Man has gastric surgery to become cop

Posted on April 7, 2008. Filed under: Obese | Tags: , , , , , , |

Man has gastric surgery to become cop

To fulfill his dream of becoming a police officer, Tom Dolan gave up a lot. More than 200 pounds, in fact.

Dolan, 35, underwent gastric bypass surgery to get his weight under control. That, along with a healthier diet and exercise, helped transform him from a discontented civilian to [...]

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20 Desk Exercises! No More Excuses-

Posted on February 19, 2008. Filed under: Fitness, Wellness, health | Tags: , , , , , , , |

Are you a deskbound all day long? No time for exercise?  Do these 20 desk exercises and get buff!  
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Not everyone has the time to make it to the gym during their lunch break. But just because you can’t get out of the office (or your cubicle) doesn’t mean that you can’t get some exercise, or “deskercize” during the day. [...]

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Weight Training As Good As Running To Burn Fat

Posted on February 7, 2008. Filed under: Fitness, Wellness, health | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Lifting weights ‘good as running’
Weight training could be as effective as endurance exercises like running when it comes to burning fat and warding off diabetes, a study suggests. American scientists created mice which carried a gene that, when switched on, gave them muscles similar to those produced by weight training.
When the gene [...]

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What is a Calorie? Are you eating too many?

Posted on November 21, 2007. Filed under: Fitness, Obese, health | Tags: , , , , |

FACT: 3500 calories is 1 lb of fat.  What is a calorie?  1 calorie is the amount of energy needed to raise 1 Liter of water 1 degree centigrade.
Do you count your calories?  I would not recommend it however, you should count the amount of calories your don’t eat.  Cutting your daily calorie intake by [...]

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