Slim People in Progress

Boost Brainpower with a Healthy Breakfast

A report on NPR the other extolled the virtues of eating a good breakfast, especially for children.

Evidence suggests that eating breakfast really does help kids learn. After fasting all night, a developing body (and brain) needs a fresh supply of glucose -- or blood sugar. That's the brain's basic fuel.

"Without glucose," explains Terrill Bravender, professor of pediatrics at Duke University, "our brain simply doesn't operate as well. People have difficulty understanding new information, [they have a] problem with visual and spatial understanding, and they don't remember things as well."

Whole grains and oatmeal are recommended.

Helping Kids Learn to be Healthy and Fit

Will you meet my challenge?

As adults, we know how difficult it is to maintain our health and fitness goals. I learned today about an organization called Donor's Choose and the Blogger Challenge. 

At DonorsChoose, you can do more than just give directly. They understand the power of blogging, and created the BloggersChoose program to enable bloggers to "challenge" their readers to contribute towards worthwhile projects. DonorsChoose has already raised over $60,000 through the Blogger Challenge, so it's clear that the program really works.

Let's help kids get the right start by providing them with tools for healthy living. See the thermometer in the upper right corner of the blog?  You can help kids in low income neighborhoods and schools to get on the right track with exercise programs.  I've chosen 3 proposals to help fund that encourage exercise.  Click on the green button, choose a project and contribute what you can to help kids less fortunate than us.

Help Public School Kids by Funding my Challenge at DonorsChoose

Thanks!

Weight Loss via the Internet...does it work?

Ran across an interesting article about a new study that is about to start to determine whether or not weight loss programs delivered soley over the Internet are as effective as those delivered in person, like Weight Watchers.  Sounds like one to watch, at least for me since most of my time is spent on the Internet.

YouTube Videos

Over on DietArticles.info I've added some funny and sort of serious videos that I found over on YouTube.com, the video site.  Go over and take a look.  I'll bet most people who have struggled with a weight loss program have experienced what the woman in the first video is doing...

Drink Lots of Water!

Every week at my Weight Watchers meeting, it is stressed that drinking water is an important key to weight loss.  As part of the program, we're encouraged to drink 6 eight ounce glasses of water and track our progress.  I do my best; I have a 20 oz. water bottle at my desk all day and sip away at it.  But I think I still don't drink enough. 

I found an article that articulates Why Water is the Secret Weight Loss Miracle.