadership touched a little-known preacher named Martin Luther King, and set off a wave that changed our world. The question is, who touched Rosa Parks? Will we ever know? Our world is like a chain-link fence. If any one person is missing in that chain, who knows what our world be today?

I will be sharing this story with others for sure!

Healthy New Year

NieeMA

re: With Diet, Exercise and Friendship, Man Loses 400 Pounds

mmc88121 — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:33:01 GMT

There is always more to each person than what you see.

Mary