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Increase Your Water Intake to Accelerate Weight Loss
Previously the commonly accepted wisdom on the subject was that drinking water fills your stomach and leads to people consuming fewer calories over all. In this study the participants were already given reduced portions and the water drinkers still outpaced those who didn't drink extra water.
via lifehacker.com
I can attest to the benefits of drinking more water! I've recently lost quite a bit of weight, and when I would notice that my loss would slow or even stop, it would almost always coincide with a decreasing in my water intake. I'd kick up the water drinking, and weight loss would start again.
On Faith Panelists Blog: The world is filled with boys who can shave - Mark Driscoll
I don't care if you buy a truck or play some video games or rock out on your guitar. But the problem is when those are prevalent, predominant, and preeminent in your life. Some of you guys would argue and say, "It's not a sin." No, but sometimes it's just dumb. You got fired because you were up trying to get to the next level and become a guild leader. That's dumb. You work one part-time job so you can play more guitar or Frisbee golf. That's dumb. You spend all your money on a new car or truck, or toys, or gear, or clothes, or gambling, or fantasy football. Dumb. Some of you say, "Well, it's not a sin." Neither is eating your lawnmower. It's just dumb. There are a lot of things that Christian guys do that aren't evil, they're just dumb and childish.
Follow the link to see Mark Driscoll's take on the state of manhood in our culture and the church.
How Should We Give and Receive Rubuke?
(This is part three of a three part series on The Ministry of Rebuke. Here is part one and part two.)
How to Rebuke
1. Know whom you are rebuking.
2. Know who you are.
3. Check your heart.
4. Check your eye. As in, is there a plank in it.
5. Don’t be loud if you can be soft.
How to Receive Rebuke
1. Consider the source.
2. Consider the substance.
3. Consider the sin.
4. Consider the Savior.
Here's the outline of the final post of a short series Kevin DeYoung wrote on the Ministry of Rebuke. Follow the link and read how he draws out these points.
Considerations and Contemplations...to Marathon or not to Marathon? That is the question.
Looking at this on a screen, it looks doable, but having driven half of it the other day, I have my doubts.
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Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin - TIME
One of the most widely accepted, commonly repeated assumptions in our culture is that if you exercise, you will lose weight. But I exercise all the time, and since I ended that relationship and cut most of those desserts, my weight has returned to the same 163 lb. it has been most of my adult life. I still have gut fat that hangs over my belt when I sit. Why isn't all the exercise wiping it out? (Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From A to Z.")
It's a question many of us could ask. More than 45 million Americans now belong to a health club, up from 23 million in 1993. We spend some $19 billion a year on gym memberships. Of course, some people join and never go. Still, as one major study — the Minnesota Heart Survey — found, more of us at least say we exercise regularly. The survey ran from 1980, when only 47% of respondents said they engaged in regular exercise, to 2000, when the figure had grown to 57%.
And yet obesity figures have risen dramatically in the same period: a third of Americans are obese, and another third count as overweight by the Federal Government's definition. Yes, it's entirely possible that those of us who regularly go to the gym would weigh even more if we exercised less. But like many other people, I get hungry after I exercise, so I often eat more on the days I work out than on the days I don't. Could exercise actually be keeping me from losing weight?
via time.com
While I definitely see the benefits of running in my own health over the past 7 months, I would highly agree with this article that it is what one EATS that has the largest effect on one's weight loss or gain.
This is a helpful article. I encourage you to read it!
