about 3 hours ago
Im so tempted!
Any recovered caffeine addict out there?
Pls share your thoughts.
Ineed some motivation. 8 yrs of discipline.... Dont want to go into waste.
A sip might go to a cup..... a cup might lead to 2 or 3 maybe more...
*sigh
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7 days ago
I have serious body image issues. Prom and summer are coming up and winter has caused me to gain a lot of fat around my stomach. I live outside when the weather is warm so when I'm forced to be inside it just isn't good. So I want to lose fat and get my flat stomach back! I'll be posting daily from now on and eating very clean! I hope to do this in the healthiest way I can, and am open to suggestions and support
7 days ago
@kellyxmariex0 Hi Kelly, since you've already resolved to eat healthy and you're active in the warm weather, my only suggestion is to work out once a day and find ways to keep moving. One of the things I do when I'm just watching TV or on the computer is to sit on a stability ball. It keep the muscles working and helps tighten the core muscle group.
<br><br>Good luck! I'm sure you're going to do great with this and look fantastic for prom. Remember to post pics :)
19 days ago
Dear TweetWhatYouEaters,
We would like to invite you to participate in a small study to help us learn about your eating habits and use of TWYE. To participate, you just need to have complete TWYE entries (in English) with all that you’ve eaten for the past 7 days (you can use the complete-days feature to keep track). If you have that complete 7-day record now, you can go right away to our website (below) to fill out a questionnaire about your eating habits; or else you can go the website any time until the middle of February, once you’ve completed 7 days’ worth of entries in a row. That’s all there is to it! To thank you for your participation, we’ll hold random drawings at the end of the study to win a $50 Amazon gift certificate, TWYE T-shirts, and TWYE mugs. We’ll publicize the results on TWYE once they’re all in.
To participate, please go to our questionnaire website as soon as you have 7 days of complete TWYE entries:
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/306076/TWYE
Thank you for your input and support of TWYE!
-Peter Todd, Indiana University
19 days ago
@aressidi I just finished completing the survey. Was it timed? I just had eye surgery so it took me longer than it would normally.
<br><br>Fingers crossed I win a mug or t-shirt. Woot Woot!
18 days ago
Hahaha. Thanks @Homeflower! Hope your surgery went well and that your recovery is speedy.
17 days ago
@aressidi Thank you muchly kind sir :)
19 days ago
This morning they were saying on the news, the medical community has finally agreed diet influences ADHD.
I blogged my opinion on my site for anyone who's interested in it - however, I'm interested in other opinions. Did you happen to see the story? Let me know what you think?
19 days ago
@Homeflower http://homeflowersattic.blogspot.com/
19 days ago
@Homeflower I'll check out your post. I think that diet influences a lot of behavior and there's a great opportunity for research here. Also a great opportunity for TWYE to start to correlate diet with mood and behavior offering its users food templates like for "concentration" or "weight loss" etc.
These would be little toolkits with suggested foods to eat to improve concentration, stimulate your metabolism, etc.
19 days ago
@aressidi Please give me you honest opinion if and when you read the post. I think your food templates idea is fantastic for providing situation specific guidance, I look forward to it's debut.
18 days ago
@Homeflower Thanks for sharing your post. I buy into the idea that diet could have an effect on ADHD. To what effect, I don't know? I'm interested in learning more about the connection and being able to tie diet to other factors such as happiness, depression, vitality, etc.
Having a child of my own I'm curious about the impact that diet plays on development. It's clear it does have an impact. There's a real opportunity for research here. Good write-up!
20 days ago
Snacking is my downfall- I would eat all day if left to my own devices! Just for today, I am not going to snack.
20 days ago
@Weightlosskitty, you can do it! Post back at the end of the day with your success so we know you were able to resist the temptation
20 days ago
@Weightlosskitty no snacking today!
19 days ago
@Weightlosskitty congratulations. Today's a new day. How you going to do???
