Examining those Pesky Vices

Julia Harvey (pictured here) used to be a 290 pound single mother. She went on to lose 130 pounds and has kept the weight off for over ten years.

She's just published her second book, The Vice-Busting Diet: A 12-Week Plan to Break Your Worst Food Habits and Change Your Life Foreverand it promises to be an interesting read.

Instead of prescribing a rigid diet with only certain foods, she discusses how it's more effective in losing weight in the long run to examine our vices and let go of these. For example, a very common vice for people is soda or soft drinks. Some people drink three or more liters a day. It is quite easy to lose weight if one can only drop a vice such as this. Other common 'vices' are fast food and television.

Her book focuses on a 12-week plan for eradicating your vices. It also includes an exercise plan and a nutritious recipes section.

The World's Fattest Man

The world's fattest man weighs 1,210 pounds. Manuel Uribe, 40, says, "People think that I can eat a whole cow, but it's not just overeating, it's also a hormonal problem."

Uribe is scheduled to have weight-loss surgery in Italy soon. He's been bedridden for the past five years. The english version of his website is at Manuel Uribe. He updates it with his laptop while lying in his iron bed.

A Super Fit Body

Here's some visual motivation to help me stick to my fitness and weight loss goals over this Labor Day long weekend:-).

The photo is titled "Material Girl" and was taken by Ryagalesie.