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So as my old desk was falling apart, it was time to buy a new desk and I wanted to get a standing desk as I now work from home. I use to stand for 8 hours a day as an instructor but now I sit on my butt all day and something needed to change.  What Standing Desk Did I Buy I bought the Smart Desk 2 from Autonomous.ai and they start at $299, I went for the $399 model as it goes a little higher, and had a little bigger desktop. It took a few hours to put together (not too hard) and it works as expected.  The Surprises I needed a new desk as everytime I pulled out the drawers of the desk, they would fall apart. This desk has no drawers. No big deal, I'll just buy a small cabinet. I have a filing cabinet, I wanted more of a few things with doors to hide junk behind. I found this four shelf cabinet for $36 Then I noticed that when I raise my desk, my mouse almost fell off, and I almost pulled my monitor off the desk. I needed extension cables. So I got a USB extension cable for my Mouse for $6. and an extended

I just watched That Sugar Film on Amazon. (prime for free, but you can rent it), and I was amazed. In it, the filmmaker went on a diet that included 40 teaspoons of sugar per day (this is what people eating "healthy" diets get). Here are some fun stats. He gained 18 lbs HIs developed "Fatty Liver Disease" He added 4 inches of visceral fat around his waste Meanwhile, he was eating the SAME AMOUNT OF CALORIES then before he started experimenting. So it's NOT just calories in -calories out. It's what is making up your calories. Also, sugar sends your brain on a high followed by a crash. So we will our kids full of cereal and fruit juice and send them off the school and wonder why they can't concentrate. Check it out on Amazon  You can get sugar free recipes at their website www.thatsugarfilm.com (if you're in Australia, there is also an app for your phone). If you want to know how many teaspoons of sugar are in something, divide the number of grams by 4. So if something has 16 gra

Welcome to episode 327 of the Logical Weight Loss Podcast, I appreciate you stopping by. If you like what you hear/see do consider subscribing to the show. If you're new to subscribing to a podcast, see www.learntosubscribe.com  New Logical Losers Support Group People have been asking how they can support the group, and I've been wanting to create a facebook group, so I've put the two together. If you go to www.logicallosers.com this will be our new community to create a safe place to talk, support, and inspire each other. If you get at least $1 worth of value from the podcast, I urge you to sign up. Why is there a fee? Because we are talking health, fitness, etc, everybody and their brother have a product or service to tell. I believe we may be talking about services and such, but I don't want "Coach Steve" or  " Fitness Franny" coming in and spamming us. There are different rewards, and again, this is all optional. $1 a month Access to Facebook group Sneak Peak at Content A

Keep Your Progress in Front Of You Sometimes when we think about how far we need to go, it can be overwhelming. Here are some visual tools that you can use to keep you motivated Two Jars: One marked pounds to go, and the other marked pounds destroyed Clothes Pins and String - the Same concept with one pin representing a pound. Two strings labeled pounds to go and pounds destroyed. Monthly Calendar: At the end of each month, write down how much weight you lose. Tip Jar: You can tip yourself money for things you do correctly or milestones such as: $10 for every pound lost $1 for every workout that had you feeling both so good, and so tired (you know what I'm talking about) .50 for trying a healthy recipe $1 for preparing food in advance $1 for a new activity or workout $2 for healthy choices when out with friends .5o for bringing a workout friend with you .50 for working out when you really didn't' want to or the weather was bad, etc. Journal By writing down your thoughts it can release stress, and

The proportion of American adults who were either overweight or obese has been growing steadily for decades, rising from about 53% a generation ago to roughly 66% more recently. But the share of these adults who had gone on a diet dropped during the same period, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. Basically Fat is the new normal. If we are all fat, we don't stand out. If we mention to someone that their size is unhealthy we are no "Fat Shaming." In a nutshell, Americans are giving up hope. When you lose hope, you die. Why do I say this? In the 1950s, they did a  brutal experiment drowning rats. It was done by a Johns Hopkins professor Curt Richter. The experiment included domesticated and wild rats. He first took a dozen domesticated rats, put them into jars half filled with water, and watched them drown. The idea was to measure the amount of time they swam before they gave up and went under. The first rat, Richter noted, swam around excitedly on the surface for a ver

Sync Solver This app saves the day in some cases when your two apps don't talk to each other http://syncsolver.com/ Fitbit to health, Health to CSV. Health to Fitbit, and many combinations of all of the above. Here is a video.  Women Are Drinking More Binge drinking (defined as imbibing four or more drinks within two hours) increased by 3.7% annually among older women, but held steady among older men. In a single decade — from 2002 to 2012 — the proportion of women who drank rose from 44.9% to 48.3%, while the proportion of male drinkers fell from 57.4% to 56.1%. A survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) between 2011 and 2013 indicated that 53.6% of women ages 18 to 44 were drinking, and 18.2% were binge drinking. The CDC followed up with an alert that three million US women were at risk of increasing the likelihood of sudden infant death syndrome and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the gender

Today I explain why my weight has gone up. 1. If you buy cookies, you eat cookies 2. Almonds are not filling, and when you cover them in chocolate, smoke flavoring, etc they might as well be called CANDY.  3. I'm not drinking as much water 4. I'm not exercising as much 5. I got sick, and just was drained.  6. I quit taking supplements as they cost me hundreds of dollars a month So I'm back to being as normal as I'm gonna get at this point. I now have a new fight. Losing weight without supplements. 