2 days ago
@Weightlosskitty Awesome thinking...I have to do "just for today" as well...trying to limit my snacking...I have to take a lot of medications and supplements, so I have to eat a "little something" with each dose...some very "safe" snacks are celery sticks, cucumber slices, and fat-free saltines. :) Good luck! :)
22 days ago
Everyone knows unhealthy behaviors can be costly. Now some of those costs have been calculated into dollars.
The Thomson Reuters Workforce Wellness Index estimates that employers spend an average of $670 annually per employee on medical care and pharmacy around six behavioral risk factors, with the top cost drivers identified as:
Obesity /body mass index ($400)
High blood sugar ($150)
Tobacco use ($100)
The remaining costs in the index were attributed to blood pressure, cholesterol, and alcohol use. Thomson Reuters tracked the behaviors from 2005-2009 using data from employer-sponsored health insurance plans. In 2009, about 14% of direct healthcare costs for the employed, privately insured population were associated with these six behavioral risk factors, the index showed.
Unfortunately, the index shows that the nation's workforce is not trending toward better health. Using a befuddling methodology that defies an easy explanation, Thomson Reuters said it fashioned an index where a score of 100 represents the "ideal state where there are no behavioral risk factors present in the population and no healthcare costs attributed to health risks." From 2005 to 2009, the index declined 2% from 86.4 to 84.4. Of course, the decline in overall health means an increase in health insurance costs for employers.
Despite the glum news, Raymond Fabius, MD, and CMO at Thomson Reuters, tells HealthLeaders Media he's "excited by the results."
"It actually shows that, for starters, there is a dollar cost related to unhealthy behaviors," Fabius says. "So this gives the HR directors some tangible figures to justify the investment of resources to reduce unhealthy behaviors in their workforce."
Fabius says he's also encouraged because the approximately 1.5 million employees at companies taking part in Thomson Reuters' MarketScan wellness promotion program are seeing improved health behaviors.
Using tools like biometric screenings, health assessments, and wellness coaches, Fabius says, employers can and are slowing healthcare cost increases. "So, the real message to employers and HR directors is that you can buck the national trend. You can actually make your workforce healthier over time through the use of appropriate resources and through the use of data tracking," Fabius says.
Remember, the $670 per employee in additional costs measures only medical treatment and pharmaceuticals. It does not include the costs of sick days and "presenteeism," where employees show up for work but are less productive owing to health issues. Factor that in, Fabius says, and the costs could be considerably higher.
Fabius says he's encouraged that many companies are incentivizing employees with richer healthcare benefits if they improve their health metrics. "There are some companies out there now that have basic, better, and best health plan and you can earn your way to the best health plan by completing a health risk appraisal, by doing biometric screenings, by working with health coaches, or working with care managers for chronic illnesses," he says. "Those are four good steps to move a company in a direction of building a culture of health."
It's not enough, however. "The idea is not just to make people aware of their health risks or chronic conditions but to give them resources to either reduce those risks or manage their chronic condition," Fabius says.
That process is expected to improve as data collection on healthcare behaviors improves. Fabius says he's gathering data that will identify future trends in healthcare behavior that will allow companies to plan ahead. "This allows HR directors to attend to issues upstream, and if you can prevent or reduce the unhealthy behaviors we know you can either prevent or delay the onset of chronic illness," he says.
If you're willing to look past the sales pitch from Thomson Reuters, Fabius makes a good point. With every new study, the data supports the common sense idea that wellness programs save money. In that respect, these are exciting times for HR, which will play a key role in devising wellness programs, and convincing everyone from the board room to the loading dock that it is money well spent.
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25 days ago
My mom wanted to know how many calories she ate today. She doesn't eat much but the foods she eats are loaded with calories; not bad foods though
Mom's food diary for Wed. January 11, 2012
salad: 34
dressing: 22
chicken leg and thigh: thigh = 109 drumstick= 112 total= 221
homemade vegetable soup: 374
cabbage 1/2 cup = 17
carrots 2 thin = 16
onion 1 cup sliced = 48
garlic 5 cloves = 20
brown rice 1/4 cup = 171
tablespoon butter = 102
1/4 loaf pita bread = 53
chocolate = 60
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bread (whole pita is 210) = 53
cheese cheddar = 114
milk powdered = 90
apple= 77
pumpkin bread 1 small slice = 390
1842 calories
20 days ago
@Homeflower this is really great! It's extremely powerful to see a complete day of eating this way. Are there any recommendations you're making to your mom based on this?
