And in the spirit of helping to WIN the Global Battle of the Bulge 1LB at a time, here's a new piece of Fridge and/or Cubicle art that you can download and post at home and/or the office to remind you that "every calorie counts".
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS EAT UNINFORMED... PASS IT ON!
Download pasteries_art.pdf
Thanks to FITSUGAR I just learned that a LB of MUSCLE burns 50 CALORIES and a LB of FAT only burns 2 CALORIES. They never said anything about water so I made up my own conclusion.
DOWNLOAD A PIECE OF FRIDGE + CUBICLE WISDOMDownload how_many_calories_mypets.pdf
I don't want to get into any copyright trouble with Dr. Beck's publishers, Oxmoor House, so I'm going to leave out what Dr. Beck shared on page 29 of her book, but for all of you out there who have her book, I created this visual to illustrate her very empowering idea, "Which Muscle Are You Strengthening". Ever since I read that little gray box on the top of page 29 I can't get her words out of my head.
So if you own a copy of the book, go back and re-read page 29 and then download this visual, print a few copies to post on your fridge, by your computer, near your cookie jar, in the back of the cabinet where you keep your treats, hey, maybe even put a copy in the glove box of your car as a mental motivator to always ask yourself "Which Muscle Am I Strengthening" throughout the day as you're faced with endless opportunities to make healthier choices.
And if you don't own her book, hopefully this graphic will peak your interest enough to pick up a copy and start strengthening your resistance muscles today, what have you got to lose...
Download two_muscles.pdf
I've been meaning to create the attached visual for quite some time, and after reading Dr. Beck's section "Get Ready To Weigh In" I changed the title so I'm now ready to share it.
This visual is meant to help all of us "keep in mind" that whenever we step on the scale, these three, are the core elements that affect WHATEVER OUR SCALE REFLECTS.
A LB of FAT and a LB of MUSCLE and a LB of WATER all WEIGH THE SAME, but they all affect our body very differently. WATER has NO CALORIES, MUSCLE BURNS CALORIES, it's only OUR FAT that's the KEEPER OF THE CALORIES.
So ON ANY GIVEN DAY, what we WEIGH, up or down many times has nothing to do with an increase or decrease in BODY FAT.
The biggest factor that affects our scales on a daily basis is WATER. Now I'm not a doctor, but I've read enough, and I understand just enough physiology to get the fact that WATER is a major player in whatever comes up on our scale.
Look at this WEIGH...
ON ANY GIVEN DAY... your bones are not really going to get any lighter or heavier.
ON ANY GIVEN DAY... you probably can't increase or decrease your muscle mass in any major way.
ON ANY GIVEN DAY... you can eat less, or eat more, which MAY move your scale in either direction.
ON ANY GIVEN DAY... you can exercise or not, which MAY move your scale in either direction.
ON ANY GIVEN DAY... our bodies are made up of 60 - 70% water
So what would you say ON ANY GIVEN DAY... affects our scale the most... I'd say WATER
WATERS in our bones, all of our connective tissue. WATERS in our body fat, WATERS in out muscles.
So I think that the more we all realize how much WATER playe a major role in our collective "TALES OF OUR SCALES" the sooner we can all let go of the power the scale has on us "good or bad" [remember my modified Shakespeare's quote].
So why not give it a try. Download and print out a few copies of the attached ON ANY GIVEN DAY file and post it near your scale, on your fridge by your computer as another visual reminder to make healthy choices of course, but to also remind you to not get over or under excited with what comes up on your scale in the short.
If you're being HONEST with yourself, FOR REAL HONEST, whatever the scale says won't through you off for your long term goal.
And once again, in the spirit of being honest, up to this point I've let the scale be "weigh" too much of an influence in my life, but no more.
Download on_any_given_day_mypets.pdf
Here's a thought to ponder...
Why not download, print and post a copy of this Fridge + Cublcle Wisdom in plain view as some "food for thought" to remind yourself that everything we do, and every NEXT ACTION we take, is predestined by the "weigh" we think about it in this moment, and then the next...
Download mpf_FFT_Shakespeare.pdf