Air Fryer Are the "NEW" Thing, but Are They Really Healthy? This is what we hear about Air Fryers: Less chance of a grease fire with no grease Less chance of getting burned by popping grease when there is no grease Much less clean up, and no worries about dumping old grease. Air fryers produce food that has the same crispy outside that standard fryers produce, without the unhealthy additives.  Air fryers can reduce up to eighty percent of the fat content of foods typically cooked in hot oil. So after getting sucked into the Power Air Fryer XL Informercial, I went and bought one. There isn't much to it, and I through 8 chicken thighs into the basket, put on some seasonings, 20 minutes later, presto out popped crispy fried chicken that tasted awesome. There is also a deluxe version that comes with a Baking insert, Pizza Pan, and Cooking Tongs.  In a nutshell, it a conventional oven with a built-in fan that allows your to Roast, Air Fry, Bake, Steam, Sauté, and Grill your favorite food. There is an

My Bland Soup Experiment Today I talk about how I went to purchased a 2 Quart Slow Cooker ($8) and was amazed at how much SALT is in the "ready made" seasoning mixes for slow cookers. So I decided to make my own. I purchased some stew meat, a bag of frozen mixed vegetables, and some no sodium beef broth (that still have 79 mg of salt). I browned the meat, and through everything together and went to visit my brother. I came home and everything was done, but it was pretty bland. The good new is I could add salt to taste instead of having 900 mg of salt that I didn't ask for.  It turns out that 2000 mg of salt is a teaspoon. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend an upper limit for sodium consumption of 2,300 milligrams of sodium per day for adults. If you are African American, age 51 or older or have high blood pressure, diabetes or chronic disease, that recommendation is lowered to 1,500 milligrams per day. The good news is I tried something new. I learned some insights, and thanks to

Thanks to Nicole for the lovely donation to keep the lights on. We are starting a new weight loss challenge, join today at www.logicalloss.com/challenge17 FROM THE EMAIL BAG You mentioned how “instant oatmeal” is not the same as it was ten years ago. I like oatmeal, and eat it most weekdays. I make it in a small “Crock Pot” that is intended for things like dip, fondue, etc. I think it’s called the “Little Dipper” ($14.95)– capacity of 16 oz. I use McCann’s Steel Cut Oats, put in a 1/4 cup, and then add 10 oz of water. Plug it in when I go to bed, and in the morning it is perfectly done. Stir, add a little milk, or whatever you prefer as “milk” and you are ready! I also drink OJ in the morning, but I “cut it” 50/50 with non-sodium seltzer. BTW, the McCann’s comes in a can and retails for about 5.99 for 20 servings, so it’s economical too. -Carol I've been enjoying the podcast for quite some time now. Thanks for keeping at it!  And congratulations on your 30lb loss last year. That's awesome! Questio

You didn't do well avoiding the chicken wings, potato chips, etc and now you feel bad cause knew the scale was going to go up (and it did). Now what?  Well you could shame yourself to death, make yourself feel bad, which will lead to you making yourself feel better with FOOD. Or, You can realize your human, go cook yourself some better food and get back on track.  The road to weight loss seldom a straight line, and by that I mean its never a straight line.  Get back on the horse and do the right thing. Protein Bar Break Comparison I compared the Power bar (38), Met RX (41) Pure Protein (44) and Cliff Bar (61). The biggest problem with the lower ranked bars was the addition of saturated fat and sugar. The scoring was via the Shop Well App.  They recommend the Quest Bar line who has interesting flavors like Peanut Butter Chocolate, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, and variety packs

Today I get into why its not a good idea to drink alcohol if you are trying to lose weight.  Your body only has so much time during the day to burn calories. Alcohol is empty calories, and basically get burned first. Then when you run out of time, you still have all these other calories waiting to get burned, but the alcohol cut in line. Alcohol often leads to you not caring anymore, and you make bad choices.  Oh Yeah, alcohol isn't good for you and damages your liver, etc. Alcohol increase appetite Risky Drinking I watched Risky drinking and it really shows you how Drinking leads to feeling bad. It leads to bad decisions like... Drink more to help get over the fact that you went drinking last night.  The Risky Drinking Documentary even points out that at one point your brain gets re-programmed and your reward center is dysfunctional, your stress function goes into overdrive, and your logical "good decisions" part of the brain is busted. At this point you are doomed.  Check out the documentary at 