20 days ago
@aressidi I'm encouraging her to join TWYE and see the actual calorie count of the foods she eats so she can have an accurate account of her intake. Even though she eats small quantity of foods, the calories count as you can see, is very high so I feel it's important to teach her to journal her foods.
about 1 month ago
I just read a great book, "Protein Power," which opened my eyes to the amount of carbs I had been eating *and* the threat to my health presented by a high-carb diet. Amazing! I've cut my carbs to between 50-75 per day and am dropping the pounds. (I didn't do the elaborate preparations in the bok, just took the book as a word to the wise.) Check it out!
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about 1 month ago
I am making a one day resolution. Just for today I will twye all my food. Just for today I will not overeat. Yup, just for today. I don't know what tomorrow will bring, but today I'm good and that is all I need!
about 1 month ago
@LetySLO You can do it ... one day at a time :)
about 1 month ago
@LetySLO LOVE this post. Just for today. :)
about 1 month ago
@LetySLO. I like this. That's about all I can manage without feeling overwhelmed. Then, if I succeed, it's a small victory, and I can try again tomorrow. However, I do not know the plans for tomorrow, I only know what's happening today.
about 1 month ago
Happy New Year
I hope 2012 is great for all of you
about 1 month ago
@Homeflower Thanks. You too.
about 1 month ago
Hi, what is the recommended calorie in take per day? :)
24 days ago
@Ney I usually go by this: multiply your goal weight by 10. So if you are aiming for 130, eat about 1300 calories. Just don't eat below 1200 or your body goes into starvation mode and starts to hold on to excess body fat.
about 1 month ago
Booked my Mauritus holiday so need to have a beach babe bod OMW I had better get with the program!!!!
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about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
@Homeflower CLEVER...hope your Christmas was sparkling.
about 1 month ago
Have a Happy Holiday with all your families and enjoy your food !!!
about 1 month ago
@kervi Thanks. And, yes, I enjoyed the food and am now indulging on the leftovers. Even thinking about trying the brown sugar fudge recipe that was a flop before Christmas. Got a new candy thermometer so may have better luck this time. The weather is gorgeous right now so hopefully walking will ease me back into healthier habits for the New Year.
about 1 month ago
STILL TRYING NOW SWIMMING MY CALORIES OFF! ON HOLIDAY NOW SO MUZZLE ON SO NO SNACKING!!!!
about 1 month ago
@kervi It's great exercise. I swim like a fish but never directly after I eat or I would sink like a brick... *hehehe.
about 1 month ago
Baking Christmas cookies. Too many imperfect ones begging to be eaten. Oh dear, stop me. Going for a walk.
about 1 month ago
@dajero1 I'm willing to come save you from them ;)
about 1 month ago
Six more days of being good, I know, I know, I have to be reasonable over Christmas too. For now I am looking at it as if I can do it for six days. Think I may be down 2 more pounds. Yesterday wasn't great but acceptable. Veggies here I come. :)
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about 1 month ago
OMW I have bought a christmas cake !!!!
about 1 month ago
@kervi do you mean one of the ones with dried fruit?
about 1 month ago
@kervi Stay strong girl...thoroughly enjoy and savor SMALL slices. Happy, healthy eating. :)
about 1 month ago
Wishing all a day of HEALTHY eating.
about 1 month ago
@dajero1 Same to you.
about 1 month ago
@dajero1 Frustrated right now. It won't let me post to my diary. Trying to be good. Come on TWYE..give me a break here.
about 1 month ago
@dajero1 I've had days like that. I hope you can post again soon
about 1 month ago
i dont know how to reply but a rusk is a south african biscuit you have with coffee on the run
about 1 month ago
@kervi I had to manage my friends and authorize comment. Done. Have a good day.