Episode 8

Title: Episode 8 - A Lack of Compassion

Length: 00:12:13

Summary: Something a little harder to discuss than normal – discrimination against overweight and obese people, and how this affects our lives.

Recipe: Homemade French Fries.

I thought I'd post the text of the recipe here in case that would be useful.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes, the type you would bake. One small one is plenty for one person.
• Spices, such as a general Mrs. Dash, or whatever you like, plus a little pepper.
• Non-stick cooking spray.

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray. You don't need very much, just a light coating.

Slice up the potato. I have one of those vegetable slicers with the different attachments. You can use one of those or just cut it up with a knife. I'd say, no thicker than half an inch. The thicker they are, the longer they will take to cook.

Once your potato is sliced, dump it all on the baking sheet and toss with the spices. Then, lay out all the fries as flat as you can so that they're not piled on top of each other. Bake for about 30 minutes, turning them once or twice.

Episode 7

Title: Episode 7 - Lifestyle Change

Length: 00:15:10

Summary: This is one of the big secrets of weight loss: making a change to your lifestyle instead of going on a diet. Recipe: blueberry-banana smoothie!

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Listen to this episode for all of my ramblings about how weight loss requires a change to your lifestyle, and how you can begin to do this.

I've decided to try including a healthy vegetarian recipe at the end of each episode. This week's healthy vegetarian recipe: banana-blueberry smoothie. Easy, fast, and full of protein. I really recommend visiting your local farmer's market for some fresh, organic berries. Farmer's markets are just overflowing with them right now!

Let me know what you think about this concept of a recipe in each episode.

Episode 6

Title: Episode 6 - Hunger

Length: 00:14:35

Summary: Hungry? You don't have to be, and you shouldn't be! In this episode, we discover the best ways to eat healthily and stay full while losing weight.

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The best way to stay full is to eat whole foods that are high in fiber. This episode gives an overview of which foods are high in fiber, and what I mean by "whole" foods. I know that hunger can be a big issue for a lot of people, so I hope this is a useful episode.

You can contribute content to the next episode by letting me know if you have any personal hunger tricks that work especially well. Leave a comment, and I will include the best ideas at the beginning of the next episode.

Episode 5

Title: Episode 5 – Step 5: Sticking To Your Plan

Length: 00:14:19

Summary: The last step of weight loss: Sticking To Your Plan. Discussion about common issues that cause people problems with their weight loss – the fact that the scale lies, setbacks, slow weight loss, and quitting altogether. Hopefully this episode will help a little with some thoughts about how to deal with these things and move past them.

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This episode is all about not quitting. The only real and true obstacle to weight loss is when a person stops trying. If you have any thoughts on this episode, I'd love some feedback on it. I don't know if what I've said is helpful or not. It seems like a lot of talking about common sense things, but maybe something in there will be thought-provoking for people.

This is the last in the series of "steps" that I've defined as the overall steps to weight loss. I have lots of ideas for more topics, but let me know if you have something specific that you'd like me to address.

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My one-month trial period at podOmatic has run out. podOmatic is the company that hosts these podcasts. They have a free version of the service that includes some really basic statistics features and limited file hosting and bandwidth. I don't have to upgrade to a pro account, but I'd like to in order to keep doing everything that I've been doing.

I've added a PayPal donation button to the website, over on the ride side of the page. If you'd like to send a dollar or 50 cents to contribute, it would be awesome and amazing.

Amazing Real Weight Loss Story

You've got to watch this video. This young man lost 375 pounds. I have to warn you that there is a part that's difficult to see, when he shows the extra skin that he's been left with, so if you're super-sensitive, be forewarned.



Note: There's been a little confusion about this. I did not create this video - it's a news clip that was posted on YouTube.

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