I watched the documentary My Big fat Body by Frank Payne on Amazon Prime (it was included with the Prime membership). The movie shows Frank going through the process of losing 60 lbs. It was impressive. I wanted to see how Frank was doing now. The problem is he died at the age of 49 in 2012. So the video showed how his living of eating insane amounts of bad food had left its mark on his system. So if you need help getting off the couch, I highly recommend  watching the movie. The Top Tools I Use I took at look at new habits and tools that I started using in 2016, and - more importantly - that I am still using. Here they are. Power Pressure Cooker XL Each Sunday I use my Power Pressure Cooker XL. Its the first thing that I purchased in 2016 that I got completely sucked into their infomercial. I throw in a bunch of chicken and 20 minutes later I pack it up.  It's the best $99 I've ever spent. It's so popular, that people are now writing Power Pressure cookbooks for it with 123 recipes ($9). Ninja Bl

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I found a quote: When you want something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done. -Thomas Jefferson This is true for EVERYTHING. The bad news is it is "Weight Loss Season" where every other commercial is someone telling you that YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE. You can still eat PIZZA, ICE CREAM, CHOCOLATE, SODA, and you will lose weight. You don't have to exercise! FOR JUST THREE EASY PAYMENTS OF..... Please don't fall for this stuff again. The low fat, no fat, low carb, no carg, glutten free, dairy free, etc diet.  Eat Less (no food should come through your car window) Exercise More (and realize in the battle of food vs exercise - IT's THE FOOD) Drink Water (it is so, so, so very good for you and has zero calories) Sleep More (cause when you stay up, you end up eating junk, and your body needs sleep) MORE QUOTES TO INSPIRE The distance between dreams and reality is called action -Anonymous Don’t wait until you are ready to take action. Instead take action to be ready. -

We've spoken in the past how sitting down too long is just not a great habit to get into. However, when we've look ed at Standing Desk they are rather expensive with prices starting around $500 and go up from there. In looking back at these, I now am seeing full desks with cranks Not as cool as the electric ones, but also only $300) This week I was visiting friends in Florida, and he had an adjust desk that sat on top of his regular desk. It was awesome, and it goes for $250. When I saw my first one over two years ago, it was over $1000 so as predicted the prices are coming down. Water Bottles are Getting Smarter A while ago I tried a Hyrdocoach Water bottle. It measured how much water you drank in a 24 hour period. It was cool, but the mechanism to measure the water was in the straw which made sucking through it kind of tough. It retails for around $26 H20Pal The H20Pal is more expensive, but also smarter. There is no fancy straw now. The device fits on the bottom of a water bottle (included) and mea

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Today I share with you some things I have (or will in the future) pick up. Fitbit If you're starting out and you want to track your activity, I love fitbits. I've owned a few and currently wear a blaze. My favorite is the fitbit One, but if you just want to get your toe into the water the Fitbit Zip clocks in at $49 Withings Body - Body Composition Wi-Fi Scale I've tried every wi-fi enable scale except the one from Withings.  I got the Wi-Things Body Composition Scale (normally $129, I got in on Black Friday for $77). I can't comment on it as I have told myself I can't open it up until Christmas (you have to leave something to open). Contigo AUTOSEAL Kangaroo Water Bottle with Storage Compartment This is a cool 24 ounce water bottle with a (what appears to be) a non spillable seal top. That's not the cool thing. There is a side pocket for keys, cards, etc. That is what caught my eye. Great for those times at the gym and you're not comfortable leaving things in your locket. Best thi

Shopping at Amazon For the Holidays? PLEASE visit www.logicalloss.com/support The holidays. How many of you just went "ugh!" or "sigh...." We have so much pressure, so much baggage, so many emotions and that's why we often head straight to the fridge for a fix of sugar. After all you HAVE To eat one of Aunt Jill's peanut butter sugar cookies covered in frosting, whip cream and chocolate! No you don't. But we need to step back from the emotions (easier said than done) and take a long hard look at the holidays. Most of the articles I looked at about "Surviving the holidays" gave out great advice like "have another cookie (glamour)" or basically get drunk. We stress out about the holidays because what the holidays are supposed to be if your "normal" is jammed down our faces.  There are all sorts of normal things we are supposed to be doing. Jewelry commercials are the worst. Attractive happy people so in love. Ugh. "This is what everyone is doing," you

Its that time of year again, we just went passed Halloween, and we are headed for Thanksgiving, and then Christmas cookies for everyone. Despite our worst fears, the average American really only puts on one pound during the holiday season — which doesn’t sound like much, unless you gain that extra pound year after year. Source So how do you avoid gaining the 10 lbs you did last year. In a way it’s simple. Don’t do what you did last year. Here are some tips. 1. Don’t let your workout schedule freeze up. 2. Set a goal that you can accomplish in 90 days. 3. Find a personal exercise partner. 4.Get into a routine – NOW. 5. Tackle a chilly challenge. 6. Lift weight instead of gaining it. Nutrition Strategies7. Change your food mindset. 8. Don’t punish your stomach for your mouth’s mistakes. 9. Call for backup from the food police. 10. Set some snacking boundaries. 11. Embrace food-free celebrations. 12. Come prepared to parties. 13. Track your progress. Fitness Apps To Find a Buddy (or bvddy) or Your Fitbit Bvddy: